Current cases

If you can help with any of the below cases, please comment on the individual page or email john@thingdetectives.com.

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Case #206 - A polo shirt with a mystery brand

A polo shirt seen in York with a logo our client didn't recognise.

Case #233 - Climbing clowns - children's building blocks

Does anyone remember this children's toy?

Case #207 - Glass butter container for lobster-handled dish

Looking for a glass container replacement (to hold butter) for an antique (ish), silver plated (no makers mark) butter dish base and lid.

Case # 220 - Captain Patrick Porteous receiving the Victoria Cross

The "first photos of investiture" from inside Buckingham Palace.

Case #213 - Commission book from H.M.S. Undine

We are looking for a commission book from the Unidne dated 1959/1960, at which time the ship was serving in Cyprus.

Case #239 - The Royal Tournament 1998 - The world's largest miliatry tattoo

We are looking for a digital/DVD/VHS copy of the contest from 1998, presented that year on ITV by Davina McCall.

Case #201 - The often lost "Bunnykins" stopper

We are looking for a stopper (made of cork with an aluminium cap) used to plug the filling hole in the bunnykins warming dishes.