Sir William Reid Dick, K.C.V.O., R.A.

Femina Victrix or The Struggle

Found at Christies, London
Victorian Pictures including The John H. Schaeffer, Lot 85
11. Jun - 11. Jun 2004
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.963 GBP
Sir William Reid Dick, K.C.V.O., R.A. (1879-1961)
Femina Victrix or The Struggle
signed 'W Reid Dick'
bronze, dark-brown patina; on siena marble plinth
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high, the bronze

Upper estimate price exceeded by 49 %.

The work Femina Victrix or The Struggle by William Reid Dick was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2004. It achieved a price of GBP 8,962.50 (€ 13,338.88), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 49%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Reid Dick - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sir Winston Churchill, which sold at auction in February 2008 for GBP 28,100.00 (€ 36,753.70).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 49 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit Femina Victrix or The Struggle von William Reid Dick kam im Juni 2004 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 8.962,50 (€ 13.338,88) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 49%. Für andere Arbeiten von William Reid Dick mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sir Winston Churchill beobachtet, die im Februar 2008 für GBP 28.100,00 (€ 36.753,70) versteigert wurde.

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