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Antiques & Collectables
The Royal Doulton group acquired the Beswick factory in 1969 and when the modeller Albert Hallam retired in 1975, Graham Tongue became the head modeller at the Beswick studio and added many new characters to the range in the 1980's.
Beatrix Potter figures have become highly collectable and so far, the 1990's has seen Graham Tongue develop the Beatrix Potter collection for the 100th birthday of Peter Rabbit in 1994. 1997 saw yet more celebrations as Beatrix Potter figures had been in continuous production for Beswick for 50 years.
19 figures were withdrawn in 1997 making more than 60 retired figures for collectors to find.
Quite a task and getting more difficult each year so how does one handle this situation . . . .
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