Routine furniture sold well enough with an early 19th century mahogany open bookshelf leading the way.
Featuring a marble top, grill sides and carved rose heads, the piece took £2000.
Among the various chairs on offer, anonymous tradition cost more than designer work – a set of nine Victorian mahogany balloon-back chairs going at £1220 and a set of six Sir Herman Miller armchairs on chrome legs making £565.
New stance on stick stands
ONCE almost the hallmarks of those corner junk/antiques shops, wrought-metal stick stands these days have a genuine value – a sort of camp appeal utilised by the decorator trade. Of course, the interest in this example, right, offered at Raymond P. Inman (15% buyer’s premium) at Brighton on September 2 may simply have been a greyhound enthusiast attracted by the dog and racing trophy. Whatever the bidder’s motives, the grey-painted stand sold at £790.
