12/04/1983 - BBC2 - Just Another Day: Sotheby's

Another installment from the first series of Just Another Day. This 1983 episode finds John Pitman visiting Sotheby's to find out what happens there during a normal day. Includes continuity, at the beginning, to tell us that Reluctant Chickens is about to start on BBC1. Sourced from a Betamax tape.

[@user-eg8pv2om7j]

I love ja John pitman documentary. Thankyou. Jack Pizzey was another incredible narrator presenter of the time.

[@johnobrien8398]

It’s a wonderful 80s. Series I love the 80s

[@penelopesparrow]

Oh I love a little bit of upmarket 80s television, thanks so much for uploading!

[@user-pj8uj7wx3s]

This is proper valuation before the internet ...

[@grai]

It's so embarrassing that people show up to Sotheby's with rubbish convinced it's worth thousands 😳

[@bolshevikproductions]

All this stuff including old cars are just RUBBISH. Other idiots deem valuable 😂😂

[@pyewackett5]

Not necessarily. I found an intriguing wooden carving. I knew it was old, but wanted to know more. I took it to Sotheby's only to get more information about it. I wasn't interested in a valuation.

[@grai]

@@pyewackett5 were they annoyed? I would have told you to Google it

[@katewolfspirit6722]

At 28:04, it's actually delusions of grandeur, not illusions. Good series though, love anything from the 1980s, the decade that I grew up in.

[@masmas6463]

here here - and I notice how lovely people spoke back then compared to today !! sad !

[@ajs41]

Thanks for uploading. Do you have any of the other missing episodes of Just Another Day?

[@CuriousBritishTelly]

Only this one and the Battersea Dogs Home one. It's a marvellous series.

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

The interviewer didn't ask the man how many Strataveri came through in his time!? Are you joking?!?!? Missed a trick I think.

[@Barnaby_bo]

I know how that wine taster felt when he couldnt find the bin.

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

46,000 for the Utrillo.....He was a wonder with pigeon poop! I wish I owned a Utrillo.

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

Common people give Telly Viewer your thumbs up FFS!

[@hijackjoe]

Ah, how the rich have been cleaning money.