Pick of the Week: Ottoman beads beat ‘Bakelite’ pitch but no Turkish bid delight
The presence of two Turkish gentlemen at the Objects of Desire sale at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet on October 18 had raised a few eyebrows – if only because they appeared singularly disinterested in the contents of this ‘handbags and gladrags’ sale.
However, this changed with the appearance, towards the very end of the sale, of a lot catalogued s…