'Mouseman' table used by Leeds pupils for generations sold at record-breaking auction

It was sold off at a Yorkshire auction for a staggering sum

Comments News Deborah Hall and Elizabeth Mackley Content Editor 18:30, 25 Nov 2025

View 2 Images Caroline Hawley with the 1937 school refectory table and a close-up of its trademark mouse carving (Image: hawleys.info)

Two exceptional Robert Thompson "Mouseman" 1930s dining tables used by Leeds pupils for decades have sold for a record-breaking £78,000. ‌

One of the tables, auctioned by Hawleys auctioneers in North Cave, East Yorkshire , fetched a staggering £42,000. The price paid for the 1937 6m (19.7ft)-long table, crafted from a single piece of oak, represented a "world record price for a piece of Mouseman with a Yo

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