there's black dazzler. number 3, tarbert warrior... he's black all right. let's hope he dazzles. okay, pay attention, everyone. we each of us go to a different bookie and watch each other. see if we can place the bets at roughly the same time. we need to keep the price up as long as we can. £20 for each of you... and £40 for me, and 40 for you, father clifford. i'm not betting. we have to have all the bookies covered. without you we'll miss one out. i can't get involved in gambling. it's for kathleen's sake. that's not the point. it's not a big problem. i'll deal with it. so, off we go. wait. i think we should put the money on tarbert warrior. what? look, i'm sorry, siobhan i'm not going against your judgment. sounds like it. i'm not, but...

i don't know how to say this. you've heard something father, is that it? or had a mystical experience? it was a vision, was it? i can't say. uh-huh... a tip in the confession box. siobhan? information is information... and it may be better than mine. tarbet warrior it is so. thank you, siobhan. thank you. i'm glad to be rid of the responsibility. i'll bet. good one, father. right. off we go then. £40 to win, tarbert warrior. squandering the church funds, padre? i'm trying to build a new cathedral. nothing like good works to put the boost up a dog's bum, eh?

been a bit of a shift on tarbert warrior's price. some money has gone on at the last minute. did you have anything to do with this? i'm not a fool. i hope not. we get paid at starting price. someone's going to be very unhappy about this. [ cheering and shouting ]

first, number 2, black dazzler. second, number 3 tarbert warrior. third, number 1, wonder boy. [ phone ringing ] hello? father collins. no, no, i'm fine. just a bit husky today. he wants it for what? new vestments? what, just for himself? two for you, two for you and dealer takes one. well, how's the work going across the way? all being done by me at the minute, michael. excuse me, who's running up the curtains? can't all have long, paid holidays. yeah, paying for it is something

else. yes, i heard and i've tried to get the kitty rolling again. i've collected £73, and out of the goodness of my heart i've made it up to the round 100. well, that's very generous of you, michael but it's not going to improve matters much. well, £100 is £100. just don't give it to father clifford to hold. he's likely to back a dog with it. i just wanted to apologise to everyone and especially to you, siobhan, i'm sorry. i'll try not to be as stupid again. ah, sure. betting's always a matter of tips and whispers, father. do you fancy a drink? mineral water, thanks, padraig. i'm practising for next lent. doc ryan's managed to raise another £100. oh, well done, michael. straight flush.

two pair. that's the first time in weeks i got a full house. it's like playing the cincinnati kid. did you ever think of playing cards for a living, siobhan? that's it! what is? a poker tournament. er, start again, me brain hasn't caught up yet. we'll organise a poker tournament. sure, siobhan'll turn that £100 into 1,000. ah, hold on now. it's a great idea, sure, what have we got to lose? what do you think, father? i'm no authority on gambling. that's true. it's too short notice. it's wednesday now. how could get word 'round? we need the money by monday. are they serious? ring gamblers anonymous. padraig. the country's full of gamblers. [ brendan ] we'll spread the word. they'll come from miles around. so where you going to hold this tournament, then? well, here, of course. think of the business. think of my license. think of my reputation. ambrose wouldn't stand for it. would he? it's for charity. say you're closing the pub to the public. i won't be allowed to do that. niamh? well, it's his day off sunday

and he hasn't visited his old mother in months. niamh! it can be his contribution. be his sacrifice. yes? vote. all those in favour? i'm waiting for somebody to ask me. will you vote, siobhan... please. ah, well, you know -- assumpta? my future could depend on this. trust me. that's it... this sunday, the ballykissangel poker tournament! yes!! i would be happier if you cut out the cigarettes. poker tournament. do you know about it? i'll give you this.

it's to raise money for kathleen... ... at 10:40, make sure you're there now, okay? it's gonna be great... see you. it's on, sunday, 1:30. yeah, fitzgerald's, yeah ring sean, will you? great. fine, bye, yeah. coming along nicely, padraig. father. father clifford, what's this i hear about a poker tournament? it's for kathleen. on a sunday? yeah, i know. and i hear that you were seen betting at the dog track the other night. so that's where the money goes, is it? the money that would be better used to refurbish our parish church. i agree, father macanally, if indeed the money

is being spent refurbishing the parish church. what's that supposed to mean? now, understand i give this no credence but i did hear the money was going on new vestments. isn't that revolting? it is. malicious rumours. that's what i thought. the lengths to which some people will go. i'm glad you told me, father. we must scotch this rumour... right away! i wish you wouldn't get involved

with this, niamh. why not? i'm not the strong arm of the law. you're its wife. i thought we had agreed, you'd see nothing, hear nothing, so why don't you go and see what the mountainy men are up to. niamh! do you want kathleen to come home to an empty house? niamh, isn't it? yes. i was looking for your dad. he's not at home. he'll be in here. good, i'll walk in with you. i might fancy a gamble. i love a game of cards. there you go. you're doing better than i expected. 24 players. 5 tables, so that's 4 tables with 5 players, and one with 4. i'll be here in the morning to help you set up. oh, thanks, thanks. can i help you? my god, but you're a fine-looking woman.

oh, thanks. would you be in the market now, for a decent man? no, no, i'm not in any market, decent man or not. anything that would interest you? how can she resist? janey mac, you've got a priest for a bodyguard! well, that beats madonna any day. what do you want? i'd like to sign up for this tournament thing. i'm mad about a game of cards. 31, whist, solo... i loves it. well, this is a poker tournament. poker? oh, yeah, and, sure aren't they all the same? yes, but we're talking serious money here. oh, all money is serious. how much money are we talking about? well, at least 100 quid. oh, oh, would -- would this be enough? well, you're a -- you're a lucky man. we have one last place. what's your name? mossy phelan. mossy... phelan. there you are. make sure you have it with you tomorrow. i will.

now if you'll, er, excuse me -- and don't you be wasting your time with these priests, my dear. sure, they're all theory and no practice. well, i never expected to see you again. what's the good of revenge unless you're around to enjoy it. i'll get you for this, phelan. which is worse, quigley? losing the money or being made to look like an idiot? don't be too sure you've got away with it yet. you've got away with a few strokes in your time, quigley. i bet your daughter, niamh, would be interested to hear about them. including cheating me out of a grand. or did you think i'd forget?

you dirty... [ niamh ] dad!! till tomorrow then. [ murmuring ] peter, would you say something to siobhan? hello, siobhan. i'm serious. she's nervous. i'm not nervous. i'm panicking. siobhan, we have every faith in you. even if you lose, what difference does it make? people will never talk to me again. ah, people aren't like that. i mean, look at me. they've forgiven me. don't bet on it.

see? siobhan, it'll make no difference at all. have your ticket booked for holyhead just in case. padraig! i'd better start getting all these people together. [ bell ringing ] okay, everybody. er, will all contestants please, take their places. all the best. all the very best. has anyone thought what kathleen will say if she finds out this money was raised by gambling? well spotted. she probably won't accept it... tainted money. give it to me then. taint me, taint me. father clifford can launder it. what? well, he can drop it in the box with one hand and take it out with the other. i certainly will not. that'd be dishonest. isn't it nice to meet a priest with integrity. first thing's first... ladies and gentlemen, er welcome to the... ballykissangel poker tournament. [ applause ]

now, you all know what it's in aid of: refurbishing kathleen henly's house because we don't want to lose our local shop. [ all ] hear! hear! which is why we're asking the winner to donate 10 percent of his or her winnings to the cause. our local vet, siobhan mehigan has generously offered to donate all her winnings, should she win the tournament. [ applause ] now, you all know the rules, but should there be any disagreements or arguments father clifford will be referee, and his word is law. [ applause ] why me? the dog collar. lends authority. but i know nothing about poker. we'll advise you. but i've got mass at six. cut it short. ten, nine eight, seven, six, five four three, two, one! [ applause and cheering ]

[ ♪ musical interlude ♪ ] how's it going, eh? well enough. hello, michael. hi. he's the one that worries me. who? look at the way he leads. he's easy meat, that one.

i'm not so sure. oh! ho ho ho ho ho! ho ho! [ ♪ musical interlude ♪ ]

twenty. no. [ snoring ] [ radio ] ... and if you enjoyed his song james joyce's grave, then i'm sure you'll enjoy his new material as well and then i'll be just coming... hey! aaahh! get up, there's still a lot to be done in here. oh, come on, niamh i'm knackered.

everyone else is working.... get to it. ...selection on radio one, following the news at five o'clock this morning, we will be into our feature hour. plenty still to come for the remainder of the programme. it's not still going on? looks like it'll never finish. anyway, what are you doing here? i woke up and you weren't there. don't worry. i don't have a job to go to. neither will i if this gets out. i'll open for, er -- £50. assumpta, wake up. see you. i'm out.

oh, i'm telling you, it's all flowing now. i will raise it -- £100. see you. i'm out. snap... oh. let's see the colour of her money. another hundred.

see you. oh. now... that's very interesting wouldn't you say? i'll raise it fifty. i'll see you. i'll see you all the way to the bank. and another fifty. oh, i'm getting dog weary of all of this. i'll tell you what i'll push you

to the wire and see what you're made of. i'll see your old fifty, and i'll raise you -- £1,000. a thousand pounds. did you see that? now, let's see the colour of your eyes. there's 1,900 quid on there. i can't cover it. indeed, then you cannot my darling. see him, siobhan. you keep out of this, quigley. no cheques allowed. referee?! that's you. me? oh, yeah. what? no cheques allowed; am i right? i'm not sure of the protocol. padraig? it's up to you. if you say cheques are allowed, cheques are allowed. oh, er, right. i take it the cheque isn't likely to bounce, is it?

made out to cash... safe as the bank of ireland. in that case, i'll permit the cheque. a priest siding with sodom and gomorra. oh! there's a thousand here, quigley. are you man enough? i'm man enough. straight deal? straight deal. this is nothing to do with charity. i'm going to have to stop this. no, ambrose, you can't. you stop this now, and you'll never live it down. i don't care. i care. now, please, go on out and direct traffic or something. there's no traffic at this hour in the morning. go on, find some. let the priest deal. i know it's thick of me, but i don't think he'll cheat. me? i know nothing about the game.

just deal 'em, face up. it's a straight bet. all right, then. [ brian ] first card to you. [ padraig ] oh, two pair. [ padraig ] three of a kind. [ sighs and chuckling ]

that was a masterly deal, father. [ snoring ] they're nearly finished laying the carpet. start bringing the furniture in now. come on! [ banging ] hurry up! kathleen might arrive any minute. she's her father's daughter, all right. what's all this? it's hard enough to get some of you into the church on a sunday, but ten o'clock on a monday morning? we're waiting for kathleen, father

to present her with the money we've collected. if i may mention it, father, we're still open for a donation. oh, yes, of course. slipped my mind. and how was the collection? successful? oh, very successful, father... 2,900... oh! and £5. it's the poker tournament, father. siobhan won it. two thou -- in one night? here we are, everyone. what is all this? well, we've got a little surprise for you, kathleen. you see, while you've been away at your sister's we have put your house to rights and -- and there was a tidy sum of money left over. here. what? where did all the money come from? um...i think father clifford should answer that.

there was a collection. we all contributed. and the parish church, don't forget, made its contribution. oh, father macanally you shouldn't have. you're a very good man. an example to us all. isn't he? well, i think we're about ready, kathleen, to show you just exactly how this money has been spent. father! well done, siobhan!!! [ clearing throat ] hello, sam. get over here, assumpta.

oh, niamh! it's lovely!!! [ snoring ] it's a miracle father, so it is. the lord provides, kathleen. and, we hope, will continue to do so. captions by: midwest captioning des moines, iowa

some set their clocks by it, others say sunday just isn't the same without it. at last, the wait is over. welcome to the new series of antiques roadshow. ( whistle blows )

we've not been taking it easy over the last few months. as spring beckoned wheels rolled and our team set out on another nationwide tour. from the banks of the firth of forth in scotland to the normally tranquil corners of the channel islands we've clocked up thousands of miles. look at this. something remarkable has been happening. we have rarely seen queues like it. it seems everybody wants to meet our experts. it looks like we've got our work well and truly cut out so let's begin at the most southerly point of our journey through the british isles: the island of jersey. coming to jersey can be a curious experience. the island is just 14 miles from france, closer to the continent than the uk, and you can feel the gaelic influence everywhere. until 1960, french was the official language here and it's still used in the legal

system. many of the older population speak an ancient version of norse and norman french called jerriais. [speaking jerriais] but despite the french flavor, the people of jersey are british at heart and the island bears the scars of a love/hate relationship with its continental neighbor. over the ages, an astonishing number of fortifications have been built to keep the french out. though island has endured centuries of french attack there were advantages to their allegiance to the english crown. jersey was granted independence settling its own taxes and laws. even today certain areas of jersey still exist as feudal fiefs, like this week's roadshow venue, samares manor.

the seigneur or lord of the manor was awarded special powers and privileges. one of the most closely guarded was the right to keep pigeons, once an expensive delicacy. this magnificent granite canopy was a great symbol of status and power. it contains 500 nesting places which meant as much pigeon pie and as many fresh eggs as a seigneur could possibly wish for. now, the present seigneur of samares has invited the roadshow to his manor and we're hoping for a multicultural mix of treasures. over to our experts. jewish scripture. what's the jewish scripture called? the torah. i don't know. oh, right. okay. the torah is the japanese for tiger. oh, right. okay. it's a very complex pun. right. now, this is japanese. did you know that? i wasn't sure.

whether it was chinese or japanese? yeah, we just thought it was chinese. the chinese do fantastic needlework but for naturalism the japanese are strengths ahead. the tiger is actually not indigenous to japan. the first tigers came over in the 1870s i think. but they've always known about tigers because one of their 12 zodiac signs, which they inherited from the chinese where there are tigers. so they got this beast which as far as they were concerned was kind of mythical but existed. where did this one come from? my husband. he bought it at an action in jersey back in 1991. okay. so it's not a particularly long provenance as far as you're concerned. because he liked it? yes. he loved it. yeah. yeah. and you love it, too? i love it, too.

he bought because i like tigers as well, so... this is just wonderful. it is beautiful. this says here tanaka in seal characters. and then kyoto which of course was the old edo, the seat of government before it moved to tokyo. and at kyoto there was a whole industry of needlework. right. and i've got at home a catalog-- i think it's 1910, it might be 1920-- which lists all the exhibitors at the kyoto exhibition. great. and there were more needlework makers than there were potters. so it was big. these were hugely popular. and, you know, this one is probably of that date early 20th century. okay. i did wonder. it's a superb example of a tiger sort of appearing out of nothing which is very clever. and he recedes beautifully,

the color of his fur. the stripes go backwards so that all the attention is concentrated on his snarling mouth. i think it's a very, very nice example, and it's in splendid condition. they do deteriorate. this is silk and if you put sunlight on silk, it gives up. right. do you know what your husband paid for it? £290. did he? £290. okay. i think that was a really good buy. i really do. i could see that making £600 to 1,000. right. excellent. it's a really nice one. lovely. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. can i ask you a rather cheeky question? because i'd like to know how you feel about having such a lovely nubile-looking lady around the house.

well, try to compare yourself to her every morning when you get up and you walk down the stairs. it's quite difficult actually. can i match that every day? no. but i keep trying. she also seems to have some slightly polished highlights. oh, that's nothing to do with me. all right. okay. and i suspect she's been touched quite a few times by several passersby over the years. but, of course, that goes with the territory with this kind of bronze to be honest with you. you'll see that anywhere in the world. she's a very powerful and emotive bronze and, of course there is a very serious side to her. but what i want to know is why you were drawn to her? well, many years ago i walked into a local auction sale saw it, and i thought, well, i must have that. it's as simple as that. it was as simple as that. yeah. however, i have no history of it. i don't know what she was or anything and i just said, well, i'm taking her home and i did. right. okay. well, there's a good clue on her. up here on her sword we have the word "deliverance," and i say it like that because this is a french figure. she was sculpted by a well known french sculptor

called emile guillaume and she is called la deliverance. that is why she is so important, because she symbolizes the delivery of the french people from the germans during the first world war. i don't know whether you know this, but in fact there is a 16-foot-high bronze version of her up in finchley and i believe the locals know her as "dirty gertie." this, of course, is bronze. she was founded by the famous french founders barbedienne and she has a good value. i don't know whether you'd ever considered value, but certainly a large version of her like this is going to be worth between about £4,000 and 6,000 at auction. what's interesting though, i find is you seem to have another version. yes. and how did you acquire this one? again, it was through a contact with somebody who found it at an auction sale for these. again, i couldn't leave it. i had to have it to go with the other one. and hopefully i'm hoping to get the 16-foot version to go with those two. well, i don't think there's a 16-foot

version ever to likely come up for sale but i'm wondering how many of these you are prepared to line up along the mantle piece. again, bronze, gilded bronzed signed in the same way. i think, frankly even your small version is probably going to be worth anywhere between about £12,000 and 18,000 at auction. so what you have are two very, very good objects. it's nice to compare them and see them both together, but you have two very emotive and forceful objects which symbolize to the french a very important part of the first world war. thank you very much for bringing them along. thank you. this is a delightful, colorful and vibrant painting signed lower left gregoire. now, tell me, this is a south african artist. that's correct. it's come a very long way to jersey. tell me a little bit about it. all right. it belonged to my dad, and when he passed away last year, i went out to south africa. and prior to that he'd let his house and the family had put some of his furniture

and all these paintings in the garage. so after he passed away, i decided i wanted to go and collect his paintings. and my sister and i drove up to the house in neisner, and i had to clamber over everything in the garage to find these paintings that were just, you know left lying around. and then when i flew back to jersey, i just wrapped it in bubble pack and put it in my suitcase and brought it back. my goodness. it's a wonderful early picture by gregoire boonzaier, who's very well known, recently died, 2005. i didn't know that. but what i do know is that the south african market has been particularly vibrant especially for some of the really great artists. what i love particularly about this little picture is, first of all, it's small and contained, but it's very vibrant and colorful. are these cape barn houses or-- oh, i would think so. i would think it's one of the farms, probably with the thatched roof and the white house and probably white walls around it. yeah, and the chickens in the front here.

after my dad died, i feel that he comes back to me in a bird shape, and so this is even more meaningful to me because of the birds in the picture. and this morning when i left to bring it here, i looked at it again and there was that bird again. i just thought my dad was with me. it's rather spiritual. i feel it is. i feel it is, yeah. well that's lovely, too. so you've really saved the picture from a garage, and you've got a little gem and quite a lot of value, too. it's dated 25, it could possibly be 35, which would make it very early. they're getting quite sought after. commercially we're certainly looking at £8,000 to 10,000. really? whoa. no. ( laughs ) i'm shocked. i really am. it's a delightful picture, and i'm thrilled you brought it in. i wasn't expecting to hear that at all.

well, thank you very much. thank you. well, this is a very strong victorian design, the set and color of the stos. it's a cartouche-shaped brooch strongly naturalistic flower cluster in the middle, and flower scrolls around the outside. so i assume we're talking about a family piece. would i be right? absolutely. yes. tell me a bit about it. well, it was left to me by my mother and in turn it was given to her by her mother. but, i mean, apart from the fact that i think it's a pretty brooch the real story behind it is it caused a monumental sort of family rift which stayed until she died. what happened was that i think she'd been told verbally by her mother, you know, before her death that she was going to get this piece because it was clearly her favorite piece. but actually when the will came out of course it wasn't set aside, and that caused this huge row that her two half-sisters believe

that, you know it should all be divvied up, if you like. and my mother was saying, no, no, no. this was, you know given to me specially and this was always my favorite brooch. i think what happened in the end was they said, well, look, if you want that that's all you get. so indeed that's what happened. goodness gracious me. was there a problem beforehand or was this it? was this the lightning conductor towards this bad feeling or did they get on not very well before that? well, of course, it's difficult to know. i think the way my mother put it was i don't think she was always incredibly close, but it was very clear from the way she talked about it that, you know, the brooch was the thing that caused-- this is the cause. absolutely. and they didn't talk for 20 years. was it very much the value or was it just the piece itself? i don't think it was the value but you have to assume that they weren't arguing about something that was worthless but maybe they were. no, because if it had been a few pounds then-- so clearly the issue is what's it worth. yes.

i mean, you know on the one hand, if it's expensive you think at least they fought about something that was worth this. if it's worthless, you know, what were you doing? well, shall we have a look at the back first? it's mounted in gold and silver which is, you know typical of the victorian metal that would've been used. and, well, they are diamonds. okay. they are diamonds. it's a mid-victorian diamond brooch. it's set with a cluster of old mine diamonds which means they're slightly cushioned in shape. can i just point out one teeny weeny diamond there is missing so that perhaps should be replaced at some point. and the good news is i suppose, we must be looking at something in the region of £4,000 for it. wow. would she be pleased? at least it was worth arguing over. yes, but not to such an unbelievably furious extent. i mean it is a tragic story. it's a fascinating story. it's a story of human emotion taken to an extreme,

all encapsulated in a white stone brooch. thank you very much. thank you. it's so unusual to get two amazing pieces of french art deco pottery. how come you have two? are you just greedy? well, this was my mother-in-law's and i always remember it on her kitchen wall. and my husband my late husband, was in the south of france in the fifties and he brought that piece back on his motorbike. his motorbike. on his motorbike? where did he-- on a back sack or-- yeah, i think it must've been. well, it's in pretty good condition. so i suppose he saw that which was his mother's and thought, hang on they're the same. and they are. they're both by someone called longwy. and this one is clearly marked on the bottom here atelier primavera longwy, france. primavera was a department store in paris. oh, i didn't know that. who commissioned these pieces from the factory. and they're just wonderful. you so rarely see examples outside of france.

when i saw them, i knew we just had to feel them. i've got a few more pieces as well. you're just rubbing it in, aren't you? i mean, two is enough, but a collection? you could've brought them all. but, i mean, just look at it. it just typifies the french art deco style, and the french really almost invented art deco. we've got, you know, these very elegant women with these amazing flowers sort of, i'd suppose you'd say they're bathing. and just the shape. everything about the whole piece fits in beautifully. and when we look at this one again, the same. a horse charging. well, two horses aren't they? and then these amazing stylized flowers. and then these little sort of funny green lollipops down at the bottom. longwy were famous for this particular style. it's a similar work to moorcroft in england except moorcroft slip trailed and then filled in with color. what longwy did, they used metal to stamp into the thing, and then it was filled in with enamel. and you can see how it is almost raised up slightly. and also this looks like crazing. that's not a defect in it. if you look at the horse it's a bigger

crater. that's all part of the design. and you can imagine, you know going into an amazing parisian department store in the twenties, and this must've looked so new and so shocking. and i suppose we've praised how wonderful they are. we really maybe have to go to the value of them. have you ever thought about their value? nope. well, let's start with that one there, the little green lollipop one and the two horses. that one, in the right sale, it would have to be a special sale setting, art deco we would probably looking at an estimate of £1,000 to 1,500. and the big one, i can easily see that selling for over £3,000. so thank goodness he drove safely on those roads all the way back from the south of france. absolutely. 50-odd year ago. because one hiccup and it would've been worth £3.00. thank you so much for bringing them in. a pleasure. thank you very much. you know, at first glance, standing back, the color of this

leads me to think straightaway a wonderful 1930s copy of a mid-18th century knee hole desk. just the color. i mean, it's sort of ingrained that this is the color you would expect. and what i want to do is to go through it with you and see whether or not it is that or if it's got any more age. before i do that can you give me any family history with it? it's been in every house i've known. i first saw it in my grandfather's home when he lived in ilkley, and it subsequently came into our family. my mother used to keep flowers on the top of it. hence the water staining. i think it looked a lot better before then. fair enough. and now it's in our home. okay. well, the first thing, you know, naturally pull out a drawer. you see people pull drawers out of furniture and wonder what they're looking at. right. well, there's the first indication that it's got age. and you can see these lines drawn in it by these nails which protrude. that's a drawer stop, okay?

and that has shrunk and the nails stick out and they've gouged those lines. that's no reproduction. that didn't happen. you didn't reproduce that sort of thing. so we now start to look at it as potentially an 18th century piece. furthermore, it's got these lovely old steel locks and the whole thing is mahogany lined. and you see how new that looks? i mean, that's quite fresh and sharp. well, so it should be, because the drawer fits so well that there's no air to get to it. if you see a lot of dust and dirt and stain on there, then it is likely to be a copy and we see that more often than not. so, so far so good. now, it's got the little drawer which pulls out, but it's got what we call blind fret in this sort of faux chinese style. that starts to give us a really accurate date of between 1755-1760 and 1775 at the latest. now, this part... does this pull out?

it does. can you do that? it comes out. almost... okay. almost flush. almost flush. i think it did come out flush. it should do. and what that did was to change the appearance of the piece so that it could be moved around the house for different purposes. if you wanted a knee hole desk then you could just push that back and sit and write your letters. or you could use the brushing slide. we call it a brushing slide, which is there. we call it a brushing slide because if you were in a bachelor pad you used it to put your clothes on there and brush them before you put them on. 1765, we're getting there. and the whole thing is constructed of this wonderful mahogany. in this case, veneers on the front and then solid mahogany drawer lining, again, another mark of really top quality. so it's just the color and this color was created when it was cleaned off. what we would call patina, what they thought of as dirt. in the 1930s, this was the color that was desirable.

but it's part of its history. a lovely piece of furniture. now, on the market today this would realize if sold properly between £30,000 and 35,000. wow. wow. now, that was a surprise. it is a surprise. wow. it's wonderful. it's just amazing. can i just ask you in that case with the staining on the top? do nothing with it. do nothing with it, really? leave it. leave it. just leave it. it's part of its story. good heavens. david, you've got a bit of a reputation as a celebrity on this island and looking at you i'm beginning to get an idea why. you are marilyn everywhere. well, i am. i'm a great marilyn fan, as i say. the jacket is probably the best bit, you see. look at that. and i've bought several jackets like that now. so i've been wedded to marilyn from about 1981 when i bought my first costume. now, we've got a beautiful photograph of marilyn a signed photograph. what on this table belonged to marilyn? in actual fact, well this lemon squeezer,

it was her own personal little piece. and when she broke up her marriage with arthur miller, she went with the actor ralph roberts back to the house. ralph told me, he said, "we went in and she said to arthur "i want a couple of things." and i think arthur thought she wanted something expensive. marilyn being marilyn, she wanted a photograph and her lemon squeezer. it does strange today. now, as well as marilyn, you've got other sort of film star memorabilia, haven't you? what's in here? this is mae west. you know, come up and see me sometime. in actual fact i have to confess, fiona they're not diamonds but they're very, very very good reproductions. they were original diamonds and she sold the original in 1942 when america went into the war and she had these reproductions made. and they're very good reproductions because they fooled everybody for 30 years. and she sold them in 1942, what, to help the war effort? yes, to raise the war effort. but she didn't want any publicity out of it because she was not that sort of gal. she was a gal, you know, who was-- well, her portrayal on the screen was a good-time gal. it didn't sort of come across too well

so she went with the image. she thought it would spoil her image if she looked too patriotic? yes. yes, yes, yes. so they've been on the frank sinatra show all the other shows in america, yeah. it's a marvelous collection here. what about this? yes. a mail bogart. hollywood, california. and inside "i love you, bogie." and the initials on the back h.b., of course. humphrey bogart. she was one of his wives and they were known as the battling bogarts. i think that after she stabbed him a couple of times, that was the end of the marriage. i think he got the message it was over. so this was pre-lauren bacall, then? yes, 1935. christmas 1935, yes. now what about this? elvis's pink sapphire ring. of all the things in my collection which i do have some quite lovely things everybody wants to see that. everybody wants to try it on. given to the sister, the lady who was unfortunately in his bed when he died. so it's perfect provenance. well, that's a provenance you can't dispute then, is it? you can't dispute that, no.

if the lady says that elvis gave it to her, then he gave it to her. but anything of elvis presley now has become so iconic. it's like john lennon or marilyn. it's just lots of cash. couldn't afford to buy it today. so how much would something like that be worth, then? today, about--i would say, £30,000-40,000 today. yeah. i didn't pay anything like that but there we are. gosh. so how did all this come your way? well, i started really collecting about 60 years ago, just painted postcards of marilyn and things like that. before i even could read i mean, i was collecting things, and i just collected and collected and collected, and now i've got a house. i keep on adding a few more rooms to the house. i moved the cars out now so i haven't got a garage anymore because i need to get all the stuff in, you see. so you just go to auctions, basically where this stuff is being sold. yes, and, of course, i know a lot of people that were associated with quite famous people and i buy from them if they'll sell to me. you know, so it's been a great life. getting poorer and poorer every year, but there we are. well, a wonderful collection.

thank you so much for showing it to us. well, thank you. ♪ but square cut or pear shaped ♪ ♪ these rocks don't lose their shape ♪ ♪ diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪ before i go into this, i'd love to hear how did you acquire this. well, it comes from my husband's side of the family. my mother-in-law received it from her cousin when she died in with a box of lots of other trinkets as well. and she very generously let each member of the female side of the family choose an article out of the box. oh, really? and so, actually i just chose that because i thought it was rather pretty. and i wear it sometimes, actually, on special occasions. you do. oh, good. i'm very pleased to hear it. now, what we have here is we have van cleef and arpels on the face. so with a piece of jewelry when it comes in it has to prove to me that it is all genuineand it's all right.

so i sort of break it down in my mind and then piece it all together when i've looked at various aspects of it. you had alfred van cleef and he was from a line of diamond merchants and he set up a workshop in round about 1898. and he and his two brother-in-laws, charles and jacques arpels they all got together and in 1906 they moved their workshop and shop to place vendome, number 22, i think, place vendome. and it has the best jewelers in the world all around the outside and it's so grand and elegant and beautiful. and this is where this watch was purchased. now, what else is wonderful about this watch is that it has single cut diamonds. single cut diamonds mean there are eight facets above and eight facets below. and then you've got the black onyx and this suggests to me that it is around about in 1925, 1930,

that sort of period. what i also look for is there are two marks that are alsatians heads and alsatians heads is the french mark for platinum. oh, right. so that's telling me that it is platinum. it then has, on the other side, a little number inscribed, and that also tells me that that will relate to the archive in the shop in paris. so all these things all marry up to make it a genuine piece. now, these are seed pearls and, i mean, the sun is so bright today you can't quite see it but they are a beautiful delicate mélange of pinks and whites. and, again houses like van cleef, the attention to detail is what makes them so desirable. now, value. do you have any idea?

no, in a word. no, i don't. i would suggest that you probably will be in the region of £10,000. really? wow. my goodness. i mean, it's just gorgeous and i hope you're going to enjoy wearing it, especially when you go to paris and go to place vendome. and go in to van cleef and arpels. they're still there now. and that would be fantastic. take it home. ( both laugh ) well, you've brought along today a very peculiar object and if i pull this pin out and allow the cover to come off, i've got in my hand what's known as a sticky bomb. and this is a second world war object which would be thrown against a tank. you run up to the tank you'd smash it on the side of the tank, because this is covered in a sticky substance. it's still sticky after all these years. incredible, really. glass underneath.

and what's the inside? what's inside it? nitroglycerin. about a half a pint of nitroglycerin. nitroglycerin? the most powerful explosive available. now, why have you got it? well, i was a bomb disposal officer and i got it in the course of my duties. it was an ex-home guard depot that we had to clean out and it was found there. well, as a bomb disposal officer during the second world war, you must've been a very brave man because many of your colleagues would have been killed. well, yes, we did have quite a number. one of my friends was killed on alderney during the clearance of the channel islands but it was sort of normal. we didn't think too much of it. we never had funerals. we never had funerals because it discouraged everybody else. and what happened towards the end of the war? towards the end of the war we were allocated to 135 force that was engaged to liberate jersey. we cleared mines in meantime, but when we got ashore we were mobbed by the people.