John Butler Yeats

Sketches Of Family Life

Found at Sothebys, London
Yeats: The Family Collection, Lot 8
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2017
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
John Butler Yeats
1839-1922
SKETCHES OF FAMILY LIFE
including depictions of W.B. Yeats as a baby and child; W.B Yeats and Lily Yeats together; another of Jack Yeats and Susan Yeats; the children listening to a story from their mother titled Winter; an unfinished watercolour of Susan and one of the daughters
Quantity: 8
variously inscribed
variously pencil, watercolour, pen and ink and wash
largest 19.5 by 21cm., 7¾ by 8¼in.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.

The work Sketches Of Family Life by John Butler Yeats was sold in the Yeats: The Family Collection auction at Sothebys in London in September 2017. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,926.99), 25% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by John Butler Yeats have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Self Portrait, New York in September 2017 with an auction result of GBP 87,500.00 (€ 99,269.87).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Sketches Of Family Life von John Butler Yeats wurde im September 2017 in der Auktion Yeats: The Family Collection bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.926,99) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Butler Yeats auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Self Portrait, New York im September 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 87.500,00 (€ 99.269,87).

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