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BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833<br />
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Pictured: It is signed 'R.Barrett/Oct 1961' with the initials to his real name Roger.<br />
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An accomplished watercolour painting by a 15-year-old Syd Barrett has sold for £28,000 following a bidding war - over five times its estimate.<br />
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The singer-songwriter produced 'Orane Dahlias in a Vase' in 1961 while a pupil at senior school, three years before founding Pink Floyd.<br />
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It is signed 'R.Barrett/Oct 1961' with the initials to his real name Roger.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833
Pic: Cheffins/BNPS

Pictured: It is signed 'R.Barrett/Oct 1961' with the initials to his real name Roger.

An accomplished watercolour painting by a 15-year-old Syd Barrett has sold for £28,000 following a bidding war - over five times its estimate.

The singer-songwriter produced 'Orane Dahlias in a Vase' in 1961 while a pupil at senior school, three years before founding Pink Floyd.

It is signed 'R.Barrett/Oct 1961' with the initials to his real name Roger.