A little-known painting from a family's old English manor collection went to auction with an £8,000 estimate; specialists attributed it to Dutch artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot and bidders pushed its final price to £70,000
- A painting that spent years in an old English family collection has emerged as one of the surprises of an October auction, selling for £70,000 after specialists attributed it to Dutch artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot.
- The small oil painting, which depicts a woman in period clothing seated beside a lute with a dog at her side, had entered the sale with an estimate of £8,000.
- According to auction house Lawrences, competitive bidding pushed its final price to nearly nine times that figure, including the buyer’s premium.
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- A painting that spent years in an old English family collection has emerged as one of the surprises of an October auction, selling for £70,000 after specialists attributed it to Dutch artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot.
- The small oil painting, which depicts a woman in period clothing seated beside a lute with a dog at her side, had entered the sale with an estimate of £8,000.
- According to auction house Lawrences, competitive bidding pushed its final price to nearly nine times that figure, including the buyer’s premium.
Sources: Times of India