Welcome Shabbir Solanki Antiques to Gray’s Antique Market 🖊️ Shabbir specialises in vintage fountain pens, as well as vintage lighters and other fine art objects.

Happy Friday, antiquarians ☀️

Me: I don’t need anything. Antique shop: has a haunted mirror from 1830 Me: .....I'll take it

If you hear me say ‘I’m just browsing’ in an antiques store, know that I’m lying to myself.

Some buy watches to tell time. I buy them to tell everyone I’m better at choosing watches.

“I’m on a budget.” (browsing antique tiaras)

I don’t need another watch, but this one understands me.

If it doesn’t look haunted, is it worth it?

My mood improves in direct proportion to the number of rings I’m wearing.

Buying vintage lace so my closet has 19th-century drama.

My design aesthetic is ‘eccentric Victorian who can’t let go.’

Why buy new cufflinks when you can wear tiny antiques on your wrists?

Accessorize like it’s 1929, minus the stock market crash. #ArtDeco

Buying silver antiques to feel classy.

Buying antique ceramics because modern dishes have no personality

Sometimes the ring is the star of the engagement, and that's okay.

Antique fine art: quietly judging me for my modern furniture choices.

Sometimes you want your art to keep secrets.