The Singing Butler goes on sale again

A new version of The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano is to go on sale at auction. A retrospective of The Singing Butler will be auctioned by Sotheby’s at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire on 26 August. Vettriano produced a quick version of the work during a masterclass he gave at the university in 1993. Now … Read more

Beautiful Dreamer drawing goes for auction

Jack Vettriano has donated a drawing of Beautiful Dreamer to an auction to raise funds for a Welsh art gallery under threat of closure . Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw gallery in Pwllheli, North Wales.The drawing on an A6 card, shows the image of a woman standing at the window in Vettriano’s London studio. It is the … Read more

U2 sell “Untitled (Pecho/Oreja)” by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Rock superstars U2 could make up to £6m when their painting “Untitled (Pecho/Oreja)” is auctioned in London this week . The painting, which originally attracted the attention of band bassist Adam Clayton, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s. Basquiat, originally a graffiti artist in New York, died from a suspected drug overdose in 1988. The current … Read more

A PAINTING bought in a market for 50p has been sold for £35,000 at auction.

The work, Chopping Logs Outside A Snow Covered Cabin, was found buried under junk in Glasgow’s Barras market 30 years ago. But the piece, by Cornelius Krieghoff, was expected to fetch 100,000 times its original price when it goes under the hammer later this month. The painting’s owner, who wants to remain anonymous, had no … Read more

Chelsea owner buys Lucien Freud painting

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich bought two paintings that were sold at record-breaking auctions last week, according to reports. Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sold for £17.2m on Tuesday, followed by Francis Bacon’s Triptych, which fetched £43m just 24 hours later. The Art Newspaper quoted sources saying the London-based Russian billionaire was the buyer … Read more