By Terence Ryle
Two of the first sales of 2018 suggest that toasts to the future can be drunk from half-full, rather than half-empty, Georgian rummers.
The sale at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) at Salisbury on January 10, a traditional season opener, resulted in 85% of the 700 lots selling to a total just over £504,000 – but with occasional sticky areas among the furniture and longcases.