I have a terrible habit. It started when I was 18, and for decades, I haven’t been able to shake it. I am—deep breath—an antiques dealer. It’s an addiction, really. Some people collect stamps, some hoard shoes. Me? I’m surrounded by a lifetime of treasures, most of which I picked up in my twenties. Take … Continue reading The Accidental Collector: A Lifetime in the Antiques Trade
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The Delights of Vintage Photographs. Tommy Cooper and Mount Radford School Exeter.
It is probably because I have been a vintage dealer since I was 18 that when Shooting the Past, the brilliant Stephen Poliakoff drama about photographic archives, with Timothy Spall and Lindsay Duncan, came out in 1999 that I was so enraptured by it. KA Perratt. Weekly we see the past recreated to varying degrees … Continue reading The Delights of Vintage Photographs. Tommy Cooper and Mount Radford School Exeter.
The Rights of Fans. 