Nicolas Robert
Crested Caracara (Polyborus Plancus)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection, Lot 135
31. Jan - 31. Jan 2013
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection, Lot 135
31. Jan - 31. Jan 2013
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Price realised: 30.000 USD
Description
Nicolas Robert (Langres 1614-1685 Paris)
Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
with number '111'
bodycolor and watercolor, on vellum, with gold borderlines
16 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (42.8 x 32 cm.)
Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
with number '111'
bodycolor and watercolor, on vellum, with gold borderlines
16 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (42.8 x 32 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
The work Crested Caracara (Polyborus Plancus) by Nicolas Robert was sold in the Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection auction at Christies in New York in January 2013. It achieved a price of USD 30,000.00 (€ 22,084.81), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 67%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Nicolas Robert - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Quagga, which sold at auction in January 2007 for USD 84,000.00 (€ 64,625.33).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Crested Caracara (Polyborus Plancus) von Nicolas Robert wurde im Januar 2013 in der Auktion Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 30.000,00 (€ 22.084,81) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 67%. Für andere Arbeiten von Nicolas Robert mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Quagga beobachtet, die im Januar 2007 für USD 84.000,00 (€ 64.625,33) versteigert wurde.
Nicolas Robert - Auction history
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