This Collection Of Paintings Has An Incredible Value | Antiques Roadshow

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
  • All valuations were correct at the time of broadcast. This collection of around 160 paintings by Alfred Bastien, a Belgian artist, was found hidden away in an attic and now has an incredible value. Hugh Scully and the experts from Antiques Roadshow take a look at some fantastic antiques and the history and stories surrounding them. This clip was filmed in St Ives in 1991.
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Komentáře • 33

  • @JeanBray-cj3lu
    @JeanBray-cj3lu Před rokem +2

    Remember that valuation was done more than 20 years ago. Thats based on the hair styles and clothing of the time.

    • @willcwhite
      @willcwhite Před 18 dny

      You can look in the video description and see that it was 1991.

  • @gnirolnamlerf593
    @gnirolnamlerf593 Před rokem +9

    I've heard of British stoicism and understatement, but the woman with the Bastien paintings worth the equivalent of $55,000 (£45,000) today, was about as underwhelmed as you can be. She must have had a bundle in the bank or been taking Valium to remain so calm. Or -- she did have an idea what they were worth before she showed up with them.

    • @ianwilliams2632
      @ianwilliams2632 Před rokem +6

      Reticence about emotions was more pronounced back in 1990 when this was made. Many of us are a good deal more emotive today. More recent A.R. episodes abundantly show this, some crowds even clapping after a high valuation is given. Very crass.

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Před rokem +2

      That is the British middle class equivalent of doing a Meg Ryan.

    • @davehoward22
      @davehoward22 Před rokem +3

      You have something like that in the family for years,you'd probably have at least a vague idea it was worth something ...you certainly would today.

    • @blacksheepbahhhhh9385
      @blacksheepbahhhhh9385 Před rokem

      That's not much money at all. 50k or 60k won't get you anymore than a crack house...

    • @fastenbulbous
      @fastenbulbous Před 2 měsíci

      I mean, given the number of paintings it's not that surprising.

  • @faithlesshound5621
    @faithlesshound5621 Před rokem +1

    That pot reminds me of the wallpaper in a heavy smokers' living room, which became nicotine stained over the years. I suppose the same happens to ceramics, paintings and everything else exposed to smoke.

    • @katherine3486
      @katherine3486 Před rokem

      If that's outside
      What is inside the body like ??? !!!
      EWWWW

  • @barrybarry5803
    @barrybarry5803 Před rokem +20

    12,000 to 15,000 pounds, that's what she would be offered before going to Auction (which she would more than likely accept, and then forget all about them). Then unbeknownst to her they would eventually go to Auction and fetch their realistic price of 100,000 to 250,000 pounds plus... The Art World is very similar to Used Car salesmen when it comes to morality!

    • @XNY_Music
      @XNY_Music Před rokem +2

      It's not really worth my time, but seeing as you're nice, I'll offer you two hundred quid, cash in your pocket, right now, final offer.

    • @barrybarry5803
      @barrybarry5803 Před rokem

      @@XNY_Music ~ It's enough to make one want to puke!, and they get away with it time after time after time as they portray themselves as being Holier than Though as they sip on their bullshit champagne!!!

    • @BaileyGoldstein
      @BaileyGoldstein Před rokem +3

      You know this is from like 1980 right…so 15,000 pounds is the equivalent of 60,0000 pounds today…

    • @barrybarry5803
      @barrybarry5803 Před rokem

      @@BaileyGoldstein Oh Dear!... So, 400,000 to 1,000,000 pounds today!. I bet you were one of the Vaxxed!!!

    • @dmmtrck6310
      @dmmtrck6310 Před rokem +1

      Fifteen hundred in £1.500 to £2.000. Not £15,000 (thousand)

  • @76-UVB
    @76-UVB Před rokem +5

    £12,000 - £ 15,000 is not really a life changing amount of cash but it would be more than enough to find a new hair stylist and that in itself could quite possibly be life changing

    • @jameskvo
      @jameskvo Před 7 měsíci

      With inflation and appreciation, the paintings as shown here would make over £60,000 today.

  • @MrZORROish
    @MrZORROish Před rokem +4

    taking inflation into account multiply the valuation by 3

  • @charlotteritchie3338
    @charlotteritchie3338 Před rokem

    Ammonia?! It strips gilding like no other product! As a collector of Asian ceramics, it was shocking to see such a renown "expert" doing that very thing...😖!!

  • @riccardorinaldo7934
    @riccardorinaldo7934 Před rokem

    Incredible would be 500k, not 12-15k

  • @NickPenlee
    @NickPenlee Před rokem +2

    Handling artwork without gloves is very inadvisable, given the acid emission from skin. He should have known better!

    • @ianwilliams2632
      @ianwilliams2632 Před rokem +4

      He was a very experienced pictures expert, like all the others on at the time. When gloves were needed, they were used.

    • @gnirolnamlerf593
      @gnirolnamlerf593 Před rokem +6

      Not always true. Any number of studies show that it depends, usually on the condition of the skin on the hands of the handler. Actually, I can't think of a roadshow expert who does use gloves. As Clive Farahar points out, sometimes it is necessary to feel the paper or other substance upon which the art is produced. Being careful not to eat barbecued ribs just before, of course. These paintings seem to have survived quite well being thrown together rather haphazardly in an attic. Did the "elderly relative" who owned them before handle them with gloves? I don't think he damaged anything any further.

    • @NickPenlee
      @NickPenlee Před rokem

      @@ianwilliams2632
      They were needed here and not used!
      Experts? Some estimates quote a 20% figure for fakes in art museums and possibly higher. There's an increasing opinion that Salvator Mundi is a fake; so much for Martin Kemp's expert opinion!

    • @NickPenlee
      @NickPenlee Před rokem

      @@gnirolnamlerf593
      Well that's the reason why they were in such good condition. It was the tissue paper et al that possibly protected them whilst in 'hibernation', free from handling!

    • @ianwilliams2632
      @ianwilliams2632 Před rokem +2

      I was thinking of a specific instance, which is somewhere on CZcams, I believe from around the same time as this episode was produced. Hilary Kay had a Kid glove from about 1670, before her and she put some protective gloves on to protect it from her finger oils.
      You're certainly correct about books, of course. One must be able to tell if one has firm purchase on the page.

  • @Fush1234
    @Fush1234 Před rokem

    I wouldn’t get out of bed for £12-£15 thousand. Ridiculous