Wendell Macrae
Top of Empire State Building near End of Construction, 1930
Found at
Christies,
New York
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 229
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II, Lot 229
19. Dec - 19. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 625 USD
Price realised: 625 USD
Description
WENDELL MACRAE (1896-1980)
Top of Empire State Building near End of Construction, 1930
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, copyright reproduction limitation in pencil and stamped (on the verso); signed in pencil (on the reverse of the modern mat)
10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20.3cm.)
Top of Empire State Building near End of Construction, 1930
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, copyright reproduction limitation in pencil and stamped (on the verso); signed in pencil (on the reverse of the modern mat)
10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20.3cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
In December 2011 a collector was able to acquire the work Top of Empire State Building near End of Construction, 1930 by Wendell MacRae for USD 625.00 (€ 481.77). This price was achieved in the auction Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II at Christies in New York and was even below the estimate range of USD 1,000.00 – 1,500.00 set by the auction house. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wendell MacRae - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Rockefeller Center, c. 1930, which sold at auction in December 2011 for USD 1,500.00 (€ 1,156.25).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Im Dezember 2011 konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Top of Empire State Building near End of Construction, 1930 von Wendell MacRae für USD 625,00 (€ 481,77) erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion Photographs Including Crossing America: Photographs from The Consolidated Freightways Collection, Part II bei Christies in New York erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von USD 1.000,00 – 1.500,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Wendell MacRae mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Rockefeller Center, c. 1930 beobachtet, die im Dezember 2011 für USD 1.500,00 (€ 1.156,25) versteigert wurde.
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