From 40p to £16,000 – the Beilby boot-fair odyssey
Bought at a car boot sale in the Portsmouth area earlier this year for just 40p each, these three opaque twist wine glasses decorated by the Beilby workshop of Newcastle upon Tyne c.1765 sold for £16,000 at the latest sale held by Stride and Son of Chichester.
At the auction on June 24, four telephone bidders and more on the saleroom floor contested this spar…