Two dealers in more unusual material also featured in the column. Bill Neal’s specialist subject is antique Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming counters, in which he deals online and at Adams Antique Fairs events. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of this arcane and fascinating subject.
Print dealer Alison Edwards of Rostron & Edwards specialises in issues of Country Life magazine from 1897-1940, with their detailed and illustrated descriptions of country houses and castles. Within this niche market, her customers include architects and restorers and the National Trust, to whom Edwards recently supplied a full set of 1920s prints of Clandon Park (which was destroyed by fire in 2015).