High Court ruling leaves Wedgewood Museum collection under threat of sell off

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The historic Wedgwood Museum collection could be sold off after the High Court ruled the artefacts could be disposed of to pay off debts, which include a £134m liability owed to the pension scheme.

Judges ruled the 250 year old collection - which now faces being sold off to the highest bidder - was not held by the Museum and could therefore be used by administrators to pay off creditors, whic...

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