Chobunsai Eishi

Unknown

Found at Christies, New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 699
20. Mar - 20. Mar 2013
Estimate: 500 - 700 USD
Price realised: 16.250 USD
Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1827)
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)
Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)
Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)
Nakayama Sugakudo (act. 1850-60)
A large group of woodcuts by various artists, including prints of beauties, landscapes by Hokusai from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji), actors and a quantity of toned bird and flower prints by Sugakudo
oban tate-e, oban yoko-e and other sizes - William Sturgis Bigelow

Artwork auctioned at 23 times the upper estimate price

When the work Unknown by Chobunsai Eishi was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 700.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 23 times as high at USD 16,250.00 (€ 12,679.46). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Chobunsai Eishi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Beauty writing a poem on a fan in March 2008 with an auction result of USD 229,000.00 (€ 144,890.86).

Kunstwerk zum 23-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Unknown von Chobunsai Eishi im März 2013 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 700,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 16.250,00 (€ 12.679,46) mehr als 23-mal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Chobunsai Eishi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Beauty writing a poem on a fan im März 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 229.000,00 (€ 144.890,86).

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