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Interest-Free Collectors

December 1, 2009 by Marion Maneker

The BBC News takes the Telegraph’s story on the Own Art buyers and adds a little video. Here’s David Pike, the pig farmer who lives with some of his art collection in a camper on his land, explaining how he found himself in such circumstances:

David Pike's CaravanBut that’s not the only video. The BBC also visits with Regan Harle, a factory worker, who has had his own portrait painted with his beloved scooter.

Interest-Free Loans Create a Unique Set of Art Collectors (BBC News)

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