William Butler Yeats
Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear,
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 GBP
Price realised: 248.750 GBP
Price realised: 248.750 GBP
Description
William Butler Yeats
1865 - 1939
HIGHLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF 133 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND EARLY LOVER OLIVIA SHAKESPEAR,
comprising 129 autograph letters signed, one autograph postcard signed, 2 typed letters signed, and one letter written by his wife George at his instruction during serious illness, A FLOW OF LETTERS THAT DOCUMENTS A KEY RELATIONSHIP IN YEATS’S LIFE OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, the letters arranged chronologically in envelopes by Allan Wade as follows: 1894 (2), 1895 (2), 1904 (2), 1912/13 (2), 1916 (1), 1917 (2), 1920 (1), 1921 (4),
[with:] Olivia Shakespear, 37 autograph letters signed, to W.B. Yeats (“Dear Willy”), mostly from 34 Abingdon Court, Kensington, c.150 pages, 16 November 1923 to 18 July 1935
[also with:] two further letters to Olivia Shakespear, one by “A”, 2 pages, 1 April 1920, the other by her nephew Fred, 2 pages, 22 July 1934; a photograph of W.B. Yeats with George Yeats and Mrs Jean Hall, seated at tea, Algeciras, November 1927
1865 - 1939
HIGHLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF 133 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND EARLY LOVER OLIVIA SHAKESPEAR,
comprising 129 autograph letters signed, one autograph postcard signed, 2 typed letters signed, and one letter written by his wife George at his instruction during serious illness, A FLOW OF LETTERS THAT DOCUMENTS A KEY RELATIONSHIP IN YEATS’S LIFE OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, the letters arranged chronologically in envelopes by Allan Wade as follows: 1894 (2), 1895 (2), 1904 (2), 1912/13 (2), 1916 (1), 1917 (2), 1920 (1), 1921 (4),
[with:] Olivia Shakespear, 37 autograph letters signed, to W.B. Yeats (“Dear Willy”), mostly from 34 Abingdon Court, Kensington, c.150 pages, 16 November 1923 to 18 July 1935
[also with:] two further letters to Olivia Shakespear, one by “A”, 2 pages, 1 April 1920, the other by her nephew Fred, 2 pages, 22 July 1934; a photograph of W.B. Yeats with George Yeats and Mrs Jean Hall, seated at tea, Algeciras, November 1927
Despite a disappointment, a good price for William Butler Yeats
When the work Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear, by William Butler Yeats was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2017, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 250,000.00 – 350,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 248,750.00 (€ 282,210.07). Despite this disappointing result, Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear, is the most expensive artwork by William Butler Yeats that we have observed at auction so far.
Trotz Enttäuschung ein guter Preis für William Butler Yeats
Als die Arbeit Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear, von William Butler Yeats im September 2017 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 250.000,00 – 350.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 248.750,00 (€ 282.210,07) den Besitzer. Trotz dieses enttäuschenden Ergebnisses ist Highly Important Series Of 133 Autograph Letters Signed To His Close Friend And Early Lover Olivia Shakespear, das teuerste Kunstwerk von William Butler Yeats, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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