Neil Leifer
Muhammad Ali, first round knockout of Sonny Liston, St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine, 1965
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 6.875 USD
Price realised: 6.875 USD
Description
chromogenic print, printed later
signed and numbered '120/350' in ink (margin); signed in ink in Certificate of Authenticity (frame backing board)
image: 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (49.5 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
This work is number 120 from an edition of 350.
Guggenheim Asher Associates, New York; | acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999.
signed and numbered '120/350' in ink (margin); signed in ink in Certificate of Authenticity (frame backing board)
image: 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (49.5 x 49.5 cm.)
sheet: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
This work is number 120 from an edition of 350.
Guggenheim Asher Associates, New York; | acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Muhammad Ali, first round knockout of Sonny Liston, St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine, 1965 by Neil Leifer was sold in the Photographs auction at Christies in New York in October 2018. It changed hands for a price of USD 6,875.00 (€ 6,066.89) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 5,000.00 – 7,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Neil Leifer - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine, which sold at auction in October 2016 for USD 17,500.00 (€ 15,964.24).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Muhammad Ali, first round knockout of Sonny Liston, St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine, 1965 von Neil Leifer wurde im Oktober 2018 in der Auktion Photographs bei Christies in New York versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 6.875,00 (€ 6.066,89) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 5.000,00 – 7.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Neil Leifer mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine beobachtet, die im Oktober 2016 für USD 17.500,00 (€ 15.964,24) versteigert wurde.
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