https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-63081027?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGAA mayor has written to prominent local figures and business leaders asking for help to buy a Lowry painting valued at £8m so it can remain on public display.
The Players Foundation (PF), the Professional Footballers' Association charity, intends to
auction LS Lowry's Going To The Match in October.
It had previously loaned the 1953 work to Salford's Lowry arts centre.
In the letter, Salford Mayor Paul Dennett said he wanted to save the "critically important" painting.
"If we save this painting, it will not sit idly in any basements out of view - or even static in a gallery," he said.
"We will take the work around the country and beyond - and the story of how it was kept for the public will become part of its legacy."
Salford Council said the letter had been sent to the leaders of the nine other Greater Manchester councils, the region's mayor Andy Burnham and a number of other prominent local figures, including former footballer and Salford City FC co-owner Gary Neville and bookmaker Fred Done.
