William Henry Fox Talbot
The Half Moon, 1864
Found at
Christies,
New York
20/21 Photographs/ Leaves of Light and Shadow: Photographs Gathered by William T. Hillman, Lot 65
31. Mar - 31. Mar 2015
20/21 Photographs/ Leaves of Light and Shadow: Photographs Gathered by William T. Hillman, Lot 65
31. Mar - 31. Mar 2015
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Price realised: 20.000 USD
Description
photoglyphic engraving
image: 3 ¾ x 3in. (9.5 x 7.5cm.)
sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 1/4in. (14.2 x 10.1cm.)
Marie-Thérèse and André Jammes, Paris; | with Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs, New York, 2011
image: 3 ¾ x 3in. (9.5 x 7.5cm.)
sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 1/4in. (14.2 x 10.1cm.)
Marie-Thérèse and André Jammes, Paris; | with Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs, New York, 2011
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
In March 2015 Christies in New York held the auction 20/21 Photographs/ Leaves of Light and Shadow: Photographs Gathered by William T. Hillman, which included the work The Half Moon, 1864 by William Henry Fox Talbot. The »bidding war« ended at USD 20,000.00 (€ 18,620.24), 33% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Henry Fox Talbot achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work William Henry Fox Talbot’S Gifts To His Sister: Horatia Gaisford’S Collection Of Photographs And Ephemera in April 2021 with an auction result of USD 1,956,000.00 (€ 1,625,935.16).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Im März 2015 führte Christies in New York die Auktion 20/21 Photographs/ Leaves of Light and Shadow: Photographs Gathered by William T. Hillman durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Half Moon, 1864 von William Henry Fox Talbot zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 20.000,00 (€ 18.620,24) und damit 33% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Henry Fox Talbot erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit William Henry Fox Talbot’S Gifts To His Sister: Horatia Gaisford’S Collection Of Photographs And Ephemera im April 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.956.000,00 (€ 1.625.935,16).
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