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‘Brown’ furniture, for a long time in decline, is once again popular with buyers, as Cotswold auctioneers Tayler and Fletcher proved on the 14th of April. (more…)
At PFK Auctioneers’ November 30th sale, an impressive Victorian breakfront bookcase, measuring over 12ft in width, was sold for an equally impressive £3300 against an estimate of £1000 – £2000. (more…)
Christmas is fast approaching, which means the bestsellers are flying off the shelves. Despite high-tech e-reading devices, traditional books are as popular as ever, and what better place to store them than a new antique bookcase?
In Lancashire and Cumbria, antique bookcases by the esteemed firm of Gillows of Lancaster are widely sought after. Early Gillows pieces are rated alongside those of Hepplewhite, Sheraton and (more…)
antique bookcases are generally in short supply on Bargain Hunt, the BBC1 program fronted by Tim Wonnacott, in which two teams battle to see who can make the best profit from 4 items purchased at a local antique fair. (more…)
An exact replica of the car driven by Dick Van Dyke in the 1968 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is estimated to make £250,000 when it is sold at auction later this month. This is an ambitious estimate. Earlier this year (more…)
A West Lancashire man who collects antiques firearms has received a two year jail sentence for not having the appropriate licences for four of his air rifles and ammunition. Karl Blennerhassett, aged 29 owns more than (more…)
Builders and developers in Chicago are basking in a renewed interest for properties, as they mix the old style with the new. Homeowners, builders and developers are all on the lookout for old treasure which will create a demand for their property. Steve Riordan is one homeowner with properties in Chicago and Flossmoor that have been renovated using antiques combined with new fittings. He’s used period light fittings, which have been rewired to comply with modern regulations and has a jail door from Ireland to make his wine cellar stand out from the crowd. (more…)
There has been a notable rise in import and export figures for fine art and furniture, such as antique chests and early Victorian dining chairs . However, Lancashire historians are worried that the buoyancy in trade will see important parts of our heritage lost. (more…)
Antique furniture should not only look good, but it should feel, sound and smell good too, so you need more than one sense to determine whether it is the piece for you.
Antiques require close inspection, not only to determine that they are what they purport to be, but to satisfy yourself that they have all the qualities that you want. You need to run your hand along them and feel the grain and (more…)
A recent article in the Washington Post, reported that 5000 people attended the Antiques Roadshow at its first outing in Washington. Apparently 23,000 people had chased after the 5,000 available tickets which show that the Roadshow is just as popular over in the US as it is in the UK. Although it hasn’t been running for quite the 30 years of the British version, the Roadshow has been filming in the US for 14 years now. An appraiser described the US version of the Roadshow as (more…)
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