Sue Macartney-Snape
'The terribly bored host'
Found at
Christies,
London
British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental, Lot 328
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2005
British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental, Lot 328
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2005
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 900 GBP
Price realised: 900 GBP
Description
Sue Macartney-Snape, 20th Century
'The terribly bored host'
signed with monogram, inscribed and dated 'The Terribly Bored Host/breeds special chickens/& is thinking about them/& the country show/He would rather be fishing or with his cowman/or gamekeeper - how are/the pheasant chicks/doing??/but as/the possessor of the grandest house/& title in the County he has a/duty to entertain/05' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
22¾ x 15 in. (57.8 x 38.2 cm.)
'The terribly bored host'
signed with monogram, inscribed and dated 'The Terribly Bored Host/breeds special chickens/& is thinking about them/& the country show/He would rather be fishing or with his cowman/or gamekeeper - how are/the pheasant chicks/doing??/but as/the possessor of the grandest house/& title in the County he has a/duty to entertain/05' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
22¾ x 15 in. (57.8 x 38.2 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 29 %.
In December 2005 Christies in London held the auction British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental, which included the work 'The terribly bored host' by Sue Macartney-Snape. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 900.00 (€ 1,306.30), 29% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sue Macartney-Snape - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sunday morning in the shires, which sold at auction in December 2004 for GBP 3,346.00 (€ 4,735.51).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 29 % übertroffen
Im Dezember 2005 führte Christies in London die Auktion British and Continental Watercolours and Oriental durch, in der auch die Arbeit 'The terribly bored host' von Sue Macartney-Snape zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 900,00 (€ 1.306,30) und damit 29% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Sue Macartney-Snape mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sunday morning in the shires beobachtet, die im Dezember 2004 für GBP 3.346,00 (€ 4.735,51) versteigert wurde.
Sue Macartney-Snape - Auction history
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