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How to Spot a Giclee Reproduction Sold as an Antique
The framed botanical on the dealer's wall has the right foxing, the right soft colours and a price tag of $340, and you cannot...
Founder and lead buyer
Dorothy spent fifteen years working auction rooms across the North of England before opening a dealership focused on Victorian and Edwardian pieces. She started this site because too much of what gets written about antiques either talks down to beginners or ignores them entirely.
Prints, Maps and Books
The framed botanical on the dealer's wall has the right foxing, the right soft colours and a price tag of $340, and you cannot...
Prints, Maps and Books
The dealer's label says "engraving," the price says engraving, and you are standing in a fair hall with a print that might be a...
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A seller writes "first edition" on a card in front of a book and doubles the price, and most buyers have no way to check the...
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You have found a lovely 1840s steel engraving at a fair, but the margins are freckled with rusty brown spots and the dealer has...
Care and Preservation
Most porcelain that breaks during a house move does not break on the motorway.
Prints, Maps and Books
At almost any provincial print fair you will find a box of flower plates marked at 35 pounds each, and a few feet away a single...