Still crazy about Wain’s cats...

There are some who think that the people who collect the cat paintings of Louis Wain (1860-1939) are as mentally unbalanced as the artistic imagination that created them, but there is no gainsaying the extraordinary prices that Wain continues to fetch in the salerooms.

Take the case of this 10 by 61/4in (24.5 x 16cm) watercolour, right, of three kittens fishing for ee…

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