Collecting

Collecting confit pots

Collecting antique confit pots

A collection of antique and vintage valentine's cards

The history of Valentine’s Day cards

This example of a ‘Vinegar Valentine’, mocks a girl for her love of croquet. Amoret Tanner/Alamy Stock Photo

What are Vinegar Valentines and how to collect them

V&A membership

Best museum and gallery memberships

An image of witch balls

What are witch balls, and how can you buy them?

Cornishware jug

What is Cornishware?

How to buy wine at auction

A guide to buying wine at auction

An illustration by Polly Fearne showing bidders in a salesroom

Collecting Guides

A beginners guide to buying at auction

Tile-making

Behind the brand: Craven Dunnill Jackfield

The Swing The Wallace Collection

Fragonard’s ‘The Swing’ back on display at The Wallace Collection

Antique arcade machines

Luke Honey’s cabinet of curiosities: arcade machines

School prints

Luke Honey’s cabinet of curiosities: school prints

Collecting perfume bottles

Collecting perfume bottles

Watts of Westminster

Behind the brand: Watts of Westminster

Collecting rya rugs

Buying and collecting rya rugs