Rudy Burckhardt
Flatiron Building in Summer, c. 1947
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 305
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 305
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Price realised: 4.750 USD
Price realised: 4.750 USD
Description
RUDY BURCKHARDT (1914-1999)
Flatiron Building in Summer, c. 1947
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in pencil (on the mount)
11 1/8 x 9in. (28.2 x 23cm.)
Flatiron Building in Summer, c. 1947
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in pencil (on the mount)
11 1/8 x 9in. (28.2 x 23cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 36 %.
The work Flatiron Building in Summer, c. 1947 by Rudy Burckhardt was sold in the Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II auction at Christies in New York in December 2011. It achieved a price of USD 4,750.00 (€ 3,661.45), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 36%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Rudy Burckhardt - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Flatiron Building, Summer, 1948, which sold at auction in February 2007 for USD 10,200.00 (€ 7,709.75).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 36 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Flatiron Building in Summer, c. 1947 von Rudy Burckhardt wurde im Dezember 2011 in der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 4.750,00 (€ 3.661,45) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 36%. Für andere Arbeiten von Rudy Burckhardt mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Flatiron Building, Summer, 1948 beobachtet, die im Februar 2007 für USD 10.200,00 (€ 7.709,75) versteigert wurde.
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