Show britons sell cell family art to bolster bank accounts LONDON pirates of two centuries ago may have been daring and gallant but the loot they carried across the seven sens seas was only chicken feed compared to great fortunes in rare paintings old books antique furniture urn iture and other objects wart dart now legally being taken from one continent to another in the wake of world war II 11 many royal britons are parting with family heirlooms heir looms to bolster their dwindling bank accounts and the war profit rich are taking advantage of this to guard against inflation by putting their money into these priceless pieces of art according to board of trade statistics curios shipped to the united states alone reached the 3 mark the first six months ot of this year while paintings bought by american collectors totaled twice that much even student copies of the great masters sometimes reach 2000 two of the principal art auction houses here christies christias Chri sties and bys are reputedly doing the biggest business in their history with the usual 10 per cent of their daily two hour auctions hitting the fig ure r |