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Dick Ellis, 63, who headed the Metropolitan Police's Art and Antiques Unit for 10 years until he retired in 1999, said art had become a "natural target" as prices for the commodities had risen.

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Although the hotel is new, antiques, art and touches like teakwood floors and private plunge pools give it a historical feel.

BBC: Business trip: Bangkok

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The large, spare rooms of the brick warehouses and concrete silos, where contemporary art and unusual antiques mix with farm tables and oversize slipcovered sofas, encapsulate his vision in its most elevated form.

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It was a gamble, for although Irwin had worked in the antiques and interiors industry for years, first as an art handler at Christie's, then as a publicist within the business and a store manager, he had no actual design experience.

WSJ: Luke Irwin: The Country Weaver

Greater China generated nearly a third of art and antiques market revenue last year, according to a recent study by the European Fine Art Foundation, surpassing the U.S. for the first time.

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