Margaret Bourke-White
Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 152.400 USD
Price realised: 152.400 USD
Description
circa 1930
Oversized gelatin silver print.
19 x 13 1/2 in. (48.3 x 34.3 cm)
Annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the verso.
Oversized gelatin silver print.
19 x 13 1/2 in. (48.3 x 34.3 cm)
Annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the verso.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 27 %.
The work Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City by Margaret Bourke-White was sold in the Photographs auction at Phillips in New York in October this year. The »bidding war« ended at USD 152,400.00 (€ 144,208.93), 27% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Margaret Bourke-White - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky, which sold at auction in April 2019 for USD 400,000.00 (€ 357,110.97).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 27 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City von Margaret Bourke-White wurde im Oktober diesen Jahres in der Auktion Photographs bei Phillips in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 152.400,00 (€ 144.208,93) und damit 27% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Margaret Bourke-White mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky beobachtet, die im April 2019 für USD 400.000,00 (€ 357.110,97) versteigert wurde.
Margaret Bourke-White - Auction history
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