Willelm Elisa Roelofs
The lone fisherman
Found at
Christies,
London
AT HOME-BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PICTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Lot 626
5. Jun - 5. Jun 2003
AT HOME-BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PICTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Lot 626
5. Jun - 5. Jun 2003
Estimate: 700 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.528 GBP
Price realised: 1.528 GBP
Description
Willelm Elisa Roelofs (1874-1940)
The lone fisherman
signed 'WE.Roelofs 12' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 27½ in. (40.5 x 70 cm.)
The lone fisherman
signed 'WE.Roelofs 12' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 27½ in. (40.5 x 70 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 53 %.
The work The lone fisherman by Willem Elisa Roelofs was sold in the AT HOME-BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PICTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER auction at Christies in London in June 2003. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,527.50 (€ 2,195.10), 53% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Willem Elisa Roelofs - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A summer bouquet, which sold at auction in June 2002 for EUR 5,377.50.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 53 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The lone fisherman von Willem Elisa Roelofs wurde im Juni 2003 in der Auktion AT HOME-BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL PICTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.527,50 (€ 2.195,10) und damit 53% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Willem Elisa Roelofs mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A summer bouquet beobachtet, die im Juni 2002 für EUR 5.377,50 versteigert wurde.
Willem Elisa Roelofs - Auction history
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