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Subject:Re: Willy Seiler-Worth?
Posted By: Bill H Mon, May 04, 2015
Looking at Seiler works in the LiveAuctioneers archive, I found a black & white version of your etching (link below), in the size 5 1/2" x 4 3/4", or about one-third normal dimensions. It was used on the cover of a 13-etching art calendar published by Seiler and Karuizawa for the year 1954. The calendar was listed as sold at auction for $140 against an estimate of $300-450 and starting bid of $150. Presuming your hand-colored etching may be larger, some of the auctioned ones around the 12.5" x 15" size were fetching between $25 and $50.
A framed pair of his B&W etchings of pearl divers drew a hammer price of $700, which pleases me because I own another one of his tinted works in that theme shown below, size 8.5" x 12", which I'll now have to look elsewhere to check the price.
Best regards,
Bill H.
URL Title :Willy Seiler
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