John Philip Falter
Commuters in the Rain
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 USD
Price realised: 250.000 USD
Price realised: 250.000 USD
Description
signed 'John Falter' (lower left)
oil on masonite
29 ½ x 22 ¾ in. (75 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
oil on masonite
29 ½ x 22 ¾ in. (75 x 57.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work Commuters in the Rain by John Philip Falter was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2017. It achieved a price of USD 250,000.00 (€ 210,119.35), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 39%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Philip Falter - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Young Sammy Sixgun, which sold at auction in November 2017 for USD 516,500.00 (€ 434,106.57).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Commuters in the Rain von John Philip Falter kam im November 2017 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 250.000,00 (€ 210.119,35) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 39%. Für andere Arbeiten von John Philip Falter mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Young Sammy Sixgun beobachtet, die im November 2017 für USD 516.500,00 (€ 434.106,57) versteigert wurde.
John Philip Falter - Auction history
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