Congreve lots expected to realise £2.5m
THE most expensive piece of furniture sold this month was a gilt-mounted c1770 Secrétaire à Abattant, stamped Joseph Twice from the collection of Prince and Princess Henry de La Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais, it made £385,250 (€480,475) at Sotheby’s.
A not dissimilar secrétaire from 1765 is among the contents from Mount Congreve to be sold at Christie’s in London on May 23. The quality of contents from the Co Waterford home of the late Ambrose Congreve is such that the 120 lots in the London sale are expected to realise £2.5m.
