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Hello!

Its been a while now since our last Auction so I thought you might like to know that our next Auction will be held on the 13th March 2004. Viewing will be on Friday the 12th March from 10-00 until 3-00pm and from 09-00 on the sale day as normal. For a breakdown of some of the items in the sale there will be a copy of the advert on our web page www.clarksonjames.com and then the catalogue should be on line by Thursday 11th March.


Please note that we now require PROOF OF IDENTITY at every Auction so please bring either your driving licence your passport or two utility bills showing both your Name AND Your Current Address.

Unfortunately if you are unable to prove who you are and where you live we shall be unable to register you for the Auction and therefore you will Not be able to Bid.

Hope to see you on the day
Regards
Yan

Team Auctions, 60 Bentinck Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Tel: 0191 226 0670. Sales of commercial catering equipment at 11am. Wednesday 10th March at Skipsea Sands Holiday Home Park & Leisure Complex, Mill Lane, Skipsea, West Yorkshire. Thursday 11th March at the Park Hotel, Grand Parade, Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear. Monday 15th March at Carew Market, Carew Airfield, Sageston, Tenby, Dyfedon. Tuesday 16th Match; The Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. Thursday 18th March at Carlisle Racecourse, The Bell Hall, Durdar Road, Carlisle, Cumbria.

Isaacs Auctions, 341 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester. Tel: 0161 881 6266. Wednesday 10th March at 10.30am; a sale of display kitchens. Taking place at Unit 8 Shap Road Ind. Est., Kendal.

Henry Butcher, Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London. Tel: 020 7405 8411. Wednesday 10th March at 11am; a sale of modern CNC and conventional tool room machinery. Taking place at Unit 7, Bessemer Park, Basingstoke, Hants. Thursday 18th March at 11am; a sale of office equipment, stores and workshop furniture. Taking place at Bookham Technology PLC at Milton Park Industrial Estate, Abingdon.

Dreweatt Neate, Donnington Priory Salerooms, Donnington, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2JE Tel: 01635 553553 Wednesday 10th March; sale of tractors, vehicles and farm machinery.
Stevens Champion & Slater, The Salerooms, 61 Water Street, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 200 2206. Wednesday 10th March at 11am; a sale of 23 commercial and private vehicles. Taking place at Zaks Coaches, Shady Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham.

Lithgow Sons & Partners, The Auction Houses, Station Road, Middlesborough. Tel: 01642 710158. Wednesday 10th March at 11am; a sale of tools, machinery and vehicles. Taking place at Station Road. Saturday 13th March at 11am; a sale of Persian and Oriental carpets. Taking place at Station Road. Wednesday 17th March at 11am; a sale of commercial gymnasium equipment. Taking place at Station Road.

Smith Hodgkinson & McGinty, The Auction Centre, Chorley, Lancs. Tel: 01257 263 633. Thursday 11th March at 10am; a sale of engineering machine tools, laboratory equipment, office furniture and effects. Taking place at LG Phillips Displays, Balmoral Drive, Southport.

New Kensington Auctions, 255 Lythalls Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry. Tel: (catalogue) 02476 667366. Saturday 13th March; a sale of customer returns, computer accessories, stationery etc. Taking place at Lythalls Lane.

CJM Asset Management, Duchess House, Queensway Court, North Lincs. Tel: 01724 334411. Tuesday 16th March at 11am; a sale of machine tools including lathes, milling machines, tool room equipment. Taking place at the Unit 7 Brickfield Lane, Chandlers Ford, Hants

Clarkson James, 327 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2PE
Tel: 01702 617722 Fax: 01702 612100

Gorringes
15 North Street, Lewes, BN7 2PD
Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables
9-11/3/2004

Byrne''s Fine Art Auctioneers
Booth Mansion, 30 Watergate Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2LA
Antique Furniture, Ceramics, Glass, Silver & Silver Plate, Objects d''Art Jewellery & Pictures.
10/3/2004

Cheffins
Clifton House, 1 & 2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 7EA
Pictures, Printed Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Related Items.
10/3/2004

Dreweatt Neate
Donnington Priory Salerooms, Donnington, Newbury, RG14 2JE
Antique and Country Furniture, Clocks, Scientific Instruments and Works of Art.
10/3/2004

Potteries Specialist Auctions
271 Waterloo Road, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3HR
Specialist Royal Doulton and Beswick Auction to include a large collection of Seriesware.
10/3/2004

S.R. Thomas (Odiham Auctions)
North Warnborough Village Hall, Nr. Odiham, Hampshire, (Junction 5, M3)
FINE ART AND ANTIQUES SALE.
10/3/2004

Sotheby''s Olympia
Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London,
W14 8UX
British and Continental Paintings
10/3/2004

Special Auction Services
Kennetholme, Midgham, Nr. Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5UX
Internet and Postal Auction.
10/3/2004

Ewbank Auctioneers
The Burnt Common Auction Rooms, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LN
Spring Antiques & Fine Art Auction.
11/3/2004

Morphets of Harrogate NEW
6 Albert Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 1JL
BOXES and TREEN, OBJETS d''ART, COLLECTABLES, TEXTILES, TOYS, BOOKS and EPHEMERA, BRITISH and CONTINENTAL CERAMICS, ORIENTAL CERAMICS and WORKS OF ART, GLASS, SILVER PLATED WARE and SILVER, JEWELLERY and OBJETS DE VERTU, OIL PAINTINGS and WATERCOLOURS, PRINTS and MAPS, CLOCKS and RUGS, PERIOD FURNITURE. ARTS and CRAFTS. 20th CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS and DESIGN including FURNITURE, CERAMICS, GLASS, METALWARE and TREEN.
11/3/2004

Heathfield Auction Rooms, The Market, Burwash Road, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 8RA
ANTIQUE & GENERAL FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGS, CLOCKS, CHINA, GLASS & COLLECTORS'' ITEMS
11/3/2004

News

Proceeds of crime act!!!

You may have noticed that many auctioneers now require proof of ID before you are able to bid. This is part of a wide ranging act brought in by the government coming into effect in March, sneaked in under the guise of 'money laundering and anti-terror laws'.

This government is actually turing the country into it's own private police and informant force.

It is now illegal to spend more than £10,000 cash anywhere in the country unless you can prove it's origin!

Try spending £10K cash on a car or a bit of Georgian silver and see the paperwork you have to fill out!

And that's just the beginning.

An accountant kindly gave GAUK an in site into the wide ranging, implications of this bill.

As far as it can be interpreted this act it means that accounts are now under an obligation to report anything suspicious to a new body the government has set up... and they are not allowed to tell the client that they have been reported.

Now you may think this is ok as you're not a criminal!

Well you don't have to be - We read some of the heinous 'crimes' you can now be reported for.

"If the accountant visits your place of work and happens to over hear you call your wife on the business line, you have to be reported. This is a private call and cannot be claimed as business!!!"

It appears that your account can no longer be your friend, they are now under an obligation to disclose ANYTHING UNTOWARD.

In practice we can't see how this can work but this is now law and you have been warned.

We recommend that before you discuss anything with anyone concerning your financial dealing ask to know more about 'the proceeds of crime bill'

This act does not just cover accountants. The banks have for some time now been forced to report any 'suspicious' dealings, but this has been stepped up a gear and bank staff can get into a lot of trouble for failing to report a whole range of 'erroneous' transactions.

What do the banks consider as 'dodgy dealing'?

Any cash withdrawal or lodgment of over £5,000!

September 11 was a devastating tradegy, not only for the all the people involved on the day, but for the rest of the world who are now suffering the consequences.

One media advisor was pilloried for her insensitive comment that 'it was a good day to release bad news'. If you were a little cynical you'd say that it was a good day for the government to swing in a raft of laws that under normal circumstances would be thrown out at the first hearing.

You may also ask are we now to be flagged up as potential terrorists and criminals for calling home to tell the other half you'll be late home?

If you have a comment about this please

The Positive Club

“And Blondin said to the crowd, “Do you believe?”
 
Some years ago I heard a famous presenter use the story about Charles Blondin’s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls and was so taken by the story that I did some research.
 
I found the ‘full’ details and now often use this story as my ending when giving a platform speech at a conference.
 
Here it is:
 
On the 30th June 1859 Charles Blondin (real name: Jean Francois Gravelet) the famous tightrope walker, walked on a tightrope across Niagara Gorge.
 
The usual story is that he walked across Niagara Falls – but – my research indicates that the man who owned the falls wouldn’t let Blondin do it there and Blondin settled on walking across the Gorge instead.
 
Blondin and his associates had strung a hawser across the Gorge to Goat Island in the middle of the Gorge. It was 1000 feet long and swayed 180 feet in the air. The Niagara River in the valley below derives its name from a North American Indian word meaning – Thunder Water- appropriately named!
 
A small crowd had gathered to see Blondin do this death-defying feat. Turning to the crowd Blondin asked, “Do you believe I can walk across the tightrope to Goat Island, 1000 feet in the wind and the rain, carrying only this long pole – and come back safely?”
 
The crowd obviously didn’t know if Blondin could do it but urged him on. (As crowds do!)
 
So Blondin did it! All the way there and all the way back - whilst the rope swayed in the wind and rain. 1000 feet there – 1000 feet back.
 
The crowd went wild!
 
Blondin quietened them and asked, “Do you believe that I can walk to the middle of the rope carrying this ball of string, lower it down to a boat in the river below (The boat was called: The Maid in the Mist) pull up a bottle, drink from it, throw the bottle away and come back safely?”
 
The crowd screamed, “We believe!”
 
So – Blondin did it.
 
Again the crowd was in uproar at this brilliant display of skill.
 
Blondin hushed them again and enquired, “Do you believe I can walk all the way to Goat Island, 1000 feet and come back safely – with someone sat on my shoulders?”
 
The crowded roared as one, “We believe!”
 
“ OK” said Blondin, “Who is it going to be?”

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