Original LS Lowry Painting Valued At Jaw-Dropping Price | Antiques Roadshow

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  • @tufsoft1
    @tufsoft1 6 місяців тому +367

    I heard an interview with Lowry once, at the end the interviewer asked him, "Does it upset you that your paintings are so expensive that ordinary people can't afford them?" Lowry said, "Not really, they didn't want 'em when they was cheap so why should they have 'em now?"

    • @jamesbomd3503
      @jamesbomd3503 4 місяці тому +12

      Because the Queen of England purchased one In the mid 60s So the price went through the roof

    • @gogs2222
      @gogs2222 Місяць тому +3

      @@jamesbomd3503 Just the Queen Of England, was she?

    • @LeftyKen
      @LeftyKen Місяць тому +2

      @greglinski2208 Actually, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    • @sess122
      @sess122 Місяць тому +1

      @@jamesbomd3503 Yeah, and the only reason because it's nothing more than kindergarten grade work.

    • @db0800
      @db0800 27 днів тому

      Thats worth more than 100k. Double it.

  • @K2shadowfax
    @K2shadowfax 11 місяців тому +279

    "It's never been off the wall..." - priceless!

  • @artisansportsman8950
    @artisansportsman8950 11 місяців тому +69

    This is the only reason i watch antiques road show , nothing can beat the genuine shock when they get that big valuation.

  • @effess8698
    @effess8698 11 місяців тому +1390

    This painting was sold by the family in 2013 for £421,875 then sold again in 2021 for £622,500, both times at Christie's in London

    • @MA_808
      @MA_808 11 місяців тому +118

      that was real money before Bidenomics

    • @CyberBeep_kenshi
      @CyberBeep_kenshi 11 місяців тому +375

      ​@@MA_808oh groe up cultist

    • @YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe
      @YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe 11 місяців тому +23

      @@MA_808 after Bidenomics that would only get you a loaf of bread.

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 11 місяців тому

      @@MA_808 Are you really that bloody thick??!!!

    • @heaven-is-real
      @heaven-is-real 11 місяців тому +13

      how wonderful

  • @CroneLife1
    @CroneLife1 11 місяців тому +127

    "It's never been off the wall." Love this so much.

    • @CinHalCedHerChance
      @CinHalCedHerChance 4 місяці тому

      4:54

    • @wildliferox2
      @wildliferox2 2 місяці тому +5

      And the good lady is then stressing, 'but how am I going to get it home! Can't carry it back in the old plastic shopping bag I used earlier!'

    • @kuebby
      @kuebby Місяць тому +3

      @@wildliferox2 Right? You can tell she's stressing. I hope they provide some kind of help to get folks home safely if they've come by themselves.

  • @feryalaligauhar3905
    @feryalaligauhar3905 3 місяці тому +42

    She's such a sweet lady. Love her and the painting

  • @mozam76
    @mozam76 Місяць тому +13

    I can't convey properly how much this delightful woman's reaction moves me.

  • @reetpateet8656
    @reetpateet8656 9 місяців тому +98

    One of the nicest, but most genuine reactions I’ve ever seen! 😊

    • @barrykacher9741
      @barrykacher9741 9 місяців тому +1

      Check out the H.F.Farny painting on the American Antiques Roadshow.

  • @scottread
    @scottread 3 дні тому +4

    Now that's a genuinely good, positive reaction for her friend.

  • @emmaslow
    @emmaslow 11 місяців тому +21

    What an absolute gem of a woman ❤

  • @DavidJones-jy5qn
    @DavidJones-jy5qn 11 місяців тому +40

    Lowry A Legend Full Stop Lovely Lady too👏👏👏

    • @THESALMON8TR
      @THESALMON8TR Місяць тому

      If you like this painting I'd love to introduce you to my 6 year old nephew, very close in talent and much cheaper?🖕🤣🖕

  • @julianlawrence-ball2279
    @julianlawrence-ball2279 11 місяців тому +90

    I love Lowry. If you can I recommend going to the Lowry Gallery at Salford. I went a few years ago and was blown away by his sheer brilliance as an artist

    • @damienkearns3654
      @damienkearns3654 11 місяців тому +5

      Have you ever seen the movie about Lowry starring Timothy Spall & Vanessa Redgrave? It's called Mrs Lowry & Son. Hope it's of interest to you.

    • @Lily_The_Pink972
      @Lily_The_Pink972 11 місяців тому +3

      I was brought up and went to school in Salford. There was an original Lowry on the wall outside the headmistress's office!
      I don't live too far away from the Lowry and love to pop in to see the exhibition. The pictures are almost like old friends. I was thrilled when Salford Council was able to buy Going to the Match.

    • @Lily_The_Pink972
      @Lily_The_Pink972 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@damienkearns3654That was a lovely film.

    • @craigevans8912
      @craigevans8912 11 місяців тому +3

      I agree it’s a great gallery.
      I’m not one for much art but Lowry’s work really resonates with me.
      I use to work all around the UK and if I had an hour or so spare I’d visit as many galleries or museum’s just to see a Lowry.
      I’ve now seen a fair few of them.

    • @mikeryan7468
      @mikeryan7468 11 місяців тому

      Oh come on they were childish doodles

  • @jamesbomd3503
    @jamesbomd3503 7 місяців тому +16

    What I love about this is that the marshals Kept the NOSEY queue moving and did not allow it to become static hanging around gauping gauging, or gasping at the amount that it's worth,
    Both The presenter and the guest were in the eye of the storm, quite delightful to watch

    • @armuk
      @armuk 6 місяців тому +1

      true. the rubbernecking was distracting and beginning to annoy me

  • @MagnusMaximusinWales
    @MagnusMaximusinWales 11 місяців тому +20

    Delightful artwork. Even more delightful reaction!

  • @DocDaddyKool-o8b
    @DocDaddyKool-o8b 2 місяці тому +5

    I love this clip the Women’s reaction to the valuation is classic, what a kind man Lowery was to give the guy one of his paintings.

    • @lynnblack6493
      @lynnblack6493 2 місяці тому

      No he gave a lady. The chauffeur was the wife of the man. She had passed away and the Lowrys were now owned by her husband. This woman - a new wife, a sister. Hmmmm

  • @LRBerry
    @LRBerry 11 місяців тому +65

    I live close to where LS Lowry lived in Mottram, Greater Manchester. My mum used to tell me that she met Lowry one day on the bus going to Hyde, the nearby town. At the time I was a small baby and they got talking about me. When my mum stood up to get off the bus, Lowry gave her a sixpence, an old pre-decimal coin worth 2 1/2 pence.

    • @OscarOSullivan
      @OscarOSullivan 10 місяців тому +6

      That is an interesting story

    • @tonys9923
      @tonys9923 8 місяців тому +4

      Wow how fascinating!!!!
      Right up there with
      “I danced with a girl, who danced with boy, who danced with a girl, who danced with the Prince of Wales”!!!!!!!!
      I once sat next to Duckface from “Four Weddings and A Funeral”.
      However that didn’t make the national newspapers either!!!!!

    • @nickm3861
      @nickm3861 8 місяців тому +5

      That could so easily been a sketch on the bus ticket.

    • @kerryannestevenson6099
      @kerryannestevenson6099 2 місяці тому +3

      It was customary to give money to new borns for luck.

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 22 дні тому

      @@kerryannestevenson6099 It is customary to put newborns as a single word.

  • @michaellovell1368
    @michaellovell1368 8 місяців тому +13

    The sort of pleasant surprise we could ALL do with 🙂 and what a lovely lady to get one.

  • @woodyone23
    @woodyone23 11 місяців тому +13

    Wonderful, no words are needed for the feelings in this clip

  • @PMS1950
    @PMS1950 9 місяців тому +4

    Delightful painting. Hope it ends up in a public or even better, the Lowry gallery's collection.

  • @cornbeef
    @cornbeef 11 місяців тому +56

    The thing I love about Lowry paintings is how every one I see I'm sure I've seen before as the subject matter is so similar. I absolutely love his style and everything about his paintings.

    • @sandersson2813
      @sandersson2813 11 місяців тому +3

      Yes, love the simplicity.

    • @theofarmmanager267
      @theofarmmanager267 11 місяців тому +4

      I genuinely mean - good for you. It’s all in the eye of the beholder. I do sometimes think that these “experts” favour an artist because some other expert has said that they are good - or a piece by that artist has made a lot of money.
      Personally, I’m not a fan. His paintings don’t speak to me positively in any way. In the same way as most abstracts, I just don’t see the merit or the skill in his pieces. Many others do and pay a lot of money for one of his pieces. That’s just personal choice

    • @cornbeef
      @cornbeef 11 місяців тому +1

      @@theofarmmanager267 I absolutely agree with you and it is very much your right to not like Lowry. I can understand why you don't like it, and I'm sure that the reasons you don't like it are probably the same reasons that I do; the simplicity, the lack of detail etc. For me, it just reminds me of my home and of a time gone by. I was born in Bury, just up the road from Salford and it stirs up feelings for me that I just adore.

    • @damienkearns3654
      @damienkearns3654 11 місяців тому

      ​@@theofarmmanager267That's all well and good and you're entitled to your opinion but Lowry's art is not Abstract. It's classified as Naïve Primitivism.

    • @damienkearns3654
      @damienkearns3654 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@cornbeefPeople often say about art "the simplicity" and "the lack of detail" but it's anything but simple or easy. "I could do it" - No you can't. Plenty of painters never get spoken about let alone endure like Lowery. It's as if his style literally embodied the subjects he was painting, the mundane, the ordinary but categorically - not everyone can do that. They just can't, like it or loath it, his art will endure and increase in value every year.

  • @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214
    @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 11 місяців тому +18

    A wonderful clip from Antiques roadshow which I've watched as a boy since the early 70's when it was called 'Going for a song" with the late great Arthur Negus. Apart from the antiques which bring great interest to me I also love watching and listening to the people and seeing them in the background.

    • @IngenerateIngenue
      @IngenerateIngenue 2 місяці тому +3

      Going for a Song was a completely different programme. It’s like saying you watched Jamie Oliver but it was with Fanny Craddock in the 70’s. 😂

  • @Retrospective.
    @Retrospective. 11 місяців тому +42

    I used to live in Lowry's old house in Maryport, in the NW of England, when i was a lad, in the 1970's. I remember the sand on Maryport beach burnt my feet, in the summer of 76.

    • @marymccormick8166
      @marymccormick8166 11 місяців тому +10

      The Summer of 1976 was one very long hot Summer. Everything that could go wrong went wrong that Summer.

    • @nineteen8486
      @nineteen8486 11 місяців тому

      but no climate crisis...lol@@marymccormick8166

    • @mercenary1881
      @mercenary1881 11 місяців тому +4

      sure you did

    • @Retrospective.
      @Retrospective. 11 місяців тому +7

      @@mercenary1881 I know I did. I don't need to prove anything, or seek any validation. i KNOW i did. :)

    • @mikeryan7468
      @mikeryan7468 11 місяців тому +4

      I have never read a more nostalgic sentence in my life😂

  • @dylvasey
    @dylvasey 11 місяців тому +16

    Stunning. Lowry is one of my favourite artists.

    • @raybrooking8084
      @raybrooking8084 9 місяців тому

      You are blind of course , must be terrible to have a problem like that.

    • @dylvasey
      @dylvasey 9 місяців тому

      Could be, but at least I'm not a rude tit of course. Must be terrible to suffer a problem like that. @@raybrooking8084

    • @matthewstokes1608
      @matthewstokes1608 8 місяців тому

      @@raybrooking8084twit

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому +3

      He is one of mine also, these paintings had a story behind them, were as a tin of beans or a little girl with a balloon doesn't cut it with me, least to say the torture you would have from photographer's and newspapers, I'd go nuts. 😮.

    • @dylvasey
      @dylvasey 8 місяців тому

      @@Unknownlll123 Perfectly put.

  • @gohumberto
    @gohumberto 11 місяців тому +15

    It reminds me very much of my home town of Stockport, a place he visited and painted of course.

    • @reddishtykes
      @reddishtykes 11 місяців тому +5

      I thought that too. Petersgate heading towards the air raid shelters, near to the old Three Shires (that was a great pub!)

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 11 місяців тому

      ive got old stockport paintings ( all minors nowt valuable ) of the old market etc

  • @virginiarundle4005
    @virginiarundle4005 10 місяців тому +5

    Wonderful story! So well deserved by such a lovely family!

  • @lilbullet158
    @lilbullet158 Місяць тому +2

    It's so wonderful how that Lady has become a big part of the story of that painting...

  • @DPK12
    @DPK12 11 місяців тому +43

    Sitting in Australia with 4 Lowry prints of my office wall. Keeps me grounded

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому +4

      Treasure them, it's better than looking at a tin of beans or a little girl with a balloon anyday. 🎨🖌️.

    • @opinion3742
      @opinion3742 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Unknownlll123 Of course there are other paintings you could have compared them to.

  • @cyclekildare4114
    @cyclekildare4114 11 місяців тому +24

    Love Lowry's paintings ❤

  • @errol-ih4jy
    @errol-ih4jy 11 місяців тому +40

    ive dealt in Lowrys for a long time, the picture now would be worth over a Million.

    • @jmcgrath4034
      @jmcgrath4034 10 місяців тому +2

      No you haven't dealt in Lowrys 🤣🤣

    • @pauls3204
      @pauls3204 9 місяців тому +5

      He meant lavvies .

    • @ThePolypam
      @ThePolypam 5 місяців тому

      600 k pounds is over a million USD, so not sure what you're laughing at.​@@jmcgrath4034

    • @Stu-SB
      @Stu-SB Місяць тому

      Lolol​@@pauls3204

  • @dianefiske-foy4717
    @dianefiske-foy4717 11 місяців тому +15

    This show is great! You never know what you’re gonna see 👩🏻‍🏫👏🏻🥰‼️

  • @HAL-vu8ef
    @HAL-vu8ef 11 місяців тому +168

    Several decades ago I went into a very exclusive old art gallery boutique in London sort of by accident, just being nosey. Suddenly I was approached and asked what I was interested in, rather than say I was in no financial position to buy a crayon let alone an artwork, I muttered I was really after a Lowry, quite certain they didn’t have one and I could leave gracefuly . Unfortunately he said “Oh come this way Sir, into the back, we have several.” He lead me into another room and sat at a huge desk whilst he checked some inventory and all I could think was if I asked for a specific one, chances are they wouldn’t have it. So I said “In fact I was particular about Cowles Fish and Chip Shop, it’s rather small, not well known” (which I recalled was perhaps true). I stood in silence while he went through indexes and records and when he finally said “I’m so sorry, can’t seem to help you there.” I pretended to be somewhat disappointed and exited immediately.

  • @LJW55
    @LJW55 11 місяців тому +3

    ... "it's never been off the wall..." Love it!!

  • @Mark62516
    @Mark62516 Місяць тому +1

    Lowry was absolutely one of a kind magical realism with simple paintings he can’t be replicated

    • @johndarcy4164
      @johndarcy4164 15 годин тому

      Actually, I think Lowry paintings are childlike and fairly easy to replicate. Not a fan.

  • @jeremypearson6852
    @jeremypearson6852 11 місяців тому +13

    It’s amazing what’s on people’s walls and in their attics. An expat watching in Florida.

    • @cromwellg60
      @cromwellg60 11 місяців тому +1

      *lofts 😉

    • @joline2730
      @joline2730 7 місяців тому

      Jeremy: Yes, BEFORE you sell a property, and AFTER you've bought one, CHECK THE ATTIC ‼️

  • @andreashessler838
    @andreashessler838 Місяць тому +3

    Staggered by the amount of people who don't understand Lowry's artwork. It is quintessential working class art with simplicity and industry at its core.

  • @kathleengordon179
    @kathleengordon179 11 місяців тому +20

    I love that painting. It’s wonderful.💕📝🎨

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому

      So do I, give me a Lowery anyday instead of a tin of beans or a little girl holding a balloon. 🖌️🎨.

  • @stationminute
    @stationminute 11 місяців тому +60

    Lovely little painting, but unfortunately now I'm going to have "Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs" stuck in my head all day again.

    • @allenjohnstone9945
      @allenjohnstone9945 11 місяців тому +5

      Ditto...i'm old and remember that song from my childhood

    • @majorlaff8682
      @majorlaff8682 11 місяців тому +4

      'And he painted ... ' - enjoy the repetitive agony.

    • @0venchip
      @0venchip 11 місяців тому

      They wore pyrotechnic footwear in that area back in the day.

    • @majorlaff8682
      @majorlaff8682 11 місяців тому

      @@0venchip And no one suffered from obesity. All slim and healthy children and adults ... or skinny and malnourished?

    • @anthonybentley9430
      @anthonybentley9430 9 місяців тому

      Same here I just saw this video and unfortunately we all know who copied from this particular painter and I cannot appreciate the painter without thinking the worse, especially after meeting you know who and feeling very uncomfortable 🥵 with him around the young children in the early 90's.

  • @andywalsh8761
    @andywalsh8761 11 місяців тому +21

    There’s an old pub in the centre of Manchester that Lowry used to frequent. In the spot where he used to perch at the bar is a life size statue of him on a stool. It’s a bit freaky!

    • @matthewgreenwood5074
      @matthewgreenwood5074 11 місяців тому +8

      sams chop house...very nice pub it is to..I used to also frequent when I worked in manchester and that statue is indeed there..waiting for his pint !

    • @andywalsh8761
      @andywalsh8761 11 місяців тому +8

      Thanks for calling out the name, Matthew. I couldn't remember it! Totally agree, lovely, old pub.@@matthewgreenwood5074

    • @jamesbomd3503
      @jamesbomd3503 7 місяців тому

      Not to the landlord or landlady Because that brings in the tourist dollars believe you me🤑💰💸

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk 8 місяців тому +3

    Im glad the family got that much for it. You can see its real worth in the subsequent sale. Better Auction more publicity.. Be worth well over a million now. Lowry just keeps on appreciating. Thats Art for you. Thanks for following it up.

    • @nickm3861
      @nickm3861 8 місяців тому

      Was wondering the same myself, great investment if you have a spare million gathering dust.

  • @ImaginaryEvil
    @ImaginaryEvil 11 місяців тому +10

    My Dad used to watch Antiques Roadshow when I was a kid in the mid 80's, I HATED it, but there was no choice. We only had one TV. I don't mind it so much these days 😅

    • @OscarOSullivan
      @OscarOSullivan 10 місяців тому

      It actually is a pretty good television show

    • @jamesbomd3503
      @jamesbomd3503 7 місяців тому +1

      Just after songs of praise And before last of the summer wine, However if you'd have flipped over to ITV you coulda Watched Ciller black in Surprise Surprise,
      Or if you're allowed to stay up past your bedtime Hail and pace very naughty very naughty indeed Hail and pace Was Adults Only X rated television back then,

  • @Teeb2023
    @Teeb2023 11 місяців тому +20

    _"It's never been off the wall"_
    Wonderful.

    • @themouse7506
      @themouse7506 11 місяців тому +1

      No but the price has,£££££,

  • @fasthracing
    @fasthracing 11 місяців тому +13

    As I've got older I've started to appreciate Lowry

  • @danlnad
    @danlnad 11 місяців тому +26

    This woman and that old fella who owned the painting have since passed on. This is 24 years old. I do love Antiques Roadshow for its video of people learning about art, etc. and discovering they have something important.

  • @colinburns9736
    @colinburns9736 11 місяців тому +7

    Lovely. Just lovely. And the painting is not too shabby either.

  • @peterhoughton3770
    @peterhoughton3770 2 місяці тому +1

    Lowry would be stunned! The cigarette packet is a beautiful little piece as well and a great memento of the man and his style. It'd also be worth quite a bit more these days.

  • @slammajamma5435
    @slammajamma5435 5 днів тому

    Simply joyous, makes your heart smile.

  • @ChilliCheezdog
    @ChilliCheezdog 11 місяців тому +8

    Holy God. I'm a Brummie, but the power of this...

  • @dianefiske-foy4717
    @dianefiske-foy4717 11 місяців тому +16

    WOW‼️ That’s amazing! That old fella is gonna be shocked when he hears what his painting is worth.

    • @favouritemoon4133
      @favouritemoon4133 11 місяців тому +9

      This was filmed in 1999. There is a post up above that says the family sold the painting via Christies in London for over £400,000 in 2013. I hope the old chap got to see some of it!

    • @dianefiske-foy4717
      @dianefiske-foy4717 11 місяців тому +3

      @@favouritemoon4133 … Wow‼️ Cha-Ching 💲💲💲💲‼️ I do hope the old man got to see some of that money too.

    • @WoodlandDance
      @WoodlandDance 11 місяців тому +8

      @@favouritemoon4133 Gentleman was 79 years old when his friend brought this to Roadshow in 1999.
      If painting sold in 2013 - and the gentleman was still alive -he would have been 92.

    • @favouritemoon4133
      @favouritemoon4133 11 місяців тому +2

      @@WoodlandDance Thanks for the info!

  • @ianferrier3702
    @ianferrier3702 2 місяці тому +2

    ❤ a beautiful painting..love lowry

  • @undermuscled7381
    @undermuscled7381 11 місяців тому +1

    lovely story and genius painting.

  • @jannagy
    @jannagy 11 місяців тому +7

    Wow! Speechless!!

  • @TheWelwyn21
    @TheWelwyn21 3 місяці тому

    Im sure their was a lowry in my primary school assembly hall. This was 1964. i loved looking at it

  • @TheCrusader1000
    @TheCrusader1000 11 місяців тому +2

    The wealth of man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by.

  • @Aussiemarco
    @Aussiemarco 11 місяців тому +1

    “It’s never been off the wall!” Bless!! Gotta love Northerners ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @jenlovesbooks
      @jenlovesbooks 11 місяців тому

      It always makes me smile when it's something they've inherited but don't like and they say "it's been under the bed for the last 20 years."

  • @jenlovesbooks
    @jenlovesbooks 11 місяців тому

    My favourite is one of his larger paintings from 1950, The Pond which I saw at The Tate, Liverpool when we were there a couple of years ago. I'm also rather fond of one he did while on holiday in my town in his later years, it's a scene just a few streets away from where I live.

  • @FangMcFrost
    @FangMcFrost 11 місяців тому +17

    4:30 - Even Sooty & Sweep couldn't believe it.

  • @Alan-io2ew
    @Alan-io2ew 11 місяців тому +3

    I have a signed print of his of 'going to the match', which I recently had appraised and was told probably around 3k.

  • @AndrewCurtis57
    @AndrewCurtis57 2 місяці тому +1

    Just nipping up into the loft for a rummage 😉😊

  • @joelatimer3078
    @joelatimer3078 11 місяців тому +2

    He used to have a studio just downstairs from my office in the Peel building in Salford

  • @Random-xw1fg
    @Random-xw1fg 10 місяців тому +3

    I love Lowry ❤

  • @Misterkoots
    @Misterkoots 11 місяців тому +1

    "It's never been off the wall." Bless her.

  • @jo0ls
    @jo0ls 10 днів тому +1

    My school art teacher knew Lowry as they were neighbours. He said that he helped Lowry burn a stack of old paintings.

  • @rumi9005
    @rumi9005 11 місяців тому +2

    I lived in Salford in the late 1960s (down by the docks) when I was a student at Salford University.
    Lord Napier Street, In fact (Just off Trafford Road and Ordsall Lane. Down by the docks) - I remember seeing some Lowry paintings at that time and being captivated. They' almost' represented the Salford I was actually living in! Though it was fast dying out by then. Right at the tail-end of Lowry's Salford, I guess.
    It's all been knocked down and paved over now. But at the time it was all row houses about a 120 years old. The ACTUAL Coronation Street was just on the other side of Ordsall Park. But the pub on the corner was NOT called 'The Rovers Return'.
    The view from our front bedroom window was almost identical to the original title shot for the TV Show.
    The area was all scheduled for demolition so the properties were worth almost nothing. Three of us (all students), actually BOUGHT a house - For £200!
    (We didn't own the land itself. It was actually owned by the Ordsall Estate and the house came with 99 year lease on the land).
    One bonus was that Old Trafford, Manchester United's football ground, was within walking distance!
    The area was due to be demolished in 5 years time when we bought it. Which is why it was so cheap. Two of us moved out in the early seventies but our friend lived in it until Salford Council finally bought us out around 1978. We actually got around £7,500 for it. Which we split three ways.
    I lived in it for three years, so my £120 initial investment ended up working out at around one pound a week. Pretty cheap accommodation, even then!
    So all round it turned out to be a pretty good investment.

    • @jamesbomd3503
      @jamesbomd3503 7 місяців тому

      Some of those terrorist houses in Salford Around the university were being sold for 500 to a thousand pounds in the mid 90s my first time I ever walked down that street I saw jail like bars on the windows of houses That were being lived in and their doors were like cell doors Iron rails gates covering the front door And people were living inside I was then told that the area was so crime Ridden that it was considered worser than some parts of Northern Ireland,
      Of course those houses which now surround Media city Have gone up considerably in price,🤫

  • @grahamwhittle1971
    @grahamwhittle1971 4 дні тому

    This is brilliant stuff wow

  • @nicksquire3934
    @nicksquire3934 11 місяців тому +3

    Many years ago in a former life, my dad married a younger woman who new a certain Lord David Walston of Cambridgeshire, I am by no means posh, but we were invited to a shooting weekend at his big mansion, somewhere near Cambridge. ''Stick with it the punch line it's good ""
    During one of the two dinners we attended there, I was looking around the dining room rather in awe as I had never eaten in a room so grand, but on the wall near our table were two Lowry's
    I said to my dad ''Mum has those prints on the staircase at her flat" dad said ''they are not prints, they are the originals !

  • @mkdoddart
    @mkdoddart 11 місяців тому +3

    Wonderful painting. No way i'd sell any of that. Wouldnt mind owning an Adolphe Valette too.

  • @lydiasefton4780
    @lydiasefton4780 11 місяців тому

    I love this painting the littke dog is fab

  • @beausexon7546
    @beausexon7546 11 місяців тому +16

    My aunt had a Lowry and it was damaged back in the 60s during a house move, so the insurance paid out and it was thrown away. She cannot remember the payout but it was in the hundreds not thousands. We have it in the background in 3 of her photos

  • @IPFreely1966
    @IPFreely1966 11 місяців тому +5

    A bit macabre but I visited his grave in southern cemetery in Manchester, quite a simple cross with his name etc but somebody had put an empty jam jam jar at the base and put a few small paint brushes in it.

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому

      That was so sweet. 🎨🖌️.

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 9 місяців тому +9

    I like Lowry, as a man. I belive he turned down a knighthood - wise man.

    • @joline2730
      @joline2730 7 місяців тому +1

      Too: A woman came to his house, driven the Rolls by a chauffer: who knocked at the door and said his mistress wanted 'a good picture' Lowry replied "I only do bad ones" and shut the door.

  • @quattordicimontenapoleone3113
    @quattordicimontenapoleone3113 Місяць тому +3

    "Oh very shy" = "Buried in the basement"

  • @kingcurry6594
    @kingcurry6594 3 місяці тому

    This is interesting, because there is a very, very similar (but different in some details) scene which was painted the year after and sold at Christie's somewhere around 2010-11.
    I suspect that this was a preliminary work which he then refined further.

  • @nevillehill5210
    @nevillehill5210 3 місяці тому +1

    I just love this clip . I bet that painting would have to be worth more than 100,000 pounds now

  • @DonnaGisellaTranchel
    @DonnaGisellaTranchel 10 місяців тому

    Saw the movie..! He was GREAT!!! 💙💙💙💙💙🦩✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому +1

      I would rather have Lowry paintings on my wall because they have a story behind them. There's a vandal out there painting cans of beans and children with balloons, his paintings might be famous but I don't think vandalizing somebody's property in the middle of the night is very responsible as well as all the reporter's covering your house so you don't have any privacy, that is just my opinion and I'm probably going to be outnumbered by the majority of people but I don't particularly care. 🖌️🎨.

  • @thomaslangley1571
    @thomaslangley1571 11 місяців тому +5

    "It's never been up on the wall" she's a diamond that lady.

    • @stevenweasel2678
      @stevenweasel2678 11 місяців тому +1

      The womans reaction, suggests to me that She was infact the chauffeur of Lowry back in the day.

    • @jonstrummer6930
      @jonstrummer6930 11 місяців тому +6

      "It's never been off the wall" she said mate.

    • @thomaslangley1571
      @thomaslangley1571 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@jonstrummer6930 I stand corrected. That is what she said. She's still a diamond though.

    • @thomaslangley1571
      @thomaslangley1571 Місяць тому

      ​@stevenweasel2678 you could be right.

  • @alancawfield6549
    @alancawfield6549 11 місяців тому +3

    I wonder was the video for the Oasis song " The Masterplan" inspired by this painting?

  • @ArtistSoftwareEngineer
    @ArtistSoftwareEngineer 11 місяців тому +5

    When was this broadcast? Surely not recently?
    100k 😂 It’s a Lowry. And a nice one. All day long £500k, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s going for a mil soon.

    • @fayesouthall6604
      @fayesouthall6604 10 місяців тому +2

      Easily. 2021 it went for £600k

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому

      Give me Lowry any day, it's better than having a painting of a tin of beans on your wall. 🎨🖌️.

  • @graceandmarvellouswonders6249
    @graceandmarvellouswonders6249 3 години тому

    Warmed my heart

  • @jasonotoole2652
    @jasonotoole2652 Місяць тому

    Extraordinary!

  • @andypuddle
    @andypuddle 11 місяців тому +3

    It amazes me how such simple painting can be worth so much.

    • @fayesouthall6604
      @fayesouthall6604 10 місяців тому +1

      It’s the artist and it’s his perspective of working class Northern England

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому +1

      I think it's the love that goes into them as well as the dedication. 🎨🖌️.

    • @jamesbomd3503
      @jamesbomd3503 7 місяців тому

      I think the fact that there was a song on top of the pops talking about matchstick men and matched it cats and dogs and the fact that everybody in Manchester wore a pair of wooden clogs did a lot For TS Lowry's image🤗

  • @jasonking6892
    @jasonking6892 2 дні тому +1

    Good review nice lady to 😊

  • @damienkearns3654
    @damienkearns3654 11 місяців тому +1

    There is a major motion picture about Lowry starring Timothy Spall & Vanessa Redgrave. It's called Mrs Lowry & Son (2019). Very interesting and a very good movie about his life and art. Its a good lesson to anyone, you should follow your passions and see where it leads you in life.

  • @mabbrey
    @mabbrey 11 місяців тому +3

    magic stuff

  • @jonescrusher1
    @jonescrusher1 14 днів тому

    Satisfying to know it was just hung up in some random home.

  • @malacca1951
    @malacca1951 2 місяці тому

    My auntie (from Rochdale) used to sit next to Lowry on a bus on the way back from work. He would be sketching with pencil and she was given a postcard-sized sketch which she kept. After her death, I helped to clear her house and looked carefully for this special memento. It had gone and we think that neighbours had seen it, realised its value and 'pinched it'. Never mind, eh?! There are probably many more where that came from!

  • @johngould7795
    @johngould7795 11 місяців тому +3

    Why not, a simple man who never took himself too seriously, he would be shocked his art is now so treasured. I think he would be troubled it was now for the super rich so distant from his roots. Whom he kind of resented.

  • @jamiebassnett
    @jamiebassnett 6 місяців тому +5

    0:41 is that not Harold Shipman?!

    • @wirralchap
      @wirralchap Місяць тому

      Kenny Rogers

    • @coolhand67
      @coolhand67 Місяць тому

      It looks a lot like him! The clip was supposedly recorded in 1999 and Shipman was arrested in late 1998 so it probably isn’t but it is an uncanny likeness.

    • @Sweetie8387
      @Sweetie8387 23 дні тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @teknical100
    @teknical100 11 місяців тому

    When I was a kid we watched a programme called, 'Ask The Family' with Robert Robinson/Robertson?
    The two finalists could choose a prize, one chose a new living room carpet and the other chose a Lowrey.
    I thought it was a great choice at the time even though I don't like the paintings.

  • @benjaminblakemore9704
    @benjaminblakemore9704 11 місяців тому +3

    WHAT IS THAT WOMANS WATCH ⌚️ 😮😮😮😮😮 DOUBLE CROWN, NOW THAT IS ALSO SOOOO SPECIAL!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤

    • @favouritemoon4133
      @favouritemoon4133 11 місяців тому +3

      Oooh well spotted! I think she had a very nice engagement ring on too. I was too busy admiring her fingernails, which are in way better nick than my own! 😊😊😊

    • @kellyjacinto117
      @kellyjacinto117 11 місяців тому +2

      I also spotted that sparkling gold tooth!

  • @janiap5235
    @janiap5235 Місяць тому +1

    Lowri worked collecting rent for my husband great grandmother the places are what he visited

  • @damienkearns3654
    @damienkearns3654 11 місяців тому +1

    🎶"And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs" 🎶 Brian & Michael - Lowry's Song - Number 1 Hit in 1978

  • @StephenGrew
    @StephenGrew 11 місяців тому +10

    It's a beautiful painting, I love Lowry's work. The monetary value in many ways is irrelevant.🙂

    • @tonp2917
      @tonp2917 11 місяців тому +2

      Irrelevant…and for most people terrifying to have such a valuable piece of art. Terrifying of other people with bad intentions knowing it or for dropping it. It is a lot of responsibility having such a valuable masterpiece.

    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 11 місяців тому

      Yeah right. Pity it turned out to be a fake.

    • @doctormarazanvose4373
      @doctormarazanvose4373 11 місяців тому

      @@mariemccann5895 that "fake" sold for £622,500 in 2021 - seek help

    • @Unknownlll123
      @Unknownlll123 8 місяців тому

      I love them as well, give me a Lowery anyday instead of a tin of beans or a little girl holding a balloon. 🎨🖌️.

  • @rockyro777
    @rockyro777 11 місяців тому +20

    What freaks me out is that this is from 1999. It looks like it’s from the 1970s 🤯

    • @swanvictor887
      @swanvictor887 11 місяців тому +2

      Well, Standard Definition was around a long time lol. This was probably recorded onto an Ampex 2" Reel-to-Reel Video Recorder, dating from the 1960s!
      But its not all that bad however: Bit depth is remarkably good with these old VTs and a lot of detail can be found through 'Upscaling'.

    • @TheRaveMusicArchive
      @TheRaveMusicArchive 11 місяців тому

      I’ve started to find stuff from the 2000s looking dated now.

    • @RosieHarp
      @RosieHarp 11 місяців тому +1

      Not really

    • @simonsimon325
      @simonsimon325 2 місяці тому

      There are some channels on here that have tons of stuff from the 90s. It's scary how old-fashioned it all seems compared to my memories of the time.

  • @Mallymoore
    @Mallymoore 10 місяців тому

    I remember as a kid in the early 70s he gave me a drawing but my school kept it.

  • @jimbojazza5539
    @jimbojazza5539 11 місяців тому

    Is that Harold Shipman in the background around 40 seconds in?

    • @E-Kat
      @E-Kat 4 місяці тому

      😂

  • @magikclown
    @magikclown 11 місяців тому +1

    The art expert is Stephen Somerville, not Hugh Scully.

  • @yozzahughes1060
    @yozzahughes1060 11 місяців тому +3

    Nice to see roger daltrey bringing a Lowry in for his mate

  • @damienkearns3654
    @damienkearns3654 11 місяців тому

    The beauty of LS Lowery's paintings just like Alfred Wallis who was a fisherman who only started painting when he was seventy was the nativity. And from a connoisseurs point of view its immediately recognisable as only by Lowery's hand. That's what makes it valuable folks - not how easy you incorrectly think it is to paint.

  • @kevak1236
    @kevak1236 11 місяців тому +1

    My mum sold her 4 bedroom detached house in 2003 in the north of England (admittedly not an expensive area) for £75,000, to give some perspective.

  • @garryturland7254
    @garryturland7254 9 місяців тому +1

    There is a painting on Christie’s site which sold in 2010 for over £600,000. It was advertised as an original, it looks almost the same but with differences - one of these is a fake and one is original…but which one?