Karl Von Saar

A young lady, facing left in red and green spotted white dress with frilled sleeves, gem-set gold heart shaped pendant suspended from a black ribbon about her neck, her centre-parted black hair dressed in ringlets and plaited in a bun; cloudy sky bac

Found at Christies, London
Important Portrait Miniatures including works from the, Lot 257
6. Nov - 6. Nov 2001
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.350 GBP
KARL VON SAAR (1797-1853)
A young lady, facing left in red and green spotted white dress with frilled sleeves, gem-set gold heart shaped pendant suspended from a black ribbon about her neck, her centre-parted black hair dressed in ringlets and plaited in a bun; cloudy sky background
oval, 3 15/16 in. (100 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular maroon velvet easel stand

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work A young lady, facing left in red and green spotted white dress with frilled sleeves, gem-set gold heart shaped pendant suspended from a black ribbon about her neck, her centre-parted black hair dressed in ringlets and plaited in a bun; cloudy sky bac by Karl von Saar was sold in the Important Portrait Miniatures including works from the auction at Christies in London in November 2001. The price achieved of GBP 2,350.00 (€ 3,739.59) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Karl von Saar - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A young boy, facing right in olive-green coat, red, green and brown checked waistcoat, white shirt and white spotted bright blue tie, short fair hair; cloud and sky background, which sold at auction in November 2001 for GBP 7,637.50 (€ 12,153.67).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit A young lady, facing left in red and green spotted white dress with frilled sleeves, gem-set gold heart shaped pendant suspended from a black ribbon about her neck, her centre-parted black hair dressed in ringlets and plaited in a bun; cloudy sky bac von Karl von Saar wurde im November 2001 in der Auktion Important Portrait Miniatures including works from the bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 2.350,00 (€ 3.739,59) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Karl von Saar mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A young boy, facing right in olive-green coat, red, green and brown checked waistcoat, white shirt and white spotted bright blue tie, short fair hair; cloud and sky background beobachtet, die i

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