John Gutmann
Barber School, Bowery, N.Y.C., 1936
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 333
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 333
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 3.500 USD
Price realised: 3.500 USD
Description
JOHN GUTMANN (1905-1998)
Barber School, Bowery, N.Y.C., 1936
gelatin silver print
signed, titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)
9¼ x 7 5/8in. (23.5 x 19cm.)
Barber School, Bowery, N.Y.C., 1936
gelatin silver print
signed, titled and dated in pencil (on the verso)
9¼ x 7 5/8in. (23.5 x 19cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work Barber School, Bowery, N.Y.C., 1936 by John Gutmann was sold in the Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II auction at Christies in New York in December 2011. The »bidding war« ended at USD 3,500.00 (€ 2,697.91), 40% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Gutmann - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work First Drive-in Theatre, Los Angeles, 1935, which sold at auction in September 2006 for USD 8,400.00 (€ 6,620.95).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Barber School, Bowery, N.Y.C., 1936 von John Gutmann wurde im Dezember 2011 in der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 3.500,00 (€ 2.697,91) und damit 40% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von John Gutmann mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit First Drive-in Theatre, Los Angeles, 1935 beobachtet, die im September 2006 für USD 8.400,00 (€ 6.620,95) versteigert wurde.
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