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Feb. 29 Eight Day Sale Opens.. Selling Up the Home of the Late Sir John Wood - at Bury St. Edmunds.. A sale - which is expected to last for eight days - is in progress at Hengrave Hall, the Great Tudor Mansion near Bury St. Edmunds, in which Sir John Wood lived before his death last year at the age of 92. This is the biggest sale of its kind for many years.. The fine old mansion contains much fine furniture, paintings and two valuable porcelain collections.. They are being sold in 2, 500 lots.. Earlier this year the Mansion was sold to be converted in to a convent school.. Sir John Wood purchased the Hall in 1897 with half of its contents, afterwards he regretted not having bought the lot - and spent 50 years tracing and buying back the reminder.. At his death his ambition was almost realised. The present Baronet - also Sir John Wood is 64 Keystone Photo Shows: The Drawing Room laid out with items - mostly china and glassware - ready for the auctioneer

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