Bookcase at £5500 sees Victorian values restored

BULKY Victorian brown furniture may be the least attractive subject at many sales, but the most expensive entry at Keys (10% buyer's premium) 1386-lot Norfolk outing on August 3-4 was a 9ft square (2.74m) mahogany library breakfront bookcase.

With a moulded cornice above four arched glazed doors, and two central panelled doors enclosing a fi…

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