Trading and collecting in Glasgow
for over 20 years, Raymond, (along the road) ran: 'Starry Starry Night,'
(the trendy clothes shop on Byres Rd) also managed the 'Square Yard'
in the world famous Barras market before founding the 'London Road Antique
Centre' in the City's East End. Pictures are a passion:- 'Ti's a name
game,' he says, but quality regardless can be spotted from a few paces.
He is a hungry predator in second hand shops, his eye roaming in metal
detector sweeps for:
Books
Clothes & Textiles
Furniture
Decorative Arts
Oddities & Props
Masonic & Religious
'Your eye is more important than
knowledge, he maintains. 'It's spooky but some objects have a great
feel to them.' He likes to guess what's covered up in the bag delighting
in every successful find.
There are no dissatisfied customers
- they get their money back or a credit note; he builds his business
on trust and honesty.
He's lucky in business and in
life but his customers are luckier, Raymond doesn't know everything.