Antiques shop owner saw through surface level grime to make an astute purchase

A small number of intriguing 18th and 19th century pictures were among the works bringing the strongest competition in terms of the pictures at Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine Art & Interiors auction.

One of them – which soared to more than 40-times estimate at the auction staged in East Sussex on N…

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