£2,700 for bookcase in sale of `strong prices'

Adams of Blackrock reports a "huge attendance" at last Tuesday's auction, resulting in "very strong prices... "

Adams of Blackrock reports a "huge attendance" at last Tuesday's auction, resulting in "very strong prices. . . ". One buyer paid £2,700 for an early Victorian mahogany two-door serpentine bookcase, while a Regency brass-inlaid, rosewood, envelope card table on a spiral twist shaft made £2,350 and an early 19th century mahogany console table just fractionally less at £2,300. A William IV rosewood library table fetched £1,950 and an early 19th century oak dresser base sold for £1,650. Aside from furniture, a Victorian five-stone diamond ring of approximately 2.25 carats made £1,500, a pair of Victorian spelter figures modelled as centaurs fetched £1,350 and a Victorian mahogany long-case clock sold for £1,000.