John Deakin
Portrait of Rosie and Christopher Barker, from the feature 'Bored Teenagers' for About Town magazine, Paddington Station, London, 1962
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
Description
JOHN DEAKIN (1912-1972)
Portrait of Rosie and Christopher Barker, from the feature 'Bored Teenagers' for About Town magazine, Paddington Station, London, 1962
gelatin silver print, mounted on card
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
titled in pencil (verso)
image 8 x 9 1/8in. (20.4 x 23.5cm.)
sheet 31½ x 25¼in. (31.5 x 25.3cm.)
Portrait of Rosie and Christopher Barker, from the feature 'Bored Teenagers' for About Town magazine, Paddington Station, London, 1962
gelatin silver print, mounted on card
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
titled in pencil (verso)
image 8 x 9 1/8in. (20.4 x 23.5cm.)
sheet 31½ x 25¼in. (31.5 x 25.3cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by John Deakin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2011. In the Photographs auction, the work Portrait of Rosie and Christopher Barker, from the feature 'Bored Teenagers' for About Town magazine, Paddington Station, London, 1962 sold for GBP 10,000.00 (€ 11,673.98) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Deakin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Elizabeth Smart, Writer, c.1952, which sold at auction in May 2007 for GBP 19,200.00 (€ 28,254.10).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Deakin erzielte im November 2011 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Portrait of Rosie and Christopher Barker, from the feature 'Bored Teenagers' for About Town magazine, Paddington Station, London, 1962 für GBP 10.000,00 (€ 11.673,98) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von John Deakin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Elizabeth Smart, Writer, c.1952 beobachtet, die im Mai 2007 für GBP 19.200,00 (€ 28.254,10) versteigert wurde.
John Deakin - Auction history
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