Craig, who has been in business since the 1980s, said this came at a time filming was ending for Salvage Hunters. He has apparently been told he was "too good" at his job, although he will be missed by many fans of the two shows. He hit the big time with Salvage Hunters which is shown on Quest and is watched by millions of people across the globe. Mr Pritchard had owned premises outside Glan Conwy for more than 20 years. Whether you are a professional dealer or an amateur enthusiast, and whatever your budget, Drew's on a mission to show you how to enrich your life with beautiful things, that have their own unique story and that bring you joy. And then how to part with them for cash! Read more Look Inside Details

He says he knows this because when he was dealing in industrial furniture, they were all dealing in industrial furniture. “And when I was dealing in quirky oddments, everyone was buying quirky oddments. And now I predominantly deal in very fine furniture and they’re all doing that now. So it’s just made me up my game again.”One is a property developer who buys incredible houses, fills them with antiques and then sells them as is. “She does it all around the world. It’s astonishing.” I like Drew and I enjoy his programmes, I think he is very knowledgeable and has a brilliant eye for quality – which is just as well, otherwise I might be thinking he is a bit of an arrogant ****** after reading this. A star on hit shows Salvage Hunters and Salvage Hunters: The Restorers says he is being forced to consider his future as costs spiral. Expert upholsterer Craig Hughes, from Colwyn Bay, has been a regular alongside Conwy antiques dealer Drew Pritchard on Salvage Hunters and a presenter on the spin off show. Finding and selling antiques is in his blood, and he can’t imagine ever stopping. He only wishes he knew as a young man what he knows now. For this reason, in May he published a book, “How Not to Be an Antiques Dealer: Everything I’ve Learnt, That Nobody Told Me”. North Wales Live has spoken to local business and property owners about whether losing Drew has impacted the town or if Dylan's has been an ample, or not superior, replacement.

The shop was welcomed by local businesses - with Drew attracting Salvage Hunters fans to the area. He had initially looked at plans to expand due to its success but by May 2022 had decided it was time to close up. Drew Pritchard set himself up as a dealer when he was a teenager, rooting around in scrapyards, working out of a shed and getting about in a ropy old Transit. Now he's a leading figure in the antiques trade with an international online business, and he's hugely popular presenter of hit TV show Salvage Hunters. Put your hand on it, say you love it, smile and say you will take it away that day and I guarantee you will get the best price possible.” Drew Pritchard for Barker and Stonehouse – Harling Snuggle Chair A shop is what Pritchard calls in his book “a very expensive gilded anchor, weighing you down”. A distraction from the nuts and bolts of how the money is made in the trade. I’d love to be right on about this and PC but no it’s not ok because you have vandalised your environment and put something tasteless and cheap and nasty into it, and even it wasn’t that way you’ve made it that way and you’re not learning from it and it will go out of this small phase and still be something worthless so you have wasted your money [when you could have gone out and bought] something beautiful.

Hailed a “junkyard genius”, he had the Midas touch when it came to finding treasures in other people’s scrap. The boy who left Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy at 16 with no qualifications, is now a respected international dealer in fine antiques, art and furniture. Clients include Ralph Lauren and the chef Marco Pierre White, reports North Wales Live. Drew told Quest: “I was just utterly fascinated with it and it’s never left me. It’s not something I can explain why, I just had to be around this old stuff all the time." They’re just dreadful. I’ve got great friends who are on them, but they’re auctioneers, not dealers. It’s like saying a painter and decorator is a builder. They both work on houses, but they do different things.”