Des Schollum, the owner of The House of Books in Lower Hutt boasts one of the country's largest collections of private letters and is a leading expert on signature forgery.
Recently he was instrumental in establishing whether or not a Charles Dickens letter was a fraud.
He joins Kathryn Ryan to talk about how to separate fakes from the genuine article and his near 50 year passion for collecting private letters from the rich and famous.
Des Schollum with Odette's Legion of Honour medal. Photo: supplied
