About us

Jonah Lumes has always believed that the things worth keeping should be kept properly.

Coins. Banknotes. Cufflinks. Watches. Old photographs. The occasional bottle of red that was meant to be opened years ago but somehow became part of the furniture. To Jonah, collecting is not about hoarding things. It is about remembering why they mattered in the first place.

The story goes that Jonah’s first collection began with a coin his grandfather gave him as a boy. It was not especially rare, nor especially valuable, but it had weight. It had age. It had passed through hands, pockets, shops, tills, and time. Jonah kept it in a matchbox for years, until one day he decided that anything with that much history deserved better accommodation.

That idea never really left him.

Over the years, Jonah became a collector of many things: coins, banknotes, cufflinks, old books, vinyl records, motoring memorabilia, and several questionable British cars. His pride and occasional inconvenience is a 1986 Jaguar XJ6 in British Racing Green, biscuit leather, walnut dash, and just enough mechanical temperament to remind him that true character is never maintenance-free.

Jonah has strong views on presentation. He believes vinyl sounds better than digital, cufflinks should never be novelty plastic, and a collection should not live loose in a shoebox like spare screws in a shed. A collection, in his view, should be displayed, protected, and enjoyed.

That is why Jonah Lumes exists.

Because collecting is personal. It is history made tangible. It is taste, memory, curiosity, and sometimes obsession, arranged neatly in a box.

Jonah would say that a good collection should tell a story before you even open it.

We agree.