Hidden Treasures: Is there Cash in Your Attic?
Hidden Treasures: Is there Cash in Your Attic?
Ever wondered what hidden treasures are collecting dust in the back of your garage? Ever stumbled across a hideous looking collectable in your attic which made you wonder how you even came about owning it? Well, often enough, the nick-knacks packed away in the back of the shed are worth a staggering amount of money.
This month’s golden finds at H&H Auctions include a dragon shaped gryphon that was found on a shed roof, an early 19th century miniature that was found in a sock drawer. Painted by hand on ivory, these were typical of the period and were kept as mementos kept by lovers throughout Europe if they were ever apart.
Valuer and auctioneer, Stephen Farthing said: “We ‘discover’ items for customers all the time, sometimes in the skip or on the drive when we go to clear a house of contents. We ask everyone not to throw things away until we have been but invariably as a part of tidying up, people throw potential money away.”
Also snapped up was a mirror made for Liberty of London which was a 21st birthday present for a lady in Kendal. It sold for twice its estimate at ￡1100 and the first ever Border TV Times magazine.
Stephen added: “The TV Times is the first ever for the border region. Dating to 1961 this is a great snapshot in time with some of the well-known programmes still running, such as Coronation Street It sold for ￡20 and was snapped up by a local enthusiast.”
Auctions are held every Monday at 10:30am with viewing days taking place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The catalogue with each ‘lot’ to feature in Monday’s auction is published on H&H Auction Rooms website – http://www.hhauctionrooms.co.uk the preceding Thursday.
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