Margaret Mellis
Round Table and Lemons
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.520 GBP
Price realised: 11.520 GBP
Description
Margaret Mellis (British, 1914-2009)
Round Table and Lemons
signed 'Margaret Mellis' (lower left); titled and stamped with estate stamp 'Round table + Lemons' (on the canvas overlap); stamped again with estate stamp (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
91.6 x 71.1 cm. (36 x 28 in.)
(unframed)
Painted circa 1949
The Artist, thence by descent to the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Round Table and Lemons
signed 'Margaret Mellis' (lower left); titled and stamped with estate stamp 'Round table + Lemons' (on the canvas overlap); stamped again with estate stamp (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
91.6 x 71.1 cm. (36 x 28 in.)
(unframed)
Painted circa 1949
The Artist, thence by descent to the present owner | Private Collection, U.K.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 44 %.
The work Round Table and Lemons by Margaret Mellis was auctioned at Bonhams in London in September this year. It achieved a price of GBP 11,520.00 (€ 11,520.00), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 44%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Margaret Mellis - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Scarlet Undercurrent, which sold at auction in June 2017 for GBP 25,000.00 (€ 28,470.34).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 44 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Round Table and Lemons von Margaret Mellis kam im September diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 11.520,00 (€ 11.520,00) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 44%. Für andere Arbeiten von Margaret Mellis mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Scarlet Undercurrent beobachtet, die im Juni 2017 für GBP 25.000,00 (€ 28.470,34) versteigert wurde.
Margaret Mellis - Auction history
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