Luke Honey

Luke Honey is a decorative antiques dealer, writer and blogger.

Recent articles by Luke Honey

A whippet lies on an antique four-poster bed

The joy of an antique four-poster bed

Collecting vintage spirits

Collecting vintage spirits

Wassailing

What is wassailing?

Nutcracker

Collecting antique nutcrackers

Luke Honey's Cabinet of Curiosities: Vampire Slaying Kits

What are vampire slaying kits and how to collect them

Collecting tartanware

A guide to collecting tartanware

Collecting Fireworks Ephemera

Collecting fireworks ephemera

FROM LEFT Terrestrial globe by D. Hammar c1938 sold by The Map House; Globe Terrestre by J. Forest for Girard, Barriere & Thomas c1920 sold by Altea Gallery; terrestrial globe by Neuse c1927 sold by The Map House; Globo Terrestre by G.B. Paravia for G. Pugno c1920 sold by Altea Gallery; Philip’s Challenge Globe for the Cartes Taride c1949 sold by The Map House; Betts’ Portable Terrestrial Globe by John Betts for George Philip and Son Ltd c1925 sold by Altea Gallery.

Collecting vintage globes

An unusual ‘Red Lacquered’ Chinese mahjong set c1920, £650, Luke Honey Ltd.

Collecting 1920s mahjong sets

Antique truncheons and tipstaves

Collecting police truncheons & tipstaves

Children and adults sailing their toy yachts on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London, 25th August 1947.

Collecting Pond Yachts

Piscatorial Taxidermy

Collecting piscatorial taxidermy

School prints

Collecting vintage school prints

Antique arcade machines

Collecting arcade machines

Collecting Napoleonic memorabilia