Relic Hunters - Images of Passion

Men possess, gentlemen (and women) collect. Why do we collect? Exactly the reason why we want our genome analysed. To feel history and to connect to an age that has gone by. The things that we collect

Jan 14, 2012, 06:50 IST1 min

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Beautiful wooden-cased British bracket clock made for Cooke and Kelvey, Calcutta, in the mid-19th century. Marked Cooke and Kelvey on the dial. Strikes the quarter and chimes

Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India

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One of a pair of extremely rare and superb porcelain vases with the original gold gilt ormolu mounts and beautifully hand-painted central bodies. In the style of Sevres. French. 1850s

Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India