James Hamilton

Burning Oil Well At Night, Near Titusville, Pennsylvania

Found at Sothebys, New York
American Art, Lot 105
6. Mar - 6. Mar 2019
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 6.875 USD
James Hamilton
1819 - 1878
BURNING OIL WELL AT NIGHT, NEAR TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
signed J. Hamilton (on the reverse)
oil on board
18 by 12 in.
(45.7 by 30.5 cm)
Painted circa 1859.
The Old Print Shop, New York | Lee B. Anderson, New York  | Alexander Gallery, New York | Private collection, 1980 (acquired from the above; sold, Sotheby's, New York, September 24, 2008, lot 94) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work Burning Oil Well At Night, Near Titusville, Pennsylvania by James Hamilton was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2019. The price achieved of USD 6,875.00 (€ 6,123.09) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by James Hamilton - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Dragging the Nets, which sold at auction in January 2001 for USD 12,925.00 (€ 13,885.90).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit Burning Oil Well At Night, Near Titusville, Pennsylvania von James Hamilton kam im März 2019 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 6.875,00 (€ 6.123,09) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 6.000,00 – 8.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von James Hamilton mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Dragging the Nets beobachtet, die im Januar 2001 für USD 12.925,00 (€ 13.885,90) versteigert wurde.

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