Furniture buyers bid on only the better pieces

American connection revolutionises a jug’s prospects UK: LOOKING at current trends in the furniture market, auctioneer Patrick Toynbee remarked on the reluctance among buyers for “run of the mill” pieces, with the preference now being for high-quality attractive pieces.

Such a lot led his January dispersal at Phillips Bath – a near set of 14 (12 + 2) late 19th century …

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