John Singleton Copley
Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf)
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Price realised: 126.000 USD
Price realised: 126.000 USD
Description
John Singleton Copley
1738 - 1815
Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf)
signed and dated J.S.Copley.Pinx.1763 (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 1/4 by 28 inches
(89.5 by 71.1 cm)
Painted in 1763.
The sitter | Lucy Cushing Whitwell (Mrs. William Parker (granddaughter of the above) | Prentiss Parker, 1915 (by descent) | Mrs. Calvin Josselyn Ellis, West Hanover, Massachusetts (by descent) | Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1983 | Private collection, New York, 1983 | Estate of the above, 1987 | Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts | Bonnie Crane, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992 | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992
1738 - 1815
Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf)
signed and dated J.S.Copley.Pinx.1763 (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 1/4 by 28 inches
(89.5 by 71.1 cm)
Painted in 1763.
The sitter | Lucy Cushing Whitwell (Mrs. William Parker (granddaughter of the above) | Prentiss Parker, 1915 (by descent) | Mrs. Calvin Josselyn Ellis, West Hanover, Massachusetts (by descent) | Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1983 | Private collection, New York, 1983 | Estate of the above, 1987 | Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts | Bonnie Crane, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992 | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by John Singleton Copley could be acquired at Sothebys in New York in December 2020 for an unexpectedly low price. In the American Art auction, the work Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf) changed hands for USD 126,000.00 (€ 103,025.35) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 150,000.00 – 250,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Singleton Copley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of James Tilley (1707-1765), which sold at auction in January 2006 for USD 374,400.00 (€ 307,945.39).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Singleton Copley konnte im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion American Art wechselte die Arbeit Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf) für USD 126.000,00 (€ 103.025,35) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 150.000,00 – 250.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von John Singleton Copley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of James Tilley (1707-1765) beobachtet, die im Januar 2006 für USD 374.400,00 (€ 307.945,39) versteigert wurde.
John Singleton Copley - Auction history
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