Sleeper Alert!

September 27 2025

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News from Oxfordshire (via. @RohanGreyFA) that the following 'Italian old master. The Virgin Madonna and Child' realised £685,000 (hammer price) over its starting bid of £200 at JSFineArt auctioneers today.

Another reader also kindly got in touch separately regarding another picture in the sale catalogued as 'Flemish School, 'La Boine Denemarque', a portrait of a Tudor lady' which made £20,000 (hammer price) presumably also with a low starting bid. Might this painting relate to the Christian II in the Society of Antiquaries? More news as and when it appears...

Update - The picture has since been removed from the auction house website. The two names connected with the picture on social media accounts are Perugino and Lo Spagna.

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