Original LS Lowry Painting Valued At Jaw-Dropping Price | Antiques Roadshow

[@effess8698]

This painting was sold by the family in 2013 for £421,875 then sold again in 2021 for £622,500, both times at Christie's in London

[@MA_808]

that was real money before Bidenomics

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

​@@MA_808oh groe up cultist

[@YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe]

@@MA_808 after Bidenomics that would only get you a loaf of bread.

[@kingy002]

@@MA_808 Are you really that bloody thick??!!!

[@heaven-is-real]

how wonderful

[@tufsoft1]

I heard an interview with Lowry once, at the end the interviewer asked him, "Does it upset you that your paintings are so expensive that ordinary people can't afford them?" Lowry said, "Not really, they didn't want 'em when they was cheap so why should they have 'em now?"

[@jamesbomd3503]

Because the Queen of England purchased one In the mid 60s So the price went through the roof

[@gogs2222]

@@jamesbomd3503 Just the Queen Of England, was she?

[@greglinski2208]

@@gogs2222also some crappy countries that nobody likes, but she was Queen of England nonetheless.

[@leftyken]

@@greglinski2208 Actually, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[@artisansportsman8950]

This is the only reason i watch antiques road show , nothing can beat the genuine shock when they get that big valuation.

[@K2shadowfax]

"It's never been off the wall..." - priceless!

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

4:54

[@feryalaligauhar3905]

She's such a sweet lady. Love her and the painting

[@CroneLife1]

"It's never been off the wall." Love this so much.

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

4:54

[@wildliferox2]

And the good lady is then stressing, 'but how am I going to get it home! Can't carry it back in the old plastic shopping bag I used earlier!'

[@kuebby]

@@wildliferox2 Right? You can tell she's stressing. I hope they provide some kind of help to get folks home safely if they've come by themselves.

[@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214]

A wonderful clip from Antiques roadshow which I've watched as a boy since the early 70's when it was called 'Going for a song" with the late great Arthur Negus. Apart from the antiques which bring great interest to me I also love watching and listening to the people and seeing them in the background.

[@IngenerateIngenue]

Going for a Song was a completely different programme. It’s like saying you watched Jamie Oliver but it was with Fanny Craddock in the 70’s. 😂

[@reetpateet8656]

One of the nicest, but most genuine reactions I’ve ever seen! 😊

[@barrykacher9741]

Check out the H.F.Farny painting on the American Antiques Roadshow.

[@DavidJones-jy5qn]

Lowry A Legend Full Stop Lovely Lady too👏👏👏

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

I love Lowry. If you can I recommend going to the Lowry Gallery at Salford. I went a few years ago and was blown away by his sheer brilliance as an artist

[@damienkearns3654]

Have you ever seen the movie about Lowry starring Timothy Spall & Vanessa Redgrave? It's called Mrs Lowry & Son. Hope it's of interest to you.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

I was brought up and went to school in Salford. There was an original Lowry on the wall outside the headmistress's office! I don't live too far away from the Lowry and love to pop in to see the exhibition. The pictures are almost like old friends. I was thrilled when Salford Council was able to buy Going to the Match.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

​@@damienkearns3654That was a lovely film.

[@craigevans8912]

I agree it’s a great gallery. I’m not one for much art but Lowry’s work really resonates with me. I use to work all around the UK and if I had an hour or so spare I’d visit as many galleries or museum’s just to see a Lowry. I’ve now seen a fair few of them.

[@mikeryan7468]

Oh come on they were childish doodles

[@jamesbomd3503]

What I love about this is that the marshals Kept the NOSEY queue moving and did not allow it to become static hanging around gauping gauging, or gasping at the amount that it's worth, Both The presenter and the guest were in the eye of the storm, quite delightful to watch

[@armuk]

true. the rubbernecking was distracting and beginning to annoy me

[@DPK12]

Sitting in Australia with 4 Lowry prints of my office wall. Keeps me grounded

[@Unknownlll123]

Treasure them, it's better than looking at a tin of beans or a little girl with a balloon anyday. 🎨🖌️.

[@nickm3861]

@@Unknownlll123 Hah, I agree.

[@opinion3742]

@@Unknownlll123 Of course there are other paintings you could have compared them to.

[@mozam76]

I can't convey properly how much this delightful woman's reaction moves me.

[@michaellovell1368]

The sort of pleasant surprise we could ALL do with 🙂 and what a lovely lady to get one.

[@MagnusMaximusinWales]

Delightful artwork. Even more delightful reaction!

[@alexmillscovers8945]

cap

[@HAL-vu8ef]

Several decades ago I went into a very exclusive old art gallery boutique in London sort of by accident, just being nosey. Suddenly I was approached and asked what I was interested in, rather than say I was in no financial position to buy a crayon let alone an artwork, I muttered I was really after a Lowry, quite certain they didn’t have one and I could leave gracefuly . Unfortunately he said “Oh come this way Sir, into the back, we have several.” He lead me into another room and sat at a huge desk whilst he checked some inventory and all I could think was if I asked for a specific one, chances are they wouldn’t have it. So I said “In fact I was particular about Cowles Fish and Chip Shop, it’s rather small, not well known” (which I recalled was perhaps true). I stood in silence while he went through indexes and records and when he finally said “I’m so sorry, can’t seem to help you there.” I pretended to be somewhat disappointed and exited immediately.

[@damianfitzgerald1871]

This is hilarious

[@gaddyfree1085]

😂😂😂

[@23bobjr]

and today on things that never happened...

[@phillipjames9003]

Lol

[@balance3201]

Probably all fake

[@LRBerry]

I live close to where LS Lowry lived in Mottram, Greater Manchester. My mum used to tell me that she met Lowry one day on the bus going to Hyde, the nearby town. At the time I was a small baby and they got talking about me. When my mum stood up to get off the bus, Lowry gave her a sixpence, an old pre-decimal coin worth 2 1/2 pence.

[@OscarOSullivan]

That is an interesting story

[@tonys9923]

Wow how fascinating!!!! Right up there with “I danced with a girl, who danced with boy, who danced with a girl, who danced with the Prince of Wales”!!!!!!!! I once sat next to Duckface from “Four Weddings and A Funeral”. However that didn’t make the national newspapers either!!!!!

[@nickm3861]

That could so easily been a sketch on the bus ticket.

[@kerryannestevenson6099]

It was customary to give money to new borns for luck.

[@DocDaddyKool-o8b]

I love this clip the Women’s reaction to the valuation is classic, what a kind man Lowery was to give the guy one of his paintings.

[@lynnblack6493]

No he gave a lady. The chauffeur was the wife of the man. She had passed away and the Lowrys were now owned by her husband. This woman - a new wife, a sister. Hmmmm

[@cornbeef]

The thing I love about Lowry paintings is how every one I see I'm sure I've seen before as the subject matter is so similar. I absolutely love his style and everything about his paintings.

[@sandersson2813]

Yes, love the simplicity.

[@theofarmmanager267]

I genuinely mean - good for you. It’s all in the eye of the beholder. I do sometimes think that these “experts” favour an artist because some other expert has said that they are good - or a piece by that artist has made a lot of money. Personally, I’m not a fan. His paintings don’t speak to me positively in any way. In the same way as most abstracts, I just don’t see the merit or the skill in his pieces. Many others do and pay a lot of money for one of his pieces. That’s just personal choice

[@cornbeef]

@@theofarmmanager267 I absolutely agree with you and it is very much your right to not like Lowry. I can understand why you don't like it, and I'm sure that the reasons you don't like it are probably the same reasons that I do; the simplicity, the lack of detail etc. For me, it just reminds me of my home and of a time gone by. I was born in Bury, just up the road from Salford and it stirs up feelings for me that I just adore.

[@damienkearns3654]

​@@theofarmmanager267That's all well and good and you're entitled to your opinion but Lowry's art is not Abstract. It's classified as Naïve Primitivism.

[@damienkearns3654]

​@@cornbeefPeople often say about art "the simplicity" and "the lack of detail" but it's anything but simple or easy. "I could do it" - No you can't. Plenty of painters never get spoken about let alone endure like Lowery. It's as if his style literally embodied the subjects he was painting, the mundane, the ordinary but categorically - not everyone can do that. They just can't, like it or loath it, his art will endure and increase in value every year.

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

This show is great! You never know what you’re gonna see 👩🏻‍🏫👏🏻🥰‼️

[@emmaslow]

What an absolute gem of a woman ❤

[@woodyone23]

Wonderful, no words are needed for the feelings in this clip

[@gohumberto]

It reminds me very much of my home town of Stockport, a place he visited and painted of course.

[@reddishtykes]

I thought that too. Petersgate heading towards the air raid shelters, near to the old Three Shires (that was a great pub!)

[@mcfcguvnors]

ive got old stockport paintings ( all minors nowt valuable ) of the old market etc

[@kathleengordon179]

I love that painting. It’s wonderful.💕📝🎨

[@Unknownlll123]

So do I, give me a Lowery anyday instead of a tin of beans or a little girl holding a balloon. 🖌️🎨.

[@virginiarundle4005]

Wonderful story! So well deserved by such a lovely family!

[@danlnad]

This woman and that old fella who owned the painting have since passed on. This is 24 years old. I do love Antiques Roadshow for its video of people learning about art, etc. and discovering they have something important.

[@Retrospective.]

I used to live in Lowry's old house in Maryport, in the NW of England, when i was a lad, in the 1970's. I remember the sand on Maryport beach burnt my feet, in the summer of 76.

[@marymccormick8166]

The Summer of 1976 was one very long hot Summer. Everything that could go wrong went wrong that Summer.

[@nineteen8486]

but no climate crisis...lol@@marymccormick8166

[@mercenary1881]

sure you did

[@Retrospective.]

@@mercenary1881 I know I did. I don't need to prove anything, or seek any validation. i KNOW i did. :)

[@mikeryan7468]

I have never read a more nostalgic sentence in my life😂

[@PMS1950]

Delightful painting. Hope it ends up in a public or even better, the Lowry gallery's collection.

[@cyclekildare4114]

Love Lowry's paintings ❤

[@dylvasey]

Stunning. Lowry is one of my favourite artists.

[@raybrooking8084]

You are blind of course , must be terrible to have a problem like that.

[@dylvasey]

Could be, but at least I'm not a rude tit of course. Must be terrible to suffer a problem like that. @@raybrooking8084

[@matthewstokes1608]

@@raybrooking8084twit

[@Unknownlll123]

He is one of mine also, these paintings had a story behind them, were as a tin of beans or a little girl with a balloon doesn't cut it with me, least to say the torture you would have from photographer's and newspapers, I'd go nuts. 😮.

[@dylvasey]

@@Unknownlll123 Perfectly put.

[@andreashessler838]

Staggered by the amount of people who don't understand Lowry's artwork. It is quintessential working class art with simplicity and industry at its core.

[@adrianwright8685]

"Understand" ? What's to understand?

[@errol-ih4jy]

ive dealt in Lowrys for a long time, the picture now would be worth over a Million.

[@jmcgrath4034]

No you haven't dealt in Lowrys 🤣🤣

[@pauls3204]

He meant lavvies .

[@ThePolypam]

600 k pounds is over a million USD, so not sure what you're laughing at.​@@jmcgrath4034

[@Stu-SB]

Lolol​@@pauls3204

[@1mmickk]

Im glad the family got that much for it. You can see its real worth in the subsequent sale. Better Auction more publicity.. Be worth well over a million now. Lowry just keeps on appreciating. Thats Art for you. Thanks for following it up.

[@nickm3861]

Was wondering the same myself, great investment if you have a spare million gathering dust.

[@jeremypearson6852]

It’s amazing what’s on people’s walls and in their attics. An expat watching in Florida.

[@cromwellg60]

*lofts 😉

[@joline2730]

Jeremy: Yes, BEFORE you sell a property, and AFTER you've bought one, CHECK THE ATTIC ‼️

[@Mark62516]

Lowry was absolutely one of a kind magical realism with simple paintings he can’t be replicated

[@lilbullet158]

It's so wonderful how that Lady has become a big part of the story of that painting...

[@andywalsh8761]

There’s an old pub in the centre of Manchester that Lowry used to frequent. In the spot where he used to perch at the bar is a life size statue of him on a stool. It’s a bit freaky!

[@matthewgreenwood5074]

sams chop house...very nice pub it is to..I used to also frequent when I worked in manchester and that statue is indeed there..waiting for his pint !

[@andywalsh8761]

Thanks for calling out the name, Matthew. I couldn't remember it! Totally agree, lovely, old pub.@@matthewgreenwood5074

[@jamesbomd3503]

Not to the landlord or landlady Because that brings in the tourist dollars believe you me🤑💰💸

[@ImaginaryEvil]

My Dad used to watch Antiques Roadshow when I was a kid in the mid 80's, I HATED it, but there was no choice. We only had one TV. I don't mind it so much these days 😅

[@OscarOSullivan]

It actually is a pretty good television show

[@jamesbomd3503]

Just after songs of praise And before last of the summer wine, However if you'd have flipped over to ITV you coulda Watched Ciller black in Surprise Surprise, Or if you're allowed to stay up past your bedtime Hail and pace very naughty very naughty indeed Hail and pace Was Adults Only X rated television back then,

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

WOW‼️ That’s amazing! That old fella is gonna be shocked when he hears what his painting is worth.

[@favouritemoon4133]

This was filmed in 1999. There is a post up above that says the family sold the painting via Christies in London for over £400,000 in 2013. I hope the old chap got to see some of it!

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

@@favouritemoon4133 … Wow‼️ Cha-Ching 💲💲💲💲‼️ I do hope the old man got to see some of that money too.

[@WoodlandDance]

@@favouritemoon4133 Gentleman was 79 years old when his friend brought this to Roadshow in 1999. If painting sold in 2013 - and the gentleman was still alive -he would have been 92.

[@favouritemoon4133]

@@WoodlandDance Thanks for the info!

[@stationminute]

Lovely little painting, but unfortunately now I'm going to have "Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs" stuck in my head all day again.

[@allenjohnstone9945]

Ditto...i'm old and remember that song from my childhood

[@majorlaff8682]

'And he painted ... ' - enjoy the repetitive agony.

[@0venchip]

They wore pyrotechnic footwear in that area back in the day.

[@majorlaff8682]

@@0venchip And no one suffered from obesity. All slim and healthy children and adults ... or skinny and malnourished?

[@anthonybentley9430]

Same here I just saw this video and unfortunately we all know who copied from this particular painter and I cannot appreciate the painter without thinking the worse, especially after meeting you know who and feeling very uncomfortable 🥵 with him around the young children in the early 90's.

[@LJW55]

... "it's never been off the wall..." Love it!!

[@ianferrier3702]

❤ a beautiful painting..love lowry

[@Teeb2023]

_"It's never been off the wall"_ Wonderful.

[@themouse7506]

No but the price has,£££££,

[@Alan-io2ew]

I have a signed print of his of 'going to the match', which I recently had appraised and was told probably around 3k.

[@peterhoughton3770]

Lowry would be stunned! The cigarette packet is a beautiful little piece as well and a great memento of the man and his style. It'd also be worth quite a bit more these days.

[@TheWelwyn21]

Im sure their was a lowry in my primary school assembly hall. This was 1964. i loved looking at it

[@colinburns9736]

Lovely. Just lovely. And the painting is not too shabby either.

[@beausexon7546]

My aunt had a Lowry and it was damaged back in the 60s during a house move, so the insurance paid out and it was thrown away. She cannot remember the payout but it was in the hundreds not thousands. We have it in the background in 3 of her photos

[@stevenweasel2678]

Unfortunate indeed ,

[@BeasleyStreet]

No crystal balls...

[@jannagy]

Wow! Speechless!!

[@TheCrusader1000]

The wealth of man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by.

[@nicksquire3934]

Many years ago in a former life, my dad married a younger woman who new a certain Lord David Walston of Cambridgeshire, I am by no means posh, but we were invited to a shooting weekend at his big mansion, somewhere near Cambridge. ''Stick with it the punch line it's good "" During one of the two dinners we attended there, I was looking around the dining room rather in awe as I had never eaten in a room so grand, but on the wall near our table were two Lowry's I said to my dad ''Mum has those prints on the staircase at her flat" dad said ''they are not prints, they are the originals !

[@fasthracing]

As I've got older I've started to appreciate Lowry

[@undermuscled7381]

lovely story and genius painting.

[@rumi9005]

I lived in Salford in the late 1960s (down by the docks) when I was a student at Salford University. Lord Napier Street, In fact (Just off Trafford Road and Ordsall Lane. Down by the docks) - I remember seeing some Lowry paintings at that time and being captivated. They' almost' represented the Salford I was actually living in! Though it was fast dying out by then. Right at the tail-end of Lowry's Salford, I guess. It's all been knocked down and paved over now. But at the time it was all row houses about a 120 years old. The ACTUAL Coronation Street was just on the other side of Ordsall Park. But the pub on the corner was NOT called 'The Rovers Return'. The view from our front bedroom window was almost identical to the original title shot for the TV Show. The area was all scheduled for demolition so the properties were worth almost nothing. Three of us (all students), actually BOUGHT a house - For £200! (We didn't own the land itself. It was actually owned by the Ordsall Estate and the house came with 99 year lease on the land). One bonus was that Old Trafford, Manchester United's football ground, was within walking distance! The area was due to be demolished in 5 years time when we bought it. Which is why it was so cheap. Two of us moved out in the early seventies but our friend lived in it until Salford Council finally bought us out around 1978. We actually got around £7,500 for it. Which we split three ways. I lived in it for three years, so my £120 initial investment ended up working out at around one pound a week. Pretty cheap accommodation, even then! So all round it turned out to be a pretty good investment.

[@jamesbomd3503]

Some of those terrorist houses in Salford Around the university were being sold for 500 to a thousand pounds in the mid 90s my first time I ever walked down that street I saw jail like bars on the windows of houses That were being lived in and their doors were like cell doors Iron rails gates covering the front door And people were living inside I was then told that the area was so crime Ridden that it was considered worser than some parts of Northern Ireland, Of course those houses which now surround Media city Have gone up considerably in price,🤫

[@mkdoddart]

Wonderful painting. No way i'd sell any of that. Wouldnt mind owning an Adolphe Valette too.

[@jenlovesbooks]

My favourite is one of his larger paintings from 1950, The Pond which I saw at The Tate, Liverpool when we were there a couple of years ago. I'm also rather fond of one he did while on holiday in my town in his later years, it's a scene just a few streets away from where I live.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

I like Lowry, as a man. I belive he turned down a knighthood - wise man.

[@joline2730]

Too: A woman came to his house, driven the Rolls by a chauffer: who knocked at the door and said his mistress wanted 'a good picture' Lowry replied "I only do bad ones" and shut the door.

[@Random-xw1fg]

I love Lowry ❤

[@andypuddle]

It amazes me how such simple painting can be worth so much.

[@fayesouthall6604]

It’s the artist and it’s his perspective of working class Northern England

[@Unknownlll123]

I think it's the love that goes into them as well as the dedication. 🎨🖌️.

[@jamesbomd3503]

I think the fact that there was a song on top of the pops talking about matchstick men and matched it cats and dogs and the fact that everybody in Manchester wore a pair of wooden clogs did a lot For TS Lowry's image🤗

[@ChilliCheezdog]

Holy God. I'm a Brummie, but the power of this...

[@Aussiemarco]

“It’s never been off the wall!” Bless!! Gotta love Northerners ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jenlovesbooks]

It always makes me smile when it's something they've inherited but don't like and they say "it's been under the bed for the last 20 years."

[@FangMcFrost]

4:30 - Even Sooty & Sweep couldn't believe it.

[@brucehart706]

😂

[@Psalm7326]

That made me lol 😂

[@johngould7795]

Why not, a simple man who never took himself too seriously, he would be shocked his art is now so treasured. I think he would be troubled it was now for the super rich so distant from his roots. Whom he kind of resented.

[@AndrewCurtis57]

Just nipping up into the loft for a rummage 😉😊

[@nevillehill5210]

I just love this clip . I bet that painting would have to be worth more than 100,000 pounds now

[@joelatimer3078]

He used to have a studio just downstairs from my office in the Peel building in Salford

[@IPFreely1966]

A bit macabre but I visited his grave in southern cemetery in Manchester, quite a simple cross with his name etc but somebody had put an empty jam jam jar at the base and put a few small paint brushes in it.

[@Unknownlll123]

That was so sweet. 🎨🖌️.

[@kingcurry6594]

This is interesting, because there is a very, very similar (but different in some details) scene which was painted the year after and sold at Christie's somewhere around 2010-11. I suspect that this was a preliminary work which he then refined further.

[@jasonotoole2652]

Extraordinary!

[@rockyro777]

What freaks me out is that this is from 1999. It looks like it’s from the 1970s 🤯

[@swanvictor887]

Well, Standard Definition was around a long time lol. This was probably recorded onto an Ampex 2" Reel-to-Reel Video Recorder, dating from the 1960s! But its not all that bad however: Bit depth is remarkably good with these old VTs and a lot of detail can be found through 'Upscaling'.

[@TheRaveMusicArchive]

I’ve started to find stuff from the 2000s looking dated now.

[@RosieHarp]

Not really

[@simonsimon325]

There are some channels on here that have tons of stuff from the 90s. It's scary how old-fashioned it all seems compared to my memories of the time.

[@teknical100]

When I was a kid we watched a programme called, 'Ask The Family' with Robert Robinson/Robertson? The two finalists could choose a prize, one chose a new living room carpet and the other chose a Lowrey. I thought it was a great choice at the time even though I don't like the paintings.

[@DonnaGisellaTranchel]

Saw the movie..! He was GREAT!!! 💙💙💙💙💙🦩✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@Unknownlll123]

I would rather have Lowry paintings on my wall because they have a story behind them. There's a vandal out there painting cans of beans and children with balloons, his paintings might be famous but I don't think vandalizing somebody's property in the middle of the night is very responsible as well as all the reporter's covering your house so you don't have any privacy, that is just my opinion and I'm probably going to be outnumbered by the majority of people but I don't particularly care. 🖌️🎨.

[@damienkearns3654]

There is a major motion picture about Lowry starring Timothy Spall & Vanessa Redgrave. It's called Mrs Lowry & Son (2019). Very interesting and a very good movie about his life and art. Its a good lesson to anyone, you should follow your passions and see where it leads you in life.

[@ArtistSoftwareEngineer]

When was this broadcast? Surely not recently? 100k 😂 It’s a Lowry. And a nice one. All day long £500k, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s going for a mil soon.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Easily. 2021 it went for £600k

[@Unknownlll123]

Give me Lowry any day, it's better than having a painting of a tin of beans on your wall. 🎨🖌️.

[@thomaslangley1571]

"It's never been up on the wall" she's a diamond that lady.

[@stevenweasel2678]

The womans reaction, suggests to me that She was infact the chauffeur of Lowry back in the day.

[@jonstrummer6930]

"It's never been off the wall" she said mate.

[@thomaslangley1571]

​@jonstrummer6930 I stand corrected. That is what she said. She's still a diamond though.

[@thomaslangley1571]

​@stevenweasel2678 you could be right.

[@mabbrey]

magic stuff

[@yozzahughes1060]

Nice to see roger daltrey bringing a Lowry in for his mate

[@RevolutionaryBiscuit]

hahahaha!

[@RosieHarp]

eh?

[@malacca1951]

My auntie (from Rochdale) used to sit next to Lowry on a bus on the way back from work. He would be sketching with pencil and she was given a postcard-sized sketch which she kept. After her death, I helped to clear her house and looked carefully for this special memento. It had gone and we think that neighbours had seen it, realised its value and 'pinched it'. Never mind, eh?! There are probably many more where that came from!

[@damienkearns3654]

The beauty of LS Lowery's paintings just like Alfred Wallis who was a fisherman who only started painting when he was seventy was the nativity. And from a connoisseurs point of view its immediately recognisable as only by Lowery's hand. That's what makes it valuable folks - not how easy you incorrectly think it is to paint.

[@lydiasefton4780]

I love this painting the littke dog is fab

[@jackryder-sw9rk]

A friend of mine, sadly passesd, and a very well known artist, author & critic thought Lowry sentimental and not that talented. I know nothing so didn't argue, but I would happily swap some of my collection for a Lowry and all of it, (well maybe not all), for this one. I adore his work.

[@accountnamewithheld]

Agree with your friend, honestly. The man was completely overrated.

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

Everybody's a critic.

[@LdotMillward]

And after seeing how much this was worth, the BBC sent the bailiffs round because she owed them for TV licence

[@stevenweasel2678]

Spot on

[@jamiebassnett]

0:41 is that not Harold Shipman?!

[@wirralchap]

Kenny Rogers

[@Mallymoore]

I remember as a kid in the early 70s he gave me a drawing but my school kept it.

[@StephenGrew]

It's a beautiful painting, I love Lowry's work. The monetary value in many ways is irrelevant.🙂

[@tonp2917]

Irrelevant…and for most people terrifying to have such a valuable piece of art. Terrifying of other people with bad intentions knowing it or for dropping it. It is a lot of responsibility having such a valuable masterpiece.

[@mariemccann5895]

Yeah right. Pity it turned out to be a fake.

[@doctormarazanvose4373]

@@mariemccann5895 that "fake" sold for £622,500 in 2021 - seek help

[@Unknownlll123]

I love them as well, give me a Lowery anyday instead of a tin of beans or a little girl holding a balloon. 🎨🖌️.

[@quattordicimontenapoleone3113]

"Oh very shy" = "Buried in the basement"

[@Misterkoots]

"It's never been off the wall." Bless her.

[@kevak1236]

My mum sold her 4 bedroom detached house in 2003 in the north of England (admittedly not an expensive area) for £75,000, to give some perspective.

[@alancawfield6549]

I wonder was the video for the Oasis song " The Masterplan" inspired by this painting?

[@billyo54]

I should think at todays prices and the continuing popularity of Lowry it's probably nearer to a quarter of a million.

[@sandersson2813]

It's sold for over 600k

[@janiap5235]

Lowri worked collecting rent for my husband great grandmother the places are what he visited

[@damienkearns3654]

🎶"And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs" 🎶 Brian & Michael - Lowry's Song - Number 1 Hit in 1978

[@benjaminblakemore9704]

WHAT IS THAT WOMANS WATCH ⌚️ 😮😮😮😮😮 DOUBLE CROWN, NOW THAT IS ALSO SOOOO SPECIAL!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@favouritemoon4133]

Oooh well spotted! I think she had a very nice engagement ring on too. I was too busy admiring her fingernails, which are in way better nick than my own! 😊😊😊

[@kellyjacinto117]

I also spotted that sparkling gold tooth!

[@AdiBuddhi]

What a lovely lady.

[@michaelhawkins4621]

Somebody eminent enough said this is art, so it must be!

[@Synthematix]

Amazing that a "painting" that looks like it was done by a 5 year old is worth this much.

[@RosieHarp]

A 5 year old? Good grief 😆

[@Synthematix]

Dude paintbrush splashing on a canvas gets that kind of money today, if youre not in the hipster crowd you wont get a penny for your paintings no matter how good you are. their are plenty of people here on youtube who are far more skilled and dont get a dime. @@strangetapes4928

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

@Synthematix Smugly cliched. "Mmmm, yes, dear."

[@shauncorless8965]

It's gotta be a million in today's 2024 ,,😅

[@AI67890_]

There was no shy man….. it was hers the reaction says it sll

[@michaelhawkins4005]

If a person is sufficiently eminent enough to proclaim something is art, hey presto we have art!

[@Yonner666]

The old swimming baths in Oldham! The security escorted this lady out of the back door into a taxi.