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Roberta Silva - A Blow is Enough

Roberta Silva

A Blow is Enough

Found at Christies, London
Post-War & Contemporary ArtDay Sale, Lot 175
12. Feb - 12. Feb 2009
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Roberta Silva (b. 1971)
A Blow is Enough
hand-blown Murano glass
12¼ x 23 x 12 2/3in. (31 x 58.5 x 32cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is unique

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Roberta Silva achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in February 2009. In the Post-War & Contemporary ArtDay Sale auction, the work A Blow is Enough sold for GBP 12,500.00 (€ 14,093.35) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Roberta Silva; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Basta Un Soffio sold at auction in May 2015 with the realized price of USD 27,500.00 (€ 25,013.64).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Roberta Silva erzielte im Februar 2009 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary ArtDay Sale wurde die Arbeit A Blow is Enough für GBP 12.500,00 (€ 14.093,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Roberta Silva; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Basta Un Soffio im Mai 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 27.500,00 (€ 25.013,64).

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