Mabel Lucy Atwell
The toy train
Found at
Christies,
London
British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations, Lot 173
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2002
British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations, Lot 173
13. Jun - 13. Jun 2002
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.760 GBP
Price realised: 3.760 GBP
Description
Mabel Lucy Atwell (1879-1964)
The toy train
signed 'MABEL/LUCIE/ATWELL' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink, and watercolour, heightened with white, unframed
10¼ x 9¼in. (26 x 23.5cm.)
and four other unframed illustrations by the same hand including: Last bus for nursery tea; Penelope as you will see, is giving chicks and things their tea; Mary told a fairy-tale; and I had a little nut tree (5)
The toy train
signed 'MABEL/LUCIE/ATWELL' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink, and watercolour, heightened with white, unframed
10¼ x 9¼in. (26 x 23.5cm.)
and four other unframed illustrations by the same hand including: Last bus for nursery tea; Penelope as you will see, is giving chicks and things their tea; Mary told a fairy-tale; and I had a little nut tree (5)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Mabel Lucie Attwell achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2002. In the British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations auction, the work The toy train sold for GBP 3,760.00 (€ 5,815.87) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. 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).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mabel Lucie Attwell erzielte im Juni 2002 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations wurde die Arbeit The toy train für GBP 3.760,00 (€ 5.815,87) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. 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).
Mabel Lucie Attwell - Auction history
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