‘Troika Man’ brings fine morning…but then things change
“A WONDERFUL morning and a dreadful afternoon,” was how auctioneer Elizabeth Pepper-Darling summed up Morphets' (15/10% buyer's premium) 640-lot June 10 sale which was in some ways a microcosm of the auction scene in general.
The morning, given over to ceramics, toys, and vertu, benefited hugely from a 50-lot consignment of …