A painted rattan mirror, American c.1900, $19,000 (£14,080), pictured together with a pair of modern drum form lamps with rattan shades c.1900, $2000 (£1480) and a painted rattan console table c.1900, $2500 (£1850).
If pictures provided the backbone of the Dodo Hamilton collection, then there was no denying the sale’s most popular entries: a large selection of polychrome painted rattan and wicker conservatory furniture, perfect for the Florida beach house.
Estimates were certainly modest – there were suggestions that Hamilton had paid a six-figure sum for this array of showroom-condition pieces from New Hampshire specialist dealer Antique American Wicker c.2000 – but at auction at least this felt like new price territory.