New auction record for any Scottish work of art

There was high drama at Christie's latest decorative arts sale in London, when half the £3.1m total came from this Glasgow school panel by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, which sold to an American collector for £1.5m (plus premium).

The 3ft 3in (1m) square iconic panel, is one of two painted in gesso on hessian that were created by…

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