Buyer bids triple estimate sum to secure Batavian betel box
This Dutch East Indies gold mounted tortoiseshell betel box hammered at £15,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) on the opening day of the sale held by Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham on February 11-12.
It came for sale with an estimate of £2000-3000 from a Derbyshire vendor with relatively little in…