Lothar Baumgarten
VW do Brazil
Found at
Christies,
New York
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY (AFTERNOON SESSION), Lot 435
15. May - 15. May 2002
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY (AFTERNOON SESSION), Lot 435
15. May - 15. May 2002
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Lothar Baumgarten (b. 1944)
VW do Brazil
signed and dated 'Baumgarten 1974' (on the reverse)
color coupler print
32½ x 48 in. (82.6 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 1974. This work is number three from an edition of three.
VW do Brazil
signed and dated 'Baumgarten 1974' (on the reverse)
color coupler print
32½ x 48 in. (82.6 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 1974. This work is number three from an edition of three.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work VW do Brazil by Lothar Baumgarten was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2002, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 9,560.00 (€ 10,236.64). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Lothar Baumgarten - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Selected Images, 1968-1972, which sold at auction in April 2006 for USD 26,400.00 (€ 20,912.55).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit VW do Brazil von Lothar Baumgarten im Mai 2002 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 9.560,00 (€ 10.236,64) den Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Lothar Baumgarten mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Selected Images, 1968-1972 beobachtet, die im April 2006 für USD 26.400,00 (€ 20.912,55) versteigert wurde.
Lothar Baumgarten - Auction history
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