“The Waiter” is a glass, bird-like figure designed by the late Finnish artist Oiva Toikka for the glass makers Iittala. The figure stands about 200mm…
Have you ever wondered what if no one bids on an auction lot? If you’ve ever watched an auction you’ll probably have heard the auctioneer…
A small town with a long history Leominster is a market town, midway between Hereford and Ludlow, about 8 miles from the Welsh border. If…
We are the proud owners of two carved wooden “dragon lamps”. The larger of the two provides a very comforting presence in our hallway, particularly…
In Britain, unless you frequently buy second hand goods somewhere like a car boot sale, most of us don’t usually do much in the way…
I saw my first example of a Royal Doulton Autumn Foliage vase in an auction about six years ago. I was immediately attracted to it…
At a recent antiques fair, I met a collector who explained to me the date cyphers to be found on Cobridge pottery. Having had a…
Everyone in the antiques world dreams of finding The Big One. Unearthing something that ends up being worth many times what you paid for it.…
Bidding online at an auction last year I got a bit trigger happy and finished with several lots of Isle of Wight Studio Glass that…
After four months of research, head scratching, server builds (and rebuilds), software installations and remembering how to write, I’ve turned off the “Do not index”…