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QAMy husband dug up a glass bottle in the garden with Silvikrin Liquid Shampoo engraved on the base. The triangular, brown bottle is screw-top, but there’s no lid. Do you think it has any value please? Jackie Young, via email The old bottle market is dominated by perfume bottles – they are a hugely popular collectable and can be quite cheap to build a good collection. I’m afraid shampoo bottles like yours – most likely from the 1930s were rarely decorative or made of fine glass and are of interest value only, so perhaps €7 to €15. I have a pair of framed riding breeches with the autographs of jockeys Frankie Dettori, AP Mccoy and Richard Johnson, along with the autographs of the presenters of racing programme The Opening Show. I would appreciate if you could give me a value. Robert Thomas, via email Frankie Dettori has approximately 500 race wins as one of the best flat riders. I think the signatures makes this quite special. His autograph on a page of paper would usually sell for €30 to €60 or so, a great signed photo perhaps €120. If we knew the riding breeches were worn by one of the jockeys, Breeches that would be really great. Without that insight, I reckon around €300 would be right – perhaps €375 to a fan.