Hardly worth the paper they are written on

Article Abstract:

Judith Grant, an autograph dealer in London, says that signatures of politicians apart from prime ministers have no value. Prime minister John Major's signature is worth around 20 to 25 and a good signed photograph 40 to 50 pounds sterling. There are an appreciable number of people who collect prime ministers' signatures so their value is correspondingly higher. A Margarat Thatcher signed photograph would fetch around 75 and her signature 20 pounds sterling. Churchill's signed photograph could be worth a thousand pounds sterling, he being regarded as the greatest ever statesman and he was also a writer which adds value.

Prime ministers, Collections and collecting, Signatures (Writing)

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It may be art, but is it accessible?

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Maurice Rickards of the Ephemera Society hopes that technology will one day provide an international image bank which can create peel-off images. The Courtauld Institute of Art, London has a computerised photographic archive of 2 million images which can be accessed by owner, sale records, exhibition and subject. Other databases are available: 'Thesaurus' covers all UK and Irish auction houses, 'Art Sales Index' records sales of 120,000 artists and 'Art Market Analysis' offers advice on investment.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Information services, Art industry, Art industries and trade, Thesaurus (Data base), Art Sales Index (Data base), Art Market Analysis (Data base)

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An end to the silver standard

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A European Court of Justice ruling will prompt changes to regulations on the hallmarking of silver in the UK. From spring 1997, these changes will allow European exporters to sell silver with neither the official British import hallmark nor the hallmark of the International Hallmarking Convention in the UK. It will be legal to sell imported items described of silver without first having them tested for their content and hallmarked by one of the four independent assay offices in the UK.

Laws, regulations and rules, Silver industry

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