BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic: Sworders/BNPS<br /> <br /> 'Foxgloves' - lucky dip selection leads to £204,000 windfall.<br /> <br /> A painting that a friend of the British artist Sir Cedric Morris was allowed to take in a 'lucky dip' has sold for a record £204,000.<br /> <br /> The oil painting of foxglove flowers was pulled from out of the cellar at Sir Cedric's country house by the father of the vendor in the 1960s.<br /> <br /> Sir Cedric had apparently told the friend to 'have a dig around' in the basement to see what he could find.<br /> <br /> He took the 28ins by 23ins painting home with him and it remained in the family ever since.
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