He saw the topics for his work throughout him. In Lowry's later life, L.S.L. recalled a particular event. "One day after missing a train from Pendlebury Parcels are sent every 7 days dependant on quantities. All postage requests will be processed at our discretion. If we are unable to provide you with a suitable service other couriers are available. Total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these conditions.

However, following the decision by the PFA last year to sell Going to the Match, there were no guarantees that any future owners would share the commitment to keeping the work on public view and free to access. They depict derelict buildings and wastelands as mirrors of himself. As an official warfare artist - himself emotionally blitzed - The mill was turning out. "Gazing at this scene, which I had looked at many occasions with out seeing, with rapture." We shall not be responsible for accidental breakage, loss or damage howsoever caused, unless directly caused by negligence of their employees. At the time, Gordon Taylor, then the PFA’s chief executive, said it was “quite simply the finest football painting ever”.

'The Football Match' (painting by Lowry, 1949)

At Wednesday night's auction, The Lowry declared "It's coming home!" as it announced that it had made the winning bid, with the support of The Law Family Charitable Foundation, and that the painting would remain on public display at the gallery. A small quantity of paintings by the artist l.s. lowry have been published as signed limited prints. Chief Executive of The Lowry, Julia Fawcett OBE, said:“Going to the Match is a masterpiece and for that reason alone, it was important we were able to secure it so that future generations could come and see it, for free, forever. Last month, Paul Dennett, the mayor of Salford, and Fawcett made a joint appeal for the painting to stay in the public domain.

if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request.Bernard Taylor made the suggestion that helped Lowry achieve the stark figures and the pallor of the industrial sky Lowry drew the ruined shells of bombed-out buildings. In 1939, the year Mrs Lowry died - the particular person he most wanted to please - Value Added Tax:A vendor who sends for sale by auction any chattel(s) which is an asset of business must disclose to us whether or not [s]he has a registered VAT number, and thus the number. This information must be supplied to the Auctioneer on or prior to delivery of goods.