Prideaux John Selby
A Male Kestrel
Found at
Christies,
London
The Astor Collection From Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire, Lot 157
15.Dez - 15.Dez.2017
The Astor Collection From Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire, Lot 157
15.Dez - 15.Dez.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and inscribed 'P J Selby' (lower right), 'Kestrel/ Male' (lower centre) and 'Kestrel Male./ 17' (upper centre)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper, unidentified watermark
16 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (41 x 25.1 cm.)
The Library of H. Bradley Martin; Sotheby's, New York, 8 June 1989, lot 500, where purchased by the present owner.
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper, unidentified watermark
16 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (41 x 25.1 cm.)
The Library of H. Bradley Martin; Sotheby's, New York, 8 June 1989, lot 500, where purchased by the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work A Male Kestrel by Prideaux John Selby was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 6,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 23,750.00 (€ 26,727.15). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Prideaux John Selby; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Illustrations of British Ornithology. Text volumes: Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman; W. Curry Jun. & Co., 1833. Plate volumes: Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable & Co.; Hurst, Robinson & Co. sold at auction in June 2001 with the realized price of GBP 29,375.00 (€ 48,7
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit A Male Kestrel von Prideaux John Selby im Dezember 2017 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 6.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 23.750,00 (€ 26.727,15) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Prideaux John Selby; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Illustrations of British Ornithology. Text volumes: Edinburgh, London and Dublin: W.H. Lizars; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman; W. Curry Jun. & Co., 1833. Plate volumes: Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable & Co.; Hurst, Robinson & Co. im Juni 2001 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 29.375,00 (€ 48.797,72).
Prideaux John Selby - Auction history
![Prideaux John Selby - A collection of original watercolour drawings, manuscript and printed material relating to Selby\'s scientific pursuits, chiefly entomology, but including ornithology, climatology, geology and local history. [Circa 1815-1860]. Provenance: Sir William Selby](/images/prideaux-john-selby_a-collection-of-original-watercolour-drawings-manuscript-and-printed-material-relating-to-selbys-scientific-pursuits-chiefly-entomology-but-including-ornithology-climatology-geology-and-local-history-circa-1815-1860-provenance-sir-will_AID936951_320x320.jpg)
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