ukbloke

About Me

Born in England but have lived in the US since '94. I'm what you call a resident alien! Have been collecting since I was knee-high to a grass hopper, professional antique dealer for 12 years. Ran my own antique mall business for 8 years and have been selling on ebay for 9 years. I've been married to my lovely wife for 12+ years. My interests are varied as you'll see from the plethora of different pictures on my page! I've had a number of different jobs hence the "jack of all trades" reference, they include DJ, taxi driver, ceramic tiler, signwriter, graphic designer, photographer, chef, carpenter, furniture restorer, researcher, salesman in various capacities, store manager. I've travelled to many different countries and seen a large portion of the United States. I most recently spent 6 months living in Costa Rica which was an awesome experience. Here's some pictures from my adventures in paradise.

One of my goals is to return to education to study IT/Art & Design and history. I would also like to return to the field of antiques as that is my passion but more in a research capacity. I plan to gain American Citizenship in the not too distant future.
Here's a few pictures of some of the unusual antiques I've sold over the years.
This last item is a large white jardiniere which I have owned for several years. It has handpainted, cobalt blue decoration. I have yet to identify the maker or country of origin so if anyone viewing my page has any clue please drop me a line as it has stumped me and several other decorative arts specialists!

My Interests

Electronic dance music since it's birth in the early 80's and most other music too (except country!). OSU Football....GO BUCKS! Antiques, pop culture and graphic design. Alternative thinking and concepts. Travel/other cultures. Clever humor. Surfing, which I'm not very good at! (can't knock an old boy for trying!).

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Crystal Method, The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Moby, Beck, DJ Keoki, Yoshi Biomianika, The Aliens, Bagman, Barrak, Vibe Tribe & Infected Mushroom, Fluke, Basement Jaxx, Sasha, Digweed, Pete Tong, Blu Peter, BT, Leftfield, The Shamen, Primal Scream, Zenaphobia, Lemon Interupt, Utah Saints, Spiral Tribe, Mayan Complex, Moogwai, Perfect State, Z.A.2, Fat Boy Slim, Darude, Brainchild, Jan Johnson, Lamat, Groove Armada, Dr. Didge, Portishead, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson, Peter Gabriel, New Order, Bauhaus, Psychedelic Furs, Kraftwerk, Peter Tosh, Mad Professor, Aswad, Bob Marley, Special A.K.A., Kula Shaker, The The, John Martin, Stereo MCâ€™s, X-ray Spex, Kate Bush, Kinks, Blur, Cranberries, Talking Heads, The Dickies, Big Audio Dynamite, Public Image, Blink 182, The Cure, The Cult, Simple Minds, Isis, Dead Men Donâ€™t, The Charlatans, Happy Mondays, Blur, Metalica....this list could go on forever and is also subject to change!

Movies:

Television:

Curb your enthusiasm. Dane Cook. Heroes. Boston Legal. Rescue me. Grey's. Not too much "reality". Dirty Jobs, Myth Busters, antique shows and discovery channel stuff.

Books:

Oxford Dictionary

Michael Connelly, Clive Cussler, Dan Brown, J.R.R. Tolkien.

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