Prince Philip by Franta Belsky – £5200 at Mallams Oxford.
Bronze busts of the Queen and Prince Philip from the Oxfordshire studio of Czech émigré sculptor Franta Belsky (1921-2000) took top honours at Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) in Oxford on April 25.
Nearly 170 lots of sculpture featured, including around 70 by sculptor Irena Sedlecka Atelier (b.1928), another Czech émigré, who shared Belsky’s studio.