0:00:40 > 0:00:43Welcome to a brand-new series of the Antiques Roadshow,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46marking an incredible 35 years on British television.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51And today we've come to a residence literally fit for a queen -
0:00:51 > 0:00:53the Queen's royal residence in Northern Ireland -
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hillsborough Castle.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02This handsome Georgian country house was built
0:01:02 > 0:01:04by the First Earl of Hillsborough in 1788.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10In 1925, shortly after the partition of Ireland, it was
0:01:10 > 0:01:13bought by the British Government and became the official residence
0:01:13 > 0:01:16of the Governor of Northern Ireland, as well as the royal family.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Since then, they've regularly used Hillsborough as their personal
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and ceremonial base in Northern Ireland.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29When we were making preparations for this programme, we found out
0:01:29 > 0:01:33that a very special visit was being arranged for the same week.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Her Majesty the Queen visited Hillsborough Castle, attending the
0:01:37 > 0:01:41annual garden party as part of her official visit to Northern Ireland.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45She's stayed here regularly since her first visit in 1945.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51And before she left, Her Majesty and Prince Philip chose to
0:01:51 > 0:01:55drop in to see us as we were preparing for the Antiques Roadshow.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01After a private conversation with our experts,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03it was time for the royal party to leave,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05for the next part of the visit to Northern Ireland.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, that was certainly an honour for the Roadshow
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and what a great way to kick off our brand-new series.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15We'll find out a little bit more about what our royal visitors
0:02:15 > 0:02:17had to say later in the programme.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20But now it's time to welcome our other guests -
0:02:20 > 0:02:21the people of Northern Ireland,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24many of whom are taking this chance to see Hillsborough Castle -
0:02:24 > 0:02:27now under the care of Historic Royal Palaces.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It's a perfect - if slightly wet - backdrop
0:02:29 > 0:02:32as our team get ready to find more treasures.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36So a great piece of jewellery by Hattie Carnegie.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37What attracted you to it?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I just loved it, as soon as I saw it.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I walked around the vintage fair and I came back and I was like,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44"I have to get that". It just blew me away.
0:02:44 > 0:02:45If those were diamonds...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Yeah.- ..we'd be talking...
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Really?- ..20,000, 30,000.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Yeah, yeah.- But of course, they're not diamonds.- Yeah.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Hattie was born in Vienna in Austria, went to the States
0:02:55 > 0:03:01in 1900 and seemingly she had a very difficult Austrian name, so she said
0:03:01 > 0:03:04to somebody on the boat, "So who's the wealthiest man in America?"
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and they said, "Andrew Carnegie" so she said,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- "Right, I'll be Hattie Carnegie from now on."- Yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13And she was very successful.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16She set up a shop in 1909 and by 1929,
0:03:16 > 0:03:23- she had an annual turnover of 3.5 million.- Wow!
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Very successful. She died in the late '50s.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- It's actually just a little bit later than that...- OK. - ..when the company was still going,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32so it's from the '60s.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's costume jewellery and just between you and me -
0:03:35 > 0:03:39not telling anyone else - what did you pay for it?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41£130.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- You paid £130 for bits of glass and metal.- I didn't care.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52- You didn't care.- I didn't tell my husband, I didn't tell him.- Oh, he'll never know. No, he'll never know!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55So you paid - because you just loved it.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- I did, yeah. - Your heart ruled your head.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Yes, indeed, yes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Well, it's worth between 400 and 500.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Thank you so much! Really? Wow!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I've two daughters and I don't know what I'm going to do with it.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Oh, there's going to be a fight.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Now at first glance, it would appear that I'm about to
0:04:17 > 0:04:20launch into a valuation on a wicker basket,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22but let's be honest...
0:04:22 > 0:04:23It's quite old, actually.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27It is quite old but the contents are far more exciting.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30And I think it's worth revealing
0:04:30 > 0:04:32exactly what we're talking about here.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Produced from that little basket is a super stylish girl.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43But tell me, where did she come from?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46She came from London in the 1930s.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48And who acquired her?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52My father-in-law, whom I never knew, and he was a tea merchant in the
0:04:52 > 0:04:56City of London and I think during his lunch hour and spare time he
0:04:56 > 0:05:00used to potter out around galleries and antique shops and there
0:05:00 > 0:05:04were quite a lot of little things he bought, all that were portable,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08more or less, and brought home, and that's where she came from.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11So he was a connoisseur of means.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Yes, not great means, but probably things like that were not
0:05:15 > 0:05:17very expensive then - I don't know.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- Oh, no, this would have been. - It would?- This would have been a considered purchase.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25And the interesting thing is, you sort of commented, the 1930s
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and made reference to galleries and antique shops,
0:05:28 > 0:05:34but actually, this figure will date from around 1925.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Ah, well, that would be feasible.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41And then would have been a brand-new item that would have been retailed
0:05:41 > 0:05:44in a rather smart gallery, and what we're looking at here
0:05:44 > 0:05:48is a wonderful example of that classic period.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- 1925, you know, the launch of Art Deco as we now know it.- Yes.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And actually manufactured by - for me -
0:05:55 > 0:05:58one of the leading exponents of this type of work,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01which of course is Demetre Chiparus and actually very clearly
0:06:01 > 0:06:06we do have, just to the reverse here, running along the back...
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Oh, yes.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12..a signature that's just smuggled away in the top of this base and
0:06:12 > 0:06:16it's a wonderful base as well, it's a base for me that is architectural.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's reminiscent of the skyline that was springing up
0:06:19 > 0:06:23in New York at the time and she is absolutely from that period.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26And she's actually known as Starlight
0:06:26 > 0:06:29and is one of a range of figures that Chiparus
0:06:29 > 0:06:33created in a period that many sort of see was his golden era.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38He was being heavily influenced by the likes of the Ballets Russes,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42the new cinema that was coming through, avant-garde theatre -
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and as a result there was a production of countless
0:06:45 > 0:06:52stylised girls in dancing poses wearing the most wonderful dresses.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54It's a classic piece of its day
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and obviously a piece that captured your father-in-law's eye.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Yes, yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05So in terms of value - well, this figure today is attractive.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- It was actually the smaller model of two.- Yes, I thought so.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12There is one double the size which is considerably more,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14but this one would easily fetch at auction
0:07:14 > 0:07:19between £10,000 and £15,000.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Right, that's very nice to know.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Now, I don't want to raise your hopes too much,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28but this really is probably the most unusual wall clock I've ever seen.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Is it something you've had for many years?
0:07:30 > 0:07:35It's something that has been in our collection for about three years.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Sorry, your collection?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yes, I'm the Keeper of Collections at Milford House Museum in Armagh
0:07:40 > 0:07:46and in 2012, Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue gifted us
0:07:46 > 0:07:49most of the contents of Somerset House in London
0:07:49 > 0:07:53and this clock was among the pieces that came from Somerset House.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Wow! Did you have to make a payment for it?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57No, everything was gifted to us,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01to be held in trust for society for the benefit of the nation.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I think I'd better start a museum and get one or two
0:08:03 > 0:08:07things from HMRC! I think that sounds absolutely fantastic.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Well, let's have a look at the name.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Alexander Cumming of London.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14He was actually born in Edinburgh and then moved down to London
0:08:14 > 0:08:17and was working in the Bond Street area, really, throughout
0:08:17 > 0:08:21the 1780s and 1790s.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26He died actually in - I think - 1814,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30but a maker of great repute, fellow of the Royal Society,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34clockmaker to King George, everything you ever want.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Have you ever seen anything like it before?- No.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41And we know that it's unusual - we don't know why it's unusual.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Well, I will try and help you out on that.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46As I said, he's a maker of great repute
0:08:46 > 0:08:50and when it comes to his wall clocks, we tend to think of them as
0:08:50 > 0:08:52having the flat, square silver dials,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56or with a shallow arch, with what we call a hooded wall clock,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58that would have finished at about there.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Would have been smaller than this.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03So a precision wall clock
0:09:03 > 0:09:05and the extraordinary thing is,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08there's no depth to it, it's only about that deep.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11So have you tried getting that pendulum on and off in there?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Er, yes, I have, yes, with difficulty.
0:09:13 > 0:09:19With great difficulty, I bet. It's lovely, absolutely gorgeous.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Now how many houses it's been into, or premises,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I really don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me at all
0:09:25 > 0:09:29if it was a special commission for one of the big London places.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I believe it was made for Somerset House.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35For Somerset House - it makes absolute sense, absolute sense.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37So we have canted corners
0:09:37 > 0:09:42and then these lovely side mouldings here and also at the base.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48So it would have been in very much a room that was seen from all angles.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50You're very lucky to have it.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Did they tell you, when they sent it up, what they thought it was worth?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55No.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Do you have any idea?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Er no.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01No, OK.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Good clocks at the moment are really flying high
0:10:05 > 0:10:10and this is the sort of thing that any collector will want.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13At auction,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17£15,000 to £20,000.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Really?- That's why I said I want to start a museum.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Seriously?
0:10:24 > 0:10:25- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Oh, my goodness.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30It is - it's a one-off. I've never seen anything like it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:3115 to 20...?
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Yeah, and as we say in our business, "find another" and you never will.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44# Rain, rain, rain, rain, beautiful rain
0:10:44 > 0:10:48# Rain, rain, rain, rain, beautiful rain
0:10:48 > 0:10:51# Oh, come to me, beautiful rain. #
0:10:54 > 0:10:57It's not very often - in fact, I think it might it might be the
0:10:57 > 0:11:02first time - that I've had a doll brought into the Roadshow by a man.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I hastily add it's not mine, it's my mother's.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Right.- OK.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Tell me what you know about it.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14All I know is, it was posted to my mother in 1934 by an uncle
0:11:14 > 0:11:17living in America, specifically Florida.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Mum, for her third birthday,
0:11:19 > 0:11:25asked her Uncle Harry in Florida for a Shirley Temple doll and hence...
0:11:25 > 0:11:26She obviously liked Shirley Temple.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Very much so, yes.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34So we have a vinyl doll, looking just like Shirley Temple.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36They came in various sizes.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40She has a lovely little wig which is actually made of mohair,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42which is a mountain goat.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46She has limbs which are jointed at the hip and the shoulder
0:11:46 > 0:11:51and she has a turning head, so she's a seriously-made doll.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Then you have the wonderful little dress with a lot of work in it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It's handmade with a little label saying,
0:11:58 > 0:12:03"Shirley Temple, Ideal Novelty Company, New York" - can't get better than that.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08It happens to have been made and designed by someone in 1934,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10by Bernard Lipfert.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12The Ideal Novelty Company of New York -
0:12:12 > 0:12:18which started in 1907 - by the '30s they not only did Shirley Temple,
0:12:18 > 0:12:23they did Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland, and various other famous
0:12:23 > 0:12:27actresses that people loved and that's why they collected the dolls.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Excellent.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It's absolutely a child's dream.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35She's going to be worth, altogether -
0:12:35 > 0:12:38including the clothes, because that really does make a difference,
0:12:38 > 0:12:43and the badge - we're talking about £800 to £1,000.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47My goodness! OK, thank you very much, lovely.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- I hope your mother will be pleased. - She will be, yes! Thank you very much.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Now I'm looking at handsome naval officers, medals,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00obviously a very important story.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Who's the chap I'm holding?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04That's my grandfather, Alfred Thomas Cook,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06known in the family as Grandpa Doon.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09OK. Now, he's a naval officer, what's the story?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Well, the story is that in the Second World War,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14he was the captain of the Medway Queen.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Ah, now I can almost take over there.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Go to 1940, go to those dark days, go to Dunkirk
0:13:22 > 0:13:26and all those troops trying to be got off the beaches.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31The Medway Queen was a famous Thames paddle steamer, shallow draught,
0:13:31 > 0:13:36she could get right into the beaches and could load soldiers straight off
0:13:36 > 0:13:40the beaches and then can ferry them out to the deeper, bigger ships.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44That's right. They saved 7,000 soldiers,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47which was a huge number, in seven sorties back on to the beaches.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52- It doesn't bear thinking about, does it?- Holding it all together - amazing.- And this is what he got?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And he got the Distinguished Service Cross for his services
0:13:55 > 0:13:59during that particular event, and the ship itself was named
0:13:59 > 0:14:02The Heroine of Dunkirk because she was the big one that went right in.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- And she survived.- And she survived. - Very good, so that's your grandpa.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- Yeah. - Move on - who's this handsome chap?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Well, this handsome chap is my dad,
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Lionel Aubrey Cook,
0:14:12 > 0:14:17and he was in the Merchant Navy at the same time and he was
0:14:17 > 0:14:23in the war travelling north in October 1942 on the MV Brittany.
0:14:23 > 0:14:29- Right.- And as they came north, their course was meant to be straight to
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Liverpool, but they were detoured slightly into the Bay of Biscay.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Coming south, the other convoy had a troop carrier with my grandfather captaining it.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Hang on a minute.- Sorry. - So your grandfather and your father were passing at sea?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Yes, they were passing at sea in the middle of the war.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Unknown to each other.- Unknown, and the reason is clear now,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50because they were to draw the Wolfpacks - the submarines,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54German submarines - away from...they were a decoy.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57So the main convoy was going to - was part of the attack on Africa,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- the North African attack.- Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03And they were put in harm's way to the extent that virtually all
0:15:03 > 0:15:07the ships in the little convoy were torpedoed that night
0:15:07 > 0:15:10on 22nd October 1942, and my father was
0:15:10 > 0:15:13the officer of the watch that night, saw the first torpedo strike,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17saw a second one hit the lifeboats as they were being launched.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19The ship turned right over on its hull.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22He was running along the keel, the ship started to sink,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26he was sucked down with the ship and I shouldn't be here today,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29but the ship was carrying bales of cotton,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32so the only theory my dad can give is that as the ship went down,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35sucking him with it, bales of cotton came bobbing up out of the hold.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39And one of them must have caught him and brought him up to the surface,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42because the next thing he knew, he was on the surface, he saw
0:15:42 > 0:15:45a half-wrecked lifeboat, got himself into it, and then proceeded to
0:15:45 > 0:15:49rescue people as they were floating past and he kept them alive
0:15:49 > 0:15:53in the boat for over 24 hours until they were luckily rescued.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56And for that, he received the medals here.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58That's an astonishing story.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I mean, it's all about chance, isn't it?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Yeah.- What are the drawings?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Well, when he survived he was brought to Liverpool
0:16:04 > 0:16:07and he was in hospital, he was seriously ill,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and as he was recovering - he had told us this story all
0:16:10 > 0:16:13through his life, but what we didn't know was that he was also
0:16:13 > 0:16:18putting down the story as a memory by way of these cartoons - and
0:16:18 > 0:16:22he drew these cartoons in hospital which depict the whole incident.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I mean, it's a sequence, isn't it? The ship, the torpedoing.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Yeah, yeah.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Second torpedo, the escape nets,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30the ship beginning to roll over,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33the ship upside down, he's running along the keel, though he isn't...
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- Yes.- ..getting into the water,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and then finally in the lifeboat.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Yeah.- I mean... and you didn't know these existed?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42No, it was amazing when we found them.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- After his death.- Absolutely, yeah.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47So you've got a record of that extraordinary incident here.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49That's right and we've got the MBE
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- and we have the Lloyd's Medal for Bravery.- Which is a very rare medal.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Which is the special one. There are only 540 in existence
0:16:55 > 0:16:59and therefore this, to us, is a very special tribute to my dad.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02And, of course, it is an amazing family story.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04The value, of course, is in the medals
0:17:04 > 0:17:06and I'm sure you're aware of that.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Yeah.- Just going through them, your grandfather's
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Distinguished Service Cross, because of the connection with
0:17:11 > 0:17:15the Medway Queen and that incident, is £2,000 to £3,000.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20The Lloyd's Medal is surprisingly not that valuable,
0:17:20 > 0:17:21they're very rare.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24If that was a VC it would be, well, you know...
0:17:24 > 0:17:27But it's still £1,000.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31The MBE, a wartime MBE, and again because of the incident, is probably
0:17:31 > 0:17:34about the same, so you're looking at £5,000 for the medals.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Well, it's an amazing thing. For us, it's just
0:17:37 > 0:17:40the knowledge that this will be handed down through the years.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42We now have a grandson
0:17:42 > 0:17:44and hopefully it will go from our sons to our grandsons.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- They must never be lost. - We'll never forget.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Tea sets have been a bit of a dead duck on the market
0:17:54 > 0:17:56for quite a long while.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59However, there are exceptions.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02But how did you come by it?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04It came to me from my mother
0:18:04 > 0:18:09and we believe it came to her from her father before her.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Beyond that, I know nothing about it.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Well, that would make perfect sense. I mean, this is just so stylish.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20What's so remarkable is that, of course, the design was actually
0:18:20 > 0:18:22registered in 1880.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28I thought it might have been the 1920s or '30s.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31I'm not surprised, that's what most people think, because this fits
0:18:31 > 0:18:34so much more happily with Art Deco than it does with high
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Victorian art, and no wonder
0:18:36 > 0:18:39because, and the answer lies...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41there.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44And what we've got there is the facsimile
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- signature of Dr Christopher Dresser. - Right.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Now, he was way ahead of his time from the point of view of design.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55In fact, I mean, he was just amazing,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57introducing functionalism into design.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01But he sold designs to different companies and in this case,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04there's the design registration, which is
0:19:04 > 0:19:11actually from the 1880s, and there we've got the marks of Dixon.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Dixon and Company, very important,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and they commissioned the series, mostly tea services
0:19:17 > 0:19:20from Dresser, about 30 or 40 designs.
0:19:20 > 0:19:26And they are amongst the most sought-after of all Dresser pieces.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30So, the condition here is absolutely wonderful,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33but we do need to consider, of course, Dr Christopher Dresser,
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Dixons...I mean, a facsimile signature, which is so rare.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- It's electroplate, of course.- Yes.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46As to value, I would say in today's market, at auction,
0:19:46 > 0:19:51the estimate would be between £3,000 and £5,000.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52- Wow!- OK.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56And if it went beyond that, I wouldn't be in the slightest
0:19:56 > 0:20:02- bit surprised because it's in such wonderful condition.- Super.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- This man here is your grandfather. - That's right.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10He has a very special connection to Hillsborough Castle
0:20:10 > 0:20:11- behind us.- Yes.- Tell me about it.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14He was aide de camp to the first Governor of Northern Ireland
0:20:14 > 0:20:17at the very beginning of Northern Ireland,
0:20:17 > 0:20:23and his duties were to organise security at all state events.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25This is your grandfather here.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- We've got the Duke of York, who went on to become George VI.- Yes.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- And this is the Governor.- Yes.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33The Duke of Abercorn, and here the Duchess of York
0:20:33 > 0:20:36became Queen Elizabeth and then, of course, the Queen Mother.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- So, he obviously met very important people here in his job.- Yes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Now, I have here a proclamation. Now, this is a proclamation
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- when King George VI died...- Yes.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- ..and Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne.- Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Now, what did your grandfather have to do with this proclamation?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57He read out that proclamation in Derry at the Guildhall,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00at the same time as it was read out here, I think
0:21:00 > 0:21:03by the Governor at Hillsborough.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05And I can see here the little marks he put in...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Yes, his breathing marks. - ..where he can take a breath, yes.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Yes, exactly.- So this must have been quite a moment for him.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Absolutely, it was a huge moment, yeah.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Now, you might be aware that the Queen was here yesterday.- Yes.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19And she heard that this proclamation was going to be
0:21:19 > 0:21:21brought along to the programme today, and I'm told that
0:21:21 > 0:21:24she expressed a particular interest in hearing it,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26so if she's watching the programme,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- she'll be very interested in this, I think.- Good.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35This is an extraordinary manuscript of all the bones of the human
0:21:35 > 0:21:37body, delineated as large as life.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41And it's dated 1770,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44"John Ward delineat" - that is
0:21:44 > 0:21:48the Latin for having drawn it - and it is the most extraordinary thing.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51So, if we go into the first one here, we've got
0:21:51 > 0:21:54a picture of the human skull, which is...I don't know...
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- these things are almost surreal, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00But they are quite incredible, and it goes on giving various views of
0:22:00 > 0:22:06the human body, and here's a rather charming one of a baby in the womb.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Now, I think this is copied,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14I don't think that this chap here who actually drew all these
0:22:14 > 0:22:18knew very much about this, I think he was copying from somewhere else.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21It's an extraordinary thing, where does it come from?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Well, it was found in Brownlow House in Lurgan,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- that's the ancestral home of the Brownlow family.- Mm-hm.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29And it was damaged some time ago in an arson attack
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and there's been various bits of restoration work done,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and the latest bit, about ten years ago, this was uncovered.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- This was uncovered- Yeah. - What do you mean, it came out...?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41It was some brickwork in a wall and it was underneath the brickwork.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43And so how did it come to you?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Well, that's what I'm saying, my son found it - he's the caretaker of the
0:22:46 > 0:22:50house, so...and it was only brought here today as an afterthought.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Bring it down and see. The other things that I brought down
0:22:52 > 0:22:54have been sort of discarded.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57This is a bit of an afterthought, I have to say,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00but all these are original, it's a super thing to see, very exciting.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06I would have to value it at, what - £2,000, it's quite a find.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09£2,000?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Dear, dear, dear - very good indeed.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16We're standing in the luscious grounds of Hillsborough,
0:23:16 > 0:23:21lovely green grass, beautiful trees, and you've brought in this
0:23:21 > 0:23:26colourful picture by Wright Barker entitled Clearing the Forest.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Can you tell me where it's come from?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32It was in my grandparents' house, in their lounge,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35and it's hung there as long as I can remember.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39It's always been in the family, so I wanted to know more about it.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43And we do know that my father purchased the painting in 1976
0:23:43 > 0:23:47from a local gallery and he paid £1,025.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50He obviously loved the picture, it was hanging in his house?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- Yeah..- Yeah, very much so. - And are you enjoying it at home?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Well, we only had it up on one occasion,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01since for the last couple of years, we've taken the painting down.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- It's so dominant in a room. - Is it a picture that you love?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Well, I've a lot of memories of it, obviously
0:24:08 > 0:24:12being at my grandparents' house, I always remember it being up, but
0:24:12 > 0:24:15it's a shame no-one sees it any more because it is quite spectacular.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18But it doesn't really match our house, I'm afraid.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22And, of course, it's an oil on canvas, painted in the 1890s.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25He had a studio in Owlerton in Yorkshire
0:24:25 > 0:24:27so it might be one of the surrounding areas.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Of course, there's a narrative here, it tells a story,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32and do you know what's going on here?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35We would understand that it was painted in the late 19th century
0:24:35 > 0:24:38and this was obviously men doing their daily work.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Clearing the Forest, as you said, was the title of the painting.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Yes.- The focus of the painting for us, and I know my father,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46was the expression on the horse's face,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49if there is such a thing, particularly the horse's eye.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Um, the eye, that rather scary eye on the main horse.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Of course, he's being pushed back to where this big tree is going
0:24:56 > 0:24:59to be pulled up and put onto the cart.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02So the noise, the sense of being pushed back, you can
0:25:02 > 0:25:05tell that the horse is slightly fearsome of that.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Meanwhile, all his friends, which are beautifully depicted
0:25:08 > 0:25:11here by Wright Barker, are waiting for their moment.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Because this was an exhausting thing for the horses to do.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Wright Barker was a great animal painter.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20There's a plaque on the picture that starts 1891 and then also
0:25:20 > 0:25:25adds the date 1893, so I suspect this is painted around 1893.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28He starts exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1891
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and he continues exhibiting at the Academy up to about 1935.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Dies in 1941. So, in terms of valuation, this painting's certainly
0:25:36 > 0:25:42- worth £6,000 to £8,000.- Wow! That's nice!
0:25:42 > 0:25:45We are attached to the painting and we intend to hold on to it
0:25:45 > 0:25:49and get somewhere more appropriate for it, maybe, then.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Maybe my house. - Maybe your house is right, yeah.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56How long has this watch been sitting in this box for?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- I would say at least 40 years. - Have you ever worn it?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- No.- So what's it doing in there?
0:26:02 > 0:26:07- Um, waiting to be valued, I suppose. - That's a good enough response,
0:26:07 > 0:26:12but it's such a sadness and I love this subject, and
0:26:12 > 0:26:16time and time again these beautiful things I just don't feel are loved.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21It is the most magnificent watch in the hand - very, very heavy.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Do you know what sort of watch we call this, with the case?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I understand it's a half hunter.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28You're absolutely right, it's a half hunter,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- in other words it's enclosed on the back.- Yes.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34And then you've got this small window at the front,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37which, if you were riding a horse, as you would have
0:26:37 > 0:26:41done in the old days, before cars, you would have not had all
0:26:41 > 0:26:44that open, so if you fell off your horse you didn't smash
0:26:44 > 0:26:49- the glass but then you could just do that and...instant time.- Yes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52But there's one or two more special things about this.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58- The instant giveaway, this button here and this slide there.- Yes.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Now, you must have had it out of the box at some stage.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Definitely, yes.- And so do you know what these things do?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Well, they tell you the time. If you happen to be blind,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11you can tell the time by sliding the slide, and it strikes the hours
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and the quarters past the hour and the minutes past the quarter.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Well, you're absolutely right, it should be a minute repeater
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and this button at the top - have you ever used that one?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I think that's a stopwatch.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27You're absolutely right, it is a centre seconds chronograph,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31so I've just pressed that and it's started the seconds hand running.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36You've got a 30-minute recording dial at the top, stop there,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39reset it and it flicks back to zero.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43So you've got twin subsidiaries, the bottom one running seconds,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46and then your 30-minute recording.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Now, I've said it's a fabulous watch in the hand.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54I see here...got some import marks.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57The top one says 18,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59which is .750 carats,
0:27:59 > 0:28:05the other one to the left is the import mark and the N is
0:28:05 > 0:28:11the London date letter of 1908, and it's come in through London.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14And look at that movement, that is absolute...I'll pop
0:28:14 > 0:28:20it down there. That is absolutely top-grade Swiss, the finest quality
0:28:20 > 0:28:26Swiss. Jewelled to the centre, all the repeat work is jewelled.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32The only thing that would make it better is if it was English
0:28:32 > 0:28:36throughout, it would have been just the pinnacle, but this is lovely.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42I cannot fault it, not that I would want to,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46but everything is perfect, that dial is gorgeous, the movement super.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50When did you last hear it doing its repetition?
0:28:50 > 0:28:55- Probably seven or eight years ago. - Really?- Yes.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- Gosh, so it really doesn't come out often, does it?- No, no.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Advance the hands, move the slide, and let's hear it.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07WATCH RINGS
0:29:13 > 0:29:15It's a little sluggish,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18but it would be if it hadn't been oiled for years and years and years.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22A bit like your car, anything mechanical needs to be looked after.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Well, that was sent away to London on one occasion to be cleaned.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27How long ago?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Oh, more than 40 years, probably 50, 60 years.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32OK.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34THEY LAUGH
0:29:34 > 0:29:38You still can't expect it to perform beautifully after that time
0:29:38 > 0:29:41without even an oil in 60 years.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Listen, it's top of the range, it's a gorgeous size.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Retail - you're going
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- to be paying at least £5,000 for it. - Right.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59And I know what you're going to do, once again, as everybody says,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- it's going back in the box, back in the drawer.- That's right.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07I beg you to take it out more often, have it oiled and please enjoy it!
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- Thank you very much.- Thank you. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15So it says on this bottle 1727 and I was just wondering
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- if you knew it as a child?- No!
0:30:18 > 0:30:19SHE LAUGHS
0:30:20 > 0:30:23How do you know it? Come on, tell us.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Um, I just bought it at a car-boot sale, about five years ago.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- And what made you buy it? - Um, I just liked the seal.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Well, I think the seal makes the beast.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I mean, this is a bottle that's really, really of 1727.
0:30:37 > 0:30:43- It would be lovely to know - would it not - who HE was. Any idea?- No.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- And what did you think it was? - I knew it was an old wine bottle.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51I thought it was quite old when I saw the date on it, but I wasn't sure.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54So, look, you lot, you're in the loop.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's a wine bottle, you're absolutely right, it's
0:30:56 > 0:31:00a wine bottle that used to belong to somebody whose initials were HE,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02and it was made in 1727.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06So you're at this boot fair, you see a bottle that you
0:31:06 > 0:31:09recognise for what it is, and how much did you have to splash out?
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Er, £3.50.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13£3.50, you wild woman! So what does your husband think
0:31:13 > 0:31:16when you come back with this junk from boot fairs?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Oh, he's not too happy. All this junk I'm bringing home.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Well, I'm telling you, I think he's going
0:31:22 > 0:31:25to be in slightly better humour with you when he finds out that its
0:31:25 > 0:31:32value is actually £2,500 to £3,000.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- Oh, my goodness!- Really?! Wow! - How's that, then?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- I can't believe it. - Aren't you the lucky girl?- Yes!
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Come on!- Thank you so much.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44- Isn't that great?- Yes, that's great, thank you very much.- Yes!
0:31:44 > 0:31:46CLAPPING
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Yesterday I had the chance to introduce three of our experts
0:31:54 > 0:31:56to Her Majesty the Queen, and Prince Philip,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59after they'd finished their stay here at Hillsborough Castle.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Good morning, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Her Majesty has a particular family connection to the house.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Between 1945 and 1952, her aunt, Lady Granville,
0:32:13 > 0:32:16lived at Hillsborough when her husband was Governor.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Our experts have been researching
0:32:19 > 0:32:21items in the Hillsborough collection
0:32:21 > 0:32:24to discuss with Her Majesty, the Queen.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27We took the liberty of looking round the castle
0:32:27 > 0:32:31and we found some things that actually relate to the family.
0:32:31 > 0:32:37The horse is after a very famous bronze sculptor called Mene
0:32:37 > 0:32:41and it's the Derby winner of 1863.
0:32:41 > 0:32:47What I found out about the 1863 Derby is that it had 32
0:32:47 > 0:32:51- false starts. - Sounds very incompetent.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53SHE LAUGHS
0:32:55 > 0:32:58'Once the conversation with Her Majesty the Queen was over,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01'and the Royal party had departed, I caught up with our experts.'
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Well, that was quite a moment for the Antiques Roadshow, and the Queen
0:33:05 > 0:33:07seemed genuinely interested in hearing about those objects.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Yes, she did. We talked about every object on the table
0:33:11 > 0:33:15and everything we talked about seemed to get a real response,
0:33:15 > 0:33:16it was fabulous.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20The great thing, of course, was also her interest in the programme.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- Well, I'm told she's a fan. - Oh, right.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24And the first thing that I spoke to Her Majesty about was
0:33:24 > 0:33:26something with a family connection.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28And it's a little Christening cup.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- Yes.- Amazing, isn't it? What was the relationship?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Lady Granville was my aunt, Queen Elizabeth's sister.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Got left here, did it, by mistake?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37THEY LAUGH
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- No.- Well, it's a fabulous story that Lord
0:33:40 > 0:33:43and Lady Granville were crossing the Atlantic and the chief
0:33:43 > 0:33:48engineer's wife produced the baby while they were all at sea
0:33:48 > 0:33:52and Lady Granville said, "Well, I would like to give a Christening
0:33:52 > 0:33:55"present and I'll be there at the Christening," and what's fabulous
0:33:55 > 0:33:59is that there's a photograph of her actually at the Christening.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Mm, amazing, isn't it?
0:34:01 > 0:34:05She's the lady who made the rose garden, a rather beautiful garden.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10When it comes to the family cup, that belonged to her aunt,
0:34:10 > 0:34:11didn't it?
0:34:11 > 0:34:14To her mother's elder sister, who used to live here,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17so that was a straight connection.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19It's an eclectic collection of items, isn't it?
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Yes, I think it's an extraordinary house.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I think what we've done today is we've looked at things and,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27obviously with the help of Her Majesty, we've filled in some of the
0:34:27 > 0:34:32details about those objects and in a sense that's what we're here for.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35And I guess that's what the Roadshow does best.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44What a lock! I mean, an amazing key.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Can you imagine the door it came from?
0:34:46 > 0:34:49You don't happen to have that tucked away somewhere?
0:34:49 > 0:34:53- I mean, did you prise it off a door in your home?- Definitely not.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- Where did you get it, then? - I found it on a skip.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57What, a skip in the street?!
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Yeah, we were working, came back next morning to load furniture,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and this here was in it.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04You were walking by and you looked in and you just noticed that?
0:35:04 > 0:35:05We were putting stuff into it.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08You were putting stuff in the skip and that's when you saw it.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Somebody got there before us.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- You don't know the building it came from?- I've no idea.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15I mean, it's an extraordinary piece of Gothic revival.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17It's dated 1851,
0:35:17 > 0:35:21the year before Pugin died, who did the Houses of Parliament.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Pierced brass, it's obviously ecclesiastical because of
0:35:24 > 0:35:30the Latin inscription, and the key is superb, it's all pierced out.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32The panel round the edge is all painted.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35People like William Burges, and as I said, Pugin,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39designed stuff like this, and it's that kind of quality.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43It would have been in some kind of Gothic mansion or folly, or
0:35:43 > 0:35:48I almost think it would have been designed for a church.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- So it's actually cost you nothing? - No. Is there any value in it?
0:35:53 > 0:35:54- Have you taken it anywhere?- No.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58I took it to a local locksmith where I found it and they offered me
0:35:58 > 0:35:59a tenner for it.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01A tenner? You were offered £10 for this?
0:36:01 > 0:36:08I would say the key might be worth at least £150, maybe £200.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13And the whole kit caboodle, the whole thing,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I would say £800 to £1,000.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18CROWD GASPS
0:36:18 > 0:36:20And you found it in a skip.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24I think it's a fantastic thing, I really think it's wonderful.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27I love the fact it's made to look like a book.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29You don't want to buy it, no?
0:36:29 > 0:36:30THEY LAUGH
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- Well, that's not our job.- Oh, dear.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37You know, some people looking at this picture would think this
0:36:37 > 0:36:40is very, very child-like and very primitive.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44To me, this is an absolute joy to see today.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46It is to me, too.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49And when I saw this, I knew straightaway who it was by,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- James Dixon.- The very same, James Dixon, yeah, Tory Island.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56And Tory Island is off County Donegal?
0:36:56 > 0:36:59It is, it's about 12 miles off the north coast.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02If you can imagine a map of Ireland.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- Yes.- Up in the north west, go out 12 miles out into the sea
0:37:05 > 0:37:08and you'll find Tory Island, it's a little rocky island.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- And James Dixon, born on Tory Island...- Yeah.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- ..and died on Tory Island...- Yeah. - ..is an Irish artist.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- He certainly is, yeah. - And I think one of the greats.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22I think so too, yeah, he is the number one.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25There's this Tory School of Painting
0:37:25 > 0:37:27but James Dixon is recognised as being big daddy.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29It's a joy to see
0:37:29 > 0:37:32because you're looking at a perspective of an untrained artist.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Absolutely.- He's putting onto canvas what he sees with his eye
0:37:35 > 0:37:38and feels with his heart and I just love the way
0:37:38 > 0:37:41the figures are walking around on the harbour wall there.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- I mean, they're almost Lowry-like, these.- They are.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47But just wonderful, and then the specks up here in the sky.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- I think they might be chickens. - Chickens?!
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Might be, I'm not sure.- Well... - They look like chickens to me.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54HE LAUGHS
0:37:54 > 0:37:56It's a rather nice thought, actually.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59And in his early life he actually was a farmer and a fisherman,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- wasn't he?- Yes, he was.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Did you ever go to Tory Island?
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Yeah, I went there several times.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07I went actually with Derek Hill, the painter, as a guest
0:38:07 > 0:38:11and while I was there - this is 1968 - I met James Dixon and I watched
0:38:11 > 0:38:14him painting and he painted...
0:38:14 > 0:38:17He would paint a picture and he would
0:38:17 > 0:38:22put it to the side because he'd just become popular, and he would
0:38:22 > 0:38:25say, "There's another £10", and then he would start again.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I said, "Jimmy, I like those two pictures"
0:38:28 > 0:38:31that he'd just painted - this one and another one of the wasp.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34And I said...but I couldn't afford them, I was a penniless
0:38:34 > 0:38:39youth at the time, so I grovelled through my pockets and I found
0:38:39 > 0:38:43I had £1 and ten shillings - and he said, "That'll do".
0:38:43 > 0:38:47So I bought the two pictures for £1, ten shillings.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49That, that's amazing, because when you look at this,
0:38:49 > 0:38:53he always inscribes his picture, and I see down the left-hand side
0:38:53 > 0:38:59it's got, "The Marie, the first motor boat built on Tory Island."
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- That's right.- I think he's the most extraordinary artist because
0:39:03 > 0:39:05he didn't start painting until he was 72 years old.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- Yeah.- And self-taught.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11I would love to own this, I really, really would.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12You can't have it.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14I'll give you two shillings for it.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16HE LAUGHS
0:39:16 > 0:39:17No, I think this is fantastic.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21If this came up today for sale, I know exactly what
0:39:21 > 0:39:24it's worth, it's worth about £4,000 to £6,000.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Anyway, it's lovely to see it today.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Thank you very much indeed, Dendy. Thank you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33What on earth's happened to this box here?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Last night when I took a ring out of the cupboard, I popped
0:39:36 > 0:39:40it on the bed and when I turned round, my dog had it in his mouth.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Goodness me, and so for all these years the box has been absolutely
0:39:44 > 0:39:46fine and probably you've had the ring for a long time and then
0:39:46 > 0:39:49suddenly it all happens the night before you come to the Roadshow.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- Yes.- Isn't that just typical?
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Well, thankfully he didn't get actually inside the box
0:39:54 > 0:39:58and start to eat this beautiful ring that we've got here.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00What's the connection with you and the ring and the family?
0:40:00 > 0:40:05The family story goes that my husband's great-great-great-
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- grandfather was quite wealthy and had servants.- Uh-huh.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10And during the time of the Crimean War,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13one of the maids became ill and as her husband was going off to
0:40:13 > 0:40:16war, he asked my husband's ancestor if he could kindly look after
0:40:16 > 0:40:20the maid for him, and when he returned from the war, the story
0:40:20 > 0:40:24goes that he brought the ring with him, by way of saying thank you.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27That's a lovely story, isn't it?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29And the fact that a piece of jewellery has been
0:40:29 > 0:40:33given as a thank you. Jewellery is always associated with loving
0:40:33 > 0:40:36sentiments, and then suddenly they've done such a super thing,
0:40:36 > 0:40:40looking after the maid, and they get this beautiful ring.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44And what's really lovely about it is, it's known as an "in fede" ring
0:40:44 > 0:40:48which is a "hands in faith" ring, and as we see here,
0:40:48 > 0:40:50if we take a closer look at it, it closes
0:40:50 > 0:40:55and the two hands come together and they are hands in faith.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58And it's more than likely that the ring is actually
0:40:58 > 0:41:00English-made, as well.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04We can date the ring from the fact we've got lovely canitille work,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08which is very delicate gold bead work and rope work,
0:41:08 > 0:41:13around the garnets that are set in the ring, as well.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16The ring actually dates from the 1820s,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18so it's a beautiful, pretty ring.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Thankfully, it hasn't been damaged by the dog.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26As far as value is concerned, naturally, a piece like this is,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29it's full of sentimental value for you and your family.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Collectors at auction, because of the intricacy,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35the delicacy of it and the good condition of it, we're
0:41:35 > 0:41:39looking at a value of between £1,000 and £1,500.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44- Gosh! Thank you very much. - My pleasure.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Quirky, cool and more than a little bit kitsch are words
0:41:48 > 0:41:51that I think I could use to describe these,
0:41:51 > 0:41:55which are original 1960s and '70s magazine illustrations, aren't they?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57That's right, yes.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00And this white blank area here is of course where the text would
0:42:00 > 0:42:02have gone for the magazine to tell the story.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04That's right, for the page of a magazine.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Why on earth did you buy them?
0:42:06 > 0:42:09I just thought they were beautiful, the colours and the artwork and
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I appreciate that it was all hand-done and he had to
0:42:12 > 0:42:16fill it in all by himself and they were actual works of art,
0:42:16 > 0:42:18in a sense.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21There's also quite a lot of skill in here, isn't there?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- When you look at how well they're done...- Fabulous.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26They really capture characters
0:42:26 > 0:42:28of each of the individuals through here.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31I like the fact that the whole strip tells a story. One page
0:42:31 > 0:42:35and that's what the magazine had to do, just to describe for the reader.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38But I think, for me, it's what's not said and what's not shown.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40I mean, here we have an old man
0:42:40 > 0:42:43sort of lovingly cupping this much younger lady, and
0:42:43 > 0:42:47I'm sort of wondering is he the boss and is she perhaps his secretary?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Is this an illicit affair?
0:42:49 > 0:42:51So you have a story being told,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55but there's always something else, it's a snapshot in time, isn't it?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- That's exactly right. - I think for me,
0:42:57 > 0:42:59apart from just capturing a sort of moment in a story, and a
0:42:59 > 0:43:03moment in time in that story, they capture a moment in style, as well.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06I mean, look at this lady here, leaning out of foliage.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08I mean this is so 1960s and even her telephone looks a little
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- bit like a Pucci dress, doesn't it? - That's right, yes.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13With these wonderful colours and geometric shapes here
0:43:13 > 0:43:15and, of course, this is all meant to be exotic
0:43:15 > 0:43:18and evocative and romantic, I suppose.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Looking at the subject matter here, you've got sort of this
0:43:20 > 0:43:24illicit affair going on, this luscious lady sort of leaning out
0:43:24 > 0:43:28of bushes there, and then here, this rather sort of James Bond character.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30This louche gentleman.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32It would have been nice perhaps to see some more sort of lithe
0:43:32 > 0:43:36ladies and buxom beauties lurking round, or guns, or sports cars.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Do you know which magazine they come from?
0:43:39 > 0:43:41I think it was Women's Illustrated but I'm not sure.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44He may have worked for quite a few other magazines.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48They remind you also of film posters at the time, but
0:43:48 > 0:43:52in the case of this, I mean, you can just see the whole story there.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55Absolutely. This little vignette says so much, doesn't it?
0:43:55 > 0:43:58I notice some of them are signed "Jac Mars"
0:43:58 > 0:44:01and I've done a little bit of research and I can't
0:44:01 > 0:44:04seem to find too much out about Jac Mars, who I presume is a he.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08And I think identifying something about the artist, and identifying
0:44:08 > 0:44:12which magazine they came from, will sort of improve their value.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15They're not exactly everybody's cup of tea, though,
0:44:15 > 0:44:17so what did you pay for these sorts of things?
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Did they come together? You've got what, sort of four or five here.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22We paid about 400 for them.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25Oh gosh! That's 400 for all of them, or are there more?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28- Yeah, there's a few more.- How many more?- Another two or three more.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31OK, and it's not just you who likes them,
0:44:31 > 0:44:33plenty of other people do too and I can see,
0:44:33 > 0:44:35depending on the subject matter, these fetching somewhere
0:44:35 > 0:44:38in the region of sort of £50 or £150 each.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- That's marvellous, yes. - So not a bad investment, really.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44But I really like them. If you like something, buy it.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55When the Antiques Roadshow was last in Northern Ireland,
0:44:55 > 0:44:58in 2011, our jewellery expert, John Benjamin, met a mother
0:44:58 > 0:45:01and daughter who brought along a pair of rings
0:45:01 > 0:45:03and a wristwatch that was in urgent need of TLC.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06It's in a mess, isn't it? It really, really is.
0:45:06 > 0:45:07My father says
0:45:07 > 0:45:09it's worth something in scrap
0:45:09 > 0:45:11and I thought, "I'll bring it along".
0:45:11 > 0:45:14All right, well, first of all, I'm to start off by saying that
0:45:14 > 0:45:16the bracelet is simply white metal, it's steel,
0:45:16 > 0:45:19so there's no scrappage there, I'm sorry to say.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22- Not signed.- Oh, right.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25But the movement is by something called the European Watch
0:45:25 > 0:45:28and Clock Company Ltd.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31They used to make movements for a company called Cartier.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33CROWD: Ooh!
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Oh, no! I don't..
0:45:36 > 0:45:38- Are you ready?- I thought he was going to say "French"!
0:45:38 > 0:45:43- No, I'm not, I'm not! Hold my hand! - Are you ready?- It'll be all right.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45£5,000.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Oh, my God!
0:45:49 > 0:45:52What needs to happen with that, it needs to be restored,
0:45:52 > 0:45:55it also needs to go to Cartier
0:45:55 > 0:46:00so that they can state categorically that it is their watch.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Thank you very much, John!
0:46:02 > 0:46:03CLAPPING
0:46:04 > 0:46:06You're a wee dear, You're a treasure!
0:46:06 > 0:46:08THEY LAUGH
0:46:08 > 0:46:11I remember you both so well, and the watch,
0:46:11 > 0:46:14because it was in some terrible state, wasn't it?
0:46:14 > 0:46:15BOTH: Yes.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18But John wasn't entirely sure, couldn't be 100% sure
0:46:18 > 0:46:22that it was authentically by Cartier. So what happened next?
0:46:22 > 0:46:23What did you do?
0:46:23 > 0:46:28My mother agreed that my brother and I could go to London and take
0:46:28 > 0:46:31a trip to Bond Street, to Cartier, and we made an appointment and they
0:46:31 > 0:46:37were able to inspect it and they confirmed it was in fact Cartier.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39So, it was great news.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41What was the harder thing was
0:46:41 > 0:46:44whether or not it could actually be repaired.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46It looked like you'd taken a hammer to it or something.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50So they had to spend some time thinking about that, did they?
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Well, they did a full appraisal on it
0:46:52 > 0:46:56and in fact the watch was shipped away to Geneva in Switzerland.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58And this watch, just remind me now,
0:46:58 > 0:47:02because this watch was given in lieu of a debt, wasn't it, originally?
0:47:02 > 0:47:03Remind me of the story, yes.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07Our great uncle worked as a maitre d' in one of the gentlemen's
0:47:07 > 0:47:11clubs in London and one of the gentlemen ran up a substantial bill
0:47:11 > 0:47:14and he couldn't pay his account at the end of the quarter.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16And my uncle had asked him,
0:47:16 > 0:47:20"Would you have anything of value that you could sell?"
0:47:20 > 0:47:25and he said he had a watch and three rings and he brought them in,
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and my uncle looked at them and agreed to purchase them
0:47:28 > 0:47:30and settled the gentleman's debt!
0:47:30 > 0:47:34- So this is effectively a bar bill now?- Yes!- This watch.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Well, here it is, so it went to Geneva and it was restored.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39I mean, look at it now.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43It's just absolutely unrecognisable from what it was.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46- Unbelievable.- It is, truly beautiful, yeah.- It's handsome.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49So they've done an extraordinary amount of work on it.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51Absolutely.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55There was over 50 craftsmen and artisans working on the watch.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Well, I think John Benjamin's the man you need to see, is it?
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Because he's the one who started you on this journey.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02- That's correct.- Yes. - Absolutely. Yes, indeed.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Right, so John Benjamin it is.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05Good, we're delighted!
0:48:05 > 0:48:09- This is the most wonderfully tactile object.- Yes.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11The feel of that, it's beautiful.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14But do you know what it's for?
0:48:14 > 0:48:15Haven't a clue.
0:48:15 > 0:48:21Possibly something to...there's a grater inside it, possibly?
0:48:21 > 0:48:26Indeed, that's just...there we are, so there's the grater
0:48:26 > 0:48:29And at the other end, I love the fact there's that
0:48:29 > 0:48:33beautifully shaped little hole.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38So once you've grated then, obviously with that shut,
0:48:38 > 0:48:42then it all comes through into that end, so what comes through?
0:48:42 > 0:48:45No idea, you tell me!
0:48:45 > 0:48:49Well, at this sort of period, it's...
0:48:49 > 0:48:53- Some people do argue that they're tobacco rasps.- Right.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56- Other people for nutmeg.- Yes.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58- There are two schools of thought. - Yes.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02And nutmeg, of course, was an extraordinarily expensive spice.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06- Right.- So you had to be jolly wealthy to have something like this.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09- Oh, right.- And this is so beautifully done here.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15And it disguises perfectly where the hinge runs. It's only
0:49:15 > 0:49:19when you open it that you can really just see there where
0:49:19 > 0:49:21the hinge actually operates.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23What about date, though?
0:49:23 > 0:49:26No idea, there's no marks on it
0:49:26 > 0:49:29so wasn't even sure whether it was silver or...
0:49:29 > 0:49:34Well, yes, I would suggest that it's the best part of 300 years old.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37Really? Oh, my goodness, right.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39We're looking at the early 1700s.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42- As early as that?- Yes.- Oh, wow.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45It might just be William III. I think it's more likely to
0:49:45 > 0:49:47be into Queen Anne.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51I wouldn't like to go any later than George I.
0:49:51 > 0:49:52My goodness!
0:49:52 > 0:49:56So a wonderful object, very collectable, beautifully made.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59Silver without a single mark.
0:49:59 > 0:50:05It's a tricky one to value. I have not seen one quite like this before.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Oh, right.
0:50:07 > 0:50:13So any nutmeg grater collector would give their eye teeth for it.
0:50:13 > 0:50:14Oh, right.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18It's a rare early example, assuming it is a nutmeg grater,
0:50:18 > 0:50:20but then they go for the tobacco rasps as well.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23I think in the right sort of sale
0:50:23 > 0:50:25you'd be hard-pushed to buy that
0:50:25 > 0:50:28under £1,500, £2,000.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32Oh, my goodness, that's good news. Thank you very much.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35You know what?
0:50:35 > 0:50:40This says "Art Nouveau" in a way that...things like the
0:50:40 > 0:50:44Folies Bergere, Renoir paintings.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48This fits into that wild Parisian
0:50:48 > 0:50:54life of 1900 that is just Cezanne
0:50:54 > 0:50:57and Monet and all that, isn't it?
0:50:57 > 0:51:00I mean, it's just Art Nouveau in letters as big as you like.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04So how do you know it? Where does it come into your life?
0:51:04 > 0:51:08Actually, 40 years ago, this very year, a lady gave it to me.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13She was a housekeeper for a clergyman and I lived in a little
0:51:13 > 0:51:17village in Donegal, and at that time I'd come through a bad period
0:51:17 > 0:51:21and she was giving me things to cheer me up, like clothes and stuff.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23Give it to me! I'm feeling a bit miserable...
0:51:23 > 0:51:24SHE LAUGHS
0:51:24 > 0:51:27So she gave me this vase and I've looked after it
0:51:27 > 0:51:30and moved nine times and this vase has always been
0:51:30 > 0:51:34put down wherever I go. I just brought it here today
0:51:34 > 0:51:38because I just wondered, like, you know, where it originated.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42Well, it's French and it comes from Alsace,
0:51:42 > 0:51:46which was the centre of French glass-making at the time.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49It's interesting that you've owned it for 40 years
0:51:49 > 0:51:51because it's one of the consistent things I've found today,
0:51:51 > 0:51:56is that where I come from, there's a product that would help this vase
0:51:56 > 0:51:58that you clearly don't have here.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01- We call it washing-up liquid.- Yeah!
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Because this is the most exotic vase...
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Oh, yeah, there's a feather in it!
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Put... That's a feather in your cap.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14Yeah, this is absolutely filthy and it would look so much nicer
0:52:14 > 0:52:17if you got round to washing it.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19And it's not worth a fortune,
0:52:19 > 0:52:26it's probably by a French art glass maker called Le Gras in about 1900.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- Right.- At auction it would fetch at least a couple of hundred quid.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Lovely, that's great!
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Bearing in mind that washing-up liquid's about a ha'penny,
0:52:34 > 0:52:36you could really help this along.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38I need to get my feather back, I've lost it.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40THEY LAUGH
0:52:42 > 0:52:45You were talking to Fiona a little earlier,
0:52:45 > 0:52:48- and here we are again ,three years down the line?- That's right.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51- Unbelievable.- It is unbelievable how time's gone by, but also, I mean,
0:52:51 > 0:52:54looking at that, presented here like that,
0:52:54 > 0:52:56is it truly the same watch?
0:52:56 > 0:53:00- Yes.- Hard to believe. - Isn't it hard to believe?- It is.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04It really has been a magical... I mean, the whole thing was
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- magic, really, wasn't it?- It was.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Because just to remember rightly,
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- you'd stored it in the garage for how many years?- 30 years.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14So when I saw it, it wasn't distressed,
0:53:14 > 0:53:15it was completely clapped out.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18- It was, wasn't it?- It was.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20It was completely clapped out. At that time I said,
0:53:20 > 0:53:22"Well, look, you know, Cartier maybe."
0:53:22 > 0:53:25And then you submitted it to Cartier and they spent the time,
0:53:25 > 0:53:28and it has been a labour of love for them, I believe.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31- Absolutely.- So, I also see you've brought along a photograph.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34- Indeed.- Now tell me a bit about the photograph.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38Well, the very dapperly dressed young man is Great Uncle Bert,
0:53:38 > 0:53:41my great uncle who acquired the watch
0:53:41 > 0:53:43when he worked for a gentlemen's club in London,
0:53:43 > 0:53:47and this little tinker that he's holding the hand of is our father.
0:53:47 > 0:53:51- Our father.- Mum's husband. - I can't see the likeness.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53THEY LAUGH
0:53:53 > 0:53:56- He was much more handsome than I am. - I wouldn't pass comment.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58THEY LAUGH
0:53:58 > 0:54:01And so the watch came down the family line,
0:54:01 > 0:54:06and sadly our father isn't with us, but he was alive long enough
0:54:06 > 0:54:09to actually find out that it was a genuine Cartier.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Well, now, OK, so let's talk a little bit more about it.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15When we first saw it, there was so little information
0:54:15 > 0:54:17that we had available, most important of which
0:54:17 > 0:54:22was that the dial was so distressed that the name Cartier wasn't on it,
0:54:22 > 0:54:26and that's why I was a little bit ambiguous - was it, wasn't it?
0:54:26 > 0:54:30So here we can actually see the state of the dial
0:54:30 > 0:54:32before restoration.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34And it was dirty,
0:54:34 > 0:54:40the numerals were all, half of them missing and also, as importantly,
0:54:40 > 0:54:44the dial was twisted at the edge.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47And then after they've restored it -
0:54:47 > 0:54:50and it has been a bit of a job to get it looking like that.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54So what they've done is that they have created by hand
0:54:54 > 0:54:56a new winding stem.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59So there's the original sapphire winding crown
0:54:59 > 0:55:02and they have built a new winding stem for it.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06That's not all, they have gone to their records
0:55:06 > 0:55:12and they have found two hands, circa 1924, and they have then put those
0:55:12 > 0:55:18hands on, to keep the originality, to keep the pedigree absolute.
0:55:18 > 0:55:24The thing that really got me was that the original glass covering
0:55:24 > 0:55:28the watch was just plexi-glass, I mean, it was just a modern copy.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30What they've done is,
0:55:30 > 0:55:34they've hand-ground a mineral glass to cover the dial.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37They've polished the case and then, of course, what they've done,
0:55:37 > 0:55:39they've put a strap on it
0:55:39 > 0:55:42and they've put the original style of buckle on it,
0:55:42 > 0:55:46but they've kept the integrity of the original watch there.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50A Cartier watch, 1924, a "tank cintree",
0:55:50 > 0:55:54meaning a sort of curved watch, an arched watch.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57The other thing that I need to tell you is that the watch itself
0:55:57 > 0:55:59was exceedingly rare.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Now, you will remember our dialogue
0:56:01 > 0:56:04and you will remember we talked about the fact that I think
0:56:04 > 0:56:07that you'd hoped it might be worth scrap value.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09- Do you remember that?- Yes!
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Yes.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14In my opinion, the watch is certainly worth a little bit
0:56:14 > 0:56:16more than scrap price now.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20When I saw it, I valued it - without really having too much to go on -
0:56:20 > 0:56:23I said £5,000, still was quite a lot of money.
0:56:23 > 0:56:27I assume that the cost of restoration has been pretty high,
0:56:27 > 0:56:28to get all this work done.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31I don't even want to ask you what it's cost to restore.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34So what do we think it might be worth now?
0:56:34 > 0:56:38We're hoping you'll give us real good news.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40THEY LAUGH
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Yes, I thought you might.
0:56:43 > 0:56:47Well, taking all this into account, recognising the integrity
0:56:47 > 0:56:52and the beauty and the wearability - £40,000 to £50,000.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55Oh, my God! There you go!
0:56:55 > 0:56:57- It was worth getting fixed. - Definitely.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59HE LAUGHS
0:56:59 > 0:57:02It's one of the most remarkable stories
0:57:02 > 0:57:05and it's one of the most remarkable Roadshow things I've ever filmed.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I'm quite emotional when I look at it now,
0:57:07 > 0:57:10and I just think you're so lucky.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13- It's wonderful.- It is.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17That's the kind of story we like on the Roadshow,
0:57:17 > 0:57:21a great object, a fascinating tale and a happy ending.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22A perfect Roadshow moment.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26From the team here at Hillsborough Castle, until next time, bye-bye.