About The COLLECTION
My love for model Toy Soldiers was alive and well when I was five years old. Initially I had a bunch of lead hollow cast Britain’s, Crescent and Timpo figures etc., all good play value in the back yard. I kept them bouncing around in a biscuit tin for years. They vanished over time, with my love for them returning after I got married at twenty-two years old.
My existing collection has grown from those seeds planted at that time; my ancient war games army still exists. It’s been almost fifty years now since this rebirth of my childhood passion, and there are close to 9,000 pieces in my collection today.
The artwork and literature found its way into my life very gradually over those same decades. A love of reading, nature and oil paint will gradually draw in the curious soul. I have hundreds of paintings and prints, books and manuscripts rare and common, and sculptures.
Like most collectors I simply must collect.