Quality and quirkiness

WHEN writing about Peter and Leonora Petrou, I have often described them as ‘dealers in the unexpected’ or something similar. Their stock ranges from the unimaginably ancient to the 21st century and stems from all continents and cultures. Quality and style are essential to a Petrou piece and there may also be quirkiness and wit.

Now, the dealers, who have been active in London for the past 40 years (), have followed several others with a slimming-down online stock sale with Sotheby’s. Generally, higher-estimate lots did less well than the middle and