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John Bly , (born 27 May 1939), is an antiques dealer, author, after-dinner speaker and broadcaster who is best known from the
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Career
Educated at Berkhamsted School, Bly is also a lecturer, public speaker, restorer, valuer, fund raiser, editor and columnist. He was the presenter of the TV series, ''Looking At Antiques'' (1971-1972), had his own show for Anglia TV ''Heirloom'' (1975-1992), fronted BBC ''
Crimewatch
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Aladdin's Cave'' (1984-1989), BBC2's ''Heirs and Graces'' (1989-1990), and was Furniture Specialist on the BBC's ''Antiques Roadshow'' (1979-2018)
and BBC4 ''Secret Knowledge'' (2013). His own production company, Posh Films with Lady Victoria Leatham, was responsible for the two-part TV programme ''Treasure Houses of Britain''.
As a columnist, Bly wrote for the American ''Antiques Monthly'' (1975-1982) and, from 1989 to 2001, he had Q&A weekly features in the ''
Saturday Telegraph'', ''
Daily Mail'', ''
The Mail on Sunday
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'', and ''
The Lady''. He has also contributed to magazines such as: ''Collectors' Guide'', ''Antique Collecting'', and lifestyle magazines, including networked Fish Media Group Ltd since 2007.
Bly's lectures include: Dupont Winterthur Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; University of Birmingham, Alabama; New York Historical Society; Palm Beach Historical Society; San Francisco Historical Society; Museum of Art, Milwaukee; Governor's Mansion, Springfield Illinois; Key West Museum; Rosary College, Chicago; Temple Sinai Sisterhood, New Orleans; Galesburg University, Illinois; V & A Museum, London; and visiting lecturer on cruise ships.
Personal life
Bly married Virginia Fisher in 1967, and they have two sons. Bly is a jazz historian and accomplished drummer. He has appeared on the BBC1 chat show ''
Wogan
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'' in the late 1980s, and on ''
Children in Need'', playing a pair of antique silver spoons as musical instruments. He supports
Cancer Research UK
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, Kids with Cancer,
St Christopher's Hospice
St. Christopher's Hospice is a hospice in south London, England, established in 1967 by Cicely Saunders, whose work is considered the basis of modern hospice philosophy.
Legacy
Among the first staff at St. Christopher's was Florence Wald, who t ...
and two local Hospices at Home, Kids for Kids in Darfur,
Asthma UK, and ''Children in Need''.
Bibliography
* ''Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver'' 1969, 3rd edition 2000
* ''Discovering English Furniture'' 1971, 3rd edition 2010, Japanese edition 1993
* ''Discovering Victorian and Edwardian Furniture'' 1973 (edited and compiled)
* ''Is It Genuine?'' 1986, reissued as Miller's Is It Genuine? 2002
* ''Antiques Guide for the Collector'' 1986 (edited and compiled)
* ''Heirloom'' 1989
* ''Antique Furniture Expert'' 1991
* ''Silver and Sheffield Plate Marks'' 1993, 2nd edition 2008 (edited and contributed)
* ''Treasures in Your Home'', 1993
* ''The Pocket Guide to Antiques and Collectables'' 1999
* ''John Bly's Antiques Masterclass'' 2005
* ''English Furniture'' 2010
Honours and awards
Bly is a Liveryman of the Goldsmiths' Company 1989, Honorary Citizen of New Orleans, Kentucky Squire, and a past-Chairman of the British Antique Dealers' Association.
References
External links
Official website
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Antiques experts
English television presenters
Living people
People educated at Berkhamsted School
1939 births
People from Tring