CHARLES HOWARD - AN AUTO BIOGRAPHY
Charles Howard decided at the age of twenty in the year 1956 to become an antique dealer. He had only £35 and neither Knowledge of antiques nor contacts in the trade but achieved almost instantaneous success.
Sixteen years later he gave up dealing in Chinese porcelain, which had become the mainstay of his antique business to commerce trading in vintage and classic cars which had been a subject which fascinated him since early childhood.
In terms of art dealing he somewhat cheekily likes to compare himself with the great Lord Duveen. He admits that the comparison is not so much in terms of fame or financial success but simply in the amazing number of what are now considered the masterpieces of the first fifty years of motor car production which have passed through his hands.
He can count scores of vehicles from that period today worth from £3 - £5 million plus which he has either bought and sold or acted as a broker and in many cases driven long distances to exotic destinations.
His unusual adventures in that arcane world are described with honesty and wit and he voices his opinions boldly on many subjects.
Charles Howard an Autobiography was published in 2014.
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