Samuel Shelley
A young officer, facing right in a blue coat with scarlet facings and gold braid, powdered wig en queue (cracked)
Found at
Christies,
London
At Home - Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Irish, Scot, Lot 80
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2004
At Home - Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Irish, Scot, Lot 80
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2004
Estimate: 150 - 250 GBP
Price realised: 215 GBP
Price realised: 215 GBP
Description
Samuel Shelley
A young officer, facing right in a blue coat with scarlet facings and gold braid, powdered wig en queue (cracked)
bracelet clasp frame
oval, 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.) high; and a young lady, seated in white lace dress, crimson stole over her shoulder, fair hair; green drapery background (French School, late 18th Century)
oil on paper, gilt-metal frame
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) diam. (2)
A young officer, facing right in a blue coat with scarlet facings and gold braid, powdered wig en queue (cracked)
bracelet clasp frame
oval, 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.) high; and a young lady, seated in white lace dress, crimson stole over her shoulder, fair hair; green drapery background (French School, late 18th Century)
oil on paper, gilt-metal frame
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) diam. (2)
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October 2004 Christies in London held the auction At Home - Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Irish, Scot, which included the work A young officer, facing right in a blue coat with scarlet facings and gold braid, powdered wig en queue (cracked) by Samuel Shelley. The price achieved of GBP 215.10 (€ 309.59) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 150.00 – 250.00. 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
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober 2004 führte Christies in London die Auktion At Home - Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Irish, Scot durch, in der auch die Arbeit A young officer, facing right in a blue coat with scarlet facings and gold braid, powdered wig en queue (cracked) von Samuel Shelley zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 215 (€ 310) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 150 – 250 angegeben worden. 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 (€ 26.616).
Samuel Shelley - Auction history
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