Antiques Roadshow bbc collection

[ROBB]

Most appraisers are bluffers and guessers , the Antiques trade is full of Queens, cads , failed actors , Gypsies and Tinkers and not forgetting Public school flops . ( nothing wrong with any of those types by the way ) .Rob

[ww1czechlegion]

Posted by member ww1czechlegion:
Question: If the collection really had 130 Imperial German buckles that the appraiser had counted and mentioned on the roadshow program, what happened to the other 114 buckles? There was one lot sold by DNW that had 14-loose buckles + 2-buckles on belts in the auction lot grouping. Did the family keep the other 114-buckles, or sell them elsewhere? Just curious.

Thanks,

Alan

[R.Beck]

Most appraisers are bluffers and guessers , the Antiques trade is full of Queens, cads , failed actors , Gypsies and Tinkers and not forgetting Public school flops . ( nothing wrong with any of those types by the way ) .Rob

[Paul B]

Hello,

Checking the auction results:

Yes, the officers tunic went for a very low price and was a steal.

Question: If the collection really had 130 Imperial German buckles that the appraiser had counted and mentioned on the roadshow program, what happened to the other 114 buckles? There was one lot sold by DNW that had 14-loose buckles + 2-buckles on belts in the auction lot grouping. Did the family keep the other 114 buckles, or sell them elsewhere? Just curious.

Best Regards,

Alan

I wondered about that....weren't there also meant to be more feldmutzen as well?

All the best

Paul.

[TP Alexander]

Well, one thing that you can say. Sometimes these shows get stuff out of the closet and back in the collecting world again. It's better then the moisture and moths collecting it!

[ww1czechlegion]

Posted by member ww1czechlegion:
Question: If the collection really had 130 Imperial German buckles that the appraiser had counted and mentioned on the roadshow program, what happened to the other 114 buckles? There was one lot sold by DNW that had 14-loose buckles + 2-buckles on belts in the auction lot grouping. Did the family keep the other 114-buckles, or sell them elsewhere? Just curious.

Posted by member TP Alexander
I wondered about that....weren't there also meant to be more feldmutzen as well?

Yes Paul, I believe you are correct if my ears heard the daughter & appraiser correctly.

My question remains: Does anyone know what happened to the other remaining items that were spoken of by the daughter and the appraiser? Did the family keep them, or did they sell them to someone else, or consign them to a different auction?

Best Regards,

Alan

[pzrwest]

It might be true that these things do get back in circulation, but could devastating for the relative trying to get the prices these "experts" gave them. Remember it's not the price of the item but what the buyer is willing to pay for the item

[eubank]

Most appraisers are bluffers and guessers , the Antiques trade is full of Queens, cads , failed actors , Gypsies and Tinkers and not forgetting Public school flops . ( nothing wrong with any of those types by the way ) .Rob

Lol. But some are gentlemen, scholars and acrobats !

[Hans K.]

Her father clearly made some bad purchases along with the good ones, and I think there's a very good chance that at least some of the thirty something caps and the rest of the 145 buckles that were hinted at but didn't make it to the auction proved to be either fakes or otherwise unsaleable.
Speaking of inept appraisers, I find it unfathomable that these two clearly non-WW1 German (1930s French??) masks with their identical repro canisters and filters could fool both the BBC expert and the auction house into accepting them as original WW1 period German. Lots 473 & 474 - £450 and £320 respectively. Someone's in for one nasty surprise.

[BenVK]

Sharp looking tunic and medical visor cap but who knows what condition the linings were like. Bugs the hell out of me that auction houses can't be bothered to take more photos for internet bidders. Maybe that's why the bidding didn't go very high. The daughter must have been gutted after getting less than half of the £1000 valuation for the tunic!