William W. Armstrong - Portage below rapids

William W. Armstrong

Portage below rapids

Found at Christies, London
Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection, Lot 95
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2006
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.200 GBP
Description
William W. Armstrong (1822-1914)
Portage below rapids
watercolour with bodycolour on paper
19 x 27½in. (48.2 x 69.8cm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by William Armstrong achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2006. In the Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection auction, the work Portage below rapids sold for GBP 16,200.00 (€ 23,898.42) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Armstrong; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot On the Kaministiquoia River, Lake Superior sold at auction in September 2010 with the realized price of GBP 22,500.00 (€ 26,023.64).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von William Armstrong erzielte im September 2006 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection wurde die Arbeit Portage below rapids für GBP 16.200,00 (€ 23.898,42) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Armstrong; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit On the Kaministiquoia River, Lake Superior im September 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 22.500,00 (€ 26.023,64).

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