Clinton Howell Antiques

Clinton Howell Antiques

English antique furniture is more than a sum of its parts. Every piece that I have bought and sold over the last thirty-five years has in some small way contributed to what I have bought that is being shown on this website. And yet, what I knew then and what I know now is not at all the same. English antique furniture has been for me a learning curve that is not readily apparent. Part of the truth about that learning curve is in my appreciation for what I deal in which never ceases to grow, particularly when I come upon something that is, as far as I know, unique. It is, in more than a word, a sublimely delightful business to be in, finding and handling items that were beautifully made and, remarkably well looked after for two hundred years and more. Please take a minute to browse this site and see if you, too, can find the enthusiasm that I have for this genre.

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Hans Fallada was a German writer who somehow survived WWII in Germany, only a small part of his life experience much of which is far more novelistic than most novels. "Every Man Dies Alone", his last novel was based on a true story and was written just after the war and is set in war time Berlin where paranoia and human brutality is the norm. Nothing can be relied on, least of all humanity, and I find myself flashing back to Kafka and realizing just how prescient he ...Read More