Sampson Towgood Roch
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu and Selected Silver, Lot 9
21. Mar - 21. Mar 2006
Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu and Selected Silver, Lot 9
21. Mar - 21. Mar 2006
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.040 GBP
Price realised: 5.040 GBP
Description
SAMPSON TOWGOOD ROCH
A young officer, in red coat with blue collar and silver-embroidered facings, silver buttons and epaulette, white frilled cravat, black stock, powdered hair
gilt-metal frame, the reverse with gold initials 'RON' on plaited hair
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high
A young officer, in red coat with blue collar and silver-embroidered facings, silver buttons and epaulette, white frilled cravat, black stock, powdered hair
gilt-metal frame, the reverse with gold initials 'RON' on plaited hair
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Unknown by Sampson Towgood Roch was auctioned at Christies in London in March 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,040.00 (€ 7,221.41). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Sampson Towgood Roch; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background sold at auction in November 2013 with the realized price of GBP 11,250.00 (€ 13,537.87).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Unknown von Sampson Towgood Roch im März 2006 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.040,00 (€ 7.221,41) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Sampson Towgood Roch; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background im November 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 11.250,00 (€ 13.537,87).
Sampson Towgood Roch - Auction history
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