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Wednesday Wish: 27 July 2011

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

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Georgian leather wing back armchair sold at Wilkinson's Auctioneers, Doncaster

We’ve been looking for an antique Chesterfield armchair for ages. This beautiful Georgian leather wing back that recently came up for sale at Wilkinson’s Auctioneers ticked all the boxes.

It sold for £1,150.00 (before fees & tax) – not cheap, but we’ve had twinges of regret ever since… our search continues!

Very palette-table!

Monday, November 1st, 2010

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vintage 1950s palette topped teak table with splayed legs with Ridgeway Homemaker tea cup & saucer and two vintage 1950s Stitchcraft magazines

Check out this classic teak table with its splayed legs and artist’s palette shaped top.

vintage 1950s palette topped teak table with splayed legs

We bought it at auction this week but didn’t actually see it in the flesh until we picked it up. We weren’t disappointed though as the condition was very good and the grain of the wood is lovely.

detail of vintage 1950s palette topped teak table with splayed legs with Ridgeway Homemaker tea cup & saucer

Such a classic 1950s look and a really useful little side table for the lounge – great for our photo shoots & staging too!

This would normally leave us with the conundrum – sell or keep?…

pair of vintage 1950s palette topped teak tables with splayed legs

…but we had no such problem this time as the auction price was for a pair!

Strike a poise!

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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multicoloured collection of vintage anglepoise lamps

This was an unusual buy at auction last week. A single lot, consisting of 21 vintage Anglepoise (and similar) lamps. We bought them untested – but amazingly all bar one worked perfectly!

white vintage Anglepoise lamp with Kathleen Major print in the background

We put some in our antiques centre pitch this morning….

vintage orange Finnish lamp

…the others will be finding their way into the H is for Home shop in the coming weeks.

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