Thomas Forster
Portrait Of A Young Girl
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 243
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 243
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Description
THOMAS FORSTER
Fl. late 17th, early 18th century
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL
Plumbago on vellum, verre eglomisé mount, stained fruit-wood frame;
signed and dated lower right: T Forster / delin / 1704
112 by 86 mm.
Mrs Felton Mathew; | Mrs Agatha Thornycroft; | Mrs Robert Tritton; | her executor's sale, London, Christie's, 12 July 1983, lot 534
Fl. late 17th, early 18th century
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL
Plumbago on vellum, verre eglomisé mount, stained fruit-wood frame;
signed and dated lower right: T Forster / delin / 1704
112 by 86 mm.
Mrs Felton Mathew; | Mrs Agatha Thornycroft; | Mrs Robert Tritton; | her executor's sale, London, Christie's, 12 July 1983, lot 534
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
The work Portrait Of A Young Girl by Thomas Forster was worth GBP 30,000.00 (€ 35,456.49) to a buyer in December 2019. This price was achieved in the auction The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Thomas Forster - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait Of A Gentleman, which sold at auction in December 2019 for GBP 65,000.00 (€ 76,822.39).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portrait Of A Young Girl von Thomas Forster war einem Käufer im Dezember 2019 GBP 30.000,00 (€ 35.456,49) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Thomas Forster mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait Of A Gentleman beobachtet, die im Dezember 2019 für GBP 65.000,00 (€ 76.822,39) versteigert wurde.
Thomas Forster - Auction history
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