Houston to Whistler | Art From Britain & Abroad saw lots of fierce competition over the phones, online and in the saleroom. The sale started off strong with an etching by James Abbott McNeill Whistler selling for a hammer price £420 against estimate £200-300. An oil by George Houston, the other titular artist in February’s sale sold for £1800 against an estimate of £800-1,200. The competition continued throughout the sale, and high prices were fetched for works by J D Fergusson, George Melvin Rennie, Flora Lion and others.
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Lot 263 - ON THE LOIRE AT TOURS, FRANCE, A WATERCOLOUR BY JAMES GARDEN LAING
Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 268 - EGLISE CATHOLIQUE ST. LEONARD HONFLEUR CHURCH, A WATERCOLOUR BY ROBERT MCGOWN COVENTRY
Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £450
Lot 269 - OLD WELL IN NORMANDY, A WATERCOLOUR BY BESSIE INNESS YOUNG
Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 270 - AT DOCK, AN ETCHING BY JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER
Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 272 - A LARGE 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE BY KENNETH MACKIE
Sold for £60
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 276 - A BREEZY DAY ON THE FIRTH OF CLYDE, A WATERCOLOUR BY PATRICK DOWNIE
Sold for £340
Estimated at £250 - £450
Lot 282 - THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, MONTROSE, AN OIL BY THOMAS CORSAN MORTON
Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 295 - FIGURES AT THE HEAD OF LOCH AWE, AN OIL BY EDWARD TRAIN
Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 296 - LANDSCAPE NEAR INVERARAY,AN OIL BY GEORGE HOUSTON
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 307 - KEIR, DUNBLANE, A MIXED MEDIA BY WILLIAM YORK MACGREGGOR
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 308 - BEN LOMOND FROM ARNPRIOR, A WATERCOLOUR BY MARY ARMOUR
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 311 - ON THE RIVER, DOCHART, HILLIN, PERTHSHIRE, AN OIL BY WILLIAM BEATTIE BROWN
Sold for £200
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 315 - HOLYROOD PALACE, EDINBURGH, AN OIL BY PETER ST CLAIR MERRIMAN
Sold for £75
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 319 - DONALDSON, SOUTH AMERICAN LINER AT SEA, AN ETCHING BY ARTHUR BRISCOE
Sold for £95
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 321 - S S CORTONA, A WATERCOLOUR BY WILLIAM JOHN PATTON MCDOWELL
Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 322 - HIGHLAND LASS WITH A TERRIER, AN OIL ATTRIBUTED TO SIR EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER
Sold for £260
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 336 - AN UNTITLED PORTRAIT FROM THE CIRCLE OF GEORGE CLAUSEN
Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 347 - DUTCH RIVER SCENE AND WINDMILL, AN OIL BY WILLIAM ALFRED GIBSON
Sold for £700
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 352 - THE ARRIVAL OF THE SIMOOM, A COLOUR LITHOGRAPH BY DAVID ROBERTS
Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 356 - BOATS IN LOCK, A WATERCOLOUR BY WILLIAM MARSHALL BROWN
Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 359 - STEAMER IN HARBOUR, A WATERCOLOUR ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 364 - THE MORNING AFTER A STORM, A WATERCOLOUR BY DAVID FULTON
Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 366 - GATHERERS, BARMOUTH, AN OIL BY HENRY HADFIELD CUBLEY
Sold for £360
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 369 - THE OLD BRIDGE OF DEE, INVERCAULDM AN OIL BY GEORGE MELVIN RENNIE
Sold for £260
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 371 - EVENING LIGHT ON THE LOCH, AN OIL BY GEORGE MELVIN RENNIE
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 373 - SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, AN OIL FROM THE STUDIO OF THOMAS LAWRENCE
Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500
Lot 378 - AYRSHIRE COWS RESTING BY THE SEA, AN OIL BY DAVID GAULD
Sold for £3,600
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500
Lot 383 - SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE, AN OIL ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH MORRIS HENDERSON
Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 391 - PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST, AN OIL BY CONSTANCE ANN PARKER
Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 397 - DRYING THE NETS, A WATERCOLOUR BY CHARLES JAMES LAUDER
Sold for £95
Estimated at £100 - £200