William Trost Richards
Sunlit Coast
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 USD
Price realised: 156.250 USD
Price realised: 156.250 USD
Description
signed and dated 'W.T. Richards/1869' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 x 42 in. (63.5 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1869.
Charles B. Tyler, Los Angeles, California. | Masco Corporation, Taylor, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1978. | Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1998, lot 87, sold by the above (as South Nantucket). | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
oil on canvas
25 x 42 in. (63.5 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1869.
Charles B. Tyler, Los Angeles, California. | Masco Corporation, Taylor, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1978. | Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1998, lot 87, sold by the above (as South Nantucket). | Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 30 %.
The work Sunlit Coast by William Trost Richards was sold in the American Art auction at Christies in New York in November 2019. The »bidding war« ended at USD 156,250.00 (€ 141,800.53), 30% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by William Trost Richards have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Mackerel Cove, Jamestown, Rhode Island in May 2011 with an auction result of USD 1,650,500.00 (€ 1,148,094.05).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 30 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Sunlit Coast von William Trost Richards wurde im November 2019 in der Auktion American Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 156.250,00 (€ 141.800,53) und damit 30% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von William Trost Richards auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Mackerel Cove, Jamestown, Rhode Island im Mai 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.650.500,00 (€ 1.148.094,05).
William Trost Richards - Auction history
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