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Hepworth piece could fetch up to £8m at auction

The post-war sculpture, inspired by the Cornish landscape, goes to auction with an estimate of up to eight million pounds; the hammer is the only thing guaranteed.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on The Midday Show
Published 12:33 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by BBC: “Hepworth piece could fetch up to £8m at auction”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 12:33 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.

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Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA post-war Barbara Hepworth sculpture inspired by the Cornish landscape is going under the hammer, and it could fetch up to eight million pounds.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEight million pounds for a sculpture of a hill. I love that for the hill, and I love that it gets a paddle number.

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