The Singing Butler ( part 2 ) – Jack Vettriano classic image

David | Art news, Jack Vettriano blog | August 27, 2008

A sketch by Jack Vettriano of his most famous image , The Singing Butler , has sold at auction for just under £40,000. The money goes to the St Andrews University Students Charity fund . Vettriano produced the sketch in under an hour during a masterclass at the University a few years ago .

Mr Vettriano and the university principal Dr Brian Lang decided to offer the sketch to the students to sell after hearing of their fund-raising efforts.

It sold for £39,650, almost double its estimated price, when it went under the hammer at Sotheby’s Scottish pictures sale at Gleneagles Hotel.

The picture was bought by a UK private collector after a bidding battle.

Madonna gets Banksy art for 50th birthday

David | banksy news, Featured | August 10, 2008

What’s a Material girl to do? The big 50 looms and her husband needs a present for the girl who has everything . Solution ? Banksy . Madonna is a big fan of the graffiti artist . So Guy Ritchie has asked banksy to produce something special for Madonna’s 50th birthday bash next Saturday

The Singing Butler goes on sale again

David | Art news, Jack Vettriano blog | August 5, 2008

A new version of The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano is to go on sale at auction. A retrospective of The Singing Butler will be auctioned by Sotheby’s at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire on 26 August.

Vettriano produced a quick version of the work during a masterclass he gave at the university in 1993.

Now the university is about to benefit from the soaring value of the artist’s work by selling the 15in by 12in picture on 26 August.Proceeds from the sale will go to the St Andrews Students Charities Campaign, which supports a range of local, national and international causes.

Andre Zlattinger said

“The sketch captures one of Jack’s most iconic images and will, I’m sure, have huge appeal to collectors around the world.”