John James Audubon
Bay-Breasted Warbler
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 112
26. May - 26. May 2022
The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two, Lot 112
26. May - 26. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Bay-breasted Warbler
John James Audubon, 1830
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Autumnal Warbler (Plate 88)
Sylvia Autumnalis
Variant 1. Depicts a male and female pair in the branches of a "Canoe Birch," a.k.a. White Birch. The painting for this print was made in August, 1829, in the Great Pine Swamp. Low, pp. 79-80.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1830, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1830, with margins. Plate size 496 x 310 mm (963 x 630 mm sheet). (Some light spotting at upper right and some light soiling to lower left, margins with a few stains.) Matted and framed.
John James Audubon, 1830
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. – HAVELL, Robert (1793-1878).
Autumnal Warbler (Plate 88)
Sylvia Autumnalis
Variant 1. Depicts a male and female pair in the branches of a "Canoe Birch," a.k.a. White Birch. The painting for this print was made in August, 1829, in the Great Pine Swamp. Low, pp. 79-80.
Engraving with hand-coloring, etching, and aquatint, dated 1830, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1830, with margins. Plate size 496 x 310 mm (963 x 630 mm sheet). (Some light spotting at upper right and some light soiling to lower left, margins with a few stains.) Matted and framed.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Bay-Breasted Warbler by John James Audubon was worth USD 9,450 (€ 8,806) to a buyer in May this year. This price was achieved in the auction The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 1,800 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John James Audubon achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work in June 2018 with an auction result of USD 9,650,000 (€ 8,264,109).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Bay-Breasted Warbler von John James Audubon war einem Käufer im Mai diesen Jahres USD 9.450 (€ 8.806) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Two bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.800 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John James Audubon erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit im Juni 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 9.650.000 (€ 8.264.109).
John James Audubon - Auction history
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