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Candlesticks from Warwickshire farm clear-out sell for £129k

A small pair of porcelain candlesticks which were found when a farmhouse owner was decluttering have sold for £129,000 at auction.

They turned up among a several items from the home near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, Cotswold-based Kinghams Auctioneers said.

Experts found they dated from about 1745-1750 and were made by the French factory Vincennes.

Measuring 10.6cm (four inches) high, they were sold as separate lots with one going to an American buyer for £91,000 and the other for £37,700 to a buyer in the UK.


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