A portrait of Scottish fiddler Neil Gow attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn and studio, £28,000 at McTear’s.
At 4ft x 3ft 3in (1.23m x 98cm), this version offered for sale at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow on August 29 has the same dimensions as the example currently on display at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
It was catalogued as Raeburn and Studio and had a guide of £8000-12,000.
The picture was last sold at Christie’s in 1949 and until recently was in a Canadian private collection. At the McTear’s sale of Scottish pictures, it made £28,000, selling to buyer based in Shropshire who was bidding online.
