Wilson A. Bentley
Selected Images Of Snowflakes
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
Price realised: 5.000 USD
Description
Wilson A. Bentley
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
a group of 10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, Frost Patterns, and A Snow Crystal Montage, printing-out-paper prints, several with notations in pencil on the reverse, circa late 1880s (10)
Each approximately 3 by 4 in. (7.6 by 10.2 cm.)
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
a group of 10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, Frost Patterns, and A Snow Crystal Montage, printing-out-paper prints, several with notations in pencil on the reverse, circa late 1880s (10)
Each approximately 3 by 4 in. (7.6 by 10.2 cm.)
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work Selected Images Of Snowflakes by Wilson A. Bentley was sold in the Photographs auction at Sothebys in New York in October 2015. The result of USD 5,000.00 (€ 4,528.17) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 5,000.00 – 7,000.00. Admittedly, works by Wilson A. Bentley have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Selected Images Of Snowflakes in October 2007 with an auction result of USD 32,200.00 (€ 22,256.01).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes von Wilson A. Bentley wurde im Oktober 2015 in der Auktion Photographs bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 5.000,00 (€ 4.528,17) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 5.000,00 – 7.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Wilson A. Bentley auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes im Oktober 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 32.200,00 (€ 22.256,01).
Wilson A. Bentley - Auction history
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