Flog It!
''Flog It!'' is a BBC television series that has been broadcast since 27 May 2002, presented by Paul Martin (although the first five episodes were presented by Mark Harnden). Description The show follows a similar formula to ''Antiques Roadshow'', with members of the public bringing their antiques to be viewed and valued by a team of experts. However, unlike ''Antiques Roadshow'', the owners are then given the option to sell their items at an auction. The programme, originally broadcast as part of BBC One's afternoon schedule, subsequently appeared on BBC Two. It is shown as part of the early evening schedule for short runs, and sometimes also on Saturday afternoons. It was noted in early 2017 that ''Flog It!'' had recently filmed its 1000th episode. On 2 October 2018, it was announced by the BBC that they would be axing the show after 17 years as part of a shake-up to "modernise" the daytime schedule. Objects During each show, selected lots are auctioned off. Items by Moorc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Martin (TV Presenter)
Paul Martin (born 5 January 1959) is a British antiques dealer and professional drummer, best known for being the presenter of various BBC television antiques programmes including ''Flog It!'', ''Trust Me, I'm a Dealer'' and ''Paul Martin's Handmade Revolution''. Biography Martin was born in Teddington, Middlesex. His family subsequently moved to Cornwall, where he was educated at Falmouth Grammar School and then studied art and woodworking at Falmouth College of Arts (now Falmouth University). He then developed parallel careers, as an antiques trader and dealer and as a session musician drummer. Martin worked with Average White Band, The Quireboys and The Dogs D'Amour in the 1990s. From the age of 25, he owned a pitch on London's Portobello Road. He also worked as an antiques props stylist for magazines including ''Marie Claire'' and ''New Woman'', whilst undertaking larger projects designing antique sets for television shoots for BBC One's ''The Clothes Show'' and Granada T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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René Lalique
René Jules Lalique (6 April 1860 – 1 May 1945) was a French jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments. Life Lalique's early life was spent learning the methods of design and art he would use in his later life. At the age of two, his family moved to the suburbs of Paris, but traveled to Aÿ for summer holidays. These trips influenced Lalique later on in his naturalistic glasswork. With the death of his father, Lalique began working as an apprentice to goldsmith Louis Aucoc in Paris. Lalique died on 1 May or 5 May 1945, in Paris. René Lalique was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. His granddaughter, Marie Claude-Lalique (b. 1936), was also a glass maker. She died on 14 April 2003 in Fort Myers, Florida. Education In 1872, when he was twelve, he entered the Collège Turgot where he started drawing and sketching. He attended evening cla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philip Serrell
Philip Martyn Serrell (born 27 March 1954) is an English auctioneer, antiques expert and television presenter who appears as regular presenter on BBC TV antiques programmes such as ''Bargain Hunt'' and ''Flog It!''. He began his career as a livestock trade auctioneer, but he became a chartered surveyor in 1988 to analyse antiques. Serrell has also participated in musical charity events, performing as a singer with The Celebs. Early life Serrell was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire and attended the Royal Grammar School in Worcester, where he was a schoolmate of the Pakistani cricket captain Imran Khan. Serrell played both cricket and rugby for the school, prior to his attendance at, and graduation from, Loughborough College of Physical Education as a physical education teacher. Career Dissatisfied as a teacher, Serrell changed careers to become an auctioneer, working in the local livestock trade until qualifying as a chartered surveyor in 1988, specialising in fine ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charlie Ross (British Antiques Expert)
Charlie Ross (born June 1950 in Buckinghamshire, England) is a British antiques expert, presenter and auctioneer, known for regular appearances on several BBC Antique programmes. Professional career Ross started his career in 1968 after leaving school joining a local firm of estate agents and found himself auctioning chickens and turkeys. He progressed from these to antique furniture, and later established his own auction house in Woburn near Milton Keynes. He stood down in February 2008. Ross appears on television as an antiques expert on the BBC programmes ''Bargain Hunt'', ''Flog It!'', ''Antiques Road Trip'' and '' Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is''. He is now one of the five regular presenters on ''Bargain Hunt''. For many years, Ross has conducted the Pebble Beach Vintage Car Auction in California, and the Scottsdale Auction in Arizona for Gooding and Company. He is often seen in this role in episodes of the TV show ''Chasing Classic Cars''. He held the record for the h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Natasha Raskin
Natasha Raskin Sharp (born 15 June 1986) is a Scottish television presenter, and antiques and art expert, especially in Scottish contemporary art, best known for her appearances on television. The daughter of contemporary Scottish artist Philip Raskin, she has appeared in programmes in the UK and the US including ''Antiques Road Trip'', ''Celebrity Antiques Road Trip'', ''Flog It!'', ''Bargain Hunt'', ''For What It's Worth'' and '' Baggage Battles''. Family and education She was born in 1986 in Glasgow, the middle of three children in a family of art lovers and collectors. Her father is the artist Philip Raskin, and her grandfather was former TV magician Max Raskin. Initially she studied law at the University of Leeds, but left her degree course after a month, taking the rest of the academic year off before heading to the University of Glasgow to study a degree in History of Art. In 2017 she married Joe Sharp, a producer of ''Celebrity Antiques Road Trip'' whom she met in 2013 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anita Manning
Anita Manning (born 1 December 1947) is a Scottish antiques expert and television personality from Glasgow. She is well known for her appearances since 2010 as an expert and presenter on the BBC's ''Bargain Hunt'', ''Flog It!'' and the ''Antiques Road Trip''. She is claimed to be the first female auctioneer in Scotland. Career Manning's father used to take her to auctions on Sauchiehall Street, in Glasgow and she grew to love antiques. She first got into the antiques business in the 1970s after buying a bed from an Irish dealer. He offered her a job as a buyer. After studying physical education and specialising in dance at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, Manning was a teacher before she got married and had children. As a young mother, she developed a knowledge of antiques by buying furniture from auctions. After her first visit to Glasgow as a buyer, she bought and sold furniture in England and Ireland for about three years, driving all around the country in a truck. Along with her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kate Bliss
Kate Bliss (born 1975) is an English antiques expert and television presenter. She has appeared on the BBC's ''Bargain Hunt'', ''Flog It!'' and ''Secret Dealers'', and has presented '' Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is''. Bliss specialises in jewellery and silver, and is a fellow of the Great Britain Gemmological Association. Early life Bliss was born Kate Alcock in 1975 in Herefordshire, she grew up in Hampton Bishop and later Dorstone. Educated at Hereford Cathedral School, she then read English Literature at Brasenose College, University of Oxford before studying fine art. Career A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, having previously worked for her father's valuation and auction business, she joined Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers. She then joined Philip Serrell's auction business. In light of her growing young family, Bliss currently runs her own Fine Art Valuation business, and works in association with a number of auction houses as a jewellery ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raj Bisram
Raj Bisram (born 1956) is a British antiques expert and auctioneer. He co-founded Bentley's Fine Art and Antiques Auction House in Cranbrook, Kent in 1995. He has appeared on several British TV programmes on antiques including ''Antiques Road Trip'', ''Flog It!'', ''Four Rooms'', ''Posh Pawn'', ''Celebrity Antiques Road Trip'', ''Bargain Hunt'', and '' Would I Lie To You?''. Early life He was born in London and named Rajkumar. He is of Indian descent. He attended Highgate School. He enlisted in the British Army where he became a physical training instructor in REME. He represented the British Army in competitive downhill skiing and the slalom. He qualified as an Austrian ski instructor and worked as a ski instructor in the resort of Ellmau in Tyrol. Bentley’s Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers was originally founded by Wilfred Wheaton and Raj in 1995 as Cranbrook Auction Rooms. Personal life He married Susan R Bisram (née Henley) in 1983. He has two adult daughters. His other i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Barby
David John Barby, FRICS (23 April 1943 – 25 July 2012) was an English antiques expert, known for his appearances on ''Bargain Hunt, Flog It!'' and similar BBC antiques television programmes. Career Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, he was interested in antiques from age 12, which led to his joining the profession on leaving school. He qualified aged 21 as a member of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers, which merged with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2000. Barby started working for a local firm in Rugby, before leaving to work in London in 1974. He was head hunted by Royal Leamington Spa-based auction house Locke and England, and he joined them in 1978 as a manager and valuer. He later became a partner, retiring from the business in 2003. Barby was an expert on "everything from Victorian porcelain to antique oak pedestal desks". Barby started his own independent valuation business, Hillmorton-based David J. Barby and Associates, in the 1990s, where ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flog It! BBC TV, James Lewis Giving Valuation
Flog may refer to: *Fake blog, an astroturfing technique *Flagellation or flogging, beating the human body with special implements such as whips * ''The Flog'', a video blog by Felicia Day * Food blog, a blog dedicated to food; see Glossary of blogging This is a list of blogging terms. Blogging, like any hobby, has developed something of a specialized vocabulary. The following is an attempt to explain a few of the more common phrases and words, including etymologies when not obvious. Blog- ... See also * Flogger (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scunthorpe Telegraph
The ''Scunthorpe Telegraph'' is a local paid-for newspaper published and distributed weekly in Scunthorpe, England. It was launched on 8 September 1937. Prior to the ''Scunthorpe Telegraph''s launch, the town was served by the ''Grimsby Evening Telegraph''. The ''Scunthorpe Telegraph'' and ''Grimsby Evening Telegraph'' and their associated websites became GSMG (Grimsby Scunthorpe Media Group) in 2007. In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is a British multinational media company, the owner of the ''Daily Mail'' and several other titles. The 4th Viscount Rothermere is the chairman and controlling shareholder of the company. The head office is .... The ''Scunthorpe Telegraph''s editor is Jamie Macaskill. Their reporters include David Elliott, Charlie Wilson, Jamie Waller and Paul Crute. Their photographer is David Haber. The final edition of the ''Daily Scunthorpe Telegraph'' was printed o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sydney Museum
The Museum of Sydney is a historical collection and exhibit, built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip, on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney. Description The original house, which was Australia's first Government House, was built in 1788 and later abandoned. The foundations were exposed by archaeologists in 1983. The new museum building on the site was designed by Denton Corker Marshall architects. The museum was built as part of the Governor Phillip Tower development and is managed by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. The Museum of Sydney explores colonial and contemporary Sydney through objects, pictures, and new digital media techniques. Panoramic views of Sydney— from 1788 until today— stretch across walls and video screens. Sydney's convict era is explored in a giant showcase of goods and chattels recovered from more than 25 archaeological digs. Origins of the name When it was commission ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |