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- Upper St. Marguerite
Frank Weston Benson
Upper St. Marguerite
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
Description
Frank Weston Benson
1862 - 1951
UPPER ST. MARGUERITE
signed F.W. Benson and dated 22 (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
14 by 20 inches
(35.6 by 50.8 cm)
Dr. Thomas H. Bennett, Cleveland, Ohio | (probably) Ralph King | By descent to the present owner (his great-granddaughter)
1862 - 1951
UPPER ST. MARGUERITE
signed F.W. Benson and dated 22 (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
14 by 20 inches
(35.6 by 50.8 cm)
Dr. Thomas H. Bennett, Cleveland, Ohio | (probably) Ralph King | By descent to the present owner (his great-granddaughter)
Auction result well in line with expectations
In March 2018 Sothebys in New York held the auction American Art, which included the work Upper St. Marguerite by Frank Weston Benson. The price achieved of USD 10,000.00 (€ 8,116.88) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Frank Weston Benson achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Reader in November 2016 with an auction result of USD 2,887,500.00 (€ 2,729,722.06).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im März 2018 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion American Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Upper St. Marguerite von Frank Weston Benson zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 10.000,00 (€ 8.116,88) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Frank Weston Benson erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Reader im November 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.887.500,00 (€ 2.729.722,06).