Name: Auction: AN ITALIAN WALNUT, GILT METAL AND TORTOISESHELL INLAID BREAKFRONT TABLE CABINET 18TH CENTURY
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1890 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Day Two | Thurs 25th Sept 2025 at 10am | Lots 426 to 851

Day One | Wed 24th Sept 2025 at 10am | Lots 1 to 425

For nearly forty years, London’s Eccentric Trading Company has been the industry’s best-kept secret - a “warehouse of wonders” supplying films, television, and theatre with everything from grand dining tables to vintage Louis Vuitton luggage. &nbsp;&nbsp;Founded in 1986 by the Jordan family, the company built its reputation on objects that feel authentic, lived-in, and true to their period. As founder Spencer Jordan puts it: “A good prop is something you don’t notice - if you do, it’s wrong.”Now, that secret world opens to the public. &nbsp;Lyon &amp; Turnbull presents The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Company Collection, a two-day single-owner auction offering a once-in-a-lifetime chance to acquire pieces that have shaped British film and television for a generation. From 18th-century English armchairs to whimsical oddities, each lot carries a story far beyond the screen.For collectors, designers, and film lovers, the sale is more than an auction - it is an invitation to own a piece of cinematic history.&nbsp;Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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with central gilt metal mounted cupboard door opening to reveal five drawers, flanked by two banks of four drawers, raised on flattened bun feet, the sides with carry handles, on an associated mahogany parquetry base, raised on bobbin turned legs united by steel stretchers (2)

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