"Antiques are all we have" - Lovejoy

"Antiques are all we have.  They're all we can depend on and the only things mankind can look forward to.  They deserve protection."
              Lovejoy (Jonathan Gash)

Pearlhanger by Jonathan Gash begins with Lovejoy at a séance and ends up with him hunting for an almost mythical pearl antique.  Join him on a sweep of East Anglia looking for his precious antiques and secretly buying them.  Before too long Lovejoy is in trouble with several forgers, the police, and a dangerous collector of antiques. Of course, there is a woman involved who is forcing him to do her bidding; what would a Lovejoy mystery be without a woman? 

Disclaimer:  I know nothing about antiques at all.  I just love Lovejoy, the scoundrel!