Nelson sinks to shop sign level

When the vendor consigned a 3ft 2in (97cm) tall carved figure of Nelson into the Rayleigh rooms of Stacey’s (20% buyer’s premium), he believed it to be a ship’s figurehead.

It was George III period but there was no match to a likely ship of the period, and by auction day…

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