Pick of the week: Biram’s safety lamp shines at auction

Lot 57 at Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions on October 21 comprised ‘2 framed paintings, signed J Cole, one other’, taking a hammer price of £8. Lot 59, a ‘vintage Sesame Street Big Bird piano toy’ (in working order) made it into double figures, at £14.

Sandwiched in between was something rather different. At a rather different price: £10,500 (plus 2…

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