John Philip Falter
Sunday Picnic, Troy, Kansas
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 237.500 USD
Price realised: 237.500 USD
Description
John Philip Falter1910 - 1982
SUNDAY PICNIC, TROY, KANSAS
signed John Falter (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 3/4 by 24 inches
(80.6 by 61 cm)
Judy Goffman, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania | Estate of H. Neil Mecaskey, Jr. (sold: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1996, lot 288, illustrated) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
SUNDAY PICNIC, TROY, KANSAS
signed John Falter (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 3/4 by 24 inches
(80.6 by 61 cm)
Judy Goffman, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania | Estate of H. Neil Mecaskey, Jr. (sold: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1996, lot 288, illustrated) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Upper estimate price exceeded by 98 %.
This artwork by John Philip Falter achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2015. In the American Art auction, the work Sunday Picnic, Troy, Kansas sold for USD 237,500.00 (€ 216,026.92) - well above the upper estimate of USD 120,000.00. 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 98 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Philip Falter erzielte im Mai 2015 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Sunday Picnic, Troy, Kansas für USD 237.500,00 (€ 216.026,92) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 120.000,00. 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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