Prints, Maps and Books
Tarot Decks as Antiques: Identifying Pre-War Decks
The oldest tarot deck I have handled personally was a Marseille-pattern deck printed in Belgium around 1875, in a small...
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Everything we have published, newest first. Buying guides, identification notes, and the arguments we have had with advice that gets repeated without being tested.
Prints, Maps and Books
The oldest tarot deck I have handled personally was a Marseille-pattern deck printed in Belgium around 1875, in a small...
Ceramics and Porcelain
I have sold more jardinieres than I have sold any other single category of ceramic, and the reason is straightforward: they are...
Silver and Metalwork
My mother taught me to read hallmarks before she taught me to read cursive, which is a slight exaggeration but not by much.
Period Furniture
I spent five years working as a cabinet restorer before I started writing about furniture, and the joints are still where I...
Ceramics and Porcelain
I bought my first pair of Staffordshire flatback figures in 1998, at an auction in Leek, for 85 pounds.
Prints, Maps and Books
I once bought an eighteenth-century Speed map of Yorkshire described as "excellent condition, minor faults", paid 380 pounds...