0:00:36 > 0:00:41This week we're in Yorkshire and the town of Selby, 12 miles south of York.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48The immediate landscape is dominated by three enormous power stations -
0:00:48 > 0:00:55the largest of them, with a name favoured by Ian Fleming for one of James Bond's early enemies, is Drax.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59There's no bigger coal-fired power station in Western Europe.
0:00:59 > 0:01:06The coal that Drax consumes at a rate of 36,000 tons per day, comes mostly from Selby coalfields,
0:01:06 > 0:01:13and that in itself is no antique - it was discovered only as recently as 1967 - recent for some of us.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30It is a gigantic undertaking.
0:01:30 > 0:01:37To give you an idea of the scale, each of Drax's 12 cooling towers is taller than St. Paul's Cathedral.
0:01:37 > 0:01:43The River Ouse supplies three tonnes of water a day for the cooling process.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47The river played a crucial part in one of Selby's colourful legends.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50It involves monk Benedict of Auxerre
0:01:50 > 0:01:56who in 1069 had a vision of a place where a great abbey would stand.
0:01:56 > 0:02:03Years later, he was sailing up the River Ouse when suddenly three swans settled on the water,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07and Benedict recognised the area as the one he'd seen in his vision.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11He planted a cross and he staked his claim.
0:02:11 > 0:02:18Selby Abbey survived the dissolution of the monasteries and the odd natural disaster,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and contains some fabulous stained glass.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26The most famous feature is the 14th-century Washington window.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30John de Washington was a prior in the region.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34He shared a family tree with George Washington.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40The family crest of stars and stripes shown in the window, served as the basis for the American flag.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49Selby was heavily involved in the English Civil War - there was the Battle of Selby in 1644.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Lord Fairfax stormed the town and recaptured it from the Royalists.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59700 years before that, it was the home of the Archbishops of York.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05This gatehouse, now owned by the Landmark Trust, is all that remains of the great palace at Cawood.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08King John and Henry VIII were guests here.
0:03:08 > 0:03:15It was here in 1530 that Cardinal Wolsey was lying sick when they came and arrested him for treason.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21He was a popular man in these parts. It's said that as he was led away, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25It's an event that's been enshrined in legend and song.
0:03:27 > 0:03:34"And all the king's horses and all the king's men, never ever did restore Wolsey again."
0:03:34 > 0:03:41And so to the show. Our academy of experts is installed at the Abbey Leisure Centre -
0:03:41 > 0:03:44hoping fervently there'll be no falls or breakages.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Let's see what the people of Selby have brought us - quite a lot!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Look, there's the Queen.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Bet that's the first time she's been in the back of a car!
0:03:57 > 0:04:02A whisky flask, in the olden days - have a nip of whisky on the road.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Well, that kept the deer safe.
0:04:04 > 0:04:11I'm sure nobody could fire a decent shot after that. We'll get some things taken in.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- Really is a socking great pedestal, isn't it?- Very heavy.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Yes, it certainly is, all walnut -
0:04:19 > 0:04:23solid walnut baluster there, which I think is really nice.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28This frame - very gently scalloped all the way around, I like that too.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- It gives the top of the table a lot of weight.- Yes.
0:04:33 > 0:04:41Now I'm going to go underneath here because this is a tilt-top table. Let's see if I can do this.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I might need help. That sounds good. Here we go.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Now, that is pretty spectacular. Can you tell me anything about this?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Well, I got it from my father,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and it was given to him by his mother,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and it belonged to her auntie and uncle.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05I believe my grandma's uncle was a mace bearer of Pontefract.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I'm given to understand that it came from the Lord Mayor's parlour.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13So it may have a very grand provenance?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Yes, it came into my uncle's possession about 60 years ago.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22The date of the table would go back quite a long way further than that.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28And the style of the base and the really incredibly decorative character of the front,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32would suggest the third quarter, say, of the 19th century.
0:05:32 > 0:05:39- So it's showing a lot of French influence, and the French style was very popular at that time.- Right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45Walnut veneer as a ground, into which are set all these different shapes and cartouches.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48The middle bit's almost too cute.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53These musical trophies you've got there and here,
0:05:53 > 0:05:59a really lovely violin there and a tambourine and a horn.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03So four musical trophies interspersed with flower sprays.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08- Fantastic colour in this table. - Yes.- And it's kept its greens.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14- There is a problem with the surface of this table.- Yes. We stripped the polish off about seven years ago.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Why?
0:06:16 > 0:06:21Our daughter - who was three - drew on it with her felt-tip pens.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Ah.- So to remove the colour, we removed the polish.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Right.- We've never had it redone.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31It's a shame as there are bits of polish left and you can see the richness,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35it'd be worth having that polished again.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41You ought to consider an insurance valuation of around £6,000.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47- Because if something happened to it, you wouldn't forgive yourselves.- No!
0:06:47 > 0:06:54She's lost her earrings and the top of her crown, but even with those defects,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- she'd probably be worth about £150, maybe more.- Oh, yes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Now this object here is rather interesting.
0:07:02 > 0:07:09- We've got a little stoneware thing, and do you know what this is? - I think it's a handwarming pot.- Yes.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- And a hot water bottle.- Yes, yes.
0:07:11 > 0:07:17And you can see there's a registration mark here - and that was registered in 1929.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- Oh, yes.- And you acquired this from another relative?- From a relative.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25You've done well from relatives.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31This is not very valuable, £80 to £100 perhaps, but it's interesting.
0:07:31 > 0:07:37And then this big - what we could rather poshly call a jardiniere.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- In Yorkshire, you'd call it an Aspidistra pot.- That's it, yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45It's a well-known piece made by the Minton firm,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49probably round about 1868.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53It's typical of what's called majolica.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59Majolica introduced by Minton as a result of experiments by a Frenchman, Leon Arnoux,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01who was their art director.
0:08:01 > 0:08:08and he had this way of making these opaque colours to decorate what's really a terracotta pot.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13You've got something which is well known and very collectable, really.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Unfortunately it's got a chip.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- Yes, it has.- You can see the little chip, but otherwise, it's in good condition.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27They're extremely fashionable in America. I would think £2,000.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34- Would it?- Yeah, so of the items we've picked out from all those you brought today,
0:08:34 > 0:08:39I found these extremely interesting, so thank you for bringing them.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Every so often, you get a rare treat on the Roadshow.
0:08:43 > 0:08:50And I've never seen a brass kettle on stand of exactly this form.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Where did you get it from?
0:08:52 > 0:09:00Well, I inherited it from my father's family who were very local and were farmers in the area.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04My grandmother said
0:09:04 > 0:09:09that it was used as the... at the Sunday School teas.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I think it dates from about 1820.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18It's got the original turned ebony handle on the top of the kettle
0:09:18 > 0:09:22which matches the turned ebony on the stand. If you turn it up,
0:09:22 > 0:09:27inside is the tinned interior, which is what you should have.
0:09:27 > 0:09:34And the rare thing is having this stand which, although it looks black, is made of brass too.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40I didn't know that the stand was made of brass. I assumed it was iron or...
0:09:40 > 0:09:45No, if you look carefully, particularly up at this top end,
0:09:45 > 0:09:51- you can see the original brass underneath this black patination. - Yes.- And the heat in the fireplace,
0:09:51 > 0:09:57standing in the ashes is what has made it go completely black, and inside, this wonderful pig of iron.
0:09:57 > 0:10:04So for your family's Sunday School teas - that would have been in the fire
0:10:04 > 0:10:11and would have gone into this stand, would have radiated the heat into the bottom of the kettle
0:10:11 > 0:10:15and it's remained as it was in those days.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Yes. Well, in my living memory it's never been used.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23And I've never cleaned the back of this kettle,
0:10:23 > 0:10:30because I think if you do clean old brass you're losing part of its history.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35I think this colour remaining on the stand is very attractive.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Now a kettle like this,
0:10:37 > 0:10:42ordinarily would perhaps be worth £100 to £150.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46To have the kettle on the stand from this period,
0:10:46 > 0:10:52translates it rather excitingly into an object that's worth perhaps £600 to £800.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55that's just by keeping it together.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Yes, that's rather a surprise really.
0:10:59 > 0:11:07What we've got here is a small collection of the typical type of watches that turn up every Roadshow.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11The problem is that everybody had a granny and a grandpa,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16and most have watches, and although they're marvellous pieces of work,
0:11:16 > 0:11:22this little one here is a typical granny watch of 1900, beautifully engraved, probably still working,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25but £50 or less.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31So this is a very handsome collection and some of these to my eye look terribly expensive,
0:11:31 > 0:11:36what would you advise people to do to avoid disappointment?
0:11:36 > 0:11:42It's difficult to say, because there isn't an easy way of looking on the bottom and saying -
0:11:42 > 0:11:48it's marked like this so i's £50. One just has to bring them along
0:11:48 > 0:11:52and one has a look, because there's a chance it may be valuable.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Always that chance.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Yes.- It's travelled well.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Oh, very nice, can I give it a...
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Nice one.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14It's been passed down the family on my husband's side,
0:12:14 > 0:12:20from his great aunt - the lady in the picture there.
0:12:20 > 0:12:27It originally belonged to her five-year-old sister which she got as a Christmas present.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Unfortunately, six weeks later, she died of diphtheria
0:12:34 > 0:12:40and this was the last thing she was holding with the doll when she died.
0:12:40 > 0:12:47- Her elder sister has kept it in memory of her sister. - Was that an orange, do you think?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- Yes, yes.- Well, it's a tragic story and, as I always say,
0:12:51 > 0:12:58valuable things haven't been played with, and usually it's because of a sad story like this.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03She's been put away in her original box in superb, pristine condition,
0:13:03 > 0:13:09and the fact that it's a British doll - because we don't have many British dolls in this country...
0:13:09 > 0:13:16She's a "shoulder-head" - all in one with the shoulder plate, lovely original silk satin dress,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and little overcoat, original shoes,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23her own bag and this photograph of the original owner,
0:13:23 > 0:13:31all go to push up her value to - I would say somewhere in the region of £200 to £300, possibly more.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- So...- Lovely. Thank you.
0:13:35 > 0:13:43Well, this is really psychedelia, isn't it? Fantastic bit of optical art, but from when?
0:13:43 > 0:13:49Not from the flower-power age of the 1960s,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51but look at that one,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54that's fantastic too.
0:13:54 > 0:14:00This is, if you like, psychedelia from a century before that.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04These are 19th-century kaleidoscopic slides.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09And there's another rather fun one of somebody looking in the mirror
0:14:09 > 0:14:16and they see the donkey's face instead of their own.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Now these slides obviously go with something much more extravagant -
0:14:21 > 0:14:26this wonderful magic lantern. How far can you trace it back yourself?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30It belonged to my wife's uncle.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36- So he was as a projectionist? - No, he was a plumber.- Very good.
0:14:36 > 0:14:43This particular magic lantern is a very good quality one. It's a good mahogany body, brass fittings,
0:14:43 > 0:14:48and on the front here is the name of the manufacturer.
0:14:48 > 0:14:56The Hughes company was working from the 1870s all the way through until the early 20th century.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02There are two distinct parts to this - one is the lantern itself.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08I would say we're talking about perhaps £400 to £600, that sort of figure,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10and then we come to the slides.
0:15:10 > 0:15:17I would have said that we've probably got about £300, perhaps £350-worth of slides.
0:15:17 > 0:15:25So put it all together, and on a good day it could be just edging up towards £1000.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32- The marks are confusing because it's stamped there "Nevada silver".- Yes.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36There is actually not a gram of silver in this.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44It's actually a manufacturer in Sheffield in the 19th century who was stamping all these names on.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Today, there's no you could put that on, because it would be...
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- ..Illegal.- Trades Descriptions Act.
0:15:52 > 0:15:59It's made more confusing by these marks which give the impression of a set of hallmarks.
0:15:59 > 0:16:06But when you look at them, they're spurious and are made to give you that idea of a set of hallmarks.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10So the whole thing is set out to confuse.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15- It's a fraud.- Well, yes. In a nutshell, I think you've got it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19In 1906, Selby Abbey was destroyed by fire,
0:16:19 > 0:16:24and a stonemason at that time retained so much wood from the abbey,
0:16:24 > 0:16:30and over the next 10 or 15 years used it for carving walking sticks for special people.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- You had to be important to get one?- That's right, yes.
0:16:34 > 0:16:42This is an earlier one which he carved for one of his workmates, but this belongs to Selby Abbey archives.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48- This is a later model, probably around 1920.- But both made from wood from the timbers...
0:16:48 > 0:16:51..The timbers from the old abbey.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57And they're marked, "Old oak, 1069, Selby Abbey".
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- 1069, wonderful. - Before we were born.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07- And how many of these are there? - Probably 12.- In the world? - That's it, yes.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11It's in a pretty platinum case, probably French,
0:17:11 > 0:17:16but its value is commensurate with the diamonds and metalwork.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- So it's worth, in auction, something in the region of £400.- Oh, really?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24What we have here is something else.
0:17:24 > 0:17:31- We have a compact.- Yes. It was given to me fairly recently by - I'd better not say an elderly lady -
0:17:31 > 0:17:39a mature lady, and she'd inherited it from an even older lady that had died, and she gave it to me,
0:17:39 > 0:17:46- for safe keeping.- Well, this jet black is quite severe looking, but it's very typical of the 1930s.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Let's have a look inside.
0:17:48 > 0:17:55Inside you've got the mirror and these two little doors, rather like wardrobe doors.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01- and as the lid flips up, it slightly releases the handles of these doors. - Dinky.
0:18:01 > 0:18:08- And you can see it's a powder compact. Inside there you've got a little hallmark.- Yes.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- And it's not gold, it's silver-gilt.- Oh, right.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16And it's black enamel on the surface. If I turn it,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20you can see the full extent that it has been black enamelled.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25- Lovely diamonds that form this flash on the front. - Are those initials?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Yes. If you think about the 1930s,
0:18:28 > 0:18:33it was fashionable to put a monogram in a very linear look.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37There's a tiny inscription there on the edge.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43- I didn't see, but my daughter saw it, and there's a number.- That's right, because it's by Cartier, London.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47And if you look in the hallmark, it's 1934,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- and that makes it quite valuable. - Oh.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56- Now it ought to be worth something approaching £1000.- Really?- Yes.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- I was going to keep my pills in it. - You still can.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I still might, on special occasions.
0:19:03 > 0:19:10It's appropriate being in Yorkshire we should be looking at this piece of embroidery which depicts archery,
0:19:10 > 0:19:17because of the important association that Yorkshire as a county has had with the history of archery.
0:19:17 > 0:19:26- Oh.- Now, this sampler was worked by Sarah Enson who finished this in her 11th year, 1802.
0:19:26 > 0:19:33So she would have done this just at the beginning of the major part of the Napoleonic wars.
0:19:33 > 0:19:40If we start from the top, there's this wonderful scene of an archery match and you can see two gentlemen.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43One of them has just loosed his arrow,
0:19:43 > 0:19:48winging its way to the butts, and the two chaps are the scorers.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52They're quite brave fellows to stand there.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58One thing that is very important about the whole aspect of archery
0:19:58 > 0:20:06is that it was the first sport in which both men and women could compete equally in an outdoor sport.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10And we have a lady, very fashionably attired.
0:20:10 > 0:20:18The detail is beautiful. She really has observed things and I think she's been inspired by them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23My favourite bit is this person coming to church in a sedan chair.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- Now that's got to be style. - Yes, I love that.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33You gets lots of formal painting of people with their bow and arrow,
0:20:33 > 0:20:39but there's very little folk art, and yet archery was so important in the history of Yorkshire.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44There's a match now that's still known as the York Round.
0:20:46 > 0:20:53So it's wonderful that we've got it here and in beautiful condition, with just the odd little hole in it.
0:20:53 > 0:21:00I paid for that and another sampler which you - a friend of yours had -
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- and I paid £1,000 for the two. - Well, I think it was a good buy.
0:21:05 > 0:21:12I think that this is worth about £1,500 because of its clarity and its unusual subject as well.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19- How did you come by it? - It was a gift.- A fabulous gift.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- You know it's Japanese, obviously? - I presumed so.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29- What do you think he is?- A samurai. - In fact, he's a little bit more complicated than that.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34In fact he's a sort of renegade samurai warrior, he's a Yamabushi.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Yamabushi were priest samurai figures.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46- Was he a bad warrior? - Yes, he would have been, but he is a sort of renegade
0:21:46 > 0:21:53who left the official samurai clan for whatever reason, went into the mountains
0:21:53 > 0:21:59and became a priest samurai. But he didn't turn out to be a good figure.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04They would descend from the heights of the mountains around Kyoto into Kyoto
0:22:04 > 0:22:08and cause havoc, so they're not at all popular.
0:22:08 > 0:22:14This figure is by one of the most well known of the Japanese bronze makers.
0:22:14 > 0:22:20This is a sort of travelling box, and let's take his conch shell off.
0:22:20 > 0:22:28You can see he's blowing it, by his rounded cheeks - I suppose it's a sort of mobile phone of its day.
0:22:28 > 0:22:35- He would call his companions from the mountains. - Or to announce the arrival.- Indeed.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41But this piece has a signature by quite a well-known maker called Miyao,
0:22:41 > 0:22:46who was the most well known of the Japanese bronze makers.
0:22:46 > 0:22:53This is post-1868, when the habit of wearing swords was forbidden and people turned to western dress -
0:22:53 > 0:22:57and thus metalworkers made animals and bronze figures.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03Some are extremely fine and can be large. Large Miyao ones are worth tens of thousands of pounds.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09This is not of that calibre, it'd be worth something like £1,500,
0:23:09 > 0:23:15- probably more like £2,000 to £3,000. I hope that's a good surprise. - Lovely.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Good.- Amazing.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19That one's Dopey.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24- And this one looks - he looks a bit bashful.- Yes, that's him, shy.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Actually, he's Grumpy.- Grumpy.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32He's Grumpy, so maybe this one is...he's Bashful.
0:23:32 > 0:23:38Well, you've got a lovely group of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41And where did you get them from?
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- I've been collecting since I was young.- And how old were you when you started?- About two.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55Very good. Can you see on the bottom there's a name which says "Wade"?
0:23:55 > 0:24:01It's been cast out of pottery and it's been painted on afterward.
0:24:01 > 0:24:08So this paint is a little bit fragile, so you can see on places that it's...
0:24:08 > 0:24:16- It's chipped.- It is a bit chipped, yeah. But no, it's a nice early set dating from probably the 1930s.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19I think it's worth a lot of money.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23It could be worth about £500.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26It's all right, isn't it?
0:24:26 > 0:24:32It was done by a private in the regiment of Captain Oates
0:24:32 > 0:24:39after the Scott of the Antarctic where he went out to the snow to die. It was done with Army darning wool.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Because it looks very coarse woolwork.- Yes.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48The Army darning wool makes it kind of triply interesting.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Here we have "a gallant gentleman" -
0:24:52 > 0:24:55the absolute emotional epitaph here.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01- It's very beautifully done. It's in jolly good condition.- Yes.
0:25:01 > 0:25:08- I think it's a really super object and it would be incredibly popular were it ever to be sold.- Really?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10If this comes onto the market,
0:25:10 > 0:25:18- I think you'd be likely to get between £1,000 and £1,500 for it. - Really?- Mmm.- Good heavens!
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- It's a very rare object.- Amazing. - Thanks for bringing it in. - Thank you.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28My great-grandfather got this as a wedding present.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34and he was a barrister, so the connection's quite apt when you think of the history.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40- The title "Laying Down the Law".- Yes. - "Trial by Jury" is the other.- Yes.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Well, it's one of the most famous images by Landseer.- Yes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47One of the greatest animal painters in the 19th century.
0:25:47 > 0:25:54At that time, judicial reform was very very topical and the artist was trying to give us a message.
0:25:54 > 0:26:01This is satiring the very fact that possibly animals and dogs could do a better job than humans.
0:26:01 > 0:26:09I do understand that Landseer saw the dogs sitting at the table and said it reminded him of a judge.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15- We better say now that it's not the original.- Oh yes, yes.- But it's a very good version of the picture.
0:26:15 > 0:26:23It was either bought or commissioned by the Duke of Devonshire, and it was painted about 1840.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Yes, that's right, yes.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31- This spaniel was in fact the Duke of Devonshire's dog.- Yes.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34It was engraved in 1841/42,
0:26:34 > 0:26:40- and in the engraving he doesn't appear.- Yes.- And in fact, the dog was actually painted in later.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Yes, so I understand.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48Artists magnified their income by having the paintings engraved
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and selling them across the country.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Look at this wonderful poodle.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59The poodle belonged to Count D'Orsay, and he's the most wonderful, imposing figure.
0:26:59 > 0:27:07With a copy - and it's a very good copy - you ought to say £2,000 - £3,000 and insure for a bit more.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Yes, right. Thank you.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Some are of incredible rarity.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Wonderful things.
0:27:15 > 0:27:22That's a terribly rare one, that's this little chappie on the front, it's a Worcester one.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25A lot of them are incredibly rare. By golly!
0:27:25 > 0:27:30There's one or two that are probably a little bit wrong.
0:27:30 > 0:27:361790 is wrong. It's a later French piece. They often put phoney dates on them.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42And this one, the Dutch decorated one, that's here on the table, isn't it?
0:27:42 > 0:27:49They belong, in fact, to the Lodge, not to us personally.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54We just brought them along today for you to have a look at.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- And how did they come into being? - They're all donated,
0:27:59 > 0:28:05principally by two members of the Lodge who were quite wealthy and knowledgeable about this.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- Yes. This is extraordinary. This is a Worcester one.- Yes.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Terribly rare, with the Freemasons on the front and the emblems.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20Engraved by James Ross who was a great Worcester engraver, a pupil of Hancock,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23the originator of transfer printing.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28This is marvellous, about 1780 something like that, this one.
0:28:28 > 0:28:35I mean, some of these - I mean, this super Leeds pot, must be, I don't know £1,500 to £2,000.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- Really?- Yes, this little Worcester mug is splendid.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43I mean, here we're £1,500 - £2,000.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Some of the glass - especially these lemon squeezer bases -
0:28:47 > 0:28:49are worth up to £2, 000 each.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55- Gosh.- So on this table, just these few pieces from the collection...
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- Yes.- There must be what,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01£17,000 - £18,000 or more.
0:29:02 > 0:29:09- I've had just a little flipsy through this collection, it's mind-bending.- Yes.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14And one must be looking at something like £250,000 or more.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Take great steps to get them all itemised and all insured,
0:29:18 > 0:29:23and perhaps enable the public to come and see it one day.
0:29:23 > 0:29:29- We would welcome people to take an interest.- That's wonderful to know. Thank you so much.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Thank you very much, Mr Sandon.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Very good.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- That just proves that it's got a good tone.- Yes.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- Now, this is a cornopean.- Oh, yes.
0:29:51 > 0:29:57Because at the date that this was made, that is between about 1830 and 1860,
0:29:57 > 0:30:02they weren't called cornets, they were called cornopeans.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07I know that it's most likely been handed down through the family,
0:30:07 > 0:30:12and possibly played by my wife's grandfather in the Salvation Army.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- In a Salvation Army band?- Oh, yes.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Very good. It's very attractive. I love the curlicues round here.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23You also think there's something dodgy with the valves.
0:30:23 > 0:30:29The invention of valves to get the notes only came in the 1820s.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34- And in 1838, a man called Shaw invented this particular... - That system.
0:30:34 > 0:30:42- ..system which must have worked very well, because although finally it's died out now...- Yes.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45It was actually used for many many years.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50- Now have you played both types? - Yes.- And what's the difference?
0:30:50 > 0:30:56Well, this is a much slower movement than the valve movement now.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00So that decided the future of the Shaw system.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06- There's something that I love about it, which is you haven't cleaned it. - I was going to ask you about that.
0:31:06 > 0:31:13There are two schools of thought, particularly with an instrument that's used in public performances.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15People think a brass wind should be shiny.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20- Should be shiny and clean.- But to me, I bang on about this all the time,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23something that's old should look it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28- And it's got this wonderful patina, this golden colouring.- That's right.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31It lightens the grey which is wonderful to see.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36Here we have the maker - Kohler - of Henrietta Street - here it is.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41- That's right, yes.- In London, obviously of German extraction.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46The instrument itself is a rarity and cornopeans are very desirable.
0:31:46 > 0:31:53- If one was talking about auction value today, we'd be thinking about perhaps £1,000 - £1,500.- Really?
0:31:53 > 0:32:00- Yes, quite a surprise.- Had you had its case, that might have pushed it over £2,000.- Would it really?- Yes.
0:32:00 > 0:32:06- So that makes a difference, but it's a wonderful instrument. - It is.- And go on using it.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11I've not seen anything like that before, it's extraordinary.
0:32:11 > 0:32:19Well, generally, if you brought me a bit of Zsolnay, I would say "gosh that's grotesque and not very nice."
0:32:19 > 0:32:24And they made these very complex, slightly Turkish-inspired pieces.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- This one is the only bit of Zsolnay I have seen that works.- Oh, right.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34- The painting is simply lovely. It's beautiful.- Is it hand painted?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Hand painted, very well.
0:32:36 > 0:32:43- It's a sort of faiency material.- Mm. - These colours - typical of 1875- 1890.- Really?
0:32:43 > 0:32:48It's worth about £600 or £700 but I haven't seen anything of this quality.
0:32:48 > 0:32:55- Did you know anything about this? - No. I've liked it ever since my father bought it for my mother.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59I've always said I would like that one day.
0:32:59 > 0:33:07And then when it came to me, I was really pleased to have it, and we love it. It's extraordinary.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- You're very lucky. - Thank you so much.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- I'll touch it for luck.- Yes. - It's a nice thing.- Thank you.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21It's a strange thing about the Roadshow, some days we never see the same thing,
0:33:21 > 0:33:27others, the same thing occurs again and again - this is our second cornet.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31All my life I've wanted to play the cornet. I'm completely unmusical.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37I'll never do it, but it's always been the instrument I loved. So why have you got this one?
0:33:37 > 0:33:45- It belonged to my husband. He played in a colliery band.- Ah, in this area?- In the Wakefield area.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50- Right.- I think he bought it a few years after he started playing.
0:33:50 > 0:33:57- It was an Echo cornet and he always wanted one.- Now, this is the interesting thing about it.
0:33:57 > 0:34:03This is a very unusual instrument as most cornets, obviously as most trumpets, have three valves.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Yes.- This has got a fourth valve.
0:34:06 > 0:34:12That allows sound to pass through an extra tube extension here...
0:34:12 > 0:34:19- Yes.- ..into this shaped extension which looks like a sort of motorcycle exhaust pipe.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- Yes.- When listening to brass bands, when the cornet's playing,
0:34:23 > 0:34:27there is this wonderful echo behind the note.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31I've never known how it was made because I haven't seen one of these.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37Seeing one, I understand it, that you get that extra effect on top of your main fingering
0:34:37 > 0:34:43through the fourth valve. It was made in London by a company called Besson.
0:34:43 > 0:34:49We've got the box here and you can see there's their label, and made in about 1900.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- So it was quite old when he bought it.- Was it?
0:34:52 > 0:34:59- An instrument like this, in this condition, with the box by Besson, should be £800 to £1,000.- Really?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- Yeah. - I just kept it because it was his.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Which is the best reason for keeping it.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11It's a memory of him, and of colliery bands, which are nearly a thing of the past.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Yes, they are now, yes.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19This is a sort of sideboard vitrine. What else have you got?
0:35:19 > 0:35:26We've got what we call a dessert or chiffonier, which is much smaller but it goes with this.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- I'd say this is a French piece. - It is, yes.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34It's a Majorelle and it was bought the last year of the war
0:35:34 > 0:35:41in an auction room in a little town in the Massif Central by my parents, among other things.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47Ah, right. Now, Majorelle, Majorelle is a magic name, really.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52Majorelle - associated with the great period of French Art Nouveau furniture -
0:35:52 > 0:35:59who came to real prominence at the 1900 exhibition, with very flamboyant curvelinear work,
0:35:59 > 0:36:07and lots of marquetry and lots of gilt bronze, but this doesn't have a lot of those features.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11There is a mark which says "Majorelle, Nancy" down here.
0:36:11 > 0:36:17He didn't sign all his pieces, but the better quality pieces were usually signed.
0:36:17 > 0:36:24- I love these handles, I must say, absolutely tremendous. These have got grapes on them too.- Yes.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30And we've got grapes carved into the wood in the middle there,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34also a very Majorelle feature. And let's look at the drawers.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37The dovetails here - very tight,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41very evenly spaced, which suggests machine dovetailing.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46And - oh, this is great - because at the back - you hardly ever see this,
0:36:46 > 0:36:52if you can see the characteristic features of machine-cut dovetails with these scallops -
0:36:52 > 0:36:57this suggests that it is indeed a machine-made piece,
0:36:58 > 0:37:00even though it's of high quality.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07The other thing that perhaps goes with your idea of it being Majorelle
0:37:07 > 0:37:14is the use of this wrought-ironwork and this is to me what really makes the piece of furniture.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17I think this is really fantastic.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20You've got vine leaves, grapes,
0:37:20 > 0:37:26and behind it, a panel of glass which sets the whole thing off.
0:37:26 > 0:37:32Lorraine, which is where Nancy is, where Majorelle worked,
0:37:32 > 0:37:36became very famous for its ironwork in the late 19th century,
0:37:36 > 0:37:41- and Majorelle picked up and really exploited that.- Ah.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45I think, for an insurance value,
0:37:45 > 0:37:49you should be looking at around £9,000.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52£9,000?
0:37:52 > 0:37:59- Very good, lots of money, I am surprised.- I hope that comes as a nice surprise.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05- Very nice surprise.- It is a handsome piece.- We love it very much.
0:38:07 > 0:38:14Here we have a limited edition of "The Fairy Caravan", one of the later books by Beatrix Potter.
0:38:14 > 0:38:22and she's signed it. "For Fred Satterthwaite and Metal with kind regards from Beatrix Heelis."
0:38:22 > 0:38:26We all know that she was married to William Heelis, the solicitor,
0:38:26 > 0:38:31and in this later book she actually calls herself Beatrix Heelis.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36So what is the connection with Fred Satterthwaite and Beatrix Potter?
0:38:36 > 0:38:42Fred Satterthwaite was portrayed in the book as Metal, his dog,
0:38:42 > 0:38:49because Beatrix Potter always turned her characters from people that she knew.
0:38:49 > 0:38:56- So she wrote about people but turned them into characters.- Wonderful. - So Metal was his dog and...
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Lovely. And if I turn to this picture of a smithy...
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- In the middle - is that Metal? - That's Metal.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- Wonderful story. - All his dogs were called Metal.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14- What, all at the same time? - No! They were Lakeland terriers.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- All Lakeland terriers?- Yes.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Presumably when one passed away...
0:39:20 > 0:39:25- the next one was called Metal. - Very convenient.- Easy to remember.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30- Absolutely lovely. Now, have you any idea of value?- Not really.
0:39:30 > 0:39:37- I do know he was offered £5 for it a number of years - well, a lot of years ago - and...- Really?- Yes.
0:39:37 > 0:39:44- Amazing.- And he gave it to me and said if ever I was short of money, I could sell it.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Right... Aare you short of money?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Well I COULD be!
0:39:49 > 0:39:54Well would it surprise you to know that this is worth £5,000?
0:39:54 > 0:40:02- Gosh! A bit better than £5.- I think so, by a few thousand.- Yes, yeah. - Thank you very much for bringing it.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- A lovely story.- That's wonderful.
0:40:05 > 0:40:12I trained as a needlework teacher. and my husband had this bright ide. to start a needlework collection,
0:40:12 > 0:40:16So being in London, we could go and buy things.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19You bought this a long time ago?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22About 17 years. Yes, I think so.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28I know that it came, because it says so, from the Shepherd Collection -
0:40:28 > 0:40:32which was THE collection in 1982 or so.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37And it's the most wonderful piece of mahogany. It's a niddy noddy.
0:40:37 > 0:40:45It is for measuring skeins of wool, and it's highly collectable - early 19th century.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47and probably worth as much as £300.
0:40:47 > 0:40:55- Oh, but it's a bit of stick!- No it's not. It's turned and specially made...
0:40:55 > 0:41:01I don't know what to take out next! ..I've NEVER seen one of these!
0:41:01 > 0:41:08I've seen lots of needlework dolls, but never one with all its limbs, made of...what you see!
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Probably made in Germany, this actual doll, and sent over here.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17That again, for a needlework collector...
0:41:17 > 0:41:22- I suppose we're talking about £60, £80...?- Wow!
0:41:23 > 0:41:25And...
0:41:28 > 0:41:31This is known as a goose wing.
0:41:31 > 0:41:38- Oh, yes?- And it actually is an early 19th-century fruitwood knitting sheath.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42in here... you put in a knitting needle.
0:41:42 > 0:41:50- Right...- And you go round the house knitting with one hand, while you do your chores!
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- A goose wing.- Oh. - Highly collectable.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Wwe're talking about around...
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- £150 for that.- No! 150...!?
0:42:02 > 0:42:07I like this one! The original mirrored interior...
0:42:07 > 0:42:11tiny little scissors!
0:42:11 > 0:42:18Wonderful, lovely little box! Leather. Possibly the first part of the 19th century.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Again up to £100 for that.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Some Tunbridge ware.
0:42:23 > 0:42:30- That's my favourite is this.- Is it? - Yes.- Why's that? - Well, I know they're quite rare.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34These were for holding narrow spools of thread.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39It's absolutely wonderful. A lovely piece in very good condition.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- That's probably worth about £200 on its own.- Wow!- And so...
0:42:44 > 0:42:49One more little doll. Again, they're collectable.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- Probably 1890 something like that. - That early?- £80 or so for that,
0:42:55 > 0:43:01So what have we got here? We've got...getting on for £2,000.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06- Boy...!- Wonderful collection. - Just there?- Yes.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- Absolutely splendid.- Wow!
0:43:09 > 0:43:16Well, Selby has certainly dug deep, but I think that wood has definitely been the star of the day.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21That French sideboard, that lovely marquetry table...
0:43:21 > 0:43:27and these walking sticks made from the beams of the abbey.
0:43:27 > 0:43:34So, to the people of Selby, thank you for a warm welcome. Until next week, goodbye.
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