Lewis Carroll

Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Costume, c. 1860

Found at Christies, New York
Photographs from the Forbes Collection, Lot 16
29. Sep - 29. Sep 2014
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 106.250 USD
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898)
Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Costume, c. 1860
albumen print
image/sheet: 5 x 6½in. (14 x 16cm.)

Artwork auctioned at seven times the upper estimate price

When the work Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Costume, c. 1860 by Lewis Carroll was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than seven times as high at USD 106,250.00 (€ 84,138.42). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Lewis Carroll; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Alexandra Kitchin sold at auction in April 2008 with the realized price of USD 133,000.00 (€ 85,431.65).

Kunstwerk zum Siebenfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Costume, c. 1860 von Lewis Carroll im September 2014 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 106.250,00 (€ 84.138,42) mehr als siebenmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Lewis Carroll; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Alexandra Kitchin im April 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 133.000,00 (€ 85.431,65).

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