Samuel Owen
A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Description
Samuel Owen (1768-1857)
A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital
signed 'S Owen' (on bow of central barge)
pencil and watercolour
6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.2 x 25.4 cm.)
A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital
signed 'S Owen' (on bow of central barge)
pencil and watercolour
6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.2 x 25.4 cm.)
A top price for Samuel Owen
This artwork by Samuel Owen achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2007. In the Important Maritime Art auction, the work A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital sold for GBP 7,500.00 (€ 10,770.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,500.00. This high result makes A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital the most expensive artwork by Samuel Owen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Samuel Owen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Samuel Owen erzielte im Oktober 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Maritime Art wurde die Arbeit A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital für GBP 7.500,00 (€ 10.770,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.500,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Samuel Owen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Samuel Owen - Auction history
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