Mabel Lucie Attwell - A young boy playing with pixies and fairies by moonlight

Mabel Lucie Attwell

A young boy playing with pixies and fairies by moonlight

Found at Christies, London
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST, Lot 110
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2001
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964)
A young boy playing with pixies and fairies by moonlight
signed 'MABEL/LUCIE/ATTWELL' (lower left)
pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with white
9 x 6½in. (22.9 x 16.5cm.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

The work A young boy playing with pixies and fairies by moonlight by Mabel Lucie Attwell was worth GBP 3,525.00 (€ 5,759.36) to a buyer in December 2001. This price was achieved in the auction BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Mabel Lucie Attwell; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back. sold at auction in June 2002 with the realized price of GBP 5,287.50 (€ 8,178.57).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit A young boy playing with pixies and fairies by moonlight von Mabel Lucie Attwell war einem Käufer im Dezember 2001 GBP 3.525,00 (€ 5.759,36) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS AND ILLUST bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Mabel Lucie Attwell; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit We're going on a ride on dear old quack - all the way there and all the way back. im Juni 2002 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 5.287,50 (€ 8.178,57).

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