Page 2 - The Collector's Companion: Issue CC103

Welcome! In this issue:
If you’re a buyer of vintage clothing then this is the Dating with care feature: vintage clothes labels p. 8
issue for you. We’ve got four jam-packed pages on how Continued on p. 12 & p. 17
to date clothes using common labels which was a real Loose limbs telling time feature: cat clocks p. 24
labour of love with lots of research and illustrating - it Flea-bitten review: NY’s Chelsea Flea Market p. 32
was my winter lockdown project! Guess the auction price quiz . . . . . p. 35
Fairs calendar . . . . . . . . . . p. 23
This issue’s cover star is a Kodak Jiffy Six 16 camera Auctions calendar . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
produced 1933-1937, spotted at the Retropia London
unit at Crews Hill Vintage Emporium. Alongside are
1936 Olympic dancers, spotted in a photo album at On our website:
Hertfordshire Militaria & Medal Fair, and a couple of
my own family photos from the late 1930s. Extended features with photos/video/audio
Printable fairs & auctions calendar
Thanks for reading and happy antiquing. Places to Go days out & itinerarys
Helios & Co Antiques . . . . . Weedon Bec NN7 4QD p. 39 Cromwell’s Antique Centre Sawbridgeworth CM21 9JX p. 40 
Vintique Limited . . . . . Weedon Bec NN7 4PS p. 19 Maltings Antiques . . . . . Sawbridgeworth CM21 9JX p. 10 
Click Antiques & Vintage Northampton NN2 7HX p. 19 Riverside Ant. & Coll. Centre Sawbridgeworth CM21 9JX p. 16 
Vintage Retreat . . . . . Northampton NN1 2JL p. 19  On social media:
Battlesbridge Antiques Centre Battlesbridge SS11 7RE p. 22 
Gdad’s Collectables . . . . . Haversham MK19 7DP p. 18  an entire village of antiques The Week Ahead fairs & auctions listings
The Antiques Association Woburn MK17 9PZ p. 14 
Ampthill Antiques Emporium Ampthill MK45 2NB p. 6  The Fleetville Emporium Hitchin SG5 1DN p. 18  Inside the Shops & Fairs photo features
Vintage Paraphernalia . . . . . Datchworth SG3 6SG p. 11  Car restoration . . . . . Chiltern Aston Centre p. 30
Mannuccis . . . . . Dunstable LU5 4HS p. 6
Crews Hill Vintage Emporium Enfield EN2 9DG p. 11 
Bushwood Antiques . . . . . Hemel Hempstead HP2 6HN p. 20 Hampstead Ant. & Craft Emp. Hampstead NW3 6TE p. 11  Chandelier & lamp restoration The Emporium p. 10
Jordans Antiques Centre Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AF p. 15  Clock & barometer restoration Mike Wilder p. 4
Swan Antiques . . . . . Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RA p. 7 Hampton Court Emporium East Molesey KT8 9HA p. 4 
Home & Colonial . . . . . Berkhamsted HP4 3AT p. 4  a historic day out
Furniture restoration . . . . . Ampthill Antiques Emporium p. 6
Antiques at Wendover . . . . . Wendover HP22 6DU p. 14  Thames Antiques & Vintage Maidenhead SL6 8AA p. 10  Get the next 4 issues (1
Collectors Paradise . . . . . Chesham HP5 1EP p. 5  House clearance . . . . . Croxley Ant. & Coll. p. 6 year) delivered to your
Mainly Deco . . . . . Jct. 18 M25 By appt. p. 4 The Emporium . . . . . Hungerford RG17 0NB p. 10  Mannuccis p. 6
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Greg Hall Antiques . . . . . Ruislip Manor HA4 8HR p. 13  Probate valuation/clearance Bainbridges p. 35 site or send a cheque
Bushey Auctions p. 36
Goddard’s Clearances p. 34 made out to ‘Collected
Greg Hall Antiques p. 13 Objects Ltd.’ with your
Riverside Ant. & Coll. Centre p. 16 name and address to
Tring Market Auctions p. 37
the address below.
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