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Human bones, including a skull, were to go under the hammer on Friday, but Great Western Auctions has now withdrawn the item.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London (CNN) — An auction house in England has withdrawn human remains, including shrunken heads and ancestral skulls, from sale following an outcry.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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Museums and auction houses should not hold human remains, UK lawmakers say

(CNN) — Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the sale of human body parts in auction houses. The All-Party ...
Business Insider

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 ...

Bargain Hunt star's auction company slammed for selling human remains

Anita Manning's company was branded unethical and unacceptable" for attempting to sell human body parts ...
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Auction houses 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 ...