Meiji Kazaridana cabinet – £11,000 at Mitchells.
“The best piece in the sale,” enthused auctioneer Richard Harrison in reference to a Meiji Kazaridana cabinet sold for £11,000 at Mitchells (20% buyer’s premium) at Cockermouth on June 13-15.
It was one of many objects in the catalogue from the long-empty home of a hoarder. There were the usual challenges of dust, dirt and boxes but also the rewards that occasionally lay therein.