Major Charles Frederick Gibson
Eight views of Kingston
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
five views variously signed with initials, inscribed and dated ‘2nd August 1832. / Kingston Mills FG’, ‘Kingston Barracks / 8 August 32 F.G / from Cedar Island’, ‘Kingston Lock Guard’, ‘St Lawrence Kingston - / Feby 21st 1832 / F.G’, ‘Kingston Bridge. U.C. / C.F.G’ and ‘17th October’
variously pencil, pen and ink and sepia wash on paper, three sheets watermarked ‘J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1823’
unframed
14 ¾ x 20in. (37.5 x 51cm.) and smaller
(8)
variously pencil, pen and ink and sepia wash on paper, three sheets watermarked ‘J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1823’
unframed
14 ¾ x 20in. (37.5 x 51cm.) and smaller
(8)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Major Charles Frederick Gibson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2016. In the Topographical Pictures auction, the work Eight views of Kingston sold for GBP 8,750.00 (€ 10,230.17) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Major Charles Frederick Gibson; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Seven views of Halifax, Nova Scotia sold at auction in December 2016 with the realized price of GBP 13,125.00 (€ 15,345.25).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Major Charles Frederick Gibson erzielte im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Topographical Pictures wurde die Arbeit Eight views of Kingston für GBP 8.750,00 (€ 10.230,17) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Major Charles Frederick Gibson; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Seven views of Halifax, Nova Scotia im Dezember 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 13.125,00 (€ 15.345,25).
Major Charles Frederick Gibson - Auction history
