Consigned by the family of the original owner and advertising Champion Meat from Barkers 71 Cross Green Otley to the reverse of the plug for Oxo, it was indeed bought by a bidder who wanted to use it as a decorative talking point. Not, however, in a trendy loft interior but as a decoration in his local butcher’s shop. He took it at £260.
Butcher’s boy wins £260 stake
UK: WELCOME as the activity of interior decorators is on today’s auction scene, it was still a little surprising to note the interest that some took in this 1950s butcher boy’s bicycle, right, offered at the Scarborough sale held by David Duggleby (10per cent buyer’s premium) on December 4.
