Two limited-edition signed lithograph prints of watercolour paintings by King Charles III sold for over £2,000 at an auction held in Gloucestershire.
The auction took place at Wotton Auction Rooms, where the prints attracted keen interest from collectors. One of the pieces is a 47x48 cm print depicting the front of Balmoral Castle in Scotland, painted in 1991. This print is number 49 out of a limited edition of 100, signed by the King and dated 2018. It came presented in a bespoke blue tooled leather case and included a certificate of authenticity.
The second work is a 48x62 cm print of the Castle of Mey on Scotland’s north coast, also limited to 100 copies and numbered 34. Signed and dated 2012, this print was similarly sold in a fitted blue tooled leather case with a certificate of authenticity.
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Both prints were consigned by a South Cotswolds collector who had kept them as part of a private collection.
Joseph Trinder, managing director at Wotton Auction Rooms, highlighted the local significance of the sale, noting the auction house’s close proximity to Highgrove, the King’s Gloucestershire residence.
“Our auction house is practically on his doorstep,” Trinder explained. “The Cotswolds and Gloucestershire have always been areas King Charles has cherished. Villagers in nearby Tetbury are accustomed to seeing him pass by, so handling his artwork here feels especially meaningful. I imagine he’d be quite amused by it all.”
Trinder also praised the prints as unmistakably the work of the then Prince of Wales, describing the King’s style as “confident yet fluid, with a lightness of touch that feels both assured and intimate.”
“Though these images now exist in the public eye as limited-edition prints, they stem from a deeply private moment of quiet reflection,” he added. “One can envision the King seated alone with his paintbrushes, quietly observing Balmoral. In a life so publicly visible, this act of peaceful solitude captured in art resonates on a profoundly human level. It is this intimacy that makes these paintings so moving.”