Speculation surrounding antiquities sale at Bonhams
ENORMOUS pre-sale speculation surrounded the 25-lot single-owner antiquities sale that came under the hammer at Bonhams Bond Street (19.5/10% buyer’s premium) on July 14, not least because the vendor was strongly rumoured in the trade to be the world’s most prolific collector, Sheikh Saud of Qatar.
The most expensive lot was the Constable-Maxwell cage cup that eclipsed its own world record for a p…