Antiques Roadshow Greatest Finds: Part 1 (2006, BBC)

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  • Part 1 of 3.
    Michael Aspel and the team look back at some of the great discoveries of past series and find out what happened to them.
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  • @Great-Documentaries
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    • @piustwelfth
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    • @Ceractucus
      @Ceractucus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not monetized? What a surprise!

  • @justjoe942
    @justjoe942 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Anytime I need a 'good' cry, I just pop these ones on and feel happiness for people realizing they have a treasure.

  • @samp4050
    @samp4050 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Freya is an old soul, for sure. Even the hat she wore, and her serenity, smartness. Very unique young lady.

    • @andreaandrea6716
      @andreaandrea6716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought the same! (And the cloche hat; from the 1920's! My favourite!)

  • @sherrylawrencelewis2544
    @sherrylawrencelewis2544 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Watching this was a great hark back to my family Sundays evenings. The 'Antiques Road Show' and 'That's Life.' BBC gold. Bittersweet. Many of the specialists and presenters have now passed. One learnt so much and new hobbies in our family - were inspired.
    My mother loved a bargin, so we were dragged out of bed on many a dreary Saturday morning. We would trail her around jumble-sales and fetes - in church halls and community centres. After watching the lovely antiques, I collected old handbags and loads of broaches, pins and dress rings. I dressed up and played with it all. It is still in my parents attic.
    I also had a complete Ladybird collection of fairy tales, children's books with lots of illustrations.
    One day, I might go up and look for it all. 😊😊😊

  • @wht-rabt-obj
    @wht-rabt-obj ปีที่แล้ว +38

    That painting from the desert is phenomenal 😍😳

    • @dragonfox2.058
      @dragonfox2.058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and done by a madman!

    • @sharonmiller6436
      @sharonmiller6436 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dragonfox2.058 Obviously being mad doesn't mean one is also stupid. 🙂

    • @dragonfox2.058
      @dragonfox2.058 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sharonmiller6436 or lacks talent

    • @sharonmiller6436
      @sharonmiller6436 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dragonfox2.058 Exactly!

  • @paulleckner8235
    @paulleckner8235 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    I have a third hand story about a man who bought a ring for his girlfriend at a yard sale. It was a gaudy piece of crystal on a gold band. The antique dealer wanted to know if the family who had the yard sale was of French ancestry. The gaudy piece of crystal on a gold band has been missing since 1789. It was stolen from Marie Antoinette's personal jewelry box when the French peasants looted the Versailles Palace during the French Revolution.

    • @rastra1321
      @rastra1321 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Wow!!!! 😮😳😳

    • @tatianarusmade336
      @tatianarusmade336 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      O my god! What the story!

    • @11bravo18
      @11bravo18 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crock

    • @MsPinkwolf
      @MsPinkwolf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@11bravo18 prove it

    • @jeanneratterman
      @jeanneratterman ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Steve Harvey told a great story of a necklace bought by a new groom for his bride. She wore it often. At some point she had it looked at by a jeweler who immediately offered something like $500. She said no. It was too personal. She kept it put away. At some point she again had it looked at and the jeweler asked if she knew what she had. He gave her his loop and she looked at the stones. Everyone one was minutely inscribed (in some fashion?) to Josephine from Napoleon. It was worth way more $500. (The first jeweler was a tad unethical, eh?) And that was the rest of the story!

  • @rickstevens1479
    @rickstevens1479 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love that English poise ...the girl with the bakalight was adorable.. she thought she was nervous, but it didn't show...

    • @mrmrsmarshall9110
      @mrmrsmarshall9110 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lovely London accent too, not evey Londoner was/is a cockney

  • @nobbystyles4807
    @nobbystyles4807 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    anyone that knows anything about photography can see the levels of light work in that Richard dadd painting. it is unbelievable the level of light detail.

    • @dragonfox2.058
      @dragonfox2.058 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know the treatment of the light alone told me it was exceptional...dead giveaway. Only masters use light like that

  • @ianking-jv4hg
    @ianking-jv4hg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    @ 16:45 Richard Dadd's desert painting is good,
    But the fire scene is perhaps one of the best "fire scenes" i've ever had the privilege of viewing.

  • @denisesudd5318
    @denisesudd5318 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome picture

  • @TheFiown
    @TheFiown ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Dining with my step daughters family, her uncle offered to show me his coin collection. The family said " don't bother her with your old coins", they laughed at him. I saw the collection and listened to his passion and realised that he had over a million euros in value in his office. He has since died and I have no idea if his family knew what they had.

  • @Dman-wp7ri
    @Dman-wp7ri ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Freya was so mature and well spoken for her age. Very impressed.

  • @craigdutton6072
    @craigdutton6072 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The sale of the silver was a touching story ❤his wife going on travels to places she dreamed of was nice 👍I’d never dream of letting my kids go with out anything for a collectables and I’m a deranged collector of antiques lol 😂 some folks roll one way some folks roll the other !

    • @susi-emily
      @susi-emily 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I remember watching that episode as it aired. I'd never forgotten the chap with the dreads who kept pulling more a more pieces of silver of of a duffel bag.

  • @TheVanillatech
    @TheVanillatech ปีที่แล้ว +26

    My old man went to one of these without telling any of us. It was somewhere local, on the East Coast. He took a handful of things, one of them a very old chinese ornate fan in a box. He swapped it when he was in Borneo with the Merchant Navy, back in the late 40's, with an ex-pat local for some microscope parts. Anyways, the only thing worth something significant, of all the items he took, was that fan. A couple of grand. Nothing to sniff at, considering the specimen slides he swapped it for cost him just a few quid from a mail order catalogue.
    He gave it to my brothers girlfriend as a housewarming gift when they got their first house together. He never told her what it was worth. He told me one night, years later, about the trip to the roadshow. And I thought "Jesus christ, Dad! I hope she's still got it!". So I asked my brother, and he said she did, so I told him the story just to make sure the kids didn't play with it! XD

  • @lescline2246
    @lescline2246 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The fire scene when camping in the desert was out of this world! The way the firelight hits people around the fire is magical and at 22:45 the image of a person in the fire is mythical i am literally speechless.

  • @bartonseagrave9605
    @bartonseagrave9605 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I entered a very old part of the attic and to my amazement I discovered a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius so you can imagine my excitement.
    I immediately sent for a valuer but was horrified to find that Stradivarius was a terrible painter and Rembrandt couldn’t make violins for toffee.

    • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
      @PetroicaRodinogaster264 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh bad luck…you just cannot avoid it!

    • @deboraballes9044
      @deboraballes9044 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

    • @philiprice7875
      @philiprice7875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Stradivarius is the most faked item after "ming" if your violin has a label saying Stradivarius it is covering "made in czechslovika"

  • @Sassyglbeauty
    @Sassyglbeauty ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh man, how sad about the artist. Sometimes, those whom are the most gifted, tend to also have psychological issues. Is it because they are so sensitive? Idk. But, we definitely still haven’t unlocked the mysteries of mental illness.

  • @brianlopez8855
    @brianlopez8855 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I bet the children of Harold Hobs were 'delighted' to find how much Dad had given away over the years !

    • @juliehughes1258
      @juliehughes1258 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Agreed. He comes off as a very selfish prick, doesn't he? The family were suffering and here he is with this secret fortune in silver, and not sharing it with them. In the end, though, his wife did get the last laugh, and good for her.

    • @PlateletRichGel
      @PlateletRichGel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're only getting one side of the story.

    • @sherrylawrencelewis2544
      @sherrylawrencelewis2544 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@juliehughes1258💯

  • @wendywhite2642
    @wendywhite2642 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    that is one stunning painting

    • @Roses-lilac
      @Roses-lilac 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Magical.

  • @paulmoffat9306
    @paulmoffat9306 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I went to an Antiques Roadshow event in Mobile, Alabama a number of years ago, to have an item I had appraised (nothing out of the ordinary), and I bumped into another 'seeker of truth', after exiting the event. He had a number of listeners gathered that were hard pressed to keep from laughing about his object. The appraiser had told him, that it was probably the weirdest and most unique object that he had seen, but he could NOT show it on TV. What was it? They were renovating the grounds around the perimeter of an old pub, that dated to before the Civil War. Apparently, the pub was a bro**el during the war, and the object was a lead cast dil**o complete with teeth marks on it!

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich4636 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This compliation episode is my favorite.

  • @sarahsaurus9317
    @sarahsaurus9317 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Whenever I see clips of this silver it reminds of my mother. Apparently she was engaged to their father many years ago, who gave her some solid silver button hooks, which my sister now has.

  • @fringedwellermccatintyre730
    @fringedwellermccatintyre730 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My favourite is @ 10:02 - the guache, for it's composition alone, is breathtaking...

  • @nickinportland
    @nickinportland 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    13:43 I feel the Bakelite girl. I’ve always loved Bakelite too. And the market proved her right as well.

  • @donstclair4619
    @donstclair4619 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    You guys have done a real service to all the people you've helped and educated over the years

  • @EnoVarma
    @EnoVarma 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love the clock lady at 29:18 for being such a good story teller.

    • @redwoods7370
      @redwoods7370 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And she has a lovely speaking voice and accent. I could listen to her all day.

  • @betty5064
    @betty5064 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I remember when a painting was brought in and declared to be quite valuable. The host asked what the family was planning to do with it, and was told it certainly wasn't going back in the garage.

    • @sherrylawrencelewis2544
      @sherrylawrencelewis2544 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope. I do like its provenance. Knowing the same hand that murdered created that painting - would mean I would not want it anywhere I was living. Creepy. ⚱️☠️🪦⚰️💀

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He was a probate clerk, he knew who had what when they died and if it went to auction, where and when. He couldnt show anyone because what he was doing was illegal.

    • @Chipper-cs3xm
      @Chipper-cs3xm ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That makes a lot of sense and explains the secrecy.

    • @clarkpalace
      @clarkpalace ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good idea. I assume the family knew that right away, it was dad’s job after all

    • @1mmickk
      @1mmickk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@clarkpalace He could have even been bolder and I suspect he was. Once you know who has what, theres no end to the ways of having objects move from one party to another.

  • @petercastles5978
    @petercastles5978 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    An older lady in Brisbane, Australia, a member of the Suffragettes, was at a protest. The powers that be had men with fixed bayonettes against them. Anyway there was a stouch, and in the mellee she drove her hat pin into the rump of the Superintendant's horse. He got bucked off, and broke his arm. He earnt that!

    • @Roses-lilac
      @Roses-lilac 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have to admit I feel sorry for the poor old horse. Good enough for its rider!

    • @petercastles5978
      @petercastles5978 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Roses-lilac Yes, too true. I still can't believe those " brave" men fixed bayonettes on those Ladies. If the order to do that came from the Super then he deserved all he got!

  • @pattihawks353
    @pattihawks353 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    How surprising and exciting , for this family to learn of the treasures they had! And the history connected with them! Suffragettes!!
    The young girl collecting her treasures, struck me as charming and committed to her passion and it’s history, as well! Charming!

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet359 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If any museum wanted a valuable art piece that I owned, they would have to pay a hefty premium for it.

    • @jeanneratterman
      @jeanneratterman ปีที่แล้ว

      I wonder if there can be a yearly write off when lending art and relics to museums? Offset other income and maybe not even owe any taxes for a while. Just wondering.

  • @bonnierae7159
    @bonnierae7159 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    We are so appreciative of the episodes you have recently put on. Thank you a million times over. Perfect quality videos, so unlike the purposely distorted postings that other You Tubers have put on. Hope you keep 'em coming.

  • @ukdnbmarsh
    @ukdnbmarsh ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Freya has very fine parenting, so well spoken, a great example of how to bring your children up.

    • @dshe8637
      @dshe8637 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very wealthy

    • @MsPinkwolf
      @MsPinkwolf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dshe8637 you don’t have to be wealthy to talk like that in England

  • @redwoods7370
    @redwoods7370 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Mrs. Hobbs! What a strong woman! She didn’t give in to any resentments. So glad she got to enjoy the money from the sale of the silver.

  • @evryhndlestakn
    @evryhndlestakn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I completely remember the episode of the silver, it did stand out for various reasons & I did think that at least & at last they were finally in a position to benefit after earlier frugality.

  • @CrazyUncleChris
    @CrazyUncleChris ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The little girl Friya looks like a living China doll. Adult Friya is a lovely young lady, but as a child she looked like the kind of dolls my grandmother collected.

  • @ktkat1949
    @ktkat1949 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I will be honest. If I was the wife in the first story the next time I saw my 'late husband' I would have batted him around the ear. Imagine living in modest means scrimping and saving and all that time he was buying silver and donating it to other people. That would make me burn. I am glad my favourite people were on. The mother and son who owned the tip and got all the jewellery. How could anyone throw out all those beautiful pieces!!

    • @madlift
      @madlift 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was a right bastard, wasn't he?

  • @rolandoruiz7659
    @rolandoruiz7659 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We know something about artists who penalised as murderers. At Fremantle, Western Australia, we have an old 1890s prison that has jail cell walls filled with painted art. Really fascinating.

  • @elizabethredmond4585
    @elizabethredmond4585 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Id LOVE❤ to attend one of these there lol😂thanks for posting

  • @JM-gd8nl
    @JM-gd8nl ปีที่แล้ว +6

    these are the kinds of videos i really really like

  • @1961ebutuoy
    @1961ebutuoy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Having a convict in the family, historically speaking, will often bring a twinkle to the eye of a colonial Aussie.

  • @zioncardman18
    @zioncardman18 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I connected with Freya and felt her words.... then I looked up proudly at all my junk and realized I'm over the line into a hoarder now🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @mmfitter6731
    @mmfitter6731 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great show!

  • @dianafromcalifornia5127
    @dianafromcalifornia5127 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2022 I'm watching. Happy they could use the money. Dad's secret collection helped him transcend a humdrum life perhaps....well they are gracious the wife and children.

  • @weirdloverwilde
    @weirdloverwilde 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow the National Gallery SCAMMMMMED that couple! Bought the painting for $100,000 yowza. Worth a milli

  • @babettelock2106
    @babettelock2106 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well done Freya.

  • @eileencollins8799
    @eileencollins8799 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved the shell that was mounted in silver.

  • @YochevedDesigns
    @YochevedDesigns ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely delightful! Thanks so much for uploading.

  • @LS-xs7sg
    @LS-xs7sg ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wonder what was going on in Mr Hobbs mind. Perhaps he was more obsessed with the joy of collecting than the value of the items

  • @lornapecaoco6468
    @lornapecaoco6468 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    New Subscriber 12-24 22 Im Glad i found your Show here in U tube !! I like to towatch this Antique Road Shows 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @junebennett978
    @junebennett978 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another Great Episode! Thank You!!

  • @jt.s.7418
    @jt.s.7418 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was fascinating!

  • @dtulip1
    @dtulip1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    About a gazillion years ago (or so it seems) this program was called going for a song...i remember it well...happy days

    • @Sofasurfa
      @Sofasurfa 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So do I along with Arthur Negas such a gently spoken gentleman 😊

  • @jeanneamato8278
    @jeanneamato8278 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was astonishing.

  • @danrook5757
    @danrook5757 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m going up in the attic after this viewing, and start going. Through the boxes of my grand parents. They came from europe before the start of ww1

  • @kellycook5314
    @kellycook5314 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Young miss W is very confident & composed … you go girl

  • @Sassyglbeauty
    @Sassyglbeauty ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So, unwittingly, the first man gave his wife a beautiful life for her retirement years.

  • @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR
    @SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember this shows it was always on SUNDAY'S at around 5PM..

  • @metaphosV
    @metaphosV หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love these British accents.

  • @gwae48
    @gwae48 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that picture is beautiful.

  • @douro20
    @douro20 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Freya has been at McKenna & Co. for the past eighteen years.

  • @Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad
    @Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Financial abuse is a form of abuse and that is really sad that his family had to go through that

  • @englishrose4388
    @englishrose4388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this.

  • @jeanross7430
    @jeanross7430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful.

  • @JM-gd8nl
    @JM-gd8nl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you for this it means alot!

  • @elenalatici9568
    @elenalatici9568 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The story behind the incredible silver story is disgusting. The father's collection represents deprivation for his young family and no doubt great anxiety for his hard working, bill paying wife. That he gave away a piece silver when each of his children was born is twisted. The only difference between the silver and a string of mistresses is that the silver remained and grew in value to finally bring a bit of enjoyment to his wife in the end.

  • @andrewwebb-trezzi2422
    @andrewwebb-trezzi2422 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Their father sounds like a real piece of work. Who donates stuff like that while your family is hungry and can barely get by. When he showed them the silver that they hadn’t known about, you can tell they were mad and rightfully so.

    • @irisheyes5890
      @irisheyes5890 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stolen items?

    • @irisheyes5890
      @irisheyes5890 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doubt the last name was Hobbs.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@irisheyes5890 They skated over how he got hold of all that valuable silver. He seems to have been "something in the city," so they may not have known how much money he had.
      Was he a member, or even the head, of a Livery Company? If so, he valued it more than his own family. Buying silver spoons for his children only to donate them seems to be some sort of message.

    • @joniangelsrreal6262
      @joniangelsrreal6262 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sadly that sneaky behavior Happens all the time…a tough life

    • @bluecollar58
      @bluecollar58 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I hope the kids got something out of it. It sounds like Mom might have done the same as the old man.

  • @stephenmcdonald3422
    @stephenmcdonald3422 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Wouldn’t hurt the tin workers to return the gifts - bit immoral to hold them

    • @llolla6162
      @llolla6162 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Or at least pay her half the value,ignoring the obvious is a total immoral deprivation,hopefully they do the right thing

    • @mariestreeting4213
      @mariestreeting4213 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      At least the birth spoons.

    • @kaogoogle1031
      @kaogoogle1031 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not theirs... their Father's

    • @crystaltrees4188
      @crystaltrees4188 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He should have gifted them to his family.

    • @middleburgprepper2342
      @middleburgprepper2342 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A gift is just that. A gift. Keep them.

  • @gwae48
    @gwae48 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hard to believe mrs. Hobbs never went under that bed 🤔🙄 Probably more to that story than we're being told.

    • @robertoarmstrong7317
      @robertoarmstrong7317 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stolen silver, or perhaps their secret metal society needs further investigation. Perhaps they provided services in exchange for precious metal… who knows. Why you wouldn’t say anything about them is telling. Donating birth spoons? Very odd. I think you’re correct.

  • @margkropf5541
    @margkropf5541 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    A bit sad and disgusting to think this man kept all the silver under the bed when he could have improved his family’s living situation .I love the wife’s reaction, so British.Just getting on with it.Stiff upper lip et al!!!

    • @dragonfox2.058
      @dragonfox2.058 ปีที่แล้ว

      perfect silver lining whut?

    • @Minechain.
      @Minechain. ปีที่แล้ว

      He probably stole it

  • @jcallaway1617
    @jcallaway1617 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    18:18 Ms Doubtfire was very happy

  • @maryclaremayo6157
    @maryclaremayo6157 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm hearing the Moby song "Extreme Ways" - the theme used in the Jason Bourne films.

  • @philiprice7875
    @philiprice7875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    it is IMHO the stories behind the objects that count
    one i will always remember a japanese tea bowl half melted if you saw it at a jumble sale for 10 pence you would thin only worth 5p but was found @ Hiroshima. how much heat it needed to remelt porcelain?

  • @laurie4275
    @laurie4275 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How do we know dad was STEALING the silver and that's why no one could know about its presence?

  • @mythgreatbritain5634
    @mythgreatbritain5634 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fancy finding out your dad was a burglar....

  • @andreaandrea6716
    @andreaandrea6716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    (15:31) I find the Bakelite SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than the jewelry!

  • @grahamwhittle6817
    @grahamwhittle6817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1607 and it looks like it was made yesterday outstanding James the first wow 😳

    • @paulleckner8235
      @paulleckner8235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now, if you had a first edition of the KJV, King James Bible, that would be a find!

  • @8ballphil150
    @8ballphil150 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the dad painting , £100,000 . a damn site more now .

  • @seahagkeylover
    @seahagkeylover ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As for the Hobbs family sometimes richness doesn't help raise outstanding people for the future

  • @sharonlee4773
    @sharonlee4773 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Steve Coogan clearly based his Alan Partridge character on Ian Pickford!

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    360p - we meet again!
    It's just like 2008 all over again.

    • @Great-Documentaries
      @Great-Documentaries  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hey, if you want to upload a 4K version of a program that was never broadcast in HD, be my guest.

  • @mikewillmott75
    @mikewillmott75 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Look at 9;20 the chair moving. Father is still there...

  • @dianefields6056
    @dianefields6056 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    'The look of love' song so appropriate - those specialists did look entranced, or did the music make me think so?

  • @vernelledouglas1801
    @vernelledouglas1801 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Mr. Hobbs omitted somethings from his family but...deep in his heart, I think he knew they'd benefit from it in the future.

    • @peacenow42
      @peacenow42 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed,,, I find their anger harsh

    • @colddiesel
      @colddiesel ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I disagree, you have no idea how much they sacrificed to serve his selfishness. His widow comments were very gracious, far more than he deserved.

    • @peacenow42
      @peacenow42 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colddiesel it's obvious the lingering smoldering negative feelings that will hurt her and the kids

    • @ianworley8169
      @ianworley8169 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Instead of which, he kept his family, worked hard all of his life and amassed a fortune to be left for their benefit after his death. His wife appears to have cashed in the lot and travelled the World on the proceeds. Perhaps he knew her better than those quick to criticise on here. The fact that he gave certain historically important pieces to the Guild of which he was a lifelong member, just serves to show that he cared more about the historical than the monetary value. They should be proud of him, rather than bear grudges against his memory.

  • @paulazebra5914
    @paulazebra5914 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes. Give the birth spoons back.

  • @Poloturbo77
    @Poloturbo77 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If the soul was unable to pay Charon, then he was left stranded between the two worlds, belonging to neither

  • @dragonfox2.058
    @dragonfox2.058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow this is really interesting

  • @grahamwhittle6817
    @grahamwhittle6817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    O golly gosh

  • @evhvariac2
    @evhvariac2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    37:20 Pure Bliss

  • @Sofasurfa
    @Sofasurfa 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    To all those people alluding to Mr Hobbs being a criminal, how would you like it if someone did that to a deceased member of your family, it would be nice if you kept your cynicism to yourself.

  • @castelodeossos3947
    @castelodeossos3947 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good to hear someone say you 'get on with the next thing' (8:32), instead of the now ubiquitious 'moving forward', which sounds absurd.

  • @jeanneratterman
    @jeanneratterman ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That discarded jewelry…a disgruntled or spurned lover? a quarrel? a found item for a lover and not the wife? So many possibilities! Or were some stolen and dumped? I wonder what old police files might reveal about stolen/ lost jewelry.

    • @karmelicanke
      @karmelicanke 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know a woman who was searching for her very large solitaire diamond ring. It wasn't in the jewelry case. Asking her 30 yr old autistic daughter if by chance she has seen the ring somewhere in the house, the daughter replied: " when I was mad at you a few months ago, I threw it in the garbage on collection day."

  • @mrliberty8468
    @mrliberty8468 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Some people gamble their money away some people gamble some people should count their blessings it was antique silver that was money invested in their future and had value like a life insurance policy...

  • @peacenow42
    @peacenow42 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My cat Osirus is a bit touched....not to downplay mental struggles. Treatment can be very harsh.

    • @Finderskeepers.
      @Finderskeepers. ปีที่แล้ว

      Check yourself out .... not to downplay your mental struggles

  • @tanicengel
    @tanicengel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By who is the portrait of the girl after the host says "many a handsome find" ?

  • @grahamwhittle6817
    @grahamwhittle6817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Golly gosh money money money

  • @lutomson3496
    @lutomson3496 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting how a murderers paintings are worth so much...different times I guess

    • @robertoarmstrong7317
      @robertoarmstrong7317 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Warhol was a creep and people still love the guy 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @janiceal-najjar5093
    @janiceal-najjar5093 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    " Grandfather- in Law?" You mean your husband's Grandfather.

  • @richardmckelvey4343
    @richardmckelvey4343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder who had a glass shop i kinda think it was Singer :)

  • @brandonmaynard9507
    @brandonmaynard9507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The son in the later clips looks like Mankind.