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Hammer time: how to bag a bargain at UK auctions

Looking to get a good deal on one-off items that you can’t buy on the high street? We visit a sale and talk to bidders and experts

One buyer is tempted by an old dressmaker’s dummy. Another has decided on an art deco brooch. Another has his heart set on a unique, hand-painted £1,500 door – for his toilet.

They are among the dozen or so bidders who have turned up for a sale of 20th-century artwork and furniture at Cheffins auction house in Cambridge. Many more are hovering online or on the telephone, waiting to place thousands of bids from afar.

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