As a collector of antique furniture himself, Miller adopted a relaxed approach to the business of interior furnishing and design, rather than following a master plan. “I've just thrown everything together,” he insisted. As well as lecturing on antiques at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington, she wrote columns for the Daily Telegraph and the Scotsman’s magazine, and features for other publications.

He published Miller's Collectables Price Guide (with Judith Miller, annually, 1989-98), the Antiques Source Book (annually, 2000-06), and The Complete Guide to Antiques (2003) as well as others. He also published a volume of poems, Disjointed Noughts (2006) and a novel, The Wookey Hole Affair (2007). His final project was an art and sculpture gallery at Great Brampton House hotel named Down Stairs which, although giving a platform for new works by upcoming artists, also included the likes of Gavin Turk, as well as Miller himself in Just An Idea (2012), described as 'Happily straddling the line between stupid and clever, Miller's work attests to his delight in working with wit, sarcasm and wordplay, offering a poignant reminder that there is no such thing as 'no laughing matter'. Judith will be much missed by all those readers and viewers who looked to her for expert and reassuringly friendly advice.” The expert leaves behind husband John Wainwright, three children and four grandchildren. Kooker, Naomi R. (29 August 2004). "Labor of Love". The Boston Globe. Globe Newspaper Company . Retrieved 10 March 2010.Wider popularity came with Antiques Roadshow. “I was approached by Simon Shaw, the producer, as I’d worked with him on Home Front. Initially, I said I was too busy, but agreed to do one. After that, I was totally hooked and wanted to do as many as I could.” Her last episode was screened in October 2022.

Martin Miller's first marriage, in 1966, to Elaine, was dissolved in 1975. His second, in 1978, ended in 1992. He married, thirdly, in 2001, Ioana Beju. She survives him with the three daughters of his first marriage and two of his second. Residual antiques and items from the estate of the late antiques dealer, publisher and entrepreneur Martin Miller are to go under the hammer in a Dorset auction house later this month. The author also contributed to a number or national broadsheet newspapers and magazines and regularly appeared on television in the UK and USA.

Miller previously told of her her most memorable find on Antiques Roadshow, which she said was a set of Art Deco posters designed by Jean Dupas, discovered in 2009 at Stanway House, in Gloucestershire. She regularly used pictures of them in her books but it was the first time she had seen any up close. Paying tribute to the expert, Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce said: "When I started on the Antiques Roadshow, I was in awe of the experts - and none more so than Judith. She was Miller of Miller’s Guides no less, the bible of the antiques world when it came to valuations. Plus, she had authored many other books, too many to list, some of which were already on my bookshelf.

Miller also regularly lectured at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Smithsonian. [6] Publishing and select bibliography [ edit ] Martin John Miller was born in Worthing, Sussex, in 1946. His father, Mark, was an old-fashioned insurance agent, who maintained his own “book" of customers and sold it on to another agent as a substitute for a pension. Martin said his mother, Phyllis, had told him “she conceived me on gin, then tried to get rid of me on gin" — though this was presumably a joke to promote his own label.Shortly after her divorce, she wrote a novel, Blythe Spirit (1996), about a divorcee facing trials and treachery in trying to set up as a female auctioneer in a male-dominated industry. About us". Octopus Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011 . Retrieved 10 March 2010.