John Turner's `The Unemployed' is sold for £5,500 in Belfast auction

Called The Unemployed, this oil on canvas by John Turner RHA recently sold for £5,500 at John Ross & Co in Belfast. The company is holding another Irish painting sale next Wednesday, with a particular emphasis on Northern artists. Prices are estimated to run from £500 to £5,000 for artists such as Frank McKelvey, James Humbert Craig, Maurice Wilks, Frank Egginton, Gerard Dillon and Daniel O'Neill. The sale starts at 7 p.m.