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This offering comprised more than 100 folding fruit knives and forks offered in 22 lots, all of which sold to a mixture of trade and private buyers around estimates which ranged from a low £45 to a high £110.

Best of the single-item lots was this William IV example by Aaron Hadfield, Sheffield 1831. In a red leather case, the set, with reeded mother-of-pearl handles, made £80.