Stool raises the bidders’ ambitions on a dull summer day
THEY came, they saw, they appeared interested – but on sale day at Holloways, Banbury, the buyers, particularly the trade, were in the cautious sort of mood auctioneers across Britain have been experiencing in the quiet post-Olympia days.
Reasonably priced pieces that would have walked out the door earlier in the year – such as a 19th ce…