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Article: Cool cat burglars They've got Sixties and Seventies kitsch in the bag.
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 10, 1997
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What are the Sixties collectables that no style-conscious
burglar dare be without? After all, it's no longer just the family
silver that goes into the swag bag, according to Detective Sergeant
Dick Ellis, head of Scotland Yard's art and antiques unit. Sixties
and Seventies gear, once considered junk, has become highly
desirable.
Such as Sixties lava lamps? Great style icon - but slim
pickings. Even a genuine period model is a mere pounds 65-pounds 75
at Alfie's Antique Market in Church Street, North London. Better to
pay pounds 49.95 for a brand new, best- selling Astro; no need to
keep that in the safe. The lava lamp factory in Poole, Dorset, has
upped production from 1,500 to 400,000 a ...
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