The TB & R Jordan Collection

The T.B. & R. Jordan Collection exceeded presale expectations when it sold at Tennants Auctioneers in a single owner sale on 15^th July. Comprising nearly 120 lots of predominantly Staithes School artists, the collection achieved a total hammer price of £108,560, more than doubling the low estimate.

For over 40 years Tom and Rosamund Jordan were leading specialists in the Staithes Group of painters, a pioneering group of artists drawn to the tiny, picturesque fishing village of Staithes on the North Yorkshire Coast in the late 19^th and early 20^th century, attracted to the area by the towering cliffs, stormy seas, the clarity of light and eminently paintable cottages and harbours. The Jordans, who were equally passionate about Staithes, were champions of this pioneering group of artists who, for a short spell, put Staithes at the forefront of the British Impressionist movement.

Part II of their collection will be sold at a later date.