The Global Archive for the Professional Antiques Trade.
Learn how the trade actually works, as objects, as a business, and as a life.
No hype. No shortcuts. Just decades of experience in the game.
If you read one thing today, make it this:
I’ve spent nearly 30 years in the trade. I’ve slept under my car in the rain on a wet field while my stock stayed dry and safe inside the car. I’ve been up at four in the morning digging through house clearance boxes at a market, not for luck, but to learn to see what others miss.
Everything I teach in my Academy comes from that life.
No one else can give you this experience, because no one else has lived it.
What Does That Mean For You?
This Academy won’t make you rich overnight, and I won’t pretend it will.
What it can do is help you make better decisions.
One lesson could help you identify a fake before you spend hundreds of pounds.
Another could show you why one piece of glass is worth £20 while another sells for £500.
One buying trip breakdown could save you months of expensive trial and error.
The judgement you build here doesn’t disappear.
It stays with you every time you walk into an auction, a charity shop, a boot sale or an antiques fair.
That’s what you’re investing in.
7-day free trial available for first-time registrations only
Click Here To See What We Offer In This Two-Minute Introduction Video
Not Ready for the Full Deep-Dive? Take a Free Lesson on Me.
I know the antiques trade is full of “experts” who charge a fortune for very little. I do things differently. My Academy isn’t about 5-minute clips; it’s about real-world experience, often involving 30-minute to 2-hour masterclasses on the items that actually make (or lose) you money in this business.
If you aren’t ready to start your 7-Day Free Trial, I want you to see exactly what you’re getting. Below, I’ve unlocked a few full-length samples from our private library.
No credit card, no sign-up—just pure trade secrets.
Watch these, check the quality of the information, and see how I handle the pieces. If you like my “unscripted” approach to history and profit, then you’ll know the Academy is the right home for you.
The Offset Strategy: Turning Household Junk into Over £2,000 in Profit from High-End Inventory
SHOCKING Silver Weight in Antique Mirrors – Is It Worth Scrapping
If you’re still unsure after watching the free examples above, let me be clear about what you’re actually buying.
You’re not buying education.
You’re not buying entertainment.
You’re buying the tools to recognise value where others see nothing.
You’re buying the judgement that turns overlooked objects into profit.
You’re buying the knowledge that gives you freedom and choice in this trade.
For over 30 years, I’ve worked full-time in the antiques trade, buying, selling, holding stock, making mistakes, and building a sustainable business from the ground up.
The antiques trade isn’t taught in classrooms.
It’s learned on the road, at auctions, and through experience, including costly mistakes.
For the last decade, I’ve documented that reality in hundreds of unscripted videos: real buying trips, real decisions, and real consequences. No staging.
How the Academy Works
The Five Pillars of Our Academy
The Eye
Building a worldwide authority starts with the ability to see what everyone else misses. This isn’t about classroom theory; it is the result of years of boots on the ground and thousands of unique items passing through my hands. You are here to master identification, learn the nuances of provenance, and develop the market knowledge required to spot museum-grade pieces in a crowded field.
The Engine
A sustainable business is an architecture of systems. Without a solid structure, a dealership is just a high-stakes hobby. We focus on the internal mechanics that keep the operation running, from technical business structures to pricing strategies, inventory management, and the frameworks that ensure your business remains an asset for decades. This is the part of the business that works while you sleep.
The Anchor
This trade demands more than just knowledge; it demands the grit to stay the course through the highs and lows of the market. The Anchor is about the mindset needed to handle uncertainty, isolation, setbacks, and the weight of responsibility without burning out. It is the psychological foundation that keeps you grounded, providing the resilience to turn daily effort into a lasting legacy.
Art Appreciation
The best dealers understand more than values and hallmarks. They understand the artists, movements, design influences, and cultural stories that shaped the objects they handle. This pillar explores art history, artistic techniques, craftsmanship, and the wider context that transforms an object from a possession into a piece of human creativity and history.
Dealer Self-Reflection Quizzes
Knowledge alone is not enough. Success often comes down to understanding yourself as much as understanding the antiques. This pillar contains self-reflection quizzes and personal development tools designed to help you identify strengths, weaknesses, habits, blind spots, motivations, and decision-making patterns. By understanding the dealer behind the stock, you can make better choices, avoid common pitfalls, and build a more sustainable career.
This is not a classroom course.
There are no numbered lessons, no fixed learning path, and no checklist to complete.
Instead, your membership gives you access to hundreds of long-form, unscripted videos, recorded over more than a decade of real buying, selling, and decision-making in the antiques trade. Videos range from around 30 minutes to over two hours and show the reality of the work, not edited highlights.
Everything is organised into nine clear categories (such as Gold & Silver, Dealer Hauls, Sold Archives, Trade Secrets, and Business), each containing dozens or hundreds of videos focused on that area of judgement.
You don’t “complete” this Academy.
You explore it.
You come in with a question: Is this silver? Is this worth buying? Why does this sell but that doesn’t? And you go to the relevant section to build understanding through real examples.
This is how antiques knowledge is actually built:
by seeing decisions repeated, explained, tested, and lived with over time.
If you’re looking for short lessons, certificates, or quick results, this isn’t for you.
If you want to build judgement, confidence, and long-term understanding, this is exactly what it’s for.
Who This Academy Is For
This Academy is designed for people who genuinely want to understand antiques.
Whether you are:
- Starting your first collection.
- Buying at boot sales and charity shops.
- Looking to become an antiques dealer.
- Already trading but wanting to improve your judgement.
- Or simply fascinated by history and craftsmanship.
The goal is the same.
To help you make better decisions through experience rather than guesswork.
What You’re Really Investing In
Judgement
The ability to recognise quality where others see nothing.
Confidence
Buy because you understand the object, not because you’re hoping you’re right.
Experience
Learn from thirty years of expensive lessons without paying for every mistake yourself.
Compounding Knowledge
Everything you learn today helps you make better decisions tomorrow. Good judgement grows over time.
What You’ll Find Inside
From the moment your free trial begins, you’ll have immediate access to a growing private library built over more than a decade.
Inside you’ll find:
- Hundreds of long-form dealer videos, many between 30 minutes and 2 hours.
- Gold, silver, glass, porcelain and antiques masterclasses.
- Dealer buying trips showing real purchases, real mistakes and real profits.
- Sold archives explaining why objects sold and what they taught me.
- Business strategies, pricing, negotiation and trade secrets.
- Mindset lessons on building a sustainable antiques business for the long term.
Every lesson comes from real buying and selling.
Nothing is staged.
Nothing is scripted.
Just decades of experience organised into one growing library.
Inside the Membership
This is a comprehensive education built from the ground up.
One avoided mistake can pay for the membership. One good decision can pay for itself many times over.
The Knowledge
Identification, materials, and periods
Understanding craftsmanship
Spotting hidden value in the wild
The Business
What actually sells vs. what sits
Auctions, fees, and margins
Building a business you control
The Mindset
Managing risk, patience, and cash flow
Why dealers burn out — and how to avoid it
The long game vs. the quick flip
Plus: Real-World Context
Unscripted dealer journals, buying-trip breakdowns, and sold archives with full price and profit transparency.
Think Of It As A Reference Library
Most members won’t watch every video.
That’s not the point.
The value comes from knowing decades of dealer experience are available whenever you need them.
Need help identifying glass?
Go to the glass section.
Buying silver tomorrow?
Watch the silver masterclasses tonight.
Researching Chinese porcelain?
Head straight to that category.
You don’t need everything at once.
You simply need the right knowledge at the right time.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
(7-day free trial available for first-time registrations only) on both plans.
There’s no cost during the trial. We’re confident the value stands on its own
Everything is included. No tiers. No upsells. No hidden content.
Monthly Membership | £25 / month
Full access to the library. Cancel anytime.
Annual Membership | £250 / year
Get 12 months for the price of 10. (Save £50).
Full access during the 7-day trial. Cancel anytime if it’s not for you.
What’s Included
Everything is included. No tiers. No upsells. No hidden content.
As an Academy member, you receive:
- Full access to the entire continuously growing video library, all current and future content included
- 10% member discount in our shop on all products, applied site-wide
- One free valuation request per month
- Full access to our sold archives
For valuations, members do not need to use the public valuation form.
Simply email your request directly to [email protected].
We will confirm your active membership and handle your valuation personally.
Explore the Library First
Want to see exactly what’s waiting for you? You can browse our education categories and see the full scope of the library before you watch a single second.
Final Thought:
This platform wasn’t built for the masses. It was built for the few who want to understand how antiques really work, and why that matters.