Epilogue Apple Crates and Hinges
In Whitstable, on the southeast coast of England, several antiques shops wait on the summertime tourist trade. From these shops, old and shabby objects – rickety benches, bed frames, novelty ten-foot statues of wart-hogs – can be purchased for eye-watering prices. My favourite horror is the pile of...
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| Published in | Brewing Legal Times pp. 170 - 178 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Canada
University of Toronto Press
27.09.2016
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| Summary: | In Whitstable, on the southeast coast of England, several antiques shops wait on the summertime tourist trade. From these shops, old and shabby objects – rickety benches, bed frames, novelty ten-foot statues of wart-hogs – can be purchased for eye-watering prices. My favourite horror is the pile of “Kentish apple crates” outside one place on the roundabout in town, each crate fetching the equivalent of around $40. Why does this bug me? Is it something about their price? The fact that they’re being sold at all? Well, yes, but my first reaction to seeing this pile of entirely ordinary local |
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| ISBN: | 1442646055 9781442646056 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781442663909-009 |