Modern times. Flog It, Bargain Hunt, Deal or No Deal, the Antiques Road Show. All think they are the bees knees, but little do they know: for the Tenby and District Arts Club are in this game too (writes P.M.).

Tonight (Friday) Nigel Hodson from Peter Francis, Carmarthen, will be with us valuing away. So bring your artefacts, your old masters, your Fabergé eggs and bits, whatever, and prepare for shocks either way.

There will be joy. There will be despair, so keep your hats on and prepare for whatever is said. One can guess quite a few members will enter the millionaire class tonight, but some will be devastated. I write from experience.

Many years ago my wife inherited a Whistler. An etching of Chelsea Bridge. It had pride of place in our reception hall. Nonchalantly we would mention to visitors "A Whistler you know, been in the family for years."

In Paris we were drawn to a Whistler exhibition at the Musée D'Orsay. Saw many etchings very similar to ours, but not of Chelsea Bridge. On return home, the insurance value was upped. The house made more secure. Even contemplated putting this very valuable object into the bank vaults. Installed burglar alarms.

When, one day, Sothebys or Christies sent representatives to the Gatehouse on the Norton, we stood in a long line awaiting our turn, occasionally loosening the wrapping so that other opportunists could snatch a glimpse of our treasure. We were in the ascendancy. Co-valuation seekers hid their pots, jewellery and stuff in shame.

We were eventually at the head of the queue. A very slick and polished looking man from Bond Street, I suppose, took one look, barely a glimpse. "That's a Hong Kong copy, worth £10 at the most." We pleaded, He was adamant. We slunk home drooped.

The meeting commences tonight at 7.30 pm. Entry is £2 for members, £4 for non-members. Just a pittance when many will be counting their millions. All in the St. Johns Church Hall, Warren Street.

Oh, I almost forgot. Those who bring artefacts with a Pembrokeshire flavour will be twice blessed.

However, we do not expect all artefacts to be of local origin. It would be impossible. Members or visitors are asked, though, to only bring one item, unless that individual item is part of a set and isolation destroys the integrity.

Finally, the committee asks people to try not to bring very large bulky objects, unless say a member owns a very desirable Louis XIV secretaire. The purpose here is to try to dissuade members from bringing in stuffed elephants, that sort of thing.