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    GREAT YEAR FOR OLD MASTERS AT SOTHEBYS

    Saturday, December 11th, 2010

    GEORGE STUBBS, A.R.A. LIVERPOOL 1724 - 1806 LONDON BROOD MARES AND FOALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. (click to enlarge)

    Sotheby’s December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London made an overall total of £27,991,125. This brings the total for worldwide sales of Old Master & British Pictures at Sotheby’s in 2010 to just over £153,000,000.  The highlight of the latest series  was George Stubbs’s Brood Mares and Foals which made a new auction record price of  £10,121,250.  The previous record for Stubbs of £3,191,500 was made in 1995 by his Portrait of The Royal Tiger.

    Alex Bell, head of the International Department, remarked : “Our sales this week end what has been another very successful year for the Old Master market at Sotheby’s. As in New York in January and London in July, we’ve once again this week seen exceptional works of art – with strong and again striking images and good provenance – perform very well and in many cases establish new benchmark prices. In July we led the Old Master sales season with Turner’s Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino (see antiquesandartireland.com post for July 7) while Stubbs’s Brood Mares and Foals has been the undoubted star of the show this week. We’re delighted to see that the Old Master market is experiencing an even greater international reach, with buyers from Russia and China, in particular, showing an ever increasing interest in the field.  These are exciting developments for the Old Master market.”

    George Stubbs’s portrait of Viscount Gormanston’s White Dog

    Friday, November 12th, 2010

    George Stubbs’s portrait of Viscount Gormanston’s White Dog

    George Stubbs Portrait of a white dog, the property of Lord Gormanston and later owned by Lord Beaverbrook. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE £361,250

    is a feature lot at Sotheby’s Old Master & British Paintings sale in London on December 8.  The painting was commissioned in 1781 by the 11th Viscount Gormanston of Gormanston Castle, County Meath, one of only two Irish patrons of the artist. Gormanston Castle was the seat of the Preston family – bearers of one of the oldest titles in both Britain and Ireland– until around 1950.

    Stubbs remains arguably the world’s greatest animal portrait painter. His paintings of dogs in particular demonstrate his exceptional ability to portray an owner’s treasured animals, and such portraits rarely appear on the open market. The painting, which was purchased by the 1st Lord Beaverbrook in 1951, is estimated at £300,000-£400,000.
    Sotheby’s will offer important old master paintings, modern British art and other works from the collection of 20th-century press baron and business tycoon Lord Beaverbrook in a series of auctions in both London and New York through January 2011.
    UPDATE:  The Stubbs’ portrait of Viscount Gormanston’s White Dog made a hammer price with buyer’s premium of £361,250. There was a new world record for Stubbs at this sale when his Brood Mares and Foal sold for £10,121,250. This was more than three times the previous record for a Stubbs. The Old Master and British Paintings sale brought in £23,577,600.