Watch the Birdie

'Going for a Song’, the first television antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the Antiques Roadshow. The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. Robertson would introduce an antique to a panel of experts who would examine the object and give its date and value. Negus would then present its actual age and worth.

Automaton Birdcage at Lyon and Turnbull Auctioneers