Auction house finds 'old master'
A forgotten masterpiece may have surfaced at a Leicestershire auction house after being mistaken for a copy.
Gilding's of Market Harborough described the painting of a black clad man as "18th century continental school" with an estimate of £300-£500.
But on the day a bidding war pushed the price to £205,000.
The buyer is believed to be from the London art trade and the picture is suspected of being by 16th Century artist Titian and worth upwards of £5m.
The seller was an unidentified woman who bought it in 1974 during a house clearance in the village of Great Glen, Leicestershire, following the death of the property's owner.
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Gilding's of Market Harborough described the painting of a black clad man as "18th century continental school" with an estimate of £300-£500.
But on the day a bidding war pushed the price to £205,000.
The buyer is believed to be from the London art trade and the picture is suspected of being by 16th Century artist Titian and worth upwards of £5m.
The seller was an unidentified woman who bought it in 1974 during a house clearance in the village of Great Glen, Leicestershire, following the death of the property's owner.