Sir David Muirhead Bone, H.R.S.A., H.R.W.S.
Oxford
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 163
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation, Lot 163
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2008
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 1.125 GBP
Price realised: 1.125 GBP
Description
Sir David Muirhead Bone, H.R.S.A., H.R.W.S.
1876 - 1953
OXFORD
signed and inscribed l.r.: Muirhead Bone/ Ap 21 1931 - with warmest admiration; further inscribed l.l.: Oxford
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
21.5 by 28 cm.; 8 ½ by 11 in.
Mercury Gallery, London, where bought by Sir David Scott, 26 February 1969 for £65
1876 - 1953
OXFORD
signed and inscribed l.r.: Muirhead Bone/ Ap 21 1931 - with warmest admiration; further inscribed l.l.: Oxford
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
21.5 by 28 cm.; 8 ½ by 11 in.
Mercury Gallery, London, where bought by Sir David Scott, 26 February 1969 for £65
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by David Muirhead Bone achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in November 2008. In the A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation auction, the work Oxford sold for GBP 1,125.00 (€ 1,360.21) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. Admittedly, works by David Muirhead Bone have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Soho Square, London in June 2001 with an auction result of GBP 5,287.50 (€ 8,783.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von David Muirhead Bone erzielte im November 2008 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation wurde die Arbeit Oxford für GBP 1.125,00 (€ 1.360,21) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von David Muirhead Bone auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Soho Square, London im Juni 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 5.287,50 (€ 8.783,59).
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