Oscar de Mejo

Welcome to America

Found at Christies, New York
THE JOHN W. KLUGE MORVEN COLLECTION, Lot 379
16. Dec - 16. Dec 2005
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 1.920 USD
Oscar de Mejo (Italian/American, 1911-1993)
Welcome to America
signed and dated 'Oscar de Mejo 1976' (upper right)
oil on board
27¼ x 26 in. (69.2 x 66 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 28 %.

The work Welcome to America by Oscar de Mejo was sold in the THE JOHN W. KLUGE MORVEN COLLECTION auction at Christies in New York in December 2005. The »bidding war« ended at USD 1,920.00 (€ 1,621.35), 28% above the upper estimate. Other works by Oscar de Mejo have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 3,360.00 (€ 2,837.36) in December 2005 for the work Red Coats at Monticello.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 28 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Welcome to America von Oscar de Mejo wurde im Dezember 2005 in der Auktion THE JOHN W. KLUGE MORVEN COLLECTION bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 1.920,00 (€ 1.621,35) und damit 28% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Oscar de Mejo haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.360,00 (€ 2.837,36) im Dezember 2005 für die Arbeit Red Coats at Monticello beobachtet.

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