An Antiquarian's Tale

I was visiting a friend a couple of weekends ago who is quite curious about the antiques world. She has bought antiques in the past and she has sold many...

Before English furniture hit the boom of the 1980's and 90's, decorators used furniture as an accent to a life style. Whether the choice was English, French, Biedermeier (check out...

The great mixer upper, market-wise, in the story of English furniture world over the last forty years has been the auction world. I am not putting a value on that...

Flying to and from the UK in the 1970's, 80's and 90's was always an adventure (in getting the cheapest ticket) as jet travel had become quite competitive.

The characters I have met in this business have been many and varied. I have met dealers who really aren't dealers, just gifted salespeople, usually with great charm and often...

There doesn't need to be fisticuffs (see last week's blog) for an auction to be memorable. And it is seldom the top lot in a sale that is the most...