Bidders sit up and take notice of armchairs
Upholstered Victorian armchairs not being the most in-demand of auction lots at present, the £100-150 estimate of a pair offered at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium) did not seem overly pessimistic.
With little evidence of pre-sale interest in the chairs, the Taunton saleroom manager Peter Rixon …