Show Britons Briton yell bell ell Famil i rt To Bolster Bank Accounts LONDON Pirates Pirates of two centuries centuries centuries ries ago may have been daring and gallant but the loot they carried across the seven seas was only I chicken feed compared to great for for- fortunes forI I tunes in rare paintings old books I antique furniture and other objects dart d'art now legally being taken from one continent to another I 1 In the wake of World War II many royal Britons are parting with fam fam- family family family I ily heirlooms to bolster their th ir dwin dwin- dwindling dwindling bank accounts and the war- war profit rich are taking advantage I. I of this to guard against inflation by byj j putting their money into these price- price priceless i I less pieces of art I According to board of trade sta sta- statistics staI sta- sta statistics curios shipped to the United I States alone reached the mark the first six months of this year while paintings bought by byI American collectors totaled twice I that much Even student copies of ot the great masters sometimes sometimes' reach 2000 I Two of the principal art auction r I houses here Christies Christie's and bys by's are reputedly doing the th biggest business in their history with the r usual 10 per cent of their daily two- two hour auctions hitting the fig fig- Ire Jre J |