Walter Biggs
Afternoon Delight
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Description
Walter Biggs
1886 - 1968
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
signed W Biggs, l.l.
watercolor and gouache on board
Image: 19 by 28 3/4 in. 48.3 by 73.2 cm.
Board: 25 1/4 by 35 in. 64.3 by 88.9 cm.
1886 - 1968
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
signed W Biggs, l.l.
watercolor and gouache on board
Image: 19 by 28 3/4 in. 48.3 by 73.2 cm.
Board: 25 1/4 by 35 in. 64.3 by 88.9 cm.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Afternoon Delight by Walter Biggs was worth USD 23,750.00 (€ 17,952.98) to a buyer in April 2012. This price was achieved in the auction American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 7,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Walter Biggs; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait Of Mildred Biggs In Window sold at auction in October 2018 with the realized price of USD 24,000.00 (€ 21,178.96).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Afternoon Delight von Walter Biggs war einem Käufer im April 2012 USD 23.750,00 (€ 17.952,98) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Walter Biggs; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait Of Mildred Biggs In Window im Oktober 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 24.000,00 (€ 21.178,96).
Walter Biggs - Auction history
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