Painting found in junk fetches 589,250 pounds

A Pre-Raphaelite artwork unearthed by a UK schoolteacher among junk has sold for a staggering 589,250 pounds at an auction here. The price has broken the world auction record for the Victorian artist William James Webbe, who painted the picture in 1856. His works rarely appear in the market and the highest price paid for one until last week was just 72,000 pounds, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported.