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ORCHESTRA PLAYS THEME TUNE

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Last time the Antiques Roadshow visited Scarborough,

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one lucky visitor went home with some very good news.

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Their family treasure turned out to be worth £40,000!

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-Ladies, do you think this could happen to one of you today?

-Hope so.

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Yes, well, stay tuned to find out.

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Welcome to the Antiques Roadshow from North Yorkshire.

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Ladies and gentlemen, it's almost time for curtain up,

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and today's theatrical setting

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is the perfect location for our Roadshow,

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with plenty of thrills and spills in store.

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For at least two centuries it's been Scarborough's passion

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for putting on a good show, combined with its traditional seaside charm

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that's made the town so popular with holidaymakers.

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And they've got quite a record in pioneering

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new forms of entertainment.

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In the early days,

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concert parties played to visitors

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right here on the beach, and then in 1839, a Gothic saloon

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with a concert hall to seat 500 was built here on the seafront

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and instantly, seaside entertainment went up-market.

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But it was so popular that from the very start,

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it couldn't cope with the demand.

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A bigger and better Scarborough Spa threw open its doors in August 1880

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and ushered in an era of spectacular music hall shows

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second only to London in popularity.

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All the big names of the day flocked to perform here,

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from Dame Nellie Melba to Ivor Novello.

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More recently, concerts from the Palm Court in Scarborough

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were regularly broadcast to millions on BBC radio,

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conducted by Max Jaffa.

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And all sorts of variety shows still take place

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and wow audiences here at The Spa.

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And with our own little bit of showbiz magic,

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in just a few hours we've gone from this...

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to this.

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IF you'd like more information about the programme

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and further details on some of the items featured in this episode,

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please log on to our website.

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So, with no further ado, it's over to our experts.

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What a lovely scene. These grey carp,

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languorously swimming through these eddies of water with chrysanthemum.

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Now, come on, you must know where this is from.

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I can only guess it's from China but I don't know anything about it all.

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Why do you say China?

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Because you said chrysanthemums.

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-Ah, also the flower of Japan.

-Oh, well...

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The kiku, as it's known. Yes, yes.

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You were in the right part of the world.

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This is actually Japanese,

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a beautifully thrown pot,

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made on the potter's wheel,

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not dissimilar in size

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to what we've actually got it on,

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and I just love the decoration.

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How long have you had it?

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Well, I think it's been in the family for as long as I can remember,

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certainly from when I was in my teens,

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so that's 40-odd years.

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And to judge from your speech,

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-I would say you come from north of here.

-Yes, Edinburgh.

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And is this a piece that's been in Scotland for ever, then?

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Well, my parents were living in Scotland

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-when it was given to them by a friend of theirs.

-I see, OK.

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And then when my parents died,

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I brought it down to Scarborough to where we live.

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I love it because of the design.

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The Japanese really have

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this beautiful sense of leaving space.

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A design doesn't work unless it has space to work in,

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and the great English disease,

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and not just English disease, but of the late 19th century

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was everything had to be filled up.

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But the Japanese stayed true to that lovely tradition of theirs

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where everything is arranged in space,

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and so it is with these beautiful carp.

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I think it's absolutely gorgeous.

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The carp and the blue, those are done in under-glazed pigments,

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and then these other pigments,

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I guess this is an acer, isn't it, of some sort?

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That's done in over-glazed enamels.

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A high-calibre factory

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whose mark...

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Is on the bottom.

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..is on the bottom. That little spray of bamboo.

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This is the mark of the factory I would expect it to be -

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Fukagawa.

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One of the best factories in Japan at that time,

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which is around the late 19th century.

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Um... Japanese ceramics..

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you know, they're sort of through the doldrums really.

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I guess that at auction

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that's maybe be somewhere in the region of £2,000.

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Oh. Gosh! That's nice. Thank you very much.

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-Your fish have brought you good luck.

-So they have.

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This is an iconic scene, First World War scene,

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of French troops, I think marching off to the trenches

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as they all appear to be singing. And it's just fantastic.

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It's very evocative of that period. Where did you find it?

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We found it in a little brocante in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme,

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at the Somme estuary, in a sort of junk/antique shop.

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-It was right above the door as you came in.

-A bit dusty.

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Yeah. And we both went round the shop separately

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and when we came out, I asked Mike if he'd seen it and he said yes.

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We both decided we loved it, and went back in to ask how much it was.

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It was 1,500 euros - rather too much for an impulse purchase for us!

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And she wouldn't come down at all

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and so we left feeling very crestfallen.

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-Went back to the UK.

-Went back to the UK

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and we spent all week fretting that somebody else would buy it,

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and so we ended up going back the following weekend and bought it.

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-And it was still there?

-It was still there.

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I think it's fantastic. It's signed down here, Georges Leroux.

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Leroux was born in 1877 and studied in Paris.

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At the outbreak of the First World War

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he joined the army and went to the front.

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So this is somebody painting first-hand experience

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of the front line.

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You've brought along a photograph, and this is the artist, Leroux,

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actually painting a First World War scene.

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It is. When we bought the photograph,

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we thought it was this painting behind him.

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It was only when it arrived

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we realised it was another very similar painting.

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Well, I think he would have done a series of paintings.

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You know, considering he was on the Western Front,

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it would have had a hell of an impact on his life

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and he would have been inspired to paint a series of these pictures.

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So when you bought this, how many years ago was it?

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I'd say about eight years? Yeah, probably eight years ago.

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Eight years ago? Well, I think that today,

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a painting like this would make...

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I'd certainly think £5,000 to £7,000.

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-Goodness.

-My goodness.

-Jolly good.

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But I think it's a wonderful, wonderful picture. Wonderful.

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What sums up the seaside more than a seaside postcard?

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Here we have one, stick of rock from Scarborough.

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And it's also a local story because in Holmfirth,

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which is back inland a bit, um,

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is, or was, the company Bamforth, James Bamforth,

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who were responsible for selling millions of postcards.

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And it was really in about 1910

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that they started employing artists to create the cards.

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And here we've got a really good array of original art work,

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postcards. What's the link?

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Well, it was my great-grandfather and this is his grandson.

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Is there a likeness? I don't know!

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You're smiling too much - you need to look a bit more serious!

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-And this artist is Douglas Tempest.

-It is.

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Who was responsible for this body of work.

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What's interesting about James Bamforth and the company,

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was that he was unusual in taking on four staff artists,

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and he sort of developed, through these four artists,

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a Bamforth house style, really.

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And one of the pieces of original art work that I really love,

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is this one here, which is - when you look at it closely,

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-it's so detailed, isn't it?

-It is, yeah.

-Just wonderful.

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So let's just try and work out values here.

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-You've got 3,000...?

-623.

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..at let's say a couple of pounds each.

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Well, you know, that's 7,000 before you start.

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-And how many pieces of art work?

-150.

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150 at £200 a piece - well, you know, that's 30,000.

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So, you know, it's getting up towards £40,000, isn't it,

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this collection? Amazing. Amazing.

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And what you are creating is a very important archive

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-for a very influential postcard artist.

-Thank you.

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25 years ago at the, shall we say the modest age of 13 years old,

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I walked into an antique fair

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and acquired my very own example.

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-Exactly the same?

-Exactly the same.

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But tell me, where's yours from?

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I bought it in Whitby about six months ago at a charity shop.

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Good grief. I have to ask the question - how much?

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29.95.

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Wow. You have a seriously good eye.

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And what made you buy her?

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Um, I know that she's by Lenci because I've seen your roadshow with

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the basic/better/best, and I thought she was really beautiful and then,

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when I picked her up, I saw the mark,

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so I know she has a certain value.

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Well, you said that wonderful name.

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I mean, Lenci in the 1920s and '30s were really

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the jewel in the crown of the Italian ceramic industry,

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and if we look underneath,

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the nice thing about Lencis, they are very clearly marked.

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"Lenci, made in Italy" and the name of this piece

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which is "Angelita alla Corrida".

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Now, Lenci in the 1920s and '30s

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were really at the pinnacle of what they were doing.

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They were formed by a young lady called Helen Konig Scavini.

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And Scavini was a very well-travelled lady.

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She actually originated from Germany, ended up in Switzerland

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and married an Italian to then settle just in Turin.

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And what started out as a cottage industry,

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actually making felt dolls, by 1928,

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had grown into this wonderful ceramic firm making what are classed

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as some of the most wonderful

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-Deco figures of the period.

-Right.

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They epitomise the style, the chicness,

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the whole essence of that day.

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So, 29.99?

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95.

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Oh, 29.95! Well...

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And I let them keep the 5p.

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Oh well, well done. That's good,

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because if I say we need to very comfortably move the decimal point,

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your £29.95, realistically now,

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is worth £2,500 to £3,000.

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-Good grief! Really?

-Really.

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Astonished at that. That's incredible.

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-These are incredibly desired figures the world over.

-Really?

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-And particularly with the Italians, they love them.

-Really?

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And I have to say, I love mine as well,

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so we're both in very good company.

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That's wonderful, thank you very much.

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-My pleasure.

-That's incredible.

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This is the tiniest etching I think I've ever seen.

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What do you know about it? Whose is it?

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It's my great, great, great, great, great, great...

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How many greats are we going for?

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It's our granddad's uncle's...

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-Your great grandfather's uncle - he made it.

-Yeah.

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Eli Marsden Wilson.

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-Eli Marsden Wilson.

-Bit of a mouthful.

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A bit of a mouthful, yes. Right, well we've established that.

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The point is, this was done for Queen Mary's doll's house.

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And here is the letter, dated 1922, September 11th,

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from Queen Mary's sister-in-law, Princess Marie Louise,

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who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria,

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asking for the etching to be done for the doll's house.

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The famous doll's house which was,

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-I think it's now on display at Buckingham Palace.

-Yes.

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It was at Windsor, but I think it's on display there now.

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But it showcases all that's best in British art, doesn't it?

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-It was designed by Edwin Lutyens, the architect.

-Of course, yes.

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And many of the great manufacturers and artists of the period

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were commissioned to make miniature artefacts for it.

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And it was a complete Downton Abbey, wasn't it? Upstairs Downstairs.

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-Totally Downton, yes, absolutely.

-Absolutely tremendous.

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So this tiny etching appeared there.

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Yes, and I believe the etchings are in tiny little folios

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in the library of the doll's house.

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What are these two other ones about?

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He was a conscientious objector during the First World War.

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So do we know what a conscientious objector was?

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-No.

-No.

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He didn't want to go to war, so he decided he wasn't going to fight.

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Yes, he was a pacifist and...

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In the First World War of course, that was a very serious thing.

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Yes, he went to prison in 1917.

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Yes.

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He was there for two years

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and these little etchings were done whilst he was there.

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These were done, of the inside of his cell.

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What do you think of having to live in these?

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-Be rather cramped, wouldn't it?

-Yes.

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And this is a picture of him actually working at his desk here.

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That's rather a nice picture, isn't it?

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Because he's got the light shining onto his desk.

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-Interesting seeing an etcher, actually at work.

-Yes.

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Quite an informal pose really, but rather charming.

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We're not talking about a lot of money here,

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but we're talking about a fantastic story, about your family,

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and you must be very proud of him.

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A little etching like that with the story,

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I'd have thought about £200-£300.

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These ones I think are very interesting,

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but not anything like as much money, probably about £50 to £100 each.

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But the price is not it, is it?

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No, it's part of our family history,

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-which we're all very interested in.

-Which you should be very proud of.

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Patronising or what, was that?! I don't know!

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-No, not at all! Thank you very much indeed!

-Thanks.

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Our excitable glass expert Andy McConnell

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has come up with a bit of a test this week.

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Now, he scours car boots every week looking for inexpensive items

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which can turn out to be worth quite a fortune.

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So from his vast glass collection,

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we have three pieces of Swedish glass.

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One - the basic one - is worth £100,

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the better one, £400,

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and the best, £5,000.

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So, we'll see how we get on here.

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Why don't you have a guess at home?

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I like that one best.

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I think basic, better and best.

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-That's basic.

-That's basic, OK.

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That's quite a modern design, I would say.

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Next best.

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Better.

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-Do you know anything about Swedish glass?

-No.

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I think this is probably the most expensive one.

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Why do you think this is the £5,000 vase?

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Don't really know!

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The moulding is slightly Laliquey, but then, I don't know.

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You've been listening to Eric, haven't you?

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That's slightly coloured, but that's very unusual.

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That's just a chunky bowl to me.

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SHE LAUGHS

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Here's one of those very, very pretty pictures -

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little pictures - that you see sometimes on the Roadshow

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and you can't at first see who it's by.

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But she's such a pretty face, it's really worth looking into.

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Is it yours?

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It's my father's at the moment.

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It's been in the family for a good 40 years as far as we know.

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It was my great aunt's, who was a bit of a hoarder, bit of an eccentric,

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and when she died she had a four-storey Victorian house

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which was crammed with all sorts of things,

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so we had a week as a family to clear the house

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before we sold off the rest of the stuff.

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You had to pick what you thought was, the things you wanted.

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That's right, yes, and my dad ended up with this,

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which has been on his wall, and like I say, we think it's

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a beautiful picture, lovely portrait, but never known much about it.

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I really like the way it's painted.

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She's got such a healthy bloom in her face, hasn't she?

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-I think that's like a Breton cap or something?

-Yes, yes.

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Which either makes her French, Northern French,

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or it makes her Cornish, of course, because they wore them, too.

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I think Cornish, because we know that - you know -

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there was a colony down there at Newlyn, the village of Newlyn.

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And it has that very much Newlyn feel to it,

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so let's look at it further. One of the first things I want to do,

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-is take it out of its frame, because that's not original.

-No.

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We do that, carefully.

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Put that to the side, and straight away she sort of looks more natural.

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-She does, yeah.

-Yeah, I think so too.

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And then you look around, you look at the side of it here

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and you notice that it's painted all the way round the edge

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and then you begin to think well, what's happened here?

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And you look again at the bottom and whoops, there's the signature.

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Ah, right. I don't think we've ever seen that.

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Yes, "S Birch" it says, which is really rather exciting, isn't it?

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-Because I think we've now found our woman.

-Right.

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-Woman artist, Sara Birch, or Sarah Birch.

-Oh, right!

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And she was exhibiting in the 1890s, which is plumb-on for that, I'd say.

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Value? Well, knowing who it's by, I think, helps,

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but just like that, with the signature hidden,

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just a little thing like that,

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I still think £2,000 to £3,000.

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Really? Excellent!

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Oh, well, it'll go back to Father.

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Be yours one day, I hope.

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I hope so, yes. He's probably rubbing his hands at the moment!

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This is like taking a child to a sweet shop for me,

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because I really do have a passion for costume jewellery.

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Where did all this come from?

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We have a long-established shop. It's been in business since 1845,

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and still in the same family,

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and about 50 years ago we knocked through the two shops that we had,

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and everything had to be cleared, so all of this was taken upstairs

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for safe keeping, I suppose, and it never made it back down again.

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Stuff has been put in front and whenever anybody said,

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"Oh, what's in that corner?" "Oh, it's just rubbish", you know?

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Well, look at all this.

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This is all "Presents from Scarborough", and look at this,

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things like "12 shillings" I mean,

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was a lot of money in the '50s.

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That's an expensive thing.

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I mean, that's a half of the guidance in some of the pricing,

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you sort of think - well, that was expensive,

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that's nearly half somebody's wage or, you know?

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-And of course these things did go completely out of fashion.

-Yeah.

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These sort of settings. I mean, I love all the doggies over there.

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And you know, all these little...

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But we have some "mother" brooches, and "baby".

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Why you would want that sort of thing, I don't know but...

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It was just very much a sentimental time. You're talking post-war.

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My parents came to Scarborough for their honeymoon just after the war.

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Oh, did they? They maybe bought one of these!

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My mum might've just been in there and got one.

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And of course here we've got swastikas on pins,

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which people might think, "Oh, my goodness".

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Quite alarming at first, yes.

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But actually of course the swastika was an auspicious Hindu symbol.

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It was actually a very good luck thing

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until of course it was sort of perverted in the Second World War.

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I guess obviously before that time, then.

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This has to be before the Second World War.

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But this has sort of come back into fashion now,

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so you're probably ahead of the trend in Scarborough,

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and there's some great things here.

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And, of course, costume jewellery really is fashionable now.

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But you know, 11/6d.

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I mean, this collection's still not worth a tremendous amount of money.

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-We're talking...

-Curiosity, isn't it?

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It is, and to think that all of this was in Scarborough.

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This is what people bought when they came on their holidays

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and took home, and wore.

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And this is a remnant of those days.

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Value? I mean some of the compacts

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are probably £20-£30 now.

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Some of the brooches are going to be £30-£40.

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-Really?

-So I would think...

-Gosh!

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I know, it's just because it's come back into fashion.

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You're probably talking, I don't know, sort of £400-£500, actually,

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so I think you're going to have to re-price some of them.

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I think so, yes.

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If you were a sophisticated,

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highly fashionable lady living in 1760,

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this is what you'd be

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drinking your coffee out of.

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Really? Oh, 1760, it's that old?

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-It's that old!

-I had no idea.

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Where did you get it?

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My father bought it in an antiques shop about 1952,

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about a year before he got married,

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just something took his fancy, paid about 30 bob for it,

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and that was just an ornament that he liked.

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He had very good taste. If you turn it over, there's the factory mark.

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It's a gold anchor mark which is the factory mark of the Chelsea factory.

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Funnily enough, it's one of the most copied marks there is.

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I've seen so many fakes of gold anchor marks. This time it's real.

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Oh, it's the real McCoy!

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It's one of the earliest English factories. It was founded in 1745.

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They started using a gold anchor mark round about 1756,

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and this is a few years after that.

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This factory made for the aristocracy.

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At the time, it was the best of the best.

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Beautifully painted, with these Rococo birds.

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They moulded it with scales all over,

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and it's a beautiful, soft glassy glaze that they used,

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it's very characteristic of Chelsea.

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A gorgeous thing.

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Would it have been mass-produced in the time, or...?

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Chelsea was never mass-produced. It was made for the aristocracy.

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Always hand-painted, made to the highest quality,

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it is the best of the best.

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Lovely thing to bring along. So, it has a value.

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Which is?

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-You see, that's the important bit, isn't it?

-Of course, yes.

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But it's good to know the history as well,

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that you can examine something like that and look at it

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and tell you how it's made and when it was made and that kind of thing.

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-The history's always very good.

-It's a lovely thing.

0:23:220:23:25

A collector would pay, at auction, about £500 for this.

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How much?! £500? You're joking!

0:23:280:23:32

Good grief!

0:23:330:23:35

Don't drop it!

0:23:350:23:36

LAUGHTER

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It's a really nice thing to see.

0:23:380:23:40

Remember these three Swedish glass vases?

0:23:400:23:44

Andy McConnell, our glass expert, set us a test,

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to work out which was the most basic, the better and the best.

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The basic being worth £100,

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the better one £400,

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and the best £5,000.

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Now this is what I reckon.

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Andy McConnell, it was a doddle, mate.

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I'm joking, I've no idea. Ah, well!

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I thought you were going to get it this time!

0:24:060:24:09

I thought you were going to get it!

0:24:090:24:11

OK, come on, then. So what should we be looking for?

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Well, the basic, you got right, you did, you did get that one right.

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Now this, I thought this was either the most basic or the best

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because it's different, because it's blue.

0:24:220:24:24

Was that the thing?

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No, colour doesn't cost anything. Glass is cheap, sand is cheap,

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so weight and colour, generally speaking,

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you can't go on that, thickness of glass and so on.

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This is a stereotype, really, it's Girda Stromberg.

0:24:350:24:39

Girda Stromberg - was the first great lady glass designer.

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And later, she was '30s, modernism.

0:24:440:24:46

This glass - in my opinion - would be better

0:24:460:24:48

without the moose on it - it never was.

0:24:480:24:50

Another designer came along later, took the shape

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and applied this old, you know, cliche to it, so that's £100.

0:24:540:24:58

About 1955, Runa Strand for Stromberg, standard piece.

0:24:580:25:02

The better one, then?

0:25:040:25:05

Ah! Yes, this is ONLY the better one, but it's my favourite.

0:25:070:25:11

Look at that! I mean, wait a minute.

0:25:110:25:14

There they are, look, my boys, look at them.

0:25:140:25:17

They're very weird.

0:25:170:25:18

But what about this strange horse which is in profile

0:25:180:25:21

but you can see his rear end at the same time?

0:25:210:25:23

What's going on here with these creatures?

0:25:230:25:25

It's cave paintings, isn't it, really?

0:25:250:25:27

I think the nearest thing to it.

0:25:270:25:29

It's like they're carved out.

0:25:290:25:32

You feel how thick that's in there, at least a quarter of an inch in.

0:25:320:25:36

It's as if they've been ground out of those by his fingernails.

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And they're extremely expressive.

0:25:400:25:42

They're not supposed to look like a poodle,

0:25:420:25:45

they're supposed to look like nothing on earth.

0:25:450:25:48

-So when was this made?

-'55.

0:25:480:25:51

And why - given how much you love it - is this only worth £400?

0:25:510:25:54

Because it's just coming on, it's coming on.

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It's... None left Sweden. They were a Swedish phenomenon.

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And Swedes are a bit up to here with glass

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so its value has been restricted by its lack of presence in the market.

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I bought it for £350, but I wouldn't sell it for 1,000.

0:26:080:26:12

-Because you really like it?

-Because I think it's just, you know.

0:26:120:26:15

I mean, they all look like me!

0:26:150:26:17

they're all kind of demented nit-wits on there, you know?

0:26:170:26:20

Yours words, Andy, I wouldn't possibly comment!

0:26:200:26:23

So this is the best one, then, for £5,000. So talk me through it.

0:26:230:26:28

Victor, Victor, Vicke Lindstrand

0:26:280:26:30

was the greatest designer in the world - other than Rene Lalique -

0:26:300:26:33

in the 1930s.

0:26:330:26:35

He came into Orrefors as a book illustrator

0:26:350:26:39

and that illustrative nature of his work is evident here.

0:26:390:26:45

He went on holiday to Kenya in the early '50s and it's there,

0:26:450:26:50

and this contemporary form is very compelling.

0:26:500:26:54

The two-sided nature of the vase - and there are only 20 of them known.

0:26:540:26:58

When I've talked about these to other people,

0:26:580:27:01

they've said, "You've got one?"

0:27:010:27:03

It's the only one that's outside a museum or major collection.

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It's a rarity. 20 are known, and this is one of them.

0:27:060:27:10

And the last time one came to the market,

0:27:100:27:13

which was seven, eight years ago, it went for £5,500.

0:27:130:27:17

A little bird told me that you brought up the most expensive vase -

0:27:170:27:20

which I now know is this one - cradled in your lap on the train

0:27:200:27:23

all the way from your home in Sussex, up here to Scarborough.

0:27:230:27:26

I wish it had been that one, because carrying this on the train up here

0:27:260:27:30

was one of my most nerve-racking experiences!

0:27:300:27:32

I must admit, I laid a couple of eggs on the way up.

0:27:320:27:36

I was slightly worried that it wouldn't make it

0:27:360:27:39

and that would have been really embarrassing!

0:27:390:27:42

I mean, you know what I'm like.

0:27:420:27:44

We're glad that it did, even if I got it wrong AGAIN.

0:27:440:27:48

If you've got some Swedish glass at home, you'd like to see it, Andy.

0:27:480:27:51

Please, please bring your Swedish glass in.

0:27:510:27:54

So have a look at our website...

0:27:540:27:56

You can see the venues where we're going to be this series.

0:27:580:28:00

Bring it along.

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We see a lot of Robert Thompson - Mousy Thompson - furniture

0:28:090:28:14

especially in North Yorkshire,

0:28:140:28:16

but I've never ever seen anything like this.

0:28:160:28:19

Here's his mouse, quite clearly.

0:28:190:28:21

It's a very well-carved mouse, long tail, good whiskers.

0:28:210:28:24

But there has to be a story with this,

0:28:240:28:27

looks like a flying helmet, clearly this RAF plaque.

0:28:270:28:30

This must be a family piece. Can you tell me more about it?

0:28:300:28:33

Yes, it is indeed. The plaque sits in my mother's house.

0:28:330:28:37

It was commissioned by her mother and father, directly to Robert Thompson

0:28:370:28:42

to make the plaque in memory of their son, Brian,

0:28:420:28:45

who died in the Battle of Britain.

0:28:450:28:47

He was a Spitfire pilot and his Spitfire was shot down.

0:28:470:28:51

He was actually shot in the back.

0:28:510:28:53

So he wasn't killed, he was mortally wounded.

0:28:530:28:56

And he actually had to bail out by flying the Spitfire upside down

0:28:560:29:00

and releasing himself because he was paralysed.

0:29:000:29:03

So he had the sangfroid to turn his plane upside down,

0:29:030:29:07

-open the hood.

-Yes.

-And more or less fall out.

0:29:070:29:10

Yes, correct, and he was Thomas Brian Kirk.

0:29:100:29:13

And he died nine months later from his injuries, and I have here

0:29:130:29:17

the flying helmet he was wearing at the time that he was shot down.

0:29:170:29:22

This is his Spitfire pilot's helmet.

0:29:220:29:24

This is his Spitfire pilot's helmet and my mother has this too.

0:29:240:29:27

They went to Robert Thompson and they asked him if they would do a plaque

0:29:270:29:31

with his squadron, which was Tiger Squadron, 74 Squadron,

0:29:310:29:35

and Robert Thompson was really proud to do it

0:29:350:29:37

and my mother said he spent a great deal of time and care

0:29:370:29:41

and I think that's why the mouse is so beautifully carved.

0:29:410:29:45

And I think this was done around about 1942.

0:29:450:29:48

You know, you hear about the number of Aces etc,

0:29:480:29:52

but there are so many stories like that one never hears about.

0:29:520:29:54

-Yes.

-Just a very personal story, very emotive, as you say, to you.

0:29:540:29:58

It's very difficult for us in the 21st century

0:29:580:30:01

-to even begin to understand what they went through.

-Indeed.

0:30:010:30:04

I'm sure we're sort of celebrating a war hero, which he was, certainly.

0:30:040:30:08

-Yes.

-I mean, most extraordinary.

0:30:080:30:10

My father was in the RAF during the Second World War

0:30:100:30:13

so I can sort of vaguely understand what this must mean to you

0:30:130:30:16

and what I think is so nice, it's not in a museum

0:30:160:30:18

or in an RAF squadron mess.

0:30:180:30:21

It's actually in your private family home

0:30:210:30:24

-which is so important, so wonderful.

-Yes.

0:30:240:30:26

I mean, we obviously normally value things on the Antiques Roadshow,

0:30:270:30:31

but you can't value this.

0:30:310:30:32

This is a personal history, personal story.

0:30:320:30:35

I've never seen a plaque like this. It must be almost a one-off.

0:30:350:30:38

-A wonderful tribute to him.

-Thank you.

0:30:380:30:40

Thank you very much indeed.

0:30:400:30:42

So, two lovely ladies, one scent bottle.

0:30:430:30:46

What's the story?

0:30:460:30:47

You brought it here today because you wanted to find out what?

0:30:470:30:49

Well, whether it was worth anything or the history of it, really.

0:30:490:30:53

It came from Germany, I think.

0:30:530:30:56

Did it? And what was the family relationship there?

0:30:560:31:00

Well, our grandfather. Not our, but my husband's grandfather,

0:31:000:31:05

he came from Germany

0:31:050:31:08

and so he...

0:31:080:31:10

He moved over here to...

0:31:100:31:12

-Yes, marry my grandmother, you see.

-Yes, how lovely.

0:31:120:31:16

Well, that's very good.

0:31:160:31:18

So the Roadshow's coming and you thought, "Let's look out something."

0:31:180:31:22

Tell me about that. How did that happen?

0:31:220:31:25

I just suddenly remembered, we were bringing some glass, Bohemian glass,

0:31:250:31:29

and I just remembered about the little scent bottle,

0:31:290:31:33

so I asked mum, where was it, and she couldn't remember at all.

0:31:330:31:37

Popped up in the attic and found it.

0:31:370:31:40

But, as a child, I thought it was much bigger than it is now.

0:31:400:31:44

Yes, I know that does happen, doesn't it?

0:31:440:31:47

It's pretty big in its importance.

0:31:470:31:49

It's a most fascinating scent bottle. It really is a stunner.

0:31:490:31:52

-It's made of silver.

-Silver?

0:31:520:31:55

Silver-gilt actually.

0:31:550:31:57

And it's painted enamel work.

0:31:570:32:01

Oh, on top of the silver?

0:32:010:32:03

-On top of the silver, absolutely.

-Oh, I see.

0:32:030:32:06

You've probably already guessed that it's Russian.

0:32:080:32:10

Did you think of it as Russian before?

0:32:100:32:12

-Not really, but I thought Germany, perhaps.

-Yes.

0:32:120:32:16

But it might have been.

0:32:160:32:18

Yes, I mean, the biggest signal to the fact that it is Russian

0:32:180:32:21

is the inscription on the lid

0:32:210:32:23

which stands for a firm called Ovchinnikov,

0:32:230:32:25

which is the most wonderfully exotic name.

0:32:250:32:28

It was a very important competitor of Faberge in Moscow

0:32:280:32:33

and this is the sort of background for it, really.

0:32:330:32:37

It's pre-revolutionary Russian goldsmith's work,

0:32:370:32:40

and if we wanted any substantiation for that,

0:32:400:32:43

we can see on the base here, the maker's mark and the hallmark

0:32:430:32:47

for late 19th-century and early 20th-century Russia.

0:32:470:32:51

But in a way it's worth also looking about the meaning of this object.

0:32:510:32:54

It's far more than simply decorative.

0:32:540:32:56

It's painted with musk roses

0:32:560:32:59

and this is a covert emblem of love.

0:32:590:33:02

The rose is one of the attributes of Venus.

0:33:020:33:05

It always stands for love

0:33:050:33:06

and what better to give somebody that you love,

0:33:060:33:09

than a scent bottle that she's going to wear all the time?

0:33:090:33:12

And if you can afford it, what better to do

0:33:120:33:15

than go to one of the most celebrated silver manufacturers

0:33:150:33:20

-in Moscow at the time?

-I see. Yes.

0:33:200:33:22

So we're probably looking for a bride in your family

0:33:220:33:27

in the late 19th century, early 20th century,

0:33:270:33:30

whose husband could afford to shop

0:33:300:33:32

at what was a very grand establishment.

0:33:320:33:34

We know it's a grand establishment

0:33:340:33:36

because above the name Ovchinnikov is this double-headed imperial eagle

0:33:360:33:40

which is a sign that they had the warrant of Nicholas and Alexandra.

0:33:400:33:45

And so that's the clientele of Ovchinnikov

0:33:450:33:49

and it's wonderful that the fitted box survives.

0:33:490:33:51

It's a stunning combination.

0:33:510:33:52

There's an enormous boom in Russian works of art. Huge.

0:33:520:33:56

I think it's worth at least £3,000.

0:33:560:33:59

No?

0:33:590:34:01

-It's amazing, it's amazing.

-Isn't it?

0:34:030:34:05

Well, I saw you wheeling this into the hall this morning,

0:34:080:34:10

and from side on, it looked just like

0:34:100:34:13

a painted pine,

0:34:130:34:15

late 19th-century chest of drawers,

0:34:150:34:18

but actually it's a refrigerator.

0:34:180:34:21

-Yep.

-How does it work?

0:34:210:34:24

Ice, block of ice from your ice man is put in here and it's convection

0:34:240:34:29

so your hot air rises, cold air goes down there and it goes in,

0:34:290:34:33

cools the bottom chamber and because it's zinc-lined, it just stays cold.

0:34:330:34:37

By the 1830s, ice boxes, so insulated boxes for holding ice,

0:34:370:34:43

were pretty much commonplace

0:34:430:34:45

and there were all sorts of companies in America making them,

0:34:450:34:49

and that's where this starts to fit in,

0:34:490:34:52

cos this is by the Eddy Refrigerator Company, Boston, Massachusetts.

0:34:520:34:56

And conveniently it says here that the firm was established in 1847.

0:34:560:35:00

The interesting thing about this, is that its date is 1919.

0:35:000:35:04

By the 1920s, a lot of electric refrigerators were being made.

0:35:040:35:09

So this was quite an old-fashioned concept by then, wasn't it?

0:35:100:35:14

Yes, I think so.

0:35:140:35:15

It was dying out and probably a lot of them don't exist now

0:35:150:35:18

cos they were thrown out when the electric ones came in.

0:35:180:35:20

I can imagine, it would have been so deeply old-fashioned.

0:35:200:35:23

As far as the style goes,

0:35:230:35:24

it's this pine that's painted, or scumbled to look like it's oak,

0:35:240:35:29

which was a very common thing to do with furniture in the 19th century.

0:35:290:35:33

So the interior is lined with zinc and then these slates...

0:35:330:35:37

Gosh, it's actually really cold in there, isn't it?

0:35:370:35:39

Ice cold in there, yes. Even without ice it's really, really cold.

0:35:390:35:43

Yes, yes.

0:35:430:35:46

So where did this one come from?

0:35:460:35:48

A friend of mine was clearing an out-building,

0:35:480:35:50

asked for a hand so I went in and we cleared out everything and when

0:35:500:35:54

we got to the back there was just a lot of other furniture, Victorian,

0:35:540:35:57

and this as well.

0:35:570:35:58

Took it home, cleaned it and liked it, that's it.

0:35:580:36:03

And so does it come from somewhere near Scarborough?

0:36:030:36:06

Filey. The building was on Primrose Valley which is a holiday resort

0:36:060:36:10

and I think it was part of a hotel, maybe.

0:36:100:36:13

Yes, if you were on holiday you would certainly want

0:36:130:36:15

a bit of ice in your cold drink on a hot summer day by the sea.

0:36:150:36:20

Well, it might surprise you to know that in the 1920s,

0:36:200:36:24

these were being sold in the States for anything between 400 and 700,

0:36:240:36:30

so quite a sort of prized possession

0:36:300:36:34

and I'm going to ask you, do you think the value now

0:36:340:36:37

is greater or lower than that?

0:36:370:36:39

Er, probably lower, but I still think it's quite unique.

0:36:390:36:43

Well, it's certainly unique.

0:36:430:36:45

I don't really know many refrigerators

0:36:450:36:48

that have woodworm(!)

0:36:480:36:50

THEY LAUGH

0:36:500:36:51

It helps with the cooling.

0:36:510:36:54

And certainly it's the kind of object now that I mean most people

0:36:540:36:57

wouldn't even give it house room, let alone giving you a tenner for it

0:36:570:37:00

but it is such an interesting object of social history,

0:37:000:37:03

and I'm sure there's someone who would pay over £100 for it.

0:37:030:37:07

Definitely. Hope so.

0:37:070:37:08

You've involved me in a little bit of time travel here

0:37:120:37:17

and it's actually a love story.

0:37:170:37:20

Now who is Nazi?

0:37:200:37:21

Nazi was my husband's aunt

0:37:210:37:25

but she died when she was 22.

0:37:250:37:27

-Nazi was her nickname that her fiance gave her.

-Right.

0:37:270:37:32

Give the fiance's name, because this is one of his works.

0:37:320:37:35

It is, and he was Billy Hughes.

0:37:350:37:38

Has anybody heard of Billy Hughes?

0:37:380:37:40

-Well, I've got to admit, I haven't.

-No, no.

-But why not?

0:37:400:37:43

-I don't know why.

-Because he's a talent.

-Yes.

0:37:430:37:47

Now let's have a see what we've got.

0:37:470:37:49

Well, first of all we've got two photographs,

0:37:490:37:52

and if we can just put those photographs like so,

0:37:520:37:55

there's a couple here.

0:37:550:37:58

Yes, that's Billy Hughes and Marjorie.

0:37:580:38:01

Marjorie, but her pet name was Nazi?

0:38:010:38:03

Nazi, yes.

0:38:030:38:05

-And this is a wonderful self cartoon of Billy Hughes himself.

-Yes.

0:38:050:38:11

-So he's obviously got a sense of humour.

-Yes.

0:38:110:38:14

But what about this?

0:38:140:38:16

She is divine.

0:38:160:38:18

What we're looking at is very much the tip of the iceberg

0:38:180:38:22

because here is yet another volume.

0:38:220:38:25

Let's have a look at what we've got here.

0:38:250:38:28

First of all, these are all hand painted.

0:38:280:38:31

I mean, there's the look of a lady, quite frankly, that is...

0:38:310:38:37

I think demure might be the world.

0:38:370:38:38

And it says to what on there?

0:38:380:38:40

It says, 'To Columbine from Pierrot'.

0:38:400:38:44

-Ah, well every Columbine should have a Pierrot.

-Yes.

0:38:440:38:46

All these pictures, all these drawings have been painted

0:38:460:38:51

-and been given to the love of his life.

-Yes.

0:38:510:38:54

Just look at this one here. I mean, that's spontaneous.

0:38:540:38:57

-Look, that girl is a raver, isn't she?

-Mm, yes, she is.

0:38:570:39:00

-She is doing the Charleston.

-Yes.

0:39:000:39:03

There's a minimum of pen and ink there, but so much movement,

0:39:030:39:07

but it goes on.

0:39:070:39:09

I mean, let's have a look at another album here.

0:39:090:39:12

And if I dare, just again,

0:39:120:39:17

it's a case of less is more.

0:39:170:39:19

Look at that!

0:39:190:39:21

I mean, anybody who understands Art Deco would see almost Modigliani

0:39:210:39:25

or a Hagenauer bronze in that image,

0:39:250:39:28

and these are 1920s.

0:39:280:39:31

-1920s, yes.

-And look at this one.

0:39:310:39:34

I love that.

0:39:340:39:35

I think it's so cheeky, so cheeky.

0:39:350:39:38

I would love to have met this man.

0:39:380:39:40

He had a sense of humour.

0:39:400:39:42

And look at that!

0:39:420:39:45

I mean, that is the ultimate cocktail, isn't it?

0:39:450:39:49

So, you know, you've brought along

0:39:490:39:52

a very, very exciting

0:39:520:39:54

sort of folio, if you will.

0:39:540:39:57

And a glimpse into a life long gone because what year did she die?

0:39:570:40:03

-It would be early 1920s.

-Early 1920s.

0:40:030:40:06

22, it's no age at all, is it?

0:40:060:40:08

No. Well, she died from exposure.

0:40:080:40:11

She went for a walk in the local wood

0:40:110:40:14

and tripped and fell and hit her head and she died.

0:40:140:40:17

And all Kirkbymoorside were out looking for her,

0:40:170:40:20

but they couldn't find her.

0:40:200:40:21

So a tragedy, a tragic death as well.

0:40:210:40:24

-Yes, very tragic, yes.

-Whatever happened to Billy?

0:40:240:40:28

Well, Billy went as assistant to the librarian in Salisbury.

0:40:280:40:34

-And do we know any more after that?

-No.

0:40:340:40:37

I'll tell you what, somebody does.

0:40:370:40:40

Yes. Somebody will, yeah.

0:40:400:40:42

So, having looked at the folio

0:40:420:40:44

and having never come across Billy Hughes,

0:40:440:40:48

I've got to find myself putting a valuation on what I've seen so far.

0:40:480:40:53

And I wouldn't hesitate, I wouldn't hesitate to say

0:40:530:40:57

somewhere in the region of at least a couple of thousand pounds.

0:40:570:41:00

But, you know, having said that,

0:41:030:41:05

how on earth have I got the nerve to put a price on a labour of love?

0:41:050:41:10

Yeah.

0:41:100:41:12

Well, here's a picture postcard of Scarborough

0:41:230:41:26

and it's wonderful to see a bit of local colour,

0:41:260:41:29

and what colour, it's pearlescent, isn't it?

0:41:290:41:32

It's like the inside of an oyster or something,

0:41:320:41:34

the colour in this picture.

0:41:340:41:35

I think he's looked at Turner,

0:41:350:41:37

but he's painted a picture of Scarborough.

0:41:370:41:39

It's by Robert Pearson.

0:41:390:41:40

What can you tell me about it?

0:41:400:41:42

I've had this painting since 1972.

0:41:420:41:47

I was living in Macclesfield at the time, and I am a Scarborian

0:41:470:41:51

so I was driving past a shop,

0:41:510:41:54

a gallery, I think it must have been, one evening,

0:41:540:41:56

and the light was on this and I thought,

0:41:560:41:58

"That looks rather nice" and carried on driving.

0:41:580:42:01

A couple of days later I took my girlfriend, who is now my wife,

0:42:010:42:05

and I said, "Just have a look at this painting, I rather like it."

0:42:050:42:09

I suddenly realised it was a picture of my home town

0:42:090:42:13

and I said to Margaret, "I'm going to have that"

0:42:130:42:16

so we went in and I said, "I'm going to give him £30 for it."

0:42:160:42:22

-Now, we're talking 1972 which was...

-That's plenty of money.

0:42:220:42:25

It was quite a bit of money in my pocket then,

0:42:250:42:27

and I said, "I rather like that painting in the window."

0:42:270:42:30

I said, "How much is it?"

0:42:300:42:33

He said, "£225."

0:42:330:42:35

I said, "Right, I'll have it!"

0:42:350:42:38

Marvellous.

0:42:380:42:39

And that was it, I fell in love with it

0:42:390:42:43

and it's been in our family ever since.

0:42:430:42:44

-You didn't hesitate? You absolutely knew your mind?

-No hesitation.

0:42:440:42:47

It was the last penny out of my bank account.

0:42:470:42:50

That's the way to buy pictures.

0:42:500:42:51

-It really is. It's got to be love, got to be passion.

-Yeah.

0:42:510:42:54

Well, I must say it's great fun.

0:42:540:42:56

I love it because it's like a postcard.

0:42:560:42:59

I can say, "That's my room. That's where I'm staying, actually."

0:42:590:43:01

Yes, at the Grand Hotel, yes.

0:43:010:43:03

And I love the footbridge here which I know was built in 1824

0:43:030:43:06

cos I walked over it this morning.

0:43:060:43:09

Then, what is biggest of all,

0:43:090:43:10

perhaps they even paid for the picture it seems to me,

0:43:100:43:13

is the Grand Hotel and nothing grander than that.

0:43:130:43:16

-It looks like some vast Indian palace, doesn't it?

-Mm, yes.

0:43:160:43:20

I rather like it as well because you're looking inland, of course,

0:43:200:43:22

-towards the west, and there's a big sunset, it's like a Turner.

-Yes.

0:43:220:43:26

And you've got a big bustle here of working boats which must be

0:43:260:43:29

going into the harbour over here, I suppose.

0:43:290:43:31

There's a bit of artistic licence with the amount of boats around.

0:43:310:43:35

-Possibly, yes, yes.

-Perhaps even for then.

0:43:350:43:37

It seems to have the atmosphere of Turner and Grimshaw mixed up.

0:43:370:43:40

Well, of course, Turner came here,

0:43:400:43:42

and Grimshaw lived here for a while, didn't he?

0:43:420:43:44

And they painted locally and actually you're quite right,

0:43:440:43:47

there is an entirely autonomous...

0:43:470:43:50

It's on its own, little region of painters,

0:43:500:43:53

and they don't go to London, they don't get into the dictionaries

0:43:530:43:56

because they don't exhibit in London.

0:43:560:43:58

But local people know who they are

0:43:580:44:00

-because their pictures are hanging all over their homes.

-Yes.

0:44:000:44:03

Anyway, great fun. It cost you £225.

0:44:030:44:06

-What do you think now?

-Um...

0:44:060:44:08

Oh, I would hazard a guess at about 2,000?

0:44:100:44:14

-I was going to say three, so about right.

-Yes.

0:44:140:44:17

That's good because it'll cost me more in the insurance now, won't it?

0:44:170:44:21

It probably will,

0:44:210:44:22

but I think it's absolutely lovely and a great thing to have.

0:44:220:44:25

-It's very atmospheric.

-Truly so.

0:44:250:44:27

What's a feminine person like you

0:44:300:44:34

doing with a big, heavy, aggressive thing like this?

0:44:340:44:38

Well, it belongs to my dad, actually, it's not mine,

0:44:380:44:42

and it was passed down to him by his dad who acquired it through

0:44:420:44:46

some spinster ladies, some elderly spinster ladies, who gave it to him

0:44:460:44:50

because he was a solicitor in Scarborough town, so that's how.

0:44:500:44:54

-Oh, I see, amazing.

-I don't know anything more.

0:44:540:44:56

I actually can't believe what I'm looking at.

0:44:560:45:00

This is absolutely superb.

0:45:000:45:02

It's a Fijian Buli Buli,

0:45:020:45:05

and this is a thing of rare beauty.

0:45:050:45:09

I mean, it is really what us collectors look for.

0:45:090:45:13

I mean, this is the best I've ever seen.

0:45:130:45:15

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Wow.

0:45:150:45:17

I mean, it is for caving in skulls, of course,

0:45:170:45:20

and it would do that with some ferocity.

0:45:200:45:22

Actually they have often found

0:45:220:45:25

people's skulls on these islands in Fiji and Tonga and places like that

0:45:250:45:30

and the skulls are caved in, and it's not surprising, is it?

0:45:300:45:33

It has a beautifully domed head covered in raised carved studs

0:45:330:45:40

underneath which is chip carved.

0:45:400:45:44

It's made of iron wood and, when I look,

0:45:440:45:46

I can see the patina of age in there

0:45:460:45:48

and I would say this is probably 18th, early 19th century

0:45:480:45:52

and it's absolutely superb.

0:45:520:45:55

The chip carving goes all the way down the shaft.

0:45:550:45:58

I've only ever seen them with plain shafts,

0:45:580:46:01

so this one is as good as it gets.

0:46:010:46:05

The colour is superb, and the colour would have been as important

0:46:050:46:10

to the owner as, say, the colour of someone's tie today.

0:46:100:46:13

It said who the tribesman was.

0:46:130:46:16

It's a prestige object as well as a weapon.

0:46:160:46:20

The man who owned this would have carried this with a swagger.

0:46:200:46:23

It said who he was, and I've never seen one this long, either.

0:46:230:46:28

Normally they're a good six, seven, eight inches shorter than this.

0:46:280:46:34

I mean, it just takes my breath away.

0:46:340:46:36

-I'm really beside myself with excitement.

-Great!

0:46:360:46:41

It's just, you know, I just want to throw my collection away.

0:46:410:46:44

That's the truth of the matter.

0:46:440:46:48

I know dealers with one they thought was the best thing they'd ever had,

0:46:480:46:52

-and it was half as good as this and I'm not joking.

-Wow.

0:46:520:46:57

-Had you any idea what a rare thing you...?

-No.

0:46:570:46:59

How did it find its way from the middle of the Pacific

0:46:590:47:03

to Scarborough?

0:47:030:47:05

It's just unbelievable.

0:47:050:47:07

And with an unbelievable object comes an unbelievable price.

0:47:070:47:12

OK.

0:47:120:47:14

Do you know what, I'm thinking about this.

0:47:140:47:16

The market place for this sort of thing is more in Paris,

0:47:160:47:21

Rue des Beaux Arts, or in Brussels in the Sablon and in New York.

0:47:210:47:26

But they get very excited

0:47:260:47:28

and they've got galleries that deal in this sort of stuff

0:47:280:47:31

and a nice one of these would be 8,000 to 10,000.

0:47:310:47:34

This, I would stick my neck out and say,

0:47:340:47:38

if you had to buy this in the Sablon in Brussels,

0:47:380:47:42

I think it would cost you between

0:47:420:47:44

30,000

0:47:440:47:45

and maybe 35.

0:47:450:47:50

-Wow, that's amazing.

-I really think it could make that.

0:47:500:47:53

It is the best I've ever seen and I really mean that.

0:47:530:47:57

I can only dream.

0:47:570:47:59

Oh, wow, I'm so happy and my dad's going to be absolutely thrilled.

0:47:590:48:04

That's fantastic. Thank you so much.

0:48:040:48:05

Wow, that is an incredible valuation!

0:48:080:48:11

Wouldn't it be wonderful to think that that club had made its way

0:48:110:48:13

across the seas all the way from Polynesia here to Scarborough?

0:48:130:48:18

We can dream, can't we?

0:48:180:48:20

From the Antiques Roadshow until next week, bye-bye.

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