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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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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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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 Bir...

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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 ha...

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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 interna...

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Jun 3, 2019
2 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 seve...

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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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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 disapp...

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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 fanta...

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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 ac...

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We pay GOLD 22c £28.00g

9c £10.00g

SILVER £8.00 Oz

Meerschaum Pipes

Trench art

Hallmarks, clowns & silver

Direct Line Insurance estimate that we have £222 billion worth of antiques in our attics, True?

Ever wondered the law if you find treasure in your back garden?

Antique Dealers Bingo

It's A Bramah

The demise of the high street antiques shop

Some are keepers

The Auction Ring