Vilhelm Melbye
Rough weather off Land's End, Cornwall
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 21.250 GBP
Price realised: 21.250 GBP
Description
Vilhelm Melbye (Elsinore 1824-1882 Roskilde)
Rough weather off Land's End, Cornwall
signed and dated 'W m Melby. 1874' (lower left) and inscribed 'Rough weather off the Land's End, Cornwall' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
31¾ x 55½ in. (80.8 x 141 cm.)
Rough weather off Land's End, Cornwall
signed and dated 'W m Melby. 1874' (lower left) and inscribed 'Rough weather off the Land's End, Cornwall' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
31¾ x 55½ in. (80.8 x 141 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Rough weather off Land's End, Cornwall by Vilhelm Melbye was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2012. The price achieved of GBP 21,250.00 (€ 26,476.57) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 15,000.00 – 25,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Vilhelm Melbye - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Spanish felucca, British warships and other shipping in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar, which sold at auction in May 2012 for GBP 43,250.00 (€ 53,887.60).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Rough weather off Land's End, Cornwall von Vilhelm Melbye kam im Mai 2012 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 21.250,00 (€ 26.476,57) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 15.000,00 – 25.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Vilhelm Melbye mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Spanish felucca, British warships and other shipping in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar beobachtet, die im Mai 2012 für GBP 43.250,00 (€ 53.887,60) versteigert wurde.
Vilhelm Melbye - Auction history
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