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St Mary’s Convent auction proves outstanding success
The total amount raised on the advance sale of catalogues and pictures sold on the day at present stands at £30,800. The auction was a professional affair with Sotheby’s providing paneling and lighting in the Garden Room to show the works of art to their best advantage. Viewings on the Friday evening and Saturday morning were well attended with delicious refreshments provided by the Sisters.
Out of the 48 lots sold, "Seascape" by Mark Gertler fetched the highest amount selling for £2,600, and “Wild Landscape” by William Scott fetched an admirable £2,200. Works
of local interest proved especially sought after and included a
screen print by Peter Blake that sold for £875 against an
estimate of £200-300, "Forsythia" by Hugh Cronyn
doubled its The
Sisters were delighted by the amazing kindness of all the people
that donated works of art and those who bid so generously for them.
The money raised will go a long way towards the building appeal’s
ultimate goal. March 28, 2003 St. Mary's Convent Nursing Home Sisters are doing it for themselves |
Crowds
gathered at St Mary’s Convent last Saturday for the auction to raise
money for their building appeal. Both the Sisters and the organisers
were delighted and immensely grateful that the event proved to be
such an unquestionable success.
By
the start of the auction at 2.00pm it was standing room only with
some buyers standing outside by the windows so that they too could
participate.