Walter Hood Fitch
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Six Plates
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 1.195 USD
Price realised: 1.195 USD
Description
WALTER HOOD FITCH (1817-1892), JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER (1817-1911) [EDITOR]
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Six Plates
six lithographs with hand-coloring, circa 1850, on wove papers, published by William Curtis, London, all with margins, pale light-staining to varying degrees, occasional minor surface soiling, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frames
all L. approx. 14 x 11 in. (356 x 279 mm.)
all overall 23½ x 20 in. (597 x 508 mm.) (6)
The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Six Plates
six lithographs with hand-coloring, circa 1850, on wove papers, published by William Curtis, London, all with margins, pale light-staining to varying degrees, occasional minor surface soiling, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frames
all L. approx. 14 x 11 in. (356 x 279 mm.)
all overall 23½ x 20 in. (597 x 508 mm.) (6)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Six Plates by Walter Hood Fitch was auctioned at Christies in New York in July 2004, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 1,195.00 (€ 993.18). Other works by Walter Hood Fitch have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in September 2005 by the work Icones Plantarum: Seven Plates at USD 1,680.00 (€ 1,393.27).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Six Plates von Walter Hood Fitch im Juli 2004 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 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 1.195,00 (€ 993,18) den Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von Walter Hood Fitch wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im September 2005 die Arbeit Icones Plantarum: Seven Plates mit USD 1.680,00 (€ 1.393,27).
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