“South Ken’s importance was its central position in creating markets and expanding them. It was key to popularising antiques and collecting at a time when the collector or enthusiast only had a single episode of Antiques Roadshow on a Sunday night to satiate their interest.”
Michael Jeffery, Woolley & Wallis and former decorative arts specialist at CSK
“I don’t know what will take its place now. Maybe one of the regions will step up, but I remember when Olympia closed it was thought that all that business would go to CSK and in the end it just dissipated.”