Butterflies create a bit of a flutter in the saleroom

The 40 trays of British butterflies in this handsome mahogany four-section cabinet by JJ Hill & Son of London were collected by Geoffrey Alfred Cole.

Born in the Edwardian era, he first became interested in lepidoptery c.1912 while a student at Lei…

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