An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 52 May 20, 2019Clinton HowellArt fairs are always enjoyable--it really doesn't matter how tony the event is as long as the art is reasonably well lit and easy to see. The European Art Fair...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 51 May 6, 2019Clinton HowellThe burning of Notre Dame in Paris was an horrific scene, one that was deeply affecting to all the people who have been to Notre Dame or even just visited...
An Antiquarians Tale, Issue 50 April 22, 2019Clinton HowellI visited Sydney, Australia in late August, 2001 en route to see my son who was at university in Hobart, Tasmania. I had visited previously in 1976 and I had...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 49 April 8, 2019Clinton HowellI have spent a lot of time in my career wondering why the English furniture market is so incapable of reaching consensus about certain aspects of furniture "knowledge".
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 48 March 18, 2019Clinton HowellI am going to veer off script in this issue for a couple of reasons. Some of you may know that I am President of the Confederation Internationale des Negociants...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 47 March 5, 2019Clinton HowellI remember being so very excited when I first started to find 17th, 18th and early 19th century pieces in junk shops around London. I would have a few "junk"...