Walter Ernest Webster
The Play is Ended
Found at
Christies,
London
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 113
16. Jun - 16. Jun 2010
Victorian & British Impressionist Pictures Including Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 113
16. Jun - 16. Jun 2010
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Description
Walter Ernest Webster (1878-1959)
The Play is Ended
signed 'Webster' (lower right), and signed again and inscribed 'The Play is Ended/W.E. Webster/Broom Villa/Broomhouse Rd./Parsons Green/£127/SW6' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
The Play is Ended
signed 'Webster' (lower right), and signed again and inscribed 'The Play is Ended/W.E. Webster/Broom Villa/Broomhouse Rd./Parsons Green/£127/SW6' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work The Play is Ended by Walter Ernest Webster was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2010, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 18,750.00 (€ 22,801.75). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Walter Ernest Webster - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Japanese Fan, which sold at auction in November 2004 for GBP 33,460.00 (€ 48,132.03).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit The Play is Ended von Walter Ernest Webster im Juni 2010 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 18.750,00 (€ 22.801,75) den Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Walter Ernest Webster mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Japanese Fan beobachtet, die im November 2004 für GBP 33.460,00 (€ 48.132,03) versteigert wurde.
Walter Ernest Webster - Auction history
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