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- Golden Couple (Afternoon)
Michael Ayrton
Golden Couple (Afternoon)
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 55.000 GBP
Price realised: 55.000 GBP
Description
MICHAEL AYRTON (1921-1975)
Golden Couple (Afternoon)
signed 'Ayrton' (on the underside of the female figure), numbered and stamped with foundry mark, London hallmark for 18 carat gold and date letter for 1973 '3/12 /MSFLD/18/S' (on the underside of each figure)
18 carat yellow gold, on a black stone base
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, excluding base
Approx. 86 oz. 2 dwt. (2696 gr.)
Cast in 1973 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
Golden Couple (Afternoon)
signed 'Ayrton' (on the underside of the female figure), numbered and stamped with foundry mark, London hallmark for 18 carat gold and date letter for 1973 '3/12 /MSFLD/18/S' (on the underside of each figure)
18 carat yellow gold, on a black stone base
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, excluding base
Approx. 86 oz. 2 dwt. (2696 gr.)
Cast in 1973 by Morris Singer Foundry, London.
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Michael Ayrton could be acquired at Christies in London in October last year for an unexpectedly low price. In the Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale auction, the work Golden Couple (Afternoon) changed hands for GBP 55,000.00 (€ 64,074.39) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 60,000.00 – 80,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Michael Ayrton - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Arkville Minotaur, which sold at auction in July 2013 for GBP 205,875.00 (€ 235,248.07).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Michael Ayrton konnte im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale wechselte die Arbeit Golden Couple (Afternoon) für GBP 55.000,00 (€ 64.074,39) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 60.000,00 – 80.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Michael Ayrton mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Arkville Minotaur beobachtet, die im Juli 2013 für GBP 205.875,00 (€ 235.248,07) versteigert wurde.