Legend of the industry, antiques silver specialist, researcher, dealer, and BBC Antiques Specialist, Michael Baggott joins Harry and Simon on the podcast this week. He’s here to tell his story, how he got into antiques, moving with the times, YouTube, and how TV demystifies auctions for the general public. Michael also shares his takes on what is selling right now and what isn’t, as well as why the market changes when you might not expect it. 

Find Michael here:

www.twitter.com/baggottsilver

www.instagram.com/baggottsilver

www.youtube.com/@michaelbaggott-rk1lh

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

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He’s at it again, Simon has fallen in love with another item up for sale, this time a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust. He’s been told he can’t have it so to make up for that disappointment we’ve got a fantastic guest for you this week. Owner of Ryedale Auctioneers, Angus Ashworth, also known as The Yorkshire Auctioneer, is on the pod to chat about taking to the rostrum at 16, his time as a Mayor, telly work on Antiques Road Trip, and why the bomb squad turned up at his auction house. 

Find Angus here:

www.theyorkshireauctioneer.com

www.twitter.com/angusashworth

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

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Today Simon is embarrassing Harry in two ways, firstly by announcing that Windsor Auctions broke their house record at the last sale. Secondly by making Producer David edit in lots of clips from that auction where Harry got the estimates a little bit wrong. There were some fantastic items that could land Harry on the ATG ‘Wall of Shame’ such as a Victorian pinchbeck pearl necklace from Watherston & Son and a silver and gold, natural saltwater pearl and diamond brooch from 1880. 

Also Simon is currently looking for a new home for some very, very heavy antique printing presses. There’s chat on bidders getting a bit competitive over silver. An item that went way over estimate and the buyer wouldn’t say why. Plus Simon got a free lesson on a custom made harp from a sweet old lady. 

Royal Windsor Flower Show - www.rwrhs.com/flower-show

Shine House Tours - The 'Conscious & Curated Show’ - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-conscious-curated-show-tickets-443177715477

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on The Gavel & The Gabble Harry and Simon tell stories from their week including Harry getting dressed up all fancy for a charity auction and Simon falling in love with another item. This time it’s a huge Victorian bookcase so we look forward to him not wanting to sell that at the next auction. Find out why Harry and Simon are getting cancelled this week and Simon’s story of a homeowner having the worst day possible. 

Oh! And we have a guest! Richard Payne-Withers is the owner of not just one fabulously successful antique business, but multiple ones, Bridport Antiques, The Alleyways Bridport Antiques Centre, and The Bridport Vintage Market. He’s not just on the podcast because he’s Simon's mate, Richard has come on the show to share his passion for antiques and making sure everyone gets a slice of the pie and we’re very grateful to have such a knowledgeable guest. 

Find more from Richard here:

www.bridportantiques.co.uk

www.bridportantiques.shop

Instagram @bridportantiques www.instagram.com/bridportantiques

www.bridportantiques.co.uk/vintage-market-bridport

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Harry and Simon are joined by one of the most famous dealers on the TV right now, host of Bargain Hunt and antiques dealer extraordinaire, Danny Sebastian. He is by far one of the biggest personalities in the industry and shares some fantastic stories from his career as a dealer and on the telly. Listen in to find out Danny’s biggest profit, worst flop and about his passion for going green with his CBeebies show on making sustainability fun. 

Find more from Danny here:

Twitter @MrSebDaniel https://twitter.com/MrSebDaniel

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Harry and Simon are joined by the absolutely terrific David Harper. You’ll know David from The BBC’s Antiques Road Trip and other TV appearances, but there’s a lot, and we mean a lot you might not have known about the man. David is here to chat about his work in TV, branching out into YouTube, being an artist and a writer and generally saying yes to everything. Find out about his love of classic cars, why he loves getting to know people with a story to tell and the time he auctioned off Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson.

Find More From David here:

Website http://www.david-harper.uk/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHarperAntiques

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidHarper2020

David’s new book ‘A Bash With The British Empire’

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today as Harry and Simon are very busy with upcoming auctions and house clearances, we thought we’d bring you a ‘best of’ or maybe ‘worst of’ is more accurate. So producer Dave has been through the first 10 episodes of the podcast to find some funny bits that newer listeners might have missed. Back next week with another normal episode. 

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the pod Harry and Simon actually talk about antiques and collectables instead of trying to inflict pain on each other. Harry tells us about a very nice large octagonal cut peach sapphire ring that is coming up for auction while Simon tells us why he's living in fear of the WI. The items they chat about include hand cranked Victorian printing presses and some exciting lots that could be from the set of the upcoming Great Expectations TV series. There’s also a very grown up discussion about who has the most diamonds and where the removals teams like going for afternoon tea.

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Isabel Murtough, auctioneer and valuer extraordinaire joins Harry and Simon on the pod this week in the wake of the Hot Chip Challenge fallout. Izzy has just launched her brand new business, Isabel Murtough & Co which is designed to help the auction and antiques industry. Izzy tells us stories about selling a historical collection from the Suffragettes, being a woman on the rostrum, how she ended up with a bit of the King’s toast, and her live on air Victoria Regina slip up.

www.isabelmurtough.com

Izzy on Twitter @isabelmurtough

Izzy on Instagram @isabelmurtoughandco

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

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Today on the podcast Harry and Simon recap their last month of auction successes including big money made on a lovely Omega watch, Owl and the Pussycat brooch, and, in Simon’s words, a creepy doll. Your favourite auctioneering duo also taste test some sweets which were kindly sent over from Australia and Harry finally tricks Simon into doing the Hot Chip Challenge.

CONTACT

Instagram @thegavelandthegabble

Twitter @GavelandGabble 

TikTok @laughingauctioneer

www.windsorauctions.co.uk

www.lymebayauctions.co.uk

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon.

Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished we had never found.

Famed for our slightly different auctioneering style, constant chatting on the rostrum, awful jokes. Stick with us as we bunk off to record anecdotes, interview others in the industry and basically gabble on. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a rating. 

Music from Lemonmusicstudio

Production by David Burd

As a listener to the Gavel and the Gabble podcast you can SAVE 30% on your Antiques Trade Gazette subscription. Subscribe now and enjoy instant access to unrivalled art and antiques coverage. www.antiquestradegazette.com/gavel

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.