Nicolas-François Dun
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 47
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2011
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 47
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2011
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Description
NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS DUN (FRENCH, 1764-1832)
A young lady, in black dress with fichu and black gauze upstand collar, wearing a long gold chain and pendant
signed 'Dun' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, silver frame
A young lady, in black dress with fichu and black gauze upstand collar, wearing a long gold chain and pendant
signed 'Dun' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 2½ in. (63 mm.) high, silver frame
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
The work Unknown by Nicolas François Dun was sold in the Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes auction at Christies in London in June 2011. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 5,000.00 (€ 5,531.57), 67% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Nicolas François Dun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A young lady, wearing silver tasselled bright blue scarf in her brown curling hair, facing right in white dress, cameo brooch pinned at corsage, red and blue bordered white stole draped around her shoulders, which sold at auction in November 2001 for GBP 8,812.50 (€ 14,023.46).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Unknown von Nicolas François Dun wurde im Juni 2011 in der Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 5.000,00 (€ 5.531,57) und damit 67% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Nicolas François Dun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A young lady, wearing silver tasselled bright blue scarf in her brown curling hair, facing right in white dress, cameo brooch pinned at corsage, red and blue bordered white stole draped around her shoulders beobachtet, die im November 2001 für GBP 8.812,50 (€ 14.023,46) versteigert wurde.
Nicolas François Dun - Auction history
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