Report by Gabriel Berner
Works by the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers continued to outperform the rest of the Victorian art market during the latest round of sales in London.
Both Sotheby’s (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) and Christie’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) were topped by archetypal Pre- Raphaelite long-haired beauties: a £960,000 John William Waterhouse oil at Christie’s and a £560,000 watercolour by Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Sotheby’s. The latter made a meaty £445,000 increase on its last saleroom appearance in 1988.