Eye-watering results at summer auctions

Robbie Williams: the former Take That man was ringmaster of his own charity sale at Bonhams in London last week
Robbie Williams: the former Take That man was ringmaster of his own charity sale at Bonhams in London last week

Fonsie Mealy

Fonsie Mealy’s two-day Chatsworth sale was remarkable for the number of lots that catapulted over their estimates: a Killarney arbutus, yew wood, bog oak and ebonised collector’s cabinet secured €34,000 against an estimate of €10,000-€15,000; a collection of stained-glass windows from the Harry Clarke Studios totalled €88,500 – two by Clarke protégé Richard ...