Hello all!

We are back from our latest buying trips to England, which included a 10 day vacation in Tuscany, Italy.

Apart from the vacation time, which was awesome, it was a very good trip for business too.

Unfortunately for the UK, but good news for the US, the British economy is collapsing and heading towards recession, with the value of the local currency, the British Pound Sterling, not the Euro as many appear to believe, is very low. That’s good news for importing English Antiques.

As many of our clients know after extensive explanations about the way we proceed, it’s not going to affect prices and values more than the industry specific inflation and increasing difficulty in finding interesting pieces in very good shape.

Still, it’s good for Americans that can travel more easily and affordably to the UK and discover the world of English antiques in loco, in the land of origin.

Buying and bringing home pieces is another story, and probably not cost efficient if you consider the amount of time that has to be waisted, even if a shipper takes care. Time is always tight and it’s better spent visiting and learning about England and English history.

And that’s what we do, we bring you those pieces, straight to your home, refinished in a way that even in England, let alone America, it’s so hard and expensive to find a skilfull restorer that can do it.

French Polishing is such an old technique that most have abandoned it in favour of less time consuming and effortless techniques such as waxing, spraying or, amazingly, the simple technique of leaving the pieces as they are, therefore not revealing their innate, although hidden, beauty and leaving them exposed to easy deterioration, without the protection of a professionally hand applied finish. Of course you can keep them in a climate controlled glass cabinet, but I don’t think that it would suit most of you and of your homes.

So here we are, once again, back in Boston, or Newton to be more precise, offering our pieces in stock, plus getting ready for our next shipment, scheduled for the fall, when the weather will not put the antiques stored in a container, in danger of extensive damage to the finish.

We’ll let you know more about the shipment soon!

See you at our store on Route 9 West, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts…