Picture This: June’s Art Auction Highlights

14th August 2026

Across three Paintings, Artworks and Imagery to include The Gallery of Affordable Art auctions, June brought plenty of bidding action. Here, we look back at some of the month’s standout sellers and strongest results.

*Local Interest* Alfred Heaton Cooper (1864-1929) Watercolour 'Bergen'
                        
Sold: £700

William Page Atkinson Wells RBA Graphite and Ink on paper 'On the Skeers'
                        
Sold: £440

*Local Interest* William G Bell Watercolour and Ink on paper 'Ship Street Barrow'
                        
Sold: £320

*Local Interest* Reginald Aspinwall watercolour 'An Autumn Afternoon on The Lune'
                        
Sold: £270

Coastal scene depicting fishing boats on rough seas, believed to be Robin Hoods Bay
                        
Sold: £260

Picture This: June’s Art Auction Highlights

Local Interest Alfred Heaton Cooper (1864-1929) Watercolour 'Bergen'

William Page Atkinson Wells RBA Graphite and Ink on paper 'On the Skeers'

Local Interest William G Bell Watercolour and Ink on paper 'Ship Street Barrow'

Local Interest Reginald Aspinwall watercolour 'An Autumn Afternoon on The Lune'

Coastal scene depicting fishing boats on rough seas, believed to be Robin Hoods Bay