Peter Beard
Selected Images
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 115
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Lot 115
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2010
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 31.250 USD
Price realised: 31.250 USD
Description
Peter Beard
B. 1938
SELECTED IMAGES
2 unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor prints, comprising May 28-29, 1993 Diary Page and Desirée, the first signed and dated in ink in the margin and the second with credit, title, and date in pencil on the reverse, 1988 and 1993 (2)
25 7/8 by 20 7/8 in. (65.7 by 53 cm.) 26 5/8 by 20 3/4 in. (67.6 by 52.7 cm.)
B. 1938
SELECTED IMAGES
2 unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor prints, comprising May 28-29, 1993 Diary Page and Desirée, the first signed and dated in ink in the margin and the second with credit, title, and date in pencil on the reverse, 1988 and 1993 (2)
25 7/8 by 20 7/8 in. (65.7 by 53 cm.) 26 5/8 by 20 3/4 in. (67.6 by 52.7 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Selected Images by Peter Beard was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in June 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 10,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 31,250.00 (€ 25,425.11). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Peter Beard achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Orphaned Cheetah Cubs, Mweiga, near Nyeri, Kenya, March 1968 in October 2017 with an auction result of USD 672,500.00 (€ 577,352.34).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Selected Images von Peter Beard im Juni 2010 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 10.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 31.250,00 (€ 25.425,11) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Peter Beard erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Orphaned Cheetah Cubs, Mweiga, near Nyeri, Kenya, March 1968 im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 672.500,00 (€ 577.352,34).
Peter Beard - Auction history
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