Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S.

The Meet

Found at Christies, London
Important British & Irish Art, Lot 17
28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 240.250 GBP
Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899)
The Meet
signed with monogram 'BF' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
28 x 60 in. (71.1 x 152.4 cm.)
- S.R. Platt; Christie's, Lond

A top price for Myles Birket Foster

This artwork by Myles Birket Foster achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2001. In the Important British & Irish Art auction, the work The Meet sold for GBP 240,250.00 (€ 382,313.43) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 120,000.00. This high result makes The Meet the most expensive artwork by Myles Birket Foster that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Myles Birket Foster

Dieses Kunstwerk von Myles Birket Foster erzielte im November 2001 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important British & Irish Art wurde die Arbeit The Meet für GBP 240.250,00 (€ 382.313,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Meet zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Myles Birket Foster, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Other artists in this auction

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope - The Vision of Ezekiel: The Valley of Dry Bones
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: The Vision of Ezekiel: The Valley of Dry Bones
Price: 41.125 GBP
Found at Christies
31 auction results
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. - People Talking
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: People Talking
Price: 273.250 GBP
Found at Christies
1,049 auction results
John Anster Fitzgerald - The Wounded Squirrel
John Anster Fitzgerald
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: The Wounded Squirrel
Price: 124.750 GBP
Found at Christies
19 auction results
Edmund Blair Leighton - Alain Chartier  Margaret of Scotland, Dauphine of France, one day discovered Alain Chartier, the poet, asleep. In the prescence of her attendants, she stopped and kissed his lips, saying, \
Edmund Blair Leighton
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: Alain Chartier Margaret of Scotland, Dauphine of France, one day discovered Alain Chartier, the poet, asleep. In the prescence of her attendants, she stopped and kissed his lips, saying, "Parce qu'elles avaient dit de si belles choses."
Price: 311.750 GBP
Found at Christies
61 auction results
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. - Play Garden
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A.
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: Play Garden
Price: 152.250 GBP
Found at Christies
89 auction results
James Jacques Joseph Tissot - Study for \'The Last Evening\'
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: Study for 'The Last Evening'
Price: 86.250 GBP
Found at Christies
205 auction results
John Melhuish Strudwick - Isabella \'Piteous she looked on dead and senseless things, Asking for her lost Basil piteously [sic]\'
John Melhuish Strudwick
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: Isabella 'Piteous she looked on dead and senseless things, Asking for her lost Basil piteously [sic]'
Price: 443.750 GBP
Found at Christies
22 auction results
Sir John Everett Millais, Bt., P.R.A. - The Farmer\'s Daughter
Sir John Everett Millais, Bt., P.R.A.
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: The Farmer's Daughter
Price: 157.750 GBP
Found at Christies
79 auction results
John Constable, R.A. - View of the City of London from Sir Richard Steele\'s Cottage, Hampstead, a sketch
John Constable, R.A.
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: View of the City of London from Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead, a sketch
Price: 289.750 GBP
Found at Christies
162 auction results
George Barret, R.A. - View of Powerscourt Waterfall, with the octagonal summerhouse, and figures and horses in the foreground
George Barret, R.A.
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: View of Powerscourt Waterfall, with the octagonal summerhouse, and figures and horses in the foreground
Price: 207.250 GBP
Found at Christies
29 auction results
Frank Cadogan Cowper, R.A. - Rapunzel sings from the Tower \'.... in the fire Of sunset, I behold a face, Which sometime, if God give me grace, May kiss me in this very place\'             (Rapunzel -  William Morris)
Frank Cadogan Cowper, R.A.
Auction: 28. Nov - 28. Nov 2001
Title: Rapunzel sings from the Tower '.... in the fire Of sunset, I behold a face, Which sometime, if God give me grace, May kiss me in this very place' (Rapunzel - William Morris)
Price: 52.875 GBP
Found at Christies
25 auction results