Karl Wilhelm De Hamilton
A forest floor with a snake, frog, snail, butterflies and other insects
Found at
Christies,
New York
Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, Lot 50
25. May - 25. May 2023
Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, Lot 50
25. May - 25. May 2023
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Description
KARL WILHELM DE HAMILTON (C. 1668-1754)
A forest floor with a snake, frog, snail, butterflies and other insects
signed 'C.W.B.V. Hamilton' (lower right)
oil on panel
15 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (40.4 x 27.6 cm.)
A forest floor with a snake, frog, snail, butterflies and other insects
signed 'C.W.B.V. Hamilton' (lower right)
oil on panel
15 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (40.4 x 27.6 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work A forest floor with a snake, frog, snail, butterflies and other insects by Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton was auctioned at Christies in New York in May this year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 10,000.00 – 15,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 6,300.00 (€ 7,330.09). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Forest floor still lifes with lizards, snakes, Painted Lady butterflies, a Red Tiger moth, snails, thistle and convolvulus in April 2002 with an auction result of GBP 146,750.00 (€ 237,437.65).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit A forest floor with a snake, frog, snail, butterflies and other insects von Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 6.300,00 (€ 7.330,09) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Forest floor still lifes with lizards, snakes, Painted Lady butterflies, a Red Tiger moth, snails, thistle and convolvulus im April 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 146.750,00 (€ 237.437,65).
Carl Wilhelm de Hamilton - Auction history
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