Jane Crowley and Athol Salter from Dirty Janes release memoir Beeswax and Tall Tales

Mr Salter is an antique dealer, buyer and collector with more than 60 years of experience you see, and she wanted to share his stories with the family.

What started out as a project to pass down the family's history, has turned into the memoir Beeswax and Tall Tales, where all of Mr Salter's stories are written by his daughter.

It was not until she showed drafts to author Stephanie Bishop at a writer's retreat in the Highlands, that Ms Crowley made into a published book, which is being released on August 2.

You might know the duo from Dirty Janes which started out in Bowral, extended in Canberra and will soon open its doors in Orange.

"I think the stories are just so quirky and so good," she said, where she knew they had to be shared with others.

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"I want people to feel like they are sitting and having a cup of tea with him."

Some of the stories include treks around England to farms and auctions, accidentally acquiring 192 chamber pots, visits to deceased estates, discovering an unknown relative, and his store's humble beginnings in Wagga Wagga.

Born in 1939 in Melbourne, Mr Salter grew up on a struggling farm in country Victoria, milking cows before he walked to school and when he got home.

Expected to inherit the farm after he completed his studies, he had other aspirations.

For the 84-year-old, he has already read the memoir three times - astounded at all of his accomplishments, and other memories come rushing back with each read.

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One memory from the book he holds close is a letter he discovered in an 1880s Cutler roll top desk which belonged to a British naval captain, who had settled in Bombay.

"That's what you never know," he said, where each journey became a luck of the draw, full of more surprises than anticipated.

The letter was written to the captain by an Australian teacher who spent time in India - a relative of someone the antique dealer knew from country NSW.

"I think the main thing is to have a good laugh and hear more stories," he said.

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Ms Crowley grew up around antiques, where she restored and sold her first piece - a clerk's desk at eight years old.

Since then, the pair have restored countless pieces of furniture, attended many auctions and admired countless pieces they have stumbled upon.

When vintage items come through Dirty Janes and are displayed by different stallholders, the father and daughter like to wonder about their lives prior to arriving at the store.

"It's seeing the world through different eyes," Ms Crowley said.

Beeswax and Tall Tales will be available at the Bowral Bookshop, and other online retailers and book stores.

They will also launch the book at Centennial Vineyards on August 10, at 6.30pm.

Tickets are $72.08 and include dinner and a glass of wine and can be bought through Eventbrite.

Jane and Athol will sign copies of the book on the night, and Ms Crowley will also have her previous book Dirty Janes Vintage Style.

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