Antique valuation for probate and insurance purposes. This blog is because I have been asked why our knowledge as valuers can be more comprehensive than some of the other websites offering valuation services. We have a good liaison with most auction houses, we are used as professional valuers by the BBC, and if we find something of great value we can point you in the right direction for you to sell your item, for instance it may best to sell your furniture in Sotheby's auction and to sell Continue Reading
Please leave a comment here if you require helpful tips on restoration.
This section of the blog is for an exchange between our experts and the general public regarding questions, on the restoration or valuation of Antique clocks fine Art and furniture. If you require help please click on the leave a comment link. Continue Reading
Antique programmes on television
This blog is about antique orientated programmes on television. People from the BBC or people who have been commissioned by the BBC and ITV phone us and say we are looking for an expert for a TV programme, fair enough. The first question they ask is are you available to go on a program which may be on BBC or ITV or even sky, I generally reply with what sort of program is it, I'm told very often it's a high-quality programme concerning antiques valuation or restoration. Continue Reading
Valuation quandary
We are often phoned by people who have items to be valued which is fair enough as we are restorers and valuers of antiques and fine art. Very often people will say, we have some antique items to value and we are not sure what is there, which again of course is fair enough as you cannot expect the average person to be able to value antiques correctly in any sense. The third thing they say very often which is the item of this discussion, is we have got rid of most of the rubbish which has Continue Reading