Stephen Wayda
Lauren Hill, February Playmate of the Month, 2001
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection, Lot 114
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2010
The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection, Lot 114
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2010
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
Description
STEPHEN WAYDA
Lauren Hill, February Playmate of the Month, 2001
chromogenic print, mounted on gatefold layout board
initialed, annotated 'OK but nothing special. There is nothing going on in the face + eyes.' by Hugh Hefner and various unknown hands in red wax pencil/pencil/ink (on the mount)
23 x 11 1/8in. (58.2 x 28.2cm.) (print); 28 x 14 7/8in. (66 x 37.8cm.) (board, overall)
Lauren Hill, February Playmate of the Month, 2001
chromogenic print, mounted on gatefold layout board
initialed, annotated 'OK but nothing special. There is nothing going on in the face + eyes.' by Hugh Hefner and various unknown hands in red wax pencil/pencil/ink (on the mount)
23 x 11 1/8in. (58.2 x 28.2cm.) (print); 28 x 14 7/8in. (66 x 37.8cm.) (board, overall)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Stephen Wayda achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2010. In the The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection auction, the work Lauren Hill, February Playmate of the Month, 2001 sold for USD 5,000.00 (€ 3,768.18) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,500.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Stephen Wayda; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Shauna Sand, May Playmate of the Month, 1996 sold at auction in December 2010 with the realized price of USD 5,250.00 (€ 3,956.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Stephen Wayda erzielte im Dezember 2010 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection wurde die Arbeit Lauren Hill, February Playmate of the Month, 2001 für USD 5.000,00 (€ 3.768,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.500,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Stephen Wayda; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Shauna Sand, May Playmate of the Month, 1996 im Dezember 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 5.250,00 (€ 3.956,59).
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