Lely’s couple make £38,000
The main talking point of Gorringes’ (15% buyer’s premium) December 7-8 sale in Bexhill-on-Sea was the remarkable £260,000 bid on the second day for the early 17th century pietra dura table top featured on the front page of Antiques Trade Gazette no. 1670 (25th December/1st January).
But day two of the sale also yielded this impressive-looking Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) double portr…