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- Sketch for Three-Way Plug (1965)
Claes Oldenburg
Sketch for Three-Way Plug (1965)
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 640 USD
Price realised: 640 USD
Description
Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022)
Sketch for Three-Way Plug (1965) (Axsom/Platzker 86), 1972
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 201/250 (there was also 9 trial proofs), published by University Art Museum Council, Berkeley, printed by California Printing Company, San Francisco, with copyright stamp on verso, the full sheet.
sheet 32 x 24 1/4in (81.3 x 61.6cm)
Sketch for Three-Way Plug (1965) (Axsom/Platzker 86), 1972
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 201/250 (there was also 9 trial proofs), published by University Art Museum Council, Berkeley, printed by California Printing Company, San Francisco, with copyright stamp on verso, the full sheet.
sheet 32 x 24 1/4in (81.3 x 61.6cm)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Sketch for Three-Way Plug (1965) by Claes Oldenburg was auctioned at Bonhams in Los Angeles in January 2024, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 800.00 – 1,200.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 640.00 (€ 559.34). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Claes Oldenburg achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Clothespin Ten Foot in November 2015 with an auction result of USD 3,637,000.00 (€ 3,443,476.61).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Sketch for Three-Way Plug (1965) von Claes Oldenburg im Januar 2024 bei Bonhams in Los Angeles versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 800,00 – 1.200,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 640,00 (€ 559,34) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Claes Oldenburg erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Clothespin Ten Foot im November 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.637.000,00 (€ 3.443.476,61).