“The attitude towards collecting old furniture can differ from person to person, but, broadly speaking, there are two types of collectors: those for whom collecting is a passion and those who collect because it is fashionable to do so; they must, anyhow, furnish their homes. The first type is, of course, the true collector; he will replace a specimen by a better specimen, irrespective of its size or whether he has room for it; he is indefatigable in his pursuit of find quality examples and he never stops studying the subject. Percival Griffiths was such a collector.”