Posts Tagged ‘art



16
Apr
10

Canonbury Antiques – Showroom Potters Bar Herts

Nice new photos of the showroom. Come and pay us a visit!

07
Dec
09

Bronze art deco bust Victoire R Lalique

A deco classic

10
Oct
09

John Constable Violin Maker Extraordinaire

Back in the 70s, amongst my wares over at Bermondsey Antique Market in London a gentleman picked up a violin and an oil painting depicting a country scene with a hay wagon in the foreground. He asked me for any provenance or information on both articles.

I promptly replied that the violin was by John Constable and the painting was by Stradivarius. He looked puzzled and replied: “Have you not got this information the wrong way round?”

” Certainly Not Sir” I replied.
” How Come? ” He asked.

I said: “It’s simple. Stradivarius was a lousy painter and John Constable was useless at making violins”

Canonbury Antiques

01
Oct
09

Inferior Desecrator

A conversation over heard in a posh antique shop…

An Interior Decorator said to the Inferior Desecrator…. ‘Bad taste is excusable, no taste is inexcusable’.




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