Martin John Miller, entrepreneur, was born on 24 November 1946.He died of cancer on December 24, 2013. Serial entrepreneur and bon viveur who out his name to boutique hotels and a profitable gin label.

Martin Miller was a charismatic entrepreneur and bon vivant, and after co-founding the bestselling antiques price guides that bear his name (and made his fortune) went on to become a successful hotelier. Miller died at a hospital in North London on 8 April 2023, at the age of 71. [4] [8] Bibliography [ edit ] The Antiques Roadshow expert was a co-founder of Miller's Antiques Price Guide with her first husband Martin Miller, in 1979. Next, he bought Great Brampton House, at Madley in Herefordshire, re-naming it Miller’s Hideaway. This was followed by other hotels in Somerset and Devon. His friend and occasional business partner, Richard Bundy, has said that he was “a natural hotelier, because it allowed him to doss in and out of other people’s lives". 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.Bruce, who has been a presenter on the programme since 2008, 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. In 1974, after returning to Galashiels, she became an editorial assistant at Lyle Publications – her future husband’s first publishing company. She worked as an occupational guidance officer at the Department of Employment (1975-79) while he ran a bed and breakfast in Petworth, West Sussex. In 1979, they founded Miller Publications, which eventually operated from Chilston Park, a Grade I-listed house in Kent that they turned into a hotel. Plus, she had authored many other books, too many to list, some of which were already on my bookshelf. But she was always gracious and generous with her knowledge, helpful to me and our whole team.

Judith Miller's Guide to Period-Style Curtains and Soft Furnishings (Mitchell Beazley), ISBN 978-1-58567-054-3 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. And when our filming day had finished, she was never short of great stories accompanied by a glass of her favourite tipple, pinot grigio.Miller is survived by her second husband, John Wainwright, whom she married in 2015, and their son, Tom; and two daughters, Cara and Kirsty, from her first marriage. Judith had used pictures of them regularly in her books, this was the first time she had seen any up close. Auctioneer Charles Hanson, who regularly appears on Antiques Roadtrip and Bargain Hunt, tweeted: “Miller’s Price Guides got me on my antiques journey in the early 1990s and so sad to learn Judith Miller passed away over Easter . I had lunch with Judith a year ago and we ignored the menu price guide for once … A delightful lady.” 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.

Miller cofounded the Miller’s Antiques Price Guide with her first husband, Martin Miller, in 1979, and it is still published annually. Kooker, Naomi R. (29 August 2004). "Labor of Love". The Boston Globe. Globe Newspaper Company . Retrieved 10 March 2010.Antiques Roadshow expert Judith Miller has died aged 71 after a short illness, it's been confirmed. Judith Miller went on to write more than 100 books, on interiors (Colour, Sixties Style, Art Deco), specialist categories (Metal Toys, Handbags) and collecting (How to Make Money Out of Antiques).