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PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

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In addition to bringing an interior to life, art is also the detail that ensures a scheme feels completely unique

Celebrating the lasting tradition of canal art, signwriter Meg Gregory transforms the everyday into something extraordinary

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