As a family business you would expect antiques to be in the blood: as indeed they are. Phil’s parents ran the much loved antiques shops Lyme Street Antiques, and South Street Antiques, both in Axminster, for many years. In fact, Phil’s earliest memory is going to an antiques fair with his mother when he was just 4 years old!

Phil has over 30 years experience in Antiques and Auction Rooms, both locally and further afield. He particularly loved his time at Christie’s in South Kensington and started the week they sold Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” for £19.5 million. He likes to think he was the lucky charm that day, and has enjoyed much success for decades within various auction houses around the country.

Since settling back locally, he has always lived within 5 miles of Axminster, and has always had affiliations with the town, including the Drama club and Operatic Society. More recently he has been self-employed within the antiques trade – specialising in house clearance and estate work liaising dealing with solicitors and local estate agents to administrate probate and insurance work.