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- Old Time Letter Rack
John Frederick Peto
Old Time Letter Rack
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 850.000 USD
Price realised: 850.000 USD
Description
John Frederick Peto1854 - 1907
OLD TIME LETTER RACK
signed John F. Peto and dated 94 (lower left); also signed, titled and inscribed Old Time Letter Rack/John F. Peto/Artist 1894/Island Heights/N.J. on the reverse
oil on canvas
30 by 25 1/8 inches
(76.2 by 63.8 cm)
An unknown estate, Los Angeles, California | Sold: John Moran Auctioneers, Altadena, California, October 17, 2006, lot 53, illustrated | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
OLD TIME LETTER RACK
signed John F. Peto and dated 94 (lower left); also signed, titled and inscribed Old Time Letter Rack/John F. Peto/Artist 1894/Island Heights/N.J. on the reverse
oil on canvas
30 by 25 1/8 inches
(76.2 by 63.8 cm)
An unknown estate, Los Angeles, California | Sold: John Moran Auctioneers, Altadena, California, October 17, 2006, lot 53, illustrated | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
A top price for John Frederick Peto - as previously expected
The work Old Time Letter Rack by John Frederick Peto was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in May 2015. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 800,000.00 – 1,200,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 850,000.00 (€ 773,148.99) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Old Time Letter Rack is the most expensive artwork by John Frederick Peto that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Old Time Letter Rack von John Frederick Peto kam im Mai 2015 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 800.000,00 – 1.200.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 850.000,00 (€ 773.148,99) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Old Time Letter Rack das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Frederick Peto, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.