{"id":5070,"date":"2023-08-31T17:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:59:46","slug":"a-summer-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2023\/08\/31\/a-summer-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer Celebration!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Bishton Hall and Gardens was the venue for this year\u2019s SI Cannock &amp; District Summer Celebration.\u00a0 Soroptimist Jackie Prince organised a fabulous morning in the Orangery when club members and friends enjoyed a morning cream tea and the company of auctioneer and TV personality Charles Hanson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Charles and his staff were so welcoming and friendly and many club members took along items for Charles to value. As he did this, he demonstrated his amazing knowledge of what seemed to be all areas of antique and vintage items \u2013 though he told us that he has many specialists working with him who he will refer to for confirmation or additional information.\u00a0 He told the story of a Chinese vase he was asked to auction many years ago.\u00a0 He correctly told the owner the date and the artist and valued it at \u00a325,000.\u00a0 His specialist examined it and told Charles the only thing wrong was the valuation \u2013 apparently the vase had belonged to the Emperor and its value was half a million pounds!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">He told us that his fondest memory and proudest moment was meeting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in July of last year.\u00a0 She had invited him to auction an item of hers for charity \u2013 that item was the handbag used in the famous Paddington sketch!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">No one\u2019s attention wandered as Charles told his stories in his humorous and warm personal style \u2013 and those with items to be valued were delighted to learn more about them.\u00a0 As is often the case, it didn\u2019t really matter how valuable they were in pounds \u2013 it\u2019s often the sentimental value that is so great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">He urged everyone not to throw things away! Although things that sold for a lot of money 10 or 20 years ago now have little monetary value \u2013 this can change.\u00a0 The current market is favouring toys and models from 25 years ago \u2013 a plastic Star Wars figure bought in 1998 for 50p recently sold for \u00a39,500!! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Charles Hanson bought Bishton Hall and Gardens four years ago; many events are held there throughout the year and there are lots of plans in the pipeline, information can be found on the website: www.bishtonhall.com.\u00a0 Soroptimists are already planning more visits there \u2013 and searching in their attics for hidden treasures!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>Photos: \u00a01. Jackie Prince with Charles Hanson<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>2; Jackie Prince and her team in the Orangery<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-30.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5071\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-30-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-30-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-30.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5072\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2023\/08\/Summer-Celebration-Bishton-08.07.23-2.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishton Hall and Gardens was the venue for this year\u2019s SI Cannock &amp; District Summer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Summer Celebration! | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : A Summer Celebration! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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