Dealer Spotlight: Jonathan Atkins of Minerva Antiques
....He’s clearly part of the fabric of the place and well-known to all the staff here who accept his provocative banter with affectionate good humour. Initially, he seems slightly perplexed about why I’d want to interview him, but once I assure him it’s very general and I’ll only write nice things, he warms up a bit and we sink into a pair of old leather Chesterfield sofas. See our collection of Chesterfields. Even as a boy, Jonathan could sniff out a deal and he and a school friend almost started a business selling fireplaces but couldn’t get the money together so Jonathan went into the City instead. He soon became bored so packed it in and went travelling in Spain. When he came back he began working in an antiques warehouse in Bermondsey, where he met and became friends with Martin Hanness (founder of The Old Cinema before opening an antiques mirror shop in Greenwich - Minerva Antiques - which he sti
