Total sleeper: Tribal necklace sells for £99,000 at Ewbank’s instead of £15 at flea market

Some good old-fashioned saleroom drama ensued at Ewbank’s of Send in Surrey on December 1 when a tribal art necklace estimated at £60-100 sold to a buyer from Continental Europe at £99,000 (plus 22.5% premium).

Although described simply as an ‘ethnic carved bone and antler necklace’, this house clearance lot w…

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