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George Chinnery
The entrance to 'the Honourable East India Company's pagoda', Madras
Found at
Christies,
New York
Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, Lot 68
25. May - 25. May 2023
Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey, Lot 68
25. May - 25. May 2023
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.930 GBP
Price realised: 6.930 GBP
Description
GEORGE CHINNERY (1774-1852)
The entrance to 'the Honourable East India Company's pagoda', Madras
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper
5 x 7 1/4 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm.)
The entrance to 'the Honourable East India Company's pagoda', Madras
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper
5 x 7 1/4 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The entrance to 'the Honourable East India Company's pagoda', Madras by George Chinnery was auctioned at Christies in New York in May this year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 6,930.00 (€ 8,063.10). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by George Chinnery achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837 in July 2006 with an auction result of GBP 332,800.00 (€ 487,180.19).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The entrance to 'the Honourable East India Company's pagoda', Madras von George Chinnery im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 6.930,00 (€ 8.063,10) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von George Chinnery erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Reeves Macao Album, 1836-1837 im Juli 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 332.800,00 (€ 487.180,19).