A Parisienne takes a provincial promenade

FRANCE: A LOUIS XVI mahogany gueridon with three scrolled legs, stamped Molitor, sold to the French trade in Dijon on December 9 for Fr1.6m (£150,000), five times estimate – even though the table was in indifferent condition, having been recovered from a local attic.

A small, gilt-bronze, early 16th century Florentine group, 83/4in (22cm) tall, portraying a Young Ma…

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