William Alexander
An Inferior Mandarin of Turon Bay
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 69
25. Jan - 26. Jan 2022
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 69
25. Jan - 26. Jan 2022
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 9.450 USD
Price realised: 9.450 USD
Description
William Alexander
Maidstone, Kent 1767 - 1816
An Inferior Mandarin of Turon Bay
Watercolor over pencil on wove paper, water-marked: J Whatman;
signed with the artist's initials lower right: WA
367 by 238 mm; 14½ by 9¼ in.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 2003, lot 181; | with Chris Beetles Gallery, London
Maidstone, Kent 1767 - 1816
An Inferior Mandarin of Turon Bay
Watercolor over pencil on wove paper, water-marked: J Whatman;
signed with the artist's initials lower right: WA
367 by 238 mm; 14½ by 9¼ in.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 2003, lot 181; | with Chris Beetles Gallery, London
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work An Inferior Mandarin of Turon Bay by William Alexander was sold in the Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries auction at Sothebys in New York in January last year. The price achieved of USD 9,450.00 (€ 8,428.47) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Alexander - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793, which sold at auction in November 2019 for GBP 16,250.00 (€ 19,081.47).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit An Inferior Mandarin of Turon Bay von William Alexander wurde im Januar letzten Jahres in der Auktion Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 9.450,00 (€ 8.428,47) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von William Alexander mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793 beobachtet, die im November 2019 für GBP 16.250,00 (€ 19.081,47) versteigert wurde.
William Alexander - Auction history
![William Alexander - The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi](/images/william-alexander_the-costume-of-china-london-william-miller-1805-watermarked-1794-1802-4deg-327-x-265mm-48-hand-coloured-aquatint-plates-after-alexander-without-half-title-or-dedication-as-often-occasional-spotting-some-offsetting-onto-text-leaves-one-pl_AID596912_320x320.jpg)
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