Also included in the sale by The Mouseman is an oak monks chair (est £800-1,200), and an oak dish-top stool (est £200-400). Robert Thompson, from Yorkshire, took over his family’s carpentry ...

Dozens of master furniture-maker Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson’s pieces are going to auction with one expected to fetch up to £10,000 in Yorkshire next week. The carved oak figure of Mr Toad ...