I started in the collecting business over 60 years ago in Portobello Road Market in London on Saturdays. Since then I have had several shops around the country, I’m now 80 and have decided to put my 60 years of knowledge into books to help other collectors to know the inside and outside of their hobbies.

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Advertising, Albert chains Antique maps, Art Deco Jewellery, Autographs, Banknotes, Beswick Animals, Blue and White Ware, Brewerania, British Army Badges, Butter Knives (silver), Buttons, Caddy Spoons (silver), Caithness Paper weights , Carlton Ware, Cat figurines, Charm Bracelets, Cinema Posters, Coalport, Coins (Gold), Coins (Silver) Comics, Commemorative Ware, Compacts, Corgi Toys, Codd Bottles, Costume Jewellery, Cranberry Glass, Davenport Pottery, Decanters, Denby Pottery, Die Cast and Dinky Toys, Dog figurines, Dolls, Doulton Lambeth Pottery, Drinking Glasses, Farm Toys, First Day Covers, Fishing Tackle, Football, Fountain Pens, English Silver, Ginger Beer Bottles (stoneware), Colourful Glassware, Golf Memorabilia, Hornby Train Sets, Ink Bottles, Jet Jewellery, kitchenalia, Lalique Glass, Lego, Lladro Figurines, Marble Collecting, Medals, Minton Pottery, Model Railways, Moorcroft Pottery, Music Boxes, Mustard Pots and Spoons, Napkin Rings, Paperweights, Pocket Watches, Poole Pottery, Postcards, Pot Lids, Records, Royal Crown Derby, Royal Doulton Figurines, Royal Doulton Jugs, Royal Worcester, Ruskin Pottery, Scent Bottles, Seal Bottles, Snuff Boxes, Sovereigns, Spode China, Star Wars, Tea Caddies, Teddy Bears, Thimbles, Tiles, Toby Jugs, Tools, Trading Cards, Troika Pottery, Vesta Cases, Victorian Jewellery, Wade, Walking Sticks, Waterford Glass, Wedgwood, Wine Labels, Wrist Watches, Zippo Lighters,

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