Rings of power
AS I write, the online sale of the late publisher Naim Attallah’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ has still almost two weeks to run at Sotheby’s. In the first few days, many lots attracted holding bids of £1. This tactic enables a bidder to get into the fray more quickly when the action heats up. There is already evidence of more serious interest in a few items, notably a painting of sleeping tigers by William Huggins (1820–84), which is estimated to £15,000 and
