Sir Quentin Blake

Gentleman with Bird No. 4

Found at Bonhams, London (Online Auction)
Making a MarkA Fundraising Sale for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, Lot 71
22. Sep - 6. Oct 2023

Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.560 GBP

Description

Sir Quentin Blake (British, born 1932)
Gentleman with Bird No. 4
signed with initials 'QB' (lower right)
pen and ink and watercolour on paper
26.2 x 14.5cm (10 5/16 x 5 11/16in).
(unframed)
Executed in 2023
Donated by the Artist and sold in aid of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Upper estimate price exceeded by 71 %.

In October this year Bonhams in London held the auction Making a MarkA Fundraising Sale for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, which included the work Gentleman with Bird No. 4 by Quentin Blake. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 2,560.00 (€ 2,939.59), 71% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Quentin Blake achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Grand High Witch in July 2018 with an auction result of GBP 35,000.00 (€ 39,242.70).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 71 % übertroffen

Im Oktober diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion Making a MarkA Fundraising Sale for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration durch, in der auch die Arbeit Gentleman with Bird No. 4 von Quentin Blake zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 2.560,00 (€ 2.939,59) und damit 71% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Quentin Blake erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Grand High Witch im Juli 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 35.000,00 (€ 39.242,70).