well, i happen to know that the brushes belonged to l.s. lowry. - fascinating. - yeah.parents were friends of lowry's. it was a friendship that was established in the 1960s and went on until his death in 1976. and i don't know the circumstances for the brushes being handed over, but they were given to my father. well, i think this is absolutely remarkable, here in rochdale and almost in lowry territory, that we should be handling the tools of one of the modern masters of british painting in the 20th century. they're remarkable tactile objects, aren't they? and also you sort of almost feel there's an almost organic quality, as if it's an extension of the artist himself. - it's a link between the artist-- - very much so. it's the way the paint goes all the way down to the bottom. the value of these objects-- it's a very difficult one to speculate on, to be honest with you. to someone who's an avid collector of lowry, someone who wants to possess not only his paintings but the tools of his trade, a broad estimate and a comfortable estimate would probably be somewhere in th