Over 1,600 lots went under the hammer at Tennants Auctioneers two day fine art Summer Sale, on July 13 & 14, resulting in a total hammer price of £1.8million.
The highlight of the sale was undoubtedly watching the greatly anticipated pair of ormolu mounted Blue John campana shaped pedestal urns, from a private estate in Leicestershire (lot 987), go under the hammer. Despite eight telephone lines and a packed saleroom you could hear a pin drop as, after several minutes of selling, just two remaining telephone lines went head to head from £65,000 taking the bidding all the way to a final hammer price of £120,000.