Some dealers were put off by the replacement door in the kneehole section but the 2ft 7in (78cm) wide desk was, said Mr Parrott a “genuine little piece” and had come to market from a local Gloucestershire deceased estate having been in the same family for many years.
Undeterred by the desk’s need for a “fair bit of restoration” a private buyer from North Yorkshire took it at £2250.
Queen Anne where action is
UK: THE best ever attended sale at Newent Auction Rooms (5 per cent buyer’s premium) on the March 30th – auctioneer John Parrott frankly believed numbers at the March 30 event were boosted by foot-and-mouth cancellations elsewhere – was led by this pretty Queen Anne walnut desk.
