This is a TRUE story! Today MONDAY I met a local artist of repute Patrick Haughton (former Headmaster of Penryn School) who was preparing some of his pictures for an art exhibition to be held at the Art Showroom next door to the Royal Cornwall Museum in River Street, Truro.
He told me he had been to MABE the day before and had gone up to a stall where he instantly recognised a picture by the famous Sir Terry Frost for sale on one of the stalls. He asked the seller ‘How much is this picture’ and a man standing next to him said ‘I am sorry I have just bought it’
From further enquiries another dealer said he had also missed buying the picture but he was bold enough to ask the seller ‘How much did the picture sell for?’
‘I wanted £15.00 and he offered me £12.00 so I sold it to him’
There is absolutely NO DOUBT that this picture will sell between £3,000.00 and £5,000.00 at auction!
I feel sorry for Patrick because he wanted the picture for his own private collection but he was honest enough to admit the buyer was a cheeky but lucky sod!

Geoff

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