Vintage view: Lost masterpieces

Kya deLongchamps takes us through some moments in the fascinating history of lost masterpieces.

AMONG the dozens of boot sale variety acts and infuriatingly silly collecting shows on TV, there is at least one genuinely nervejangling entertainer with enough scholarship to have caught the attention of the wider world of art and antiques.

Fake or Fortune hosted by BBC personality Fiona Bruce and art dealer Philip Mould, has just completed its fourth season to high ratings and the praise showered on the programme is well deserved.