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- The road wagon
William Shayer
The road wagon
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Description
William Shayer (1787-1879)
The road wagon
signed and dated 'W. Shayer/1852' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Road Wagon/W m Shayer/Shirley/N r Southampton' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
42¼ x 38 in. (107.3 x 96.5 cm.)
The road wagon
signed and dated 'W. Shayer/1852' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Road Wagon/W m Shayer/Shirley/N r Southampton' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
42¼ x 38 in. (107.3 x 96.5 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.
The work The road wagon by William Shayer Snr. was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2012. It achieved a price of GBP 16,250.00 (€ 20,018.35), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 35%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Shayer Snr. - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The itinerant rabbit seller, which sold at auction in November 2001 for GBP 36,425.00 (€ 57,963.65).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The road wagon von William Shayer Snr. kam im November 2012 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 16.250,00 (€ 20.018,35) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 35%. Für andere Arbeiten von William Shayer Snr. mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The itinerant rabbit seller beobachtet, die im November 2001 für GBP 36.425,00 (€ 57.963,65) versteigert wurde.
