The Great Spectator
Treasure Hunt Set by Christopher Booker This issue of The Spectator has the second clue in the Great Spec- tator Treasure Hunt. The Treasure Hunt will last for ten weeks, and the winners will receive the most unusual set of prizes ever offered by a newspaper or magazine.
The first prize is an oil painting by Sir John Lavery called Habiba', valued at £3,000. The second prize, which is illustrated on the inside back cover, is asigned and dated pen-and-wash sketch entitled 'The Barrister' by Sir William Orpen, valued at £600.
The third prize is a signed limited-edition print by Eduardo Paolozzi RA, from his 'As is When' series, valued at £400.
There are over 100 other prizes, which include signed copies of books by Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Piers Paul Read, Shiva Naipaul, Landida Lycett-Green and Patrick Marnham.
There will also be bottles of Avery's champagne and claret for the runners-up. The painting by Sir John Lavery can be seen at the Maclean Gallery, 35 St George Street, Hanover Square, London Wl, until 16 ?ctober, and the sketch by Sir William Orpen at Hammicks, Sweet 61 Maxwell, 116 Chancery Lane, London WC2, until 16 October.
aPeeial prize: There is a special prize reserved for advertisers, employees of advertising ,8eneies and book publishers. This is a signed proof by David Hockney from his Hollywood_ Suite' of 1965 (valued at £400). ,s Publishers, advertisers and agents are of course eligible for the first three prizes, but they cannot win one of the main prizes as well as the special prize.
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