The run of six-figure auction sums in the English regions now includes Cheffins posting a house record in Cambridge, writes Alex Capon.
A previously unrecorded canine portrait by the Italian Old Master Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as il Guercino (1591-1666), drew a dramatic bidding contest on March 8.
Surpassing a £80,000-120,000 estimate, it was knocked down to a phone bidder at £570,000.