William Saunders
A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 31.325 USD
Price realised: 31.325 USD
Description
Property from the Kelton Collection
William Saunders (1832-1892)
A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870
The massive leather binding enclosing a high relief recessed boxwood panel depicting a wealthy family in a lush garden setting, the album including 51 hand-tinted albumen prints each mounted above type-written commentary about contemporary Chinese society covering such topics as 'AN ITINERANT PIEMAN,' 'SHANGHAI COOLIES,' and 'DECAPITATION.'
16 X 21 1/2 x 3in (40.6 x 54.6 x 7.6cm) dimensions of book
Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, 9 October 1990, lot 1550
William Saunders (1832-1892)
A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870
The massive leather binding enclosing a high relief recessed boxwood panel depicting a wealthy family in a lush garden setting, the album including 51 hand-tinted albumen prints each mounted above type-written commentary about contemporary Chinese society covering such topics as 'AN ITINERANT PIEMAN,' 'SHANGHAI COOLIES,' and 'DECAPITATION.'
16 X 21 1/2 x 3in (40.6 x 54.6 x 7.6cm) dimensions of book
Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, 9 October 1990, lot 1550
A top price for William Saunders
When the work A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870 by William Saunders was auctioned at Bonhams in New York in July 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 31,325.00 (€ 26,605.23). This high result makes A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870 the most expensive artwork by William Saunders that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Saunders
Als die Arbeit A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870 von William Saunders im Juli 2020 bei Bonhams in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 31.325,00 (€ 26.605,23) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A wood-covered photo albumen prints, ca 1870 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von William Saunders, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
William Saunders - Auction history
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