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A total of 443 lots will come under the hammer at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online sale of affordable Irish art on May 31. Among them is Black Brolly, Blue Brolly by Simeon Stafford. Lot 31 is estimated at €1,000-€1,500.

The Stubborn Donkey by Simeon Stafford, sometimes described as Cornwall’s Lowry, comes up as Lot 83 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online art sale on April 26. The estimate is €1,000-€1,500. Born in 1956 the artist, who is from Duckingfield, a small town bordering the Pennines, was introduced to L.S.Lowry after winning the Robert Owen School Award for Art and the Manchester News Portrait Award. Lowry became a friend of the family and encouraged him to study art. The catalogue is online. UPDATE: THIS MADE 950 AT HAMMER