Potter, Beatrix

Guinea pigs going to their garden

Found at Sothebys, New York
Original Illustration Art from the Collections of Kendra and Allan Daniel, Lot 42
11. Apr - 11. Apr 2011

Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX

Description

Potter, Beatrix.
Guinea pigs going to their garden
3 3/4 by 6 in., ink and watercolor drawing, signed "H. B. P." lower right, matted, glazed and framed (11 by 13 in.)
Exhibited: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, "Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943: centenary exhibition", February - March 1966

Upper estimate price exceeded by 29 %.

The work Guinea pigs going to their garden by Beatrix Potter was sold in the Original Illustration Art from the Collections of Kendra and Allan Daniel auction at Sothebys in New York in April 2011. The »bidding war« ended at USD 77,500.00 (€ 52,290.67), 29% above the upper estimate. Other works by Beatrix Potter have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 70,850.00 (€ 87,377.73) in December 2012 for the work Gentleman Rabbit With Letter ("Benjamin Bunny").

Oberer Schätzpreis um 29 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Guinea pigs going to their garden von Beatrix Potter wurde im April 2011 in der Auktion Original Illustration Art from the Collections of Kendra and Allan Daniel bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 77.500,00 (€ 52.290,67) und damit 29% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Beatrix Potter haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 70.850,00 (€ 87.377,73) im Dezember 2012 für die Arbeit Gentleman Rabbit With Letter ("Benjamin Bunny") beobachtet.

Beatrix Potter - Auction history

XX.XXX

2020

Peter Rabbit and Mr McGregor

Jul 2020

Christies, London (Online Auction)

XX.XXX

$Beatrix Potter - Gentleman Rabbit With Letter (\$

Gentleman Rabbit With Letter ("Benjamin Bunny")

Dec 2012

Sothebys, London

XX.XXX

2012

Building a snowman

May 2012

Christies, London

XX.XXX

2011

Guinea pigs going to their garden

Apr 2011

Sothebys, New York

XX.XXX

$Helen Beatrix Potter - An incomplete set of eleven table mat illustrations from \'The Tale of Peter Rabbit\'$

2008

An incomplete set of eleven table mat illustrations from 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'

Dec 2008

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XX.XXX

2007

Study of field mice

Jul 2007

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XX.XXX

$Helen Beatrix Potter - A Preliminary Sketch For The Title Page of \'The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle\', 1905: Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle At Her Washtub$

2006

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Jul 2006

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XX.XXX

Studies for Miss Tiggy-winkle

Dec 2005

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XX.XXX

$Helen Beatrix Potter - Trollius asiaticus and arnebia echioides \'prophet flower\' recto and Polemonium zepeus verso$

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Sep 2005

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XX.XXX

The french windows

Sep 2005

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XX.XXX

Bedstraw and hazlenuts (illustrated)

Sep 2005

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XX.XXX

$Helen Beatrix Potter - \'Then He Tried To Find His Way Straight Across The Garden, But He Became More And More Puzzled. Presently, He Came To A Pond Where Mr. Mcgregor Filled His Water-Cans. A White Cat Was Staring At Some Gold-Fish, She Sat Very, Very Still, But Now And$

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Jun 2005

Christies, London

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