Walter Launt Palmer

Sunlight On December Snow

Found at Sothebys, New York
American Art, Lot 55
13. Nov - 13. Nov 2017
Estimate: 70.000 - 90.000 USD
Price realised: 106.250 USD
Walter Launt Palmer
1854 - 1932
SUNLIGHT ON DECEMBER SNOW
signed W.L. Palmer (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 1/4 by 30 1/4 inches
(76.8 by 76.8 cm)
Katherine Jones Edmunds, Surfside, Florida | Private collection, North Carolina (by descent; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 1, 2004, lot 201) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

The work Sunlight On December Snow by Walter Launt Palmer was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in November 2017. It achieved a price of USD 106,250.00 (€ 89,300.72), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 18%. Other works by Walter Launt Palmer have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 198,000.00 (€ 147,179.07) in May 2007 for the work Winter Forest.

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Die Arbeit Sunlight On December Snow von Walter Launt Palmer wurde im November 2017 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 106.250,00 (€ 89.300,72) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 18%. Andere Arbeiten von Walter Launt Palmer haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 198.000,00 (€ 147.179,07) im Mai 2007 für die Arbeit Winter Forest beobachtet.

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