Diamonds are a girls best friend

Diamonds are a girls best friend

Collecting Antique Jewellery Marilyn Monroe hit the nail on the head with the words ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’ however...

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Collecting Japanese woodblock prints

The art of Japanese woodblock prints represent stunning representations of Japanese life from breath-taking landscapes and beautiful women to...

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Collecting first editions – an...

Ernest Hemingway once said, "There is no friend as loyal as a book." And if you are one of the many investors who have watched your savings...

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Andrew Grima

The jeweller Andrew Grima may not be familiar to everyone; in fact his name is one that most have never even heard of! Andrew Grima however...

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Collecting children's books

We are all children at heart and at this time of year what better way to give in to the child inside than dust off those books that gave us...

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The magical world of Piero Fornasetti

Over the last 10 years Fornasetti’s designs have become more and more popular as his son Barnaba and now company director has transformed...

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Coco Chanel – Fashion Designer –...

“I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never...

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Understanding silver hallmarks

Silver has been a subject of desire through the history of civilisation  from adoring the Romans and Vikings right through to the modern day,...

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Toy Story

The market for collectable toys is fuelled by nostalgia and so is ever changing. We have seen prices rising dramatically for toys from the 1970s....

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Print collecting

It may sound like a paradox but my advice to would-be collectors is never collect anything that is sold as collectable.  Things like first...

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Fieldings 15 years on... by Judith...

When I joined the company in January 2004 Fieldings had a small office/gallery on Market Street in Stourbridge, 10 sales a year were held at...

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Collecting Italian glass

When people talk about Italian art glass, they are usually referring to the vases goblets, and decorative objects produced in the city of Venice...

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