Interviews

Andy Bastow has recently retired from a career in the world of insurance – so he now has more time for his hobby of collecting playing cards, alongside decorating his new Georgian Lincolnshire home where he lives with his wife Jackie. Here he tells ATG about his collection

Antiquarian bookdealer Lester Capon, 75, lives in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, with his partner Meg. He has always had a passion for books, starting with bookselling in retail, before embarking on a bookbinding career spanning six decades.

Runjeet Singh is an Indian and Islamic art dealer. A collector first, he began dealing in antiques in 2014 and then opened a British Asian Contemporary art gallery this April in Royal Leamington Spa. The gallery operates alongside his antiques-focused dealership. Here he tells ATG all about his business

Clare Jameson founded her firm Potterton Books more than 45 years ago.

For many new businesses, the emphasis is on new technology and the digital world.

Ahead of a busy autumn season for Asian art, Asaph Hyman, Bonhams’ global head of Chinese ceramics and works of art, discusses the pull of single-owner dealer sales, the shifting profile of the Chinese buyer, and what it takes to bring major consignments to the rostrum

Ever heard of scripophily? It is fair to say that Tim Welo is a bit of an enthusiast.

What does it take to run a vintage or antiques business in the US selling European interiors items to American buyers?

London books, prints and wine specialist Forum Auctions was founded in July 2016 with the ambition of combining the best of the digital and the analogue worlds. A decade later, with all but one of the original team still on board, the company is preparing for two special anniversary sales. Founder and executive chairman Stephan Ludwig shares his views with ATG.

Alfies Antique Market on London’s Church Street is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary on July 9. Founder Bennie Gray, who also launched Grays Antique Market, tells ATG about his five decades in charge.

ATG chats to David Harvey from Oxfordshire dealership WR Harvey to discuss the firm’s 75 years in the furniture business, as well as his diamond jubilee exhibition, Marquetry to Metamorphic, which runs until June 13

How one venerable firm is accelerating its push into modern collectables

Tom Ayling is an antiquarian book dealer based in Wallingford, south Oxfordshire, and is also a very successful social media star. Boasting over one million followers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, he sat down with ATG to tell us all about his business and online presence.

Callum White, a young book collector from Birmingham, won last year’s ABA National Book Collecting Prize awarded in December for his collection Splitting the world: The atomic scientists and their second acts. He told ATG about his background, how he started the collection and his plans for it

Robert Tucker lives in the Grade I-listed Restoration House in Rochester with his partner Jonathan Wilmot.

Medals expert familiar to millions through the Antiques Roadshow chats about his latest book telling a very personal story.

Geoffrey Bond, who runs The Geoffrey Bond Consultancy, has had an extensive career spanning law, business, heritage, TV, radio and latterly publishing.

Elwin de Wolf, based in the Netherlands, has been collecting silver enamel boxes for around 20 years.

Kirkland Tellwright was Clerk of Course at Haydock Park Racecourse in Lancashire for 24 years, until retiring in March 2024.

Jonathan Green-Plumb collects antique tools and has created a museum in his home in north Norfolk.