John Roddam Spencer Stanhope

Cupid and Psyche

Found at Christies, London
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 7
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 175.000 GBP
Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (1827-1889). | William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925) (†); Anderson's, New York, 2 March 1926, lot 299. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 January 1974, lot 41 (1200 gns to Melville). | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 June 1982, lot 38.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2020. In the The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics auction, the work Cupid and Psyche sold for GBP 175,000.00 (€ 195,490.60) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Penelope, which sold at auction in December 2017 for GBP 645,000.00 (€ 725,853.02).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von John Roddam Spencer Stanhope erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics wurde die Arbeit Cupid and Psyche für GBP 175.000,00 (€ 195.490,60) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von John Roddam Spencer Stanhope mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Penelope beobachtet, die im Dezember 2017 für GBP 645.000,00 (€ 725.853,02) versteigert wurde.

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