David Gilmore Blythe
Recruits Wanted
Found at
Christies,
New York
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission, Lot 189
25. Sep - 25. Sep 2013
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission, Lot 189
25. Sep - 25. Sep 2013
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Price realised: 93.750 USD
Description
David Gilmore Blythe (1815-1865)
Recruits Wanted
signed 'Blythe' (lower center)
oil on canvas
11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1861.
Recruits Wanted
signed 'Blythe' (lower center)
oil on canvas
11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1861.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by David Gilmour Blythe achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2013. In the Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission auction, the work Recruits Wanted sold for USD 93,750.00 (€ 69,264.87) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by David Gilmour Blythe - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Family Prayers and The Sequel: A Pair of Works, which sold at auction in January 2024 for USD 252,000.00 (€ 220,241.22).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von David Gilmour Blythe erzielte im September 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission wurde die Arbeit Recruits Wanted für USD 93.750,00 (€ 69.264,87) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von David Gilmour Blythe mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Family Prayers and The Sequel: A Pair of Works beobachtet, die im Januar 2024 für USD 252.000,00 (€ 220.241,22) versteigert wurde.
David Gilmour Blythe - Auction history
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