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- Guy Carleton Wiggins
- Central Park Skyline
Guy Carleton Wiggins
Central Park Skyline
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Description
The Passion of American Collectors:
Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Guy Carleton Wiggins
1883 - 1962
Central Park Skyline
signed Guy Wiggins (lower right); also titled, signed and dated Central Park Skyline/ Guy Wiggins N.A./ 1936 (on the reverse)
oil on board
12 by 16 inches
(30.5 by 40.6 cm)
Corporate Collection, New York (sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 24, 1992, lot 214) | Private collection, California (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 18, 2005, lot 191) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Guy Carleton Wiggins
1883 - 1962
Central Park Skyline
signed Guy Wiggins (lower right); also titled, signed and dated Central Park Skyline/ Guy Wiggins N.A./ 1936 (on the reverse)
oil on board
12 by 16 inches
(30.5 by 40.6 cm)
Corporate Collection, New York (sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 24, 1992, lot 214) | Private collection, California (acquired at the above sale; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 18, 2005, lot 191) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
The work Central Park Skyline by Guy Carleton Wiggins was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in December 2020. The »bidding war« ended at USD 44,100.00 (€ 36,058.87), 26% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Guy Carleton Wiggins have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Wall Street In Winter in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 200,000.00 (€ 177,999.29).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Central Park Skyline von Guy Carleton Wiggins wurde im Dezember 2020 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 44.100,00 (€ 36.058,87) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Guy Carleton Wiggins auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Wall Street In Winter im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 200.000,00 (€ 177.999,29).