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- A postmaster, facing right in green coat and gold-embroidered green collar, gold buttons and epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, powdered hair, wearing a postal order
Peter Mayr
A postmaster, facing right in green coat and gold-embroidered green collar, gold buttons and epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, powdered hair, wearing a postal order
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Portrait Miniatures including works from the, Lot 171
6. Nov - 6. Nov 2001
Important Portrait Miniatures including works from the, Lot 171
6. Nov - 6. Nov 2001
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PETER MAYR (1758-1836)
A postmaster, facing right in green coat and gold-embroidered green collar, gold buttons and epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, powdered hair, wearing a postal order
signed and dated 'Pet: Maÿr Augsburg. 1804.' (mid-right)
oval, 2 1/16 in. (53 mm.) high, facetted silver-gilt frame with glazed silk reverse
A postmaster, facing right in green coat and gold-embroidered green collar, gold buttons and epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, powdered hair, wearing a postal order
signed and dated 'Pet: Maÿr Augsburg. 1804.' (mid-right)
oval, 2 1/16 in. (53 mm.) high, facetted silver-gilt frame with glazed silk reverse
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A postmaster, facing right in green coat and gold-embroidered green collar, gold buttons and epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, powdered hair, wearing a postal order by Peter Mayr was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2001. The price achieved of GBP 646.25 (€ 1,028.39) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 500.00 – 700.00. Other works by Peter Mayr have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2000 the work A young lady, full face in lace-bordered white dress, floral embroidered white stole draped over her right shoulder, coral necklace and earrings and gem-set gold ferronnière, her fair hair dressed in curls and plaited and a curl falling to her left was auctioned for GBP 940.00 (€ 1,508.35).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A postmaster, facing right in green coat and gold-embroidered green collar, gold buttons and epaulettes, white shirt and black stock, powdered hair, wearing a postal order von Peter Mayr kam im November 2001 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 646,25 (€ 1.028,39) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 500,00 – 700,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Peter Mayr konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2000 die Arbeit A young lady, full face in lace-bordered white dress, floral embroidered white stole draped over her right shoulder, coral necklace and earrings and gem-set gold ferronnière, her fair hair dressed in curls and plaited and a curl falling to her left für GBP 940,00 (€ 1.508,35) versteigert.
