William Hawkins
The Overland Stagecoach, 1986
Estimate: 20.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 82.500 USD
Price realised: 82.500 USD
Description
signed William L. Hawkins along lower edge
enamel on Masonite
48 x 59 ¾ in.
Sold, Sotheby's New York, 17 June 1998, lot 1002 | Dr. and Mrs. Armand J. Castellani | Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York | Private Collection, North Carolina | Sold, Leland Little Auctions, 11-14 March 2015, lot 715
enamel on Masonite
48 x 59 ¾ in.
Sold, Sotheby's New York, 17 June 1998, lot 1002 | Dr. and Mrs. Armand J. Castellani | Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York | Private Collection, North Carolina | Sold, Leland Little Auctions, 11-14 March 2015, lot 715
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Hawkins achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2019. In the Outsider and Vernacular Art auction, the work The Overland Stagecoach, 1986 sold for USD 82,500.00 (€ 72,027.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 40,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Hawkins; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Puma Kitten, circa 1985 sold at auction in January 2017 with the realized price of USD 85,000.00 (€ 78,747.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Hawkins erzielte im Januar 2019 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Outsider and Vernacular Art wurde die Arbeit The Overland Stagecoach, 1986 für USD 82.500,00 (€ 72.027,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 40.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Hawkins; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Puma Kitten, circa 1985 im Januar 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 85.000,00 (€ 78.747,45).
William Hawkins - Auction history
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