“Lego is huge. It has a thriving adult collector market… It’s all the sets I wanted as a child. It’s a tough job sometimes!”
East Bristol Auctions auctioneer Andrew Stowe on the firm’s first Lego-only sale on December 3.
“The last part of our year is a mad scramble to find fresh stock for the final major antiques event.”
Philip Carrol, a Yorkshire dealer who specialises in pottery and porcelain, talking about the Antiques for Everyone (AfE) fairs.
“We fear that, as things stand, honest dealers, auctioneers and collectors would be left with too much uncertainty for the UK art market to continue to operate undamaged.”
Victoria Borwick MP putting the case for the industry as a member of the Cultural Property Bill committee as new legislation passes through Parliament.
“I know that my sister was not as attached to this verse from Anne to her as I am to the verse Anne addressed to me, and that is the reason that I am now putting it up for sale".
Jacqueline van Maarsen, bookbinder, author and a childhood friend of Anne Frank, on selling her sister’s poem by the teenaged Frank at auction for £119,000.
“The collection reflects the taste of this eclectic collector-couple… The galleries showcase some of the most beautiful objects ever made and are testimony to Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert’s enduring quest for beauty and perfection.”
Victoria & Albert Museum’s senior curator Heike Zech on the reopening of the V&A’s Gilbert Collection.
