At John Goodwin’s latest collective sale of furniture and effects held at the Pavilion Room in Ledbury there was once again particularly strong demand for jewellery, much of which was from private buyers and a good level of specialist interest in a collection of good quality paintings.

The sale began with the painting section with notable prices including £2000 for a caricature depicting John Masefield by Sir Max Beerbomb which, fuelled by local interest, achieved a hammer price of £2000.

Specialist advertising and internet marketing resulted in considerable demand for the paintings by known artists, in particular 2 oils by RO Dunlop sold at £1000 and £1250 respectively.

Local interest resulted in a sale price of £580 for a humorous hunting gauache by Basil Nightingale

On this occasion there were no major surprises in the furniture section with Victorian and other chests of drawers selling to £260, a rather nice set of art nouveau style oak dining chairs at £150 and a button upholstered leather easy chair which, despite some damage, sold at £180 to the trade.

The sun was shining and this no doubt fuelled interest in the garden furniture and effects with a cast iron fountain selling at £480, a set of unusual garden furniture fashioned from tree trunks selling at £250 and a large cast iron lamp, a particularly weighty item, which sold at a very reasonable £200.