Walter Gay
Interior of the Dining Room at the Villa Sylvia, Beaulieu-sur-Mert
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate, Lot 33
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2021
Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate, Lot 33
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2021
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Description
signed ‘Walter Gay’ (lower right); with inscription ‘I. / Villa Sylvia/ by/ Walter Gay’ (back of the frame)
black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor, on light brown paper
10 3 ⁄ 4 x 14 3 ⁄ 4 in. (27.5 x 37.5 cm)
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, 5 April 1995, lot 128.
black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor, on light brown paper
10 3 ⁄ 4 x 14 3 ⁄ 4 in. (27.5 x 37.5 cm)
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, 5 April 1995, lot 128.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 42 %.
The work Interior of the Dining Room at the Villa Sylvia, Beaulieu-sur-Mert by Walter Gay was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2021. It achieved a price of USD 21,250.00 (€ 17,511.33), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 42%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Walter Gay - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Salon des Aigles, Hotel Crillon, Paris, which sold at auction in April 2002 for USD 45,410.00 (€ 50,444.35).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 42 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Interior of the Dining Room at the Villa Sylvia, Beaulieu-sur-Mert von Walter Gay kam im Januar 2021 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 21.250,00 (€ 17.511,33) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 42%. Für andere Arbeiten von Walter Gay mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Salon des Aigles, Hotel Crillon, Paris beobachtet, die im April 2002 für USD 45.410,00 (€ 50.444,35) versteigert wurde.
Walter Gay - Auction history
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