A garland of plums, grapes, oranges, peaches and cherries is an oil on canvas by the Dutch painter Cornelis de Heem (1631-1695).
The painting sold for a record £32,000 in the fine art auction at the beginning of this month, making it the most expensive sold by Martel Maides in its 43 years, auctioneer Jason Yendell said.
‘It’s a rare privilege to be given the opportunity to handle Old Master paintings of this standard in our quarterly fine art, antiques and jewellery sales so it was a very good chance to highlight what can be achieved at an auction in the Channel Islands,’ he said.
‘For the past five years we have used two live bidding platforms, the-saleroom.com and invaluable.com, providing our local vendors direct access to a truly vast global audience of collectors and dealers.
‘The days of needing to send items to London or other UK auctioneers are gone, with prices achieved at Martel Maides Auctions matching, or in some cases exceeding, those in the UK, with the ease and convenience of dealing with a local firm.’
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