Art attack: Woodworm riddled picture found in an attic goes for £54,000

Jo Godwyn, of Glasgow’s Great Western Auctions, holds the Waterhouse painting found in an attic which went on to sell for £54,000. Destined for the bonfire and riddled with wood worm this unsigned oil sketch by John William Waterhouse was discovered on an attic floor by auctioneer and valuer Paul Howard on a recent house visit in Argyllshire.