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Oct 31, 2024 at 5:43 p.m.
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on antique shop was part of the landscape of Cherbourg (Manche). As we recalled in a previous article, we slipped in with caution for fear of snagging or dropping a trinket in this store which seemed full as an egg.
Debts and bills
Based in Cherbourg for over twenty yearsJulia Charlton and vu his business close permanently a few weeks ago after being placed in judicial liquidation.
The shopkeeper with the British accent still had debts and bills to repaywhich she was not able to absorb with her activity: “11,000 euros from Urssaf and taxes”she reveals.
Auction
The commercial court had therefore requested an estimate of the store when it was placed in recovery several months ago.
The auctioneer Samuel Boscher had put together 147 lots and photos and auctions at the auction house had been organized October 14, 2024. He then counted on “an estimate of 10,000 euros” of the items on sale.
If the trader considers it “completely ridiculous”, the expert denies it:
The fair price is that of the public auction.
And the facts argue in favor of the latter because the result is this: “Almost 10,000 euros of auction sales were made”.
Results must be added during the three-week period between the day of evaluation and the day of closure. In total, Julia Charlton claims to have “sold 20,000 euros worth of trinkets, jewelry, paintings in three weeks”.
“A difficult situation to accept”
The situation is therefore “difficult to accept” for her. Very close to its customersshe received many messages of support. “A lot of customers are sad, people came from everywhere to see me. They loved my personalityet my prices were not expensive. The store was popular! The problem wasn't business. “.
The last few weeks of opening were indeed difficult for other reasons. Julia meets “ lots of health problems “. At “almost 80 years old”, the passionatecan “no longer walk and his health has worsened”.
I didn't want to quit, but my health deteriorated.
A page therefore turns for her, for those who ring“retirement time” .
The case would holda potential buyerfor the end of the year”, without certainty for the moment.
From our correspondent Arthur PUYBERTIER
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