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John Tenniel
‘Rival Stars’ (‘Mr Bendizzy (Hamlet) “‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question:’ – Ahem!” Mr Gladstone (Out Of An Engagement) [Aside] “‘Leading Business’, Forsooth! His Line Is ‘General Utility!’ Is The Manager Mad? But No Matte-Rr – A Time Will Come –”’
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 5
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 5
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
John Tenniel
‘RIVAL STARS’ (‘MR BENDIZZY (HAMLET) “‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION:’ – AHEM!” MR GLADSTONE (OUT OF AN ENGAGEMENT) [ASIDE] “‘LEADING BUSINESS’, FORSOOTH! HIS LINE IS ‘GENERAL UTILITY!’ IS THE MANAGER MAD? BUT NO MATTE-RR – A TIME WILL COME –”’)
210 by 165mm., pencil, signed with monogram and dated 1866, inscribed with title and publication details on original mount, mounted, framed and glazed
Mary Green (nee Tenniel), the artist's sister and thence by descent | EXHIBITED: | ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011’, Chris Beetles Gallery, | November 2011 - January 2012, no 20
‘RIVAL STARS’ (‘MR BENDIZZY (HAMLET) “‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION:’ – AHEM!” MR GLADSTONE (OUT OF AN ENGAGEMENT) [ASIDE] “‘LEADING BUSINESS’, FORSOOTH! HIS LINE IS ‘GENERAL UTILITY!’ IS THE MANAGER MAD? BUT NO MATTE-RR – A TIME WILL COME –”’)
210 by 165mm., pencil, signed with monogram and dated 1866, inscribed with title and publication details on original mount, mounted, framed and glazed
Mary Green (nee Tenniel), the artist's sister and thence by descent | EXHIBITED: | ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011’, Chris Beetles Gallery, | November 2011 - January 2012, no 20
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work ‘Rival Stars’ (‘Mr Bendizzy (Hamlet) “‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question:’ – Ahem!” Mr Gladstone (Out Of An Engagement) Aside “‘Leading Business’, Forsooth! His Line Is ‘General Utility!’ Is The Manager Mad? But No Matte-Rr – A Time Will Come –”’ by John Tenniel was auctioned at Sothebys in London in March 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 900.00 b Admittedly, works by John Tenniel have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work ‘Nuts To Crack’ in March 2018 with an auction result of GBP 27,500.00 (€ 31,310.27).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit ‘Rival Stars’ (‘Mr Bendizzy (Hamlet) “‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question:’ – Ahem!” Mr Gladstone (Out Of An Engagement) Aside “‘Leading Business’, Forsooth! His Line Is ‘General Utility!’ Is The Manager Mad? But No Matte-Rr – A Time Will Come –”’ von John Tenniel im März 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 900,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 3.000,00 (€ 3.415,67) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Tenniel auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit ‘Nuts To Crack’ im März 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 27.500,00 (€ 31.310,27).
John Tenniel - Auction history
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