Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce.
Image: BBC
Ahead of the latest series of the BBC’s Fake or Fortune?, take a look at these five images and write in to Antiques Trade Gazette whether you think they are a fake, worth a fortune, or whether the outcome is undecided.
The TV show returns this month for its 13th series.
The first of six episodes is scheduled to air on the evening of Monday, July 21.
The show features art dealer Philip Mould and broadcaster Fiona Bruce who investigate whether artworks submitted by members of the public are actually genuine.
Once a project is accepted the pair track down the provenance of works of art with the aim of proving their authenticity, helped by evidence from family collections, museums, archives and laboratories.
This season includes a visit to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Limoges in France and the team also enlist the help of a group of art experts in New Zealand.
In the first episode of Fake or Fortune? a picture of a summer garden bought for £140 at Ardingly Antiques Fair is suspected to be by Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965). The team investigate whether Churchill painted this summer garden scene at Herstmonceux Castle in 1916. Do you believe it is by the hand of the former prime minister?
Meanwhile, the quest to prove that a painting of a summer garden is the work of Sir Winston Churchill leads to the Royal Horticulture Society Garden Wisley.
Episode three features a work possibly by Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947), purchased for £35 at auction. Does this have the hand of the pioneering New Zealand artist?
In the fourth episode Bruce travels to Pittsburgh. An American couple think their $200 portrait could be a long-lost work by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807). The team question whether a work by the Swiss painter could end up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
The final two episodes of the series are something a bit different.
The penultimate episode of the series revisits collector David and his picture by Canadian Impressionist Helen McNicoll, which featured in series 12, to see what happened next.
The final show revisits two historic paintings of black British women and how they have soared in value.
To give your verdict on these five pictures email your thoughts to editorial@antiquestradegazette.com by midday on Thursday, July 10.
