Ralph Hartley
Snow Over Warkton; Mist; Backyard; Ketton Cement Works, Leicestershire
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 238
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 238
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
Estimate: 700 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.750 GBP
Price realised: 2.750 GBP
Description
Ralph Hartley
1926-1988
SNOW OVER WARKTON; MIST; BACKYARD; KETTON CEMENT WORKS, LEICESTERSHIRE
Quantity: 4
four, all signed and variously dated l.l. RALPH HARTLEY
watercolour
largest: 54 by 75 cm.; 21 ¼ by 29 ½ in.
Probably bought by Sir David Scott from the Kettering Art Exhibition c. 1958
1926-1988
SNOW OVER WARKTON; MIST; BACKYARD; KETTON CEMENT WORKS, LEICESTERSHIRE
Quantity: 4
four, all signed and variously dated l.l. RALPH HARTLEY
watercolour
largest: 54 by 75 cm.; 21 ¼ by 29 ½ in.
Probably bought by Sir David Scott from the Kettering Art Exhibition c. 1958
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Ralph Hartley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in November 2008. In the A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation auction, the work Snow Over Warkton; Mist; Backyard; Ketton Cement Works, Leicestershire sold for GBP 2,750.00 (€ 3,324.96) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ralph Hartley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Kettering; Second Lodge Fields; Towards Thorpe; Warkton, Northamptonshire , which sold at auction in November 2008 for GBP 5,625.00 (€ 6,801.05).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ralph Hartley erzielte im November 2008 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation wurde die Arbeit Snow Over Warkton; Mist; Backyard; Ketton Cement Works, Leicestershire für GBP 2.750,00 (€ 3.324,96) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Ralph Hartley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Kettering; Second Lodge Fields; Towards Thorpe; Warkton, Northamptonshire beobachtet, die im November 2008 für GBP 5.625,00 (€ 6.801,05) versteigert wurde.
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