25 of the best antiques blogs you must read

As essential sources of inspiration, the best antiques blogs offer great ideas and information about the world of antiques and art. To save you some time, we’ve pulled together a list of a choice selection of the leading antiques and art bloggers we’re reading – from top dealers and collectors to auction houses.

And if you’re a fan of some other antique bloggers that you think should be included, why not add them in the comments section below?

The Best Antiques Blogs

Mark Hill

A familiar face on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow and other TV programmes, Mark’s infectious delivery and in-depth knowledge means he enjoys a wide-ranging role within the antiques and art industry. Alongside work as author, publisher and TV presenter, he is a leading authority and dealer in postwar Czech and 20th-century decorative glass.

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Lorfords Antiques

One of the big boys on the antiques block, Lorfords is recognised as Europe’s largest source of decorative antiques, with its core business based in two vast WWII aircraft hangars and a former bus garage in The Cotswolds. The emphasis is on displaying antiques in a modern setting.

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Elizabeth Fell

Recognised as one of the most entertaining and best antiques blogs, Elizabeth’s keen eye has helped her forge a career sourcing antique furniture and vintage items for a wide range of interior projects, including private homes, restaurants, hotels and shops. She offers a wealth of advice, while sourcing and negotiating the best deal for her clients.

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Elizabeth Fell sources antique furniture for interiors

Chiswick Auctions

This leading London auction house boasts an appealing blog, ‘Chiswick Curates’ that is a mine of information about items in their upcoming sales, accessible guides for collectors and advice for buying antiques and art that suit the latest trends.

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Chiswick Auction house

Edd in the Clouds

Antiques dealer and Antiques Young Gun Edd Thomas has his own antiques blog dedicated to delivering a ‘refreshing and often sideways look at the contemporary field of antiques and collectables’. Subjects range from collecting cartoons, to art deco and brutalism.

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Antique dealer Edd Thomas

Antiques Young Guns

As an energetic and passionate collective of antiques dealers, auctioneers and restorers who are relatively fresh to the industry (they’re all aged under 39), the Antiques Young Guns aims to support and encourage new blood into the world of antiques and art. Read their blog to keep bang up to date with their activities, alongside buying advice and opinions – all making it one of the best antiques blogs out there.

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Antique Young Guns

Patrick Sandberg

Located in one of London’s premier locations for antiques and art, Kensington Church Street, Patrick Sandberg’s shop offers an enviable collection of fine 18th-century Georgian and early 19th-century Regency period English antique furniture. His wide-ranging blog is a treasure trove of information for experienced and newbie collectors alike.

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Partick Sandberg Antiques

IACF

As organisers of the UK’s biggest antiques, International Antiques & Collectors Fairs welcome over 150,000 public and 60,000 trade visitors every year to sites across the country. Their entertaining blog gives a flavour of their events and catches up with traders, explores the latest trends and shares buying advice to consider before starting your hunt.

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Ardingly Antiques Fair

The Reclaimed Woman

Sustainably style savvy, the Reclaimed Woman, AKA blogger and PR consultant Sara Morel, offers a mix of timeless, vintage fashion with her antique and vintage finds from her forays to UK fairs and reclamation yards.

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The Reclaimed Woman

Alfies Antiques Market

London’s largest indoor market for antiques, vintage, collectables and 20th-century design is an iconic institution for lovers of antiques and art. For over 40 years it has attracted a global audience of collectors and interior designers, and its blog offers a tantalising glimpse of Alfies’ chic and Bohemian atmosphere.

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Alfies Antique Market

Antique Prints

If you’re interested in learning more about the world of collecting original prints, the  US-based Antiques Print blog is a virtual gallery of attractive prints from the 17th to early 20th century, with a focus on historical prints from the 18th and 19th centuries. The accompanying text gives invaluable advice and historical context to the images.

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Antique Prints blog

The Antiques Diva

When she’s not tracking down antiques and artworks in some far-flung corner of the globe, the irrepressible Toma Clark Haines, AKA The Antiques Diva, uses any spare moments to record her favourite destinations for snapping up antiques. Grab your passport for a whistle-stop tour taking in the likes of the Salon d’Antiques Brocante in Paris and the Texas Flea Market.

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Toma Clark Haines

Grays Antiques

Another London grandee of the antiques and art world, Grays Antiques hosts a seemingly endless choice of over 200 dealers stocking everything from antiquities from 40BC to 20th-century must-have designs.

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Grays Antiques Centre

Thakeham Antiques Furniture

This family-run business located in Petworth, West Sussex, stocks an impressive selection of predominantly English furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries, specialising in Georgian furniture. Their blog is equally stocked with insightful information about buying and the history of antiques.

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Thakenham Antiques

The Frame Blog

Arguably just as much works of art as the images they border, the ornate skills of historic pictures framers are celebrated in The Frame Blog. Put yourself in the picture about the history of picture frames and marvel at the intricacies of the historic creations celebrated here.

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The Frame Blog

Fellows Auction House

With over 100 sales each year, Birmingham’s Fellows Auctioneers offers a fascinating blog that mixes saleroom and auction news with essential advice focused on items going under the hammer.

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Fellows Auction House

AC Silver

Based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, AC Silver’s blog demonstrates owner Andrew Campbell’s lifelong passion for all things antique silver – from diamond rings to silverware. Andrew’s in-depth knowledge of the subject makes topics such as ‘the history of the milk jug’ to ‘what is a finial?’ a sparklingly informative read.

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AC Silver

Antiques World

Antiques world is owned by Driscolls Antiques ltd who specialise in high quality British antique furniture and unique antique collectables, trading from a 6500 sq foot antique furniture warehouse in Clitheroe, Lancashire.

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Driscoll Antiques

Love Antiques

The digital marketplace from the team at IACF, Love Antiques’ blog has a huge range of articles exploring the antiques trade, advice on buying, changing trends, how to get the most from visiting fairs… The insightful list goes on.

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Love Antiques website

Barnebys

This leading online platform for buying and selling antiques and art has a wholly engaging selection of antiques blogs covering topics as diverse as ‘how America fell in love with the pick-up truck’, to ‘celebrating Roger Moore as 007’ (see below). Informed, intelligent and entertaining.

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Barnebys

Invaluable

As a leading e-commerce site for the art world, as you might expect Invaluable’s blog has a focus on art and design, however, advice on interiors, buying traditional antiques and decorative objects. Elsewhere, it’s high net worth clientele can explore such cultural aspects as the ‘best TED talks’ and the world’s best wine-growing regions.

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"Double America" by Glenn Ligon, 2012. Photo via Flickr
“Double America” by Glenn Ligon, 2012. Photo via Flickr

Bonhams

As one of the world’s premier auction houses, Bonhams’ print and online magazine has suitably high production values, both editorially and pictorially. Alongside highlighting some of the star items heading to its saleroom, the magazine and antiques blog explores the wider stories behind the works with the help of writers such as Jeremy Paxman, Lisa Jardine and Robert Harris.

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Bonhams magazine

Sotheby’s

Encompassing art across all centuries, right up to the very latest contemporary currents in the marketplace, Sotheby’s blog mixes content from its magazine, along with in-depth articles and informative short films exploring upcoming lots and their place in the artistic pantheon.

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Sotheby's magazine

Christie’s

Christie’s dig into the news, views and stories behind the art on their website, combining articles and films including expert interviews to provide fascinating insight. Categories ranging from ‘Antiquities’ and ‘Furniture and Decorative Arts’ to ‘Post War and Contemporary Art’ are all presented with the required balance of academic knowledge and enterainment.

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Christies

Howard Walwyn Fine Antique Clocks

Howard Walwyn’s enduring love for antiquarian horology dates back to his childhood, and he has spent his career pursuing his passion for buying and selling English clocks from his shop in London’s Kensington Church Street. As one of the leading antiques blogs looking at the subject of clocks, his knowledge and expertise about his subject is evident, so take some time out with a true time lord!

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One thought on “25 of the best antiques blogs you must read

  • November 6, 2017 at 5:52 pm
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    More vintage toys to be included

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