The Broom Gatherers by David Cox – £8500 at Andrew Smith & Son.
A lengthy provenance was key to the success of a large watercolour by the 19th century artist David Cox (1783-1859).
Ownership of the 1851 work, The Broom Gatherers, goes back to the prolific watercolour collector Frederick Craven of Manchester, who possessed it from at least 1887.