Sir William Quiller Orchardson, R.A.
Ophelia
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 43.750 GBP
Price realised: 43.750 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
40 x 50 ½ in. (101.5 x 128.2 cm.)
40 x 50 ½ in. (101.5 x 128.2 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Quiller Orchardson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2016. In the Brian Sewell - Critic & Collector auction, the work Ophelia sold for GBP 43,750.00 (€ 50,667.93) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Quiller Orchardson - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 'The Queen of the Swords' A dozen cutlasses, selected hastily from an old arm-chest, and whose rusted hue bespoke how seldom they left the sheath, armed the same number of young Zetlanders, with whom mingled six maidens, led by Minna Troil; and the, which sold at auction in February 2003 for GBP 83,650.00 (€
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Quiller Orchardson erzielte im September 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Brian Sewell - Critic & Collector wurde die Arbeit Ophelia für GBP 43.750,00 (€ 50.667,93) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von William Quiller Orchardson mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 'The Queen of the Swords' A dozen cutlasses, selected hastily from an old arm-chest, and whose rusted hue bespoke how seldom they left the sheath, armed the same number of young Zetlanders, with whom mingled six maidens, led by Minna Troil; and the beobachtet, die im Februar 2003 für GBP 83.650,00 (€ 122.126,36) versteigert wurde.
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