William Sidney Mount

Portrait of Ruth Francis Seabury

Found at Christies, New York
American Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 1
4. Oct - 4. Oct 2000
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 23.500 USD
William Sidney Mount (1807-1868) Portrait of Ruth Francis Seabury
signed and inscribed 'Painted by Wm. S Mount' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
8 x 6½ in. (20.3 x 16.5 cm.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Portrait of Ruth Francis Seabury by William Sidney Mount was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2000, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 7,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 23,500.00 (€ 27,692.67). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Sidney Mount achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Ramblers in May 2008 with an auction result of USD 2,281,000.00 (€ 1,465,938.30).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Portrait of Ruth Francis Seabury von William Sidney Mount im Oktober 2000 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 7.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 23.500,00 (€ 27.692,67) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Sidney Mount erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Ramblers im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.281.000,00 (€ 1.465.938,30).

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