Auction Highlight | Bidding at Christie's | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

Watch the saleroom battle for the Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) attributed to George Gower (c.1538-1596).
Old Masters Part I | Classic Week at Christie's | July 2024

[@amandaratigan]

I’d love to see this baby’s provenance.

[@onefeather2]

It is only worth what someone will pay for it.❤

[@lwaliz]

There's no rhyme or reason, one would think such a painting much more valuable...

[@jhb1493]

Things are worth what people are willing to pay for them.

[@manifestingbeautifullife2187]

The auctioneer cut it off too soon...you think it was rigged?

[@lwaliz]

@@manifestingbeautifullife2187 No, I did not think it was rigged, but then again I am not one for conspiracy theories even if that could be a possibility. It all might depend on how much marketing effort was done by the auction house to drum up interest from bidders, the season, etc., thus resulting in a skewed valuation of the artistic/historic merit.

[@rwm1980]

who did it belong too

[@w.urlitzer1869]

Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, by 1890, and by descent.

[@BillyEEngerson]

It's worth a least a million dollars..

[@lennon6349]

Im so disheartened that this magnificent piece of history has been sold to someone that isnt part of a museum.

[@LaDivinaLover]

Waaaaaah

[@markorollo.]

How do you know it hasn't?

[@dadca9705]

How can that not be held in public trust?

[@averagejoeyo]

That’s a low price for what the piece is and when it’s from

[@heyheytaytay]

The artist is everything in art, and this piece was painted by a nobody.

[@tonyukkola5341]

@@averagejoeyo yes that's what I thought 🤔 I was the underbidder but dropped out I had my gas and electric bill to pay

[@LaDivinaLover]

Not really there were literally tens of thousands of paintings done of Elizabeth the First. Damn near every country house extant to her lifetime had one and Gower was not and is not a popular artist.

[@manifestingbeautifullife2187]

​@@heyheytaytayif they were a" nobody " It would have never made it to an auction house like Christie's...

[@jasonfallon4968]

700k , can’t afford an iPhone

[@jhb1493]

Research has shown that people who prefer iPhones to Droids tend to be worse with money, among other things. Also, just fyi - there are a lot of Android phones that cost more than an iPhones - not that the cost of something is always linked to how good it is. People who think iPhones are the end all and be all because they are expensive don't know much about tech OR money.

[@LaDivinaLover]

@@jhb1493”research” 😂

[@timoverington5177]

Some of these ladies look very enchanting and look as if they need to be taken out to dinner….

[@hill3016]

I worked at an auction house and came across some peculiar things. Some of the items at auction had some weird vibes. Cursed.

[@martino2794]

That sounds very creepy and believable

[@tonyukkola5341]

Did you ever come across my pairs of Christian Dior socks 🧦

[@Dooguk]

Ridiculous concept.

[@johnbaldock6353]

Why are we Selling British History?? 😤

[@Teleman01]

I don't know, because they're not breaking any laws? There's a lot of history owned by individuals. You can't just go in someone's house and take it. How many things do so many museums have in their inventory that aren't even out for anyone to see?

[@karldelavigne8134]

Pictures have always been sold, and there is nothing unique about this portrait.

[@holly52ful]

Because globalists are running the world?? There are those in the UK apart of it!! Therefore, there is no countries in these globalists eyes, they are the world leaders!!

[@LaDivinaLover]

Because it’s belongs to someone who wishes to sell it. Hope that helps.

[@lazykipper]

Because we always have.

[@pattyrobinson1458]

What a disgrace