Peter Brookes - ‘Retire? Pah! Sir Alex Schmalex...’

Peter Brookes

‘Retire? Pah! Sir Alex Schmalex...’

Found at Sothebys, London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 224
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Peter Brookes
‘RETIRE? PAH! SIR ALEX SCHMALEX...’
203 by 286mm., pen ink and watercolour, signed and dated ‘9 v 13’, mounted, framed and glazed
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A top price for Peter Brookes

When the work ‘Retire? Pah! Sir Alex Schmalex...’ by Peter Brookes was auctioned at Sothebys in London in March 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 8,125.00 (€ 9,250.76). This high result makes ‘Retire? Pah! Sir Alex Schmalex...’ the most expensive artwork by Peter Brookes that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Peter Brookes

Als die Arbeit ‘Retire? Pah! Sir Alex Schmalex...’ von Peter Brookes im März 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 8.125,00 (€ 9.250,76) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht ‘Retire? Pah! Sir Alex Schmalex...’ zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Peter Brookes, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Peter Brookes - Auction history

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