The firm have made no secret of their ambitions to replace Sotheby’s Billingshurst operation as the place of choice for consignors in the region, and Mr Toovey has revealed that a 32 per cent increase in sales in the past year is due in no small part to business picked up as a result of the widespread closure of departments at Summers Place.
The first sale at the Spring Gardens saleroom at Washington, West Sussex, was a three-day event offering more than 2800 lots.
Toovey’s aim to expand their influence with new rooms
LARS Tharp officially declared Rupert Toovey’s huge new Sussex saleroom open at last week’s public viewing. Mr Tharp, who is a consultant expert to the auctioneers, echoed Mr Toovey’s own sentiments that his firm’s commitment to such a large undertaking showed how much confidence they had in the future of provincial auctioneering.
