Wednesday, 29 October 2025

Superb paintings of Godwits, Eagles, Stonechats - and a Fulmar - likely to spark keen bidding at November sale


Black-tailed Godwits - but who can identify the overhead tern species?

STUNNING bird art by John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985), Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) and others is expected to attract lively bidding when Yorkshire-based auction house Tennants hosts a sale of British, European and Sporting Art at its saleroom in Leyburn on November 15. 

The pre-sale guide prices for the three Harrison paintings  - Black-tailed Godwit, White-tailed Eagles and Fulmar - are in the range of £200-£600.

Meanwhile, the  hammer is expected to fall at between £300 and £500 on Thorburn's study of Stonechats and a Ringed Plover. 

More info at: Tennants Auctioneers

                                                                       
A scene in Scotland? No - take a look look at the creatures in the  distance 


Seldom depicted in paintings - Harrison's study of a  Fulmar


What prompted Thorburn to include a Ringed Plover alongside Stonechats?






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