Sleeper Alert!
March 24 2021
Picture: Sotheby's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Sotheby's sale of the family collection of the late Countess of Mountbatten of Burma has already had its first sleeper!
The above portrait of Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury, catalogued as by a Follower of Holbein, has just made £189,000 over its £2,000 - £3,000 estimate.
Update - And another! This portrait of Thomas, Lord Seymour, just made £94,500 over its £4,000 - £6,000 estimate.
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