Bud Fraker

Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956

Found at Christies, London
Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, Lot 77
27.Sep - 27.Sep.2017
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 9.375 GBP
Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956
two gelatin silver prints
each stamped photographer's Paramount studio credit (verso)
each sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 ¾ in. (35.3 x 27.3 cm.)
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Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 by Bud Fraker was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 2,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 9,375.00 (€ 10,636.06). Admittedly, works by Bud Fraker have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 in September 2017 with an auction result of GBP 56,250.00 (€ 63,816.35).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 von Bud Fraker im September 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 2.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 9.375,00 (€ 10.636,06) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Bud Fraker auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn, circa 1956 im September 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 56.250,00 (€ 63.816,35).

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