Vintage chair worth £1,500 used to balance paint pots

A recent edition of Antiques Roadshow featured a stylish upholstered easy chair, circa 1940s. One of a pair that the owners inherited with a 1930s house they bought, it had been used to balance paint pots and stand on while they decorated. However, the chairs were by designer Eric Lyons, worth up to £1,500 at auction. (more…)

Italian antique desk and chair spark interest on Antiques Roadshow

A beautiful ivory inlaid antique desk and matching antique dining chair were two of the items seen by the Antiques Roadshow experts when they made a return visit to York recently. They were valued at around £3,000 for the pair – a fraction of what they would have been worth had they been originals, rather than 19th century copies. (more…)

The amazing antiques expert and his travelling one man show

An antiques expert in America has become a travelling one man Antiques Roadshow, visiting counties across the North West to tell residents what their antique cabinets and other valuables might be worth. (more…)

Real Deal supports antique dealers in Lancashire

Everything from Victorian mahogany pedestal desks to vintage pepper pots are bought and sold in the antiques shops of Bury and on Tuesday David Dickinson was there to meet some of the locals. (more…)