Star bird - bidding was brisk for this study of a Hobby
TWO original paintings by acclaimed Lincolnshire artist George Lodge (1860-1954) sold for more than expected at a weekend auction in Yorkshire.
First up was his study of a Snipe which fetched £450 compared with a pre-sale estimate of between £250 and £400.
The sale's next lot - his depiction of a Hobby did even better.
The work had originally been catalogued as a Peregrine until it was amended by auction house Tennants following re-identification by a reporter for The Wryneck.
As with the Snipe, Leyburn-based Tennants had set a pre-sale guide price of between £250 and £400, but it proved to be an underestimate at Saturday morning's auction.
Bidding soared, and it was not until it had reached £1,300 that the hammer fell.
As is customary, the identity of the buyer(s) of the two paintings remains confidential.
Snipe - the painting sold for above the pre-sale estimate
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