The auction was held in London, at the auction house Sotheby's.

The picture "Pond with goldfish in Chartwell", written by Churchill in about 1962, that is, three years before his death, was estimated at 50-80 thousand. pounds, about 66-105 thousand. dollars, the press office of Sotheby's.

On the canvas, according to the description, the corner of "the most special place for Churchill in the world" near the city of Westerham in Kent.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, the picture of the famous Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh "The Plowed Field and Plowman" of 1889 was auctioned in New York for $ 81.3 million. It is noted that the picture depicts the view from the window of the hospital in France, where Van Gogh was in the last years of life.