Bargain hunt

PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

As the secondhand interiors market booms, Henrik Lischke asks two experts for their top buying tips

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

Classic values & essential buying advice

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Canny collectors should swoop in when an artist falls out of fashion–but always pay attention to quality, because even the greatest names, such as Picasso, made the odd pot-boiler