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Bus crashes into London gallery

13 January 2009

Ten people were injured when a double-decker bus, swerving to avoid a van, crashed into the front of the Lacy Gallery on Westbourne Grove, London.

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Roger Warner collection comes up at auction

13 January 2009

The death last year aged 98 of Roger Warner brought to a close the long career of one of the last old school eclectic but knowledgeable country dealers.

Norman Adams prepare to shut up shop for good

13 January 2009

NORMAN Adams Ltd., leading specialists in classic English period furniture for more than eight decades, are shutting their Knightsbridge showrooms and putting their current stock into a sale at Sotheby’s.

Ex-employee charged with stealing from Skinner

13 January 2009

A former long-term employee of New England auctioneers Skinner has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly stealing over $724,000 worth of cash and auctioned property.

Government to exclude artists’ heirs from resale right until 2012

05 January 2009

The British Government have notified the European Commission that they will not apply the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) to the heirs of dead artists until 2012.

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Plymouth trio makes return after 96 years

05 January 2009

A rare set of three graduated Plymouth baluster-shaped hard paste porcelain mugs, c.1768-70, were offered at Mellors & Kirk of Nottingham last month.

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Pickleherring discovery at £45,000

05 January 2009

The evocatively named Pickleherring factory is one of the earliest known locations where English delftware was produced.