Enthusiastic bidders packed the saleroom at Bonhams in New Bond Street with the aim of buying a piece of history from Fortnum & Masons - one of London’s great iconic institutions.

Prices for paintings, prints, chandeliers, wine, furniture and decorative shop furnishings and fittings soared way over estimate in this one off sale. The entire sale fetched in excess of 1 million pounds.

Posted: 09|27|07 at 4:13 pm. Filed under: UK News.