Judith Miller (antiques expert)
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Judith Miller is an antiques
expert, writer and broadcaster based in the UK.
, Scotland
, Miller first began collecting antiques while studying history at Edinburgh University. In 1979 she co-wrote the Miller's Antiques Price Guide with her first husband, Martin Miller.
She has worked on as consultant to and co-presenter of eight series of The Antiques Trail (Meridian
, HTV
and Discovery
), run on the ITV
network. She has also presented It’s Your Bid for the Discovery Channel
. She is a regular expert on the BBC
Antiques Roadshow
, and has also appeared onPriceless Antiques Roadshow.
, where she writes a four-page feature on ‘Starting a Collection’. She has written the antiques column for the Scotsman
Magazine for over 4 years. She writes a monthly feature for the Financial Times
weekend supplement "House and Home". She is the antiques and collecting columnist (fortnightly) for the Saturday Telegraph property supplement. She is the antiques agony aunt with Antiques and Collectables magazine. She writes a monthly feature in Canadian Home and Country magazine and is a regular contributor to US Traditional Home and Country Living.
Miller also regularly lectures at the Victoria and Albert Museum
in London and the Smithsonian
.
to publish two full-colour annual price guides to antiques and collectables, a series of specialist collectors guides and price guides beginning with ‘Costume Jewellery’. In 2007 she returned to Miller’s, an imprint of Octopus Books (a division of Hachette Livre
).
Miller has published more than 100 books on antiques and interiors, including:
Antiques
An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age , beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features...
expert, writer and broadcaster based in the UK.
Early career
Born in GalashielsGalashiels
Galashiels is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, on the Gala Water river. The name is often shortened to "Gala" .Galashiels is a major commercial centre for the Scottish Borders...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, Miller first began collecting antiques while studying history at Edinburgh University. In 1979 she co-wrote the Miller's Antiques Price Guide with her first husband, Martin Miller.
Television presenter
Miller has co-presented "The House Detectives" on BBC2.She has worked on as consultant to and co-presenter of eight series of The Antiques Trail (Meridian
Meridian Broadcasting
Meridian Broadcasting is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc, under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited....
, HTV
HTV
HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...
and Discovery
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
), run on the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
network. She has also presented It’s Your Bid for the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. She is a regular expert on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979...
, and has also appeared onPriceless Antiques Roadshow.
Journalism and lecturer
Miller is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines including BBC Homes & AntiquesAntiques Roadshow BBC episodes
Antiques Roadshow is a British television series produced by the BBC. Having begun in 1979, the show is on its 33rd series. The dates in brackets given below are the dates each episode was filmed at the location...
, where she writes a four-page feature on ‘Starting a Collection’. She has written the antiques column for the Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
Magazine for over 4 years. She writes a monthly feature for the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
weekend supplement "House and Home". She is the antiques and collecting columnist (fortnightly) for the Saturday Telegraph property supplement. She is the antiques agony aunt with Antiques and Collectables magazine. She writes a monthly feature in Canadian Home and Country magazine and is a regular contributor to US Traditional Home and Country Living.
Miller also regularly lectures at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
in London and the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
.
Publishing and select bibliography
In 2001 Miller embarked on a joint venture with Dorling KindersleyDorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 51 languages. It is currently part of the Penguin Group....
to publish two full-colour annual price guides to antiques and collectables, a series of specialist collectors guides and price guides beginning with ‘Costume Jewellery’. In 2007 she returned to Miller’s, an imprint of Octopus Books (a division of Hachette Livre
Hachette Livre
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).
Miller has published more than 100 books on 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 978-1840000504
- Country Finishes and Effects (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1857328882
- Country Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1857324655
- Miller's How to Make Money out of Antiques, ISBN 978-1857325843
- Miller's Antiques and Collectables
- Miller's Antiques Checklists – 12 titles
- Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia, ISBN 978-1845334338
- Miller's Pine and Country Furniture Buyer’s Guide, ISBN 978-1840003741
- Miller's Understanding Antiques, ISBN 978-1857328578
- Period Details (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1857320435
- Period Details Sourcebook (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1840001372
- Period Paint Finishes (Mitchell Beazley)
- Period Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-0855337315
- Period-style Soft Furnishings (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1857327922
- The Style Source Book (Mitchell Beazley)
- Victorian Style (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1857329551
- Wooden Houses (Ryland Peters & Small), ISBN 978-1841721750
- Victoriana, ISBN 978-0905879062
- Miller's Pocket Antiques Factfile, ISBN 978-0670820597
- Period Finishes and Effects (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-0847815692
- Miller's Classic Motorcycles Price Guide (Mick WalkerMick Walker (motorcycling)Mick Walker is acknowledged as one of the world's leading motorcycle authorities. Walker is a British former motorcycle dealer and racer with a particular interest in Italian motorcycles, who played a key role in popularizing the Ducati marque in Britain, but is also an expert on numerous other...
), ISBN 978-1840009620 - More Period Details: The House Renovator's Bible (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-0609604106
- Care & Repair of Antiques & Collectables (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1845334185
- Great Escapes (Ryland, Peters & Small), ISBN 978-1841720005
- Judith Miller's Guide to Period-Style Curtains and Soft Furnishings (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1585670543
- A Closer Look at Antiques (Marshall Publishing), ISBN 978-0821227343
- Colour (Marshall Publishing), 978-1840282917
- The Illustrated Dictionary of Antiques and Collectables (Marshall Publishing), ISBN 978-1840283372
- The Antiques Hunter’s Guide to Europe (Marshall Publishing), ISBN 978-1840283341
- BBC Antiques Roadshow Antiques Price Guide 2008 (30th Anniversary Edition), ISBN 978-1405325431
- Dorling Kindersley Antiques Price Guide US 2003-2008 (annual)
- Dorling Kindersley Collectables Price Guide UK 2003-2008 (annual)
- Dorling Kindersley Collectibles Price Guide US 2003-2008 (annual)
- Dorling Kindersley German Antiques Price Guide 2004-2005 & 2006-2007
- Grund French Antiques Price Guide 2004-2008 (annual)
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Costume Jewellery, ISBN 978-1405318129'Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Art Nouveau, ISBN 978-1405302517
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Art Deco, ISBN 978-1405307543
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Arts & Crafts, ISBN 978-1405308823
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to 20thC Glass, ISBN 978-1405305921
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Guide to Tribal Art, ISBN 978-1405312899
- Inspired Interiors, Jacqui Small Editions, Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1903221556
- Readers’ Digest Buy Keep or Sell, ISBN 978-1405345149
- Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Furniture, ISBN 978-0132436427
- Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, ISBN 978-1405312905
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Handbags, ISBN 978-0756619206
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Metal Toys, ISBN 978-1405306249
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: Perfume Bottles, ISBN 978-1405306256
- Dorling Kindersley Collectors Pocket Book: The Sixties, ISBN 978-1405306287
- "Modern Country or Country by Jacqui Small Editions", Aurum Press
- Dorling Kindersley The Antiques Detective, ISBN 978-1405341967
- Dorling Kindersley BBC Antiques Roadshow A-Z of Antiques and Collectables, ISBN 978-1405317658
- Miller’s Antiques Price Guide 2009, ISBN 978-1845333133
- Miller’s Collectables Price Guide 2009, ISBN 978-1845334420
- Miller’s Fact Book, ISBN 978-1845334307
- Miller’s Shoes, ISBN 978-1845334758
- Miller's Watches, ISBN 978-1845334765
- Chairs, ISBN 978-1840915235
- 20th Century Design, ISBN 978-1845335137
- Miller's Collectables Handbook 2010-2011, ISBN 978-1845335144
- Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2010-2011, ISBN 978-1845335151