Mark Tobey

Crowd

Found at Bonhams
Studio Art | Bonhams Skinner, Lot 285
22. Apr - 2. May 2023
Estimate: 150 - 200 USD
Price realised: 612 USD
Mark Tobey (1890-1976)
Crowd
Numbered, signed, and dedicated '11/52...Tobey 1970...' in pencil along the lower margin, further identified on a Helen Serger, NY label affixed to the backing. Etching on paper, 3 5/8 x 5 in. (9.2 x 12.7 cm), framed.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Crowd by Mark Tobey was auctioned at Bonhams in May this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 612.00 (€ 574.43). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Mark Tobey achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Autumnal Fire in June 2018 with an auction result of EUR 1,389,000.00.

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Crowd von Mark Tobey im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 612,00 (€ 574,43) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Mark Tobey erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Autumnal Fire im Juni 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 1.389.000,00.

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