Alex Gardner

It’s Been Years

Found at POLY, Hong Kong
20th Century & Contemporary Art and Design Day Sale in association with Phillips, Lot 122
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2021
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 HKD
Price realised: 856.800 HKD
Painted in 2019
acrylic on canvas
91.4 × 91.4 ㎝. (36 × 36 in.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work It’s Been Years by Alex Gardner was auctioned at POLY in Hong Kong in June 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 250,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 856,800.00 (€ 93,070.70). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Alex Gardner; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Chair #2 sold at auction in June 2021 with the realized price of USD 214,200.00 (€ 180,790.01).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit It’s Been Years von Alex Gardner im Juni 2021 bei POLY in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 250.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 856.800,00 (€ 93.070,70) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Alex Gardner; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Chair #2 im Juni 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 214.200,00 (€ 180.790,01).

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