Bronze by Eugene Lanceray – £17,000 at Dawson’s.
Not always predicted but overwhelming when it comes, big-money Russian interest sent a bronze equine group soaring at Dawson’s (23% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead on July 27.
Depicting a mare and foal, the 10¼in (26cm) long group was signed in the bronze by the St Petersburg animalier Evegny Alexandrovich Lancere (1848-86) known as Eugene Lanceray.