General Chat

I prefer to collect the pewter Archibald Knox... and he is very underrated.... not many people know about his work. I have a sort of tray (damaged - someone used it as an ashtray! and a friend of mine who may be in-the-know, thinks that it may be a broken candlestick), and a brooch (very small) that are Archibald Knox - the other items I have are all archibald knox design - but are a (very) modern day usage of his designs. I would LOVE to own a clock, and some larger items... but prices are now getting to be very high compared to about ten years ago. Both pieces I have were given to me by family. I would really really like to be able to have enough money to buy some Charles Rennie Mackintosh... but that really is a dream! I guess its the period that I like... though I do prefer the Mackintosh desgns with the rose. Funny though, it was this era that I skipped past more quickley doing the family research... wonder why? Going back about ten or so years ago, I wanted to collect Clarice Cliff.. but some of her designs are just awful - and for a while people just bought her stuff because it was hers ... nowadays, CC is much less desirable.

Great to hear I'm not alone in collecting something. I suppose I did collect jigsaws [just horded them] till the shelf nearly collapsed. Been selling them off at car boot sales, trouble is I find others there to buy.