Provenance outweighs bias against basic furniture
MID APRIL saw only the second sale held by Bamfords, the Derbyshire auctions firm (15% buyer's premium), but elated auctioneer James Lewis, talking from his mobile whilst filming a new episode of BBC TV’s Flog It!, felt it to be the best he had seen in Derby in at least five years.
Interest and prices were strong across the board and at all levels with brown furniture, which is su…