Isolated islands seem obsessed with pocket watches

Brian Chesters, who appears on Dickinson’s Real Deal, says that people in isolated islands, including the Hebrides and the Channel Islands, all seem to have (more…)

Victorian satinwood cabinet displayed at Blenheim Palace fair

Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire was the elegant setting for the Cotswolds Art & Antique’s fair, returning for its second year from (more…)

Rare Gordon Russell cabinet seen on Antiques Road Show

Viewers watching last Sunday’s edition of the Antiques Road Show were treated to a rare (more…)

Antique collector’s forgetfulness costs him £150,000

The contents of antique cabinets are generally a lot more valuable if they are available as a set; a fact Oriental porcelain collector Tony Evans discovered to his cost after he sold his Kangxi dynasty rice bowl for £235,000 – and then remembered it was one of a pair which, together, could have realised over (more…)

The secret museum whose antique cabinets pack a lively Punch

18 Stafford Terrace is probably not a familiar address to people in Lancashire, but the antique desks, Victorian dining chairs and other contents represent one of the finest Aesthetic Victorian interiors in existence, and on 16th May it will be put under the spotlight in the Museums at Night festival.

Museums at Night is a yearly after-hours heritage and culture event held at museums, galleries, heritage sites, libraries and other cultural venues across the UK. Organised by Culture24, with funding from (more…)

Stately home could lose its antique cabinets

Cumbrian people visiting the beautiful Jacobean mansion of Audley End in Essex will find over 100 rooms adorned with antique chests, Victorian balloon back dining chairs and (more…)

Antique “Cabinet of Wonders” worth millions bequeathed to museum

An eccentric antique dealer with an eye for a bargain has bequeathed his private collection of Baroque and Renaissance treasures – worth tens of millions of pounds – to the (more…)

A Cardigan in bed – the impoverished earl with a mansion full of antique cabinets

The Preston resident with a Victorian mahogany pedestal desk and antique bookcase will no doubt feel a lot more privileged than David Brudenell-Bruce, who is currently living in a single room on a big estate, claiming (more…)

Landmark estate sale includes antique cabinets from two historic plantations

An auction house based in a historic Antebellum mansion is to host an auction of antique desks and other effects from (more…)

Discover the boozy truth about your antique cabinet

A Lancashire antique shop can take you on a fascinating trip back in history; delve deeper into the antique chest or cabinet that (more…)