Sydenham Teak Edwards

Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger

Found at Christies, London
West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection, Lot 368
22. May - 22. May 2008
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 1.500 GBP
Sydenham Teak Edwards (1768-1819)
Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger
signed 'Syndenham Edwards del t ' (lower left) and numbered '2' (lower left) and with inscription 'Tyst./Quadrupeds/Clas Mammalia. Order Ferae. Genus Ursus/1. U. Americanus. American Bear./2. U. Maritimus/Polar Bear./3. U Gulo./Glutton./4. U.Meles. Badger' (on a fragment of the old mount, attached to the new mount)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour and brown wash, heightened with red
8¾ x 7 in. (22.2 x 17.7 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Sydenham Edwards achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2008. In the West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection auction, the work Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger sold for GBP 1,500.00 (€ 1,908.07) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 700.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Sydenham Edwards; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates sold at auction in December 2006 with the realized price of USD 3,120.00 (€ 2,364.17).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Sydenham Edwards erzielte im Mai 2008 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection wurde die Arbeit Study of four quadrupeds: an American Bear, a Polar Bear, a Wolverine and a Badger für GBP 1.500,00 (€ 1.908,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 700,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Sydenham Edwards; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The New Botanic Garden: Twelve Plates im Dezember 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 3.120,00 (€ 2.364,17).

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