Thomas B. Seddon
Penelope 'Then During the Day She Wove the Large Web, Which at Night She Unravelled' The Odyssey
Found at
Christies,
London
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 25
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
The Joe Setton Collection: from Pre-Raphaelites to Last Romantics, Lot 25
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2020
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 56.250 GBP
Price realised: 56.250 GBP
Description
George Wilson of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk; and by descent to, | Mr Peter John Holt Wilson (1924-2011). | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 28 November 1972, lot 49. | with Hartnoll & Eyre, London, 1972, where purchased for the present collection.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 61 %.
The work Penelope 'Then During the Day She Wove the Large Web, Which at Night She Unravelled' The Odyssey by Thomas Seddon was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 56,250.00 (€ 62,836.26), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 61%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Thomas Seddon; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Arabs at Prayer in the Desert sold at auction in February 2003 with the realized price of GBP 65,725.00 (€ 95,956.43).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 61 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Penelope 'Then During the Day She Wove the Large Web, Which at Night She Unravelled' The Odyssey von Thomas Seddon kam im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 56.250,00 (€ 62.836,26) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 61%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Thomas Seddon; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Arabs at Prayer in the Desert im Februar 2003 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 65.725,00 (€ 95.956,43).
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