18th century rococo chair estimated at £150,000-200,000

Sotheby’s will sell the contents of Fawley House, Fawley, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on October 14-15. Their vendor, David McAlpine of the construction dynasty, has collected for 30 years.

Alongside a collection of eight portraits by Arthur Devis (1711-1787) – one of the largest groups of…

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