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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4083311, member: 18716"]Just depends on who wants it on the day. This kind of item doesn't have a fixed price, they are scarce but results are all over the place. I bid on a similar item (not as nice as this) a couple of months back and dropped out, I think it ran on to about £2800.</p><p><br /></p><p>The panels look Derbyshire, mid 19th century so the box is probably English, and yep could be a sewing box, small work or vanity box etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4083311, member: 18716"]Just depends on who wants it on the day. This kind of item doesn't have a fixed price, they are scarce but results are all over the place. I bid on a similar item (not as nice as this) a couple of months back and dropped out, I think it ran on to about £2800. The panels look Derbyshire, mid 19th century so the box is probably English, and yep could be a sewing box, small work or vanity box etc.[/QUOTE]
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