Auction houses [ Trade ]
… sales relocated from the Royal Exchange and its networks of wharfs and warehouses to the artistic clusters of Soho and Covent Garden and later on flourished in the West End and Pall Mall, completing their transition from commercial venues to … artistic clusters developed dedicated rooms for these sales, such as Christopher Cock’s great rooms on the Great Piazza, Covent Garden , or the nearby Mr. Hutchins’ communicating rooms between Hart street and King Street. By the middle of the …
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