Arts
More Artwork 2022, Part One
It’s been several months since my last artwork article and I thought I would respond to SB’s request for more articles by submitting an update on latest purchases etc. Hope you enjoy it. You may [more…]
Collecting
Collecting
A View From The Greenhouse; This Sporting Life
Life carries on much as normal, given the increasingly bizarre times we live in. The weather, thankfully, has picked up and jobs that have been on hold for a couple of weeks have risen to [more…]
Arts
Sparklets Soda Syphons of The ’60s & ’70s
The Beginning If society ever collapses to the point where I’m judged to be a suitable contestant on Mastermind, my specialist subject will be ‘Sparklets’ soda syphons of the 1960s and 70s’. I’ve been fascinated [more…]
Arts
I have a confession to make
I’m suffering from GAS I’ve had it for a while, but over the last couple of years it has got worse. Every week it seems to get worse. It seems that I only have to [more…]
Collecting
My Watch Collection
I love wrist watches. My grandfather was a clockmaker, so it’s probably a genetic thing. The family story is that he narrowly avoided execution during WW2 by offering to mend the officers’ watches. (I had [more…]
Collecting
Going for Gold – Part 10
Eagerly anticipated by coin collectors across the world, the 2022 Proof Sovereign range was launched by the Royal Mint on 15th November and sold out within the first hour. Dropping the usual Pistrucci designed George [more…]
Arts
More Artwork 2021, Part Two
6 months on from my last article, I thought I would write another but this time include information on artists and art I aspire to own, rather than just focus on recent purchases, giving me [more…]
Arts
Pyrography
Background Known as “pokerwork” until the late 19th Century, it is believed that this form of applied art has been practiced since Prehistoric times. At its most basic, it involves the burning of pictures or [more…]
Collecting
Going for Gold – Part 9
As well as buying precious metals for their intrinsic value there are many people who collect coins, bars and other items and pay far more than their value in weight because of a perceived value [more…]