Anita Manning's auction house criticised for offering human remains

Human bones, including a skull, were to go under the hammer on Friday, but Great Western Auctions has now withdrawn the item.
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Auction house withdraws shrunken heads and other human remains from sale following outcry

London (CNN) — An auction house in England has withdrawn human remains, including shrunken heads and ancestral skulls, from sale following an outcry. The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire ...
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Viewpoint: Auction houses in the UK still sell human remains, and it's time they stopped

In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including skulls from west Africa and shrunken heads from South America. They were ...
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18 ancient Egyptian human skulls are being auctioned for $250 each, in a grim sale of colonial spoils

A British auction house has been criticized after listing 18 human skulls from ancient Egypt. The skulls — of 10 men, five women, and three people of uncertain sex — are for sale at a guide price of ...
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Anita Manning's auction house criticised for offering human remains

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Glasgow auction house founded by TV presenter Anita Manning has been criticised for offering human remains for sale. Human bones ...