From a stand on Britanco to a famous antique shop

From a stand on Britanco to a famous antique shop

Daniel Glavan about his journey, his obsession and the rare books he brings from Europe. He also found some spectacular ones in the Zagreb basements of Daniel Glavan, a man who has been surrounded by books for most of his life, one morning we found him throwing Harry Potter in the trash in his antique shop Biblos. He didn't do it because he has a bad opinion of that novel or because its cover is awful. He did it because of a dissatisfied customer. "Unfortunately, it's not possible to please everyone, no matter how hard you try," Glavan commented on the situation after the customer picked himself up from the antique store.

''He came to me with a book without a receipt and said that about 30 pages were missing, and that he wanted a refund. In truth, there were no pages due to a printing error. I took the book, threw it in the trash and offered him another one with the same title, even though he didn't have a receipt. He didn't want a new book because it had a coffee stain on it. the tops of the pages," said Glavan. Fortunately, the customer changed his mind after it was explained to him that he could clean the stain with soft emery paper. He reluctantly took the book and left. During the years of working in the antique shop, Glavan also threatened to report him for violating the GDPR. "I found out after he was caught stealing by the cameras I called him and asked him to return the books, but with the threat of suing me for violating the law on personal information, he also angrily told me that he would never return to the antique store, "luckily, there are many more wonderful customers," said Glavan with a laugh. the current one is on the corner of Palmotićeva and Đorđićeva. It is a pleasant space on three levels, with books stacked four meters high. Today, the antiquarian has over 17,000 books, and it also offers old maps and views. Glavan started working as a book antiquarian in 2002, when the antiques fair was launched in Britanac. ''I never saw myself as a person who would deal with it, although from the age of eleven I started visiting Zagreb's antique stores and spending a lot of time in my father's large library. The turning point happened when I came up with the idea to rent a stand with my college colleague and start selling,'' says Daniel, the son of the late music critic and art historian, Darko Glavan.

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