Having begun his career at Sotheby’s, John Bly joined his family at their firm of antiques dealers in Tring, Hertfordshire. An author and presenter of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow since 1978, Bly is a father of two and also well known as an after dinner speaker. His other loves number jazz drumming and cooking and in 2010, he told Hertfordshire Life: “If you have got £20,000 then buy a wonderful antique, but if your budget is small then IKEA is fantastic”.
The Roll Call - CHARACTERS
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Steve Cotten (AKA ‘Britain’s Grumpiest Landlord’)
2
Mrs Filthy Piece of Toerag
3
Angela Millington (1981 – 2014)
4
The Cheery Street Sweeper
5
Katherine Knight
6
Brenda from Bristol
7
The Cross Word Couple (AKA ‘The Crossword Couple’)
8
The Pret Prayer
9
The Pret Sleeper
10
Prince John Zylinski
11
The Pret Spitter
12
Marina Gibson
13
Margaret Wooliscroft
14
Angelo Vizcaino
15
Mr Penny Farthing
16
Adolfo Orsi, Jr.
17
Helen Brach (AKA “The Candy Lady”, 1911 – 1977, body never found)
18
Mikel Ruffinelli
19
Ziyanda Palesa Tutu
20
Kensington Claus
21
The Knightsbridge rose seller
22
Sam Malin and Irène Major (AKA “Lord and Lady Hailes”)
23
Paul and Selena Bailey
24
John Bly
25
Joyce Cohen (formerly Joyce McDillon, née Joyce Lemay)
26
Malavath Poorna
27
Linda Sandler
28
Pablo Salcedo
29
Pedro López (AKA “The Monster of the Andes”)
30
June and Leon Bernicoff
31
Leah Chase (AKA “The Queen of Creole Cuisine”)
32
Dominic and Stephanie Parker (AKA “The Posh Couple”)
33
Sarah Meakin
34
Julia Bradbury
35
Raine Spencer; Raine, Countess Spencer (AKA “Acid Raine”)
36
Hannah Campbell (AKA “The Bionic Woman”)
37
Candida Lycett Green (1942 – 2014; nicknamed “Wibz”)
38
The musical tramp
39
Doris Thompson MBE OBE (1903 – 2004) and Geoffrey Thompson (1936 – 2004)
40
Charity Charity
41
Kimi Räikkönen
42
Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo
43
Kester Thomas (1975 – 2013)
44
Gavin Rankin
45
Marina Oswald Porter (born Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova, Russian: Марина Николаевна Прусакова)
46
Elena Salvoni (1920 – 2016)
47
Sultan Kösen
48
Boaty Boatwright (also known as Boaty Boatwright Baker)
49
Cedric Robinson MBE
50
Oliver Newton
51
Don who's Donna at night
52
Captain Pugwash (AKA ‘Captain’ Michael M. Maricic)
53
Peter Grace OBE (1938 – 2013)
54
Jim Bowen (born Peter Williams)
55
Derek Bell MBE
56
Pamela Jennings (better known as “Soho Pam”, 1964 - 2013)
57
£50 grifter
58
Parrot Man
59
Jocelyn Wildenstein (née Périsset and also known as “Jocelynnys Dayannnys da Silva Bezerra”)
60
John Gaze (1947 - 2011)
61
Charlie Richardson (1934 – 2012)
62
Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (1925 – 2012)
63
Christian Gerhartsreiter (main alias Clark Rockefeller)
64
The Rt. Hon. Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia LVO (Fiona Shackleton)
65
Sir Peter O'Sullevan CBE (1918 – 2015)
66
Nancy Wake AC GM (1912 – 2011)
67
Claus Von Bülow
68
Alexander Fiske-Harrison
69
Lord Lucan (also known as Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan)
He and his sons are extremely charming people who have a genuine passion for what they do and a willingness to share their considerable knowledge with others. They are the epitome of “Do what you love and success will follow.”
A legend in his legendry pin stipe with the trademark cuffs