Portobello dealer’s collection of kitchenalia and more proves a sell-out at Newbury auction

Joan Dunk (1930-2019) was a Portobello Road market stalwart. Her stall, for decades an outside pitch on the corner of Westbourne Grove, was affectionately known as IDA – the trade name of an early 20th century German kitchen equipment manufacturer which she adapted to mean ‘Interesting Domestic Appliances’.

She died last year, aged 89, shortly after packing up her stall, while ordering her traditional Sa…

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