VINTAGE Dr No posters and a jewellery collection valued at almost £23,000 were just two of the items featured on a Lake's edition of the Antiques Roadshow.
The iconic BBC show visited Windermere Jetty Museum on Sunday.
The museum proved to be a remarkable venue to welcome Fiona Bruce and her team of experts as they dived deep into a fascinating archive of prized possessions, collectables, and world-class heritage from a UNESCO World Heritage site and a place of outstanding natural beauty.
In the first of two episodes filmed last year, viewers were taken on a journey through Windermere Jetty Museum to explore the rich history of the lake’s boating past and be introduced to some of the most intriguing objects brought along by an invited local audience.
Two necklaces were the most stand-out pieces assessed by John Benjamin. They were thought to be worth £8,000 and between £10,000-15,000, one of which was thought to be created by John Paul Cooper – noted for his use of materials such as shagreen and ostrich egg in combination with precious metals and gemstones – saw some of the highest valuations of the show.
The latter of the guest’s items dubbed as ‘incredibly important’, was by Henry George Murphy who was active in the 1920’s and saw some of his best work sold for £90,000 last year, according to John Benjamin.
The owner was told that the necklace thought to be created by John Paul Cooper was not worth enough to insure by one jewellers.
He said: “I have seen drawings of this piece of jewellery. As a jewellery historian and all you see is diagrams you think ‘I wonder what happened to all of that’ and then I come up here to Windermere and here it is in front of me. I’m absolutely thrilled, thank you.
“All of us who do the roadshow have things we dream of seeing, it is a lost treasure, and it is here in Windermere, what more could you ask.”
This was one of many beautiful items which, more often than not, had better back stories containing more personal worth than valuations given.
Presenter Fiona Bruce said: “We have so much enjoyed our day here at Windermere. Of all the places we have been to on the roadshow, I can’t think of one more beautiful than this.”
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