Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2022-2023

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The plates were often broken, but they were a catalyst, inspiring Judith to visit the library to learn more about her finds. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Biographies of designers and factories give the background information you need to help date and value objects, while special 'Judith Picks' sections give fascinating background and valuation details for particularly interesting or unusual objects. Whether you're looking for some textbooks for university, the latest biography or a travel guide - you'll find what you need in our categories.

Such finds have prompted people to get their items valued, or at least checked, before making the decision to let them go. Once a specialist for Bonhams and Sothebys, he is an expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, and co-presents BBC2's Collectaholics.It also serves as a guide on how to appraise everything from books and ceramics to toys and vintage fashion. I was homesick for Scotland so I bought Monart glass, then I got obsessed by Ronald Stennett-Willson’s candlesticks, then Murano birds. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing a carver chair, a tankard and a decorated plate. Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use.

Miller worked as a consultant to and co-presenter of eight series of The Antiques Trail ( Meridian, HTV and Discovery), run on ITV. From an early age, history fascinated her, and by the time she was a teenager, the passion was unstoppable. He was also married, but he left his wife and daughters for his blonde, bright assistant; they married in 1978, and went on to have two daughters.s ~ * Binding and cover condition: Glossy illustrated and laminated colour photo-illustrated boards. After my delightful event at The Blanchard Collective, I felt compelled to recommend it all to you here. Janet Gleeson worked at Sotheby’s and Bonhams as a picture specialist before joining Miller’s Guides as an editor. Born Judith Henderson Cairns in Galashiels, Scotland, Miller first began collecting antiques while studying history at the University of Edinburgh. He was then affecting long hair and a moustache, and looked, as one critic put it, like “a black Pekinese had been dropped on his head from a great height”.

Comprehensive sections cover ceramics, furniture, glass, silver and metalwares, jewellery and objets de vertu, clocks and watches, books, Oriental antiques, textiles, toys, decorative arts and Modern Classics. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. The thrill and excitement of discovering a valuable find can also spark an interest in developing a skill and a technique for collecting. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. After her marriage to Martin Miller ended in divorce in 1992, Miller began a relationship with John Wainwright, and they had one son.After a spell presenting BBC Two’s The House Detectives (1997-2000), in which she and a panel of experts “descend on ordinary houses to unlock their historical secrets”, she joined BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow in 2007 as an expert on Miscellaneous and Ceramics.