Lee Townsend

The Bookies

Found at Sothebys, New York
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone, Lot 8
9. Sep - 9. Sep 2020
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 16.380 USD
LEE TOWNSEND
American
1895 - 1965
THE BOOKIES
signed LEE TOWNSEND (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 6⅛ by 8⅝ in.; 15.6 by 21.9 cm
framed: 9½ by 15 in.; 24.1 by 38.1 cm

A top price for Lee Townsend

When the work The Bookies by Lee Townsend was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in September 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 16,380.00 (€ 13,978.49). This high result makes The Bookies the most expensive artwork by Lee Townsend that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Lee Townsend

Als die Arbeit The Bookies von Lee Townsend im September 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 16.380,00 (€ 13.978,49) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Bookies zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Lee Townsend, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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