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Friday, July 5, 2013

Maharaja of Patiala's dinner set sells for £1.96 mn



A 1,400-piece silver-gilt dinner set commissioned by the former Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh has fetched a whopping 1.96 million pounds, setting a world record for an English dinner service sold at auction.

The price paid for the Maharaja's banqueting service, used almost a century ago, is almost double its pre-sale estimate.

The set was purchased by an anonymous collector, Christie's Auction House in London said

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