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antiques
pursuit
D
o you fancy yourself as an antiques
expert? Then here’s your chance to test
your knowledge in the Great Antiques
Pursuit competition.
OUT&ABOUT is looking for four enthusiastic
teams of two to take part in an exciting antique
and collectables hunt. Any profits made will go to
the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice.
Thomas Plant and Neil Shuttleworth from Special
Auction Services will head up four teams, who
will compete with each other to buy antiques in
a
Bargain Hunt
-style competition on Thursday,
September 7.
The first two teams will go head-to-head at
9.30am, followed by the other teams at 11.30am.
The items purchased will be entered into
forthcoming auctions and all profits will be
donated to the Alexander Devine Children’s
Hospice, the local charity that supports children
with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
Just as you see on the TV, each team will be
given money to make their purchases under the
guidance of the experts Thomas and Neil, and
the aim is to spend as little as possible in order
to achieve the best possible profit at auction.
The team whose lots make the most under the
hammer wins.
Four sets of competition winners will meet
Thomas and Neil in Hungerford and spend an
hour looking for bargains in the antique shops.
The items will then be sold in the Special Auction
Services monthly sale in Greenham on Tuesday,
November 7.
Thomas Plant says: “
Neil and I always look
forward to the Great Antiques Pursuit – we love
a little competition between ourselves. It is also
great to meet some
Out&About
readers.
“We are ambassadors of the Alexander Devine
Children’s Hospice and know what a fantastic
local charity it is. We are very much looking
forward to meeting the lucky teams
.”
MEET THE EXPERTS
THOMAS PLANT is a
regular on BBC’s
Bargain
Hunt, Flog it!
and
Antiques Roadtrip,
as
well as director at SAS,
which he has been
running with Neil since
2006. He enjoys scour-
ing antiques shops for
deals and likes nothing
more than beating Neil
in a competition.
NEIL SHUTTLEWORTH
is Thomas’ business
partner and a director of
SAS. He’s a specialist in
jewellery, watches, silver,
antiques and fine art.
He likes to drive a
hard bargain, is
competitive (especially
against Thomas) and as
main auctioneer at SAS,
he knows what sells.
Once the shopping is over, the teams will get
together for a ‘show and tell’. The items will
then be taken away to be photographed and
catalogued for the auction.
On Tuesday, November 7, the teams will meet
up again – this time at Special Auction Services
for the big day where all the lots will go under the
hammer and the winning team will be presented
with a bottle of champagne.
Any profits realised from the competition lots
will be given to the Alexander Devine Children’s
Hospice.
HOWTO ENTER
If you and a partner want to enter the Great
Antiques Pursuit competition, and you are
available in Hungerford on Thursday, September
7 and at SAS Auctions, Greenham, on Tuesday,
November 7, all you have to do is fill in the
form below and send it to Great Antiques
Pursuit, OUT&ABOUT, Newspaper House,
Faraday Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2DW.
The closing date for entries is Thursday,
August 10.
Win the chance to join Thomas Plant
in a hunt for bargains and raise
money for charity
Great Antiques Pursuit
entry form
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Address ..................................................................................................
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I am available on Thursday, September 7 and Tuesday, November 7
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