Sotheby's Scottish Pictures at Hopetoun House, West Lothian Monday April 14th 2003 Sale at 6.00pm
Among the contemporary works in the sale is a painting by Jack Vettriano, The Mark of Cain scroll down page (est: £15,000-£20,000). Vettriano's work has become increasingly popular in recent years, his City Café having made a world auction record when it realised £44,215 in Sotheby's sale at Gleneagles last August.
Lot 197
Jack
Vettriano b.1954
RAILWAY STATION BLUES
81
by 71cm., 32 by 28in. signed l.l.: VETTRIANO
oil on canvas
Estimate: £30,000 - £40,000
Provenance:
Portland Gallery, London;
Everard Read Gallery,
Exhibited:
Jack Vettriano; The Passion and the Pain, The Portland Gallery, May-June
1996, no.18
World Record for artist
Sold for £66,000 including Buyer's Premium
Lot 196
Jack
Vettriano b.1954
THE MARK OF CAIN
51
by 40½cm., 20 by 16in.
signed l.l.: VETTRIANO oil on canvas
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
Provenance:
Portland Gallery, London
Exhibited:
Jack Vettriano; The Passion and the Pain,
The Portland Gallery, May-June 1996, no.21
Sold for £21,500 including Buyer's Premium
Lot 195
Jack
Vettriano b.1954
EDINBURGH CASTLE
50½
by 40½cm., 20 by 16in.
signed l.l.: VETTRIANO
oil on canvas
Estimate:
£3,000 - £5,000
Provenance:
Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld
Sold
for £3,600 including
Buyer's Premium