Dealer wagers £13,000 on a ‘sleeper’ card table
AN auction first for specialist Gordon Patrick, the vastly experienced specialist at Clarke Gammon Wellers (15% buyer's premium), was the sleeper and undisputed highlight of the Surrey sale on July 27 – a 2ft (61cm) wide kingwood, rosewood and satinwood inlaid envelope card table entered with a £200-300 estimate.
Inlaid to its top and sides with urns and rosettes, it was catalogued by Mr Patrick as Continental, …