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- The church entrance
Valerie Thornton
The church entrance
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 1.560 GBP
Price realised: 1.560 GBP
Description
Valerie Thornton (BRITISH, 1931-1991)
The church entrance
signed 'Valerie Thornton' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
together with seven prints by the same hand
The church entrance
signed 'Valerie Thornton' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
together with seven prints by the same hand
A top price for Valerie Thornton
This artwork by Valerie Thornton achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2007. In the British, Continental & Russian Pictures auction, the work The church entrance sold for GBP 1,560.00 (€ 2,284.04) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. This high result makes The church entrance the most expensive artwork by Valerie Thornton that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Valerie Thornton
Dieses Kunstwerk von Valerie Thornton erzielte im April 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British, Continental & Russian Pictures wurde die Arbeit The church entrance für GBP 1.560,00 (€ 2.284,04) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The church entrance zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Valerie Thornton, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.