Thomas Baston

View Of Her Majesty'S Ship Royal Sovereign

Found at Christies, London
Maritime Art, Lot 10
5. Jun - 5. Jun 2014
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.000 GBP
Thomas Baston (fl. early 18th Century)
View of Her Majesty's Ship Royal Sovereign
inscribed 'TO HIS Roy. l HIGHN s PRINCE GEORGE of DENMARK/Lord High ADMIRAL of GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND/and of all Her Dominions in GENERAL And/of all Her Majest ies ' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'THIS PIECE OF PARCHMENT Drawing A VIEW/of Her Maj ies SHIP SOVEREIGN/this is most humbly Dedicated/By his Most/Faithful Servant Tho Bastion [sic]' (lower right)
pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash, on paper laid down on panel
13 x 11¾ in. (33 x 29.8 cm.)

Auction result well in line with expectations

In June 2014 Christies in London held the auction Maritime Art, which included the work View Of Her Majesty'S Ship Royal Sovereign by Thomas Baston. The price achieved of GBP 5,000.00 (€ 6,247.26) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Other works by Thomas Baston have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2008 the work His Majesty's Yacht William & Mary was auctioned for GBP 5,250.00 (€ 6,678.23).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Juni 2014 führte Christies in London die Auktion Maritime Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit View Of Her Majesty'S Ship Royal Sovereign von Thomas Baston zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 5.000,00 (€ 6.247,26) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Thomas Baston konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2008 die Arbeit His Majesty's Yacht William & Mary für GBP 5.250,00 (€ 6.678,23) versteigert.

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