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- Selected Studies of the Construction of the Empire State Building
Lewis Wickes Hine
Selected Studies of the Construction of the Empire State Building
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 7.560 USD
Price realised: 7.560 USD
Description
circa 1931
Two gelatin silver prints, one mounted.
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4 cm)
4 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (11.1 x 8.9 cm)
'Lewis W. Hine, Interpretive Photography, Hastings-On-Hudson, New York' stamp on the verso of one print, a fragmentary stamp on the verso of the other.
Two gelatin silver prints, one mounted.
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4 cm)
4 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (11.1 x 8.9 cm)
'Lewis W. Hine, Interpretive Photography, Hastings-On-Hudson, New York' stamp on the verso of one print, a fragmentary stamp on the verso of the other.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Selected Studies of the Construction of the Empire State Building by Lewis Wickes Hine was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 7,560.00 (€ 7,174.72). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Lewis Wickes Hine achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921 in April 2021 with an auction result of USD 275,000.00 (€ 228,595.18).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Selected Studies of the Construction of the Empire State Building von Lewis Wickes Hine im April letzten Jahres bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 7.560,00 (€ 7.174,72) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Lewis Wickes Hine erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Mechanic And Steam Pump, 1921 im April 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 275.000,00 (€ 228.595,18).