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

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

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

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

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.

Lowry A Legend Full Stop Lovely Lady too👏👏👏

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

worth every penny even back then. I would love just the cigarette packet drawing. Lowry's work is so inspirational to people starting to draw or paint. 🎨"it's never been off the wall" 🤣 4:54

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Wow, it's lovely to see her surprise when he tells her the value. I remember learning about L.S Lowry at school and I have loved his paintings ever since.

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

Love Lowry's paintings ❤

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Wow! Speechless!!

Delightful artwork. Even more delightful reaction!

lovely story and genius painting.

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

Stunning. Lowry is one of my favourite artists.

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.

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

What an absolute gem of a woman ❤

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

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.

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!

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

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 !

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.

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

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

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

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 😅

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

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

I love Lowry ❤

I love this painting the littke dog is fab

I have a couple of prints of Lowry in my front room. Really like his work.

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

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

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.

wonderful

magic stuff

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

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

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.

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

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

I collected a load of his paintings from owners for and exhibition for gallery in Bond st...most of these were worth well in excess for 1-2 million.. they were so expensive we could not get insurance cover and the gallery had to arrange it with the owners..

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

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.

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

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.

What a lovely lady.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

lovely lady

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

It now becomes a problem. OH YES . Class.

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

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.

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

What a sweet lady.

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

I like her very genuine shock and pleasure when informed of it's possible vslue

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

Is that Harold Shipman in the background around 40 seconds in?

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

The art expert is Stephen Somerville, not Hugh Scully.

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.

There is a painting on Christie’s site which sold in 2010 for over £600,000. It was advertised as an original, it looks almost the same but with differences - one of these is a fake and one is original…but which one?

"Eets nevah been off da wool!" 😂

Reminds me of the oasis masterplan music video.

This Auctioneer is crazy 😂😂the painting back then would be £400-500K

Laurence was a great friend of Dicky Attenborough.

Eyes bulging with imagined riches!

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

Shaun Greenhalgh would be proud.

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

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

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.

his wife wasnt just driving him around... she was riving him wild lol

I've got a copy of going to the match..bolton wanderers old ground burnden park

For some reason, I'd expect it to be worth more.

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