Largely influenced by the connoisseur, Louis Huth, Salting began collecting Chinese porcelain, developing a fine discriminating taste for it.
His collection gradually extended and included English furniture, bronzes, majolica, glass, hard stones, manuscripts, miniatures, pictures, carpets, and other items which might be found in a good museum.

Salting was a careful buyer, as a rule dealing only with two or three dealers whom he felt he could trust, though he sometimes bought at auction.
 He often obtained expert advice and his own knowledge was always growing.
 As a consequence he made few mistakes, and these were usually corrected by the pieces being exchanged for better specimens.
 Salting lived modestly mostly in London, occupying just two living rooms.
Except for an occasional few days shooting, he made  collecting, and its associated research and study, his occupation.
Largely influenced by the connoisseur, Louis Huth, Salting began collecting Chinese porcelain, developing a fine discriminating taste for it. His collection gradually extended and included English furniture, bronzes, majolica, glass, hard stones, manuscripts, miniatures, pictures, carpets, and other items which might be found in a good museum.
Salting was a careful buyer, as a rule dealing only with two or three dealers whom he felt he could trust, though he sometimes bought at auction.  He often obtained expert advice and his own knowledge was always growing.  As a consequence he made few mistakes, and these were usually corrected by the pieces being exchanged for better specimens.  Salting lived modestly mostly in London, occupying just two living rooms. Except for an occasional few days shooting, he made  collecting, and its associated research and study, his occupation.
George Salting