Pair of armchairs catalogued as Victorian – £9000 at Greenslade Taylor Hunt.
Upholstered Victorian armchairs not being the most in-demand of auction lots at present, the £100-150 estimate of a pair offered at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium) did not seem overly pessimistic.
With little evidence of pre-sale interest in the chairs, the Taunton saleroom manager Peter Rixon was surprised to see action from a number of people take bidding to the £3000 mark at the February 1 sale.