Let me tell you this Rab C Nesbitt painting expected to fetch £8,000

A painting of Rab C Nesbitt outside No 10 Downing Street is expected to fetch up to £8,000 when it goes under the hammer.

The portrait comes with a selection of postcards and letters from artist Beryl Cook to Gregor Fisher, the actor who plays the layabout Glaswegian.

The lot has been valued at £6,000-£8,000 and is part of the contemporary paintings sale being held by Lyon & Turnbull next week.

Nick Curnow, managing director and paintings specialist at the auctioneers, said: “Gregor Fisher’s much-loved and enduring sitcom creation has assumed the status of folk hero despite his resolutely unglamorous life, and Beryl Cook’s painting of him entering No 10 as Rab C Nesbitt is a classic.

“The painting was commissioned by Gregor and we have some letters from the artist to Gregor included in the sale.”