A large Victorian clerk's desk and an impressive roll top desk sold in Scunthorpe recently for only £100 due to an extreme fishy smell. The items which had served a 100 years service at the Grimsby Fish Docks would normally have sold for around £1,000 but buyers were put off by the wafting scent. I would imagine 100 years worth of fishy residue would be hard to budge! Article from The Scunthorpe Telegraph online.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Fishy Victorian Furniture Sold For £100
A large Victorian clerk's desk and an impressive roll top desk sold in Scunthorpe recently for only £100 due to an extreme fishy smell. The items which had served a 100 years service at the Grimsby Fish Docks would normally have sold for around £1,000 but buyers were put off by the wafting scent. I would imagine 100 years worth of fishy residue would be hard to budge! Article from The Scunthorpe Telegraph online.
