Ruth Orkin
My bike shadow & me on a San Francisco Hill
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 6.985 USD
Price realised: 6.985 USD
Description
1938
Gelatin silver print.
7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19.1 x 23.5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Pilot 6 camera, #16' in pencil on the mount; copyright credit, credit '65 Central Park West,' '"A Photo Journal" Ruth Orkin' stamps and address label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Gelatin silver print.
7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19.1 x 23.5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Pilot 6 camera, #16' in pencil on the mount; copyright credit, credit '65 Central Park West,' '"A Photo Journal" Ruth Orkin' stamps and address label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Ruth Orkin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in October this year. In the Photographs auction, the work My bike shadow & me on a San Francisco Hill sold for USD 6,985.00 (€ 6,609.58) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ruth Orkin have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work American Girl in Florence, Italy in February 2021 with an auction result of USD 52,812.50 (€ 43,671.96).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ruth Orkin erzielte im Oktober diesen Jahres bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit My bike shadow & me on a San Francisco Hill für USD 6.985,00 (€ 6.609,58) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ruth Orkin auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit American Girl in Florence, Italy im Februar 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 52.812,50 (€ 43.671,96).
Ruth Orkin - Auction history
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