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Buying up the art props

SCOTTISH artist Jack Vettriano had a clear-out of his Kirkcaldy flat and studio and auctioned off the contents.

Right down to a paint-splattered kettle with an asking price of £20.

Vettriano is not short of a bob or three with paintings selling for up to £750,000 and sales of prints in the millions. A donation to a charity shop or a visit to the skip might have seemed suitable options. But the furniture and other artefacts featured in the Fife master's oeuvres and are therefore part of the Vettriano phenomenon.

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