A seascape by Gustave Le Gray sells for £250,000

UK: THE first week of May saw a rash of specialist photograph, auctions break out in England but the cream of the crop was a single-owner sale of vintage photographs collected by William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), at Bearne’s in Exeter on May 6.

The 91-lot collection took £1.4m with the best images making five- and six-figure prices.

The Earl …

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