Report by Terence Ryle
Such are the positive reports coming in from the provinces that one begins to fear what the finger-crossing superstitious call the curse of the commentator and the more rational know as the reversion to the mean.
Nevertheless, among the latest auctioneers to post upbeat news is the relatively new Hampshire firm Hannam’s (20% buyer’s premium) which is celebrating its best sale yet – £576,000 taken by 74% of the 2200 lots which found buyers at the Selborne rooms on May 4-5.