Wilson A. Bentley
Selected Images Of Snowflakes
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
Wilson A. Bentley
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, printing-out-paper prints, several signed, annotated, and dated in pencil on the reverse, late 1880s-1920s (10)
Each approximately 3 by 3 in. (7.6 by 7.6 cm.)
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, printing-out-paper prints, several signed, annotated, and dated in pencil on the reverse, late 1880s-1920s (10)
Each approximately 3 by 3 in. (7.6 by 7.6 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.
The work Selected Images Of Snowflakes by Wilson A. Bentley was sold in the Photographs auction at Sothebys in New York in April 2017. It achieved a price of USD 18,750.00 (€ 17,209.73), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 56%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Wilson A. Bentley; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Selected Images Of Snowflakes sold at auction in October 2007 with the realized price of USD 32,200.00 (€ 22,256.01).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes von Wilson A. Bentley wurde im April 2017 in der Auktion Photographs bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 18.750,00 (€ 17.209,73) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 56%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Wilson A. Bentley; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes im Oktober 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 32.200,00 (€ 22.256,01).
Wilson A. Bentley - Auction history
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