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Liners of beauty

I WONDER whether the rise of online operations might be encouraging some salerooms to take on more small value properties, as the expenses of selling should be less than with actual catalogues and viewings. The thought was prompted by an auction devoted to crockery and other tableware from the great shipping lines held by Charles Miller, the maritime specialist, at the Olympia Auctions hub. If so, it was already coming before Covid-19, as Mr Miller held two similar sessions last year that were both

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