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If you don’t know about “bickers”, “luggies”, “spongeware” or “hookies”, read on. Before 19th century industrialisation brought mass-produced consumer goods within the reach of everyone, communities relied on artisan craftsmen for their household tools and decorative knickknacks.
Nowhere is this more pronounced than in Scotland which has a long history of traditional crafts that are highly […]

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by Christopher Proudlove©Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Português

I’m no stock market investor but I do know one thing: if you want to make money, buy at the bottom of the market, not at its peak. Whether or not prices of antique furniture will fall further is open to speculation (and I ain’t […]

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by Christopher Proudlove©
Davenport desks; assorted tables for pastimes like playing cards, taking tea and sewing; footstools, nursing chairs and, perhaps best loved of all, whatnots and music canterburies.
All fit the same criteria: they are all are extremely pretty, well made and desirable, so demand is high and, […]

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Lancashire spindle back carverOriginally uploaded by Christopher Proudlove.
Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Portuguêsby Christopher Proudlove©
The Business Manager (Mrs P) and I visited one of the Cheshire’s poshest antiques fairs last Saturday - at Tatton Park, Knutsford - and were cheered to see there were actually some things we […]

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Lancashire spindle back carver Originally uploaded by Christopher Proudlove.
by Christopher Proudlove©
The Business Manager (Mrs P) and I visited one of the Cheshire’s poshest antiques fairs last Saturday - at Tatton Park, Knutsford - and were cheered to see there were actually some things we could afford. However, she soon put […]

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