John Sell Cotman
The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.475 GBP
Price realised: 11.475 GBP
Description
The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
signed, dated and inscribed 'JS C**** 1802 / SWORD' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil on paper
42.7 x 32.1cm (16 13/16 x 12 5/8in).
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1993, lot 59, where purchased by the present owner
signed, dated and inscribed 'JS C**** 1802 / SWORD' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil on paper
42.7 x 32.1cm (16 13/16 x 12 5/8in).
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1993, lot 59, where purchased by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 28 %.
The work The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon Castle, North Wales by John Sell Cotman was sold in the Old Master Paintings auction at Bonhams in London in December 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 11,475.00 (€ 13,687.27), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 28%. Admittedly, works by John Sell Cotman have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond in July 2017 with an auction result of GBP 118,750.00 (€ 132,506.76).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 28 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon Castle, North Wales von John Sell Cotman wurde im Dezember 2021 in der Auktion Old Master Paintings bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 11.475,00 (€ 13.687,27) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 28%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Sell Cotman auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit In the Grampians, a drover with his dog and cattle beyond im Juli 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 118.750,00 (€ 132.506,76).
John Sell Cotman - Auction history
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