Trade mourning loss of two leading lights

THE antiques trade is mourning the loss of two of the leading figures of their generation. Maurice Turpin (1928-2005), the Mayfair dealer in fine period furniture and objects and David Sanctuary Howard (1928-2005), Chinese export porcelain connoisseur, both died, aged 77, last week.

Known throughout the trade as Dick, larger-than-life character Maurice Turpin established his dealer…

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