The next major auction to attend will be Christies London Fine European Ceramic sale where the pair of Meissen Lions expecting to sell for £3-5 miliion on Dec 18 sale starts 10.30am enquires 020 7839 9060 see photo on blog

When the Marquiss of Bath sold some of his collection of animals and birds at Christies in 2002, the highest price paid was just under one million pounds. Earlier this year, Christies sold a pair of Meissen birds in Paris for the equivalent of £3.8 million. The pair of Lions are expected to fetch between three and five million pounds.