Earl’s Arabian races to £326,000 house record in Shrewsbury
GENERATING a 25-minute bidding battle at Halls' sale in Shrewsbury on October 20, The Earl of Oxford's Roan or Bloody shouldered Arabian by John Wootton (c.1682-1764) set a new house record when it was finally knocked down to an anonymous UK buyer for £326,000.
The signed 4ft 4in x 3ft 10in (1.31 x 1.16m) oil on canvas, showing the stallion with his Arab groom…