Paul Raphael Meltsner
Portrait Of Gertrude Lawrence
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
Description
Paul Raphael Meltsner
1905 - 1967
PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
signed Paul Meltsner (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 by 33 inches
(96.5 by 83.8 cm)
Herbert and Nora Kaye Ross, California (sold: Butterfield's, San Francisco, December 5, 1988, lot 69) | Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Franklin, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above sale) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1905 - 1967
PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
signed Paul Meltsner (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 by 33 inches
(96.5 by 83.8 cm)
Herbert and Nora Kaye Ross, California (sold: Butterfield's, San Francisco, December 5, 1988, lot 69) | Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Franklin, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above sale) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Portrait Of Gertrude Lawrence by Paul Meltsner was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in April 2017. The »bidding war« ended at USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,883.89), 50% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Paul Meltsner have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work American Landscape in October 2018 with an auction result of USD 35,000.00 (€ 30,885.99).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Gertrude Lawrence von Paul Meltsner wurde im April 2017 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.883,89) und damit 50% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Paul Meltsner auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit American Landscape im Oktober 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 35.000,00 (€ 30.885,99).
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