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Inside Parnham Park: James and Sophie Perkins unveil stately home in Dorset they saved from ruin

Inside Parnham Park: James and Sophie Perkins open the doors to the Dorset mansion they have loving restored after a fire after making a success of refurbishing Aynhoe Park in Northamptonshire

Contents of spectacular Aynhoe Park sell for double their estimate at Dreweatts

Contents of spectacular Aynhoe Park sell for double their estimate at Dreweatts The sale totalled £4.1 million against a pre-sale low estimate of £1.3 million. LONDON .- There was much excitement from around the globe in the last few days, when the contents of the 17th century Grade I Palladian country house, Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire, went under the hammer at Dreweatts. The auction, titled Aynhoe Park: The Celebration of a Modern Grand Tour took place in the form of two live auctions on Wednesday, January 20th & Thursday 21st, 2021 and an online auction on Friday, January 22, 2021. The collection, from the celebrated family home of James and Sophie Perkins, which has played host to celebrities from the music, film and fashion worlds, drew huge world-wide interest as expected, with spirited bidding online and on the telephones from across the UK, Europe, Asia and the US.

Owners of magical Oxfordshire mansion to sell off £2million eccentric art collection

James and Sophie Perkins, who own Aynhoe Park mansion in Oxfordshire, are selling eclectic art collection  Lots including a half-size Aston Martin, 65-million-year-old dinosaur skull and a Kate Moss portrait with with hand-applied Swarovski crystals are expected to fetch around £2million when sold next week 17th century stately home, which boasts 28 bedrooms, has hosted A-list parties galore and has been described as a museum crossed with a fantasy world The couple are moving house hence the grand sale, heading to Grade I-listed Parnham House in Dorset 

Aynhoe Park is auctioning off its eccentric collection of art, furniture and curiosities in January 2021 - Homes & Gardens

Resembling the kind of decadence that wouldn’t be out of place in the life of an eccentric rock star, the 700 lots that make up Aynhoe Park’s contents go under the hammer at Dreweatts’ first ever virtual house sale. Prices range from around £2,000 for a railway steamer trunk branded ‘First Class Orient Express London – Paris – Instanbul’ to the actual skull of a triceratops, which will set bidders back £180,000 to £250,000. With fees on top of any bids placed. Deputy Chairman of Dreweatts, Will Richards, said: ‘Aynhoe Park really is an Aladdin’s cave of beautifully-chosen works, from the academic to the more eclectic and from the ancient to the contemporary.

Contents of the spectacular Aynhoe Park to be offered at auction in January

Contents of the spectacular Aynhoe Park to be offered at auction in January The interiors at Aynhoe Park were laid out in c. 1800 by Sir John Soane (1753-1837), for William Ralph Cartwright (1771-1847). LONDON .- An amazing opportunity has arisen to own a true piece of English history, as the contents of the 17th century Grade I Palladian country house, Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire, are to be offered by Dreweatts in a two-day auction titled, Aynhoe Park: The Celebration of a Modern Grand Tour, on Wednesday January 20th & Thursday 21st, 2021. The celebrated family home of James and Sophie Perkins, which recently achieved the global accolade of ‘Best Venue’ and has played host to celebrities from the music, film and fashion worlds, is set to draw world-wide interest.

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