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Series 49: 8. Valentines Mansion and Gardens 2

The roadshow returns to Valentines Mansion in east London, where finds include rare French buttons, a futuristic coffee set, wrestling memorabilia and props from Indiana Jones.\n\nStephen Lane reveals an extraordinary collection of original props, artwork and production material created for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, including items connected to the film’s famous Grail diary.\n\nGeoffrey Munn examines a rare medieval gold love ring discovered by a metal detectorist, inscribed with a romantic message in Old French, while Joanna Hardy admires an elegant necklace featuring a range of different gemstones.\n\nLee Young is enchanted by a selection of exquisitely painted French porcelain buttons from the early 19th century, and Will Farmer is impressed by a striking example of Italian futurist design in the form of a coffee set.\n\nPaintings specialist Frances Christie assesses a woodcut by renowned German artist Georg Baselitz, while Suzanne Zack discovers a powerful postwar London scene by Australian artist Louis James.\n\nFuchsia Voremberg is astonished to see a giant, carved wooden fist that once acted as the figurehead on HMS Mars, a ship that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under Captain George Duff.\n\nAmber Butchart admires a glamorous Biba trouser suit from the height of 1970s fashion, while John Foster enjoys a nostalgic encounter with memorabilia belonging to wrestling champion Brian 'Goldbelt' Maxine.\n\nFiona Bruce explores Ilford's pioneering contribution to the history of photography, while Runjeet Singh challenges her to guess what three mystery Indian items were originally used for.

Source: BBC 2