Antique teapot collection fetches £80k at auction

The Philip Miller collection was sold by the architect's widow, who was moving to a smaller home. The collection at Newcastle auctioneers Anderson and Garland attracted bidders from as far afield as Italy, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan and sold for more than four times the estimated price. Mr Miller wrote two books on teapots, but was not actually a tea drinker.
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