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    BURNE-JONES DRAWINGS DOUBLE ESTIMATE AT DUCHESS AUCTION

    Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
    Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones - Three Studies for The Wheel of Fortune.

    Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones – Three Studies for The Wheel of Fortune sold for £68,570.

    Drawings by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones – newly discovered at West Horsley Place the Surrey estate  of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe  – doubled the pre-sale estimate to sell for £68,750 at Sotheby’s on May 27.  Session one of the estate of the Duchess realised £2,480,554 – over the high estimate for both sale sessions. The sale continues today.  The studies were for  Burne-Jones most famous and powerful painting, The Wheel of Fortune. This was painted for the Conservative politician and future Prime Minister Arthur Balfour and modelled by actress Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), regarded by many as the most beautiful woman in London.

    A portrait of Mary’s mother, Peggy Primrose, by Glyn Philpot made £56,250.  Irish artists in the sale included Percy French, Walter Osborne, Rose Barton and Mildred Anne Butler.  Osborne’s Fish Market, Galway sold for £25,000.

    UPDATE:  The two day realised £3,701,654. It had been estimated at £1.6–2.3 million. The top lot of on the second day was the Duchess’ Cartier diamond engagement ring, which sold for £167,000, 14 times its high estimate (estimate £8,000-12,000). A collection of Mary’s jewellery was sold earlier this month at Sotheby’s in Geneva making an overall total of £8,861939.

    Mildred Anne Butler - The Ploughman - sold for £2,750.

    Mildred Anne Butler – The Ploughman – sold for £2,750.

    Rose Barton - Street Scene - sold for £2,500

    Rose Barton – Street Scene – sold for £2,500

    William Percy French - On the French Park Estate - sold for £4,750.

    William Percy French – On the French Park Estate – sold for £4,750.

    A portrait of Mary’s mother, Peggy Primrose, by Glyn Philpot.

    A portrait of Mary’s mother, Peggy Primrose, by Glyn Philpot sold for £56,250.