John Singleton Copley
Samuel Barrett
Found at
Christies,
New York
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, English Pottery, Rugs & Prints, Lot 213
21. Jan - 21. Jan 2011
Important American Furniture, Folk Art, English Pottery, Rugs & Prints, Lot 213
21. Jan - 21. Jan 2011
Estimate: 20.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 386.500 USD
Price realised: 386.500 USD
Description
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY (1738-1815)
Samuel Barrett
the reverse bears an old, partially legible pencil inscription: Samuel Barrett XXX from 1738 and died August 2? 1798 when 60 years XXX XXX of yellow fever then very revalent in Boston. He married Elizabeth Salisbury XXX his second wife.
oil on copper
5¼ x 4½ in.
Samuel Barrett
the reverse bears an old, partially legible pencil inscription: Samuel Barrett XXX from 1738 and died August 2? 1798 when 60 years XXX XXX of yellow fever then very revalent in Boston. He married Elizabeth Salisbury XXX his second wife.
oil on copper
5¼ x 4½ in.
Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price
When the work Samuel Barrett by John Singleton Copley was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2011, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 40,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at USD 386,500.00 (€ 281,808.24). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by John Singleton Copley; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait of James Tilley (1707-1765) sold at auction in January 2006 with the realized price of USD 374,400.00 (€ 307,945.39).
Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Samuel Barrett von John Singleton Copley im Januar 2011 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 40.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 386.500,00 (€ 281.808,24) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von John Singleton Copley; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait of James Tilley (1707-1765) im Januar 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 374.400,00 (€ 307.945,39).
John Singleton Copley - Auction history
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