Merry Christmas! In this episode the boys have a 'most wonderful time' toasting the festive season with a nice beverage which, naturally enough, has a story to it. They discuss the extraordinary result of a Christmas movie prop selling at auction, and the relative merits of yuletide motion pictures. Is there actually a good one? A seasonal 'Did They Get It Wrong' extended version, in which Alexander tries hopelessly to justify the tenuous links in the objects chosen to Christmas and John shares his opinion on cigars (spoiler - he doesn't like them much). The Antiques Trade Gazette gets a massive amount of product placement (still no endorsement) in a special ATG Pun-Down. And we also find out which sexy man has emptied his sack in a special Christmas auction. Who could it be? All this and more antiques-X-xmas banter between your hosts as they fail to moderate their drinking.

Have a Cool Yule, everyone.

Here are some links:

The Elf costume story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xdv5gzez7o

The Antiques Trade Gazette

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/

The Collection Obsession

https://open.spotify.com/show/54iCDBcPMFafp9ktHEON05?si=a289aa6162f04c0d

John Rolfe Auctions

https://johnrolfeauctions.com/catalogue/26c32e5cd5808d5bd4c42250d226437d/d8e98cf48d99e52b6fe3cba0159c428b/gold-frankincense-more/

Music Credits

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by E's Jammy Jams

Christmas Chores by RKVC

Hip Hop Christmas by Twin Musicom (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/)

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Episode 13 of Antiques Anonymous finds Jon and Alexander talking all about provenance. That thing all auctioneers and valuers love, and can make even a modest antique worth millions. Along the way, Alexander fails to remember the naughty bits in James Cameron's Titanic movie, the boys discuss what on Earth goes on in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and yet another sampler makes piles of cash in 'Did They Get It Wrong'. All this and more, plus a little tease for the next episode - the AA Christmas Special. You can't wait, can you?

Here are some links:

https://www.henryaldridge.com/about-us/news/titanic-gold-pocket-watch-recovered-from-body-of-one-of-its-richest-passengers-is-set-to-fetch-1m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Mj1oaeun8&list=PLP54iHFU_avMzqVpazAuf0VtBuKWzqHgY&index=21

https://titanicattraction.com/pigeon-forge

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In this spooky episode, Jon and Alexander talk monsters, ghosts and general weirdness in the world of antiques. But we start with a toast to Jon's late father, a larger than life character who will be greatly missed. Then we hear how Alexander was literally confronted with a creature from his nightmares, and the time when Jon attempted to shoot a ghost with a BB gun. And the two try to analyse a bit of video footage seeming to show some poltergeist activity at a saleroom in Royal Wootton Bassett. In a slightly different version of 'Did They Get It Wrong', we hear about two cases from the same auction house of under-valuing and over-valuing (arguably). Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.

Here are some links:

Alien chestburster sold at Bonhams

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3887603.stm

RWB Auctions ghostly video

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN-hejQjK5t/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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