The Man Behind the Collection
Fifty years, thousands of pieces, one uncompromising eye.
Jeremy Kyle was born into the antiques trade. His earliest memories are of Saturday mornings on Portobello Road, learning to tell the real from the restored. He has been looking ever since.
The Story
“The market teaches you what no book can. You see hundreds of pieces every weekend. You handle them, you ask questions, you make mistakes — and gradually you begin to see. Not just what something is, but what it means.”
From the age of eight, Jeremy was at his father John’s side on Portobello Road — learning to spot a genuine piece of English hallmarked silver from a forgery, understanding why the patina on a piece of oak furniture tells you more than any receipt, and developing the instinct for quality that can only be built through years of handling the real thing.
Through his teenage years and into adulthood, Jeremy divided his time between the Portobello stall and the salerooms of London — Christie’s, Bonhams, the smaller provincial houses in the West Country and the Midlands where extraordinary things would occasionally appear without fanfare. He developed particular passions for Georgian furniture, early English ceramics, and 18th-century silversmithing, though his taste was never narrowly defined.
Over the course of five decades, the collection Jeremy has assembled is wide-ranging and deeply personal. Every piece was chosen for the same reasons: quality, originality, condition, and the ineffable sense that a genuinely fine thing communicates to anyone who takes the time to look.
Now, for the first time, Jeremy is offering his collection for sale. Having spent a lifetime acquiring, he has decided it is time to share these pieces with those who will love them as much as he has.
What He Hunts For
Four areas where a single find can change a room.
Paintings & Prints
British and contemporary works with serious provenance — Hockney, Opie, Reid, and the next generation.
Sculpture & Bronzes
Figurative, wildlife and modernist works in bronze, terracotta and stone, from cabinet pieces to room-scale statements.
Silver & Decorative Objects
Georgian hallmarked silver, rare objects of vertu, and the kind of quiet things that reward a second look.
Rugs, Textiles & Jewellery
Fine Persian and Anatolian weaving, signed jewellery, and pieces with the hand-made quality no factory can replicate.
Approach
“Every piece I offer has been part of my life. I only sell things I would be happy to own myself.”
Jeremy’s approach to condition is uncompromising. He does not offer pieces that have been significantly restored, re-polished to remove character, or otherwise improved beyond what the passage of time has honestly wrought.
A Life in Antiques
Five decades, in four chapters.
1970s
Portobello Road
Begins working on his father's stall at Portobello Road Market as a child, developing his eye and his passion.
1980s
The Salerooms
Becomes a regular at Christie's, Bonhams, and provincial auction houses, acquiring his first significant pieces.
1990s–2000s
Building the Collection
Expands across furniture, ceramics, silver and decorative objects, travelling widely for exceptional work.
Today
The Collection Offered
After five decades of collecting, Jeremy offers his finest pieces to those who will appreciate them as much as he has.
Come and see for yourself.
Private, unhurried viewings in London. Jeremy sees one visitor at a time.