Bidders overlook condition issues as drawing flies to 50 times estimate in Gloucestershire
Despite suffering from water damage, wear and loss to the sheet as well as chips and cracks to the later 1950s-style frame, a head study of a bearded man brought intense competition at a recent sale at Wotton Auction Rooms.
The charcoal and red crayon on paper sketch measured 6.25 x 8.5 (16 x 21.5 cm) and came to the aucti…