Ernest Charton
View of Valparaíso
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 112.500 USD
Price realised: 112.500 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Ernest Charton, Chili, Valparaiso, 185...' (lower right)
oil on canvas mounted on board
23 ¾ x 33 ½ in. (60.3 x 85 cm.)
Painted circa late 1850s.
Private collection, Hamburg. | By descent from the above to the present owner.
oil on canvas mounted on board
23 ¾ x 33 ½ in. (60.3 x 85 cm.)
Painted circa late 1850s.
Private collection, Hamburg. | By descent from the above to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 41 %.
The work View of Valparaíso by Ernest Charton was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2016. It achieved a price of USD 112,500.00 (€ 106,352.81), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 41%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ernest Charton - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Panorama of the City of Valparaíso, Chile, which sold at auction in October 2015 for GBP 206,500.00 (€ 288,841.92).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 41 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit View of Valparaíso von Ernest Charton kam im November 2016 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 112.500,00 (€ 106.352,81) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 41%. Für andere Arbeiten von Ernest Charton mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Panorama of the City of Valparaíso, Chile beobachtet, die im Oktober 2015 für GBP 206.500,00 (€ 288.841,92) versteigert wurde.
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