This superb study of swifts by Raymond Booth (1929-2015) was one of the star lots at a sale held last Saturday by auction house Tennants in Leyburn in North Yorkshire. The hammer came down at £1,200 - double the £600 highest pre-sale estimate. It is not known who bought the painting. There were also higher than expected prices for other works (below) by the same artist who spent almost all of his life in and around Leeds.
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| Shelduck: hammer price £700 |
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| Goldeneye: hammer price £700 |
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| Cuckoo: hammer price £650 |
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| Bramblings: hammer price £750 |
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Woodcock: hammer price £950
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