Samuel Lover
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 174
16. Nov - 16. Nov 2010
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 174
16. Nov - 16. Nov 2010
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 1.125 GBP
Price realised: 1.125 GBP
Description
SAMUEL LOVER (IRISH, 1797-1868)
A pair of miniatures; a lady, seated at a table, a quill in her hand, a letter on the table alongside an inkwell, wearing dark dress with gem-set brooch at corsage, gold earrings, brown silk headdress, an embroidered shawl draped over her left arm next to an urn; another lady, seated next to a vase of flowers, wearing brown dress with white ruff and headdress, in her right hand an eye-glass suspended from a long gold chain worn around her neck
the former signed 'S. Lover RHA' (below table top)
on ivory
rectangular, 6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (161 x 120 mm.) and 6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (169 x 130 mm.), respectively, in giltwood and gesso frames of identical size (2)
A pair of miniatures; a lady, seated at a table, a quill in her hand, a letter on the table alongside an inkwell, wearing dark dress with gem-set brooch at corsage, gold earrings, brown silk headdress, an embroidered shawl draped over her left arm next to an urn; another lady, seated next to a vase of flowers, wearing brown dress with white ruff and headdress, in her right hand an eye-glass suspended from a long gold chain worn around her neck
the former signed 'S. Lover RHA' (below table top)
on ivory
rectangular, 6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (161 x 120 mm.) and 6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (169 x 130 mm.), respectively, in giltwood and gesso frames of identical size (2)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Samuel Lover could be acquired at Christies in London in November 2010 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes auction, the work Unknown changed hands for GBP 1,125.00 (€ 1,344.37) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 1,200.00 – 1,800.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Samuel Lover achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. (1829-1896), In Coat And Waistcoat, Black Cravat, Curling Dark Hair And Side-Whiskers in June 2007 with an auction result of GBP 9,600.00 (€ 14,245.92).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Samuel Lover konnte im November 2010 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes wechselte die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 1.125,00 (€ 1.344,37) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 1.200,00 – 1.800,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Samuel Lover erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. (1829-1896), In Coat And Waistcoat, Black Cravat, Curling Dark Hair And Side-Whiskers im Juni 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 9.600,00 (€ 14.245,92).
Samuel Lover - Auction history
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