Antique Valuation Videos

Useful videos about Art & Antiques

Welcome to our antique valuation videos page. Here we provide our customers with free video footage where some of our experts, dealers or authorities within their expert field, share some of their knowledge and give some useful tips relating to art and antiques, and how we can spot a bargain or a true treasure!

5 Step Guide: Antique Chest Restoration

This video will take you through a 5 step guide on antique chest restoration, what you should look out for such as shrinkage, blistering, checking runners and much much more! Antique furniture restoration is incredibly interesting and we hope you learn a little from this video

Posted: February 6, 2012 | Watch this video

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Looking at antique silver trinkets

Matthew Barton talks about antique silver trinkets. They were made in Germany and have been very popular since the 19th century. In this video, we discover various sweet trinkets: a box in the shape of a cottage, a model of an armchair, a little cherub on a swing

Posted: February 6, 2012 | Watch this video

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Types of antique silver spoons & forks

Specialist auctioneer Matthew Barton talks about the history of table silver. The spoons and forks' shape help to determine their age, e.g. table spoons used to be larger in the 18th century, or else fish knifes were only invented in the late 19th century... Useful tips if you want to know when your table silver was produced

Posted: February 2, 2012 | Watch this video

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Inspecting Silver Cutlery & Table Silver

Table silver is quite popular among collectors. Matthew Barton introduces some features that are relevant when looking at flatware such as numbers of items, patterns, engraved details or condition

Posted: January 28, 2012 | Watch this video

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