Bidders flock to Chatsworth spectacle

SUCH was the media coverage, and the worldwide interest, within the first three hours Sotheby's sale of the contents from the attics at Chatsworth had outstripped their modest £2.5m estimate for the entire three days.

By close of play on October 7, over 900 bidders had come to the marquee in Chatsworth's grounds to a…

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