Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories A painting by LS Lowry depicting a street in Stockport has sold at auction for £350,000.
The Street With Many Steps, signed and dated by the famous artist in 1961, was sold by Chrystals Auctions at The Nunnery in Douglas, Isle of Man, on Wednesday afternoon (September 15).
The 48 x 38cm oil on canvas painting, which had been expected to sell for around £500,000, is one of two by the artist to depict Crowther Street in Stockport. Read more: Everything Andy Burnham said in coronavirus update amid hospital capacity fears - including on potential 'local lockdowns' The cobbled street, near Stockport Market, is shown in the oil painting as a bustling place with dogs,
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