A COLLECTION of paintings by celebrated Scottish artist Jack Vettriano have been sold for more than £800,000.
The 12 paintings went under the hammer at auctioneers Bonhams in Edinburgh on Tuesday, but just seven of them sold, reaching a total of £837,900.
The total private collection was expected to fetch up to £1.2 million.
Among the highlights were 'Waltzers' which sold for £236,500, 'The Road to Nowhere' which reached £218,500, 'The Missing Man II' which sold for £112,900 and 'Along Came a Spider' which went for £92,500.
Bonhams head of Scottish art, Chris Brickley, said: "This was a stunning collection and I am not surprise that it proved so popular with collectors."
Vettriano, who grew up in Methil in Fife, visited the collection ahead of the sale to look at his work, which dates between 1992 and 2004.
It was described by Bonhams as "one of the most comprehensive collections of Vettriano's work ever assembled".
Entirely self-taught, Vettriano first found fame in 1989 when two of his canvases submitted to the Scottish Royal Academy sold on the first day.
His distinctive work is now known all over the world and he counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Tim Rice and Robbie Coltrane among his supporters.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article