Join us at Glemsford Library for an author talk with antique savant and auctioneer Neil Lanham! Neil will be talking to us about his career so far and his latest book, I Bid You Farewell.

£5 per ticket. Tickets are available from the library (cash only). For more information, speak with a member of staff or contact the library on 01787 737100.

In I Bid You Farewell, Lanham charts an era of remarkable change in Britain’s auction houses, from the austere post-war years through the booming era of the 1980s, explaining the psychology behind the prices caused by dealers and collectors seemingly ‘discovering’ lots in this rural backwater and reveals the full story behind each extraordinary price. It also highlights how Neil was able to nimbly react to rapidly unfolding new markets, caused firstly by Harold Wilson devaluing the pound and then Margaret Thatcher, where bigger auction houses couldn’t. It is a true insight into the secrets of the auctioneers’ mind.