William Minshall Birchall

'A White Star Giant off Birkenhead'

Found at Bonhams
The Marine Sale, Lot 23
26. Apr - 26. Apr 2023
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 1.084 GBP
Private Collection, UK
William Minshall Birchall (British, 1884-1941)
'A White Star Giant off Birkenhead'
signed, inscribed with title and dated 'A White Star giant- off Birkenhead/W.M. Birchall 1913' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white and traces of pencil
25.7 x 41cm (10 1/8 x 16 1/8in).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 19th Jun 2002, lot 477. | With John Slater, Sussex. | Private collection, UK (acquired from the above in 2002).

Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.

This artwork by William Minshall Birchall achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in April this year. In the The Marine Sale auction, the work 'A White Star Giant off Birkenhead' sold for GBP 1,083.75 (€ 1,235.12) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Minshall Birchall; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Tower Bridge, London sold at auction in May 2001 with the realized price of GBP 1,175.00 (€ 1,969.91).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 81 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von William Minshall Birchall erzielte im April diesen Jahres bei Bonhams einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Marine Sale wurde die Arbeit 'A White Star Giant off Birkenhead' für GBP 1.083,75 (€ 1.235,12) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Minshall Birchall; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Tower Bridge, London im Mai 2001 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 1.175,00 (€ 1.969,91).

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