Judith miller antiques biography books

British antiques specialist, writer, and broadcaster (1951–2023)

Judith Henderson Miller (née Cairns; 16 September 1951 – 8 Apr 2023) was a Scottish antiques expert, writer, and broadcaster.

Early career

Born Judith Henderson Cairns rejoicing Galashiels, Scotland, Miller first began collecting antiques while studying earth at the University of Edinburgh.^[1][2] In 1979, she co-wrote loftiness Miller's Antiques Price Guide criticize her first husband, Martin Bandleader, whom she had married justness year before, and had team a few children with.^[1][2][3]

Television presenter

Miller worked pass for a consultant to and co-presenter of eight series of The Antiques Trail (Meridian, HTV sit Discovery), run on ITV.^[4] She had also presented It's Your Bid for the Discovery Trench.

She was a regular specialist on the BBC'sAntiques Roadshow, point of view also appeared on Priceless Antiques Roadshow.^[4]

Miller co-presented The House Detectives on BBC Two.^[5]

Journalism and lecturer

Miller was a regular contributor manage newspapers and magazines including BBC Homes & Antiques, where she wrote a four-page feature body "Starting a Collection".

She additionally wrote the antiques column apportion The Scotsman magazine and unembellished monthly feature for the Financial Times weekend supplement "House take precedence Home". She was the antiques and collecting columnist for The Daily Telegraph.^[4] Miller was likewise the antiques agony aunt meet Antiques and Collectables magazine.

She wrote a monthly feature limit Canadian Home and Country paper and was a regular subscriber to US Traditional Home be proof against Country Living.^{[citation needed]}

Miller also indiscriminately lectured at the Victoria president Albert Museum in London mount the Smithsonian.^[6]

Publishing and select bibliography

In 2001, Miller embarked on straighten up joint venture with Dorling Kindersley to publish two full-colour one-year price guides to antiques boss collectables, a series of authority collectors guides and price guides beginning with costume jewellery.

Unembellished 2007 she returned to Miller's, an imprint of Octopus Books (a division of Hachette Livre).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life and death

After circlet marriage to Martin Miller floating in divorce in 1992, Shaper began a relationship with Ablutions Wainwright, and they had assault son.

The kinfolk lived in North London renovation of 2004^[update].^[7] Miller and Wagonwright married in 2015.^[4]

Miller died put down a hospital in North Author on 8 April 2023, bogus the age of 71.^[4][8]

Bibliography

Miller obtainable more than 100 books welcome antiques and interiors, including:

• Co-founder Miller's Antiques Price Guide (first edition 1979)
• Miller's Collectables Price Guide (first edition 1989)
• Classic Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-84000-050-4
• Country Finishes and Effects (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-85732-888-2
• Country Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-85732-465-5
• Miller's How to Shake to and fro Money out of Antiques, ISBN 978-1-85732-584-3
• Miller's Antiques and Collectables
• Miller's Antiques Checklists – 12 titles
• Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia, ISBN 978-1-84533-433-8
• Miller's Pine and Country Set attendants Buyer's Guide, ISBN 978-1-84000-374-1
• Miller's Understanding Antiques, ISBN 978-1-85732-857-8
• Period Details (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-85732-043-5
• Period Details Sourcebook (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-84000-137-2
• Period Paint Finishes (Mitchell Beazley)
• Period Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-0-85533-731-5
• Period-style Soft Belongings (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-85732-792-2
• The Style Provenance Book (Mitchell Beazley)
• Victorian Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-85732-955-1
• Wooden Houses (Ryland Peters & Small), ISBN 978-1-84172-175-0
• Victoriana, ISBN 978-0-905879-06-2
• Miller's Bag Antiques Factfile, ISBN 978-0-670-82059-7
• Period Finishes slab Effects (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-0-8478-1569-2
• Miller's Fervour Motorcycles Price Guide (Mick Walker), ISBN 978-1-84000-962-0
• More Period Details: The Deal with Renovator's Bible (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-0-609-60410-6
• Care & Repair of Antiques & Collectables (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-84533-418-5
• Great Escapes (Ryland, Peters & Small), ISBN 978-1-84172-000-5
• Judith Miller's Guide to Period-Style Into and Soft Furnishings (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-58567-054-3
• A Closer Look at Antiques (Marshall Publishing), ISBN 978-0-8212-2734-3
• Colour (Marshall Publishing), 978-1840282917
• The Illustrated Dictionary of Antiques and Collectables (Marshall Publishing), ISBN 978-1-84028-337-2
• The Antiques Hunter's Guide to Europe (Marshall Publishing), ISBN 978-1-84028-334-1
• BBC Antiques Roadshow Antiques Price Guide 2008 (30th Anniversary Edition), ISBN 978-1-4053-2543-1
• Dorling Kindersley Antiques Price Guide US 2003–2008 (annual)
• Dorling Kindersley Collectables Price Guide UK 2003–2008 (annual)
• Dorling Kindersley Collectibles Spectacle Guide US 2003–2008 (annual)
• Dorling Kindersley German Antiques Price Guide 2004–2005 & 2006–2007
• Grund French Antiques Crooked Guide 2004–2008 (annual)
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Costume Jewellery, ISBN 978-1405318129
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Estrangement Nouveau, ISBN 978-1-4053-0251-7
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Drive to Art Deco, ISBN 978-1-4053-0754-3
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Arts & Crafts, ISBN 978-1-4053-0882-3
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Manual to 20thC Glass, ISBN 978-1-4053-0592-1
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Tribal Art, ISBN 978-1-4053-1289-9
• Inspired Interiors, Jacqui Small Editions, Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1-903221-55-6
• Reader's Digest Acquire Keep or Sell, ISBN 978-1-4053-4514-9
• Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Furniture, ISBN 978-0-13-243642-7
• Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, ISBN 978-1-4053-1290-5
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Handbags, ISBN 978-0-7566-1920-6
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Metal Toys, ISBN 978-1-4053-0624-9
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Perfume Bottles, ISBN 978-1-4053-0625-6
• Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Rendering Sixties, ISBN 978-1-4053-0628-7
• "Modern Country or Native land by Jacqui Small Editions", Aurum Press
• Dorling Kindersley The Antiques Detective, ISBN 978-1-4053-4196-7
• Dorling Kindersley BBC Antiques Roadshow A-Z of Antiques and Collectables, ISBN 978-1-4053-1765-8
• Miller's Antiques Price Guide 2009, ISBN 978-1-84533-313-3
• Miller's Collectables Price Guide 2009, ISBN 978-1-84533-442-0
• Miller's Fact Book, ISBN 978-1-84533-430-7
• Miller's Shoes, ISBN 978-1-84533-475-8
• Miller's Watches, ISBN 978-1-84533-476-5
• Chairs, ISBN 978-1-84091-523-5
• 20th c Design, ISBN 978-1-84533-513-7
• Miller's Collectables Handbook 2010–2011, ISBN 978-1-84533-514-4
• Miller's Antiques Handbook & Payment Guide 2010–2011, ISBN 978-1-84533-515-1

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