Antiques Roadshow is a British television series produced by the BBC since 1979. Series 28 (2005/06) comprised 25 editions that were broadcast by the BBC from 4 September 2005 – 19 March 2006.TV.com Antiques Roadshow Series 28 Episode databaseHomes And Antiques, Meet the Experts
The dates in brackets given below are the dates each episode was filmed at the location. The date not in brackets is the episode's first UK airing date on BBC One.
Series /EpisodeAired Location Host & Experts Notes 28/12005-09-04 Lichfield Cathedral LichfieldStaffordshire Michael Aspel & John AxfordAndrew DavisPaul AtterburyHilary KayLars Tharp – first edition by Samuel Johnson – Punch and Judy figures, carved wood covered with Gesso, mid-19th century from travelling theatre, including Pantaloon, £5,000 – scrapbooks of Victorian era Royalty of Europe, £1,000 – 1910 Art Nouveau glass fronted cabinet for china, made in satinwood, £1,500 – teddy bear with silver-coloured fur made by J. K. Farnell c1910, £5,000 – bronze statue of Egyptian god Amun, from Howard Carter's estate, 600BC, £3,000 – Tunstall, Staffordshire pottery from 'Lingard Webster', potted by Charles Hancock (sculptor) who trained Clarice Cliff. Woman who lived in a shoe, 1909, Queen Mary ordered two for Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth. – bronze sculpture of airman by Dora Gordine, 1942, 4 of 6, £6,000 – collection of theatrical memorabilia, 6,000 pieces ranging from Roman theatre tickets, tricks of Chung Ling Soo conjuror (alias of William Ellsworth Robinson). Letter by Harry Houdini, – set of 19th century South American mate drinking cups, £150 each, plus silver Bombilla (drinking straws), £30 each, – reverse painting on glass and paper composite of Georgian country house landscape by an English painter. £4,000 – longcase clock with automaton, by John Alker of Wigan, 1830s. Decorated with Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Mark the Evangelist, Luke the Evangelist and John the Apostle, plus Faith, Hope and Charity and panels of , Lord Nelson scenes, £10,000 – collection of oriental items, including Catalogue of artistic Japanese bronzeware and brassware. Bronze lion £9,000 – 1889 painting of Alfred Nicholson Leeds, palaeontologist. An early work by 17-year-old William Nicholson (artist), £12,000 – double-barrelled Pistol sword – seven-barrelled Volley gun (Nock gun) £35,000 – pair of H.W. Mortimer pistols, owned by Lord Nelson, – jewellery and memorabilia from lady Charlotte Knollys and Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra), given to nanny Martinham c.1902. Sir John Knollys' medallion from the coronation of Edward VII of the United Kingdom £600; brooch £1,200; reverse painted medallion, (Essex crystal) £1750; wrist watch £2000; brooch £2,000 – Lord Nelson's sword pistol – valued at £20,000 28/22005-09-11 University of WalesLampeterCeredigion,Wales Michael Aspel & Richard PricePaul AtterburyLars Tharp – bust of Dylan Thomas – book of early silhouettes, – plate worth £10,000. 28/32005-09-18 Edinburgh Scotland Michael Aspel & Hilary KayLars TharpEric Knowles – Mickey Mouse mascot, – Art Deco figurine that belonged to the bodyguard to Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. 28/42005-09-25 Normanby Hall ScunthorpeNorth Lincolnshire Michael Aspel & Eric KnowlesHilary KayDavid BattieChristopher PayneNicholas MitchellAndrew Davis – Royal Worcester powder blue vases, 1928–1932, painted by Edward Townsend, Moseley, and Albert Schuck. £4,000 – 1930s children's double rocking chair, £250 – Biedermeyer sofa made pine and Karellian birch from Baltic / Russian area, 5,000 – two cup and saucer sets by Susie Cooper, decorated by carving and 'Scrafito, 1950s, £100 and £150 – Victorian watercolour of two sisters, gifted by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury, painted by Janet Russell, 1870, (member of the Society of Women Artists) £2,000 – WWII memorabilia, pics and shrapnel and log book £500 – collection of 400 lawn mowers – white marble bust by Agathon Leonard, 1900s Art Nouveau, £15,000 – 22 Toy Footballers, (cast Lead) with 'Flick n Kick'action. England team in full Union Jack shirts versus 11 'Johnny Foreigners', £500 – christening mug from Crowle, 1856 – collection of porcelain models of German ladies sunbathing. Possibly Gebruder Heubach, £100-£200 each – Collection of cycling posters from the 1920s-1960s, Raleigh Cycles, et al., £150 each – 1680s Secretaire en portefeuille in English oak, £3,000 – Leather box containing Edwardian motoring Picnic set, 1911 Royal Doulton (20 dots) Cups, saucers, teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl, plus kettle and burner, £1,500 – Embroidered 17th century panel, of Charles 1st, includes Figure of Smell £5,000 – Pair telescopic candlesticks, hallmarked Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, 1816, £6,500 – a pair of candlesticks won in a newspaper competition 28/52005-10-02 Pannier Market,Tavistock, Devon Devon Michael Aspel & Keith BakerNicholas MitchellDavid Battie – prison uniform and a cat o'nine tails from Dartmoor (HM Prison),– hunting horn used at D Day– a plate worth £1,000. 28/62005-10-09 Compilation episode Lichfield & Normanby Hall Michael Aspel & Christopher PaynePaul AtterburyHilary KayLars TharpEric Knowles – Ring of the Romanian Royal Family, – Arts and Crafts Movement bed – undertaker's collection of coffinalia. 28/72005-10-16 Ipswich East Anglia Michael Aspel & Ian HarrisChristopher PaynePaul AtterburyLars Tharp – Duke's chamber pot used for champagne, – early record player – a white elephant valued at £1500. 28/82005-10-23 Beamish Museum County Durham Michael Aspel & Paul AtterburyLars TharpDavid Battie – 1910 painting, probably of Virginia Wolff by unknown artist. probably £2,000 – walking stick containing glass bottle and goblet. Early 19th century polished bootwood. £200 – collection of ceramics from Sunderland, Tyneside, Jug from Northumberland Pottery, Thomas Feel bowl £450; Jar £700; Skinners (Addison and Falkener); Dixon & Co; Seaham Pottery; Total value £2,500 – rapier with Repoussé (rehammered) bowl made in 1624, smuggled out of Russia by Bolshoi Ballet Company. – belt and buckle of North Eastern Railway (UK) policeman. £400 – collection of World War I shell cases, Trench art. Shell case dedicated to Thomas Alfred Jones Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal – decorated Hearth tiles from the 1880s by William De Morgan (a colleague of William Morris) he studied Lusterware techniques in Italy. £500 each – Royal household memorabilia from the 1950s, Private snapshots and letters from Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. £350 – biscuit barrel by Royal Doulton, transfer printed, £80 – 'Walsall clock' mechanism mounted on marble base, (6 spoke wheels, strike silencer, days of week and date) £6,000 – Puritee (Purity) – Fine Art moulded terracotta bust of beautiful Art Nouveau girl by Friedrich Goldscheider. 1897, £2,000 – Symphonium dual turntable Music box, £20,000 28/92005-10-30 Manderston House DunsBerwickshire Michael Aspel & Christopher PayneDavid BattiePaul Atterbury 28/102005-11-06 Rochdale Town Hall RochdaleGreater Manchester Michael Aspel & Lars TharpEric Knowles – Rochdale Great hall with a Hammerbeam roof and Mintons tiled floor – pair French 'bisque' figures, 1870s £700 – Royal Doulton pot with 'Chinet decoration, 1900s, £100 – 19th century chests / coffers using bits of 1542 and 1616 wood, £120- £250 – gold propelling pencil, gifted and inscribed by George IV of the United Kingdom, £700 – autograph album and memorabilia assembled by 1950s band leader Geoff Love. £250 – 1960s painting of Grasmere in the Lake District by William Heaton Cooper (son of Alfred Heaton Cooper), £2,000 – late 19th century Chinese desk, £5,000 – collection of Cigarette packets, sometimes several manufacturers per town. e.g. Lambert & Butler, 1902 coronation box of 22 carat gold tipped cigars with images of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Alexandra of Denmark – Polyphon Musical box, 1880s, American, playing vertically mounted tin discs, 1907, £5,000 – pair of plates made of pottery scraps from the 1850s-1920s, £150 – doll made by Armand Marseille of Sonneberg and Koppelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany £350 – doll made by Pierre-François Jumeau of 'tete jumeau', France, £2,000 – Glass vase by Keith Murray (ceramic artist) of New Zealand, for Stevens & Williams / Royal Brierley. £400 – cracked 1920s porcelain bowl, used by a prisoner of war during building the Burma Railway in World War II – Albert Pierpoint archive, pictures, record books, signed dedication in autobiography, £5,000 – L. S. Lowry's paint brushes, £1,000 – Pilkington's Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles from Swinton, – 1906 plate decorated with river and bridge scene by Foy Evans, £150 – jar – iridescent glaze, lustre ware decoration by 'William Salter Mycock' please. £1,500 – jar – ruby lustre by Richard Joyce (RJ), £800 – jar – honey glaze decorated by Richard Joyce (RJ), £2,000 – shagreen (shark skin) cover containing pocket globe made by 'Cary's Pocket Globes', 1791, £3,000 28/112005-11-13 Chelsea pensionersRoyal Hospital, Chelsea Chelsea, London Michael Aspel & Paul AtterburyHilary KayEric KnowlesGeoffrey MunnJohn SandonJohn AxfordJohn BlyPaul Atterbury – collection of jewellery £15,000. Cufflinks and letter, gifted by George VI of the United Kingdom in 1937; items made by Collingwood & Co of 171 New Bond Street, London, and by Hennell Of Bond Street Ltd (–2001) – northern Italian desk, 1580–1620, in the Rococo and middle eastern styles, with decorations of Jonah and the whale drawn with ink. Modified in the 1690s to fit on stand, £5,000 – Art Deco crocheted French Miser's Purse, 1920–1925, decorated with cut steel beads, £300 – carved wooden bee (One of Four), lacquered, looted/stolen from the ancient Burmese throne when the palace was sacked by the British Army, possibly tens of thousands of pounds – shawl received as gift at the Delhi Durbar of 1911, valued at 'hundreds of pounds' – buttons from Charles Dickens' smoking jacket, in leather bound presentation volume with letter of provenance signed by Georgina Hogarth, (his wife's sister, his mistress), dated 9 June 1870. Leather book/box made by Riviere & Sons, te leading bookbinders of London and Bristol. £2000 – collection of ice-cream memorabilia and historic artefacts. – Bronze sculpture of Russian Ice Cream Seller by 'Jacques'? for holding 'penny lick' glasses (good for spreading tuberculosis). – hot toddy lifter, (glass pipette) – one man's medals from the Royal Scots Greys and Royal Horse Guards regiments. £1,500 – 1910 painting of adopted aunt by William Robert Symonds. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1910, £10,000 – 'triple top', cheatproof gaming table/roulette wheel, built by Sir Hiram Maxim on request from Edward VII to prove the integrity of the gaming industry. Lord Roslynn had complained vociferously that he was continually being cheated by 'fixed roulette wheels', but he then lost in a public challenge with Hiram Maxin. – pair of cups and saucers designed for shakey hands. Made by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, marked Louis XV of France 1766, painted by Guillaume Noël, £10,000 – David Linley – wooden folding 'pocket lectern' for reading at the table. 1840 – David Linley – Humidor, based on the four gates of Istanbul, – 1816 box containing secret cameo bust of Napoleon and messages of homage. Decorated with painted images, birds, Ouroboros (snake eating its tail and the French Imperial Eagle. Owned by Empress Eugénie, Inscribed Violettes £2,000 – World War I trench maps of Armentières and Arras, £100 each – chased gold, silver and enamel Art Nouveau brooch showing four faces, made by the goldsmith 'Louis Aucoc of Paris', (The master who taught René Lalique). Gifted to a brave lady who vanquished two armed assailants. £8,000