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Sarah Biffin, Later Mrs Wright - Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821

Sarah Biffin, Later Mrs Wright

Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821

Found at Sothebys, London
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 365
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
SARAH BIFFIN, LATER MRS WRIGHT
Quantoxhead 1784 - Liverpool 1850
SELF-PORTRAIT BEFORE HER EASEL, CIRCA 1821
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-wood frame
124 by 103 mm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1986, lot 225
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A top price for Sarah Biffin

The work Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821 by Sarah Biffin was worth GBP 137,500.00 (€ 162,508.91) to a buyer in December 2019. This price was achieved in the auction The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,800.00 many times over. This high result makes Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821 the most expensive artwork by Sarah Biffin that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Sarah Biffin

Die Arbeit Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821 von Sarah Biffin war einem Käufer im Dezember 2019 GBP 137.500,00 (€ 162.508,91) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.800,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Sarah Biffin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Sarah Biffin - Auction history

XX.XXX
Sarah Biffin - Study of feathers
2021
Study of feathers
Jul 2021
Sothebys, London
XX.XXX
Sarah Biffin, Later Mrs Wright - Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821
2019
Self-Portrait Before Her Easel, Circa 1821
Dec 2019
Sothebys, London
XX.XXX
Sarah Biffin - A lady, in white lace-bordered black dress with white sleeves, white ribbon tied at waist, upswept dark hair dressed in ringlets
A lady, in white lace-bordered black dress with white sleeves, white ribbon tied at waist, upswept dark hair dressed in ringlets
Nov 2007
Christies, London

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