Hammer highlights
“Like a country house in miniature,” enthused Jody Beighton speaking of a two-bedroom Georgian cottage whose contents he and its owner catalogued before the August 19 sale at Paul Beighton (17.5% buyer’s premium).
It is an overused expression, and the prices at the 680-lot sale at Thurcroft near Rotherham were also on a scaled-down version of a major country house sale. But in terms of pulling power, interest, variety and the occasional surprise, Beighton’s simile stood up.