This May’s Scottish Contemporary Art Auction saw plenty of bidding and excitement throughout the 305 lots on offer, with enthusiastic bidding online, on the telephones and in the room. Stand-out lots included a mixed media by Anthony Amos selling for £1,500, a watercolour by Ron Lawson selling for £3,000, an oil by Sheila Macmillan selling for £1,400. High prices were also fetched for artists William Birnie and Zhanna Pechugina, both artists being regular fixtures in each Scottish Contemporary Art Auction.
The high point of the afternoon was the sale of the watershed work by John Bellany. Lot 65, The Finnon Smoker, is an exemplary and magnificent early oil by the famed Scottish artist, created when he was just 23. After tense bidding online, in the books, and over the phone, the monumental artwork was finally knocked down at £80,000.
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Lot 4 - SOME LIKE IT HOT, SOME LIKE IT WET, AN ACRYLIC BY ELENA KOURENKOVA
Sold for £260
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 5 - GYPSY TENTS, CERES, FIFE, A MIXED MEDIA BY ANNA MARY HOTCHKIS
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 6 - BIRRY HILL & RANGE (KIRKCUDBRIGHT), A WATERCOLOUR BY ANN DALLAS
Sold for £260
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 7 - ROSS ISLAND AND THE DEE ESTUARY, A WATERCOLOUR BY ANN DALLAS
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 8 - FRESCOE, POLONNARUWA, CEYLON, A WATERCOLOUR BY ANNA MARY HOTCHKIS
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 9 - THE KINGS PALACE POLONNARUWA, BURIED CITIES, CEYLON, A MIXED MEDIA BY ANNA MARY HOTCHKIS
Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 10 - THE ACE FROM TURR POINT, A WATERCOLOUR BY ANN DALLAS
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 12 - TOWARDS EIGG: SOUNDS OF ARISAIG, AN OIL BY ANTHONY CAMPBELL
Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 14 - HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, BUNESSAN TO IONA, AN ACRYLIC BY ARIE VARDI
Sold for £450
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 16 - CLOUDY MORNING IN UIST, A MIXED MEDIA BY JAMES COSGROVE
Sold for £75
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 20 - THE SOLWAY FIRTH & ARDWALL ISLE, A WATERCOLOUR BY ANN DALLAS
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 23 - TWEED HILLSIDE, A LARGE WATERCOLOUR BY JAMES HARRIGAN
Sold for £440
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 25 - A VIEW TO THE ISLANDS, A SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT BY JIM NICHOLSON
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 28 - CROSBIE TOWER, WEST KILBRIDE, AN ACRYLIC BY MICHAEL DURNING
Sold for £140
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 29 - THE BLACK BIRD ALONG THE WATER BUSHES, AN OIL BY DONALD MORRISON BUYERS
Sold for £460
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 30 - MORNING WALK, RIVER CONON, AN OIL BY JOHN MCKINNON CRAWFORD
Sold for £90
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 32 - THE FRUIT MARKET, FUNCHAL, AN OIL BY ALASTAIR THOMSON
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 33 - CHATEAU RAMBURES, SOMME, AN ACRYLIC BY MICHAEL DURNING
Sold for £120
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 36 - CLYDE ESTUARY FROM CARMAN, CARDROSS, AN ACRYLIC BY JOYCE BORLAND
Sold for £70
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 38 - RED CHATEAU, LOIRE VALLEY, AN ACRYLIC BY MICHAEL DURNING
Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 40 - INTO EXILE (GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART), AN OIL BY ANDREW FITZPATRICK
Sold for £800
Estimated at £900 - £1,200
Lot 41 - A STROLL ROUND KELVINGROVE, AN OIL BY ANDREW FITZPATRICK
Sold for £650
Estimated at £600 - £900
Lot 42 - THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, AN ACRYLIC BY SHELAGH CAMPBELL
Sold for £700
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 44 - A BASKET OF HIBISCUS, A MIXED MEDIA BY CLAIRE HARRIGAN
Sold for £360
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 47 - DAVID DALE'S HOUSE, CHARLOTTE STREET, GLASGOW, AN ACRYLIC BY MICHAEL DURNING
Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 50 - DEMOLITION OF 'NEW' MURTHLY CASTLE, AN ACRYLIC BY MICHAEL DURNING
Sold for £85
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 51 - CHAMPAGNE COUPE, A MIXED MEDIA BY JAMES DOWNIE ROBERTSON
Sold for £130
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 53 - LIGHTHOUSE VIEW, A MIXED MEDIA BY JAMES DOWNIE ROBERTSON
Sold for £90
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 54 - WINTER, KILMACOLM, A MIXED MEDIA BY JAMES DOWNIE ROBERTSON
Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 56 - WINTER, KILMACOLM, A PASTEL BY JAMES DOWNIE ROBERTSON
Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 60 - ELDERLY LOVERS, AN OIL BY ROBERT OSCAR LENKIEWICZ
Sold for £750
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 62 - SHIP IN A BOTTLE, A LARGE OIL BY NEIL MACPHERSON
Sold for £2,600
Estimated at £2,000 - £4,000
Lot 65 - THE FINNON SMOKER, A LARGE 1965 OIL ON BOARD BY JOHN BELLANY
Sold for £80,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000
Lot 68 - HIBISCUS AND CATS, AN ETCHING BY ELIZABETH BLACKADDER
Sold for £130
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 106 - THE BARD OF SCOTLAND, A MIXED MEDIA BY GRAHAM MCKEAN
Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 108 - STREET SCENE WITH WHITE AND BLUE HOUSES, AN OIL BY DAVID COOPER
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 116 - CAIRINIS, NORTH UIST II, A WATERCOLOUR BY RON LAWSON
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000
Lot 119 - STILL LIFE WITH TEA SERVICE, A PASTEL BY JOHN MACKIE
Sold for £140
Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 126 - SUILVEN AND LOCHINVER, A SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT BY HAMISH MACDONALD
Sold for £70
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 128 - CHOCOLATE IS NOT THE PROBLEM, A LITHOGRAPH BY DAVID SHRIGLEY
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 131 - I DID NOT ASK TO BE A BIRD, A LITHOGRAPH BY DAVID SHRIGLEY
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 132 - THE FALLS AT INVER-KIRKAIG, A MIXED MEDIA BY JAMES HAWKINS
Sold for £240
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 133 - THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED, A LITHOGRAPH BY DAVID SHRIGLEY
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 136 - HE WILL ONLY EAT SQUID INK PASTA, A LITHOGRAPH BY DAVID SHRIGLEY
Sold for £240
Estimated at £150 - £250