Andras Kalman

There is so much humbug shown in galler- ies and opinionated humbug written about contemporary art that I, who run a gallery of 20th-century art, find refuge, solace, humour and......

Nick Stuart

I tried to explain my passion to a friend. Tunbridge ware ... treen ... wooden by- gones? But he did not know what I was talking about. So, here I go again. From the early 18th......

Peter Paterson

For the collector, typewriters have one comforting quality. The first commerically successful models of the machine which was to emancipate women appeared only a little over a......

Algy Cluff

In the army and subsequently in business in Africa and the Far East I have been thrust into many aspects of life, and my curiosity has been especially awakened by the colo- nial......

The Duke Of Devonshire

Collecting has elements of the excitement of the chase. Once you are on the trail there is no giving up, and unlike in hunting collecting has no climax. The hobby re- mains with......

T.g.

Rosenthal I think that my certifiable bibliomania began at 13, when my family moved to Cambridge and David's stall in Cambridge market became my little Mecca. Over the years I......

Peter Palumbo

A true collector was once defined as someone who pays no regard to estimated prices, investment value, or the predeter- mined location on his or her walls or floor of a......