International Dog Day is more than a month away, but Bonhams Scotland has already opened its annual The Dog Sale for online bidding. The auction, which will culminate in a live sale in Edinburgh on July 24 at 2 p.m. BST, is a celebration of man’s best friend and a must-peruse for art collectors who also identify as canophiles.

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Among the lots are portraits of working dogs and pampered pooches, prints and sketches, bronzes, a smattering of silver, some contemporary photography by artist David Dawson and even a selection of walking sticks with carved dogs’ heads for crooks.

Leading The Dog Sale is William Henry Davis’ Colonel Newport........

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