Charles Rennie Mackintosh bedside cabinet sells for 拢250,000

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Image caption, The "exceptionally rare" Mackintosh cabinet dates to 1916

A mahogany bedside cabinet designed by artist and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh has sold for 拢250,000 at auction.

The "exceptionally rare" work dates to 1916 and was first housed in the only English home designed by Mackintosh - 78 Derngate in Northampton.

A pencil drawing for a book cover by Mackintosh's sister-in-law Frances Macdonald MacNair fetched 拢125,000 at the same auction.

That was 10 times more than estimated.

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Image caption, Frances Macdonald MacNair's book cover design fetched 拢125,000

The sales were the highlights of a two-day international auction by Lyon & Turnbull.

The company's head of design, John Mackie, said: "The prices achieved today reaffirm the international standing of these visionary Glasgow artists and the ongoing appetite of the market to acquire outstanding design."

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Image caption, Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed the cabinet for a house in Northampton