Miss Beston's collection is far from modest

Looking forward to next year, The Collection of the Late Miss Valerie Beston: Artists from the London School is the modest title of the sale of a collection that is anything but.

Modest, however, was Beston's way. In half a century working for the Marlborough Gallery in London she preferred to remain in the background while she supported and nurtured some of the best talents of her time.

Her collection consists almost entirely ...