Games
A Short History of Numbers Games and Lotteries
Games of chance built around numbers are among the oldest pastimes we have records of, and they have left a long trail of...
Furniture and decorative arts writer, page 2 of 7
Edmund trained as a cabinet restorer, which gives him an angle most writers miss: he has taken apart enough pieces to know what the construction tells you about the date. He writes about period styles, joinery and how condition grading affects resale.
Games
Games of chance built around numbers are among the oldest pastimes we have records of, and they have left a long trail of...
Prints, Maps and Books
Every few weeks someone brings me a framed Hiroshige snow scene from a house clearance, certain it is worth a small fortune...
Prints, Maps and Books
At a provincial sale a few years ago, two copies of the same 1790s botanical engraving sold twenty minutes apart.
Period Furniture
Veneer has a bad reputation among new buyers, who tend to treat the word as a warning that a piece is cheap or not really...
Games
Game artists spend enormous effort making new objects look old.
Games
There is a particular pleasure in laying out a museum wing in a management game, choosing which pieces sit together, how the...