The Queen! Royal Blackheath's Prized Painting Up For Auction

Matthew Rudy notes that Royal Blackheath outside London is auctioning a prized club art piece December 9th to buy the ground they play golf on from...The British Crown.

It seems rather silly that the club is selling one of the oldest and most important early pieces of golf art that has hung on its walls since the 1800s(!!), all to help The Crown pay some bills (or whatever prompted the move by the Queen's real estate arm).

But since its inception in 1608, it has sat on ground owned by the British Crown.

That land has been put up for sale, and to buy it, the club is auctioning off its prize possession -- an 18th century painting of club captain Henry Callender by Lemuel Francis Abbott.

Bonhams auction house is administering the sale and sees it going for over $1 million most likely.

Here is the Bonham's page, in case you were looking for my Christmas gift.

Here's a video about the painting, introduced by Andrew McKenzie: