Martin Battersby

Harlequin-Sphinx, Vers 1960

Found at Christies, Paris
Arts Décoratifs du 20ème Siècle et Design - Collection d'un Amateur Britannique, Les Années 40 en France, Lot 11
28. May - 28. May 2010
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 EUR
Price realised: 3.750 EUR
MARTIN BATTERSBY (1914-1982)
HARLEQUIN-SPHINX, VERS 1960
Acrylique sur panneau, encadré
17 x 20 cm. (6¾ x 7 7/8 in.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Harlequin-Sphinx, Vers 1960 by Martin Battersby was auctioned at Christies in Paris in May 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at - in retrospect quite modest - EUR 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at EUR 3,750.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Martin Battersby; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Trompe l'oeil (Sphinx) sold at auction in July last year with the realized price of GBP 4,410.00 (€ 5,266.32).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Harlequin-Sphinx, Vers 1960 von Martin Battersby im Mai 2010 bei Christies in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – EUR 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit EUR 3.750,00 mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Martin Battersby; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Trompe l'oeil (Sphinx) im Juli letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 4.410,00 (€ 5.266,32).

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