Bonhams Scottish Sale Defies the Recession to Make £1,800,000

LONDON.- This year’s Bonhams Annual Scottish sale made over £1,800,000, the highest since it moved into its new premises on Queen’s Street Edinburgh in 2008 and the second highest in the sale’s 11 year history. Among the highlights were George Leslie Hunter’s ‘Still Life’ which was sold for £144,000 and Anne Redpath’s ‘Still Life with Michaelmas Daises’ which made £134,000 against a pre sale estimate of £30,000 – 50,000. Christmas gifts from Queen Victoria to her favourite servant John Brown also sold for well over their estimates. A silver mounted claret jug made £14,300 (est. £4,000-6,000) and an engraved teapot went for £9,000 (est. £5,000 – 7,000). The Managing Director of Bonhams Scotland, Miranda Grant, said, “This is a fantastic result. We are the only international auction house committed to selling Scottish art in Scotland and I think our faith in the robust

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