There was also healthy interest in collectables including a private collection of sewing, toilet and workboxes, which sold without reserves and furnished proceedings with several of the most expensive lots.
A stained wood workbox and contents, undated in the catalogue but presumably a quality entry with some age, made £820; a Victorian rosewood and shell-inlaid workbox, with contents including mother-of-pearl cotton-reel holders, fetched £650 and a George III mahogany and brass-bound box realised £200.
Art Nouveau enthusiasts buckle down to bid on Liberty piece
SELECTIVE bidding at Hobbs Parker's (10% buyer's premium) 704-lot June 10 outing focused on the better-quality entries such as an Art Nouveau belt buckle by Liberty & Co., which fetched £400, and two Mappin & Webb silver photograph frames dating to 1917 and 1916 which took a respectable £400.
