0:00:42 > 0:00:46Today, the Roadshow's making a return visit to Balmoral Castle.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Nestled in the mountains of the Cairngorms,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52this has to be the highest location we've ever visited.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55As the Highland home of the Royal Family,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59living here has meant they've needed a whole range of historic vehicles.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08To get round an estate that's so big and mountainous,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11the Royal Family took to four-wheel drive very early on
0:01:11 > 0:01:15and this Land Rover was the first of its kind when the Queen
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and Prince Philip snapped it up in 1953.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Sold in 1966, it sat unused
0:01:23 > 0:01:27and unloved in the back of a local garage,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29until Prince Charles stumbled on it in 2010
0:01:29 > 0:01:33and urged its new owners to restore it to pristine condition.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38George VI preferred this Daimler.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42He brought it up to Balmoral for state duties, but you wouldn't
0:01:42 > 0:01:46have seen her chugging up the roads from England to Scotland though.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Oh, no. This stately lady was brought to and from Balmoral by train.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56But of all the vehicles at Balmoral, I think
0:01:56 > 0:01:59my favourite has to be this little beauty.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02It's a 1920s Citroen CV electric car that was given to the Queen
0:02:02 > 0:02:04and Princess Margaret when they were young.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And as this rarely seen footage shows,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09when Prince Charles took over the wheel in 1953, he
0:02:09 > 0:02:13and Princess Anne loved to drive it round the lawns at Balmoral Castle.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Today, it's the turn of our Highland visitors to make their way
0:02:19 > 0:02:24round the lawns, as they bring their treasures to our specialists.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Well, this is such a pretty bottle.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30It's a lovely shape, it's in really good nick.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32And Mergie is the strangest seal
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and I think you know exactly what this is all about.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I do. We moved to Mergie House in March.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39That was a house that we had bought.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44The records go back to 1590, it might even have been there before.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47And actually, this bottle has been through the wars
0:02:47 > 0:02:51because we actually dug it up in the garden.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- What? With a spade? - No, with an 18 tonne digger.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58And the guy who was operating the digger,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02we were building a foundation for a shed for my husband's Clydesdale
0:03:02 > 0:03:07horses, which he breeds, and the guy who was operating the digger spotted
0:03:07 > 0:03:11it, jumped out, we all went and had a look and we couldn't believe it.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- We had two bottles. - Well, I think that the...
0:03:15 > 0:03:20Literally the scars of that action are clear to see.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23So the house dates from 16th century at least.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Well, the bottles don't, but the evolution of the bottle was
0:03:26 > 0:03:31so specific and so gradual that we can actually hang specific
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- decades on and this one dates from the 1740s.- Wow.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38And the house clearly had its name at that date,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41but you bought your own bottles, had them
0:03:41 > 0:03:45sealed to make sure you got your good bottles back from the merchant.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48That's the way it worked.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49How much did the digger cost?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53How much did you pay for the digger over the course of those works?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Oh, well, it was £30 an hour or something.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58I tell you, I mean,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01the guy has just saved you a fortune cos these are £1,000 each.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Oh, my goodness!- So, you got...
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- You probably got foundations built for nothing!- Probably.- Pretty good!
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Pretty good foundations to build on.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Pretty good. I'd better buy him a bottle of whisky.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- I think you'd better.- Yeah. - Or a bottle of wine.- Yeah.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20These are really intriguing plates. Um... Where did you get them?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23They came from my mother's side.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28My grandmother was the head housekeeper for Princess Alexandra,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- who was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.- That's right.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35She worked in London and she used to travel to Mar Lodge,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38up beside Braemar, regularly with the court.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42So, when she travelled up there, it was a bit of a romantic story,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44she fell in love with the head gamekeeper up there.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48So they ended up getting married and Princess Alexandra gave these
0:04:48 > 0:04:52pair of plates as a wedding gift to Fred and Mary in 1915.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55And what else do you know about them?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57My mother said they came from the Far East somewhere,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00but never looked in to finding out what the coat of arms on there
0:05:00 > 0:05:03or what the inscriptions meant on the front or the back,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05so we know very little about them or their origin.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Well, they are very intriguing plates. The porcelain is Chinese
0:05:08 > 0:05:11and they've got these European armorials
0:05:11 > 0:05:13painted on the fronts of them,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17but Chinese characters on armorial plates are very, very unusual.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22If we turn one over, we've got two more lines of Chinese characters.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26This line, particularly, helps me enormously.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30The first three characters say it's from the 35th year of the cycle.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34That'll be the cycle of when the Chinese Emperor came to the throne.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37This particular emperor would have been the Emperor Qianlong,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40who came to the throne in 1736, so we've got a date for these.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43They date from 1770.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Underneath here, it's a very curious inscription.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49It doesn't actually mean anything.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53It's an attempt at a Chinese phonetic
0:05:53 > 0:05:55translation of a European name.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Lots of Europeans have their names transcribed into Chinese
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and they end up with all sorts of strange things.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06My surname is nothing like Axford, which is what it is.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12This one is a translation of the name Gongard, but it's inconclusive.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's a known service, this,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17but no-one knows whose the arms actually are.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20So it's supposed to be a French coat of arms,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24although some people think it might be Scandinavian.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Nobody knows.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- What are we looking at? £5,000? £6,000?- Wow!
0:06:29 > 0:06:31NERVOUS LAUGHTER
0:06:35 > 0:06:39I maybe thought a couple of hundred, but not in the thousands.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Wow.- They're very unusual things. Terrific to see.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Really enjoyed looking at these.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- LAUGHTER - Your plate, sir.- Thank you!
0:06:52 > 0:06:56This is one of my absolute passions, my main speciality in furniture.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I love all furniture, but this is my favourite period.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Do you know what period it is? - I don't, I'm afraid.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04You don't? How long have you had it?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I've only had it for about four months.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I've recently moved into an Edinburgh townhouse and I was
0:07:09 > 0:07:13given it by a very dear friend of mine as a housewarming gift.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- A housewarming gift?!- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Can I come and live in Edinburgh, please?- Absolutely.- That's amazing!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22And you've come all the way from Edinburgh with this to show
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- it at Balmoral.- I have indeed. - How far is that?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- Well, it took about two hours. - Thank you very much for coming in.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I love this. You really don't know where it's from?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I have an idea that it's elaborate, it looks French to me.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Apart from that, I know nothing. - We're getting there.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40OK, that's right. 100% right. So what sort of date?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I'm going to milk this out of you, get this out of you. Have a go.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48- Um... It looks like one of the Louis, possibly?- OK, OK.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It sort of reminds me of the elaborateness of Versailles.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54You don't need me, do you? What am I doing here?
0:07:54 > 0:07:59It's Louis XV style and the style is the word I'm underlining,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02so it's actually copying or imitating what
0:08:02 > 0:08:04they thought the Louis XV style would be.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06This would be 1740, 1750.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08If it was an 18th century piece.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11But it's a romanticised copy of about 1900.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Made in Paris. Meuble de haute luxe. so it is one of the really top makers,
0:08:16 > 0:08:22one of the best Paris makers. And I'm 99.9% sure I know who made it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Oh, wow.- It is the 0.01% which is worrying me.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31It is either by one of my favourite makers called Francois Linke,
0:08:31 > 0:08:32who was a Czech maker,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36who walked to Paris in 1872 and became famous in Paris, or more
0:08:36 > 0:08:42likely one of his foreman, one of his workmen, called Charles, or "Charl", Alix. A-L-I-X.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46In 1900. And Alix was working with Linke,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48and then moved away for his own workshops.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51And it is one of the two of them. My suspicion is it is Charles Alix.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Very rare, very unusual. Can I just spend one minute looking at it?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59This sunray here, that veneer is pointing into the middle,
0:08:59 > 0:09:00into the centre.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03That reminds you of a target, perhaps.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08That target is a "target", which is Cupid's arrow being shot into your heart.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14This romanticised rococo theory about love, elegance, happiness,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17and this is Cupid shooting his arrow into the target, and if he gets you,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19you are in trouble, you fall in love.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22This is veneered, it is veneered in satine,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26very thin veneers of about 1.5 to 2 millimetres. It is just great.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30How they make these things and keep them going for 120, 130 years,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34and all on this curved shape, and the veneer hasn't moved very much.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36And look at that.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Just glorious.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44Almost as it was made, 120 years old, by a really great maker.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I like this piece. So, you're given it four...
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Given it! I can't believe that "given it". ..four months ago.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- Well, you've got to put it on your house insurance.- OK.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58In an antiques shop today, five...
0:09:58 > 0:10:01£5,000-£6,000.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Gosh.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Wow.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I ought to move house more often.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09LAUGHTER
0:10:17 > 0:10:21It's a Brazilian gaucho, as far as I know.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23And he's very heavy.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31This is carved by a distant cousin of mine, probably about 100 years ago.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Not, I may say, the most comfortable of chairs to sit in, but it looks good.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36HE LAUGHS
0:10:40 > 0:10:45My great-grandfather bought it new in the spring of 1903.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47And it has been in the family ever since.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50This photograph shows the car,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53allegedly, on the Ballachulish Ferry,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56which in those days was just a dirty great rowing boat.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Well, here we are in the Highlands, and I would have expected
0:11:14 > 0:11:18to see more of views of Highland cattle, or something like that.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21But here we have an artist that seems to have gone
0:11:21 > 0:11:23round the world, exploring various things.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And not with a Scottish name, Edoardo De Martino.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28How did they end up in your house?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31From what I know, I don't know much, the Martinos
0:11:31 > 0:11:35came out of a castle that was dismantled in the 1920s.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- Was it your castle? Your family castle?- No, no.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- It was my husband's family's castle. - OK, OK.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47But they'd lost their money in the 1920s, and it was dismantled.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Sold for stone, unfortunately.- I wouldn't be working here otherwise. - SHE LAUGHS
0:11:50 > 0:11:55So the Martinos were actually given to the family because Martino
0:11:55 > 0:12:00fell in love with my husband's great-grandmother's sister.
0:12:00 > 0:12:06- Brilliant.- And so he gifted these to...- To her?- Yes. Angelina Maxwell.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07And are they dedicated to her?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11There just happens to be an inscription on the back of these.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- On the back?- Yes.- Undying love and all that?- Yes.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- "To my darling Angelina, from your old friends."- Oh! Very interesting.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21God, it is very romantic.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24So, some years ago, I did a bit of research on De Martino
0:12:24 > 0:12:28because I also own a little drawing. And he certainly travelled
0:12:28 > 0:12:32all over the world, on official tours, for Queen Victoria.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37So it's a lovely connection with Balmoral behind us.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41And he painted the end of the 19th century,
0:12:41 > 0:12:46so I guess they're all dated from around that time. Let's have a look.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48So the first one we have...
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Has he painted this from a ship or something? He could well have done. - I would imagine so, yes.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54But he's got it right, hasn't he? I love the storm brewing.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57But this is one that also fascinates me.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Of the polar bears here. And it is clearly signed in the bottom left-hand corner.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05So I think he travelled all over, and really recorded expeditions
0:13:05 > 0:13:09and various voyages of interesting people.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Here, I think it is actually the best one.- I love it.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And I absolutely love this. I mean, a view of Glasgow.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It is wonderfully dirty. It needs a clean.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22But it sort of sums up my view of the sort of industry that is going on
0:13:22 > 0:13:25in the dockyards here. And I think he has really captured it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30I think these three, they show three very different parts of his life.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Value.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Have you thought about value?- Well, to the family, I think quite a lot,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38because of the story behind them. But I have no idea.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Yeah. I think this one is probably about £500.- OK.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It's very charming, but perhaps not the most interesting.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I love the polar bears. But that's only on watercolour.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53But polar bears always saleable, £500-£700, I would say.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56And finally, for the lovely view of Glasgow, I think we are
0:13:56 > 0:13:59looking at around £1,500. So 1,500,
0:13:59 > 0:14:032,000, 2,500, possibly even £3,000.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Great. Thank you very much.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I am intrigued by the romantic angle.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10- Me, too. Me, too. - LAUGHTER
0:14:14 > 0:14:18So has this somewhat impressive glass vase been gracing
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- the sideboard in your home for many a year?- Sadly not.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26About two weeks ago, I decided finally we had to clear
0:14:26 > 0:14:30out the old butler's room at the very top of the tower of the house.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35And lo and behold, in the back of an old chest...
0:14:35 > 0:14:38my father discovered this,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42realised it wasn't a doorstop
0:14:42 > 0:14:45and took it downstairs immediately, started dusting it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Found Lalique on the bottom and thought, "What have we got here?"
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Two things you said there gets the mind boggling.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56One is "butler's room", and of course the other one is...
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Did you say turret or... - I said turret, yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- Rather like the one we've got behind here.- Rather like that one.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Yes, indeed. We were doing some roof repairs,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- when we came across this item. - Excellent.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Well, do you know, when I come to Scotland, I'm
0:15:12 > 0:15:17something of a magnet for two things. The first is midges.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22But the second, believe it or not, the second is Lalique glass.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26In fact, I think one of the most expensive things I've found on this programme
0:15:26 > 0:15:29was at Dumfries House. And it was a Lalique vase.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Now, don't start getting your hopes up too high when I say that to you.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35So this vase has got a name, they've all got names.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37And this one is called Pierrefonds.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42You can get it in sort of clear and frosted glass,
0:15:42 > 0:15:47- or you can get it in this colour, which is always referred to as pale amber.- Pale amber.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50And it goes without saying that with Lalique glass,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53coloured Lalique is always at a premium.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56And this vase, it is more a piece of sculpture.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Because if you look at the actual handles,
0:15:59 > 0:16:04they are very stylised bar branches. Date wise,
0:16:04 > 0:16:061926 this one.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11So this is the great age of Art Deco. This was a time when Rene Lalique
0:16:11 > 0:16:15was really at his peak. And I can assure you that if you wanted
0:16:15 > 0:16:19to buy that way back then, it would have cost quite serious money.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24So the question is, is it worth serious money today?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28It is all relevant, you see, because I am little bit worried about the house, with the turret
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and the butler's, you know, and expectations.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35But all I can tell you is that I know for a fact, if I wanted
0:16:35 > 0:16:40to go and replace that today, I wouldn't be able to do if for less,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- for less than £5,000.- Crikey. Yes.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47So it was worth repairing the roof of the house, which is what we've done?
0:16:47 > 0:16:52But more importantly, nobody in your family was daft enough
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- to use it as a doorstop.- No.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01The tip of the iceberg of what I can see is the most incredible
0:17:01 > 0:17:05collection of memorabilia to do with Maria Callas,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08one of the greatest divas of the 20th century.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12And this particular picture of over here, I have to remark,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14I've never seen it before.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Callas is laughing, smiling, with a wonderful inscription to Robert.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- And who is the man with her?- That's me.- That's you. And you are Robert...
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Sutherland.- Robert Sutherland.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28So this poster here is an evening with Maria Callas
0:17:28 > 0:17:32and Giuseppe di Stefano, with Robert Sutherland at the piano.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- So that was you.- That was me. - So you were her accompanist?- Yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- For how long?- We had a tour that lasted nearly a year and a half.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44She had heard me play in London somewhere,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47and when she was looking for a pianist for the tour,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50my name was mentioned, so she said, "Oh, I will give him a try."
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Yes. So we have here some wonderful pieces that... These presumably
0:17:54 > 0:17:56all came from her library.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Yes, this is music from the library that we used.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03We've got one nice signed piece by Puccini here.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05"O Mio Babbino Caro."
0:18:05 > 0:18:10- Yes. That was the only encore she ever sang.- And how does that go?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Oh, everyone knows that.- Do they? - That's...
0:18:12 > 0:18:18# O mio babbino caro... #
0:18:18 > 0:18:21HE HUMS MELODY
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Well, everybody knows this!
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Thank you very much. You've been a great sport!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- It's been signed, and that's lovely.- Yes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And this Madame Butterfly here, I noticed, at the end,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37her own handwriting.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40How it's going to be done, how it's going to be performed,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44because you can hear many singers sing, O Mio Babbino Caro.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48As you say, it's a beautiful tune, and they all sang it beautifully,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50but Maria Callas acted it.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53She acted it as though she was in the role of the opera.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56This was a woman who just lived opera.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00She would get up in the middle of the night and phone the producer
0:19:00 > 0:19:04at 3am to talk about a move in an opera and so on, you know?
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- It was so important to her.- But she was actually well-behaved with you?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11You know, there are times when, if you are in a crisis with somebody,
0:19:11 > 0:19:16it can either bring you closer together or else push you apart,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20but there were two crises early in our association
0:19:20 > 0:19:23and I must have done the right thing!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Because we became closer.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- And I could talk to her just like a friend.- That's splendid.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Well, I've got to put some value on this. This is virtually impossible.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33You've got too much!
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Oh, I've got much more at home!
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Yes, I know, as I say, the tip of the iceberg here!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41A fine photograph of Maria Callas.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43But, I suppose if that came on the market, it would be worth
0:19:43 > 0:19:45somewhere in the region of £1,000.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50This one over here, which, with so many inscriptions,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53"to my dear Robert, please come back very soon", "to Robert",
0:19:53 > 0:19:57signed by both Callas and Di Stefano.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01£2,000.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04A lovely signed photograph. This one is a little bit faded.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- Yes, unfortunately.- But Callas collectors don't mind, particularly.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Another £1,500 there. And an envelope. These are quite rare.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14She said to me one day, "Do you know, Robert,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16"some of my mail goes amiss.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18"Never reaches the person I sent it to."
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I said, "Well, Maria,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22"you have signed your autograph on the back of the envelope!"
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Of course, people steal it! Yes! Absolutely.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Well, just a few things that we have on this table here.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33We've got, what, £3,000, £4,000 worth?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- And that's just the tip.- Well, as they say on the Antiques Roadshows,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39"I'm not going to sell them!"
0:20:39 > 0:20:40LAUGHTER
0:20:41 > 0:20:47# O mio babbino caro
0:20:47 > 0:20:55# Mi piace, e bello, bello
0:20:55 > 0:21:02# Vo'andare in Porta Rossa
0:21:02 > 0:21:10# A comperar l'anello... #
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Three very different pieces from three very different periods.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15How did they end up with you?
0:21:15 > 0:21:21I had an aunt, 91, died in 2012, and they were in her house.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- That has been on the mantelpiece ever since I can remember.- Uh-huh.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29The other two I knew to be in the house, and I couldn't find them.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33I eventually found them when I got home in a work box,
0:21:33 > 0:21:34and they were all wrapped up.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I think she was frightened that somebody was going to pinch them,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40which made me think they might be worth something.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Ah! Well, let's find out, shall we? Ha-ha!
0:21:43 > 0:21:49The cream jug. That is a classic, early George III shape and form.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54It's embossed with rustic scenes, there's a milkmaid milking a cow.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59It's dated 1777, so it's a good age.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04The piece in the middle is very Scottish in character.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09This is called a piggin. Originally they were made for cream.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11It seems to have some lines of poetry,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13which I think might be by Rabbie Burns.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Would you like to read it for me, because I'm certainly not
0:22:16 > 0:22:19going to embarrass everyone by doing it myself?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21"Some hae meat and canna eat
0:22:21 > 0:22:23"And some wad eat that want it
0:22:23 > 0:22:25"But we hae meat, an' we can eat
0:22:25 > 0:22:26"Sae let the Lord be thankit."
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Absolutely brilliant.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I think that added a few pounds to its value already!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32HE LAUGHS
0:22:32 > 0:22:36And this one is made by a very good firm
0:22:36 > 0:22:39called Hamilton & Inches, in 1911.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41And finally, we come to the rather dirty,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44grubby owl that stood on the mantelpiece.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Yes!
0:22:47 > 0:22:50This actually is quite an interesting piece.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It's fully marked, made by a very, very good firm,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57the firm of Charles and George Fox,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and got a date letter for 1855.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04- Now, do you know what it is, what it's used for?- No.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07It's not quite in its original form.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Because the mouse which was attached to the beak
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- was actually the end of the mustard spoon.- Ah!
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- And it's a mustard pot.- Mustard.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19And normally, it sat loose,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23so you just scooped the mustard up with the mouse-ended spoon.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29Now, I suppose we ought to have a talk about values as well.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32The cream jug is a nice one.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It's quite a collectable piece.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Not of enormous value. Probably £120-£150.
0:23:38 > 0:23:45The piggin is much heavier, by one of the best firms in Scotland.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50I would think that's £400-£500, possibly even a bit more.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53But the owl is something a bit different.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56And quite a sought-after object.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00It may look very sad, but it's by a great firm,
0:24:00 > 0:24:05it's quite rare object and because of that, £2,000.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Goodness!
0:24:07 > 0:24:08SHE LAUGHS
0:24:08 > 0:24:10That poor wee owl!
0:24:12 > 0:24:13She hid the wrong things!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15She did, didn't she?!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It's not a day here at the Roadshow for me
0:24:21 > 0:24:24if I don't get to see some of this stuff, really, is it?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I mean, it's a lovely little set, cracking little set.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28So, where did you get it?
0:24:28 > 0:24:34Charity shop. '70s, early '70s. Just passing the window and I saw it,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and I says, "I quite like that", so I bought it. £1 and 10 shillings.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38- No idea who it was by?- No.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40So you didn't know it was Clarice Cliff?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42No, I just liked the look of it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I can sort of see it, if that was in the shop window, you're going
0:24:45 > 0:24:46to just fall in love with it, aren't you?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I mean, it's so bold, it's so bright.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And anyone who knows me knows how I love this stuff.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52For 30 years, I've been looking at this stuff.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Just to give you a bit of background,
0:24:55 > 0:24:56it's a conical coffee set.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59That's the shape of it, designed by Clarice Cliff.
0:24:59 > 0:25:05The shape came in about 1930-31. The pattern is called Orange Chintz.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07She did it in three colourways, she did it in Blue Chintz,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09which is the most common.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Orange Chintz, which is this one,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14and then also a rarer colourway which is Green Chintz.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- You don't see that very often.- Yeah. - Where's the coffee pot?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Well, that's a good question. I'm not very sure. I did have it.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23But I think moving houses and maybe flitting,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25it's just gone somewhere. I don't know.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- You're joking!- No.- You've lost it?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I have lost it. I haven't got a clue where it is.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32You do need to find it. You've kept the six cups together,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34so that is something, isn't it?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Just.- What do you mean, "just"?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Well, at one point, it got plastered behind a wall.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42When alcoves went out of fashion
0:25:42 > 0:25:45and this cup was sitting right at the very end,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and then a few years later, alcoves came back in,
0:25:48 > 0:25:54so we got it taken back out and here was the Clarice Cliff cup.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- I spent about five, six years, blaming my kids for breaking it.- No!
0:25:58 > 0:26:00So you actually plastered it away?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- Yeah.- Lordy, what are you pair like?!
0:26:03 > 0:26:04OK, let's go with what we got on the table.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08You got six cups and saucers, the cream and sugar.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Today, that, as a little group, £1 and ten shillings purchase?
0:26:12 > 0:26:18- £800-£1,000 today.- All right, that's OK. That's all right, good profit!
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Can you do me a favour? Go and find the coffee pot.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Oh, Lordy, don't tell me. - £1500-£2,000.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27BYSTANDERS GASP
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- That's an expensive coffee pot. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I know what you're doing this weekend!
0:26:33 > 0:26:37I just hope the kids don't see this on TV!
0:26:37 > 0:26:38LAUGHTER
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Now, Balmoral is obviously great Scottish history,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47but there's lots of other bits of history that are just as exciting.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50This is one of them. I mean, we've got a wonderful thing here,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52which takes us miles away from here.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54We're going straight to Glasgow, aren't we?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Yes, we are.- Tell me about Glasgow and this mirror.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01This was made by a student at the Glasgow School of Art.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05She was a student there at the time that Mackintosh was a teacher.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08She then left it to my aunt,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11and it's been in the family as long as I can remember.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14And then my aunt left it to me about 14 years ago.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Unfortunately, I don't have the name of the lady who did it.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- This is the key thing.- Yes.- So, your aunt never told you her name?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24No, it was one of these things I always meant to ask her
0:27:24 > 0:27:26and then she died suddenly, and it was too late.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29There's a lesson for us all, there, isn't there?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Yes, when you think of it, do it! - Ask those questions.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Because this is crucial, because whoever did this was brilliant.
0:27:35 > 0:27:41Because those fantastic enamel panels, which are magical,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44they're slightly Art Nouveau, they're glorious colours.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47The lettering, presumably by the same person.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52If I say it's pure Mackintosh, it's just the style that he established.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56What could be more Glasgow than that lettering there,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59with the raised "O" and the dots beneath it?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03You know, every street name in Glasgow has that now.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07And that all comes out of this great period.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09In that period we're talking about, 1904,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Glasgow was one of the great cities of the world.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16It wasn't just Mackintosh, it was the whole ambience of painters
0:28:16 > 0:28:18and music that came with it.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20And, of course, enamelling was key.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23There was a very important chap who was also there
0:28:23 > 0:28:26called Alexander Fisher, who knew Mackintosh.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28They all worked together.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31And he was one of the great enamellers of this period.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36And what he obviously set up was, a sense about enamel that was
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- picked up by lots of the students. - OK.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40These are not Fisher - his style is quite different -
0:28:40 > 0:28:43but his influence is there, particularly in the way
0:28:43 > 0:28:46the colours are used in that slightly abstract fashion.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50There's also this sort of wavy, underwater quality.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55These are almost underwater in their abstraction. Where does it live?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- In the bathroom.- How suitable!
0:28:57 > 0:29:01My husband doesn't like it at all, and I wanted it in the bedroom
0:29:01 > 0:29:04and was going to decorate the bedroom to suit it, but
0:29:04 > 0:29:07he doesn't like it, so I decorated the bathroom to suit it, instead.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Well, funnily enough, it fits in, but what a waste.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14You know, it should be in the living room over the mantelpiece! You go and tell him.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19Maybe the conservatory, because out here, in the outdoor light...
0:29:19 > 0:29:23You just tell him this is a really important piece of Scottish history,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- Arts and Crafts at its best. - I'll do that!
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Everything to do with Mackintosh and his influence is here.- Yes.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31And it's a great object.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Even without the name, we're looking at something truly remarkable.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40I'm going to tell you a price, OK, which I think it's worth,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43and that price is
0:29:43 > 0:29:44£2,000.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Mm. Wow.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49More than I'd have, more than I'd have thought, but, to me,
0:29:49 > 0:29:53I want to keep it. My husband would want to sell it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Well, I tell you what, don't tell him!
0:29:56 > 0:29:58SHE LAUGHS
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Let's have a look at this.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Wow, that is either gruesome or...
0:30:09 > 0:30:12..gruesome, depending on your point of view!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15It's not often that you get pictures of men dancing together,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18you know, out in the open like that!
0:30:18 > 0:30:22But obviously that's what happens. Why aren't there any girls dancing?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Do you know, I've just never seen one? Where did you get it from?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- It used to belong to my father. - Yeah.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Coronation cup from 1911, made of paper.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34You know the street parties they had, he would probably have
0:30:34 > 0:30:39bought a stack of 20 or 50 of these, used them once and thrown them away.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41It's an ink stand.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45It belonged to my great-great-grandfather, who was the head keeper at Balmoral.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48But, to me, the other great thing is the frame.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50And this would really be classed
0:30:50 > 0:30:53as folk art now, done by somebody with great panache,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56but perhaps not a whole lot of professional training.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57And what do you do with it now in the house?
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Well, it sits on the mantelpiece in the dining room, you know, gathering dust.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- In fact, it could do with a good dust, I noticed!- Didn't like to say!
0:31:05 > 0:31:09What's it worth? £40-£250.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It's one of those weird things that
0:31:11 > 0:31:14someone might just really wanted because of its rarity.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Value? I could easily see that for sale at between £300-£400.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Is that for the frame? - That's for the frame.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Well, I think John Foster is the man to see this.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26This has got "miscellaneous" written all over it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- Let's see what he makes of it. - Super!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37So, not the most fashionable of objects. You have spoken to Fiona.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- It's got a bit of an interesting history.- Well, yes. You're right.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44It probably isn't currently fashion, but it was given to me,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47or it was left to me, by my grandmother.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49This gentleman here is Donald Stewart,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52who is my great-great-grandfather,
0:31:52 > 0:31:58and he was head gamekeeper here at Balmoral until he retired in 1901.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02And this would have had pride of place sitting on his desk
0:32:02 > 0:32:07as an inkwell, and would probably have been used on a daily basis.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11You would, I assume, have sat your pens in there, somehow, in the antlers.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16- Is there any idea of who presented it to him?- No, we don't.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17I have seen parts of his will,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20and there are all sorts of baubles that were given to him
0:32:20 > 0:32:24by various heads of state and things, but this isn't mentioned.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I'm not quite sure how it came to him
0:32:26 > 0:32:28and I don't even know where it's from.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30And do you like it?
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Well, I do actually quite like it. I think it's of its time,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37and it is perhaps slightly grotesque to today's taste
0:32:37 > 0:32:40but it sits on the mantelpiece at home it makes me smile.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- I really like it. It's all English-made.- Right.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Which, a lot of people, you always assume that
0:32:45 > 0:32:49the best bronzes were made in Austria at Bergman
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and things like that, and this is stunning quality.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54It really is stunning quality.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58And this would all have been bright gilt, so, gold layer over
0:32:58 > 0:33:02the brass, and I think that this is made in somewhere like Birmingham.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06With something like this, it's all about provenance.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08What you need is some sort of inscription,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12because, say this was shot by Albert on the estate.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Potentially you could have three or four of these made
0:33:16 > 0:33:18from one set of antlers.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21If you found another one which was identical
0:33:21 > 0:33:25and that had a presentation from Albert, that raises the value.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Right, OK, understood.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31- As it is, I think, easily at auction, £800-£1200.- Super!
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Well, that's fine. As I say,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I think it will continue to sit on the mantelpiece
0:33:35 > 0:33:36and, as I say, bring a smile to my face.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40And if you can find more of that provenance, double that price.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43We'll need to. We'll need to get searching, now.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49One might wonder why we've got a comparatively simple piece
0:33:49 > 0:33:51of furniture standing here on the Antiques Roadshow
0:33:51 > 0:33:53in front of Balmoral.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55But any furniture person instinctively,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58almost the first thing we do is go and open the drawer,
0:33:58 > 0:34:03and I open the draw of this and, hey, presto, "Osborne".
0:34:03 > 0:34:04I have never seen that before.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08I'm assuming we're talking about Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10That's correct.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Queen Victoria's residence, built a little bit a little bit.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14It was a summer house, wasn't it, really?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- That's right.- Designed, I think, by Prince Albert himself.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19But tell me about it. What do you know?
0:34:19 > 0:34:22There must be some story sleeping away somewhere.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26I purchased it from a friend about three or four years ago,
0:34:26 > 0:34:29and he told me that, apparently, many years ago,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32they made furniture in Balmoral Estate for all around the UK,
0:34:32 > 0:34:37and one of the Queens decided that she wanted to give it to
0:34:37 > 0:34:39one of her ladies-in-waiting.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41So that's what actually happened, apparently.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It went to one of her ladies-in-waiting
0:34:43 > 0:34:46and then was passed to her relatives when she died.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50And that's how it ended up with me after a friend sold it to me.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51Well, let's look at the wood.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53It's oak which probably comes from Europe.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I don't think it's Scottish oak or English oak,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58it's probably from Germany or Hungary, somewhere like that.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00This is a simple piece of furniture.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02It's made, clearly, what, as a dressing table?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Either a dressing table or a washstand, I would imagine.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Probably had a washstand matching it.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I think you would put your mirror on here and this gallery to stop
0:35:09 > 0:35:12the bottles and glass bottles and silver top bottles from falling off.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14You can imagine it being used in context, can't you,
0:35:14 > 0:35:19in one of the bedrooms here or, in this case, possibly at Osborne.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21It's very nicely made, very simply made.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24If I'd seen this out of context, I would've said late 1840s,
0:35:24 > 0:35:25so it fits.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29It's the sort of thing that I, given time, it would be fascinating
0:35:29 > 0:35:30to try to find out if,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33that it really possibly was made at Balmoral.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35It was clearly made for a royal house, Osborne.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Maybe I should put that on there.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39That, of course, affects the value.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41OK.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43What's this worth without the Osborne stamp?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- £1,000.- Probably, about that.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48With the stamp of Osborne?
0:35:48 > 0:35:501,500, 2,000?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Find out more about it. These pieces were made by somebody.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Somebody once knew all about it, and we've lost the story.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01So we have a glass here that says what it is on the tin, really.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06We have Trafalgar, and the legend, the famous order,
0:36:06 > 0:36:14"England expects that every man, this day, will do his duty."
0:36:14 > 0:36:17The famous words of Horatio Nelson
0:36:17 > 0:36:21before the engagement at the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Why have you brought it in?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Well, I really got it from my mother.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27It was my grandmother's glass.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29I really know nothing about it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34I know nothing of the history, or where it came from.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- So it's a very good idea for you to bring this into the roadshow.- Yes.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39It's a handmade...
0:36:39 > 0:36:40GOBLET PINGS
0:36:40 > 0:36:44..lead crystal goblet commemorating Horatio Nelson,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47one of the greatest British naval heroes.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Is it real?
0:36:49 > 0:36:55Does it date from 1805 plus or take a bit?
0:36:55 > 0:36:59So, if, for instance, this dates from 1806,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02the year after Nelson's death,
0:37:02 > 0:37:06such is the mania of Nelson memorabilia
0:37:06 > 0:37:11that this would be worth, say, a thousand quid.
0:37:11 > 0:37:18Or, say, 50 quid if it's made in the 20th century.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Now, you know, guys, what I'm going to ask you.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26I'm going to ask you, who here thinks this is going to be 1800-ish?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30They're rooting for you, boy!
0:37:30 > 0:37:33And who, flipside of the coin, thinks
0:37:33 > 0:37:36this is a reproduction, later reproduction?
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Well, I'm afraid the minority are right.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44BYSTANDERS GROAN
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I'm really sorry to tell you that,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49despite it being quite good quality,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52really lovely engraving, it is a reproduction,
0:37:52 > 0:37:54but it's a very good one,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57and I think, having explained everything to you, it's come
0:37:57 > 0:38:00down the family, you should have a wee dram in it tonight, don't you?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- I think I will! Yes.- Well, there it is, back with you, Guv.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Thank you very much.- You're most welcome.- Cheers.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Icons and crucifixes blazing in the sun, covered in gold.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13How do you get them?
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Well, I was in the former Soviet Union
0:38:16 > 0:38:19just after the collapse of communism
0:38:19 > 0:38:24and I was travelling in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And I mentioned to the driver that I would like some.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30And the next day, he turned up with these.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32So I bought them and took them home.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34And now, I display them in my hallway.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36And that's exactly where these should be, in the home.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41These are divine objects and they're a conduit for prayer
0:38:41 > 0:38:44and for veneration in the Orthodox faith in Russia.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48And they would occupy a very special place in the corners of rooms
0:38:48 > 0:38:51and would be decorated with candles
0:38:51 > 0:38:54and what we have do try to imagine is the people venerating them,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56asking for favours from the Divine
0:38:56 > 0:38:59and they were ways of understanding biblical texts.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02So here, for instance, with these dramatic crucifixes,
0:39:02 > 0:39:06we see the whole story of the Passion, laid out visually.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09And, of course, this, Christ, crucified in the centre.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12And every possible part of the Passion is there.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15It might be just worth looking at this one, which is
0:39:15 > 0:39:19a painted icon, but it's covered with what is called an oklad,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22which is this silver, gilt mount that, when new, would have blazed
0:39:22 > 0:39:25with gold, the colour of heaven and it's a way of protecting it.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26And, underneath,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29you will find that the icon is in absolutely perfect condition.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31So, what a wonderful collection.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35It meant everything to everybody in prerevolutionary Russia.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39The whole world collapsed in 1917.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Christianity was, they tried to obliterate it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44People hid their icons and disposed of them.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46What date do you think they all are?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50I got told probably 14th century but I'm unclear about that.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I'm afraid that's very ambitious.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Every single one on this table is 19th-century.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56What do you think they're worth?
0:39:56 > 0:40:00I really and truly don't know. It's something that...
0:40:01 > 0:40:04..didn't cross my mind until eight o'clock last night
0:40:04 > 0:40:05when I decided to come.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Most of the things on the table here are worth no more than
0:40:08 > 0:40:12£200 or £300 at best. But nonetheless, how many are there?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- Maybe £2,000 on the table here. - I do think they bring me luck.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22But you've brought me luck today, and just as you said,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25the sun comes out and shows us the colour of heaven.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- What more could you ask? - Thanks very much.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Jumbo, the most famous elephant in London Zoo.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35And because of his fame,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38everyone knows of Jumbo as an elephant's name.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45This must be the largest pair of trousers I've ever seen in my life.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48They've always been known as the King of Nigeria's trousers.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53They were just left by a great uncle of mine, who was out there in 1906.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58- And this was made in 1865, 1870.- OK.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01And a model of him made in Staffordshire Pottery.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05And it's as rare as anything.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09You should be really proud to have quite definitely the largest
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- pair of trousers in the whole wide world.- Certainly in Aberdeenshire.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15SHE LAUGHS
0:41:15 > 0:41:17The problem is, there's fakes absolutely everywhere.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- But you've got a real one.- Oh, good.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23I'm going to stick my neck out here and say £500.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26They're just going to stay, I think, in my collection.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- So, a quite expensive Jumbo.- Oh.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33He's going to be, oh, £1,000.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Oh, well. - SHE LAUGHS
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Need to look after him.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46We're looking at a very beautiful Scottish ram's horn snuffbox.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Are you a snuff taker, or have you ever tried it?- I have tried it once.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- Right.- When I was at school.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55And it went up my nose and down my throat,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- and I never looked at it again. - Right. - THEY LAUGH
0:41:58 > 0:42:00It completely put you off, did it?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02- Absolutely.- Great.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Well, made of ram's horn,
0:42:04 > 0:42:09and you'll see that the lid is inlaid with tortoiseshell and bone.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14And if we actually open it, there's actually some snuff still there.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- That's right.- So have you tried this one?- No.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- I think all the strength has gone out of that one.- Yeah.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23But hiding inside this snuffbox,
0:42:23 > 0:42:26which I think dates to around the sort of 1850s, 1860s,
0:42:26 > 0:42:31are three snuff spoons, which are actually rarer than stuffboxes.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Let's have a look, I'll just dig them out.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I'm getting all snuffy.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42I mean, the first one, and again this is made from animal bone.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- Yeah.- And it shows how old it is by the fact it has gone yellow.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50And that is the snuff taker's sweat from their fingers,
0:42:50 > 0:42:55it has gone into the bone and turned it this lovely colour and patina.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- Have you noticed, it's got little holes in the bowl?- Yeah.
0:42:58 > 0:43:04Now, contrary to general opinion, the holes aren't for sieving
0:43:04 > 0:43:07the snuff, but are to aid the air
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- because the bowl is the size... - Yeah.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12..the size of your nostril.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- So when you go... - HE SNIFFS
0:43:14 > 0:43:18..obviously it draws through, so brilliantly
0:43:18 > 0:43:21designed and certainly in Scotland it was straight into the nose.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Sometimes people put it on the back of their hand.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27But let's... There's another one.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32And that's unusual because it has got a slightly awkward angled
0:43:32 > 0:43:38bowl, but it works perfectly because it just fits into the hands.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- Yeah.- Again, they are practically designed.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Again, made of bone.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46But the piece de resistance is this one.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50- Yeah.- And I can't say I've ever seen a better one.- Yeah.
0:43:50 > 0:43:51Made of bone,
0:43:51 > 0:43:55but pierced with lozenge and heart motifs all over.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59- But what about these initials on the top?- That was an old gentleman who owned it.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02- Oh, really?- He was a Mr Menzies.- OK.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- Local family?- I don't own this myself, it is an old friend,
0:44:05 > 0:44:07it was his grandfather's snuffbox.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11- Right.- So he couldn't make it today, so he asked if I would bring it along.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13- Oh, good for you. - That's why I've brought it.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16It is lovely to be able to personalise a piece to
0:44:16 > 0:44:18a particular family.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Well, of the three spoons, this is the finest.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25And I think this on its own is worth around £250.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28And if you add in the value of the other two spoons and the box,
0:44:28 > 0:44:32we're looking at approximately £450-£500 for the group.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35That's fantastic, he'll be delighted to hear that.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38- I don't think he will sell it. - No, no.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- No, hand them on down the family. - I'm sure he will.
0:44:46 > 0:44:50So, this is "A Selection Of The Anthems, Doxologies And Sanctuses
0:44:50 > 0:44:55"For The Use Of The East Church Congregation Of Aberdeen."
0:44:55 > 0:44:58And it is dated "Aberdeen, 1858".
0:44:58 > 0:45:03But the interesting thing is it is signed by John Brown, Balmoral.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06John Brown here, Balmoral, and Crathie.
0:45:06 > 0:45:11So this was John Brown, the gillie to Queen Victoria, the servant,
0:45:11 > 0:45:13the famous servant of Queen Victoria,
0:45:13 > 0:45:18who was comforting her after her husband, Prince Albert, had died.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22So, 1858, this is before he was famous.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24- Yeah.- And where does it come from?
0:45:24 > 0:45:26It is actually my friend's one.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29She was looking for her father's medals, he'd passed away.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- And she came across this. - She came across it?- Yes.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35And...he presumably collected
0:45:35 > 0:45:39- and decided it was actually THE John Brown.- We think so, yes.
0:45:39 > 0:45:44- What a wonderful thing to have. So, what is it worth?- I don't know.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48Well, John Brown is probably quite rare, autographically.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51We don't see many of his letters around.
0:45:52 > 0:45:57What shall we say? £250? Will that satisfy your friend?
0:45:57 > 0:45:59I think it probably would, yes.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Do you know, when you see a figure like this,
0:46:05 > 0:46:08or any figure of a serviceman, to me,
0:46:08 > 0:46:11what really sums up the brilliance of the sculptor is
0:46:11 > 0:46:14they capture everything, there's no guessing, you don't need to
0:46:14 > 0:46:17wonder who it is, what he's doing. This does all that.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19What do you know about it?
0:46:19 > 0:46:23Well, I've had it for about 40 years, and I was given it
0:46:23 > 0:46:26when I was a young man by a patient,
0:46:26 > 0:46:29who gave it to me as a gift.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32- Her name was Miss McMillan.- Perfect.
0:46:32 > 0:46:36So, Miss McMillan, related to the sculptor William McMillan.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- Sister.- Even better.
0:46:38 > 0:46:44So, William McMillan, to me, is one of the greats of the 20th century.
0:46:44 > 0:46:50He was born in Aberdeen in 1877, died in, I think, 1977.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54And mostly known, really, for war memorials,
0:46:54 > 0:46:59but he also created the Peace and the Victory Medal in 1919.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Those medals that every serviceman pretty much got.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06And cast in bronze, on a wooden plinth here,
0:47:06 > 0:47:10and then you've got the signature there, McMillan, just on the side.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13And McMillan served during the First World War, and went through
0:47:13 > 0:47:18some pretty traumatic times, and I think all of that made him not
0:47:18 > 0:47:23only suffer, but stuck in there to create these brilliant sculptures.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26- Do you like it?- I do, very much, I've been very fond of it.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28And what is it you like about it?
0:47:28 > 0:47:32It epitomises, you see, what happened in the war. The chap's putting on his gloves,
0:47:32 > 0:47:36he's got his boots on and he's going away to have a very
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- mixed time, I should imagine. - Exactly.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41It is just the... Like you say, he is pulling on his glove ready for action,
0:47:41 > 0:47:46- but with that look of calm on his face.- It is a World War I situation.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50And that's a good point because this was made in the, I think the mid-'20s, sort of '30s.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52So it is looking back, but like I say,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- you have to have seen that to make that.- Get it right.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59So it is a tricky thing to value, and I'm basing it on a figure that
0:47:59 > 0:48:05sold by the same sculptor last year, which was an infantryman, same size.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09I would put an auction estimate on this of
0:48:09 > 0:48:12£20-£30,000.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Gosh. It's so small.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Not to me it isn't. He's huge.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23Well, that's very good of you.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25LAUGHTER
0:48:43 > 0:48:47- I'm looking at the sweetest little Minnie McMouse.- Minnie McMouse.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50She's fabulous. Where did she come from?
0:48:50 > 0:48:54Well, actually, we came up to look at some houses in 1988,
0:48:54 > 0:48:58and we've got four children, and we were going around the house
0:48:58 > 0:48:59we finally bought, actually.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02And one of the boys was playing with Minnie,
0:49:02 > 0:49:07and the elderly gentleman said, "Well, you can have it."
0:49:07 > 0:49:09So that's how we acquired her, really.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Of course, the thing that makes her remarkable is the fact she's
0:49:12 > 0:49:14- wearing her little mini kilt. - Mini kilt.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17She's made by a company called Dean's Rag Book.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20She's got this big, cheesy, toothy grin,
0:49:20 > 0:49:22which shows that she's quite an early one.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27Born in 1928, but by the early '30s they had lost their teeth.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30- She's missing her little tail. - Maybe the kilt.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Maybe a kilt can't accommodate a tail.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37That's why you don't see many tails up here. All have been cut off.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43And value, well, she's going to be worth between about £500 and £600.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Oh, goodness me! Really? Wow, that is a surprise.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Balmoral Castle is a magical place.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56I have so enjoyed my day here today.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58And when you woke up this morning,
0:49:58 > 0:50:00what were you thinking?
0:50:00 > 0:50:03I was looking forward to come to the Antiques Roadshow.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04And I knew you were coming
0:50:04 > 0:50:07and I'd thought, when I saw the poster,
0:50:07 > 0:50:09that this would be the thing to bring.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Where had it been hiding?
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- Really? Erm...- Really.
0:50:13 > 0:50:14In a little box.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16And how long has it been there for?
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Probably about ten years?
0:50:18 > 0:50:20And has it come out,
0:50:20 > 0:50:22and have you worn it in that ten years?
0:50:22 > 0:50:23No.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25I've never wore it.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27So where had it come from?
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Ah... It originally belonged to my great-aunt.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33She, then... When she died, it went to my mother
0:50:33 > 0:50:35who then gave it to me.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38And have you had it looked at? Do you know what it is, or...?
0:50:38 > 0:50:40I believe it's a star sapphire.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Er, my father tells me that about 1968
0:50:43 > 0:50:46he had it valued in a jeweller's in London
0:50:46 > 0:50:48and I think he said £500.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51I think that's right.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Well, it is a star sapphire.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57Now, when the sun comes, or the light is shining on it,
0:50:57 > 0:50:59it produces this six-ray star
0:50:59 > 0:51:03and that is what is so magical about this stone.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Now the reason why that star is happening
0:51:05 > 0:51:09is because there's mineral inclusions inside -
0:51:09 > 0:51:13tiny fine rutile needles that are all positioned in a way
0:51:13 > 0:51:17that it produces this six-ray star.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22It's sort of 1920s, sort of, Deco period.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Er, in platinum.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27And it has baguette-cut diamonds on the side.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31- It's just a sort of accentuating the sapphire itself.- OK.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34It's a Ceylon sapphire, or, of course, Sri Lanka now.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39And...I did sort of an estimated weight
0:51:39 > 0:51:42and it's around about 40 carats in size.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45So it's quite a substantial lump!
0:51:45 > 0:51:46OK.
0:51:47 > 0:51:52Now, you say that in the '60s it was valued at...
0:51:52 > 0:51:53I think £500.
0:51:53 > 0:51:54£500.
0:51:56 > 0:51:57If I said a little bit more...
0:51:57 > 0:51:59would that make you want to wear it?
0:51:59 > 0:52:02I think it's very big on my little skinny fingers.
0:52:02 > 0:52:06Do you know, there is NEVER a jewel that's too big for a woman!
0:52:06 > 0:52:07Ever.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09You have a 40-carat sapphire here!
0:52:09 > 0:52:12I think you should enjoy wearing it.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14OK. OK.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16What if I was to say to you
0:52:16 > 0:52:20that at the right auction, I would say,
0:52:20 > 0:52:23this would be in the region of around
0:52:23 > 0:52:26£6,000 to £8,000.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Oh.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30Maybe I will wear it, then.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32THEY CHUCKLE
0:52:35 > 0:52:38You came along today with a 1914 Christmas tin.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41And that happens quite a lot on the Roadshow.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44And when I open up that Christmas tin, usually inside
0:52:44 > 0:52:46there's a sort of a set of medals.
0:52:46 > 0:52:47And we opened your Christmas tin,
0:52:47 > 0:52:51and we found a 1914-15 Star.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55The 1914-1920 British War Medal.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58The 1914-1919 Allied Victory Medal.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02And, slightly unusually, a 1939-1945 Star
0:53:02 > 0:53:03and an Atlantic Star.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08So, already we're looking at someone who's had a very long service.
0:53:08 > 0:53:09Two wars.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13Then, out of the tin came
0:53:13 > 0:53:14a gallantry card.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Now, they're rare in themselves.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21You don't see those because they are just made of paper.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24They represented a truly heroic act of something on the battlefield
0:53:24 > 0:53:26which you really never get to hear about, but...
0:53:26 > 0:53:29you have one of those.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32But yours was the Christmas tin that just kept on giving,
0:53:32 > 0:53:34because we then pulled out
0:53:34 > 0:53:36a First World War Military Medal.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Two away from the Victoria Cross.
0:53:42 > 0:53:43That was good.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47Then we pulled out a World War II...
0:53:48 > 0:53:52..Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54So now we have a group of medals to a man
0:53:54 > 0:53:58who has been decorated for gallantry over two wars, three times.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01But then you did it again.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04You then pulled out this little black book
0:54:04 > 0:54:07which is called the Continuous Discharge Certificate -
0:54:07 > 0:54:08this is for merchant sailors -
0:54:08 > 0:54:10and one of the ships in here is
0:54:10 > 0:54:12a very well-known ship, isn't it?
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Because here we can see that he was on the ship called
0:54:15 > 0:54:17the Carpathia.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Now, the Carpathia is the ship that answered
0:54:21 > 0:54:24the rescue call that came from the Titanic
0:54:24 > 0:54:28as it sank that April evening in 1912.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31And as we know, the people who were on the Carpathia,
0:54:31 > 0:54:34erm...were given a medal.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- And he has one of those, as well, doesn't he?- Yes.- Because he has...
0:54:37 > 0:54:40- the Carpathia Titanic Medal. - Yeah.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43In all the years I have been collecting medals -
0:54:43 > 0:54:45and I have been collecting medals for maybe...
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Well, it's 45 years, now.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50I started when I was a reasonably small lad - when I was six.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53This is the only one of these I have ever held.
0:54:53 > 0:54:54You have...
0:54:54 > 0:54:56You've made my year.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Who was this chap?
0:54:58 > 0:55:00He was my grandfather.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01My mother's father
0:55:01 > 0:55:03John Cargill.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06And there is the venerable gentlemen...
0:55:06 > 0:55:10wearing his Carpathia medal on one side, and a ribbon bar.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- You have the ribbon bar, as well. - I have the ribbon bar here.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16How did he get to be on the Carpathia?
0:55:16 > 0:55:19My grandfather was a fisherman, really.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22But probably when things were tough in the fishing industry,
0:55:22 > 0:55:24as they have been through history,
0:55:24 > 0:55:27you know, he would take himself off and just earn some money, really.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29What do you know about his time on the Carpathia,
0:55:29 > 0:55:31and that fateful night when the Titanic sank?
0:55:31 > 0:55:34They had obviously put away lifeboats
0:55:34 > 0:55:36to pick up people.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39- I can't imagine.- And he was in one of Carpathia's lifeboats?
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Yes. And a lifeboat's quite high off the water.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44And to physically get people from the water into a lifeboat...
0:55:44 > 0:55:48I was at sea myself, and I can't imagine what it was like that night.
0:55:48 > 0:55:49A long, long time after...
0:55:49 > 0:55:52He was made an honorary member of the Titanic Society in the States
0:55:52 > 0:55:57and there was a lady came to see him one day.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59She'd been a child and she'd been rescued.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01And this lady came to thank him.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03Wow.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05- And do you remember him? - Yes, I remember him very well.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07- And was he like?- Oh, he was a character, I tell you!
0:56:07 > 0:56:09Well, to win this many gallantry medals,
0:56:09 > 0:56:11he had to be some sort of a character, didn't he?
0:56:11 > 0:56:14He had a small fishing boat and him and I
0:56:14 > 0:56:17used to get up in the morning and go to the sea with him
0:56:17 > 0:56:18before I went to school.
0:56:18 > 0:56:19And he'd be saying to me,
0:56:19 > 0:56:22"We'd better get you in. You'd better go to school."
0:56:22 > 0:56:24And I'm thinking, "Don't bother!
0:56:24 > 0:56:26"I'm quite happy where I am."
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Well, I am still shaking.
0:56:29 > 0:56:33Truly, this is an outstanding set of medals.
0:56:35 > 0:56:39The DSM, the Military Medal, and the campaign gallantry card...
0:56:40 > 0:56:44It's almost an unheard of combination.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48£1,500.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52With the Titanic medal...
0:56:52 > 0:56:54£10,000.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56My goodness.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00You have one of the MOST amazing
0:57:00 > 0:57:02groups of medals that I've ever seen.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04They'll be kept in our family.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06You know, but...
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Well, Grandad definitely is someone to be very, very proud of.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- Well done him.- Thanks very much.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13- You know, well done him!- Thank you.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17Well, that just goes to show that behind even the humblest object
0:57:17 > 0:57:19can lie an incredible history.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21What an amazing story!
0:57:21 > 0:57:24We're so honoured here at the Antiques Roadshow
0:57:24 > 0:57:25to come to Balmoral.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28We've seen plenty of royal memorabilia and, do you know,
0:57:28 > 0:57:31we wondered if the odd royal visitor or two might pop by.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Well, they didn't, but we've got the next best thing...
0:57:35 > 0:57:37What can I say? By Royal Appointment!
0:57:37 > 0:57:39From the Antiques Roadshow team
0:57:39 > 0:57:40until next time...
0:57:40 > 0:57:42bye-bye.