Promised Land fulfils its promise at £13,800
Exceptional subjects still have the capacity to fetch exceptional prices, as the Bury St Edmunds auctioneers Lacy Scott & Knight (10% buyer’s premium) discovered when this unsigned and unattributed 19th century watercolour came under the hammer on September 20 with an estimate of £250-400.
Discovered in pristine, unfaded condition in the attic of a modest house in Bury, this framed 16 by …