Out & About

Out & About : Welcome to our out and about pages, visiting shows and events some big some not so big, some good and some plain bad! car boots and antiques fairs, auction ands sales rooms, antiques and collectable markets and bazaars and other venues, reporting our findings supported with our humble opinions, gossip trivia and other we hope interesting tales and happenings in the of antiques and collectable's arena.,

Genuine finds :

Searching for that star buy! that one in a million find that makes the antiques and collectable's trade so exciting each year many thousands of pounds worth of antiques and collectable's are simply discarded or sold of at give away prices at car boot sales/house clearance and auction houses up and down the country,, those who take time to research and gain knowledge are those most likely to recover the valuable items and realize there potential to ether enhance your own collection or to sell on, See how well our team perform as they put themselves to the test! Find of the week! Genuine finds genuine car boots and sales.

Flog it :Our man on the ground meets and chats with Paul Martin ,at the BBC’s Flog it! program visiting York Sunday. We asked Paul to identify and value a random object , see how well Paul Preformed and see if you can correctly identify , Value and win this months mystery item ?
We would like to thank the BBC s Flog it team for there tolerance! enter our free ! Monthly identify the mystery object competition. Click

Sir James Yoxall :A fascinating

character and avid collector of antiques as well as an accomplished and respected author of several best selling books Including the ABC of collecting, 1910, our featured book. expert advice and practical teachings and as you read you might well be surprised that although his books written and published one hundred years and more ago his sound and practical advise and information still valid in today’s antiques and collectable's world.