Our popular evening art auctions are long-established and feature the work of many modern British artists.

Here in the West Country we are blessed with a plethora of talent and, unsurprisingly, these local artists frequently take centre stage in our sales.

We are the appointed auctioneers for Brian Pollard, and now sell art direct for many contemporary artists, including the Plymouth Colour Collective, Arth Lawr, Lou Coultas, Sean Hayden, Lee Woods, Nicholas Borden, and Gordon Barker.

We are also the ‘go to’ auction house for valuations and sale of artwork by Robert Lenkiewicz and Fred Yates and have close associations with the Lenkiewicz Foundation, an educational charity created to preserve and disseminate the popular artist’s original works.

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For more information about buying or selling art at Plymouth Auction Rooms, visit our Valuation page or contact us at info@plymouthauctions.co.uk

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Liam Sharp (born 1968) the original design of the ‘Mr Sinister’ X Men comic dated Jun 74.

Liam Sharp (born 1968) the original design of the ‘Mr Sinister’ X Men comic dated Jun 74. A copy of the comic is on the reverse. Framed and still in original packaging. 50cm x 70cm. Liam Sharp worked for Marvel, DC and more.

Sold for: £1,900 + fees

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Harold Harvey (1874-1941) Newlyn School, oil on canvas, ‘A Ring, a Ring o’ Roses’

Harold Harvey (1874-1941) Newlyn School, oil on canvas, ‘A Ring, a Ring o’ Roses’, signed, 36cm x 46cm, titled on canvas on reverse, framed and glazed.

Sold for: £25,200 + fees

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Beryl Cook (1926-2008) a rare double sided painting, ‘French Tango’ and ‘The Expedition’

Beryl Cook (1926-2008) a rare double sided painting, 'French Tango' and 'The Expedition' oil on board, framed, 113.50cm x 88.50cm. Signed on one side. "It’s not just the faces, but the whole of Beryl’s paintings that have a ‘look’. She fills them with bold, clear designs that immediately cheer you up. Her description of the tango bar is very telling. She was uncomfortable when the bar was empty, except for a frenzied couple dancing, but when many more customers arrived she was happier, stopped laughing nervously, and ‘everything settled down’... When you look closely at her compositions you can see that everything in them, every movement, mass, look and shape is balanced or echoed, one by another, until the whole picture seems to dance together." Julian Spalding in Beryl Cook Happy Days, 1995.

Sold for: £10,600 + fees

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Alan Lowndes (1921-1978) oil ‘Mousehole Harbour’

Alan Lowndes (1921-1978) oil ‘Mousehole Harbour', signed and dated on image 1977, 41cm x 61cm, Provenance; Crane Kalman Gallery, Brompton Road, London, Retrospective May '84, paper gallery label on reverse, framed and glazed.

Sold for: £8,500 + fees

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John Lowrie Morrison OBE, known as Jolomo, oil ‘Stormy Evening

John Lowrie Morrison OBE (born 1948, Maryhill, Glasgow), known as Jolomo, oil ‘Stormy Evening, Berneray, 2003’ 29cm x 29cm, titled and signed on reverse 2003, number 106423, with artists Argyll stamp on reverse. <br><br> John Lowrie Morrison OBE (born 1948, Maryhill, Glasgow), known as Jolomo, is a Scottish contemporary artist, producing expressionist oil paintings of Scottish landscapes.

Sold for: £1,500 + fees

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Jack Pender (1918-1998) oil on canvas

Jack Pender (1918-1998) oil on canvas, 93cm x 72cm, framed, signed on reverse and also to image, known as 'Newlyn Fisherman'. Pender was born in Mousehole, Cornwall and taught at Plymouth Art School, he also showed his work at the Newlyn and Penwith Society through the late 1940’s.

Sold for: £5,600 + fees

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Alexander Mackenzie (1923-2002) ‘Bosulval’

Alexander Mackenzie (1923-2002), oil on board, 'Bosulval', signed, titled and inscribed on reverse, 'price 20 guineas, address Rough Tree Cottage, Elms Close Terrace, Newlyn, March 1954', image size 17cm x 49cm. Alex Mackenzie was Head of Fine Art at Plymouth College of Art from the 1960s to the 1980s. Ben Nicholson was a major influence. He also knew John Wells, Barbara Hepworth and other major St Ives painters well. He had numerous exhibitions in museums from Cornwall to New York.

Sold for: £7,200 + fees

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Alexander Mackenzie (1923-2002) 1977, ‘Stour Head’

Alexander Mackenzie (1923-2002) small oil on board, 1977, 'Stour Head', signed, titled and dated on reverse, image 12.5cm x 11.5cm.

Sold for: £2,000 + fees

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