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Geoffrey Charles Munn, OBE, FSA, FLS, FRSA (born in Hastings on 11 April 1953) is a British jewellery specialist, television presenter and writer. He is best known as one of the experts on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. However, his first television appearance was in 1963 when he, and his brother, Roger Munn, featured with their pet fox cubs on Johnny Morris's Animal Magic. He was brought up in Henfield in Sussex and educated at Shoreham College and Steyning Grammar School. Now Munn is the managing director of London jewellers Wartski, where he has worked since the age of 19; his specialisation is 19th-century precious metalwork and Fabergé.
Wartski are jewellers by appointment to HM the Queen and HRH the Prince of Wales. The firm made the Welsh gold wedding rings for the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, and Catherine Middleton when she married Prince William in 2011.
Munn has a keen interest in every aspect of history and has acquired a collection of ancient flint tools discovered in the Southwold area of Suffolk. Munn has appeared in several television sequences of "mudlarking" in the Thames at Westminster. Munn is fascinated by both literature and art and has written a number of books, including Southwold, an Earthly Paradise, a pictorial history of his home town. (Antique Collectors' Club 2006). He has written on the drawings of D G Rossetti and JMW Turner. In July 2014 Munn conducted the first in a series called Tate Britain BP Walks Through British Art in which there was an emphasis on jewellery and botanical decoration from the Renaissance to the present day.
This large Colombian emerald was carved in India and set in a peacock feather design with sapphires and natural pearls. Joanna Whalley, V&A; metals conservator and gemmologist and Geoffrey Munn, jewellery specialist, examine the jewels and setting and how the piece was constructed to be worn in a variety of ways.
This crescent shaped jewel was once worn on the brow of an elephant. Listen to Joanna Whalley, V&A; metals conservator and gemmologist and Geoffrey Munn, jewellery specialist, as they tell the story of the design, the gems and its previous Maharani owner, Anita Delgado.
Members of Thames and Field who are a group of Thames Mudlarkers show of their finds to Geoffrey Munn on the Antiques Roadshow at the British Museum on the 2nd of September 2010
Gill and Richard lurking in the background as a Medieval ring is valued at Kirby Hall Antiques Roadshow
British Museum sep 2010. I do not own the rights to this clip, the rights belong to the BBC
Antiques Roadshow attracts guests from all over the UK hoping that their precious items might land them a surprising sum of money. Express.co.uk delved into the archives of the BBC documentary show to discover one guest who got more than they bargained for after finding a ring whilst gardening back in 2013. The guest brought along a ring they had found believing it to be from the Victorian period. Luckily for the guest, expert Geoffrey Munn was on hand to divulge some information a ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Click Subscribe TV News, Previews, Spoilers, Casting Scoop, Interviews, Television News, Ratings, TV Show Reviews, TV - News, Pictures, Videos, Entertainment, #AntiquesRoadshowGeoffreyMunn, #leaves, #guest, #speechless, #aft...
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Geoffrey Charles Munn, OBE, FSA, FLS, FRSA (born in Hastings on 11 April 1953) is a British jewellery specialist, television presenter and writer. He is best known as one of the experts on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. However, his first television appearance was in 1963 when he, and his brother, Roger Munn, featured with their pet fox cubs on Johnny Morris's Animal Magic. He was brought up in Henfield in Sussex and educated at Shoreham College and Steyning Grammar School. Now Munn is the managing director of London jewellers Wartski, where he has worked since the age of 19; his specialisation is 19th-century precious metalwork and Fabergé.
Wartski are jewellers by appointment to HM the Queen and HRH the Prince of Wales. The firm made the Welsh gold wedding rings for the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, and Catherine Middleton when she married Prince William in 2011.
Munn has a keen interest in every aspect of history and has acquired a collection of ancient flint tools discovered in the Southwold area of Suffolk. Munn has appeared in several television sequences of "mudlarking" in the Thames at Westminster. Munn is fascinated by both literature and art and has written a number of books, including Southwold, an Earthly Paradise, a pictorial history of his home town. (Antique Collectors' Club 2006). He has written on the drawings of D G Rossetti and JMW Turner. In July 2014 Munn conducted the first in a series called Tate Britain BP Walks Through British Art in which there was an emphasis on jewellery and botanical decoration from the Renaissance to the present day.
I am the procrastinator
Make way for me
i will do everything
eventually
but first i'll
fold my clothes and pile them up in order
so the largest thing is on the floor
and then i'll
take my phone and get rid of the messages
that i don't need anymore
i'll make a numbered list of things i have to do
sit long on the toilet, even though i don't need to
build a playing card tower
have a power shower
pick my nails, bite my nails
doing nothing never fails
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la la la la
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
I am the procrastinator
Make way for me
i will do everything
eventually
but first i'll
go outside and get a bit of exercise
by riding around on my bike
and then i'll
go next door and spend hours talking to the
guy that i don't even like
i'll take my posters down and put them up again
go on my computer, log on MSN
MSN! MSN? Who said MSN!??!
If you go on MSN
a terrible thing will happen to you
you will sit and stare for hours
and people you don't like will talk to you
don't go on MSN!
Don't go on MSN!
don't go on MSN!
don't go on M S N!
they say "hi"
you say "hi" back
they say "how r u"
you say "fine thanx how r u"
they say "fine thanx"
and you'll say nothing else all afternoon!
don't go on MSN!
don't go on MSN!
don't go on MSN!
don't go on MSN!
build another tower
have another shower
paint my nails
eat my nails
doing nothing never fails
la la la la la la
la la la la
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
I am the procrastinator
Make way for me
i will do everything