Bidding "lost treasures" Albert Chapman brought 1.82 million dollars
held works of art from the collection of the former president of Eastman Kodak Albert Chapman (Dr. Albert K. Chapman). The auction is organized gallery John W. Coker in the town of New Market (Tennessee, USA).
«Lost Treasure" dubbed collection Chapman, because of the existence of this meeting until recently was not known. None of the products did not leave the family, was not present at auctions, and only one picture once visited the exhibition.
auction attracted interest from collectors and art dealers across the country attended and rang Applicants from New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, New Orleans, Atlanta, Houston and other requests come from Europe. Total for 83 works of Impressionist and Post-Impressionism, offered without reserve, managed to gain 1.82 million dollars.
Top -lot auction was the bed Mary Cassatt (Mary Cassatt) «Simon, sitting on the grass beside his mother." This is the only painting from the collection, visited the exhibition - at the Smithsonian Institution in 1970. Product with the estimate of 400-700 thousand dollars was to art dealer and collector from California for 990,000 dollars.
Over oil landscape of Saint-Tropez (1925) Brush Pierre Bonnard (Pierre Bonnard) a struggle of twelve contenders. As a result, painting, estimated at 60-90 thousand dollars, was sold for 275,000 to a buyer from Europe.
Another tasty lot was kind of Pont-Aven («La Poulda») brush Emile Bernard (Emile Bernard). For it hoped to gain 40-60 thousand dollars, but as a result of the canvas had gone to a new buyer for 236.5 thousand. By painting annexed letter confirming its authenticity son of the artist and additional information about the provenance.
View of Paris from the window of the studio of Gustave Loiseau (Gustave Loiseau) brought 77,000 dollars.
In top ten most expensive lots included painting "The entrance to the Magnolia Gardens in the spring, Charleston," the Dutch-born artist Anthony Thieme (Anthony Thieme). For a colorful canvas gave 99,000 dollars (estimate 50-70 thousand). According to John Coker, painting Tim was one of the favorite at the Albert Chapman and his wife.
In general auction in New Market was a success. There was even a case where one of the contenders in the hype casually raised her as their own bid. Sale of furniture from the collection of Albert Chapman will be held Oct. 30.
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