Art across the ages
AUCTION DATES
John Taylors, Louth
Sale of Furniture, Ceramics, Pictures, Jewellery, Watches, Coins
Tuesday 10th March 10am
Golding Young, Grantham
Asian Art Sale, Wednesday 4th March, 9am.
Collective Sale, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th March, 9am
Golding Young, Bourne
Collective Sale, Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th March, 9am
Golding Young, Lincoln
Collective Sale, Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th March, 9am
Stamford Auction Rooms, Stamford
Coins, Medals, Militaria, Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables,
Friday 27th March, 10am
Robert Bell & Co, Horncastle
Period & Modern Household Furniture & Effects, Wednesday 25th March, 9.30am
Please refer to the websites of each company to see the most recent updates on auction details.
Words by:
By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer.
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March 2026
by William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young & Mawer.
Art pickers were out, or to use the more up-to-date expression, ‘online’, in record numbers for the Lincoln Fine Art Auction held in February.
The auction contained a wide selection of pictures from recognised artists, with interesting subject matter and in good condition.
Top ten highlights worth a mention start with an oil on canvas ‘Geese, turkey and pigeons’ catalogued in the manner of Marmaduke Cradock (c.1660-1716) which sold for £1,800.
Victorian artists featured in the auction, and included a work by Sophie Anderson (1823-1903), which sold for the highest price of the day at £5,000.
This was closely followed by a charming work by Walter Hunt (1861-1941) titled ‘The Proud Mother’, which was rehomed for a bid of £4,200.
If cats are more to your liking, ‘Coaxing is better than scratching’, a picture by Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894), would have been yours for a bid of £3,000.
If £1,600 is your budget, Heywood Hardy’s (1842-1933) ‘The Hunt’ and Thomas Edward Roberts’ (1820-1901) ‘Reminiscing’ both saw the hammer fall at that price.
From the early C20th, another hunting scene by George Wright (1860-1942) titled ‘The Lost Scent’ found a buyer at £2,200.
Watercolours were also included in the auction with the gavel falling for a portrait by Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961) at £1,500.
Finally, two C20th oil paintings: a full-length portrait of actress Jill Bennett by Leonard H Rosoman (1912-2012), which sold for £3,400 and by northern artist Lawrence James Isherwood (1917-1989), ‘Rain at St Martins, London’ which saw a final bid of £1,100.
Full details and results can be found at www.GoldingYoung.com
Main image: Walter Hunt (1861-1941). ‘The Proud Mother’, oil on canvas, signed, 51cm x 61cm.
Sold for £4,200.
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