Dear all
This may be of interest to those of you who have been following the rescue
attempts of the Poole Pottery Archive and artefacts.
This week's Antiques Trade Gazette 17th April pp.11-12 has a lengthy
article on the 'rescue bid.' It includes details of those involved, how
they co-ordinated efforts, sums of money contributed and the outcomes at
auction. Very sympathetically written with some good illustrations.
It is also quite a useful article in terms of 'case history' for
collections at risk.
Teresa
For those of you who don't yet know, 77 of 290 lots were secured for
preservation - Poole Borough went to the auction with 100 of the 290 lots
on their 'wish list'. A very succesful outcome in very difficult
circumstances!
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