Not To Be Seen In Museums

SIR ALFRED GILBERT, M.V.O., R.A. (1854-1934)
Saint George
Price Realized: £338,500

Quite a few fine art objects changed hands in the last two months  being auctioned by Sothebys and Christies auction houses. In all likelihood, neither one of them will be coming to the art museums near you anytime soon.

JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A. (1849-1917)
Juliet
Price Realized: £962,500

JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD, R.A. (1861-1922)
A Pompeian Lady
Price Realized: £194,500

EDWARD ROBERT HUGHES, R.W.S. (1851-1914)
Wings of the Morning
Price Realized: £362,500

Sir John Lavery, R.S.A., R.S.A., R.A. (1856-1941)
After the Dance

GERALD LESLIE BROCKHURST (1890-1978)
Delores
Price Realized: £52,500

Dante Gabriel Rossetti‘s watercolour painting Venus Verticordia, sold for £2,882,500 ($4,522,931), the highest price for a watercolour by the artist at auction.

JEAN BÉRAUD. MODISTE SUR LE PONT DES ARTS, Sold for 170,500 GBP

Marianne Stokes (1855 –1927). Angels Entertaining the Holy Child.

Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons. Sale total: 1,734,875 GBP