Figures on the Piazzetta, Venice by William Wyld – £2400.
One notable consequence of the growing prevalence of charity shops on the high street is that auctioneers are receiving more and more items that these organisations want to check in case they are valuable.
While many prove to be standard fare, occasionally a rarity is brought in, such as this watercolour of Figures on the Piazzetta, Venice which was donated to St Margaret’s Hospice in Minehead, north Somerset.