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Southport - Antique Spot with John Nolan

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  1. A Cabinet or Sideboard ?
    Started by Trubble 05/03/2011

    Hi John, Could you possibly identify this item ? Is it a Display Cabinet, Sideboard or even a Cocktail Cabinet ? I tried to find one like it, but Im having no luck Thank you

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    09/03/2011 03:55 PM
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  2. nice watercolour
    Started by briana5125 07/03/2011

    hello john i picked up this very nice watercolour scene today its unsigned to what i can see but it may have a signature underneith the border, i dont know i think its excellent quality and looks like some kind of venetian scene what do you think in terms of value for an unsigned work of...

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    07/03/2011 09:00 PM
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  3. old wall clock need some advice!
    Started by woody2011 27/02/2011

    hi everyone i have this old wall clock which im thinking of selling, but i could do with some advice on it regarding value as im new to this sort of thing any help or advice would be grateful. only thing i no is it was made in Germany by a company called Hamburg American Company (HAC)...

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    02/03/2011 09:12 PM
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  4. Antiques Make You Crazy.
    Started by briana5125 28/02/2011

    WELL BREAKING NEWS TODAY. I HAVE JUST LEFT THE JOB I HATE TO CONCENTRATE FULLY OF ANTIQUE DEALING. ARGHHH HAVE I GONE MAD STARTING TO PANIC A BIT.. :gasp

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    28/02/2011 07:52 PM
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  5. Creamware Figure
    Started by briana5125 25/02/2011

    Hello John Would Like Your Opinion On This What I Think Is An Early Creamware Figure. I Think It Dates Around C1820 Little Bit Of Damage On The Basket Handle.. What Do You Think Of Its Value John..

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    26/02/2011 04:38 PM
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  6. The famous game of Monopoly has been around for ever. NO, it was only ROUND for one year. :idea 1933 the year Everton beat Manchester City 3-0 in the FA Cup final :gwave Originally invented 1933 by Charles Darrow based on the city, Atlantic City, USA. It was a round board painted on...

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    25/02/2011 05:26 PM
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  7. ANTIQUE TRAIL DOES INDEED LEAD TO SOUTHPORT. It would seem that the Antique Trail does in fact wind its way through England to Southport. Over the years I have persuaded all the antique shows to our town. This week ITV and "Secret Dealers". Last week it was BBC and THE ANTIQUE MASTER. ...

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    25/02/2011 08:09 AM
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  8. miniature painting
    Started by briana5125 20/02/2011

    hi all. today i have bought a few paintings and other items .. one of the items was this miniature painting .. signed to lower right ' barton leicester' i am trying to decide what this means. i bought this in ireland and there was an irish painter 'rose maynard barton' 1856-1929 who...

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    20/02/2011 05:55 PM
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  9. Help with mirrors
    Started by higsons 16/02/2011

    Hello First time trying this and had problems with images! I have two mirrors that I am thinking of selling so am looking for advice and idea of value. They were both here when the house was bought so I know nothing of their history. The mirrors are all flat and there are no defects The...

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    20/02/2011 12:45 PM
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  10. A Few More Bits N Peices
    Started by briana5125 18/02/2011

    Hello All I Am Looking For Help On A Couple Of Peices I Have And Would Be Grateful If Anyone Can Shed Any Light On Them. Ok The First Peice Is A Nice Peice Of Art Neuveau Pottery -looks Continental - Signed To Base - Probably French? The Next Peice Is Also A Peice Ceramic Vase From...

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    19/02/2011 10:59 PM
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  11. Stafforshire Figures
    Started by briana5125 16/02/2011

    Hello John I Have This Pair Of Staffordshire Figures Here And Would Be Gratefull If You Could Help Me Out With A Valuation Or Maybe If You Could Tell Me Anything About Them I.e Approx Date...the Name Of The Pair Ect. So They Are As I Said Genuine Staffordshire Flatback Figures. Excellent...

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    17/02/2011 06:39 AM
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  12. BBC - Antiques Master In Town
    Started by theantiquesman 15/02/2011

    15th Feb 2011 The BBC team arrived this morning to view the antiques that John Nolan www.theantiquesman.com who had set aside for the BBC television programme Antiques Master. The TV programme is the brain child of Eric Knowles one of the experts on the Antique Road Show. The show in the last...

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    15/02/2011 05:17 PM
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  13. Any football lovers / admirers here?
    Started by Advanced 07/12/2010

    Hi all. Just by way of interest is there any football supporters here on this forum? For me it is Arsenal all the way! It would be interesting if anybody wanted to state if the enjoy the sport and if so who do they support. Best wishes all!

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    14/02/2011 12:36 AM
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  14. Post cards of Liverpool
    Started by theantiquesman 11/02/2011

    Not the usual post cards you expect to see about Liverpool Post cards over the last few years have seen a surge in...

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    11/02/2011 04:23 PM
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  15. Egyptian Antiques.
    Started by theantiquesman 11/02/2011

    briana5125 thread I thought this would be interesting :idea new items :d As the situation in Egypt worsens the tomb robbers are a work. stealing, rifling, pillaging, looting and selling the items to the tourist who are making a run for it from the airports. One of these looted items...

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    11/02/2011 02:40 PM
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  16. Gnomes
    Started by 2fat 06/11/2008

    Hi John Can you tell me anything about these gnomes please? I have 5 of them and some are damaged but they are still all interesting. I believe the "Duke" David Dickinson has at least one in his collection, so when you see him next week could you ask for me please? ...

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    10/02/2011 05:39 PM
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  17. tiny peice of social history-liverpool
    Started by briana5125 10/02/2011

    i found these playing cards lying around my house and thought i would post them for you to look at. not much in the way of value i think but a little bit of social history of liverpool. they are a full deck of playing cards made john waddington limited....have the look of the 1920's about...

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    10/02/2011 05:25 PM
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  18. Antique Master
    Started by theantiquesman 10/02/2011

    Antiques Master BBC 2 is back and the search is on to find the next amateur antiques expert worthy of the title. Are you an amateur antiques aficionado? Can you distinguish your Lalique from your Venini? Is your antiques knowledge priceless?

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    10/02/2011 05:06 PM
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  19. unknown item Antique????help
    Started by briana5125 04/02/2011

    hello john n all i have this interesting object to show you , maybe you could give me an opinion on what you think about it? o.k its a solid hard wood thing. :d possibly oriental hand carved with what looks like a peacock and a dragon. around 4.5 inch in diameter

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    09/02/2011 11:11 PM
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  20. old school desks -- a few 6off
    Started by Knot wright 04/02/2011

    freind of mine was wondering how much they are worth ?

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    08/02/2011 11:39 PM
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  21. religious
    Started by theantiquesman 06/02/2011

    As you know I deal and collect religious objects. From carved wooden Buddhas to the interior of a Pugin Church From Sir Walter Raleigh's C 1600 " History of the World " bible to religious relics of saints. My favourite item is a set of prayer beads photograph to follow that was given to me by...

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    07/02/2011 03:20 AM
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  22. Preston Antique Centre in the news again
    Started by theantiquesman 03/02/2011

    The Preston Antique Centre in Horrocks Mill, New Hall Road Preston has been supplying the world with antiques for over 30 years. So it is no surprise that the BBC is visiting the Centre yet again. Eric Knowles from Antique Road Show fame is making a 2nd series of Antique Master and the show has...

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    04/02/2011 05:16 PM
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  23. A GOOD READ. ANTIQUES by Eric Knowles
    Started by theantiquesman 04/02/2011

    I have to recommend this book as a good read. Written by Eric Knowles. I know the name is familiar........ You got it, that's him, one of the last remaining Burnley Football Fans.

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    04/02/2011 05:03 PM
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  24. Antique Master. BBC to visit shop again
    Started by theantiquesman 04/02/2011

    3rd time in a year the TV people are visiting MY shop. This time "Antique Master" Antique Master is the brain child...

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    04/02/2011 11:11 AM
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  25. Royal Albert
    Started by vanman 03/02/2011

    Royal Albert is one of the most respected names to do with china making in England. Manufactured originally by T.C.Wild and Sons Ltd. Crown China Works, High Street, (later St Marys Works) Longton, Staffordshire, England C 1896 to the 20th December 2002. That was the date Royal Doulton...

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    03/02/2011 04:43 PM
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  26. Two Oil Portrait's
    Started by Advanced 22/01/2011

    Hi John. Currently for sale is two portraits which allegedly date to the 17th Century. I am not so sure... Stylistically they look okay. They are painted in the oval format and the clothing is reminiscent of the 17th Century. The canvas that they are painted on may of been cut down and...

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    22/01/2011 11:11 PM
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  27. Stuffed Birds & Case
    Started by Advanced 22/01/2011

    Hi John. I have recently acquired a stuffed birds and case. I was told it dates to the 19th Century. What do you think about the value of this and the authenticity of the age? Regards.

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    22/01/2011 10:36 PM
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  28. Collectable Childrens Book
    Started by briana5125 22/01/2011

    Hello I Have This Childrens Book Here...i Am Just Looking To Know If Anyone Has Seen It Before Or Where I Could Do Abit Of Research On It.. I Have Tried Abebooks Ect. And Cant Find This Book Anywhere. Its Called Aeroplane Pictures And Was Published By The Oxford University Press , No...

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    22/01/2011 10:30 PM
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  29. 2000 year old Roman Urn
    Started by theantiquesman 22/01/2011

    The old joke ...............whats an Italian urn. :idea £445,000 John Barratt of Bath inherited in the 1950's from his father Sir Sydney Barratt an urn old urn. He drilled it and put a cable through and made it into a lamp and proudly placed it and the red lamp shade on a table in his hall....

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    22/01/2011 03:56 PM
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  30. by George, it will be the Elgin Marbles next.
    Started by theantiquesman 22/01/2011

    by George, it will be the Elgin Marbles next. :d Pop star Boy George bought an Icon in the 1980's and proudly displayed it on his bedroom wall. It was not until Bishop Porfyrios of the Greek Orthodox Church watched a Dutch TV documentary about the life of the pop star did the story of the Icon...

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    22/01/2011 03:33 PM
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  31. theantiquesman web site down
    Started by vanman 07/01/2011

    it is my site www.theantiquesman.com that that is down. :( so please type in www.antiquestrade.org this will take you strait to www.theantiquesman.com. :)

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    14/01/2011 11:54 PM
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  32. great new site World Digital Library by UNESCO
    Started by theantiquesman 10/01/2011

    www.wdl.org Another step in progress towards world civilization and understanding of the oneness of humankind. World Digital Library by UNESCO is now open in 7 languages if you are interested or wish to use it www.wdl.org

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    13/01/2011 03:40 AM
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  33. A Pair Of Circa 1900 Mantle Clocks
    Started by Advanced 07/01/2011

    Hi Vanny. Hope you are well - Right, I am considering diversifying a bit... I have spotted what I believe to be a nice enough pair of mantle clocks. (Not a matching pair.) I don't know anything about clocks so under normal circumstances I would not even consider them, however they just stood...

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    07/01/2011 10:41 PM
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  34. unusual silver
    Started by briana5125 07/01/2011

    hello john i have come across this interesting peice and would be grateful if you could tell anything about it i.e what it is? age, value.ect its about 6 inch in size and has what looks like 911 stamped on the back. thanks

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    07/01/2011 02:59 PM
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  35. The year starts ..........On the TV again
    Started by vanman 05/01/2011

    5 pm Wednesday 5th January 2011 On the TV again BBC "ANTIQUE ROAD TRIP".

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    07/01/2011 12:38 AM
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  36. Satsuma Vase?
    Started by John D. 04/01/2011

    Hello everyone. I recently bought this vase at a rural estate sale and am having some trouble identifying it. The crackled glaze, style of painting and the mark on the bottom all lead me to believe it is a real satsuma, but I'm lost when it comes to identifying the specific period or its...

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    06/01/2011 01:53 PM
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  37. Happy New Year
    Started by theantiquesman 01/01/2011

    I wish you all a Happy New Year. Lets hope is is a good one for the antiques trade all the best. John Nolan

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    01/01/2011 09:16 PM
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  38. Hi all. I have got a oil on metal painting possibly the medium is copper or tin. It looks to be well painted and quite an old work. I have estimated its origins. Possibly an old 18thC / 19thC copy of a oil painting by Gabriel Metsu?

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    30/12/2010 05:41 PM
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  39. Oil on Canvas Painting Of A Ship
    Started by Advanced 27/12/2010

    Hi Vanny. I hope you had a good Christmas... Hope you didn't get to drunk, and if you did I suppose you wouldn't remember it and if you didn't congratulations. Now the serious stuff... i just had an oil painting go unsold on eBay. Not a terrible quality lot and not terrible quality but it...

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    29/12/2010 11:22 AM
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  40. Portrait - Oil Painting Purporting to be C.1843?
    Started by Advanced 27/12/2010

    Hi. I have recently successfully won a oil painting which is purporting to be circa. 1843. Now before winning the item I was in two minds about the oil painting, now the more I look at it the more sceptical I am becoming. Does it look right to you Vanny or is it an over painted print? ...

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    28/12/2010 11:35 PM
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  41. Holy and happy Christmas.
    Started by vanman 24/12/2010

    24th December 2010. This will be my 65th Christmas on the planet and in those years I have never known a Christmas so bad, weather wise and business wise. But, looking on the bright side I am well, my family is well and my shop is full of stock. Over 90,000 items at the last count that is...

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    26/12/2010 02:29 PM
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  42. London Group Catalogue - 1951
    Started by 2fat 08/12/2010

    I've just come across this old catalogue from the London Group ...amazingly there are two L S Lowry's listed $63 & £105 respectively. Host of other artists too. E le Bas, Elliott Seabrooke & David Bomberg to name a few. Do you think it has any value? wish it had been signed by Lowry ;)

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    11/12/2010 12:38 AM
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