Samuel Shelley
A young gentleman, in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 154
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 154
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.793 GBP
Price realised: 1.793 GBP
Description
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1-1808)
A young gentleman, in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
oval, 1½ in. (38 mm.) high, gold bracelet clasp frame
A young gentleman, in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
oval, 1½ in. (38 mm.) high, gold bracelet clasp frame
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In December 2003 Christies in London held the auction Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, which included the work A young gentleman, in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue by Samuel Shelley. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,792.50 (€ 2,538.84), 20% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Samuel Shelley achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Aston sisters: Lady Legard and Mrs Hedges as Flora and Ceres, their arms around one another, in white dresses and pink and green stoles, ears of wheat and flowers in their upswept powdered hair, one sister holding a basket of fruit and the other in April 2002 with an auction result of GBP 16,450.00 (€ 26,615.67
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Dezember 2003 führte Christies in London die Auktion Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures durch, in der auch die Arbeit A young gentleman, in blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue von Samuel Shelley zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.792,50 (€ 2.538,84) und damit 20% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Samuel Shelley erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Aston sisters: Lady Legard and Mrs Hedges as Flora and Ceres, their arms around one another, in white dresses and pink and green stoles, ears of wheat and flowers in their upswept powdered hair, one sister holding a basket of fruit and the other im April 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 16.450,00 (€ 26.615,67).
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