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AN historic Worcester artefact is still missing, despite promises a year ago that it would be returned.

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 

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...

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 Perki...