* A wonderful early 18th century Walnut cabinet has recently come into the saleroom. One of the fascinating aspects of the cabinet is what lies behind its drawers - a number of other secret drawers and compartments that can only be reached by removing the drawers in front.

An air of expectation always arises when searching for the secret drawers and compartments, where there may be a stash of sovereigns, deeds to a house or perhaps someone's last will or hidden secrets. Well, alas, this piece had nothing to declare.

*I love quirky things and I love the mail board, pictured above right. It is a really well made architectural-styled oak frame and shows destinations around the world with last post slots for normal and air mail. Who will be the buyer? Well, it could well be a collector of all things related to the postal service or may be a fellow fan like myself of "all things different and unusual".

* The vase pictured above is from the Royal Doulton Factory and is decorated by one of their most revered artists, Hannah Barlow.

Unusually, she did not paint the vase as one might expect but decorated it by incising the body of the vase whilst the clay was still in an unfired state.

Her work and that of her sister Florence is highly sought after and a vase like this is likely to make in excess of £1,000.