25 INDIAN SILVER TESTER BED, 19 CENTURY SOLD: £51,650

Lord Glenconner lived a luxurious life in the Caribbean, and was famously a friend of Princess Margaret. His eclectic taste drew hordes of bidders to Bonhams’ 2011 event The Contents of the St Lucian Property of Lord Glenconner, and an eye- catching 19th- century North Indian silversheet- covered wood tester bed helped net over £1m.