Nielsen ‘print’ brings £36,000

WHEN a large house in Cheshire was decommissioned by the army after World War Two, it was sold to a family along with its contents. Included in the sale price was this watercolour, pen and ink image of King Olaf by the Danish illustrator Kay Rasmus Nielsen (1886-1957) which was thought at the time to be a print.

But the 17in x 10 1/2in (43 x 27cm) illustration was in fact an original and it was passed down by d…

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