The curse of Tutankhamun and the dangers of dodgy pyramid selling
Dodgy antiquities dealer or dodgy seller or dodgy both? Many years ago, I worked from one of the largest #antique centres in the south of...
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Sell My Antiques
- Feb 21
- 4 min
How to make a living from antiques and why most don't.
Some people make a living from antiques, but very few. #Antiques dealing looks easy, in the U.K. we have been brought up with it from the...
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Sell My Antiques
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Odd what you find in the road, #Roman pot?
This was a nice find and it literally was a find. After serious flooding in the Upper Thames a few years ago I found this pot in about...
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Sell My Antiques
- Oct 12, 2019
- 2 min
Meerschaum Pipes
Just in this week a stunning example of a 19th century Meerschaum smoking pipe. Meerschaum has been called as White Goddess, Venus of the...
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Sell My Antiques
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Trench art
This is a piece of First World War trench art and we can date it to exactly 100 years old give or take 60 days. Trench art was originally...
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Sell My Antiques
- Aug 20, 2019
- 2 min
Hallmarks, clowns & silver
We have all seen the “experts” on the television look at a piece of British silver and proclaim from the hallmark that it was made in...
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Sell My Antiques
- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
Direct Line Insurance estimate that we have £222 billion worth of antiques in our attics, True?
An interesting article in the “Money” section of #Times of Saturday the 10th of August 2019 states that two thirds of people in the UK...
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Sell My Antiques
- Jun 29, 2019
- 3 min
Ever wondered the law if you find treasure in your back garden?
Ever wondered about treasure you find? We do not deal in coins before 1600 or any antiquities and there is a reason for that. The...
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Sell My Antiques
- Jun 3, 2019
- 3 min
Antique Dealers Bingo
Although just about everyone in the business thinks that the antiques trade is the best in the world, sitting in a village hall for...
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Sell My Antiques
- Apr 22, 2019
- 2 min
It's A Bramah
We have all heard the term “Bramah” which refers to something of quality. The term seems to have originated in South London in the early...
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Sell My Antiques
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
The demise of the high street antiques shop
Only about twenty years ago many town and city high streets would have had at least a couple of antique shops but slowly they have...
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Sell My Antiques
- Mar 25, 2019
- 1 min
Some are keepers
Sometimes in life you must step back and review things. I often forget what a fantastic job I have dealing in antiques. We buy some...
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Sell My Antiques
- Mar 10, 2019
- 3 min
The Auction Ring
Have you ever heard of the #auction ring, do you understand how it works and why the seller loses? It is illegal but I have seen it in...
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