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Radio Leeds,3 mins

Mouseman table sells for 'world record price'

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A school in Leeds has auctioned off two 1930s "Mouseman" dining tables for a combined total of £78,000. The auctioneers said the £42,000 paid for the table, made from a single piece of oak, was the "highest paid at auction for a piece of Mouseman furniture". Both tables were sold to phone bidders, with the record offer coming from a buyer in Yorkshire. The Mouseman workshop in Kilburn, Yorkshire, is still run by the family of Thompson, who died in 1955. Image Credit: Getty

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