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Message:: [QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 10287182, member: 10944"]Glad y’all enjoyed it as much as I did! I was hoping they’d go into how he acquired the objects a bit. I guess that could have been traumatic for the family potentially. Even if he grabbed a few of these out of dusty cupboards at country home sales for schillings on the pound, more than a few of them had to have come from serious auctions I’d think. They would have brought pretty legit money even when he was buying over the decades. Unless they were misidentified or something. That could have happened with some of the earliest stuff I suppose. The stirrup cup and the stuff with legible “modern” hallmarks probably not. I wonder if the host/presenter tracked down auction records for anything to satisfy his personal curiosity. It sounds like the family was not starving but had some lean times. Even if the wife wouldn’t have approved of his investments at the time it seems like they paid off. They likely sold for a decent bit more than he paid and afforded his wife a comfortable golden years period. Even without the amazing silver and story just the sons fashion choices circa 1993 were worth the ticket price imo. I got a kick out watching him![/QUOTE]