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The team visit Pollok Park in Glasgow, where treasures include an early painting by Jack Vettriano, a Ming dynasty Buddha and pages from the very first printing presses.

The team visit Pollok Park in Glasgow.

Frances Christie is thrilled to see an early painting by celebrated Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, and Matthew Haley is intrigued by a collection of rare, printed pages dating back to the very earliest days of the printing press in the 15th century.

Lisa Lloyd is intrigued to see a harmonica that once belonged to country music star Johnny Cash, while Marc Allum covets a record signed by members of the band U2 at the start of their career.

Gordon Foster admires a silver cup presented by the president of the United States to a ship鈥檚 captain in 1881 in recognition of a daring rescue at sea, while Lee Young sees a bronze Buddha from the late Ming dynasty, bought back from China by a ship鈥檚 surgeon in the 1930s.

Ronnie Archer-Morgan admires a colourful coat by Scottish designer Bill Gibb, while Will Farmer is dazzled by a risqu茅 ceramic sculpture by Italian firm Lenci that comes with a hefty price tag.

Jewellery specialist Ishy Khan shows Fiona two stunning rings, one sapphire and one tourmaline, and challenges her to work out which one is most valuable.

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Presenter Fiona Bruce
Series Editor Robert Murphy
Series Producer Rae Gilder Cooke

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