We are normally open from 9am  to 5pm  Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturday. It is always a good idea to contact us before visiting to ensure that the shop will be open.

We accept most credit and debit cards for payment, as well as Bank transfer and UK cheques. We do not, at present, take payments using Paypal and the website is not able to accept payments directly through the site. We usually ship to customers using either Royal Mail special delivery or Fedex for international shipments. Wherever possible for items over £200 we do not charge for shipping.

We take great care in selecting interesting and good quality pieces for this website and we are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding pieces that we have in stock. We are careful not to use words like ‘stunning’, ‘mint’ or ‘unique’ in our descriptions. In general we use the word ‘good’ or ‘very good’ for condition as more appropriate. We do not put any pieces onto the website with repairs unless there is some exceptional reason for doing so and we would always mention and photograph any repair in those circumstances.

We do not undertake insurance or other valuations and would recommend that those seeking valuations approach a valuation specialist or auctioneer in their area.

Before enquiring about the price of an item please check that it is not in the ‘Archive of Sold Items’. If an item does not have a listed price that usually indicates that it has been sold.