Max Beerbohm
‘Prime Ministers In My Day - And Mostly Tremendous Luminaries In Theirs’
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 68
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 68
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Description
Max Beerbohm
‘PRIME MINISTERS IN MY DAY - AND MOSTLY TREMENDOUS LUMINARIES IN THEIRS’
305 by 419mm., watercolour and pencil, signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘March 1929’, mounted, framed and glazed
EXHIBITED: | 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011
‘PRIME MINISTERS IN MY DAY - AND MOSTLY TREMENDOUS LUMINARIES IN THEIRS’
305 by 419mm., watercolour and pencil, signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘March 1929’, mounted, framed and glazed
EXHIBITED: | 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work ‘Prime Ministers In My Day - And Mostly Tremendous Luminaries In Theirs’ by Max Beerbohm was auctioned at Sothebys in London in March 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 32,500.00 (€ 37,003.04). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Max Beerbohm; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot 'Mr Churchill' sold at auction in March 2018 with the realized price of GBP 47,500.00 (€ 54,081.37).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit ‘Prime Ministers In My Day - And Mostly Tremendous Luminaries In Theirs’ von Max Beerbohm im März 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 32.500,00 (€ 37.003,04) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Max Beerbohm; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit 'Mr Churchill' im März 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 47.500,00 (€ 54.081,37).
Max Beerbohm - Auction history
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