Pick of the week: New peak for Wainwright as sketch of the fells climbs to £10,200 record
A record price of £10,200 was paid last month for a pen and ink sketch by fell-walking legend Alfred Wainwright at 1818 Auctioneers of Milnthorpe, Cumbria.
The 7 x 5in (18 x 12cm) depiction of mist on Striding Edge, Helvellyn was that used in Wainwright’…