Private material sourced from old estates helped Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) get the year off to a positive start.
Held across two days on January 30-31, the sale totalled just over £300,000 with 80% sold from 1116 lots. A country house near Tetbury yielded several eagerly contested lots, including two marine paintings unseen on the market for at least 60 years.
An unsigned and grimy 23in x 2ft 11in (59 x 90cm) oil on canvas of three warships in Portsmouth Harbour sold for £15,500 against a £2000-3000 estimate.