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WEST COAST Roadshow Treasures 2004 |
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The British Artiques Roadshow West Coast tour in April, May and June of 2004 coincided with the filming of our TV programme Treasures that Talk. The Roadshow Tour Took in Maple Ridge British Columbia, Elkford and Cranbrook BC before heading into Alberta. With Roadshows in Wetaskiwin, and Edmonton and Saskatchewan Roadshows : Kindersley, Swift Current, North Battleford.
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"Watson adopts the British Roadshow" Prince Ruperts most distinguished canine seems to have adopted the British Artiques Roadshow and the' Treasures that Talk' team as his very own during the week long stay on the island, becoming our first self proclaimed mascot.  |
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^ Roadshow appraisers Marshall Gummer and David Freeman fiming on location for 'Treasures that Talk' on Prince Rupert Island with 'Primetime Adventures'
Filming in Terrace BC, at Doug and Geraldines' with a collection of over 200 dolls that she knows by name! See programme one of the new series.
PRINCE RUPERT IN PRINCE RUPERT! |
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| ELKFORD & Cranbrook BC. Roadshows | ||
Darlene Dautel drove 12 hrs and 800 miles from Grande Prairie Alberta to be at the 2 day 'Elkford' Sell out Roadshow, 'just to be there!' Now she's aiming to organise a roadhow later in the year in the small but arty community of Beaverlodge - Alberta. Of course, we said yes. Likewise, Mr and Mrs Mueller made the 8 1/2 hour trek from Maple Ridge in Vancouver to the tiny township of Elkford who were such wonderful hosts to us up in the Rockies. They wanted to see the appraisers for a second time in a month, this time with another 15 items!
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Maple Ridge - vancouver |
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Fascinating: Maple Ridge gave us the Duke of Wellingtons' handwritten letter (left) to one of his officers who had kept a musket ball and even timber from the tree under which Wellington conducted his troops at the Battle of Waterloo
A gift fit for a queen. Queen Victoria presented this Paisley table runner (Left) as a wedding gift to the owners Grandmother in the 1880's
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Air aces taking to the skies above Wetaskiwin. Our art and antiques experts, David and Marshall, the interpid Biggles Brothers filming for 'Treasures that Talk. |
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EDMONTON Northgate Centre. |
Roadshow antique finds also included a staggering 166 pc. Traub Sterling Silver cutlary set circa 1900 and 2 boxes of the rarest of rare oriental photographs. |
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Edmonton turns out in force and reveals nearly $2,000,000.00 in treasures over the three day extended sell out event at the Northgate Centre. |
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Filming TV Traub Sterling Silver cutlary set
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Amongst a cornucopia of historic and valuable finds at the weekend, was this very rare German first edition book by St. John of the Cross. It was printed in the old city of Prague in the Archbishops printing plant within St Norberts College in 1697.
St. John of the Cross is probably one of the most important mystical philosophers in Christian history. The son of a rich merchant, John - (Juan de Yepes y Alvarez in Fontiveros) was born in Spain in 1542. When he was quite young, John's father died leaving his working class mother to raise him alone. At 18, after gaining employment in a plague hospital, John, began to study with the Jesuits, entering the Carmelite Order in 1563. He continued his studies at the University of Salamanca where he was to teach while still a student and ordained in 1567. John was later to meet St. Teresa of Avila and initiated a very severe form of monasticism. These Monks went so far as to go barefoot, indicating their commitment to poverty, lending to them the term "Discalced" or "shoeless." This particular work contains three of his greatest works: The Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul and the Spiritual Canticle of the Soul. The Catholic Encyclopedia includes a lengthy article about St. John. |
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And still more fine paintings like this wonderful Franz Johnston oil turning up in Edmonton. |
One of the Roadshows best ever finds: Arlene Hall & her remarkable Koshashin Collection of rare early Japanese Photographs CLICK IMAGE
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Saskatchewan Roadshows : Kindersley, Swift Current, North Battleford.
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Just a week before, Edmonton, Saskatchewan became a secret Canadian treasure in itself, revealing over $1,400,000.00 in finds and family heirlooms.
Just when an where you least expect it...a stunning English sampler from 1821 illustrating Lincoln cathedral shows up. Probably the best I've ever seen! |
English sampler from 1821 |
Put alongside this cast metal bank 'Teddy and the Bear' in mint condition and never taken out of its box.......their cumulative face value exceeds $25,000.00
Teddy and the Bear Bank
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KPM plaque by Mengler
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< Irene's delighted, as her 10 cent yard sale find is not 'just a tile'. It turns out to be KPM plaque by Mengler & topping $2500.00 |
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Lloyds English school oil of a stable interior of 1832
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 Marshall keeping tracks with some old friends! |
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Snap! Unusual to have two of a kind on the same morning |
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