Birds, buildings, carpets, mirrors, metalware, nursery rhymes and an important upcoming Antiques and Art Fair all feature. Zoom carpet chat with Ian Perryman.

Original air date: 09.09.24

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Antiques and artworks all have contexts. We look at some of the remarkable circumstances surrounding them – a perplexing mediaeval manuscript, a “padlock – shaped” silver watch stand, some bronze age axe heads (delivered to the door), a clock with a secret history, a small (very male) effigy, and a (once deemed offensive) vinyl disc. And a quiz question (vey inoffensive).

Original air date: 12.08.24

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This broadcast is devoted to the odd, strange and peculiar. Remarkable prices and financial machinations contrasting with humanity and some surprising stories surrounding antiques and artworks. Portrayed through a stuffed fish, Roman sandals, William Shakespeare, a poison bottle, board game, Star Wars figure and museums. Some surprises indeed!

Original air date: 16.07.24

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A gruesome document, an exhibition about breasts, a caterpillar brooch, a ceramic teapot, and a further stained-glass window - mixed in with a bit of Hollywood and some historical characters past and present. Creating plenty of social comment and context. The quiz includes quite a spectacle.

Original broadcast date: 17.06.24

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Mysteries and oddities are the order of the day- another stained glass window, some embroidery, railwayana, and a goniometer (!?) with a smattering of archaeology, a hint of “who-dunnit” and revisiting an impersonator.

Our Zoom chat is far from mysterious, indeed very down to earth – we talk to two stalwarts of the Wagga Wagga Antique Society.

Original broadcast date: 20.05.24

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We link the Southern and Northern hemispheres with people and objects: including a stained-glass window, an amazing chalice and other unearthed objects, a silver mug and a map. Our Zoom chat is with Luke Schrager who brings silver wisdom to a mug and an extraordinary historical saga.

Original broadcast date: 22.04.24

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Another Royal Doulton figure of an historic guy. Body painting with a difference …!? A mug of murderers and how not to behave in a museum. Our Zoom chat is with a long-standing stalwart of antiques and art journalism – Roland Arkell. Plus the Quiz.

Original broadcast date: 25.03.24

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We consider understanding the context of collecting objects as against just hoarding or amassing. This we do through the lens of a camera, a Civil War display, a Knight mascot, and a splendid book which adds more than its pages might suggest. Our Zoom chat is with the President of the Ceramic Collectors Society, Paul Simadas.

Original broadcast date: 26.02.24

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