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- Japanese children by firelight
Mortimer Luddington Menpes RI, RBA, RE
Japanese children by firelight
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 9.563 GBP
Price realised: 9.563 GBP
Description
Mortimer Luddington Menpes RI, RBA, RE (British, 1855-1938)
Japanese children by firelight
signed 'MENPES' (lower left)
oil on board
11.5 x 9cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16in).
Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 November 2004, lot 16. | Property from an important private collection.
Japanese children by firelight
signed 'MENPES' (lower left)
oil on board
11.5 x 9cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16in).
Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, 2 November 2004, lot 16. | Property from an important private collection.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 91 %.
This artwork by Mortimer Luddington Menpes achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in March 2021. In the 19th Century and British Impressionist Art auction, the work Japanese children by firelight sold for GBP 9,562.50 (€ 11,233.47) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Mortimer Luddington Menpes - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Benares, Blue Is The Sky, which sold at auction in June 2011 for GBP 30,000.00 (€ 33,189.42).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 91 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mortimer Luddington Menpes erzielte im März 2021 bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 19th Century and British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit Japanese children by firelight für GBP 9.562,50 (€ 11.233,47) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Mortimer Luddington Menpes mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Benares, Blue Is The Sky beobachtet, die im Juni 2011 für GBP 30.000,00 (€ 33.189,42) versteigert wurde.