In the last series of Four Rooms, a dealer paid £2,000 for a battered Victorian oak pedestal desk with missing drawers – because it was the same desk Bram Stoker used to write his (more…)
Lancashire antique collectors wondering whether to hold on to their ebonised furniture might be interested to know that a lacquered secretaire-à-abattant – which once belonged to the Royal Mistress of King Louis XV, Mme de Pompadour – was the top-selling lot at (more…)
American antiques expert Dr Lori has some advice for people anxious to learn more about that victorian oak pedestal desk or (more…)
A portable antique desk once used by the Victorian authoress George Eliot was stolen in a theft carried out during (more…)
In Lancashire, the heirloom hidden away in an antique oak partners desk might be worth more than the desk itself, as a recent Flog It! episode proved.
Now in its (more…)
The antique desks of Teddesley Hall have long since vanished, but one of its diaries has survived, offering a fascinating glimpse into life at one of England’s lost (more…)
Lancashire fans of Antiques Roadshow might be surprised to know the programme has an American counterpart, which has just (more…)
Antique Trader magazine recently published an article by Fred Taylor, AKA the Furniture Detective, which would be of interest to anyone wanting to know the true value of their antique desk or (more…)
A 30 year search for buried treasure by two amateur metal detectives has been rewarded with a one ton hoard of silver coins, found buried under a hedge on Jersey. (more…)
Lancashire History Channel viewers will no doubt be familiar with American Pickers, the show which puts the spotlight on vintage gas pumps and tatty antique dining chairs. The show has inspired a (more…)