Report by Terence Ryle
ACCLAIMED new writers suffer it when their second novel is panned, rock groups experience it when their second album fails to chart… shooting-star syndrome can also strike when fledgling auctioneers hold their second sale.
Happily for North Yorkshire dealers-turned-auctioneers Michael Scott and Paul Hodson, the second outing for Hutchinson Scott (20% buyer’s premium) at Bedale Hall on January 27-28 was 50% up on the £300,000 debut in September (ATG No 2262).