One buyer is tempted by an old dressmaker’s dummy. Another has decided on an art deco brooch. Another has his heart set on a unique, hand-painted £1,500 door – for his toilet.
They are among the dozen or so bidders who have turned up for a sale of 20th-century artwork and furniture at Cheffins auction house in Cambridge. Many more are hovering online or on the telephone, waiting to place thousands of bids from afar.
