John Leech
Consolation
Found at
Christies,
London
British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental, Lot 223
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2005
British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental, Lot 223
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2005
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 240 GBP
Price realised: 240 GBP
Description
John Leech (1817-1864)
Consolation
signed 'J.Leech' (lower left), and inscribed 'Consolation' (lower right), and 'Elegant party. There's one consolation now-a-days,/a good-looking young fellow with a heligant figger/can always be a model for a photographer.' (lower centre)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, unframed
9¾ x 7¾ in. (25 x 20 cm.); an illustration entitled 'Out for a stroll' by the same hand; and three drawings of a man smoking a clay pipe; sketches of a lady; and a sketch for 'Juvenile dandies' by George Cruikshank, Sen. (5)
Consolation
signed 'J.Leech' (lower left), and inscribed 'Consolation' (lower right), and 'Elegant party. There's one consolation now-a-days,/a good-looking young fellow with a heligant figger/can always be a model for a photographer.' (lower centre)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, unframed
9¾ x 7¾ in. (25 x 20 cm.); an illustration entitled 'Out for a stroll' by the same hand; and three drawings of a man smoking a clay pipe; sketches of a lady; and a sketch for 'Juvenile dandies' by George Cruikshank, Sen. (5)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by John Leech could be acquired at Christies in London in December 2005 for an unexpectedly low price. In the British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental auction, the work Consolation changed hands for GBP 240.00 (€ 348.35) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 300.00 – 500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Leech achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Mr Briggs Taming A Colt Which He Has Bred Himself in November 2008 with an auction result of GBP 4,500.00 (€ 5,440.84).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Leech konnte im Dezember 2005 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental wechselte die Arbeit Consolation für GBP 240,00 (€ 348,35) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 300,00 – 500,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Leech erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Mr Briggs Taming A Colt Which He Has Bred Himself im November 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.500,00 (€ 5.440,84).
John Leech - Auction history
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