Lowry Art For sale

The BBC reports that two oil paintings by LS Lowry have gone on sale at an antiques fair for nearly £500,000. The two paintings are among 12 by the Salford artist worth a total of £1m, at the Westonbirt School Antiques and Fine Art Fair near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. One of the works, a busy street scene, is signed and dated 1953 and is being sold for £325,000. The second, a view of an industrial landscape in Salford, has a price tag of £150,000. About 50 dealers from across the UK are expected to take part in the fair, which will last until Sunday. (For full source and full article click the Headline). Irish Art