Mollie Evans

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Mollie Evans (8 April 1922 1 July 2016) was "one of the most influential British antique dealers of the latter part of the 20th century". [1]

She was born Mary Isobel Simpson, into a large farming family of longstanding in Eamont Bridge, Cumberland. [1]

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Her shop in Richmond was called "Mollie Evans, Antique Furniture, Books, and Interesting Items". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Salmon, Alice Wooledge. "Mollie Evans obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2016.