LS Lowry paintings sell for £1.2m

Manchester City vs Sheffield United sold after the sale

A sale of some "superb" works by LS Lowry raised more than £1.2m at auction house Christie's.

A Cricket Match, which had not been seen in public for more than a decade, sold for £769,250 at the auction which was part of a sale of 20th Century art.

Seascape, which was also fresh to the market, sold for £313,250.

The painting Manchester City vs Sheffield United, from 1938, was estimated to fetch up to £1m but was sold after the sale.

An Old Church, from 1943, was estimated to reach up to £1 million, but there was no buyer.

Other works by the Salford painter, who died in 1976, also went under the hammer.

They included Teenagers, estimated at up to £35,000, which sold for £99,650.

Father and Son, estimated at up to £50,000 went for £82,250.

A Christie's spokeswoman said the total amount of money raised from the 20th Century art sale, including work by other artists, was £11,592,163.