Sir Edwin Lutyens
A SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1930
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 10.625 USD
Price realised: 10.625 USD
Description
mahogany, ivorine, ebonized mahogany
36 in. (91.4 cm.) high, 108 in. (275 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (57.8 cm.) deep
with celluloid label to the reverse Handmade Furniture Registered Trademark
Mrs. Barbara Agar, Beechwood House, Duncton, England; Sotheby's, London, 17 September 1981, lot 286.
36 in. (91.4 cm.) high, 108 in. (275 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (57.8 cm.) deep
with celluloid label to the reverse Handmade Furniture Registered Trademark
Mrs. Barbara Agar, Beechwood House, Duncton, England; Sotheby's, London, 17 September 1981, lot 286.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Edwin Lutyens achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2017. In the The Collection of Paul F. Walter auction, the work A SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1930 sold for USD 10,625.00 (€ 8,994.33) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Edwin Lutyens - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A VITRINE DESIGNED FOR THE COUNTRY LIFE BUILDING, LONDON, CIRCA 1904, which sold at auction in September 2017 for USD 40,000.00 (€ 33,861.00).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Edwin Lutyens erzielte im September 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Paul F. Walter wurde die Arbeit A SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1930 für USD 10.625,00 (€ 8.994,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Edwin Lutyens mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A VITRINE DESIGNED FOR THE COUNTRY LIFE BUILDING, LONDON, CIRCA 1904 beobachtet, die im September 2017 für USD 40.000,00 (€ 33.861,00) versteigert wurde.
Edwin Lutyens - Auction history
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