TV shows
TV programmes about the art and antiques trade have greatly expanded in number since the 1990s. From Bargain Hunt and Flog It! to Fake or Fortune? and the long-running BBC series Antiques Roadshow, love them or loath them, their popularity is enduring.
And don’t forget the nation’s favourite dealer: Lovejoy.
Hugh Scully and the early Information Superhighway
15 October 2015With the death of ex-Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully at the age of 72, former Antiques Trade Gazette editor Ivan Macquisten looks back at what happened when he launched an online valuations business with the internet still in its infancy.
Bonhams: airing on a TV screen near you
08 October 2015Bonhams have launched a new brand campaign centred on TV advertising. It is the first time that a major international auction house has advertised on TV.
Antiques Roadshow reins in ivory coverage
16 July 2014The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will show fewer ivory objects in future programmes, but has stopped short of banning the valuation of antique ivory on screen.
Roadshow discovery heads to Christie’s
02 June 2014This portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a spectacular discovery for the BBC’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’, will carry an estimate of £300,000-500,000 at Christie’s Old Master sale on July 8.
Faithful fans rally to Sister Wendy
20 May 2013The name of 83-year-old Sister Wendy Beckett, reclusive nun and famous TV art critic, doesn’t always meet a raptuorous response in the art world, but there is no doubt that the public at large love her.
Cork Street on TV
26 November 2012Two television programmes are in the pipeline to raise awareness of the ‘Save Cork Street’ campaign, as the Mayfair street’s art galleries continue their fight against redevelopment plans.
An Aboriginal star of sale and screen
24 August 2012The multitude of television shows devoted to antiques are rarely popular with the antiques trade as a whole – in a well-worn argument some credit them with the disintegration of the dealing community itself – but auctioneers are ready participants both for the publicity and the prospect of a decent consignment.
Second Burges brooch makes appearance
14 June 2012Antiques Roadshow and Midlands auction house Gildings have conspired again to find a second William Burges brooch.
Concerns mount over Cameo
16 April 2012The subject of a recent BBC documentary regarding county court judgments, the Midgham firm of fine art auctioneers and valuers are also the subject of non-payment claims and other complaints.
Gildings to offer Munn’s Roadshow dream object
18 July 2011When Leicestershire retiree Jill Cousins tuned in to watch a March episode of the Antiques Roadshow, she took rather more notice than usual in the slot called Most Seen and Most Wanted.
Producers defend approach of TV's Antiques Road Trip
10 May 2011Makers do not manipulate deals, show’s boss tells ATG. The makers of the BBC television show The Antiques Road Trip have written to ATG defending the format of the programme.
A decent antiques TV programme... at last
29 November 2010AFTER years of TV programmes that have approached antiques using the controversial gameshow format, we finally have a proper champion in the shape of Kirstie Allsopp – and it’s not even an antiques show.
Dragons back online valuer
06 September 2010LAST week's BBC Two programme, Dragons' Den saw two of the investors stake £100,000 in return for a 40 per cent share of the online valuation business ValueMyStuffNow.com.
Too much ‘collectables hunting’ on BBC says Trust
26 July 2010THE plethora of BBC daytime television shows based around antiques and collectables has drawn criticism from the corporation’s governing body.
Are you an antiques mastermind or budding author?
15 March 2010BBC Two are seeking contestants for Antiques Master, a new primetime antiques show which aims to find the most knowledgeable amateur antiques expert in the UK.
New TV show to bolster antiques
08 March 2010A FORTHCOMING BBC series aims to highlight the attractions of scouring auction rooms and antique shops.
IACF book TV adverts
21 August 2009THE new owners of the Newark International Antiques and Collectors' Fair, International Antiques & Collectors' Fairs Ltd (IACF), have booked a series of TV adverts to promote the forthcoming fair.
Fairytale ending for Wedgwood vase as it sells for £14,400 in Cheshire
23 March 2009When an impressive Wedgwood Fairyland lustre vase featured on the latest edition of The Antiques Roadshow, valuer Stephen Moore (of Anderson & Garland, Newcastle) wanted to suggest it could bring £10,000-15,000.
Good start for Fiona Bruce
15 September 2008FIONA Bruce's debut as presenter of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow on Sunday, September 7 saw an average of 6.1m viewers across the 8pm hour-long shot.
TV crew to Take Five
24 October 2006DISCOVERY Real Time are filming at Take Five’s Art Nouveau/Deco Fair at Woking on Sunday, October 29 for their 10-part Real Deal series which focuses on two dealers selling their pieces.
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