Plate sold for £600 could fetch £15,000
	9:35am Mon 3 Mar 08
	I was recently called out to a local house to look at a variety of items, among them, a very expensive-looking box, about 12 inches across, which when opened revealed a silk-like cushion.

	Buyers came from all over world for auction
	8:55am Tue 19 Feb 08
	AS the photograph (far right, top) shows the recent sale of the effects of the late Lady Maria Coventry drew a massive attendance. Prior to sale we had received enquiries from throughout the world with the telephone calls from interested parties coming from as far as America to Australia.

	Be sure to take a trip to ‘antique’ racing site
	9:17am Mon 4 Feb 08
	I'm sure you will all have heard me say that an antique' is considered to be at least 100 years old. Well, the photograph illustrated isn't, and neither is the Jaguar SS motor car shown in it.

	Stirrup cups and jewellery – the treasures of Lady Coventry’s life
	8:41am Mon 21 Jan 08
	Towards the end of last year, I received instructions to advise the executors of the Late Lady Maria Coventry, who had recently died.

This pair would keep your metatarsals safe

9:11am Monday 24th December 2007

WHEN the time comes for any major football tournament the nations hopes are invariably dashed on the fragile metatarsals of either Wayne or David.

	From the saleroom what's on offer
	9:38am Mon 19 Nov 07
	* A wonderful early 18th century Walnut cabinet has recently come into the saleroom. One of the fascinating aspects of the cabinet is what lies behind its drawers - a number of other secret drawers and compartments that can only be reached by removing the drawers in front.

Peaceful use for artefacts of war

9:27am Monday 19th November 2007

I was quietly watching the Armistice Day parade on Sunday, the veterans of any war make me feel quite humble.

	The mystery lorry now has a new owner
	9:25am Mon 19 Nov 07
	Recently I have mentioned in these pages various lots that I was about to sell in my recent antique sale. Well, my Flog It! experience it seems has paid off, fortunately, with none of my pre-sale estimates being the cause of too much embarrassment to me.

	Look at the train and tell me the age of the print
	9:22am Mon 19 Nov 07
	You will all know of my passion for "all things Worcester" and this lovely old print shows a view of the city from the north-east. Interestingly, the eagle-eyed among you will spot a train in the foreground and a view of what must be Shrub Hill station. I'm sure some of those buildings, albeit a little less grand, are still standing today. For the train buffs out there I'm sure you will be able to date the print from the age of the train, highlighted right - any ideas?

	Names are not the only way to sign your work
	9:20am Mon 19 Nov 07
	Every craftsman likes to attribute his name to a work of art or something that he has created. Robert Thompson was a cabinet maker from Kilburn and when he decided to set up in business on his own account he thought long and hard about making his work readily identifiable.