In a follow up to last weeks story about the recently discovered painting (left), The Nailsworth Chronicle sent it's intrepid reporter to the Nailsworth Auction Rooms to cover the auction of Lot Number 27, a painting by Claus Vandenburg entitled 'Grey Day' A record turnout of over 300 took Mr Pumpkin, the auction room owner a little by surprise, but eventually everyone was found somewhere to sit and the auction began. The first 26 lots went by fairly quickly, nobody was really interested in the usual collection of old thrones, tiara's and suits of armour that usually pass through the auction house. With the excitment mounting, Lot 27 was brought out and the bidding started at £100. Among the bidders were the servants of the rich and famous, all frantically yelling the current bid status into their mobile telephones. Many of the locals were soon outbid, and it was finally down to two telephone bidders. Vandenburgs painting, 'Grey Day' was eventually sold for just under half a million pounds to an undisclosed buyer from Oxford. An excited Mr Pumpkin, owner of the auction rooms told the 'Chronicle' that this was the largest sum ever collected for a painting in Nailsworth, probably in the whole of Gloucestershire, he added.

Related Information

Lost Art Part 1, Lot 27 Part 3

News items for the Nailsworth Chronicle can be sent to: The Nailsworth Chronicle, PO Box 7, Stroud, GL6 0YS. or by e-mail