Mark Shand Quotes

I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.

I love going to flea markets especially when I am traveling, because I love seeing the stuff of other cultures, handicrafts and things with historical content.

I love going to tag sales, to auctions.

I have two curiosity cabinets at home filled with finds from jumble sales, markets and my travels. My favourite piece is a voodoo mask from just outside Cape Town.

If I'm going to try and find something, I stick to the flea markets, or I pull hand-me-downs from my family because I like pieces to have stories.

When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them.

I love vintage shopping in flea markets, vintage stores and even Ebay.

I'm in love with dream catchers. I collect them from every trip I take.

I am a collector of many things, but I particularly love the sterling silver mint julep cups, each engraved with the titles of the Broadway shows in which I appeared.

I do like silver. I love antiques. I collect Georgian glass at home. When you think about how fragile that it is and think about how long these things have lasted - some of it is 400 years old - I find the history of these things extraordinary.

I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.

Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.

I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks.

I don't know anything about antiques. I do buy them now, but I have a little knowledge, and great enthusiasm.

I'm always buying glasses and teacups. I have way too many to use, but I just love them, particularly anything vintage.

I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors.

I haggle with French grannies over their old knick-knacks and walk away with some real gems.

I travel a lot; I go hunting for antiques.

When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.

I am mad about hats. I collect them as souvenirs from my globe trotting.

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.

When I was a little girl, I watched all old movies. My mother liked old movies, and she loved shopping for antiques, so I was around old things all the time.

I love vintage shopping, I think it's really fun. And I love the feeling of finding the most amazing piece for less.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.