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- "Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated)
Samuel John Milton Browne
"Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated)
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
Samuel John Milton Browne (Wavertree 1873-1965)
"Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated)
both signed 'Sam J.M. Browne' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on paper laid onto card
12 x 12 in. (30.4 x 30.4 cm.)
a pair (2)
"Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated)
both signed 'Sam J.M. Browne' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on paper laid onto card
12 x 12 in. (30.4 x 30.4 cm.)
a pair (2)
A top price for Samuel John Milton Brown
When the work "Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated) by Samuel John Milton Brown was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 3,500.00 (€ 4,002.26). This high result makes "Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated) the most expensive artwork by Samuel John Milton Brown that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Samuel John Milton Brown
Als die Arbeit "Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated) von Samuel John Milton Brown im Mai 2011 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 3.500,00 (€ 4.002,26) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht "Britain's empire watch dog"; and "Britain's old time pride and glory" - H.M.S. Victory (illustrated) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Samuel John Milton Brown, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.