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Lost Painting Discovered | RNLI Sea Rescue from 1860

Purchased in America over 7 months ago, this is the first time Charlie Wallrock has seen this painting! It’s just arrived in a container from the US and here we’ll unbox it! A Fine and Highly Important Painting Titled Saved from the Wreck by Thomas Brooks, Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1862 and Showing a Lifeboat Returning to St. Ives Harbour with its Crew and...
Walk around The Treasure House Fair - David Harper
The Treasure House Fair is the amongst the finest fairs in the world showcasing art, antiques, jewellery and even the odd speedboat.
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Why this extravagant Ships Tiller was only used on Sundays? - David Harper
A large ship’s ‘Sunday’ tiller carved with Queen Victoria’s likeness. This long yacht tiller is made from a single, solid piece of mahogany and has a typical shallow S-curve. The terminal is carved with the head of the young Queen Victoria. Below this is a...
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What is this Newfangled Victorian Life Saving Invention?
Charlie Wallrock from Wick Antiques finds the most fantastical objects from around the world. Charlie’s passion is maritime antiques and here’s an example of the most incredible object relating to the high seas…it’s a model of a mid 19th century invention for a life ...
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The ‘Billy Ruffian’ of Antique Chairs!
HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the \'Billy Ruffian\', was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. A third-rate of 74 guns, she was launched in 1786. Bellerophon served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. An...
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£40,000 to Exhibit at the Lapada Antiques Fair - David Harper
This is one of the biggest dates in the antiques worlds calendar…the Lapada Antiques Fair in central london. This is the opening night of the fair — here’s a glimpse of the night, a sneak preview of the fair and a bit of behind the scenes filming!
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What is an Antique Campaign Chest? - David Harper
A very special Anglo Chinese piece of Campaign Furniture. It’s a chest dated 1868 and it’s just come onto the market, it featured in our new published book ‘Britain On The High Seas, War & Wealth’.
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Unearthing a Valuable Surprise: £2800 Found Tucked Away in Brown Paper - David Harper
This opulent gold thread and silk cloth has a repeating design of octagonal and square panels enclosing confronting phoenix and flowerheads on a densely patterned geometric ground.  The bolt is wrapped in brown paper secured with ‘Tate and Lyle Ltd Granulated Sugar’...
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Discover the Hidden Value of Antique Royal Sailing Flags - David Harper
Two of King George V’s Sailing Flags from Royal Sailing Yacht Britannia have come onto the market. Each one accompanied by a black edged letter on Buckingham Palace writing paper dated 10th July 1936 (one a copy) saying ‘Dear Sir, I am commanded by the King and Queen...
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Exploring the Enigmatic World of Nautical Curiosities - David Harper
Exceptionally rare nautical related antiques in a cabinet of curiosities at the LAPADA Antiques Fair!
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Why BANKSY loves this antique Bronze? - David Harper
This bronze statuette shows Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington riding his warhorse Copenhagen.  He is dressed in civilian clothes with the reins in one hand and his top hat in the other.  The engraving on the bottom of the horse’s underbelly reads: ‘Published as the ...
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What does a £500,000 Indian Mughal Empire Cannon look like? - David Harper
A highly important Mughal Indian Cannon captured at Copal Droog, 1858 This remarkable cannon is cast overall with a zig-zag design, often representative of ripples in water.  The central cannon shown on the top left of the illuminated manuscript on page 50 show a cannon...
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This is what £48,000 worth of Black Forest Longcase Clock looks like! - David Harper
Black Forest Longcase Clocks are pretty rare things. This one is about as rare and special as they get! Signed & Dated 1923.
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What is an Antique Octant or Sextant? - David Harper
Here’s an antique 200 hundred year old Octant…but it looks like a Sextant! What’s the difference between the two?
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Sir Winston Churchill’s Fire Surround up for sale - David Harper
A carved fire surround from Sir Winston Churchill’s drawing room. This carved pine fire surround combines elements of both Rococo and Palladian designs. It has a shaped cornice above a frieze of foliate arabesques and floral garlands centred on a raised panel of...
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Lord Nelson Fire Surround - Made for the Marine Society in 1775 - David Harper
A George III carved pine chimneypiece from The Marine Society by Tousey, 1775 This pine chimneypiece has a swan-neck pediment supporting three pedestals, with dentil and leaf borders. There is a central limewood oval portrait of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney carved...
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Top Antiques Dealer Charlie Wallrock visits Regen Bespoke to examine Indian Artworks - David Harper
David Harper and I took a trip to meet the owners of Regen Bespoke to explore exceptional top-end antiques and artworks.
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Never Seen Before! Behind the scenes setting up at the LAPADA Antiques Fair in London - David Harper
This is our stand for the LAPADA Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square, London. Never Seen Before Footage of the setting up before the opening of the fair.
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Why was this Black American Sailor Sculptured by Fredda Brilliant (1903 - 1999)? - David Harper
This is Wade King, a black American Navy sailor who went AWOL during the Second World War in London. He was spotted by the Polish born artist Fredda Brilliant who thought he was beautiful and so asked if she could sculpt him - Ward agreed and turned up to Freda’s studio...
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How to restore £34,500 worth of antique upholstery? - David Harper
In this video you get a behind the scenes look at how we restore antique upholstery before the pieces go live for sale on our website.
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How do you design a stand for the LAPADA Antiques Fair? Behind the scenes with Charlie Wallrock - David Harper
In this video we get a behind the scenes look at how Charlie designs his stand for the 2023 LAPADA Antiques Fair in London.
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Have you ever seen a Chinese Antique Mirror like this? Will it go back to China? - David Harper
Our latest video with David Harper covers our exceptional 19th century Chinese lacquer mirror.
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Meet the owner of the famous ‘Wick Antiques’ One of Britain’s best known top end dealers - David harper
I am delighted to express my gratitude to David Harper, whose exceptional film-making skills have brought our history and collection to life. For over 40 years, our family-owned business has been a trusted source for fine and rare antiques, offering a wide range of...
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Masterpiece 2022 - Jubilee Collection
Our Masterpiece stand this year featured pieces with royal connections to coincide with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. We are delighted to share a short video created while at Masterpiece which showcases our stand and the historical importance of the...
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Jubilee Collection - June 2022
This year, in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, our stand at Masterpiece, and accompanying catalogue, will feature pieces with royal connections. We have created a short video as a sneak peak of our collection which will be available to ...
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BBC Radio Solent - Guess Who
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Wick Antiques - Chelsea Antiques Fair - September 2021
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Masterpiece Online 2021
Once again this year we are getting ready for Masterpiece in a different way...... Many of our pieces will not be leaving our showroom this year but will be showcased on Masterpiece Online from June 2021. Here is a sneak peak of much of the collection - Originally this...
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Maritime & Nautical showroom reveal from Wick Antiques - Lymington
Originally this space at Wick Antiques was used as a store, during Lockdown it has seen a transformation. Having time to re-purpose this space, Charlie and the team have created a Nautical and Maritime themed area to showcase some of Wick Antiques rarest...
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2Covet Radio Interview - BBC Radio Solent
2Covet Radio Interview - BBC Radio Solent
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Masterpiece 2020 - Charles Wallrock for Wick Antiques
Masterpiece Online showcases from Charles Wallrock. Knowledge and passion, conveying a sense of discovery! View the collection discussed in the video here - https://wickantiques.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Wick-Antiques-catalogue-2020.pdf
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Martyn Downer Masterpiece Talk
An in depth talk from Marytn Downyer (author of Nelson’s lost jewel and curator of the Wick Antiques stand ‘Traversing Britain’s Oceanic History through Antiques’. Click here to view the exhibition.
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Charles Wallrock shows off his wares
Charles Wallrock of Wick Antiques shows off his wares
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Wick Antiques Masterpiece 2019 Cannon focus
Traversing Britain’s Oceanic History through Antiques, our stand at Masterpiece 2019.
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Wick Antiques Masterpiece 2019
A Short film from of our Masterpiece stand 2019 - Traversing Britain’s Oceanic History through Antiques. Our curated collection of works of art and artefacts on a single naval theme caught the imagination. Numerous visitors congratulated us on the scope and interest of...
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