SCOTTISH ARTIST JACK VETTRIANO, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ICONIC PAINTING 'THE SINGING BUTLER' THAT SOLD AT SOTHEBY'S IN 2004 FOR £750,000, IS NOW OFFERING A LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK TO COMMEMORATE THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S FINAL WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD BROKEN AT BONNEVILLE WITH A TIMING OF 301.129mph IN SEPTEMBER 1935. THE LIMITED EDITION BOXED-SET OF ALL SEVEN IMAGES FROM 'THE BLUEBIRD COLLECTION' OF PAINTINGS WILL BE RELEASED ON 3.SEPTEMBER. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES SEVEN PRINTS SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY JACK VETTRIANO, A BROCHURE TELLING THE STORY BEHIND THE BLUEBIRD PAINTINGS WITH A FORWARD BY DONALD WALES, A 12-PACK SET OF BLUEBIRD COLLECTION CARDS AND A SIGNED COPY OF THE A MAN'S WORLD BOOK. THE PAINTINGS INCLUDE BLUEBIRD AT BONNEVILLE, BIRTH OF A DREAM, PENDINE BEACH, THE BRITISH ARE COMING, DAYTONA DINER, BLUEBIRD AND 301.129. THE BOX COMES COVERED IN NAVY BLUE BRILLIANTA CLOTH WITH AN ART DECO STYLE SILVER FOILED LOGO AND TEXT ON THE FRONT AND SPINE. ONLY 75 NUMBERED EDITIONS OF THE BOX SET WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE, WITH EACH COSTING £2,500.
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