Matchstalk Men
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 08:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanListening to the Chris Evans Show on Radio 2, a news article cropped up about a milkman who was tipped in sketches by LS Lowry back in the 1950s when the artist was making a name for himself.
I've tracked the story down to the Sun (and also the Mail, so it must be true). Lowry apparently gave him ten sketches, which he subsequently threw away because he thought he could do better. Experts reckon the pictures could have been worth a seven figure sum if they were available today.
Horrified Ben (Timperley), 72, said yesterday: "How could I have been such an idiot?"
Frankly, I do understand. I quite like Lowry, but fully understand why people might think it all a bit rubbish. The best part of the story, though, is the comment left by a reader: "I dont think anybody who dresses as stylishly as mr Timperley could ever be described as an idiot!"
I've tracked the story down to the Sun (and also the Mail, so it must be true). Lowry apparently gave him ten sketches, which he subsequently threw away because he thought he could do better. Experts reckon the pictures could have been worth a seven figure sum if they were available today.
Horrified Ben (Timperley), 72, said yesterday: "How could I have been such an idiot?"
Frankly, I do understand. I quite like Lowry, but fully understand why people might think it all a bit rubbish. The best part of the story, though, is the comment left by a reader: "I dont think anybody who dresses as stylishly as mr Timperley could ever be described as an idiot!"
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Date: 2010-03-10 01:12 pm (UTC)