Bristol firm gets new lease of life

DRAWING on long-ago mercantile wealth (don’t mention the slave trade or even, these days, tobacco imports) Bristol has for years rewarded visits by dealers looking for fresh material. But of late the city has been raising its profile as a premier league centre for antiques.

In May, the investment operation Fine Art Auction Group bought into the Bristol Auction Rooms and, c…

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