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    Series: Dickinson’s Real Deal
    Episode: Series 12 Episode 63
    Location: Harrogate, Yorkshire

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    A trio of antique dealers decide whether or not to make offers for people’s possessions or allow the owners to take a risk at auction.

    Welcome to Dickinson’s Real Deal. Dickinson: the flamboyant antique expert helps the public make the most money from their old antiques. Are today’s guests about to produce big windfalls or big busts? Find out!

    The challenge is how to get the best deal. Contestants meet the dealers who offer cash for an item. The seller must decide whether to accept the guaranteed money or risk fortune or failure in the auction room. Of course, placing one’s trust in a positive auction outcome is a gamble in itself! Will they make the right choice?

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    [Applause] Hello welcome to the show I’m David Dickinson and this is the real deal the great thing about this show is you just never know what’s around the corner I love it it’s so cute pull a pin out and run like H what do you think Grandad he said take one back I don’t

    Know they know what they’re doing around here and those dealers they’ve got their work us out today I would go the other F you can put another 10 down £25 no no no no no no no no no no 200 don’t start shaking your head before I even got

    There I’m not leaving here without £500 towards my new car what a show we’ve got thank you Simon back take it Back today we’re in harut the doors are open everyone’s raring to go hello June I’m David lovely to meet you and the new friendship isn’t the only thing blossoming on David Ford’s table I got a little pretty picture of flowers doesn’t look very old but it’s a jolly little

    Picture I’m hoping to get about £80 for it I’m just hoping he’s not going to be too stingy with me today and gives me a good price of course he will tell me about your picture well it was given to me by a gentleman that I

    Used to clean for all right and um it it’s a local artist that painted it oen boing and he used to do a lots of painting around the farm where this came from when my boss had to move into a smaller accommodation retire he gave me the painting and you’ve enjoyed it I’ve

    Enjoyed it for some years yes and so what’s made you decide to sell it now well I’m not getting any younger oh come on I wish I was come on seriously and also I think well my son one day will have to clear all these things away he won’t know what to do

    With it and I thought I’d like a nice day in scabra that’s why I brought it along hoping you’re going to be generous [Laughter] well um when was it painted 1950 1960 about that’s it’s not really one would call an antique no it isn’t it’s um

    Signed down the bottom yes it is yeah in boing yeah he died in about 1967 that’s that sort of time but he has exhibited around the country um I know that much about him and looking at it it’s in oil but it’s also got a little

    Bit of acrylic paint on there so it’s mixed media and it’s nicely presented in this little frame when did he start do you know when he started painting still lives and things like that what well it late actually when he was his his health

    Was failing oh yes and um he used to do scenery one the fields and everything but then his health failed and he had to go into still life you know more so he’s getting older anyway cuz he was born during the latter part of the 19th century

    Yeah um well I’ll get some money out shall I yes that would be nice £50 maybe just a little bit more pleases £100 £100 for your painting yes um well when I go to scarra I would like some fish and chips and no you’ll

    Have a nice day out on scar £100 and I might want to stay bed and breakfast oh I see so you couldn’t manage a little bit more so I’m taking you on this trip yeah and here’s David to give us some input yes that would be well I just run

    Back to my independent value is to get their input because everyone has an opinion on these things 80 to 120 100 to 150 a local artist highly regarded competent brings decent money in the room depending on the size and subject matter I’m going to say if you want to

    Buy this Dave put a bit more money in and try and persuade this lady otherwise I’m going to say to you that’s not a bad gambling lot he’s rated he’s known and he’s a smart artist I I I’ll put another £20 down and offer you 120 which is sort of

    Middle estimate yeah uh and that’s it for me I’m off to scarber now so we have a deal oh that’s great thank you so much thank you40 extra thank you David I shall have a lovely time in scarra with a little bit more money than you expected perhaps you’ll send me a

    Postcard a stick of rock would be nice too anyway moving on Pamela’s brought in a little something for f rter uh what is it a little tiny tea shovel I love it it’s so cute I hope fa will be really sweet to me and you know give me at

    Least 30 for it I don’t know how much I’m going to put down for this I think I need a cup of tea and think about it we haven’t time for that this is really dinky it is isn’t it what can you tell me about it well I think it’s like a

    Sugar spoon but in fact is maybe used for tea evidently yes and it evidently dates back to 18006 okay which is over 200 years old yeah and it’s very pretty little thing really it is a pretty little out of the family I presume you have tea bags and have no

    Call for a tea caddy spoon nowadays that’s right oh it’s beautifully marked on the back as well as you say it’s George III that’s right Birmingham Hallmark and it’s 1806 so that is lovely it looks to me as if the inside of this scoop has been gilded at some point and it

    Has a beautiful little detail that we’d call or describe as bright cut pattern to it the condition of it is lovely um as I said we have some gilding here if it had been over cleaned then the gilding would be missing no dents so it really is in lovely condition sweet

    Going back 1806 tea was such an expensive commodity and big households would have a tea caddy and the mixing bowls and then they’d use the tea scoop to mix the tea mix it in the bowl and the tea would be kept under lock and key so whoever owned this would have been a

    Very wealthy person in their time yeah um but of course nowadays we have tea bags and nobody uses a te- scoop and everything but it’s such a pretty little thing okay let’s put some money down 20 £30 I’d like a bit bit more than that

    Really with it being so old you know I think it’s worth a bit more really with it being 200 odd years old I’ve put another 1010 on the table but that is where I would like to be so you have to make a decision whether you

    Would like to go to auction or whether you would like to accept the deal I’ll accept the deal are you sure yes B okay that’s lovely P thank you very much for coming along thank you bae was really good and she gave me a good deal so I’m going to put this for

    My holiday fund I think there’ll probably be a little profit definitely not a big one you all say that coming up our sellers drive a hard bargain 120 nowhere near I was hoping just a little bit more I don’t think I’m going to give you anymore and price

    Isn’t the only thing Simon disagrees with this is the absolute Pinnacle of car mascots no it’s not it is not it is no it’s [Applause] not welcome back to Dickinson’s Real Deal a pair of VES now for Helen Gardner and double trouble from Gemma and Marie

    I brought my daughter Gemma here for a bit of moral support so we can try and get a little bit more money I hope I’m not going to have some trouble with these girls I wouldn’t bet against it so what can you tell me about these

    Vases I’ve had them for a few months and uh I bought them cuz I like the color I like the design and I used to just keep them in the cupboard then I used to put them near the fireplace and everything but I was just worried in case they got

    Broken well they’re very handsome V vases do you like them Gemma yeah no I do I just think it could have been a bit brighter but you know I like the design I think they they’re nice colors interesting interesting vases in so much as they’re not old and here it says hand

    Painted and it’s a very very modern Mark as you can see I don’t think they’re more than 20 years old mhm they’re possibly Chinese but they’re interesting because the coloring and the patterns these colors and tones are called the Amari pattern mhm now the whole history of Amari is very very interesting it

    Starts in Japan in the 17th century and it evolves into these colors and then in the 18th century the Chinese started to copy it and then in the 19th century the Japanese started to copy the Chinese but it’s been copied so many times and it’s still being copied today

    Because of the attractive colors and it’s always been popular anyway let me put some money on the table it’s £20 and 20 it’s not going to be a big offer what are you thinking about that I was hoping for just a little bit more I don’t think I’m going to give you

    Anymore if I do it’ll be5 they are nice you can’t stretch it to 50 I’m not going to stretch it to £50 no really that’s as far as I want to go but because you’re so nice I would go the other F or if I’ve got a fiber you can put another

    10 that’s fine we don’t mind another 10 do we JMA I’m sure I’ve got a Fiverr somewhere £25 no no no no no no no no no no I’m not going to do that there’s your fiber £5 is my very last bit but here is David and David is

    Going to give you the very best advice well it’s Maria and jamama isn’t it it is I’ve got two estimates here I’ve got 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 what’s on the table is a fair offer I’m not so sure we could do a lot better by going to auction we

    Might get a little bit more but with commission I think that’s a fair price well thank you David I know he’s wonderful isn’t he he is £45 that’s I think is more than I really wanted to pay but you squeeze the other five out me what you going to do

    Girls what do you think Gemma I think we should take it personally okay all right then we’ll take the money take the money we will thank you very much probably a good choice thank you thank you thank you for bringing in such nice things I think those girls ganged up on

    Me they got the last penny out of me for those vases it’s all for a good cause this is all towards Lauren’s birthday nothing for me come on girls don’t spoil it Sorry hello there nice to meet you you next up is it a bird is it a Play Come On Alfred tell us all about it I brought along what I believe is the Holy Grail of car mascots his Pegasus to Flying H doing 100 miles in it if he knows

    Anything about car mascots he’ll know that this is rather special and I’m hoping for a minimum of £400 oh sorry uh I’ve got a nice little car mascot next oh Simon so what are you bought in this funny old horse what’s that then a funny old horse now then

    This is the absolute Pinnacle of car mascots no it’s not it is not all right my father bought it in the 1920s right and it was on his first car which was a bullnosed Morris cowy right right then during the war it was on his

    Ford prefect ah after the war it was on an Austin a70 if you remember those I remember the full prefect yes and then finally on a Vox or wyvern now unfortunately my dad had a stroke in the 60s and never recovered a you know it wasn’t able to drive anymore but just

    Before he had his stroke he had a friend who was the chauff for handyman for Hudson’s Engineering in East London right they took it and professionally cleaned it and then Diamond hard crowned it I was going to say I thought it might have been recr it’s been Diamond hard

    That is you know the bees knes it is a lovely car mascot and the reason nice that it’s not the Pinnacle of them because in my world the best car mascots are the Lite glass ones because they’re the ones that are very very highly collectible but I think his Chrome car

    Mascots go it’s very it’s Pegasus isn’t it yes it’s Pegasus the flying H let me have a look at it a bit closer anyway I think it’s German it might be French right well we’ve got a number on the back that I can see here Alfred and it’s a registration

    Number and it’s simply a 6 digits registration number which would make me think and I might be totally wrong that it was probably British because normally the registration numbers like this you find on British goods um it’s very nicely modeled very nicely modeled indeed and whoever rechromed this has

    Done a really good job on it because in actual fact sometimes when something’s rechrome it loses some of the detail that’s underneath where I don’t think this has I mean you can still see the Feathering all the way down here but yeah you know so it’s a nice quality

    Thing I think it’s collectible I like it the question is how much do you like it how much do I like it and do I like it financially as much as you do oh I like it it’s my father’s or it was my father’s but it’s no longer going to be

    Of used to me this is what I was about to ask whatever I get for it I’m going to split it between my wife and my two daughters I’d like to think that my old man um is looking down and saying don’t you let that go cheap son no we no one

    Wants you to say jeart for me right I know I know you teasing you I’m only teasing you anyway Alfred I do like your car mascot and I’m going to make you an offer for it and I just hope you think it’s a fair offer 20 40 60 80 20 nowhere near I don’t see it a lot more than that I really I knew you I just had this feeling that you reckon this I’ve got to be honest I do reck I I know you reckon it I don’t see it a lot more than that Alfred look let’s get David’s opinion

    And let’s see where we can go from there I’d welcome David’s opinion well dates back to about the 30s I suppose 1920 actually is it 20 okay well well if you say that 20 sounds all right to us um 2 to 300 was the estimate and I’m going to

    Say this to you it’s pretty obvious to me that Simon likes it only to a price and if he doesn’t like it any more than that I’m going to say auction wider audience open it up there is a chance of getting to car mascot collectors and that’s what we need someone that’s

    Really into Carl muscot collecting and so my advice if you if that’s the way you want to be Simon I’m going to say let’s go to auction and I agree so are you happy with that of course listen the very best of luck thank you very much for coming to stay

    Off I hope it’ll fly in the auction for £400 plus he’s got quite high expectations but you know best of luck Alfred today’s Auctioneer David elop isn’t Vince it’ll make 400 either I don’t think it will scale those Heights but I certainly think it will make the 2 to 300

    Mark now you sat down with Simon Schneider on the day he offered you £ 1220 that’s correct what was your answer to that well quite honestly nowhere near quite honestly nowhere near Simon Okay the reserve is set at2 200 is it going to sell let’s find out it’s coming up

    Over there nice time hard chromed mascot this I’ll start you away on the book at 150 bid they’ve gone in £50 150 bid do I see 160 160 170 170 Bard 170 180 on the internet 190 with me 190 200 on the internet it is 200 it’s on the internet

    And all done and finished at200 on the internet it is that just came in right on the reserve there is commission to take off I make that £ 164 you’re going home with so perhaps expectation was a bit higher well I mean the money is going to my

    Wife and my daughter’s so I don’t get a penny out of it okay I I was a bit disappointed with that price okay I hear what you’re saying uh of course the commission is is is quite a chunk of change I that that comes off and it’s 164 and that is the real

    Deal after the break sign s’s hoping to earn a crust nice big French sck we’re thinking about that thing we’re talking big bagett but David Ford is having a blast wonder what this pins for oh apparently there’s a bit of noise back there bit of quiet please got that one [Applause]

    Wrong where have you been welcome back to Dickinson’s real deal now most of our sellers come ready to do battle so hello but Steve and Joe have taken it one step further today we brought in a hand grenade that I inherited from my grandparents do you think it’s worth a

    Bomb I think we’ll be looking for about £ 125 which would be ideal for our trip to New York I think this is one of those deals that really could go with a bang take cover so who actually owns this weapon of mass destruction that would be me that would be

    You so how did it come into your hands um I inherited it from my grandparents all right um he was in the War uh World War II but we believe it’s from World War I from his father uh who was based in Malta and used as a training device to show how

    Hand grenades were used and how they work yeah so you think it’s World War I think so yeah because um there’s a a nut on it in there that I think is made of brass and after the first World War I think they were made out of a different

    Alloy okay that’s interesting I wouldn’t have known that so it’s quite it’s quite old and rare I think it’s it’s called a Mills bomb yes but it’s actually a grenade um a fragmentation grenade and this would have been used to show the guys how it all works and what they were

    Actually handling I I I’ve never known how long after you pull the pin um you had to wait before you Tred it it does actually work you you can prime it and apparently it hits the fuse at the bottom and then it travels up the fuse so you’ve got however long it takes

    However long that is but do we do we know how long that is I don’t know no it’s not long 5 seconds maybe I don’t know interesting thing actually these were made Mills I I discovered were um Mills boms were actually made in Sunderland all right okay they then

    Through the government sent them out to various people manufacturers uh to make them under license these were made by this Chap radal and Company who were actually cycle and motor manufacturers in Birmingham you how many of these were made between the first world war and the

    End of the second World War uh I’m not sure 7 million was there yeah lethal things aren’t there yes I mean when they blew up they fragmented so each of these pieces became lethal piece of yeah yeah you see the sge major game right there this is how

    We go in you pull a pin out and run like H excuse my friend uh I imagine there are collectors out there for things like this are we did research it a couple of years ago and um they are quite rare especially with the box and it’s been in our Loft for years

    Came across it the other day because we’re getting a loft conversion so we clear out the Loft yeah so if I’m able to buy this yes and I give you enough money what do you plan to do with the well we we’ve got an upcoming trip to

    New York where we’re taking the kids and oh how lovely it’s a fantastic place it’s alive with people activity something yeah yeah £40 no I’ve got a bit more here £50 I think that’s really where I want to be isn’t it £50 55 I think it’s worth more we know it’s

    Worth more you know it is yes yeah that’s probably less than half of what we’re looking for really another F isn’t going to change your mind is it should I put it down there you can put it down there 60 no I think we’ll have a go at auction okay

    Well good luck at auction hope it goes very well for you thanks Joel thanks Steve thank you hopefully the biders will be blown away by this in the sail room ah very good there’s all sorts of people out there that love collecting War memorabilia so might just do well who

    Knows today’s Auctioneer David is the man in the know military is a big collecting area now something we have a big client base for so I think it will do really well owners Steve will be keeping his fingers crossed today he can’t make it to the sale um I’m looking

    After his interest it’s coming up now the reserve has been set at £100 is it going to explode and make the100 oh don’t write in uh or is it going to make that kind of money I think it’s a close one this let’s see what happens lot 30

    Is the Mills grenade in sections lovely thing with its original box manufactured by radinal and core I’ll start you with interest here on the book 75 straight in at 75 85 90 120 130 on the internet 140 on the internet 140 150 there’s 160 in the room at60 all done at 160

    £60 was the gavel price I was a bit concerned about that I didn’t think it would quite do as well as that 160 we need to take away a commission so £131 I will be sending off to Steven and that was the real deal great news for

    Steven Joel’s New York trip and more than double your offer Mr Ford are you shocked I’ll take that as a yes so this date from around about 1850 the den is buzzing today okay I’m not going to mess about here there’s £1,000 and deals are being struck all

    Over the place I’ll get some money out shall I start with the pink ones oh really start with the 50s he said I’ll take that money I’m on condition what’s the condition Paul I can give you a kiss over on Simon’s table it’s Ian and

    Judy who are hoping to strike it lucky I brought my granddad’s pocket watch here today we’re hoping for a little bit of money so that I’ve got my eye on a a table that I rather fancy oh yes and how much is that d day I need at least

    £50 really nice and clean good makeer Benson gold though is it heading for the Melting Pot and no it’s not going to be scrapped sorry I spoke now you’ve bought in a gold pocket watch that’s right that’s my grandfather’s pocket watch presented to him for 25 years Service as

    A tailor he was a cutter so it was our graft well I can just imagine 25 years of cutting cloth of those great yeah yeah right well let’s have a little look at what he got for 25 years of hard graft and service it’s the proverbial gold watch isn’t it yeah well actually

    This one’s a nice gold pocket watch because straight away it’s a nice maker on it it’s Benson isn’t it which is is a good make and the first thing I suppose I noticed about it is the engraving yeah it’s inscribed yeah no obviously it was inscribed as a presentation for the his

    His 25 years serve service now there’s two schools of thought about inscriptions on things right the most common one when someone’s buying something is that oh it’s inscribed and we don’t like that and people won’t buy it now I’ve been in the trade a long time and actually I find the complete

    Reverse is true and sometimes people quite like to see an inscription or something it has a personal history doesn’t it gives a bit of Provence and it gives it a little bit of history now the other thing I would do with this watch is I wouldn’t dream about having it

    Scrapped oh good because yeah the first thing most people are going to do in the trade nowadays with a gold pocket watch is they’re going to try and work out how much gold is in it yes it would be really sad to scrap this watch mainly because it’s in Nice condition and also

    Because it is a benon and they were never cheap doesn’t it date from the 1920s yeah yeah so when this was bought in the 1920s there were cheaper watches available right so so they didn’t go out and buy the cheapest watch they could have found the only other thing I can

    Say about this which is slightly unusual when you open the back of this this is what’s called a cylinder movement inside which does date it to sort of the beginning of the 20th century previous to that most watches were keywind which is a lever movement right but normally

    They have an inner dust cap that goes over this section oh yes I’ve seen so normally when you open a Pock and I’m surprised it hasn’t because the idea of that dust C was to protect the movement yes so this is quite a nice thick gauge of gold and perhaps they thought when

    They made this it wasn’t necessary to have uh actually I don’t think my grand that ever opened the back it’s certainly working away now so um but it’s slightly unusual it hasn’t got a dust cap over it so is it not sort sentimental is well I

    Have the memory I have the memory of him opening it I mean I’ve had it for about 30 odd years or so uh since his death so I have the memory of him Consulting regular as a child and and me hankering to have a look at it and and you know I

    Think he gave it to me once to hold but very briefly uh yes he was it was quite precious about it so but now it’s time to move it on anyway someone else I’m going to stop talking now and I’m going to put some money on the table written

    And I would like to offer you for your grandfather’s pocket watch 50 100 120 140 That’s not bad well I like it I think it’s nice and clean let’s see what David thinks and get his opinion about your grandfather’s watch so it’s Ian Judy that’s right right Benson watch mhm 150 18 180 15250 what’s on the table 140 bit light we’ve got to leave a little little bit

    Of a room for the Wheeler Dealer from Brighton to earn a crust absolutely but we want that crust to be not too thi Big Life nice big French sck we’re thinking about that thing we’re talking Big B thin SLI okay we’re talk we’re talking thin slices okay so I’m going to leave

    You with him he’s already told you good name Benson commercial he’ll have this Soul like that in Brighton right so more money wonderful thank you David thank you David how about if I put down another £40 I’d just like to buy it under 200 was it 200 you put down cuz we

    Were thinking of getting up there I had a funny voice from we were thinking black just said at least you’re right Granddad says 200 actually they sound very receptive this couple to an idea of 200 I wouldn’t muck around Simon get it in get the deal done

    Thank you think might be good advice David I’m going to put down another two of those pink ones there’s £200 on the table what do you think Grandad hang on I can hear him saying something what hang on he said take one back I don’t know he’s just fallen off his

    Chair Ian Judy 200 quid do you want to shake my hand yes yes you are our favorite Simon you not getting any more money oh no thank you very much it’s a deal it’s lovely to meet you thank you Simon you really are our favorite oh that’s very

    Sweet of you thank you very much for coming in today well that was nice little deal thank you very much he and Judy and uh oh it’s tea time off I go hang on a minute do you think you’ll make a profit Simon Simon we were willing to go for £

    150 today but but we got £200 thank youim thank you Simon take it Back Simon behave Still to come Mr Ford’s got his hands full £200 don’t start shaking ah head before I even got there I’m going to be cheeky here and I’m going to push for a little bit more and the dues card is on the table go on H get another 20 quid

    Let’s not it let go to auction on one condition DAV that you give me one of your sign photographs you know you’ve already got half a dozen on the wall up there in CR [Applause] welcome back to Dickinson’s real deal from harate in North Yorkshire lovely to see you hello next up Helen seeing Stars there’s an amazing collection of autographs come on the table and I think we’re maybe going to have a deal here Pinky and perky included how much will a deal cost a

    Caren roughly between 100 and 150 you’ve brought in your partner’s collection of autographs yes I have and she collected all these yes she col in the 50s and 60s mostly in the ‘ 50s um and she’s been around a lot of the venues where the stars has been so

    She’s been collecting in a different different years wonderful did you go and watch any of these people reform yes she did well I mean there’s some real handsome guys here and and you know real stars of the 50s and 60s and I see here there’s a a very nice one from letter

    From Helen Shapiro which I think is great I remember Helen Shapiro and she she’s very pretty there and she’s written a letter to Joyce and sending the photograph that’s signed and here’s Harold Wilson I don’t know how much a star he was but she’s got Harold Wilson’s signature in here here as well

    So there’s some quite interesting ones there and look at Pinky and perky to Jo with love from Pinky and perky so it’s a lovely little collection so why why is she selling them now car it’s mostly uh just got them out of the house at the present time um time to

    Clear out just trying to clear things out well let’s get some money on the table Karen yes there’s 20 40 60 it’s 70 how is that for a start what do you think I think a little bit more I think it’s probably is worth a bit

    More uh how about if I take away the 10 car there’s £80 but I think David’s advice is going to be invaluable in this field yes it will well think the estimate is around 60 to 80 100 to 150 there’s a lot of autographs here from the 50s and 60s some very

    Well-known names some of the names are people I’ve known and met hey mine’s not on here is it oh just just hang on a second she would like one she would like one so if I just call across to our director bring in on the silver platter

    The much sought after that will be nice so okay wow so that’s the joy isn’t it that’s to your partner stick that in there as well um she’ll be thrilled she’ll be thrilled £80 on the table is that it as far as I’m concerned we’re getting there I would have said

    This kind of money100 I think it’s about it is it worth going to auction probably not I’m not sure if this blog he might just be he might Edge us up a bit he’s a good friend of yours isn’t he go on H and get another 20 quid in just go on go

    On H get another 20 quid in let not let it go to auction on one condition David that you give me one of your sign photographs you know you’ve already got half a dozen on the wall up there in cty okay come on now get it in100 it’s a

    Good DAV convinced me you know she’s a good lady good offer go on do a deal yes I think you’re going to take the money well I hope that Joy enjoys the1 and I hope when she watches the program she has such a good time I think she well so

    We’ve got a deal yes we thank you so much thank you the deal went okay and M find nice photograph of David for well Karen got her sign photograph I didn’t get one David dickas is going to have to give me a sign photograph the end of the day Looms in

    Harriet but Mr Ford has always got time for Blink delighted got a bit of gold on the table always like to buy a bit of gold good but sue a woman on a mission I’m not leaving here without £500 towards my new car so where did you get all this gold

    I’ve inherited it from my late mother and father um so it’s not something that I would wear myself so I thought I’d bring it along for valuation and see what you yes going to don’t don’t you wear it no I haven’t done there is some pieces that I do wear but these in

    Particular I haven’t one so let’s have a quick look they are all nine Karat and this one is clearly marked 375 so it’s 9 karat little link bracelet a little bit of wear which is natural which makes the links a little bit thin but it’s all right it’s still

    Got a lot of life in it and then this one which is a nice heavy gate bracelet and there’s a mark just there so that again is 375 it’s quite a nice one isn’t it it is yes you feel tempted to wear that well there was two and I have kept one you

    Have that were almost identical yes okay good then this is self-evident little locket with all a fine chain and this is self-evident little bracelet which is also nine karat gold they’re all sort of 1950s really aren’t they yeah I would have thought upwards yes I would have

    Thought would you agree 1950 maybe as late as 1960 can remember pictures with them in the’ 70s with them them wearing them I mean I would take them late 1950s early 1960s that sort that would I mean they’re modern to to from our purpose from an antique dealer’s point of view

    Shall I try and buy them from you why not okay where should we go £1 £ 150 £200 then starts Shing ahead before I even got there £200 £250 £300 £450 490 about £500 is that more than you expected no I was hoping for a little bit more where you you you you’re near but not as close as I as you’d like be no okay £500 I put on the table I’ll go to 500 £20 final offer it’s very marginal now

    £525 you know how this works don’t you you can take my money or you can go to auction I’ll take your money David thank you going to shake my hand we have a deal we have a deal lovely thank you very much Than You by £25 that’s a little bit extra

    Towards that new car that I’m wanting there is a margin of profit in it so happy days but was it a happy day for your fellow dealers it certainly wasn’t for Helen she’s still seeing Stars after failing to sell the autographs and it’s the same story with those

    Vases what am I going to do with these vases could make them into earns earning monies the name of the game and you haven’t they bought small this is really dinky and so was her profit I made a small profit on a very small spoon Simon

    Made 10 times that when he pocketed the watch you are our favorite Simon you are I’m really happy thank you very much but what about Mr Ford he was confident enough to say it with flowers a sweet little picture I think I’ll do okay with it but he didn’t it was Bloom and

    Bust luckily Sue’s bit of bling saved his day £525 it’s very marginal now gold prices went up and he did better than expected this is one of David’s happy days maybe but our sellers took home wads of cash and had some great ideas on how to spend it Dash will have a lovely

    Time in scarra this is all towards Lauren’s birthday my holiday fund a table that I rather fancy trip to New York and for some the dream has already become reality that has to be the real deal didn’t the sellers do well they’re going home with bags fulls of cash all

    Happy all smiling and that’s what the show is all about don’t forget to join me David Dickinson next time for Dickinson’s real deal I’ll see you [Applause] A

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    1. 26:20 I agree with regards to pocket watch inscriptions… I'd rather buy a watch with a superior Victorian monogram or engraving any day. We in 2024 are totally useless in creating hand-executed, ornate or stylish inscriptions. We use stupid computers to engrave, which results in NONE of the flourish, skill and excitement of hand executed work considered baseline normal during the last 500 years or so. Furthermore, the stupid computer is never driven by a person who understands or has studied traditional calligraphic styles, nor perhaps even viewed everyday examples of stunningly engraved work from the 1700s to 1920.
      Also, nothing beats the excitement of researching the person who owned your magnificent ring, or watch, in the very dim, distant past…

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