Stuffed sperm whale penis (held by Mark Wilkinson of Sworders) – £4600.
It’s not every day you see an auctioneer holding a 5ft 6in (1.67m) long sperm whale penis. Then again, it’s not every day that you see the sort of lots that are offered in Sworders’ Out of the Ordinary auction.
The format was launched at the Essex saleroom in February last year by Mark Wilkinson (above) – who also started Christie’s Interiors sales and Bonhams’ Important Design series. The latest sale held on February 12 in Stansted Mountfitchet presented another mind-boggling 415-lot selection.