Saverio della Gatta

Searching For Fleas

Found at Christies, London
Seven Centuries: Italian Works of Art From Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome, Lot 331
8. Nov - 8. Nov 2007
Estimate: 250 - 350 GBP
Price realised: 938 GBP
SAVERIO (XAVIER) DELLA GATTA (ACTIVE IN NAPLES 1777-1827)
SEARCHING FOR FLEAS
signed and dated 'Xavi della Gatta 1828' (lower left, on the rock)
pen and ink, watercolour
8 x 10 1/8 in. (203 x 257 mm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Xavier Della Gatta achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2007. In the Seven Centuries: Italian Works of Art From Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome auction, the work Searching For Fleas sold for GBP 937.50 (€ 1,312.74) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 350.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Xavier Della Gatta achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Naples, Vue Du Palais Royal De Portici, Avec Le Vésuve En Éruption; Naples, Vue Du Port De Portici in June 2009 with an auction result of EUR 138,750.00.

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Xavier Della Gatta erzielte im November 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Seven Centuries: Italian Works of Art From Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome wurde die Arbeit Searching For Fleas für GBP 937,50 (€ 1.312,74) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 350,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Xavier Della Gatta erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Naples, Vue Du Palais Royal De Portici, Avec Le Vésuve En Éruption; Naples, Vue Du Port De Portici im Juni 2009 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 138.750,00.

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