Russell Lee
Tire Store, Vernon, Texas, 1949
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 352
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 352
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 4.375 USD
Price realised: 4.375 USD
Description
RUSSELL LEE (1903-1986)
Tire Store, Vernon, Texas, 1949
gelatin silver print
Standard Oil credit stamps and typed descriptive label affixed (on the verso)
7¼ x 9½in. (18.4 x 24.3cm.)
Tire Store, Vernon, Texas, 1949
gelatin silver print
Standard Oil credit stamps and typed descriptive label affixed (on the verso)
7¼ x 9½in. (18.4 x 24.3cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 75 %.
This artwork by Russell Lee achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2011. In the Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II auction, the work Tire Store, Vernon, Texas, 1949 sold for USD 4,375.00 (€ 3,372.39) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,500.00. Admittedly, works by Russell Lee have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Pie Town, New Mexico. in November 2002 with an auction result of GBP 12,925.00 (€ 20,239.88).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 75 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Russell Lee erzielte im Dezember 2011 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II wurde die Arbeit Tire Store, Vernon, Texas, 1949 für USD 4.375,00 (€ 3.372,39) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Russell Lee auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Pie Town, New Mexico. im November 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 12.925,00 (€ 20.239,88).
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