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image captionLate summer landscape with single boat went for £10,000 at auction
Paintings boxed up in a house sold for £36,000 after they were revealed to be by revered Canadian artist Maud Lewis.
The four paintings had been in the same family for 70 years in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and went to auction with estimates of £100-£200 each.
Valuer Jasper Marsh said he had a hunch the paintings might be worth something but was surprised by the intensity of the auction.
Two works were purchased by Canadian buyers and will return to Canada.
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The paintings that sold at auction following an international bidding battle were:
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