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Roy DeCarava - Edna Smith

Roy DeCarava

Edna Smith

Found at Phillips, New York
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Lot 38
3. Oct - 3. Oct 2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
1955
Gelatin silver print.
13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33.7 x 23.5 cm)
Signed, dated and copyright notation in white ink on the recto; annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse of the mount.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1996

Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.

This artwork by Roy DeCarava achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in October 2017. In the The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation auction, the work Edna Smith sold for USD 30,000.00 (€ 25,755.49) - well above the upper estimate of USD 15,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Roy DeCarava - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Hallway, New York, which sold at auction in October 2019 for USD 72,500.00 (€ 64,993.28).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Roy DeCarava erzielte im Oktober 2017 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation wurde die Arbeit Edna Smith für USD 30.000,00 (€ 25.755,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 15.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Roy DeCarava mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Hallway, New York beobachtet, die im Oktober 2019 für USD 72.500,00 (€ 64.993,28) versteigert wurde.

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