William Hayes
Birds, 1773
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 104
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 104
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Description
William Hayes
Birds. [1773]
Folio (530 x 346mm.), 40 hand-coloured engraved and etched plates (of which 1 folding), contemporary purple half morocco, small hole at lower margin of plate 5 (not affecting illustration), repair to verso of plate 33, a few small closed tears at lower margins, light scattered spotting and browning, dampstaining to boards, extremities rubbed
This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40 plates as well as a title-page and 24 pages of text; the copy contains only plates.
LITERATURE:
Natural History of British Birds: Fine Bird Books, p. 80; McGill/Wood p. 381; Nissen IVB 421; Zimmer 293
Birds. [1773]
Folio (530 x 346mm.), 40 hand-coloured engraved and etched plates (of which 1 folding), contemporary purple half morocco, small hole at lower margin of plate 5 (not affecting illustration), repair to verso of plate 33, a few small closed tears at lower margins, light scattered spotting and browning, dampstaining to boards, extremities rubbed
This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40 plates as well as a title-page and 24 pages of text; the copy contains only plates.
LITERATURE:
Natural History of British Birds: Fine Bird Books, p. 80; McGill/Wood p. 381; Nissen IVB 421; Zimmer 293
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May last year Sothebys in London held the auction The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, which included the work Birds, 1773 by William Hayes. The price achieved of GBP 8,820.00 (€ 10,375.89) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 7,000.00 – 10,000.00. Admittedly, works by William Hayes have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Drawings of birds, sixty original watercolours, 1791-1792 in May last year with an auction result of GBP 37,800.00 (€ 44,468.10).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Birds, 1773 von William Hayes zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 8.820,00 (€ 10.375,89) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 7.000,00 – 10.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von William Hayes auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Drawings of birds, sixty original watercolours, 1791-1792 im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 37.800,00 (€ 44.468,10).
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