The old joke ...............whats an Italian urn. :idea £445,000 John Barratt of Bath inherited in the 1950's from his father Sir Sydney Barratt an urn old urn. He drilled it and put a cable through and made it into a lamp and proudly placed it and the red lamp shade on a table in his hall....

by George, it will be the Elgin Marbles next. :d Pop star Boy George bought an Icon in the 1980's and proudly displayed it on his bedroom wall. It was not until Bishop Porfyrios of the Greek Orthodox Church watched a Dutch TV documentary about the life of the pop star did the story of the Icon...

it is my site www.theantiquesman.com that that is down. :( so please type in www.antiquestrade.org this will take you strait to www.theantiquesman.com. :)

www.wdl.org Another step in progress towards world civilization and understanding of the oneness of humankind. World Digital Library by UNESCO is now open in 7 languages if you are interested or wish to use it www.wdl.org

5 pm Wednesday 5th January 2011 On the TV again BBC "ANTIQUE ROAD TRIP".

I wish you all a Happy New Year. Lets hope is is a good one for the antiques trade all the best. John Nolan

Hi Vanny. I hope you had a good Christmas... Hope you didn't get to drunk, and if you did I suppose you wouldn't remember it and if you didn't congratulations. Now the serious stuff... i just had an oil painting go unsold on eBay. Not a terrible quality lot and not terrible quality but it...

Hi. I have recently successfully won a oil painting which is purporting to be circa. 1843. Now before winning the item I was in two minds about the oil painting, now the more I look at it the more sceptical I am becoming. Does it look right to you Vanny or is it an over painted print? ...

24th December 2010. This will be my 65th Christmas on the planet and in those years I have never known a Christmas so bad, weather wise and business wise. But, looking on the bright side I am well, my family is well and my shop is full of stock. Over 90,000 items at the last count that is...

I've just come across this old catalogue from the London Group ...amazingly there are two L S Lowry's listed $63 & £105 respectively. Host of other artists too. E le Bas, Elliott Seabrooke & David Bomberg to name a few. Do you think it has any value? wish it had been signed by Lowry ;)

Like him or loath him.................Andy Warhol. I have just acquired 4 mugs by him. Marilyn Monroe studio-line by rosenthal. not old but will become a collectors item. I love them

Hey John I Have The Oportunity To Buy A Peice Of Scrimshaw From A Local Dealer. Its A Walrus Tusk To Be Exact. Nicely Engraved And Looks To Me To Be Maybe Late 19th Century. The Dealer Who Is Selling It Says He Dosn't Know The Age. But He Know's The Peice Was Sold In 2006 In Christie's

George Cohen Englands right back in the 1966 World Cup Final shirt is up for auction. The Red Number 2 shirt hopes to bring £15,000-£20,000 for the owners of the shirt Lothar Emmerich family. You may ask who are they. George Cohen swapped the shirt at the end of the game with Emmerich the...

24th Nov 2010 To day I had the privilege of buying yet another painting by my favourite artist, J.L.Isherwood. Click on picture for larger image

We have to at least say something about the Ching dynasty - Qianlong period vase that sold at Bainbridge's Auction. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk- 11745808 Peter Bainbridge was astonished when he brought the hammer down at 43 million pounds and so was I and every one else on the planet. In...

The first clue. A priest settlement on a Roman Road

I have a painting by Frank Moss Bennett, titled The Meet at The Manor. It is signed and dated 1929. It is framed in a wooden gilt frame, original looking and framed by Haigh and Sons from Southall, Middlesex. It also has a label on the back saying trademark Normill, Made in England serial number...

so who said buy large paintings :d :d :d :d :d :d :d :d :d Poppy Field Well I own 3, all 8ft by 4ft. and painted...

Hi. Link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI SAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140 475521080&ssPageName=STRK: MEWNX:IT#ht_637wt_1139 Link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI SAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260 688737660&ssPageName=STRK: MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1156 Link:...

Hi. Well, basically I am just trying to source some good 17th - 19th Century oil paintings, but at the moment the market seems to be quite poor and obtaining them at the right price is starting to become a lot more difficult. Would you be able to keep an eye on for any oil paintings of this...

Ringtons Tea has been sold for over 100 years and during that time the company as well as selling high quality tea has sold many interesting and different collectible items from tea pots to tea jars, cups, mugs etc. I have sold many of these items, in fact I bought two today. But I always...