Bronze in Florida depicts famous British porker

Bearing an innocuous estimate of $50-250, a small 6in (15cm) bronze of a sow mounted to a marble base skyrocketed to $10,000 (£7600) at Berner’s Auction (23% buyer’s premium) in Deland, Florida.

The key to such a wild overperformance lay in the auction house’s notes - “in the manner of Herber…

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