Wilson A. Bentley
Selected Images Of Snowflakes
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Description
WILSON A. BENTLEY
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, printing-out-paper prints, each framed, late 1890s-1920s (10)
Each approximately 4 by 3 in. (10.2 by 7.6 cm.)
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, printing-out-paper prints, each framed, late 1890s-1920s (10)
Each approximately 4 by 3 in. (10.2 by 7.6 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Selected Images Of Snowflakes by Wilson A. Bentley was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in October 2019. The price achieved of USD 10,000.00 (€ 8,964.59) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wilson A. Bentley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Selected Images Of Snowflakes, which sold at auction in October 2007 for USD 32,200.00 (€ 22,256.01).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes von Wilson A. Bentley kam im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 10.000,00 (€ 8.964,59) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Wilson A. Bentley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes beobachtet, die im Oktober 2007 für USD 32.200,00 (€ 22.256,01) versteigert wurde.
Wilson A. Bentley - Auction history
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