Sydenham Edwards
The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates
Found at
Christies,
New York
The House Sale, Lot 229
20. Dec - 21. Dec 2006
The House Sale, Lot 229
20. Dec - 21. Dec 2006
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819)
The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates
twelve engravings with hand-coloring, 1828-42, on wove papers, published by J. Ridgway, London, all with margins, surface soiling, pale light-staining, areas of surface staining, minor scattered foxing, horizontal and vertical creases where previously bound, soft handling creases, otherwise all apparently in good condition, not examined out of the frames
all horizontal P. 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm.)
all horizontal overall 18½ x 20½ in. (470 x 521 mm.) (12)
The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates
twelve engravings with hand-coloring, 1828-42, on wove papers, published by J. Ridgway, London, all with margins, surface soiling, pale light-staining, areas of surface staining, minor scattered foxing, horizontal and vertical creases where previously bound, soft handling creases, otherwise all apparently in good condition, not examined out of the frames
all horizontal P. 8 x 10 in. (203 x 254 mm.)
all horizontal overall 18½ x 20½ in. (470 x 521 mm.) (12)
A top price for Sydenham Edwards
This artwork by Sydenham Edwards achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in December 2006. In the The House Sale auction, the work The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates sold for USD 3,120.00 (€ 2,364.17) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500.00. This high result makes The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates the most expensive artwork by Sydenham Edwards that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Sydenham Edwards
Dieses Kunstwerk von Sydenham Edwards erzielte im Dezember 2006 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The House Sale wurde die Arbeit The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates für USD 3.120,00 (€ 2.364,17) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Sydenham Edwards, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Sydenham Edwards - Auction history
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