Staffordshire Army gets Rich prices

There was no charitable quarter given to rival bidders when this plaster bust of General Charles Booth took centre stage at Duke’s (15 per cent buyer’s premium) dispersal of the Timothy Rich collection of Staffordshire figures in Dorchester on January 24.

The extremely rare Victorian portrait bust of the Salvation Army’s founder proved to be the highligh…

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