An Aladdin's Cave of collectables goes on sale in Leyburn later this month.

Auctioneer Tennants stages its autumn catalogue sale at its Dales centre, from Thursday, November 23, with the contents of a Scottish family seat and a private collection of early Staffordshire figures among the lots.

A set of six George II dining chairs in mahogany, from Cumbria, have an estimated price tag of between £10,000 and £15,000.

A painting by Robert Turnbull, dating to 1706, called The Good Queen of Monteith, is expected to fetch £30,000.

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