CHATSWORTH.- The first day of the largest country house sale staged since 1977, Chatsworth: The Attic Sale, has just concluded. Of the total 1422 lots in the three-day sale, 395 came under the hammer today. Estimated to realise a sum in the region of £1.2 million, today’s session realised an extraordinary £4,416,425 (US$6,980,601), surpassing already the pre-sale estimate of £2.5 million for the entire sale. Nearly all of the lots offered found homes, with sell through rates today of 98.6% by value and 94.7% by lot. Over 400 people attended the sale today, staged in a fully equipped sale room that had been constructed overnight in a 20,000 square foot marquee in the grounds of Chatsworth. Those attending, paddles in hand, pitted their bids against the 1,000 other people bidding