Marion Post Wolcott

Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida

Found at Phillips, New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 6
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 8.750 USD
1939
Gelatin silver print.
6 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (16.2 x 24.1 cm)
Signed and inscribed ‘Original vintage FSA print’ in pencil, Farm Security Administration stamp and typed caption and date on the verso.
Collection of Graham Nash, Los Angeles | Sotheby’s, New York, Photographs from the Collection of Graham Nash, 25 April 1990, lot 253

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

The work Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida by Marion Post Wolcott was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April 2019. Here, the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 8,750.00 (€ 7,811.80). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Marion Post Wolcott - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939, which sold at auction in October 2021 for USD 21,420.00 (€ 18,542.24).

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Die Arbeit Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida von Marion Post Wolcott kam im April 2019 bei Phillips in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 8.750,00 (€ 7.811,80) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Marion Post Wolcott mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, Feb 1939 beobachtet, die im Oktober 2021 für USD 21.420,00 (€ 18.542,24) versteigert wurde.

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