ROMANTICS on whatever budget should head to Greenslade Taylor Hunt today (Thursday, February 1) where the antiques sale at The Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton, provides a host of perfect Valentine’s gifts.

An unusual sliver paperclip by maker J.B. London, 1890, is an eyecatching Valentine’s option. The heart shaped item is guided at £60-£80.

Get ahead of the game by purchasing an attractive Edwardian silver double heart photo frame, London 1902. It has a reasonable £100-£150 pre-sale guide.

If your budget is a little more generous then a late Victorian silver easel back dressing table mirrorby Gibson & Langman, London, might fit the bill. The heart shaped bevelled mirror within a pierced and embossed rococo style frame with trellis, masks, birds and foliage, monogrammed cartouche,

standing 33cm high. It has a guide price of £250-£300.

Nearly 500 lots will come under the hammer at today’s sale, which gets underway at 10am. It will be followed at 3.30pm by a specialist sale of 41 works by Expressionist artist Ernest Neuschul.