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Young dealer’s open-door policy

Dealer Tom Hurst packs a lot into his young life. First there’s school at Milton Abbey in Dorset, where he is studying art.

For the past three years he has been adding to his tribal collections, including Zulu and Xhosa beadwork which he funded by setting up an eBay business.

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