When two low points of the market combine, who is going to shell out £500?

THE problem with over-ambitious estimates does not just apply to the sort of significant paintings which consignors may be led to believe are worth sums in the £100,000-£1m range.

Take the case of the unsigned, unattributed 19th century English School watercolour of a mahogany si…

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