PAUL OUTERBRIDGE JR. (1896-1958) Still Life (Christmas again). Circa 1920 |
Un vieux dicton des Maisons de Ventes dit que 'C'est la salle qui fait le prix'. Ce n'est pas toujours vrai. Les commissaires priseurs sont de vieux renards...
Pour le lot n°17 de cette vente, la salle a fait exploser le plafond. Sur une estimation de 4000/6000 euros, le marteau s'est abattu à 1 291 500 euros (frais inclus), soit plus de 200 fois l'estimation haute.
Beau prix. Surtout que la série est incomplète, puisque la Capaccuna (la liste des empereurs incas) comprend 13 noms !
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Fred Lyon |
A raftsman manoeuvring floating timber, c1930-1945 |
Aerial view of the gauging ground at London docks, showing the huge amount of wine barrels that passed through, November 1920 |
Tea samples being packed in the Commercial Road warehouses, c1930-1945 |
A sample of tobacco is inspected by a customs official at Royal Victoria Dock, c1930-1940 |
Dockers unloading crates of potatoes into a large basket, North Quay, West India Docks, 1948 |
Trucks bound for Mombasa being loaded for shipment at Royal Albert Dock, 1955 |
Horse-drawn van loaded with goods on the south side of King George V Dock, 1942 |
Passengers on the Tilbury landing stage on 14 July 1934. Smartly dressed and carrying hand luggage, they may be about to board the unidentified vessel alongside |
The first group of six female recruits to the PLA police force, shown walking in line at the Royal Docks, 1954 |
A man holding up two giant Mediterranean sponges for auction at Cutler Street warehouse, 1933 |
The Pool of London, 1927. This evocative shot shows the port in its heyday. In the centre, two lightermen manoeuvre their barge with sweeps in the traditional way |
Animals landed from the SS Medic at Tilbury Docks, c1915-1925 |
The diver Alfred Yates, with assistants, prepares to go down for underwater repairs in April 1930, in the passage between Norway and Lady docks |
Few workers possessed alarm clocks, so the services of this ‘knocker up’ were in demand. Mary Smith’s clients were roused by her shooting peas at their windows. East End of London, 1927 |