Richard Blome
Unknown
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
[RICHARD BLOME]
The Gentleman's Recreations: in three parts ... the second edition corrected, with near one half of additions. London: for R. Bonwicke [and others], 1710. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (412 x 260mm), engraved allegorical frontispiece and 73 engraved plates only (of 78?), one double-sided and counted as 2, 3 folding, text woodcuts (first few leaves detached, small area of rubbing to one plate causing loss, occasional tears without loss, some light and mainly marginal spotting and staining), contemporary calf with crowned monogram on covers (worn, upper cover almost detached). Provenance: Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell, West Grinstead Park (armorial bookplate) -- "Sir Charles Burrell, Sussex Militia" (inscription) -- "Isabella Pomfret's copy" (inscription dated 1893).
Second edition, even larger in scope than the first, published after Blome's death in 1705. Mellon/Podeschi 39.
The Gentleman's Recreations: in three parts ... the second edition corrected, with near one half of additions. London: for R. Bonwicke [and others], 1710. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (412 x 260mm), engraved allegorical frontispiece and 73 engraved plates only (of 78?), one double-sided and counted as 2, 3 folding, text woodcuts (first few leaves detached, small area of rubbing to one plate causing loss, occasional tears without loss, some light and mainly marginal spotting and staining), contemporary calf with crowned monogram on covers (worn, upper cover almost detached). Provenance: Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell, West Grinstead Park (armorial bookplate) -- "Sir Charles Burrell, Sussex Militia" (inscription) -- "Isabella Pomfret's copy" (inscription dated 1893).
Second edition, even larger in scope than the first, published after Blome's death in 1705. Mellon/Podeschi 39.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Richard Blome achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2008. In the The Sporting Sale auction, the work Unknown sold for GBP 3,500.00 (€ 4,425.40) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Richard Blome; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Gentleman's Recreation: Ten Plates, from Sporting and Gameing [sic|AID916526] sold at auction in April 2002 with the realized price of USD 7,637.50 (€ 8,484.23).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Richard Blome erzielte im September 2008 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Sporting Sale wurde die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 3.500,00 (€ 4.425,40) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Richard Blome; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Gentleman's Recreation: Ten Plates, from Sporting and Gameing [sic|AID916526] im April 2002 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 7.637,50 (€ 8.484,23).
Richard Blome - Auction history
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