Walter Emerson Baum

Pennsylvania Scene

Found at Christies, New York
Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Lot 79
12. Sep - 12. Sep 2006
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 24.000 USD
Walter Emerson Baum (1884-1956)
Pennsylvania Scene
signed 'W.E. Baum' (lower left)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1930.

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work Pennsylvania Scene by Walter Emerson Baum was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2006, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 25,000.00 – 35,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 24,000.00 (€ 18,917.00). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Walter Emerson Baum - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Pink House, which sold at auction in November 2007 for USD 73,000.00 (€ 49,700.44).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit Pennsylvania Scene von Walter Emerson Baum im September 2006 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 25.000,00 – 35.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 24.000,00 (€ 18.917,00) den Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Walter Emerson Baum mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Pink House beobachtet, die im November 2007 für USD 73.000,00 (€ 49.700,44) versteigert wurde.

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