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Get your hands on a fine chest
Onward with Part 2 of buying at auction. If you missed it, Part 1 is here and includes four of the lessons I’ve learned in many years of auction buying.THE FOUR IN FORWARD We got to the point where you have viewed your chest, ooer missus, and decided as chests go, it is the on...
20/05/2016
Posted by Paul Hardy
You want me to take how much
You have an expectation of your antiques dealer. Quite right too. We should know our stock, its condition and so on, and be able to tell you about it too. In other words, we should be professional about our trade, especially when we're offering items for sale to you. But why should we b...
23/05/2016
Posted by Paul Hardy
William Morris knew a thing or two
I was asked the other day "what should I be buying?" And wow, that's a knotty one! I'm got out of it by deploying the William Morris side-step. As old Bill said, "have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful" (my underline - the two are li...
07/05/2016
Posted by Paul Hardy
I hope you like a decent chest
I’ve taken three apprehensive people to auction who, despite being dealers, have never been before. Yeah, I know. I don't understand why they needed their hands holding, auctions are easy. Well, easy-ish. After many years I’ve picked up the odd thing here and th...
16/05/2016
Posted by Paul Hardy
La Belle Brocante
I'm off to France again on Saturday. That's the third time in three months. And goodness me its an expensive business, just getting there. So you'd be quite within your rights to ask why?! And I'm not entirely sure I can give you the most logical answer, if we are being strictly business...
08/08/2018
Posted by Paul Hardy
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