Charitable Moderation

In an admirable access of British decency prompted by only a single spate of complaints, a leading auction house has condescended not to take fees on charity sales, at least for a few months. After a recent auction with "all proceeds in support of Teenage Cancer Trust," it emerged on inquiry that "all proceeds" excluded a premium of at least twenty-eight per cent of the sale price. The auction house now says it has refrained from charging fees on charity sales so far this year, and will continue to do so "in the next few months," after which presumably any fuss will have conveniently died down and teenage cancer victims will have learned to take more responsibility.