Ever since I was a teenager, I've been drawn to the old and unusual. Objects with history. Things that made you stop and ask where they came from.

That instinct never went away. Working in marketing sharpened it - years spent studying design, brand, and the way objects communicate gave me a particular eye for the category I now call brantiques. Branded antiques. Advertising memorabilia. The signs, tins, and collectables that captured a moment in commercial history and never quite let go.

We are shaped by the adverts we see. I felt that world deserved its own name.

Quirtic - quirky and eclectic - is how I'd describe the things I look for. Mid-century furniture with clean lines and a story. Brantiques that tell you exactly what era they came from the moment you lay eyes on them. Unusual objects that most people would walk past, but that catch my eye and refuse to let go.

Two vintage wooden rudders from a sailing boat. Eighty centimetres tall, beautifully shaped, the kind of thing that would stop a room. Most people passed them. I couldn't.

That's the Quirtic eye.

Before I buy anything, I ask two questions: could this make a space more interesting? And what's its story? Then I look at the piece itself - condition, age, rarity, desirability. If it hits three of those four, it's worth a second look. If it hits all four, it's coming with me.

Every piece on this site cleared that bar.