Lost Salvador Dalí painting bought for £150 sold at auction for £45,700

<p>Illustration of ‘old sultan’ by surrealist artist found at a house clearance sale by Cambridge antiques dealer</p><p>To the untrained eye, it looks more like an alien has landed on Chewbacca’s head than a masterpiece by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/dali">Salvador Dalí</a>.</p><p>But the watercolour and felt-tip painting – bought two years ago for £150 – has been sold at auction for £45,700, after it was identified as a lost illustration of an “old sultan” by the great surrealist artist.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/24/lost-salvador-dali-painting-bought-for-150-pounds-sold-at-auction-for-47700">Continue reading...</a>