I don't remember anything about it being butchered prior to the Julia auction... "severely used" might better have described it then.
It was subsequently 'restored' and the next time it went to auction it brought a very significantly lower price.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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