Monday, 13 November 2023

Plenty of interest in bird watercolours at sale of British, European and Sporting Art in Yorkshire town

 
Hammer came down at £750


TWO bird paintings sold for more than double pre-sale estimate at auction on Saturday (November 11).

The signed watercolour above, attributed to John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985), went for £750 - significantly higher than the top estimate  of £300.

Meanwhile, the signed watercolour by Rodger McPhail (born1953) of pinkfooted geese over an estuary fetched £1,000 compared with a pre-sale estimate of £250-400.

The two paintings were included in an auction of  British, European & Sporting Art conducted by Tennants at their saleroom in Leyburn in North Yorkshire.  


£1,000 for geese in flight


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