The weather was not promising on the day of our first
auction of 2015. Cold, dark, rain
turning to sleet and back to rain again.
But that did not deter the many people who attended the auction bringing
us good results on jewellery, clocks, and furniture but especially paintings.
Also garnering attention were two oil on board paintings by
Adolphus Knell. William Adolphus Knell
(1801-1875) was a successful maritime painter and both the National Museums of
Scotland and the Greenwich Maritime Museum hold examples of his work. The items at auction sold for £720 and £640.
Finally, a signed oil on board portrait of a young woman by
Susanna Renate Granitsch (1869-1946) exceeded its estimate by selling for £400.