Tennants Autumn House Treasures Sale on 22-23 November 2007 was a spectacular success for both the firm and their clients. With just over 2,000 lots, the sale attracted a record number of viewers who filled not only the firm’s two huge auction halls but also their 600 space car park.

Illustrated on the cover of the sale catalogue was a charming small oil painting (lot 1991) by Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976) ‘Factory Gates’ with numerous figures (many in flat caps), signed and dated 1967. It was offered, together with a letter from the Lowry Centre certifying it as genuine, at a guide price of £60,000-£80,000. The painting eventually sold for £140,000 to a delighted private gentleman from West Yorkshire.

A fine watercolour painting of red grouse on a moor in summer by Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) signed and dated 1916 was pursued by many bidders. It sold for £38,000 against a guide price of £20,000-£30,000.

The Natural History section of the sale was spectacularly displayed in the sale room and was admired by all the visitors over the viewing period. Top performers were a black rhinoceros head shot in Kenya in 1900 which sold for £22,000, a mid 19th century Javanese rhinoceros head which sold for £18,500 and a Snow Leopard (with CITES licence) at £3,500

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Posted: 12|16|07 at 3:03 pm. Filed under: Auction News.