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Millionaire financier s treasure trove of artefacts including rare Tudor oak bed and spectacular Queen Anne mirror that he kept in stately home in the heart of Hardy country are expected to raise £500,000 at auction after his death
The family of a millionaire financier are set to sell off the entire contents from Dewlish House in Dorset
The home was recently sold for just the second time in its 300-year history and its contents now go to auction
Anthony Boyden saved Dewlish House from demolition in 1962 and his family sold it for £10million last year