The count rides into auction yet again

The appearance of the 19th century Meissen figure based on Kaendler’s original Count Bruhl’s Tailor begins to bring to mind Monty Python’s Green Knight as he rides undaunted into UK auctions despite his increasingly battered state.

A 16½in (42cm) tall c.1880 figure carried the caveat A/F in the October 1 catalogue of Epping auct…

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