Kahlil Gibran

American a Collection Of Thirty-Three Letters By Kahlil Gibran Written To Marie El-Khoury, From 1908 To 1920

Found at Sothebys, Dubai
Boundless: Dubai, Lot 60
13. Nov - 13. Nov 2017
Estimate: 24.000 - 28.000 USD
Price realised: 100.000 USD
Kahlil Gibran
1883 - 1931
AMERICANA COLLECTION OF THIRTY-THREE LETTERS BY KAHLIL GIBRAN WRITTEN TO MARIE EL-KHOURY, FROM 1908 TO 1920
various dimensions
Collection of Mrs. Mary Mokarzel, New York | Collection of Nesib Traboulsi, Brooklyn  | Thence by Descent

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work American a Collection Of Thirty-Three Letters By Kahlil Gibran Written To Marie El-Khoury, From 1908 To 1920 by Kahlil Gibran was auctioned at Sothebys in Dubai in November 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 28,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 100,000.00 (€ 84,047.74). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Kahlil Gibran; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait Of Amin Rihani sold at auction in October 2018 with the realized price of GBP 92,500.00 (€ 104,311.46).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit American a Collection Of Thirty-Three Letters By Kahlil Gibran Written To Marie El-Khoury, From 1908 To 1920 von Kahlil Gibran im November 2017 bei Sothebys in Dubai versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 28.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 100.000,00 (€ 84.047,74) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Kahlil Gibran; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait Of Amin Rihani im Oktober 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 92.500,00 (€ 104.311,46).

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