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Barras painting may fetch £50,000 Barras bargain fetches thousands
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A painting which was bought at Glasgow's Barras market for about 50p is expected to fetch up to £50,000 when it is sold at auction later. A painting which was bought at Glasgow's Barras market for 50p has been sold for £34,800 at auction in Edinburgh.
The painting, "Chopping logs outside a snow covered cabin", by 19th century artist Cornelius David Krieghoff, was bought about 30 years ago. The painting, "Chopping logs outside a snow covered cabin", by 19th Century artist Cornelius David Krieghoff, was purchased by an anonymous buyer.
The owner, who wants to remain anonymous, said he bought it for "10 bob" simply because he liked it. The seller, also anonymous, said he bought it for "10 bob" about 30 years ago "simply because he liked it".
It has been valued at between £30,000-£50,000. He was said to be "surprised" and "delighted" by the sale.
Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam in the early nineteenth century and married a French Canadian in Manhattan. They later moved to Canada. Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam in the early 19th Century and married a French Canadian in Manhattan. They later moved to Canada.
Nick Curnow, head of pictures and managing director of Lyon and Turnbull said "It is the sort of find everybody dreams of." Nick Curnow, head of pictures and managing director of auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull, said "It is the sort of find everybody dreams of."
"He (Krieghoff) depicts ordinary people with sympathy, humour, attention to detail, and a lack of idealisation.""He (Krieghoff) depicts ordinary people with sympathy, humour, attention to detail, and a lack of idealisation."
The painting depicts a log cabin in Krieghoff's adopted Canada, preserving a way of life and customs that would have ordinarily been lost. The painting depicts a log cabin in Krieghoff's adopted Canada.
Mr Curnow said: "It preserves a way of life and customs that would have ordinarily been lost."