Maurice A. Miles
Kew Gardens
Found at
Christies,
London
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 174
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale, Lot 174
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2012
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.750 GBP
Price realised: 3.750 GBP
Description
Maurice A. Miles
KEW GARDENS
lithograph in colours, 1934, printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd, condition A-; backed on linen
40 x 25in. (101 x 63cm.)
KEW GARDENS
lithograph in colours, 1934, printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd, condition A-; backed on linen
40 x 25in. (101 x 63cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Maurice A. Miles achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2012. In the Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale auction, the work Kew Gardens sold for GBP 3,750.00 (€ 4,662.47) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Maurice A. Miles; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot For The Zoo sold at auction in October 2012 with the realized price of GBP 6,000.00 (€ 7,459.95).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Maurice A. Miles erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Posters With A Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale wurde die Arbeit Kew Gardens für GBP 3.750,00 (€ 4.662,47) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Maurice A. Miles; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit For The Zoo im Oktober 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 6.000,00 (€ 7.459,95).
Maurice A. Miles - Auction history
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