Herbert George Ponting
The Freezing of the Sea
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.500 GBP
Price realised: 6.500 GBP
Description
with photographer's blindstamp 'H.G. Ponting' (lower right), titled and numbered '39' on The Fine Art Society label on the reverse
blue-toned carbon print
29 x 23in. (73.7 x 58.5cm.)
blue-toned carbon print
29 x 23in. (73.7 x 58.5cm.)
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work The Freezing of the Sea by Herbert George Ponting was sold in the Topographical Pictures with Australian Art auction at Christies in London in December 2018. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 6,500.00 (€ 7,241.58). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Herbert George Ponting achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Ponting's three master albums of contact prints in September 2010 with an auction result of GBP 169,250.00 (€ 195,755.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Freezing of the Sea von Herbert George Ponting wurde im Dezember 2018 in der Auktion Topographical Pictures with Australian Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 6.500,00 (€ 7.241,58) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Herbert George Ponting erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Ponting's three master albums of contact prints im September 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 169.250,00 (€ 195.755,59).
Herbert George Ponting - Auction history
![Ponting - The Great Wall Of China, [1907]](/images/ponting_the-great-wall-of-china-1907_AID509107_320x320.jpg)
![Ponting - Portrait of Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, [1910, printed later]; sold together with a postcard of the same photo (2)](/images/ponting_portrait-of-lieutenant-henry-robertson-bowers-1910-printed-later-sold-together-with-a-postcard-of-the-same-photo-2_AID858016_320x320.jpg)
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