William Collingwood Smith, R.W.S.
Figures on the quayside, Folkestone, Kent
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 500 GBP
Price realised: 500 GBP
Description
William Collingwood Smith, R.W.S. (1815-1887)
Figures on the quayside, Folkestone, Kent
the second signed 'W. Collingwood Smith' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white
9¼ x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm.); A cathedral interior by the same hand; and A watercolour of the Forum in Rome, attributed to Samuel Gillespie Prout (3)
Figures on the quayside, Folkestone, Kent
the second signed 'W. Collingwood Smith' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white
9¼ x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm.); A cathedral interior by the same hand; and A watercolour of the Forum in Rome, attributed to Samuel Gillespie Prout (3)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Figures on the quayside, Folkestone, Kent by William Collingwood Smith was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2008, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 600.00 – 800.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 500.00 (€ 632.02). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Collingwood Smith achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Thanksgiving Day, St Paul's Cathedral, 27 February 1872 in November 2012 with an auction result of GBP 11,250.00 (€ 13,858.86).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Figures on the quayside, Folkestone, Kent von William Collingwood Smith im Juni 2008 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 600,00 – 800,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 500,00 (€ 632,02) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Collingwood Smith erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Thanksgiving Day, St Paul's Cathedral, 27 February 1872 im November 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 11.250,00 (€ 13.858,86).
William Collingwood Smith - Auction history
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