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"...
Looking At Furniture, Issue 45 February 19, 2019Clinton HowellI learned recently that two of the London English furniture dealers that I knew for a great length of time, Bernard Apter and Stewart Whittington, had died. Stewart was a...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 44 December 10, 2018Clinton HowellI believe that one of the greatest attractions of antique furniture and, in particular, English antique furniture, is how it reflects on the changing nature of English society through the...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 43 November 26, 2018Clinton HowellThe politics of business often leaves one speechless, but clients are often pretty hard to understand as well. Dealers don't often talk about their clients, there is certainly a trust...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 42 November 12, 2018Clinton HowellThe pleasure of being in an up market is contradicted by the difficulties of, at least in the case of English furniture dealers in the 1990's, finding quality goods to...
