The road from Bath to Olympia busy after May sale’s success
LIKE many other provincial auctioneers, the Bath operation of the Phillips empire – now the centre for collection points at Cardiff, Bristol and Sherborne, profited from the major fairs in June when their 332-lot sale on May 21 saw a take-up of 83 per cent and a predominance of trade buyers buying to sell on in London.
“I certainly saw a couple of things we sold turn up later at Olympia,” said Phillips’ specialist Pat…