Fan Ho
Into the Mist, 1955
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Description
gelatin silver print
credited, titled and dated in ink with multiple salon, exhibition and competition submission stamps (verso)
image/sheet: 18 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (47.6 x 27.3 cm.)
Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
credited, titled and dated in ink with multiple salon, exhibition and competition submission stamps (verso)
image/sheet: 18 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (47.6 x 27.3 cm.)
Modernbook Gallery, Palo Alto; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 42 %.
The work Into the Mist, 1955 by Fan Ho was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2018. It achieved a price of USD 21,250.00 (€ 18,752.21), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 42%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Fan Ho - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Approaching Shadow, 1954, which sold at auction in April 2018 for USD 47,500.00 (€ 39,340.73).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 42 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Into the Mist, 1955 von Fan Ho kam im Oktober 2018 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 21.250,00 (€ 18.752,21) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 42%. Für andere Arbeiten von Fan Ho mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Approaching Shadow, 1954 beobachtet, die im April 2018 für USD 47.500,00 (€ 39.340,73) versteigert wurde.