Bill Forrest

@baggottsilver One of the kindest, most knowledgeable, and funniest people I'll ever likely meet. I'll miss his presence in this world enormously, but what a privilege to have known him. 💔

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@bill4rest Worryingly Bill you’re almost spot on the melt value 😂

Well, just bought a thing. A quite unpopular type of thing, or maybe “overlooked” would be a better choice of words. It wasn’t cheap by any means, BUT, if it is as heavy as the auctioneers says it is, then quite remarkable. Will know tomorrow. Till then, fingers crossed.🤞

@baggottsilver Should be able to get at least 250 quid from the scrapper, at least 👍

Rolls-Royce quality (of its type) and untouched. 👌

@baggottsilver Sale still going on....they're currently selling an Indesit fridge freezer for a tenner....

Is there really much of a price difference between the more common scratch engraved and rarer fully relief carved Chinese Export mother of pearl gaming counters you ask?

@baggottsilver Yes please 😀

@bill4rest Oi! I’ll be sending you to Durham Museum for a refresher course if you’re not careful. 😂

How no one else spotted this at auction I’ll never know, I’m just very glad they didn’t. #Jade #NewZealandSilver #Antiques

@baggottsilver @thesaleroom I did wonder how I bagged that Pearson seal top spoon for a song 😀

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And remember these copies can themselves be a hundred years old now. They can have scratched bases and signs of wear and still not be period examples. So don’t think every bit of hobnail cut glass you find in a charity shop is Georgian. It often only looks like it is.🤫

When I was a whipper snapper I was very lucky to sit at the feet of L.M.Bickerton. I listened. Glass forms persist, revived again & again during different periods, seemingly identical. So much is in the colour of the metal and telltale small irregularities.

@baggottsilver Love these

If I didn’t have to buy an oven (it died on Christmas Day ☹️) would definitely be leaving a cheeky bid on this Georgian treat at auction today.

@baggottsilver You really need to write a pamphlet righting these wrongs - sugar nips, difference between a mug/tankard, etc.

@bill4rest That was beyond belief. Almost makes me think the chap might need his head examining…though on balance I suspect there’s nothing in it.😉

Antiques TV at it again. 🙈 Can we dismiss this absolute horse shit about a “mixing bowl”. The central covered bowl or container in a set of caddies or a teapoy is for sugar!!They even made some with an “S” engraved on them & it’s not “S” for “S-mixing bowl”!! #AntiquesPedant

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@baggottsilver *hundreds of thousands

TV “Expert”: “I’ve never seen one like that” 🤔 (Top Tip: Just pop over to the factory in China. They’ve literally got shelves stacked with thousands of the buggers.👍)

@baggottsilver I always find brasso and some wire wool does wonders on grubby old silver

An hour or two (you can’t rush these things). First cleaning off the tarnish, then cleaning off every bit of the old hardened polish, then washing it all off, then rinsing it all off, then drying (thoroughly) and finally lightly going over with a soft dry cloth. #antiques

@baggottsilver It's actually the pelvic bone of the spider-whale

“I couldn’t decide if it looks like a grasshopper or a lily with those strange pearls. What do you mean “mistletoe”?”

Until this very moment I was unaware of the concept or existence of AD (Architectural Digest) celebrity videos on YouTube. I’m so sorry, but once Pandora’s Box has been opened there’s just no going back…

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Fiona: “featured on this week’s Antiques Roadshow a collection of secondhand tops from the 60’s and 70’s… next week Ted from Scunthorpe brings along a pair of underpants he bought in 1983 from M&S. Remarkably he still wears them to this day” #FFS (NotThe)#AntiquesRoadshow

@baggottsilver Why aren't you diligently watching our Asian sale??

Sold in the same auction but a hundred lots apart. Once I’d bought the jug & dish, why did I have to buy the bowl? #Antiques

@baggottsilver Wordle 324 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 💅