We buy Antiques, collectables & interesting items.

About 25 years ago I knew a numismatist (coin specialist) who was in the same antiques centre as me. He had just turned 50 and decided...

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...

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...

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...

Just in this week a stunning example of a 19th century Meerschaum smoking pipe. Meerschaum has been called as White Goddess, Venus of the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Although just about everyone in the business thinks that the antiques trade is the best in the world, sitting in a village hall for...

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...

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...

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...

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...