John Philip Falter
Waiting For School Bus In Snow
Estimate: 70.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 181.250 USD
Price realised: 181.250 USD
Description
signed 'John Falter' (lower left)
oil on masonite
23 ¾ x 20 in. (60.3 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Illustration House, New York, 6 November 1999, lot 46. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
oil on masonite
23 ¾ x 20 in. (60.3 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Illustration House, New York, 6 November 1999, lot 46. | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.
This artwork by John Philip Falter achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May 2019. In the American Art auction, the work Waiting For School Bus In Snow sold for USD 181,250.00 (€ 162,570.63) - well above the upper estimate of USD 100,000.00. 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 81 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Philip Falter erzielte im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Waiting For School Bus In Snow für USD 181.250,00 (€ 162.570,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 100.000,00. 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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