John Philip Falter
The Visit
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Description
John Philip Falter 1910 - 1982
THE VISIT
signed John Falter (lower right)
oil on masonite
19 1/2 by 18 1/2 inches
(49.5 by 47 cm)
Private Collection, New York, circa 1950 | Private Collection (his son; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 20, 1998, lot 176, illustrated) | Private Collection (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, November, 30, 2000, lot 178, illustrated) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
THE VISIT
signed John Falter (lower right)
oil on masonite
19 1/2 by 18 1/2 inches
(49.5 by 47 cm)
Private Collection, New York, circa 1950 | Private Collection (his son; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 20, 1998, lot 176, illustrated) | Private Collection (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, November, 30, 2000, lot 178, illustrated) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Upper estimate price exceeded by 96 %.
This artwork by John Philip Falter achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in November 2015. In the American Art auction, the work The Visit sold for USD 137,500.00 (€ 130,183.68) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. 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 96 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Philip Falter erzielte im November 2015 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit The Visit für USD 137.500,00 (€ 130.183,68) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. 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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