Slow but certain tactics meet challenge of 200 clocks
DISPERSING 200 mixed-quality clocks may seem a daunting prospect for some provincial auctioneers, but, by selling the Staffordshire collection in bite-size chunks through their general, oak and country and fine auctions, Richard Winterton (15% buyer's premium) managed to get away almost all entries during the summer months.
The August 25 sales comprised the collection’s 20 or so best-quality clocks and they all sold to a m…