Ganku

TIGER AND DRAGON

Found at Christies, London
Art of Japan, Lot 114
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2016
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
A pair of six-panel screens, sumi [ink] and silver leaf on paper, depicting a dragon amongst clouds and a tiger by bamboo, each signed Echizen no kami Ganku and illegible seal
154 x 355 cm. each

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work TIGER AND DRAGON by Ganku was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2016, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 18,750.00 (€ 21,921.79). Admittedly, works by Ganku have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Tiger And Cub in March 2006 with an auction result of USD 156,000.00 (€ 128,511.41).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit TIGER AND DRAGON von Ganku im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 18.750,00 (€ 21.921,79) den Besitzer. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ganku auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Tiger And Cub im März 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 156.000,00 (€ 128.511,41).

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