Antique

Bargain Hunt is censured by BBC watchdog after antique dealer said false claims tarnished his name 

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Bargain Hunt was censured by the BBC complaints watchdog after an antique dealer said false on-air claims that a ring he sold to contestants wasn’t a Victorian original tarnished his name.  The jeweller said the programme had damaged his reputation in the industry when it suggested a ring he sold was made in the 1950s, … Read more

Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes closed making 26,000 firearms illegal

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Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes will be closed in move that will make 26,000 firearms illegal Seven types of ammunition no longer classed under ‘antique firearm’ category  Legal exemption designed to allow collectors and dealers to trade old firearms It was exploited by criminals and six deaths linked to antique … Read more

Descendant of 17th century spy wins court battle over his antique sword

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A descendant of mysterious seventeenth century spy and man of letters Fulke Greville has won an extraordinary battle to reclaim a sword that once belonged to his forbear, amid claims it had been ‘stolen’ from his tomb by the Earls of Warwick British writer and historian Rene Greville, has won possession of the sword after … Read more

West Midlands schoolgirl is earning hundreds of pounds selling antique bottles from shed in garden

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A seven-year-old schoolgirl is raking in hundreds of pounds after launching an antique bottle shop in her parents’ back garden. Betsy-Mae Lloyd, from Wednesbury in the West Midlands, opened her business from a Victorian-style play shed after digging up thousands of old bottles at landfill sites. The primary school pupil has been flogging the antique bottles, … Read more

Police hunt thieves after collection of rare antique cameras worth £30,000 is stolen from lock up

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Police hunt thieves after collection of rare antique cameras worth £30,000 including rare black and white photo of Irish author James Joyce is stolen from London lock up A collection of camers worth £30,000 were stolen from a north London lock-up Police were called to a storage facility in Waltham Forest by staff on April … Read more

‘Banks only lend to those that don’t need the cash,’ says Antique furniture seller Claire McFadyen

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‘Banks only lend to those that don’t need the cash,’ says Antique furniture seller Claire McFadyen By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:28 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 16 April 2020 Antique furniture seller Claire McFadyen had experienced her best two months of trading in six years of business before … Read more