Marion Post Wolcott
Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting in Line to be Paid near Homestead, Florida, 1939
Found at
Christies,
New York
Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I, Lot 317
7. Apr - 7. Apr 2011
Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I, Lot 317
7. Apr - 7. Apr 2011
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
Description
MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990)
Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting in Line to be Paid near Homestead, Florida, 1939
gelatin silver print
'Post Wolcott/Farm Security Administration' in white ink (on the recto); signed, titled and annotated 'photo by Marion Post Wolcott for FSA An original vintage FSA print from the personal collection of M.P.W. 1939' in ink (on the reverse of the mount)
13 7/8 x 19¼in. (35.2 x 48.9cm.)
Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting in Line to be Paid near Homestead, Florida, 1939
gelatin silver print
'Post Wolcott/Farm Security Administration' in white ink (on the recto); signed, titled and annotated 'photo by Marion Post Wolcott for FSA An original vintage FSA print from the personal collection of M.P.W. 1939' in ink (on the reverse of the mount)
13 7/8 x 19¼in. (35.2 x 48.9cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Marion Post Wolcott achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2011. In the Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I auction, the work Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting in Line to be Paid near Homestead, Florida, 1939 sold for USD 12,500.00 (€ 8,433.98) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Marion Post Wolcott - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939, which sold at auction in October 2021 for USD 21,420.00 (€ 18,542.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Marion Post Wolcott erzielte im April 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Crossing America: Photographs from the Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part I wurde die Arbeit Migrant Vegetable Pickers Waiting in Line to be Paid near Homestead, Florida, 1939 für USD 12.500,00 (€ 8.433,98) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Marion Post Wolcott mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 beobachtet, die im Oktober 2021 für USD 21.420,00 (€ 18.542,24) versteigert wurde.
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