Paul Hardy Antiques

Shop always wears its best at night.

Photo credit to Jools (from Brimblecombe: a great shop here in Dulverton too!)

BBC’s Chris Mason calls Farage a “master of storytelling”
Maybe the BBC could stop helping him out and tell another story.One about a grifting prejudiced conman who’s wrecked our country with his ‘Breaking Point’ Brexit but has never been held to account for the lies he’s told, the damage he’s done.

these are amazing too: Charles Horner silver button set each one hallmarked for Birmingham 1901

I;ve got some great watches too: this Tissot is on the website. There are others which are not e.g. Seiko.

Gold: two plain (unengraved) signet rings that came in this week: on the website

Wedgewood. On view in the shop

huge Ironstone tankard, probably for cider. Message for more info

amazing Edwardian crate or tree label. Available for sale: message me for more

Some new pieces added to the website recently, all with free delivery.

2025!
Where the flip did that quarter century go?

Ahhh no. Johnnie Walker. RIP old friend. We never actually met but old friend feels right. You’ve been there since I first heard you on R1 and I listened to your last show so recently 😢. You’ve always been the absolute best.

Silver, and all is not as it seems In which I relate what happened with some silver that turned out not to be very precious at all

I occasionally write a blog post: here’s the first one on my new (2024) website. Many of my posts will point out some of the pitfalls of buying from auction. I have a lot of experience, but even so I still get caught. Here’s one where I got snagged www.hardyantiques.co.uk/en-GB/silver...

Where had this habit of calling everyone* Fella come from. I person loathe it when it’s used by a dealer “yea that’s ok fella, thanks fella”, etc. Nearly as bad as being called Buddie/Bud by people you’ve never met
*mainly men I guess

Any recommends for English (language) podcasts about Antiques and/or antiquing please. TIA

Just made the mistake of warming Meusli in the micro thinking “it’s just porridge really”.
An enormous error.
Won’t do that again 🤢

Old(ish) article but gradually it becomes more and more true. Many of my customers <40

Wish I was!

‘Brown furniture’ is sitting pretty again as young fold away the flat packs Young renters are filling their homes with dark wood furniture that has been shunned by their parents’ generation.Antiquing is gaining momentum among eco-consci

Hoorah!

‘Brown furniture’ is sitting pretty again as young fold away the flat packs

www.thetimes.com/article/e803...

I wish The Saleroom would put a little parcel logo or something on the listings for auctions that do their own (not third-party: v important) postage etc. I’d jump straight to them.

“I can’t sell you that unless you’re 18”
“OH. OK. Can you reserve it for me then? I’ll be 18 in two years”
🤦🏼‍♂️

Yea, it’s fun and fashionable at the moment, but reality will start to bite soon. It always does in the end
Just needs a few articles in the media

I may be wrong to, but when I see negligence like this (frequent at this establishment) I feel that the public will lose confidence buying at auction and return per mel to the shop where they have a dealer and some rights.
Milking Stool, my arse

Is it me or is the ‘antiques’ population on here really small so far…?
What am I missing?
Are there any of those follow packs that are relevant?

Attempt #2: better

That worked out pretty good!

Attemp #1: fail.

Procrastinating. The next task is photographing some framed and glazed images - the hardest this things to photograph IMO. Any tips?

#antiques #photography

I think I agree with you 😬

As in that’s the only way forward. “What a great idea. I’ll certainly give it some thought” and there’s the door.