£10,500 on table – but furniture is still cheaper than six months ago

SPEAKING after a combined-operation sale at Edinburgh on June 10-11 which offered jewellery, silver and furniture, Bonhams’ (17.5/10% buyer's premium) specialist Bruce Anderson said: “Ultimately trade buying underpins a sale so if the trade is finding business tricky this affects us.

"If we had sold some of the furniture lots last December they would have made significantly more."

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