0:00:35 > 0:00:38This week, we've returned to Cliveden -
0:00:38 > 0:00:42a mansion standing above the Thames.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Cliveden has been close enough to London
0:00:47 > 0:00:52for those who needed refuge from matters of court or politics.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59In 1893, Cliveden was bought by an American family, the Astors,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02whose money came from fur trading,
0:01:02 > 0:01:07and, in 1916, William Waldorf Astor became a baronet.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12When he died, his son, Waldorf, an MP, entered the House of Lords.
0:01:12 > 0:01:19His wife, Nancy, fought the election in his place, becoming the first woman MP to enter Westminster.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25A renowned hostess, Nancy established the Cliveden Set.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27There were endless parties,
0:01:27 > 0:01:32with an "A" list of guests, such as George Bernard Shaw...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37..Amy Johnson and Charlie Chaplin.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45Winston Churchill also visited, despite some venomous exchanges between him and Nancy Astor.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49If he were her husband, she said, she'd poison his food.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53He replied, "Madam, if you were my wife, I'd eat it."
0:01:53 > 0:01:55But he still dined here.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But Cliveden, in the '60s, was the setting
0:01:59 > 0:02:03for one of the most notorious political scandals.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It was here, after dinner,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08that Minister for War, John Profumo,
0:02:08 > 0:02:14first saw Christine Keeler, while she was swimming in the pool.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Their affair was secret for a while,
0:02:17 > 0:02:23but rumours, and the fact that MI5 knew that Keeler was seeing a man from the Russian Embassy,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26forced Profumo to deny that he knew her.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32His downfall wasn't due to the affair but because he lied to Parliament.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Public interest was huge.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40When Lord Denning published the report into the scandal, people queued till midnight for a copy.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44We're unlikely to find mementoes of that story,
0:02:44 > 0:02:49but our experts are ready for anything which might turn up.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Let's just hope it stays fine for us.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Guess what nationality these are.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- French.- Wrong!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- English.- Oh!
0:03:01 > 0:03:05There's a naivety about these two chaps.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09The combination of bronze and gilt bronze
0:03:09 > 0:03:12is typical of the late 18C, early 19C.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17I don't think a French sculptor made this thin lion with this funny face,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20but the workmanship is good.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Look - you can see the hair.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- He has this shaggy mane. - And the whiskers.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28It's nicely done,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31but the sculpture isn't brilliant.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34You've got this vaguely Adam design
0:03:34 > 0:03:36that you get in the 1770s.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39It's been used on this desk object,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42but it's quite crudely pricked out.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I'm being rude about them!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I wish you had said nicer things!
0:03:48 > 0:03:53It's a lovely combination of colour. Let's look underneath.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56These handmade nuts are well made.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58There are traces of sand.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It's sand-casting, as you'd expect then.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04They're very nice objects indeed,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06and they look so nice.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09They're such decorative objects,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11and so difficult to find.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Have you had them a long time?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16No, I've had them for about four years.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19A friend of restores antiques.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21He said that a couple owned them,
0:04:21 > 0:04:27and the husband brought them in, as the wife didn't like the base.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30She was thinking of changing the base
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- to more of a bronze colour.- Oh, yuck!
0:04:34 > 0:04:38He couldn't bear to do it! How horrible!
0:04:38 > 0:04:43He couldn't do it, and asked me if I was interested in purchasing them.
0:04:43 > 0:04:49- I thought it was a fabulous... I love them! It's all right that they're crude!- Not crude - naive!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52There's a certain charm in naivety.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I'm very glad the restorer
0:04:55 > 0:04:57didn't change for that lady!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I like these, despite their naivety.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03May I ask what you paid for them?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05£2,500.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Would you mind insuring them for £6,000?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12No, not at all! I'd be very pleased!
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- Who is this charming young lady in the photograph?- It's my mother.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- And when was it taken?- I think about 1920 - I don't know exactly.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Do you know what the occasion was?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27My father loved to show off his furniture,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31and my mother loved to show off a new dress,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and together they made a picture.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37The thing I want to look at
0:05:37 > 0:05:41is this, which is being shown off with flowers.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43We have it here.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46This is a scrumptious object.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Do you know any more than it dates back to 1920?- It's Viennese.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Hand-painted, 18th century. - 18th?- I think.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- That's what you've been told. - Yes. Is that wrong?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04In the 19C, the German School, in both Germany and in Austria,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- went back to the Renaissance for inspiration.- I see!
0:06:08 > 0:06:14- This called Historismus - historical revival.- Yeah, quite.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19This drinking horn was associated with medieval knights.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Mmm. - And it's made of enamelled copper.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Making 3D shapes in copper and enamel
0:06:25 > 0:06:27is very, very difficult.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Buckling occurs when firing.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33This is a complicated shape to make.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Oh.- So it has been made in sections.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38On the horn itself
0:06:38 > 0:06:43is subject matter which would be at home in this house.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46We have Orpheus,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48God of music,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51dragging Eurydice out of Hades,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55before he looks back and she disappears.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57It's a gorgeous thing.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Most gorgeous of all, perhaps, is this -
0:07:00 > 0:07:02the hippocampus,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- the horse of the sea.- Yes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- It has a dolphinesque tail.- Yes.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10And this is fashioned in silver.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13A little sculpture in its own right!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It's beautiful!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- I love the colours!- They're gorgeous!
0:07:18 > 0:07:21There is a little bit of restoration
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- on the rim up here.- Oh, yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It will have a bearing on the value.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- It's been repainted there.- Mmm.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Now...value.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Right.- At a sale some years ago of Viennese enamels,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I remember seeing a piece like this,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42fetching something like £2,000.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I see.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- That was some years ago.- Yes.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Today, it's more likely
0:07:49 > 0:07:52to be in the region of £10,000 to £15,000.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56I thought that was about it. Mmm.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01- I'm not going to faint on you!- Good! Take this home very carefully!
0:08:04 > 0:08:10My mother she got it from a friend or a neighbour, in the Clapham area,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- it would have been.- Yes.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- And how long ago was that?- The '30s.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Have you any idea what nationality it is?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Well, I have an idea it is Dutch, but I don't know.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Well, certainly, marquetry like this
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- you do see on Dutch furniture.- Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- In my view, it's an English piece of furniture.- Oh!
0:08:34 > 0:08:38It would have been made in the middle of the 19C.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's not that old, then? I see.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- It's about 1850, 1860.- Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47It has a bad ink stain in there. Does that detract...?
0:08:47 > 0:08:52But it also has its original pink velvet inside, which has faded,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55but it's retained that.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Ebony veneering. Very high quality.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Another sign that it's English
0:09:00 > 0:09:04is the lock on here is an English lock.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It has the look of something
0:09:06 > 0:09:09that you've enjoyed for years.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Yes, I enjoy it. Mmm.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13It hasn't been over-polished.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Often things coming onto the market are restored.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19This has a nice, natural feel.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I haven't polished it lately.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I used to go over it now and again.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Gently, every so often, will look after it.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I think, today, for insurance,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34a figure of £2,500 to £3,000 is right.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- It's a lovely thing.- Yes! - Continue enjoying it!
0:09:40 > 0:09:44What a super plate! It's English delftware -
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- copying the Chinese.- Yes.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The inscription is incredible.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- It thrilled ME.- Is it a family thing?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Not MY family. I looked after two old people.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02When the man died,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06his wife asked if there was anything I'd like.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I chose THAT and I treasure it.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- I would imagine so!- I really do.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The underglaze blue is marvellous.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- It's very much in the Kangxi style of Chinese.- Yes!
0:10:18 > 0:10:22You've got a lovely vase, and a little table.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Then these lovely little panels,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27which depict a Chinese pavilion,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30which people used to retire to,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32and contemplate things!
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Copied by the English in a strange way.- Yes!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- 1732 would be the right date for it. - Yes.
0:10:39 > 0:10:46- Commemorative things can be done later. You realise you haven't made a plate for a birthday...!- Yes!
0:10:46 > 0:10:48But this is right as rain!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50From Lambeth in London.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Really? Yes.- It's super.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Unfortunately, at some date,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58they've put these nasty metal...
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- Little wires to hold it on the wall. - Yes!
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- It may have happened. But delftware easily chips.- Does it?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- So, although it has a few chips, it doesn't matter much.- Good!
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- Are you worried about its value? - I'd be interested.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Well, if that didn't have an inscription,
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- if it was just a copy...- Yes. - ..Of the early-18C,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- of the Chinese Kangxi plate...- Yes.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28..it would be something like £500.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34- Ah, yes!- The inscription turns it into a different animal.- Oh!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37The inscription and date raise that £500
0:11:37 > 0:11:40up to something like £2,000.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Oh, that's a lovely surprise!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45This is a wonderful present
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- to have from your friend.- Well, yes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50My great grandmother left me it.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52She was born in 1877,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and she got married in 1898.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01It was in my family home, in my bedroom, and now it's in my cottage.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03That's all I know.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07It's satinwood, which was a popular wood,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and it's, as you can see, extremely decorative,
0:12:11 > 0:12:17with these Reynolds-like portrait medallions on the doors. It couldn't have been made for a man.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23So it's a piece of late-Victorian, Edwardian furniture.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It may have been a wedding present.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Let's look inside, shall we?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36What else does it do? ..Fantastic.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40So you've got a beautiful piece for possibly the bedroom,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43a little writing surface...
0:12:44 > 0:12:46..places for writing accoutrements.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Here, you could put little bits of sewing,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52you could put letters...
0:12:52 > 0:12:55A very feminine piece of furniture.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57What would we insure it for?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I think we will put the figure of £1,000 on this.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Right, that's nice!
0:13:05 > 0:13:10It'll be passed to my daughter when she's old enough.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Do you love it?! - It's very pretty.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18It's interesting to know about these pictures, as my mother is a Reynolds,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- and is related to Reynolds.- Strange!
0:13:21 > 0:13:25You said they were "Reynolds-like" -
0:13:25 > 0:13:27that was interesting!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35A collection of illustrated letters
0:13:35 > 0:13:38of absolutely the best sort.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41It's pop art of the 1850s,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I suppose it is, really.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46This is a wonderful one here!
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Mrs Abbot, I assume.- Yes.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I don't know who these others are.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- That was his son.- That's his son?
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- William Thomas, my great-grandfather. - That's absolutely charming!
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Presumably this...
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Is this to do with India? I can see that he's away from his wife.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13The circumstances of him going to India,
0:14:13 > 0:14:19- I haven't found out.- Right.- I assume that it was to make his fortune,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22as he left a wife of only two years,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- and a son who was only a year.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Is that his young son?- Edward. Yes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- With long dreadlocks!- Absolutely!
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Terribly mid-Victorian.- Yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36These are so beautiful!
0:14:36 > 0:14:39This one here, I notice,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41has got a little, um...
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- It's his bungalow and pigeon house.- Yes!
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Is this out in Bombay?- That's right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50He makes a great thing
0:14:50 > 0:14:55about enjoying the East India Company more than the British Army.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- Now you know what I'm going to say about this!- I panicked!
0:14:59 > 0:15:05- I must hold up my hand and confess - that's my...- That's YOU?- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I recommend that you get it off,
0:15:08 > 0:15:13- because it really soaks into the paper and makes a mess of it.- Yes.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Here is one of ships, and him playing cricket.- Yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19That brought him
0:15:19 > 0:15:21from England to Bombay.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Wonderful!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25You have other pictures here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- Well...- This one here... - That's his self-portrait.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And that is - you can see it's the same man -
0:15:33 > 0:15:39- a self-portrait in dress uniform. - Amazing. It's not a Regency dandy -
0:15:39 > 0:15:42it's a William IV, early-Victorian dandy!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- With these wonderful muffs!- Yes!
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- They were sent home in letters?- Yes.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Illustrated letters as good as these are rare.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I find them charming,
0:15:55 > 0:16:02but, of course, being a direct descendant, I can't be very objective about it!
0:16:02 > 0:16:08I think they're the best of their sort and very desirable - illustrated letters sent from India.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10They are worth in the region
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- of about £400 to £500 each.- Right!
0:16:13 > 0:16:17So you've got, at least, about £2,000 here,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- together with these.- I'm pleased!
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- It's wonderful to air them.- Good!
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Thank you very much indeed!
0:16:27 > 0:16:30I can imagine it behind us here -
0:16:30 > 0:16:33it would be suitable, wouldn't it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Definitely.- I mean, it's large,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38and I'm sure very heavy...!
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Do you know ANYTHING about it?
0:16:40 > 0:16:45My husband's grandpa acquired it in the '20s - that's it.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- But do you know what country it came from?- No idea. No.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Let's decide on the country.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55It's fortuitous that you've brought this in today.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01There was a recent exhibition of this type of furniture in Belgium.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Why was it held in Belgium?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06It was made outside Brussels.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10The whole look of this piece of furniture is 17C.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- 17th?- Yes - the LOOK of it! The look of it!- Yes.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19And it was a very popular style in Holland.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25Hans Vredeman de Vries was an important designer working in the 16C.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30In the 17C, he kept producing this style as it spread through Europe.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34In the 19C, in Belgium, they started making lots of these,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and they became almost factory-made.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42There was a recent exhibition of furniture of this type.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47It is the first time anyone has tried to catalogue these pieces,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49so it was fascinating.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51You see, here,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55this design - this geometric moulding -
0:17:55 > 0:17:59you see in England in about 1680, 1700.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03And why do you see it in England at that time?
0:18:03 > 0:18:08The design came over when William of Orange became King in the 1680s.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13So they brought this design from Holland into England. And here...
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- It's great.- I- couldn't carve this.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Compared to the way a figure is carved,
0:18:19 > 0:18:24it's not as realistic as it would be as a 17C piece.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Is it oak?- It's oak, solid oak - very solid oak indeed.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- So what do you think it's worth? - I haven't got a clue.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Have a guess. I'm thinking on my feet, here. It's a new science.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43- I would imagine...£3,000. - Any advance?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45No, not at all!
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Thinking on my feet, I'll top your bid, and put £5,000 on it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- £5,000?- £5,000?
0:18:52 > 0:18:58- It's one of the best I've seen of its type.- Really?- Yes. I think it's a great investment.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03- Yes.- I can't believe it's £5,000. - I think that's the minimum! I do!
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Well...- It's becoming popular now?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10We're in England - it's a Flemish piece -
0:19:10 > 0:19:14so over there, it'll be taken very seriously. Well done!
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Thanks very much.- Thank you! - Very interesting!
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Thank you!- Thank you! - I'm very stunned.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26This is one of the most famous images in the Roadshow's history,
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- because you brought this along to Reading.- Yes, I did.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36- It was much appreciated.- It caused a stir - the picture has had fan mail!
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Have you found out more about this person and what she did?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I haven't identified the person,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46but someone wrote to me,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48saying the lady was wearing
0:19:48 > 0:19:53a Voluntary Aid Detachment uniform of the Order Of St John,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56which we call St John's Ambulance.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I was pleased about that.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I contacted the Order of St. John.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04They invited me to look at their archives.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10When I looked at a uniform of WWI it sent tingles down my spine.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Since then, I've had more letters.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17We've decided that it would be a good idea to make a card.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20This card will go towards this charity.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24It'll be more famous than it is now.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28This little framed miniature is French.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Is it a family heirloom? - I don't know its origin.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37It's signed to the left - just "Dubois".
0:20:37 > 0:20:42The interesting thing about Dubois is that he, at the end of the 18C...
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- ..1780s, he was exhibiting in Paris.- Mmm.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50He then went to St Petersburg.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54By 1818, he was exhibiting in London.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I'm not clever enough on dress
0:20:56 > 0:20:59to know whether this waistcoat -
0:20:59 > 0:21:03which is delicious - is English, Russian or French.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It's hard to comprehend
0:21:05 > 0:21:09how these miniatures are painted.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Some of them are plumbago with a pencil...
0:21:13 > 0:21:16You can see how they're built up.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19This fineness is extraordinary.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22And even when you get the...
0:21:22 > 0:21:24You have fine paint in the face,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28but you also have a much more painterly brush stroke
0:21:28 > 0:21:31in the shirt and in the cravat.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Even that feels painterly -
0:21:33 > 0:21:36it doesn't feel laboured in any way.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Dubois actually painted
0:21:38 > 0:21:41with these dark backgrounds.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43This little miniature here
0:21:43 > 0:21:46is worth today about £3,000 or £4,000.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I think they're very good value for money.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55This is a different matter altogether -
0:21:55 > 0:21:58rather murky and distressed,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00but I have no doubt, myself,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03that it's of the period - 16th century.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06And it's...
0:22:06 > 0:22:09It says in Latin...
0:22:09 > 0:22:11her age,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14and we can just see...she's 29.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Beyond the marriage date, really!
0:22:19 > 0:22:24You always think of these little miniatures as being...
0:22:24 > 0:22:30- as being sent to the prospective husband...- Yes.- ..As a photograph.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33And it's dated 1596,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37and it's um... almost certainly Dutch.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- It's oil on copper.- Right.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42And then it does seem to be signed.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46The initial is T. Then it's B-U-I-S.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52In fact...if it were English, I think it would be pretty rare,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55but when we go over to Northern Europe,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59these miniatures really AREN'T terribly rare.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03It's worth £400, which seems surprisingly little.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05If you didn't have much money,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07but wanted to collect,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10what a wonderful thing to collect!
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- How long have you had them? - Over 30 years, I suppose.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- Probably about...- So you've had them a jolly long time!
0:23:22 > 0:23:26I bought them as I was fascinated by the workmanship...
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- Yes. - The detail of these fascinated me,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33even on the end of the...ramrod.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36They've gone to trouble to engrave it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Yes, yes.- Amazing.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41England. France. Spain.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43That's Spain?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Yes, this one's a Spanish one.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49This pistol is a double-barrelled,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53percussion belt pistol.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59It would have been made around about 1840, that time -
0:23:59 > 0:24:02a nice pistol.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Now, here we have France...
0:24:07 > 0:24:09This pistol is not for firing.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12This is an alarm gun.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Here...
0:24:14 > 0:24:19This part... would be into a door jamb,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21to make it secure.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23A line would be passed
0:24:23 > 0:24:26across the threshold of a doorway.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29It comes under there,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31up into a little hole here,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33and that, when it's tripped,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37will move that trigger sufficiently
0:24:37 > 0:24:40to allow the cock
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- to make the charge.- Yes.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I mean, it would be a gunpowder charge.
0:24:45 > 0:24:51- It's to frighten somebody?- An alarm gun made in the form of a pistol.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Now, Spain...
0:24:53 > 0:24:55A nice travelling pistol.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57This is called a miquelet,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00because the action is on the outside
0:25:00 > 0:25:03instead of inside the lock plate.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Spanish pistols have these ring cocks -
0:25:08 > 0:25:12you could tell a Spanish pistol a mile away.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Three interesting pistols.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20I think this particular one,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22if it was in auction,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24and it's in nice condition,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27would be around £600 to £800.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Your alarm pistol...
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Firearms curiosa -
0:25:32 > 0:25:35a lot of collectors for it...
0:25:35 > 0:25:38About £500. And your Spanish one...
0:25:40 > 0:25:43That would be similar to the English one -
0:25:43 > 0:25:46£600 to £800.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50So all in all, you know, three very nice pistols.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54These are some of my favourite toys.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58They're small, they're beautifully designed,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01they sum up a period in history,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03and this is a lovely collection.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06How did they come to YOUR hands?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08They came from my family,
0:26:08 > 0:26:13and I know they were used on my brother's first Christmas tree,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- which was in Danzig, 71 years ago. - Oh, fantastic! So...
0:26:17 > 0:26:19I know they're as old as that,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21but that is all I know.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26- They were used as Xmas decorations? - We have them out every Xmas.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- You STILL do?- Yes.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31They tended to be sold
0:26:31 > 0:26:33by vendors outside big stores.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35They were called "penny toys",
0:26:35 > 0:26:41because, at the time, they were sold for one penny.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44They were made in Germany.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46A range of dates here,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48from about 1905,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52through to about 1915, 1920.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56They are sought after by collectors now.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Something like this -
0:26:58 > 0:27:00we'd be talking £300, £400.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Oh, my goodness!
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Something like this - the same figure.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So for this group of toys,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11we are looking at £1,000, if not more.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Not bad for Xmas decorations!
0:27:15 > 0:27:16It's lovely!
0:27:16 > 0:27:19We're on the next door table,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21and what have we discovered?!
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I don't believe it!
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Look! This is another penny toy,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29and THAT...
0:27:30 > 0:27:33You've got...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36five coaches, in lovely condition...
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- I would have thought maybe £400.- Oh!
0:27:40 > 0:27:42THUNDER
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Delicious, and not so delicious recipes!
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I'd say that that is probably worth £200.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Far more exciting, in my opinion,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07are these 50 watercolours of the most delightful,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and most detailed plants.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Great bindweed - something that we try to get rid of!
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Is this another family item?- It is, yes.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Another great-great-grandmother,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22more directly connected to me -
0:28:22 > 0:28:24our maiden names are the same.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26These are remarkable -
0:28:26 > 0:28:2950 fabulously detailed watercolours!
0:28:29 > 0:28:32I feel that this collection
0:28:32 > 0:28:35would make certainly in excess of £1,000.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I enjoy seeing railway posters,
0:28:38 > 0:28:43as they're a precarious survival!
0:28:43 > 0:28:48This is one of my favourite images - Brunel's great Saltash bridge...
0:28:48 > 0:28:54The train coming across this... This was done from a Terence Cuneo painting in 1959 -
0:28:54 > 0:28:59- done for the bridge's centenary. There's a mouse.- Yes.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- There he is.- His trademark.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03His trademark, running along.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08It's one of his best images, as it conveys the history of the railways.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Where did you get it?
0:29:10 > 0:29:15My family was friendly with a ticket collector from Paddington Station.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- So he kept posters?- Yes, he did.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- I asked him for something for my room.- Why?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24A train enthusiast?
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Yes. I loved Great Western.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28In wonderful condition,
0:29:28 > 0:29:32this poster is worth £300 or £400.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- In this condition, it'll be about £150.- Thanks very much!
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Well, this is a Book Of Common Prayer,
0:29:40 > 0:29:42dated...
0:29:42 > 0:29:441686 is the date.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It's a fine Book Of Common Prayer!
0:29:47 > 0:29:51The book, itself, I have to say, doesn't excite me
0:29:51 > 0:29:53as much as this binding!
0:29:54 > 0:29:57In the middle here,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59are the arms of William and Mary,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01but around the edge,
0:30:01 > 0:30:05this lovely, delicate speckling
0:30:05 > 0:30:09with roses and other flowers around it.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11It's the best binding I've seen.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Where did it come from?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- My dad was given it to burn.- What?!
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Yes, among many other books. - That's terrible! When was this?
0:30:20 > 0:30:2255, 60 years ago.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25That would have been terrible!
0:30:25 > 0:30:27This is a beautiful survival.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30It's more exciting on the back.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33It has survived better on the back.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It's lacking its ties.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38I'd recommend you have it furbished.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Even the joints, although cracked,
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- are not in bad condition.- No.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46As a binding, this is worth
0:30:46 > 0:30:48something like £2,000.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Good heavens! Is it really?!
0:30:50 > 0:30:55- And it could have been burned!- Yes! - Thanks for bringing it in.- Thanks.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- My father was born in 1929.- Yes.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08He was a Mickey Mouse fan! He died last year.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12We were clearing things out and found Mickey.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15So this was a treasured possession...?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- You can tell...!- Yes!
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- He's been much loved. - He's missing his tail!
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Um, these Mickeys
0:31:23 > 0:31:26were made by Deans Rag Book.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Here is the registration number...
0:31:30 > 0:31:35which showed that it was a pukka Disney registered design.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40And Mickey - the early sort of rat-faced Mickey with the teeth.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43We have an abundance of riches here.
0:31:43 > 0:31:49Not only do we have THIS Mickey - the type that one sees quite often -
0:31:49 > 0:31:52but we have MacMickey!
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- MacMickey! That's right! - Mickey MacMouse!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I have to say
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I haven't seen a Mickey MacMouse,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02dressed in his tartan.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Is it Mickey or Minnie?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Is this a kilt, or is it a dress?
0:32:06 > 0:32:11He does have lace round his pants, so perhaps it's Minnie.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13What is nice here
0:32:13 > 0:32:16is that, unlike our friend,
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- yours has his tail.- Yes.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Um, we've got the same registration mark here.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Again, we've got this toothy grin,
0:32:24 > 0:32:29but it is unusual to have this tartan. Is it from Scotland?
0:32:29 > 0:32:33I was told it was from an exhibition in London,
0:32:33 > 0:32:35but I don't know how true that is.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38And how far can you trace it back?
0:32:38 > 0:32:42It belongs to a friend who was born in 1933.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44He's had it since he was a baby.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Yes, that would figure. Very nice!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Let's have the two here together.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53As far as value's concerned,
0:32:53 > 0:32:57this little chap... I would say that he is around...
0:32:57 > 0:33:00perhaps £80 to £120.
0:33:00 > 0:33:06Um, MacMickey, because he is very unusual in this outfit,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09would appeal to Disney collectors,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12something like £180 to £200.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15I think he's absolutely lovely.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19This is a delightful garden scene.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22It's painted in oil,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24on a wooden panel.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28A garden with a large greenhouse in the background,
0:33:28 > 0:33:32and rather sort of painted in similar colours.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Difficult to see is the signature,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38but it's readable - Norman Garstin.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Garstin was among the first painters
0:33:41 > 0:33:44to settle in Newlyn, in Cornwall -
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- he was in the Newlyn School.- Yes.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51One of the leading Victorian schools of painting,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54you know, in the late 19C.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56What can you tell me about it?
0:33:56 > 0:33:58How did YOU come by it?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01I was clearing a house out,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04about 15 years ago,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06and this was amongst it.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11- I put it in the shop for six months. There was no interest.- Really?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I suddenly looked at it one day,
0:34:13 > 0:34:18- and I thought it was very nice. - So you took it home?- Yes.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Quite right. It is a charming picture.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Garstin is an Impressionist.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29He studied in France and his pictures almost LOOK French.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33It's got a French feeling about the tonality of it.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Impressionistic brush work and soft colours
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- are typical of him.- Yes.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Now Garstin's work is rare, it doesn't often appear.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46What also makes him interesting
0:34:46 > 0:34:49is that he was born in Ireland.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53So Irish collectors are interested in Norman Garstin,
0:34:53 > 0:34:57all of which, you know, helps to add to the price.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02I took it to an auction house and they said about £700.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- £700?- Yes.- How long ago was that?
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- Eight or ten years ago.- Yes!
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Things have changed since then.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15If you were to take this picture back to the auction house now,
0:35:15 > 0:35:19- they'd tell you more like £20,000 to £30,000.- God!
0:35:19 > 0:35:24Without doubt, it's a very charming and delightful Garstin,
0:35:24 > 0:35:28and a good example of his work, in good condition.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33Although small, it's perfect for a private collector - this size -
0:35:33 > 0:35:35so really delightful.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Thank you for bringing it!
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Thank YOU. You made my day!
0:35:40 > 0:35:42You made MINE!
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- Have you ever seen a LARGER barometer?- No.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48It's the largest one I've seen.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52I mean, it is eccentrically large.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55It has great charm, due to its scale.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58It's an exquisitely made object.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02This chap has used the best mahogany veneers.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04You've got this flame veneer
0:36:04 > 0:36:08that occurs throughout the carcass of the piece,
0:36:08 > 0:36:12so he's really tried to make this a showy barometer.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15They're called "wheel barometers",
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- or "banjo barometers". - I've heard THAT expression.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22..Relating to the shape of it.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27You've got a hygrometer, and you've lost the glass.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31This hygrometer would have been an ear of corn
0:36:31 > 0:36:36- which when twisted, as the weather is damper...- Yes.- ..Or drier,
0:36:36 > 0:36:43so the ear of corn reacts, changing the measurement in that dial.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45The thermometer part...
0:36:45 > 0:36:49is unusual as it's in a bow-fronted case.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53He could have used a flat, glazed cover,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55but decided it was special,
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- and used a more expensive bowed cover.- Yes.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01The register itself
0:37:01 > 0:37:04is about 16 inches in diameter,
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- which is really enormous.- Yes.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Just at the bottom,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12is "Charles Maspero, Manchester".
0:37:12 > 0:37:15He was a maker recorded in Manchester
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- between 1850 and 1870.- Oh, really?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22If we revolve it, and have a look at the back,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25and we can see inside...
0:37:25 > 0:37:29The silk through this pulley floats with a glass weight
0:37:29 > 0:37:31on top of the mercury.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34The pressure makes the pulley react,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37and adjusts the arm on the front.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39It's a very simple mechanism
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- for such an elaborate and enormous case.- Yes.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Tell me, how long have you owned it?
0:37:46 > 0:37:51My great-great-uncle was the estate manager for Lord Leverhulme,
0:37:51 > 0:37:56and Lord Leverhulme gave this as a retirement present,
0:37:56 > 0:37:58because, as the estate manager,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02he was responsible for the shoot and the fishing.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07The barometer was an important piece of his equipment,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09to see what the weather would do!
0:38:09 > 0:38:13So, it sort of... eventually ended up
0:38:13 > 0:38:17in my hands, just after I was married in the early '70s.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I was rather short of money,
0:38:19 > 0:38:22and I had an antique dealer round.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27I sold some bits and pieces, and he offered me £50 for this.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Did he? - And I said I'd think about it,
0:38:30 > 0:38:34and, er, well, I'm still thinking!
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- It's just as well you were not forthcoming at that time.- Yes.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42At the moment, it's a splendid thing.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46I'd expect you to get between £3,000 and £4,000 for it.
0:38:46 > 0:38:52- You're joking!- So £50 to £3,000 is a very fair stretch, isn't it?!
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I'm very grateful!
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Why Malta?
0:38:58 > 0:39:04My husband is half-Maltese. My father-in-law was from Malta.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Yes, so you bought them there?
0:39:07 > 0:39:12No. My father-in-law bought them in the '60s at an auction in Surrey.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Two types of Maltese paintings...
0:39:14 > 0:39:17There are lots of tourist pictures.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- This isn't a tourist picture.- No.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22It's a Maltese painting his people.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24And where is this one?
0:39:24 > 0:39:28If I remember - father-in-law died 12 years ago -
0:39:28 > 0:39:31he said that that was in a square,
0:39:31 > 0:39:33and he was a melon seller,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35he would be selling melon.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Looks more like bananas to me!- Yes!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40You don't know where it is?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- I don't know.- Valetta or somewhere.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45It's a very small island.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Yes. It's the feeling of that dry...
0:39:48 > 0:39:51This is a dry, parched rock, really.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53And a wonderfully warm people.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55They are.
0:39:55 > 0:40:01I'm interested not in the value of them, but in how they're painted.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Are they well-painted?- They are.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07They're in the Italian style of watercolours.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12- There's an Italian tradition in watercolours.- Yes.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15And Malta is quite Italian...
0:40:15 > 0:40:17It's a second language there.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Not the finest watercolours,
0:40:20 > 0:40:22but they are highly competent.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Yes. OK.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27The price is highly competent as well -
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- these are worth quite a lot of money.- Ah.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33They are worth
0:40:33 > 0:40:36at least £6,000 to £8,000 each.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Good grief!
0:40:38 > 0:40:40- And maybe more.- Gosh.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Maybe up to £10,000 each.- Heavens!
0:40:45 > 0:40:48You have surprised me! I must say, you have!
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Lovely cruet frame! Do you use it?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- I don't.- Why not?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I'm frightened to use it!
0:40:56 > 0:40:59I'd be wary, particularly with this glass.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Glass, I must admit, terrifies me.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07If you drop silver, at least it bounces -
0:41:07 > 0:41:09you can get the dents out later!
0:41:09 > 0:41:12What is wonderful with this cruet
0:41:12 > 0:41:15is that the glass seems intact.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Has it been passed down the family?
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I see there's a coat of arms.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Nothing to do with our family.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24It would be quite interesting
0:41:24 > 0:41:27to try and work out who that is.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29There's a gentleman's helm there,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32so it's not a member of the peerage.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35So, how did you come by it?
0:41:35 > 0:41:41It was my birthday, I was in Ireland, and my father told me to pick out whatever I liked in the house.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- I picked this.- You know the maker?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Yes, I do - Paul Storr.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Absolutely! Paul Storr -
0:41:49 > 0:41:51one of the greatest workers ever -
0:41:51 > 0:41:53the greatest makers of silver.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56From the date there...
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Where are we? ..1808.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03That was at the peak of Paul Storr's work -
0:42:03 > 0:42:05with Rundell, Bridge and Rundell -
0:42:05 > 0:42:07goldsmiths to the King.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10You couldn't get better work then.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Cruets by Paul Storr...
0:42:14 > 0:42:17..are actually comparatively common.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20I see.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Complete ones are not,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25and ones of this size are not.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27This is quite a cruet.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32It surprises me that it's not a member of the peerage,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35which is what you expect with Storr.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39A stunning piece of Regency silver.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Have you ever had it valued?
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I have, yes. Due to insurance.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47It was valued between five and six.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Thousand?- Yes. - How long ago was that?
0:42:50 > 0:42:56- Um, it must be at least... er, six years ago.- Six years.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Things have moved a bit since then.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03I would reckon, that to insure this,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05you'd have to put...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08between £25,000 and £30,000 on it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Boy-oh-boy! Whew!
0:43:13 > 0:43:17- So a reassessment on the insurance!- Yes. Whew!
0:43:17 > 0:43:20That's something. Whew! Yeah.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24In spite of the rain, we've had a wonderful day.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29Thank you to the National Trust, and to the hotel for their warm welcome,
0:43:29 > 0:43:36and to the people of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire for bringing us their treasures AND themselves.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Until next week, goodbye.
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