Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series.

Antiques Roadshow has graced our screens for forty years and has become one of the nation’s most beloved television programmes and a national institution. It has featured thousands of unique stories over the years, and introduced many incredible characters and unforgettable moments. In this anniversary celebration, Paul Atterbury and Marc Allum look back at the quintessential moments from the show’s illustrious history, providing a look at the history behind the very best and most intriguing objects that have appeared on the show.

Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds reveals the astonishing stories behind findings such as the discovery of the Lalique vase which had been bought for a pound at a car boot sale and left in the loft, only to be valued and sold for £25,000; the twenty-three original Beatrix Potter drawings; a brooch designed by the great Victorian architect William Burges; a poignant letter written by a doomed passenger on the Titanic, and legendary 1970s glam rocker Marc Bolan’s distinctive Gibson Flying V guitar.

Beautifully illustrated, and featuring a wealth of artifacts from the show, this is a truly revealing book, unearthing moments from history through each of the extraordinary objects discovered on the programme.

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Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series.

Antiques Roadshow has graced our screens for forty years and has become one of the nation’s most beloved television programmes and a national institution. It has featured thousands of unique stories over the years, and introduced many incredible characters and unforgettable moments. In this anniversary celebration, Paul Atterbury and Marc Allum look back at the quintessential moments from the show’s illustrious history, providing a look at the history behind the very best and most intriguing objects that have appeared on the show.

Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds reveals the astonishing stories behind findings such as the discovery of the Lalique vase which had been bought for a pound at a car boot sale and left in the loft, only to be valued and sold for £25,000; the twenty-three original Beatrix Potter drawings; a brooch designed by the great Victorian architect William Burges; a poignant letter written by a doomed passenger on the Titanic, and legendary 1970s glam rocker Marc Bolan’s distinctive Gibson Flying V guitar.

Beautifully illustrated, and featuring a wealth of artifacts from the show, this is a truly revealing book, unearthing moments from history through each of the extraordinary objects discovered on the programme.

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Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

by Paul Atterbury, Marc Allum
Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

by Paul Atterbury, Marc Allum

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Overview

A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series.

Antiques Roadshow has graced our screens for forty years and has become one of the nation’s most beloved television programmes and a national institution. It has featured thousands of unique stories over the years, and introduced many incredible characters and unforgettable moments. In this anniversary celebration, Paul Atterbury and Marc Allum look back at the quintessential moments from the show’s illustrious history, providing a look at the history behind the very best and most intriguing objects that have appeared on the show.

Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds reveals the astonishing stories behind findings such as the discovery of the Lalique vase which had been bought for a pound at a car boot sale and left in the loft, only to be valued and sold for £25,000; the twenty-three original Beatrix Potter drawings; a brooch designed by the great Victorian architect William Burges; a poignant letter written by a doomed passenger on the Titanic, and legendary 1970s glam rocker Marc Bolan’s distinctive Gibson Flying V guitar.

Beautifully illustrated, and featuring a wealth of artifacts from the show, this is a truly revealing book, unearthing moments from history through each of the extraordinary objects discovered on the programme.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780008282806
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 08/21/2018
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 7.60(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Paul Atterbury joined BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow as an expert in 1990, specialising in 19th and 20th century art and architecture. He has written widely on history, railways, arts and travel, as well as curating exhibitions for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Marc Allum is a freelance art and antiques writer, broadcaster, consultant and lecturer based in Wiltshire. He has been a miscellaneous specialist on the Antiques Roadshow since 1998 and has appeared on various other television and radio programmes. Marc spent 16 years as a London-based auctioneer and has written and contributed to numerous books. He writes regularly for magazines and has a passion for playing the bass guitar and tinkering with large engines.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

A William Burges bottle 16

A Sioux Warrior bronze 20

Ozzy the owl 24

A Foujita painting 28

A Richard Dadd painting 30

An Album of Filipino watercolours 36

Paul Storr salts 38

A Renaissance gold plaque 42

A Delftware Turk's head 44

A pair of Regency peat buckets 50

A William Orpen portrait 52

A Churchill cigar 56

A Steiff Titanic hear 58

A Waterloo chest 62

The credenza story 64

A Francis Souza painting 66

Mughal bracelets 68

Scott expedition photographs 72

The Blue John 76

Queen Anne's travelling chest 78

Buffalo Bill's gloves 82

An Alma-Tadema portrait 86

A cold-painted bronze parrot 90

Van Dyck portrait 92

A Stuart table casket 98

Henry Moore letters 100

A Märklin tinplate biplane 104

The Cottingley fairies 106

Scrimshaw carvers 110

Newspaper posters 112

Beatrix Potter drawings 114

'The Winner' enamel advertising sign 118

The Keel of Endeavour 122

Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Rally car 124

Carpathia memorabilia 126

A Leiea II Luxus camera 128

A Terry Frost portrait 134

Marc Bolan's Gibson 'Flying V' guitar 136

Graham Sutherland painting 140

A Lalique vase 142

Dambusters' panda mascot 148

A plane spotter's notebooks 150

A William Burges brooch 154

A stump work box 156

Titanic letter 160

A Saxon gold ring 164

A Tourmaline ring 166

A silver duck claret jug 168

The refuse tip jewellery 170

An English marquetry commode 174

Margaret James, poster designer 176

A William Kent style table 180

An Audemars Piguet watch 184

An eighteenth-century dress 186

Status Quo tapestry 190

Lawrence of Arabia's watch 192

A diamond butterfly brooch 194

A Steiff Clown bear 198

The Hiroshima Bowls 200

The Great Train Robbers' Monopoly set 202

A Thomas Telford gate 204

A Yuan bronze vase 206

A bizarre fishing rod 208

A Japonisme Gem 210

A Suffragette medal 214

A Lindner portrait 218

Fiji bulibuli club 220

The Tory loo seat 226

A Dolls' house 228

An Apothecary cabinet 232

A Shakespeare notebook 234

Banksy lovers 240

An English Rose kitchen 244

JFK's flying jacket 246

Rommel's cigarette packet 248

Old Testament figures 252

Jean Dupas posters 254

A Chinese armorial dish 256

A Frodsham mantel clock 258

A Carticr wristwatch 260

Mrs Ambrose's punch pot 262

Martinware collection 264

Lloyd's Patriotic Fund sword 268

Cromwell's funeral flag 272

Jane Austen's cup-and-ball 276

The Crawley silver 278

A George Richmond miniature 280

A caravan planned by a P.O.W. 282

'May the Force' 286

An L. S. Lowry painting 288

Bull's head stirrup cups 290

Dickin medals 292

A Lewis Carroll collection 294

An Indian portrait 296

An Early doll 298

A Maria Heathcote portrait 300

A Weird glass 302

Special programmes 306

Index 316

Picture credits 319

Acknowledgements 320

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