Samuel Shelley
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 152
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2010
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 152
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2010
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
SAMUEL SHELLEY (BRITISH, 1750/56-1808)
A family scene: the mother, Mrs H. Morton Dyer, in white dress and yellow shawl with her three young children and their great-grandmother, the Hon. Mrs Morton, seated on a red-upholstered sofa on a garden terrace, the father, H. Morton Dyer, seated on a chair behind and leaning on the back of the sofa, landscape background
signed 'SShelley. inv. t & pinx. t ' (mid-right)
on ivory
rectangular, 5 5/16 x 7 in. (135 x 179 mm.), gilt-brass slip within ornate gilt-wood and gesso frame
A family scene: the mother, Mrs H. Morton Dyer, in white dress and yellow shawl with her three young children and their great-grandmother, the Hon. Mrs Morton, seated on a red-upholstered sofa on a garden terrace, the father, H. Morton Dyer, seated on a chair behind and leaning on the back of the sofa, landscape background
signed 'SShelley. inv. t & pinx. t ' (mid-right)
on ivory
rectangular, 5 5/16 x 7 in. (135 x 179 mm.), gilt-brass slip within ornate gilt-wood and gesso frame
Upper estimate price exceeded by 52 %.
The work Unknown by Samuel Shelley was sold in the Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes auction at Christies in London in June 2010. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 10,625.00 (€ 12,920.99), 52% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Samuel Shelley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Aston sisters: Lady Legard and Mrs Hedges as Flora and Ceres, their arms around one another, in white dresses and pink and green stoles, ears of wheat and flowers in their upswept powdered hair, one sister holding a basket of fruit and the other, which sold at auction in April 2002 for GBP 16,450.00 (€ 26,615.67).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 52 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Unknown von Samuel Shelley wurde im Juni 2010 in der Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 10.625,00 (€ 12.920,99) und damit 52% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Samuel Shelley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Aston sisters: Lady Legard and Mrs Hedges as Flora and Ceres, their arms around one another, in white dresses and pink and green stoles, ears of wheat and flowers in their upswept powdered hair, one sister holding a basket of fruit and the other beobachtet, die im April 2002 für GBP 16.450,00 (€ 26.615,67) versteigert wurde.
Samuel Shelley - Auction history
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