STYLE for a Song
Confession time: I’ve never bought at an auction before. So, when my editor, Mel, suggested that visiting a regional auction house may be the best way to showcase the value it can offer, I jumped at the chance. Along with Mel, our art director and a photographer, we headed to Clevedon Salerooms, armed with a heavily highlighted catalogue, my maximum bids for each lot (having added on the buyer’s premium of 22 per cent), and £1,000 of the magazine’s money…
The room was chilly, but the mood was cheery – it was a few weeks before Christmas, and there was tinsel on the podium, the aroma of mulled wine in
