‘I have always had a connection to, and love of, older things,' says former environmental manager Lucy Warry. Her earliest experiences of antiques shops and auction houses came via her mother and both her grandmothers. ‘My mother was always upcycling the furniture she’d bought in a junk shop with a quick lick of paint,' she says.
But her real passion for auctions and collecting came about when she met her mother-in-law, an ex-television props buyer, art director and vintage shop owner. 'Her house was