Samuel Shelley
A young gentleman, in blue velvet coat with gold buttons and red collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 164
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 164
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.585 GBP
Price realised: 3.585 GBP
Description
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1-1808)
A young gentleman, in blue velvet coat with gold buttons and red collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gold frame with blue glass outer border, the reverse with seed pearl initials WEM on plaited hair
A young gentleman, in blue velvet coat with gold buttons and red collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gold frame with blue glass outer border, the reverse with seed pearl initials WEM on plaited hair
Upper estimate price exceeded by 43 %.
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 velvet coat with gold buttons and red collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue by Samuel Shelley. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 3,585.00 (€ 5,077.68), 43% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Samuel Shelley have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved 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 um 43 % 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 velvet coat with gold buttons and red collar, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue von Samuel Shelley zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 3.585,00 (€ 5.077,68) und damit 43% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Samuel Shelley auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen 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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