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Ahoy there!  Welcome to this week's instalment of 'Blog Post Monday'.

Sometimes in this job you stumble across the most unbelievable pieces in the most unlikeliest of places.  Sometimes you find an incredible piece and decide not to trust your gut, and you then have to live with the subsequent regret of not having bought that special piece.  Well, both scenarios happened to me recently and I've been waking up most mornings since thinking about the item...  In fact, I've become so obsessed that I decided to spend countless hours researching the piece, despite not owning it and furthermore, without any means of finding or contacting the person who was selling it!  I've got myself in a right ol' pickle over this!

So, as always, get that kettle on and sit tight as I share with you an incredible piece, with an incredible story, with incredible value, which was offered to me and I regretfully turned down...

Hello and welcome to another instalment of 'Blog Post Monday'.

I was visiting the Red House antiques centre in York last week when I got chatting to Matt and Val, the dealers behind the cabinet, 'Not Just Glass', in the centre.  We were sharing stories of recent finds and our love of folk art when they began telling me about their collection of something called 'Disaster Glass'. 

Now, I'd not heard of 'Disaster Glass' before so I was quite intrigued.  They told a story about one piece in particular which, while tragic, highlighted just how poignant these pieces are.  We agreed that this was something that needed to be shared, so I offered my blog writing services.

So, join me as we take a look at the stories behind these collectible pieces of glass, with one story so tragic, it's classed as the worst of its kind in British history...

!!! The following blog post contains material that may be traumatising to some audiences !!!

Welcome to another instalment of 'Blog Post Monday', a bank holiday special here in the UK.

I've been hard at it again this week travelling around searching for interesting pieces for you lovely lot.  One of my finds was a rather fascinating piece with a local Yorkshire connection and we all know how much I love a piece of local social history!  It's a motorcycle helmet which dates from around the 1920's / 30's with an intriguing hand painted map of Yorkshire on the front.  I've been doing some research into it and it just so happens that I may have found some rather tenuous links to a bit of a superstar of motorsport, so I've decided to dedicate this week's blog post to it.

So, as always, get that kettle on, start those engines and hold on tight as we go racing around Yorkshire...

Hello and welcome to another 'Blog Post Monday'!  I hope you're all having a splendid Easter.

Now, recently I've spoken to a lot of what I like to call, "old school dealers", who, since the Covid pandemic, have realised the importance of having an online outlet for their antiques, however, they have no idea of how to get started.  With this in mind, I thought I'd offer some basic tips for getting started with selling your antiques online.

So, as always, get that kettle on, fire up those computers and let's take a look at my 'Top 5' tips for getting started with selling your antiques online...

Welcome to yet another instalment of 'Blog Post Monday'!  How on earth is it Monday again...!?

Anyway, this week I stumbled across a haul of vintage pin badges that I found a while back.  Now, these aren't just your average pin badge.  These pin badges were used as a way to support a cause or a fight, a show of solidarity.  With everything that's going on in the world at present, these little badges struck a chord with me when I found them this week.

We can sometimes feel helpless or powerless, particularly as people who are not in a position to realistically be able to make a direct impact... at least not on our own...  However, as the great late Joe Strummer once said, "without people you're nothing".  If we, the people, stand up collectively, we can demand change and in many cases throughout history, succeed in making that change.  Ultimately, if we stand together, we can defeat whatever life throws at us, because together we are stronger.  This is where something as little as a pin badge can make such a huge statement and this is what this week's blog post is all about.

So, as always, get that kettle on and let's stand together as we look into the art of protest and the role that these little pinned symbols have played throughout history...