Scott sale brings an impressive turn-out

SOTHEBY'S keenly anticipated sale of the collection of the late Sir David and Lady Scott on November 19 provided a confidence-boosting result. Any pre-sale fears that the ‘unfashionable’ Victorian pictures it contained might damage results were soon put aside.

A few casualties among the top lots caused the sale total to fall just short of the £4.1m-6.2m pre-s…

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