Scarcity of quality pushes Regency table to £16,200
WHILE it was worrying that Phillips’ main Midlands saleroom could find only 100 furniture lots worthy of their main autumn sale, and that only five of those took more than £3000, such is the drought of quality goods in the provinces at the moment that the trade were determined to make the best of any opportunity.
Accordingly, competition was most intense for the best pieces of furniture, but prices were also str…