Background
Philp was born in Cardiff, and attended Penarth grammar school, but opted to enter the family antiques business, A. T. Philp & Sons, instead of going to university.
Philp was born in Cardiff, and attended Penarth grammar school, but opted to enter the family antiques business, A. T. Philp & Sons, instead of going to university.
The premises were in Cardiff"s Royal Arcade, where they remained until 1968. They had two sons. He lived for a time near Monmouth, but later returned to Cardiff. In 1958, the first programme in the series, Collectors" Club, was shown on television, and Philp also wrote a column on antiques for The Times.
He published several books on the subject of antiques.