William Wood
A Lady, In White Dress, Dark Bandeau In Her Upswept Powdered Hair
Found at
Christies,
London
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 206
6. JUL - 6. JUL 2005
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 206
6. JUL - 6. JUL 2005
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.600 GBP
Price realised: 6.600 GBP
Description
WILLIAM WOOD (BRITISH, 1769-1810)
A lady, in white dress, dark bandeau in her upswept powdered hair
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with the initial 'S' in seed pearls on blue glass within hair border on opalescent glass mounted on blue glass with vari-coloured plaited border
A lady, in white dress, dark bandeau in her upswept powdered hair
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with the initial 'S' in seed pearls on blue glass within hair border on opalescent glass mounted on blue glass with vari-coloured plaited border
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Wood achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2005. In the IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU auction, the work A Lady, In White Dress, Dark Bandeau In Her Upswept Powdered Hair sold for GBP 6,600.00 (€ 9,573.24) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Wood; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Young Officer, In Red Coat With Blue Collar, Gold Epaulette And White Cross-Belt With Gold Plate, Black Cravat sold at auction in July 2005 with the realized price of GBP 11,400.00 (€ 16,535.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Wood erzielte im Juli 2005 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU wurde die Arbeit A Lady, In White Dress, Dark Bandeau In Her Upswept Powdered Hair für GBP 6.600,00 (€ 9.573,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Wood; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Young Officer, In Red Coat With Blue Collar, Gold Epaulette And White Cross-Belt With Gold Plate, Black Cravat im Juli 2005 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 11.400,00 (€ 16.535,59).
William Wood - Auction history
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