0:00:04 > 0:00:09On 16th October 1908, Britain's first powered aviator took to
0:00:09 > 0:00:13the skies, and this is a recently-made replica of his plane.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19And the aviator's name - Samuel Cody.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21He's the unsung hero of powered flight, and no,
0:00:21 > 0:00:25I hadn't heard of him either. But his is a remarkable story.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Welcome back to the Antiques Roadshow from the home
0:00:28 > 0:00:31of aviation - from Farnborough, in Hampshire.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The astonishing achievements
0:01:24 > 0:01:28and inventions of British aviation began within sight of this -
0:01:28 > 0:01:32the original HQ of the Royal Flying Corps in Farnborough.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38The Army's Royal Engineer Balloon School began here in 1905,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41bringing with it the latest in kite and glider designs,
0:01:41 > 0:01:46dirigibles and the first attempts at powered flight.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51By 1908, Samuel F Cody, a flamboyant Wild West showman,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55not to be confused with Buffalo Bill Cody, became the first man
0:01:55 > 0:01:59to successfully achieve sustained powered flight in Britain,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01five years after the Wright Brothers in America.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Cody's love of photography means we have a great record of him
0:02:04 > 0:02:07with his first plane, the Army Aeroplane No 1.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Cody's endeavours aren't generally well known, but the people here
0:02:13 > 0:02:15at the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust are dedicated to
0:02:15 > 0:02:19keeping his achievements, and those of the aviation industry, alive.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22They've accumulated a feast of photographs, records
0:02:22 > 0:02:26and 350,000 other pieces of flight history.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Everything from 150,000 glass plates,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35designs for missiles and engines,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38to the invention of a material we take for granted today -
0:02:38 > 0:02:39carbon fibre.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41The old Royal Flying Corps HQ
0:02:41 > 0:02:44has proved just a bit too small
0:02:44 > 0:02:46for the Trust's rescue efforts.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49They've so much, in fact, they've bought 20 shipping containers -
0:02:49 > 0:02:52it's a labyrinth of hidden curiosities just waiting
0:02:52 > 0:02:54to be discovered.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57There's enough here to keep the Roadshow going for years.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Mm, I wonder if there's anything in here I could take to the Roadshow.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08A stone's throw from the museum are the wonderful
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Heritage-listed Farnborough Wind Tunnels.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Thanks to a £20 million restoration scheme
0:03:13 > 0:03:16eight years ago by the company that own the business park surrounding
0:03:16 > 0:03:19the tunnels, this unique snapshot of our aerospace history will
0:03:19 > 0:03:25survive and we're able to hold our Roadshow on this iconic site.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31So for all intents and purposes,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34it looks like just an ordinary 20th-century pocket watch.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35What do you think of it?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I don't know very much about it at all,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40it was my father's, who got it from his father.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It came over from Canada along with my father
0:03:43 > 0:03:45during the Second World War and here it stayed.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Well, it's interesting that it's come over from Canada,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51because it's actually rather a special watch.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Is it?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55It might surprise you to know that it's only gold-plated.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Mm.- I can tell that, just from its colour,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01but it has a very crisp and easy-to-read dial.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- It does. - Do you know why that might be?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05No idea.
0:04:05 > 0:04:13OK, well, the instant giveaway is that it says "Ball, Cleveland".
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Now that, to collectors of American watches, is a magic name.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The Ball Watch Company never made watches.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Right.- But they commissioned other people to make watches,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and this is actually made by a factory called Hamilton.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Now, a guy called Webb Ball was put as, if you like,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35the official timekeeper of all the American railroads.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Oh!
0:04:37 > 0:04:44And some time in the 1890s, there was a major rail crash which was
0:04:44 > 0:04:48put down to a dodgy timekeeper, so he was effectively
0:04:48 > 0:04:52commissioned to get the whole thing working properly to the minute,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56so there were no longer collisions taking place.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00The thing I can see immediately on the front of that dial is,
0:05:00 > 0:05:06underneath Ball, it says "Official RR Standard".
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Official railroad standard.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Have you ever opened the back?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Yes.- You have?- Yes.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Did you think it was pretty or not? - I did.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19It's a screw back, as all these things are, and a lovely
0:05:19 > 0:05:25damascene nickel movement, and there it is, you've got the whole thing.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Ball tells you everything, it's a cracking good object.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Now, you said that your great...your grandfather....
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Grandfather. - ..had come from Canada,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42and there we are, that is a Canadian gold-plated case.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Lovely.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47And it makes sense, because Ball was also in charge of the railways
0:05:47 > 0:05:50in Mexico and in Canada, so this would have been made
0:05:50 > 0:05:54almost certainly for use on the Canadian railways.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56The date of this is typically 1930,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59so he would have got it before he came over.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02As you probably have noticed - how on earth do you set the hands?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- I know. - Have you discovered that?- No.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08OK, well, that is - if you were a railway employee,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- you couldn't mess around with the hands.- Ah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12If that was in your pocket, you couldn't pull the stem winder
0:06:12 > 0:06:15out and accidentally go backwards and cause another major
0:06:15 > 0:06:20derailment, so you had to undo the front bezel, OK, and then at
0:06:20 > 0:06:25the one o'clock position is a little lever, and then you can then move
0:06:25 > 0:06:29the hands, so that stopped it being fiddled around with accidentally.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Ingenious.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34It's a lovely thing. Railroad quality, very important.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Now, if it had been by Howard instead of Hamilton,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43although retailed by Ball, Howards are many thousands of pounds.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47But here we are, this is a gold plated watch,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49still going to make you over £1,000 at auction.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Is it really? Wow.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I've seen a lot of Minton majolica over the years and just
0:06:57 > 0:07:00when I think, "Well, there can't be many more surprises left,"
0:07:00 > 0:07:03you produce a piece that I've never seen before.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- Really? - That's right. Tell me about it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Well, it came from my grandmother's.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12I remember it on her sideboard when I was a little girl
0:07:12 > 0:07:15and my mother inherited it and it's come to me, right down.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's a family piece all the way through.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19That's right, yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Because there's another little surprise inside,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- because when we look...- Yes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28There is one bird looking out through the flute
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- and his friend sitting on the top. - Yes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33So what do you use it for, in the family?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36It's just an ornament, it sits in the glass cabinet.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38How strange!
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Minton were very helpful to us all, they put so clear marks
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- and told us all about it.- Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- So you've seen, I think, the clear marks there.- Yes.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51We've got the name of the factory, Minton, clearly stamped, a mould
0:07:51 > 0:07:55number, and that rather big shape in the middle is the year code.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Yes. - And that's the symbol for 1871.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- Oh, right, that's very... - It's quite old.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05It's quite old, yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Now here, the majolica is combined with painting,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10they've enamelled the bird on the top.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- What bird is that? - I don't know.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I don't think they saw one of those in Stoke-on-Trent!
0:08:17 > 0:08:20So it's quite a rare thing.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Right.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25And that's good in majolica, because with Minton,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28some models we see again and again and they're quite popular.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32When you get something rare by the top makers of majolica
0:08:32 > 0:08:34like Minton, that's quite a bit of money.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I can see it 4,000, 5,000.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41No!
0:08:41 > 0:08:436,000...
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Do you want me to fall over?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Not on top of the bird! I've never seen another one.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I don't believe that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Well, it's a wooden column, doesn't look particularly exciting.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02What did you used to think it was?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Previously we thought it was a epidiascope.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07My grandmother, my father's mother,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10she used it as basically a bedside table.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Do you know, it would make a mighty fine bedside table,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15it's the right sort of height, right sort of dimensions.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Well, it is much more than a bedside table
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- with knobs on, isn't it? - Absolutely.
0:09:21 > 0:09:28Because this is a stereo viewer, and because these photographs were taken
0:09:28 > 0:09:35with lenses that were as far apart as your eyes, it means that when you
0:09:35 > 0:09:41put these photographs into a viewer, look through the lenses, your brain
0:09:41 > 0:09:46re-jigs the images and recreates the three-dimensional image.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Now, to all of us 21st-century people, we're saying, "Oh, yeah,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53"and what's so exciting about that?"
0:09:53 > 0:10:00But just imagine in the 1840s when this type of image was
0:10:00 > 0:10:04first seen, it was revolutionary, it was Star Wars, it was the future.
0:10:04 > 0:10:11It was impossible and it became an absolute craze.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And the viewers came in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Now, how much have you been able to find out about this particular one?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Not a huge amount.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I mean, I know it was my great-great-grandfather's,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25so he was an amateur keen photographer
0:10:25 > 0:10:29so these are his photos from a Grand Tour that he did back in...
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Yes, I would think probably round about 1905-1910.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40And this is absolutely what you would find in a conventional
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Victorian collection of stereo photographs.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46The one thing I would say is that
0:10:46 > 0:10:50I don't think your great-great grandfather took them.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Have a look on the back.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55These were commercially produced and you could buy them
0:10:55 > 0:11:00as souvenirs and then you've got wonderful ones relating to the
0:11:00 > 0:11:05Royal Family, you've got Balmoral and Osborne in the Isle of Wight,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09so you can see this is a very rounded Victorian collection.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Before we open it up, what I'd like to do is to enjoy the object.
0:11:13 > 0:11:19This fabulous burr walnut veneer here with the engraved brass
0:11:19 > 0:11:22strap work. I mean, it really is a top-of-the-range model
0:11:22 > 0:11:25and if I open the top, here and here,
0:11:25 > 0:11:31this actually shines the light down onto what is inside which is a sort
0:11:31 > 0:11:37of roll of stereoscopic photographs, which you can load up yourself,
0:11:37 > 0:11:42and then you turn these knobs and you get the next one coming up.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43But this is a special one
0:11:43 > 0:11:47because you've got a viewer on each side, and that's called
0:11:47 > 0:11:53a sweetheart viewer, because I think the idea was... And do excuse me,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56but if you'd like to line up. In fact, I should do it with your dad.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- OK.- OK.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02OK, so, you know, the idea is that you'd be looking like this
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and then every so often you'd be...
0:12:04 > 0:12:06"Hello!" Exactly, this was
0:12:06 > 0:12:08the sweetheart viewer, you see,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10so you would depart to one corner of the drawing room,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13everybody would ignore you because you were just looking at
0:12:13 > 0:12:18the 3D photographs but, in fact, all kinds of flirtations were going on.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20What a thought!
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Well, I think the object itself, the actual viewer,
0:12:24 > 0:12:31has a finite value, I mean, that is going to be £400-£500, but there
0:12:31 > 0:12:37is also a significant additional value through the cards themselves.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40So I would say that the whole collection - the cards
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and the viewer - I would put it at between perhaps £800 and £1,000.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45OK.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49So it is a table-top stereoscopic viewer and not an epidiascope.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Yes.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Lovely to have that finally clarified.- Yeah, thank you.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Thanks so much, thank you. - Thank you.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So how long have you had this chair?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I've known the chair in my family since 1945 and then it was
0:13:04 > 0:13:08handed down from my grandparents to my parents and then on to me.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And when you look at it, does it say anything to you?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It tells me a story that it's very, very old.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Such as what?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19That it goes back to at least 1666.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21So we think of 1666
0:13:21 > 0:13:23as the Great Fire of London in the walled
0:13:23 > 0:13:27City of London, that's when the Great Fire started,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and there it is carved in the back of this chair.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Yes.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34This particular chair is known as a wainscot chair.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Right.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37That's a high-backed chair with a panelled back,
0:13:37 > 0:13:43but what we have to ask ourselves, is the chair of the period?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I have had a good look at it and when I look at the back,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49the back is absolutely fabulous.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Then I saw the date 1666 and thought, "Wow!"
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Yes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57But when I got more into it, I think what you'll find is,
0:13:57 > 0:13:58it's old elements.
0:13:58 > 0:14:05- Yes.- You've got... The front rails are old.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The back unfortunately has been re-carved at a later date.
0:14:07 > 0:14:13If this was the date it's purporting to be, this would be a museum piece.
0:14:13 > 0:14:19- Right.- It would be worth £15,000-£20,000 if it was right.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Right. - But unfortunately, it isn't,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24so hopefully I'm letting you down gently.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- Yes.- It's a nice family piece, it holds good colour.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Today, as a decorative piece, it's worth about £300 or £400, but as
0:14:34 > 0:14:35I say, at first I thought,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37"Wow, this is one of the most important finds
0:14:37 > 0:14:41"we've found dating from the Great Fire of London on the Roadshow."
0:14:41 > 0:14:43It's not quite there.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I must say it's really unusual to have somebody of your age
0:14:48 > 0:14:51with a coin collection like this. Where did you get them from?
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Well, we were tidying out my nanny's garage and under lots
0:14:56 > 0:15:02of piles of rubbish, we found some old cigar boxes full of these coins.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03They were my great-grandad's.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Oh, really?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08I mean, it really is an extensive collection of coins
0:15:08 > 0:15:12and I get quite excited when I see a collection like this. I mean,
0:15:12 > 0:15:17really, you've got the history of coins in a few albums.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20You've got some very early staters and Roman coins
0:15:20 > 0:15:25and Greek coins, you've got Dionysus here in silver, and that
0:15:25 > 0:15:29one's about 150 BC, you know, when you think 150 years before Jesus.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- I mean, it's staggering. - Whereabouts would that be from?
0:15:31 > 0:15:37This one is Greece, then you've got a Swedish coin here which is 1670.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42That's not a particularly rare coin but the condition again is lovely.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46But then you go to my favourite coin by a long shot,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50is this Alexander III Macedonia,
0:15:50 > 0:15:51300 BC.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Wow.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55You know, it's staggering, you know.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56And do you love them as a collection,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58have you researched them or...?
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Well, we tried to research them
0:15:59 > 0:16:03but we couldn't really find much about them, yeah.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Yeah, I mean, this would take you three or four months to go
0:16:06 > 0:16:09through all of these and catalogue them, and it will take...
0:16:09 > 0:16:13There are so many variations and all that sort of thing.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15But they're staggering and exciting to see.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I can see this is going to be a lifelong hobby for you,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21but I'd really recommend getting some good reference books,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23going to the British Museum. There's great books
0:16:23 > 0:16:26like Coins Of The World, you know. Really do your research because
0:16:26 > 0:16:29this will set you up in good stead, they're such a good investment.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Coins, even in these tough times,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34have been really going up in price.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Is there any particular that you like?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Um, this one here is my favourite.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I can see why, but that's actually a medallion,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43that's a religious medallion,
0:16:43 > 0:16:50but probably Gdansk or German area, 1650, not really worth a great deal.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Pretty nice condition, when you think of something of 1650, when you
0:16:53 > 0:16:57compare it in age to something two-and-a-half...or 2,000 years old,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01they were making as good a coinage then, as they were in 1650.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03What would that have been given out for, then?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04This is to commemorate a baptism,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07and they were really worn under the shirt as a symbol
0:17:07 > 0:17:11of your devotion to religion and protection, all that sort of stuff.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I mean, you've got Yahweh - the name of Jehovah - at the top there,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and then a baptism scene.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19That one is worth about £80 to a collector
0:17:19 > 0:17:21because they're not that rare.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I would say you've got a few pounds on some of these,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27you've got £10 or £20 on some of these.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30You've got £200 to £300 on that one
0:17:30 > 0:17:32and you've got about 15 of those.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Have we?- You've got... This one, I would say, is about £400.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40I need to spend a bit more time working out the prices,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43but overall here I think you've probably...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45OK, let's work it out a different way.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47How much pocket money do you get a week?
0:17:47 > 0:17:48I get about £2.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50OK, well, Dad you don't need to give him
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- any more pocket money for a while. - That's good to know.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Because I think you've got about £4,000, maybe £5,000 worth here.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Wow.- Brilliant.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Thank you very much.- A pleasure.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Do you read Russian?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08No. Not apart from that bit on there.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I don't read Russian, but even I can tell what that says.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13It's just saying Moscow 1881.
0:18:13 > 0:18:141881.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I mean, this caught my eye for that reason,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and what you've brought me is this really huge album,
0:18:19 > 0:18:24which seems to be full of highly coloured pictures of Moscow.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Obviously in 1881,
0:18:27 > 0:18:28well before the Russian Revolution,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30and when I say highly coloured,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I mean really highly coloured.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36This image here, this must be St Basil's Cathedral.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It obviously was once a photograph.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40You can see down at the bottom here.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Just at the bottom, yes.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45It's been very carefully finished with some kind of watercolour,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48to bring the colour up to something really quite spectacular.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51But what I also like about this album is that, yes, it contains
0:18:51 > 0:18:54these amazingly iconic images of Moscow that we all know about.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Yeah.- But a couple of them are really much more homely,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00and, to me, almost more interesting.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02This particular one caught my eye.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05It's a street scene, isn't it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Yeah, just an ordinary scene, could be from the Wild West virtually,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13before motorised cars, because you've only got horses and that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I mean, just in that one picture, I feel that I've got
0:19:15 > 0:19:19an insight into what it was like to live in pre-revolutionary Russia.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Could be, yes. - It's a very colourful scene,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I'm sure it wasn't always that colourful.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26No, probably not, probably not.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Tell me about it, where did you get it from?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32It's been following me round for about... I don't know, 50 years.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I don't know whether I found it or whether it was given to me,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I just cannot remember.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40About the only family heirloom I've got.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Well, it's something that really does have quite a strong interest,
0:19:45 > 0:19:46particularly for historians.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51- Yes.- And it's just the kind of thing that Russian buyers are very
0:19:51 > 0:19:52interested in acquiring.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55This is the kind of album that some people would very
0:19:55 > 0:19:57dearly like to see brought back and taken back into Russia.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Brought back to Russia.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- It's certainly got some value. - Oh, right.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- It's got some problems with condition.- Well, yes.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Some of the pages are loose, but that can be repaired.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Yes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I think this would very easily make £3,000-4,000.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13You're joking!
0:20:13 > 0:20:19Oh, right, OK, she might get a new kitchen after all, then!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Well, two completely different objects,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28but actually they've got something in common, haven't they?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30What have you brought along?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I've brought a mammoth tooth that my father dug up in the garden.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34And the bowl.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I've brought along a marble bowl which
0:20:36 > 0:20:40I found at the end of my garden when I moved into a new house.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I mean, quite extraordinary objects to find.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I mean, the mammoth tooth, fossilised mammoth tooth, it doesn't
0:20:47 > 0:20:51look much from the top, but it is absolutely beautiful, isn't it?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52And sometimes this is
0:20:52 > 0:20:55sliced and then used
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and set into the top of a box
0:20:57 > 0:21:00and it looks almost like an agate,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04I mean, it's really quite a beautiful material.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08This is made of onyx and the onyx is probably from Italy.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13But I think that the bowl would have been imported in the plain form,
0:21:13 > 0:21:18and then these gilt metal mounts in the Gothic style have been
0:21:18 > 0:21:22applied to it, and these absolutely lovely little pietra dura,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26or hard stone, roundels have been set into them,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28and they almost certainly would have been made in Derbyshire.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31So the bowl has been assembled and created, if you like,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34in Derbyshire around 1870,
0:21:34 > 0:21:39so some time after the mammoth was walking on the Earth.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40How do you feel about this tooth?
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Well, I love it and I've had it all my life.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I would save it if the house was burning down.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- First thing you'd save? - No, after my husband and my son.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51OK, get your priorities right.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Good. And how do you feel about your find?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Well, I like it very much. Unfortunately, my husband doesn't,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00he told me to take it to a charity shop.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03OK, well, the next question is value.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07The value of this bowl is in the region of £200.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Gosh!
0:22:09 > 0:22:13So the question is, is the mammoth tooth more or less?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15And it's more, at about £1,000.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- Wow.- That is actually... Wow.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I think they are both extraordinary finds
0:22:22 > 0:22:25to just be, you know, in your garden.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I mean, who knows what else lies out there?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33The perfect accessory for a dapper chap in tweeds,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- but this is not what it seems to be. - Absolutely not.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39This is a stick gun, or sometimes known as a poacher's gun,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43which came into my family's possession just after the war.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44It came from an estate
0:22:44 > 0:22:48next door to the RAF station that my father was commanding,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50and they used to go and shoot on the estate
0:22:50 > 0:22:52until, sadly, the lord of the manor died,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56and his widow was left with a collection of guns, including this.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57She didn't know what to do with them,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00but thought, "Let's sign them over to the squadron."
0:23:00 > 0:23:03So my father appropriately signed to receive them
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- into the squadron armoury.- Right.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06And then the station moved on,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and then two years later when the squadron moved,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11the armourer came to my father
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and said, "Your guns are still in the store, sir,"
0:23:13 > 0:23:15and he said, "No, I signed for the squadron."
0:23:15 > 0:23:19"No, sir, we have 303 rifles in here and this is a shotgun
0:23:19 > 0:23:21"and more to the point, YOU signed for it."
0:23:21 > 0:23:22If you've signed for it, it's yours.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26"It's yours," so my father inherited this, and another gun as well,
0:23:26 > 0:23:27but this is the novelty.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29It's made in Birmingham.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I can't see a maker's name on it,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35but that's not particularly relevant.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38A lot of them were made with no name.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Everybody refers to them as poachers' guns. They weren't.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43A poacher couldn't afford this,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45this is quite an expensive piece of kit,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48this is sterling silver, but a gentleman...
0:23:48 > 0:23:51And this is late...
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Well, this is about 1890-odd,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56but prior to that - and they were made prior to that -
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Victorian collectors, who would collect anything
0:24:00 > 0:24:05including wild birds... It was very handy to have this by your side
0:24:05 > 0:24:07and if some little creature that you didn't know what it was,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11poked its head out of the hedge, you could just bring it up and pop it.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Bang.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16And would have these been fairly common as a gun?
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Yes, you see quite a lot of them, they're very collectable.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22This is on your shotgun certificate,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25as they have to be, as it's a working weapon,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and you actually have to have a collector's status
0:24:27 > 0:24:30to have it on your certificate, which you obviously have.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- I have, yes. - Have you ever thought about values?
0:24:32 > 0:24:36I thought it must have been worth maybe a couple of hundred pounds,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38because it doesn't look in very good condition
0:24:38 > 0:24:41and it's not a very elaborate piece, but is that so, or more?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42You're pretty well...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I would put perhaps another 100, sort of £200-£300, but, yes,
0:24:46 > 0:24:50condition-wise, it's a bit sad, but then again, given its age,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52that's what you expect, so a very, very nice piece.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Good, thanks very much, that's kind of you.- You're welcome.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Do you not think you could be forgiven
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- for assuming that this is a bit of costume jewellery?- Yes.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04In fact, what do you think it is?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Do you think it is costume jewellery?- We weren't at all sure.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- No.- So we thought it might be worth nothing,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12or it might be something really quite special.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Because it's colourful, but it looks pretty tatty,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18but there's something about it
0:25:18 > 0:25:20that I think is worth mentioning to you,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23because it's not costume jewellery.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27How old do you think it might be?
0:25:27 > 0:25:2919th century?
0:25:29 > 0:25:34At best. No, it's actually 17th century.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39- Really?- Yeah. I think it was made in around about 1650.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- That's lovely. - Mm. Where did it come from?
0:25:43 > 0:25:48An aunt, who came out of Austria in her 30s,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52but she did stay in Belgium, we think,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55as a companion for a few years just before that.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58So might it be one of those pieces that someone says,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01"Thank you very much, you've looked after me..."
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Could be.- "..and here's a piece of jewellery as thanks,"
0:26:04 > 0:26:06of which it then sprinkles through to you?
0:26:06 > 0:26:10It is enamelled, it's not metal. It's gold,
0:26:10 > 0:26:14in fact - dare I say? - quite high carat gold. North European.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17It's difficult to be exact which country it comes from,
0:26:17 > 0:26:22- but I tend to think more sort of, I don't know, Flemish.- OK.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Possibly Dutch, that sort of thing.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26At the bottom here, we have suspended...
0:26:26 > 0:26:30three natural drop pearls,
0:26:30 > 0:26:32and they're very, very distressed,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35so it's been through the wars, this piece,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37it's hardly in perfect condition.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It's suspended from three
0:26:39 > 0:26:41tiers of gold chain
0:26:41 > 0:26:43and in the centre we have
0:26:43 > 0:26:47a little sort of miniature, I suppose,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51and it's what we call a religious reliquary pendant.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56So it's 17th century, North European, reliquary pendant.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58What shall we say?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59No idea.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03£1,000 to £1,500.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Right, very nice, thank you.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Here on the Antiques Roadshow,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13many, many people bring in their photograph albums,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17and in the majority of cases, they're interesting to the family,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20but to anybody else, they're of little interest
0:27:20 > 0:27:21and therefore little value.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26What's taken me with this collection is not only the age of these,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28because they all date from the 1850s,
0:27:28 > 0:27:33but some of the compositions, which I think are absolutely enchanting.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36As an example, is these two gentlemen sitting,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40playing chess together, their hats discarded on the ground.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Who are they?
0:27:42 > 0:27:47Well, that's my great-grandfather's older brother
0:27:47 > 0:27:49and that's his middle brother.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51And do we know who was taking the photograph?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, I can only assume it was my great-grandfather
0:27:54 > 0:27:56that took that particular one, but they all took turns...
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- So all three of them were photographers?- I think so, yes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Cos that's amazing. And this dates from round about...?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I think it's 1857, or that sort of era.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Because in those very early days, a lot of photographs were portraits
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and there wasn't anybody like a professional photographer.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14And then we go further into the album,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- and again, here we are, family group.- Yeah.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Wigwam in the garden, they're smiling, having a nice time,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26those sort of portraits you really never ever see.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29And here are some more family portraits
0:28:29 > 0:28:32and the family name, obviously - Ellen Rayne
0:28:32 > 0:28:34and William T Rayne.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Yeah, that's my great-grandfather.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37- And a young man, wasn't he? - He was, yes.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41And he was taking photographs probably in his early 20s.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43I think, well, possibly before that,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I think maybe he was a teenager when he started.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50And there he is again, a sort of Beatles-looking cap on,
0:28:50 > 0:28:55and further down, a family portrait, a double one this time,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57and what I particularly like about these two is
0:28:57 > 0:29:02here is a sort of formal tea party, it looks like, out in the garden,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05and then down below, here are the farm workers.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Because again, you know,
0:29:07 > 0:29:11taking photographs of the locality was not very popular.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13They took photographs of each other, but look,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16they've taken some enchanting photographs of these three guys
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- and two girls, and they've got their hobnail boots on.- Hobnail, yes.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23So, again, very rare to see this type of social history.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25So what was their history?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Did they travel at all or did they stay here in the UK?
0:29:27 > 0:29:32In about 1860, I think, the elder brother went off to India as a...
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- To India? - Yeah, he was a railway engineer.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39So another album, and where is this?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- That's Gloucester.- And you can see
0:29:41 > 0:29:43this cart that looks as though...
0:29:43 > 0:29:44- Yes.- ..it's in trouble.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Some chap standing in the road and sort of...- Like a ghost.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Like a ghost, yeah, and there's a chap climbing out the window there.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- HE LAUGHS - Oh, yeah! So early.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I mean, you just don't see images this early
0:29:55 > 0:29:58and these are obviously of Indian ladies
0:29:58 > 0:30:00relaxing on their carpet there.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03And these family groups.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10Well, I think a really important archive because it's so early.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12I think the family were hugely talented,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and to a collector, ooh,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I think we're talking about an archive like that,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19should you ever decide to sell it, which I'm sure you won't,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I think you'd be talking about
0:30:21 > 0:30:23certainly between £6,000 and £10,000.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Well, that's nice to know.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27But, as you say, we won't be selling them.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- We all love a really good film.- Yes.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- And looking around here, I can see real Hollywood nobility.- Yes.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39What's your connection with this?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Well, my father was in the film business,
0:30:41 > 0:30:43he was a director of photography.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45His name was Jack Hildyard.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47And what were his famous films?
0:30:47 > 0:30:52He worked on Bridge On The River Kwai, he won an Oscar for that.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55And these films, Antony And Cleopatra,
0:30:55 > 0:30:56he worked with Elizabeth Taylor.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Millionairess, he worked with Sophia Loren,
0:30:59 > 0:31:01and he worked with some of the actresses
0:31:01 > 0:31:02that gave him some of these gifts,
0:31:02 > 0:31:07just in appreciation, really, for making them look good.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- Of course, he was very important. - He was, he was.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12- They wanted to look their best.- Yes.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17- So obviously, Sophia Loren looking gorgeous.- Yes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- And your father behind.- Yes.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20So what is this one?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23This was a goblet that was given to me
0:31:23 > 0:31:26on my christening by Katharine Hepburn.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30He worked on a film with her once, called Summer Madness, in Venice,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34and she gave this to me, out of appreciation of him, really.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- And there's an inscription on the bottom.- Yes. It says,
0:31:37 > 0:31:39"Janine Elizabeth Hildyard," which is me,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42"from her father's admirer, Katharine Hepburn," and then,
0:31:42 > 0:31:44"Suddenly Last Summer," and, "Summer Madness, 1959,"
0:31:44 > 0:31:48- which are the films they worked on. - Fabulous.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50And so all these other things - we've got...
0:31:50 > 0:31:53That was given to him by Deborah Kerr.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55I'm not sure which film that was.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56This is Laurence Olivier.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Laurence Olivier, he was... That was the film called Henry V.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Very famous film of Laurence Olivier, so that's dedicated to him.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05- Yes.- And these...?
0:32:05 > 0:32:06These are from Elizabeth Taylor,
0:32:06 > 0:32:10he worked with her on a film called Antony And Cleopatra.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Which was one of her great films. - Yes.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16So, fantastic provenance, and this one?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19And this a watch that was given to him by Sophia Loren
0:32:19 > 0:32:22and it's got just, "Love from Sophia,"
0:32:22 > 0:32:25just written in biro on the inside, so you know.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28But it's fabulous having all those with such provenance,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30and, of course, that's the most important thing with these,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33especially for you. You need to write it down
0:32:33 > 0:32:35because, of course, a lot of the value of these
0:32:35 > 0:32:39depends on the absolute provenance, which, of course, you've got.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Was your grandad working when you came along?
0:32:41 > 0:32:45He wasn't by that stage, no, but I know that the cup that Mum
0:32:45 > 0:32:49was given by Katharine Hepburn is now why my name is Katharine,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51so something like that is really special.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Absolutely, and a lovely family heirloom.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Yeah, definitely, it's really exciting.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58And was his favourite Katharine Hepburn?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00I think possibly, yes.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I think you can see from the message on the bottom of the cup,
0:33:03 > 0:33:06that she had a bit of a soft spot for him.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- Oh, well, we won't go into that, will we?- Perhaps not!
0:33:10 > 0:33:14And, actually, the values can be quite surprising too.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18I think your little christening mug, that could be
0:33:18 > 0:33:22- at least £1,000.- Right.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25And I think Deborah Kerr, maybe £500,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- and Laurence Olivier, about £500. - Right.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32The watch is quite interesting, it's a Universal watch,
0:33:32 > 0:33:34which is quite a good make,
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- it's 18 carat gold, but it's not a stunning watch.- No.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- But even so, the watch itself is worth about £500.- Right.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Of course, the real jewel in the crown, as we all know,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- is Elizabeth Taylor.- Right.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Because, I mean, her jewellery's just sold and, you know,
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- she is an iconic film actress.- Yes.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55And this lovely inscription and these birds of prey,
0:33:55 > 0:34:01I could certainly see these going for £1,000, if not more.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04But, you know, we're looking at well over £3,000.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Right, wow.- I mean...
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- Yes, it's amazing, yes, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15What a lovely bowl! How long have you had it?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Thank you. It's not mine, actually, it's a friend's.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I'm here on her behalf. It was given to her as a present.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23She was looking after an elderly lady for a few years
0:34:23 > 0:34:26and she was allowed to choose an item
0:34:26 > 0:34:28and that was the item she chose.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32It's lovely, isn't it? It is very, very beautiful.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It's in the style of the Japanese Kakiemon.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Oh, right, OK.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41Now, if it had been a genuine Japanese Kakiemon bowl
0:34:41 > 0:34:46of the 17th century, we're looking at something like
0:34:46 > 0:34:51- about £10,000 to £20,000. - Goodness me!
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- But it ain't!- It's not.- No, no.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56A note on the back here.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Someone has made an attempt at dating and describing it.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05It says Worcester, made by Flight's factory in the 18th century,
0:35:05 > 0:35:11- but that's wrong, as well. - Is it? Oh, OK. That's interesting.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Now, this pattern, Japanese Kakiemon, was copied by everybody
0:35:15 > 0:35:18and was certainly copied by Worcester, copied by Meissen,
0:35:18 > 0:35:23- copied by everybody.- Oh, OK. - They loved the design.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25It's a beautiful, beautiful design, isn't it?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- It is gorgeous, yes. - It really is gorgeous.- OK.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32It actually, because of its glaze, is a very, very blued glaze
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- and the foot ring is rather small...- OK.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37..which indicates to me that it's made by
0:35:37 > 0:35:41a firm in Paris called Samson.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- Samson.- And it's an actual fake or a repro.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- Oh, no!- Made in the 19th century. - Oh, dear!
0:35:50 > 0:35:52And, unfortunately, instead of being worth £20,000...
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Oh, what a nightmare!
0:35:54 > 0:35:57..it's actually worth about £150 to £200.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Oh, OK, never mind.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00But it's still a lovely bowl, isn't it, really?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- It is beautiful, yes. - But a great, great piece.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04OK, thank you.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- So get your friend to look after it and prize it...- I will.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08..even though it is a fake!
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Thank you so much. I appreciate that, thank you.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16It's quite unusual to get Snaffles' subjects,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18er, of the First World War.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21He's particularly well known for hunting subjects.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23So how did you come by it?
0:36:23 > 0:36:28I'm from Ireland and I went to an auction on the border between
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland in 1974,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35the day after there had been a bombing,
0:36:35 > 0:36:40and so nobody turned up to the auction except for antique dealers,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43and I was lucky I was able to buy this for £17.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46I think it's very interesting that you were drawn to it
0:36:46 > 0:36:47at a moment of conflict.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51It was conflict that got you the opportunity to buy it.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52That's true, that's absolutely true.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55And, of course, it's all about conflict.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Here we have the gunners in the First War. Poor souls,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01it must have been an absolutely miserable experience.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Very miserable, yes.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05And Snaffles, I think, has absolutely captured that,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- the misery of it all, really.- Yeah.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10You know, the tragedy of the horse dying at the bottom there,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13the little vignette, this chap checking the hoof here,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16it's a grim day, really, isn't it?
0:37:16 > 0:37:20And he's sort of celebrating the nobility of the horse,
0:37:20 > 0:37:22ears pricked and everything,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25it's just a great evocation of the scene.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Wonderful, I think, and when you bought it,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30did you think it was a print or a watercolour?
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Actually, when I bought it,
0:37:31 > 0:37:34one of the antique dealers who had been present,
0:37:34 > 0:37:38followed me home and asked me to take it out of the frame,
0:37:38 > 0:37:43and I did, and he examined it and tested the paint
0:37:43 > 0:37:46and he was rather upset he hadn't bought it.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Well, he had every reason to be upset,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51because you have bought yourself a watercolour by Snaffles
0:37:51 > 0:37:53rather than one of the signed prints.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55And I think it's a fantastic buy.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00I think £17 in '74 was, I'm sure, as much as you were prepared to spend,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- but nonetheless, it was a jolly good buy.- Thank you.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07I think this is such an evocative and beautiful scene
0:38:07 > 0:38:11that, you know, it should be worth at least £2,000 to £3,000 today.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13OK, thank you.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15And I think it may be even more, it's a very beautiful picture.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Thank you.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Well, looking down at us today
0:38:21 > 0:38:26is one of the pioneers of British aviation, Samuel Cody.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28And we learned in our introduction
0:38:28 > 0:38:31how his pioneering spirit
0:38:31 > 0:38:36helped in introducing aeroplane technology into this country.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- And I have to say, it looks a little bit like he's come to life.- Yes.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41Who are you?
0:38:41 > 0:38:45I'm Samuel Franklin John Cody, the great-grandson.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47In fact, you both have a similar look about you.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Are you related? - We're brothers, we're brothers.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53You're brothers. So you're direct descendants of this great man?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55That's right.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Tell us about him. He was a bit of a showman, wasn't he?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Yes, he was a cowboy showman that came over from America
0:39:00 > 0:39:02and he was an American citizen
0:39:02 > 0:39:04when he actually flew British Army Aeroplane No 1.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08He designed, built it with his own money.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10£50 was given from the War Office
0:39:10 > 0:39:13and he achieved the first flight in this country.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17He did hops and leaps in April and May of 1908
0:39:17 > 0:39:21and then officially recorded on 16th October 1908,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23the first powered flight in Great Britain.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Astonishing, isn't it? But he didn't start out flying aircraft.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- No, no.- He started out as a Wild West showman, didn't he?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- That's it, yeah. - Gunslinging, rope twirling,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35lassoing, that sort of thing.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Yes, he was great friends with Buffalo Bill, he knew Annie Oakley,
0:39:38 > 0:39:42all the famous people of the time, he toured around with.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47And then he got interested, as a lot of people at that time were,
0:39:47 > 0:39:50in aviation, but it wasn't powered aircraft, was it?
0:39:50 > 0:39:53No, no, it was a kite design he had as a child.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55The child's toy used as a weapon of war,
0:39:55 > 0:39:57where you could get a man into the heavens
0:39:57 > 0:40:00by putting five or six kites up and a bosun's chair underneath.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03So how did he get into powered flight?
0:40:03 > 0:40:07He started to make a kite, a larger kite with an engine in it,
0:40:07 > 0:40:11that flew round on wires, to get the basic principle that it could fly,
0:40:11 > 0:40:15and he thought, "Well, if I scale it up, I can sit in it."
0:40:15 > 0:40:16And you've brought along today,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19this wonderful silver model of an aircraft.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Yes, this was commissioned by the Shell Oil Company
0:40:22 > 0:40:25in late 1911 for Mappin & Webb to make it,
0:40:25 > 0:40:27and it was presented to Cody
0:40:27 > 0:40:30at the Royal Aero Club dinner in 1912.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31And what's the model of?
0:40:31 > 0:40:34It's one of his late aeroplanes, it was actually a water plane
0:40:34 > 0:40:37and probably the plane that killed him in the end.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39He was killed in an air crash, wasn't he?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42He was killed with his boots on, how a cowboy should die.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45They gave him a full military funeral from his house in Ash Vale
0:40:45 > 0:40:48and 50,000 people lined the funeral procession.
0:40:48 > 0:40:5050,000! That's how important he was.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Yes, he was a very important person.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56And you've brought along these two incredibly large,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- and I bet heavy, trophies.- Yes.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Now, I recognise these as the Michelin Trophies.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02That's correct, yes.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Now, the Michelin Trophy was an award given every year
0:41:05 > 0:41:09by Monsieur Michelin for the longest flight,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11longest duration flight, on a circuit.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- Is that right?- Yes, that's right, yes.- Two-and-a-quarter mile circuit.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18These are commissioned by the Michelin Tyre Company
0:41:18 > 0:41:20and there was a series of three of them.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26Cody won 1910 and 1911 and then Tom Sopwith had 1912.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31And they represent Pegasus, the mythical winged horse,
0:41:31 > 0:41:33trying to escape from the gravity of Earth
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- and Mother Earth pulling it down. - Mother Earth, yes.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40And the aviator climbing aboard.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- It's real flying, isn't it?- Yes.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45- They're magnificent objects. - He was so proud of them,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- he was going to put them on the gate posts at Ash Vale.- No!- Yes.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51THEY LAUGH
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Well, now, let's think about value.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Because, obviously, these are fairly important historical objects
0:41:58 > 0:41:59from the aviation point of view.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03The silver trophy,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06that, I think, would be worth today...
0:42:06 > 0:42:08£20,000 to £30,000.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13I think the Michelin Trophies EACH would be worth...
0:42:16 > 0:42:19..£25,000 to £30,000.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21They've got to be worth that,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24I mean, they're seriously important items, seriously important items.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28How do you feel about the fact that your great-grandfather
0:42:28 > 0:42:30was a pioneer of aviation?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- It gives us a lot of pride.- It gives us a big buzz, a great big buzz,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35because I don't know a man that could
0:42:35 > 0:42:36beat him nowadays, to be honest.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39I get the feeling he was a boy who never grew up, actually.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40- That's right. - He loved every minute of it.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44MUSIC: Theme from "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines"
0:43:00 > 0:43:03We've had such a tremendous day here at Farnborough Wind Tunnels,
0:43:03 > 0:43:04and look at this -
0:43:04 > 0:43:07do you remember I showed you all those items associated with
0:43:07 > 0:43:10the aviation industry, and those shipping containers?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Well, this is out of one of those containers.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15It's a Eurofighter jet uniform
0:43:15 > 0:43:18complete with helmet, leather gloves...
0:43:18 > 0:43:20At least it shouldn't take me long to get home.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23From the Antiques Roadshow, until next time, bye-bye.
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