ATG letter: ‘Old white men’ is in itself an offensive term

At 59, I am not sure whether the ‘Young Guard’ at Forum Auctions (ATG No 2609) would count me as an old man, but like a great many of us in the British antiques trade, in books and otherwise, of course I am white.

Your interviewees cite ‘old white men’ as an issue in the trade while also bemoaning ‘the racially…

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