Wilson A. Bentley
Selected Images Of Snowflakes
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 17.500 USD
Price realised: 17.500 USD
Description
Wilson A. Bentley
1865-1931
SELECTED IMAGES OF SNOWFLAKES
10 photomicrographs of Snowflakes, printing-out-paper prints, 3 signed and annotated and 7 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, 3 signed and annotated and 7 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 46 %.
In October 2017 Sothebys in New York held the auction Photographs, which included the work Selected Images Of Snowflakes by Wilson A. Bentley. The »bidding war« ended at USD 17,500.00 (€ 15,024.04), 46% above the upper estimate. Other works by Wilson A. Bentley have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 32,200.00 (€ 22,256.01) in October 2007 for the work Selected Images Of Snowflakes.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 46 % übertroffen
Im Oktober 2017 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Photographs durch, in der auch die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes von Wilson A. Bentley zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 17.500,00 (€ 15.024,04) und damit 46% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Wilson A. Bentley haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 32.200,00 (€ 22.256,01) im Oktober 2007 für die Arbeit Selected Images Of Snowflakes beobachtet.
Wilson A. Bentley - Auction history
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