Sold! 1884 painting found in Staffordshire country house makes thousands at hotly contested auction

A dramatic bidding battle for a Victorian oil painting culminated in the work selling for £35,000.

MacLeod’s Maidens, Skye, painted by John Brett ARA (British 1831-1902) in 1884, was the last lot of the day at The Lichfield Auction Centre and sold to a phone bidder after strong competition in the room and online.