Sir Quentin Blake

People in Trees No.15 (unframed)

Found at Bonhams
Quentin Blake at 90A Birthday Auction in Support of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, Lot 138
2. Dec - 16. Dec 2022

Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.423 GBP

Description

Sir Quentin Blake (British, born 1932)
People in Trees No.15
signed 'Quentin Blake' (lower right)
pen and ink and watercolour on paper
57 x 31cm (22 7/16 x 12 3/16in).
(unframed)
Executed in 2021
Donated by the Artist and sold in aid of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Upper estimate price exceeded by 62 %.

The work People in Trees No.15 (unframed) by Quentin Blake was sold in the Quentin Blake at 90A Birthday Auction in Support of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration auction at Bonhams in December last year. It achieved a price of GBP 2,422.50 (€ 2,734.77), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 62%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Quentin Blake achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Grand High Witch in July 2018 with an auction result of GBP 35,000.00 (€ 39,242.70).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 62 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit People in Trees No.15 (unframed) von Quentin Blake wurde im Dezember letzten Jahres in der Auktion Quentin Blake at 90A Birthday Auction in Support of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration bei Bonhams versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 2.422,50 (€ 2.734,77) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 62%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Quentin Blake erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Grand High Witch im Juli 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 35.000,00 (€ 39.242,70).