Alfred Jacob Miller
Lake in the Wind River Country
Found at
Christies,
New York
American Art, Lot 62
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2015
American Art, Lot 62
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and dated 'A.J. Miller 1854' (lower right)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
The artist. | (Possibly) Melville Wilson, 1854. | C.R. Smith, Washington, D.C. | Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1968-77. | Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. | Mongerson-Wunderlich Galleries, Chicago, Illinois. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1979.
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
The artist. | (Possibly) Melville Wilson, 1854. | C.R. Smith, Washington, D.C. | Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1968-77. | Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. | Mongerson-Wunderlich Galleries, Chicago, Illinois. | Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1979.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Lake in the Wind River Country by Alfred Jacob Miller was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2015, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 70,000.00 – 100,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 62,500.00 (€ 58,188.25). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Alfred Jacob Miller achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Pawnee Running a Buffalo in May 2016 with an auction result of USD 1,565,000.00 (€ 1,405,478.22).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Lake in the Wind River Country von Alfred Jacob Miller im März 2015 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 70.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 62.500,00 (€ 58.188,25) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Alfred Jacob Miller erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Pawnee Running a Buffalo im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.565.000,00 (€ 1.405.478,22).
Alfred Jacob Miller - Auction history
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