Antiques roadshow 40 years of great finds
Book - 2017
Gracing our screens for forty years, one of the nation's most beloved television programmes has become a national institution. The Antiques Roadshow has given the opportunity for thousands of unique stories to be told over the years, as well as the introduction of many incredible characters. In this exclusive new compendium, some of the classic moments from the show are featured, providing an intriguing look at the fascinating history behind each object. The show has created some historical television moments, including the Lalique vase which had been bought for a pound at a car boot sale and left in the loft, only to be valued at 25,000. Beautifully illustrated, and featuring a diverse mix of the fabulous finds from the show, this is ...a truly revealing book, uncovering many fascinating moments from history through each of the extraordinary items discovered in its forty-year history.
- Subjects
- Published
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London :
William Collins
2017.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this compendium accompanies the BBC One TV series"--Back cover.
- Physical Description
- 320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780008282806
- Introduction
- A William Burges bottle
- A Sioux Warrior bronze
- Ozzy the owl
- A Foujita painting
- A Richard Dadd painting
- An Album of Filipino watercolours
- Paul Storr salts
- A Renaissance gold plaque
- A Delftware Turk's head
- A pair of Regency peat buckets
- A William Orpen portrait
- A Churchill cigar
- A Steiff Titanic hear
- A Waterloo chest
- The credenza story
- A Francis Souza painting
- Mughal bracelets
- Scott expedition photographs
- The Blue John
- Queen Anne's travelling chest
- Buffalo Bill's gloves
- An Alma-Tadema portrait
- A cold-painted bronze parrot
- Van Dyck portrait
- A Stuart table casket
- Henry Moore letters
- A Märklin tinplate biplane
- The Cottingley fairies
- Scrimshaw carvers
- Newspaper posters
- Beatrix Potter drawings
- 'The Winner' enamel advertising sign
- The Keel of Endeavour
- Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Rally car
- Carpathia memorabilia
- A Leiea II Luxus camera
- A Terry Frost portrait
- Marc Bolan's Gibson 'Flying V' guitar
- Graham Sutherland painting
- A Lalique vase
- Dambusters' panda mascot
- A plane spotter's notebooks
- A William Burges brooch
- A stump work box
- Titanic letter
- A Saxon gold ring
- A Tourmaline ring
- A silver duck claret jug
- The refuse tip jewellery
- An English marquetry commode
- Margaret James, poster designer
- A William Kent style table
- An Audemars Piguet watch
- An eighteenth-century dress
- Status Quo tapestry
- Lawrence of Arabia's watch
- A diamond butterfly brooch
- A Steiff Clown bear
- The Hiroshima Bowls
- The Great Train Robbers' Monopoly set
- A Thomas Telford gate
- A Yuan bronze vase
- A bizarre fishing rod
- A Japonisme Gem
- A Suffragette medal
- A Lindner portrait
- Fiji bulibuli club
- The Tory loo seat
- A Dolls' house
- An Apothecary cabinet
- A Shakespeare notebook
- Banksy lovers
- An English Rose kitchen
- JFK's flying jacket
- Rommel's cigarette packet
- Old Testament figures
- Jean Dupas posters
- A Chinese armorial dish
- A Frodsham mantel clock
- A Carticr wristwatch
- Mrs Ambrose's punch pot
- Martinware collection
- Lloyd's Patriotic Fund sword
- Cromwell's funeral flag
- Jane Austen's cup-and-ball
- The Crawley silver
- A George Richmond miniature
- A caravan planned by a P.O.W.
- 'May the Force'
- An L. S. Lowry painting
- Bull's head stirrup cups
- Dickin medals
- A Lewis Carroll collection
- An Indian portrait
- An Early doll
- A Maria Heathcote portrait
- A Weird glass
- Special programmes
- Index
- Picture credits
- Acknowledgements