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Nicholas Chevalier
Swiss Will You Buy? (Also Known As The Seashells [Sic] Seller And As A Girl Of The Sea)
Found at
Sothebys,
Melbourne
Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works, Lot 99
27. Aug - 27. Aug 2007
Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works, Lot 99
27. Aug - 27. Aug 2007
Estimate: 45.000 - 65.000 AUD
Price realised: 51.600 AUD
Price realised: 51.600 AUD
Description
Nicholas Chevalier
1828 - 1902
SWISSWILL YOU BUY? (ALSO KNOWN AS THE SEASHELLS [SIC] SELLER AND AS A GIRL OF THE SEA)
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
58.5 by 40.5 cm
John Munro Bruce, Melbourne, 1883 | Private Collection, Melbourne, circa 1950; thence by descent
1828 - 1902
SWISSWILL YOU BUY? (ALSO KNOWN AS THE SEASHELLS [SIC] SELLER AND AS A GIRL OF THE SEA)
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
58.5 by 40.5 cm
John Munro Bruce, Melbourne, 1883 | Private Collection, Melbourne, circa 1950; thence by descent
Auction result well in line with expectations
In August 2007 Sothebys in Melbourne held the auction Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works, which included the work Swiss Will You Buy? (Also Known As The Seashells Sic Seller And As A Girl Of The Sea) by Nicholas Chevalier. The price achieved of AUD 51,600.00 (€ 30,855.60) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as AUD 45,000.00 – 65,000.00. Other works by Nicholas Chevalier have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in August 2009 the work Swiss The Buffalo Ranges was auctioned for AUD 57,600.00 (€ 33,864.18).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im August 2007 führte Sothebys in Melbourne die Auktion Important Australian Art Including Selected International Works durch, in der auch die Arbeit Swiss Will You Buy? (Also Known As The Seashells Sic Seller And As A Girl Of The Sea) von Nicholas Chevalier zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von AUD 51.600,00 (€ 30.855,60) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit AUD 45.000,00 – 65.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Nicholas Chevalier konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im August 2009 die Arbeit Swiss The Buffalo Ranges für AUD 57.600,00 (€ 33.864,18) versteigert.
Nicholas Chevalier - Auction history
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