Deeping Bargain Hunt

l-r Lynda and Stuart Hall (Signal Box) Clare Stubbins (Mkt Dpg Antiques) Tory Griffiths & Carol Shaw (Shaws Coaches) Jessica Spencer (Stamford Auction Rooms).

This year Tory and Carol from Shaws Coaches pitted their treasure-hunting skills against Signal Box Rebuild team, Lynda and Stuart. Claire, Sue and Nathan from Market Deeping Antiques were on hand to help the challenge on its way!

With £50 each from I’d rather be in Deeping magazine the teams were off! Tory and Carol made the running initially when they quickly identified a watch brooch in one of the cabinets deftly unlocked by Claire. They had been attracted by the sparkles and as Carol said, ‘it would look lovely on a jacket lapel.’ Jessica concurred, explaining that it was made of marquisate, sparkly to imitate diamonds but a nice piece nonetheless and if a price could be negotiated from its tag price of £20 then there might be some profit at auction. Indeed there was and with a price of £15 the deal was done. Meanwhile Lynda and Stuart had spied a pair of crystal candlesticks They had caught Lynda’s eye straightaway as being unusual and elegant. Jessica discovered that they were from Nachtmann glassware and probably 50s or 60s in date. With a negotiated price of just £8, Jessica felt that they could do well at auction.

A tray of tiny pill boxes twinkled and Jessica advised that while one on its own would not sell at auction a selection would. Tory and Carol set about amassing a collection of them. Jessica picked out one as being foreign silver, not having a hallmark as we do in the UK; the figure 800 was imprinted on its base. With a price of just £10, Tory and Carol went on to their next purchase.

Only £5 for a black lacquered box with a glass painted panel depicting a bird and flowers, using a technique known as verreglomise, was easily dated as Victorian by Jessica, and even with a damaged hinge she felt it well worth its price ticket, but suggested coupling it with another box. Carol and Tory soon found another Victorian wooden box; this time its lid was working and it had a nice clean interior and faux marquetry on the

lid – negotiated down from its tag price of £6.50 to £3.25 it made up the pair nicely.

With Christmas in mind and with an eye for nice jewellery, it wasn’t long before Lynda had found a silver and enamelled pendant and ring. Described as ‘Mother of Pearlesq’ by Jessica it made its way into Lynda and Stuart’s haul at a bargain price of just £8.95, down from £10.95

Tory and Carol had identified Royal Crown Derby as a collectable brand likely to obtain a good price at auction, and so when they saw the sweet dish in design 1128, a pattern known as Imari they were keen to snap it up. Jessica cautioned that the value of Crown Derby had decreased in recent years but if they could get a better price than the £22 tag price then there was a chance that they could make something on it in the auction. The final price agreed was £16.75 and the pair snapped it up, and with that their £50 was spent!

A pair of vintage leather Bally riding boots in tip-top condition size 5 caught Jessica’s eye and she introduced the idea to Lynda and Stuart, who were already having some fun with a couple of bowler hats. The hats came with their original hatbox and after some tough negotiation the deal was done at £33 for two items, and with that their £50 was also spent.

Will it be Lynda and Stuart from the Signal Box Group or Tory and Carol from Shaws who make the most profit at auction? The winners, though, will be the Signal Box Rebuild and Maxey Charity Club, which started as a swear bottle on the bar in The Bluebell and has gone on to raise thousands of pounds for a huge range of charity needs that are within a ten-mile radius of Maxey.

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