Overshadowed by the £130,000 Giacometti double-sided sketch (ATG No 2314), other pieces at Cheffins’ (23% buyer’s premium) sale at Cambridge on October 12 flourished under the banner of post-1880 design.
Among these was a collection of nine pieces by the influential silversmith Omar Ramsden (1873-1939). All sold to private buyers, bar a pair of Deco 1932 silver-mounted hairbrushes. Never popular items among UK buyers, the pair went to an international dealer at £220, the only lot to sell below top estimate.