On Saturday 29 March the town was buzzing for another Dulverton Antiques Valuation Event. Valuers from Adam Partridge Auctioneers returned to Dulverton Town Hall to join the volunteers from Visit Dulverton for another valuation event – and a fun competition for all to enter!

Antiques expert Chris Surfleet said that a good number of unusual items were brought in for discussion and valuation at the Dulverton Antiques Valuation Event – including a fascinating album of WWII reconnaissance photographs taken by someone in the military and showing coastlines and towns presumably for bombing campaigns.  It was accompanied by a good medal group and Chris expects the items to carry a guide price of £500-£800 in the auctioneers’ May auction.

The ‘Guess the Antique Item’ competition was again very popular with the three items pictured above taxing the guessing abilities of those attending the event.  Item One was a Victorian woodpecker matchstick holder (with striking area); Item Two was a Victorian leather stretcher for cobblers (especially for stretching shoes for clients with bunions!); and Item Three was a 1950s device used to create the centre hole in vinyl records to go in juke boxes!  The person who made the most correct guesses as to the items’ uses was Bethan Reece-Jones from Exmoor and she wins the bottle of wine generously donated by Allison Crisp of Dulverton.  Congratulations, Bethan!

Local Dulverton businesses Oggies Music Shop, Simply Hide Leather Goods and Tim Venning’s ‘From Tim’s Workshop’ were also at the event, displaying and selling a selection of their fascinating upcycled and repurposed items for the home – from musical instruments to bags made from old saddles!

Come to Dulverton throughout the year to visit our exciting antiques shops, including Paul Hardy Antiques, Acorn Antiques and 20th Century Boy.