Hints and tips:
...Ian Plummer, a director at Auto Trader, said the average price of a new car had risen by 40 per cent over the past five years across all brands....
...asked one of them, Phoebe Plummer. Similar acts have taken place at art galleries in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia....
...Rival auctioneer Christie’s changed chief executives in December, when chairman Patricia Barbizet stepped into the role after Steven Murphy’s unexpected departure....
...At Christie’s, Mr Pinault has appointed Patricia Barbizet, a trusted lieutenant who is Christie’s chairman, to become chief executive as well from January....
...But Ripley creator Patricia Highsmith knew her Europe: she revelled with dark, caustic expertise in its un-Americanness....
...Michael Plummer of Artvest Partners, a New York-based firm that advises collectors, says: “It is premature to say it is indicative of a full recovery in the art market....
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