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- Czech face From Cinema (Podoba Z Biografu)
Josef Capek
Czech face From Cinema (Podoba Z Biografu)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art, Lot 189
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2011
The Hascoe Family Collection: Important Czech Art, Lot 189
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2011
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 13.125 GBP
Price realised: 13.125 GBP
Description
Josef Capek
1887-1945
CZECHFACE FROM CINEMA (PODOBA Z BIOGRAFU)
signed Josef Čapek lower right
linocut on paper
28 by 20.5cm., 11 by 8 in.
Sale: Vltavín Auction Hall, Prague, 29 April 2007, lot 304 | Purchased at the above sale
1887-1945
CZECHFACE FROM CINEMA (PODOBA Z BIOGRAFU)
signed Josef Čapek lower right
linocut on paper
28 by 20.5cm., 11 by 8 in.
Sale: Vltavín Auction Hall, Prague, 29 April 2007, lot 304 | Purchased at the above sale
Artwork auctioned at 26 times the upper estimate price
When the work Czech face From Cinema (Podoba Z Biografu) by Josef Čapek was auctioned at Sothebys in London in June 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 26 times as high at GBP 13,125.00 (€ 14,520.37). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Josef Čapek achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Czech sailor And Phantomas: A Double-Sided Work (Námořník A Fantomas: Oboustranná Malba) in June 2011 with an auction result of GBP 565,250.00 (€ 625,344.06).
Kunstwerk zum 26-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Czech face From Cinema (Podoba Z Biografu) von Josef Čapek im Juni 2011 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 13.125,00 (€ 14.520,37) mehr als 26-mal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Josef Čapek erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Czech sailor And Phantomas: A Double-Sided Work (Námořník A Fantomas: Oboustranná Malba) im Juni 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 565.250,00 (€ 625.344,06).