Marion Post Wolcott
Vegetable Pickers Playing Checkers in Front of a 'Jook Joint', Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 225
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 225
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 3.750 USD
Price realised: 3.750 USD
Description
MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990)
Vegetable Pickers Playing Checkers in Front of a 'Jook Joint', Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941
gelatin silver print
signed, annotated 'An original vintage F.S.A. print' in pencil, typed title, date and Post Wolcott/F.S.A. credit stamps (on the verso)
7 1/8 x 9½in. (18 x 24.1cm.)
Vegetable Pickers Playing Checkers in Front of a 'Jook Joint', Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941
gelatin silver print
signed, annotated 'An original vintage F.S.A. print' in pencil, typed title, date and Post Wolcott/F.S.A. credit stamps (on the verso)
7 1/8 x 9½in. (18 x 24.1cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Vegetable Pickers Playing Checkers in Front of a 'Jook Joint', Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941 by Marion Post Wolcott was auctioned at Christies in New York in December 2011. It achieved a price of USD 3,750.00 (€ 2,890.62), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Admittedly, works by Marion Post Wolcott have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 in October 2021 with an auction result of USD 21,420.00 (€ 18,542.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Vegetable Pickers Playing Checkers in Front of a 'Jook Joint', Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941 von Marion Post Wolcott kam im Dezember 2011 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 3.750,00 (€ 2.890,62) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Marion Post Wolcott auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 im Oktober 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 21.420,00 (€ 18.542,24).
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