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TV auctioneer Philip Serrell reveals his cut-throat business in a memoir

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BOOK OF THE WEEK WHAT AM I BID? MY LIFE UNDER THE HAMMER   by Philip Serrell (Hodder £20, 240 pp) My hope is that Philip Serrell will do for the antiques trade what James Herriot did for cows’ bottoms, as his memoir contains every ingredient for similar popular success. Instead of the Yorkshire Dales, we … Read more

Lockdown puppies sparked a cut-throat canine market of rocketing rates and outright theft

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Lockdown, as we all know, has had its stressful and unseemly moments: brawls in the supermarkets, face-offs in the pharmacies. In short, it’s been a dog-eat-dog world out there. And nowhere has that phrase had a sharper resonance than in the market for puppies.  As thousands of people have been desperate to get a canine … Read more