Summary
A devon woman who wanted to have the back of her house painted decided to raise the pounds750 needed by selling a small picture.
She phoned auctioneer Michael J Bowman and told him that if he thought her picture would fetch pounds750 she would enter it in his sale at Chudleigh Town Hall. When it came under the hammer it sold for pounds62,000.See the full content of this document
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Painting Makes Highest Bid Recorded
The picture was an early 19thC watercolour by Richard Bonington. It showed an even...
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