Steven Meisel

Audrey Hepburn, Vanity Fair, May 1991

Found at Christies, London
Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, Lot 253
27.Sep - 27.Sep.2017
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
gelatin silver print
dedicated 'To Audrey a dream come true for me, Steven' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 ½ in. (35.2 x 26.7 cm.)

Artwork auctioned at nine times the upper estimate price

When the work Audrey Hepburn, Vanity Fair, May 1991 by Steven Meisel was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at GBP 27,500.00 (€ 31,199.10). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Steven Meisel - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work CK One, New York City, which sold at auction in November 2017 for GBP 75,000.00 (€ 85,136.16).

Kunstwerk zum Neunfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn, Vanity Fair, May 1991 von Steven Meisel im September 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 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 27.500,00 (€ 31.199,10) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Steven Meisel mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit CK One, New York City beobachtet, die im November 2017 für GBP 75.000,00 (€ 85.136,16) versteigert wurde.

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Title: Audrey Hepburn and Pippin (Ip), Beverly Hills
Price: 5.000 GBP
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Raymond Voinquel - Audrey Hepburn as Ariane Chavasse for the 1957 Allied Artists production Love in the Afternoon, Paris, circa 1956
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Auction: 27.Sep - 27.Sep.2017
Title: Audrey Hepburn as Ariane Chavasse for the 1957 Allied Artists production Love in the Afternoon, Paris, circa 1956
Price: 4.750 GBP
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Auction: 27.Sep - 27.Sep.2017
Price: 10.625 GBP
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Richard Avedon - Audrey Hepburn in \'Paris Pursuit\' for Harper\'s Bazaar, 1959
Richard Avedon
Auction: 27.Sep - 27.Sep.2017
Title: Audrey Hepburn in 'Paris Pursuit' for Harper's Bazaar, 1959
Price: 5.625 GBP
Found at Christies
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