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Welcome to Cash In The Attic, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
the show that finds your hidden treasures and helps sell them at auction. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:06 | |
Welcome, too, to Sidmouth in Devon. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
This beautiful beach front forms part of the Jurassic Coast, | 0:00:08 | 0:00:12 | |
England's first natural World Heritage Site. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
And hidden in 95 miles of cliffs | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
are 185 million years of the Earth's history. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:22 | |
But the discovery of many of these fossils owes a lot to one woman. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
Mary Anning was born in 1799, just down the coast at Lyme Regis. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
At a time when women were supposed to stay home, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
Mary emerged as a pioneer of the new science of paleontolgy. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
Mary's finds were donated to the Natural History Museum in London, | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
on display to this day. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
Let's hope we can carry on her work and unearth some treasures | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
of our own as we go in search of items to go under the hammer. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
'Coming up on today's Cash In The Attic: | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
'could this be my toughest assignment yet?' | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
James?! Are you taking time out or working? | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
That's what I want to know. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
'Will the corks be popping even before we know our grand total?' | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
I heard I was here because of something to do with wine, | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
and I thought you might be doing a bit of wine tasting. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
'Come auction time, have we set our reserve prices too high?' | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
I hope there are people who are going to break open their own piggy banks to buy this. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
Find out what happens when today's collectibles go under the hammer. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:42 | |
I've come just down the road to the village of Newton Poppleford. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
Isn't that a lovely name? | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
I'm here to meet two ladies looking to make a big change in their lives. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
After living in Greece, Caroline and her daughter, Jenny, | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
moved back to England about 13 years ago. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
29-year-old Jenny now wants to spread her wings | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
and not only follow in her mother's travelling footsteps, | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
but become an expert in some of the finer things in life. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
Jennie, morning to you. How are you? | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
You look as if I'm late. I'm not, am I? | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
We've got a lot to do today. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
It's something to do with wine. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
-Ooh, you can count me in! -Let's go and find out. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
-Hello, ladies! -Hi! | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
-Hello! -I heard I was here because of something to do with wine, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
and thought you might be wine tasting, but just my luck, you're not. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
It's a bit early, I suppose. So, I know it's about wine, but why are we here? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
I decided to relocate to my parental home in Devon. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:39 | |
I quit my job in London and I had quite a lot of stuff with me, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
so Mum decided if I could clear out the attic, | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
anything I found I could keep. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:47 | |
What a brilliant idea! Wow! | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
-I decided whatever money I could raise, I would buy myself an air ticket to Australia. -To Australia?! | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
Yes, because I'd like to do some wine tasting out there | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
and find out more about wine marketing. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
So a big passion about wine, yeah? | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
It's certainly something I could see myself learning to love. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
Well, I think that's a very good idea! | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
-I think so too. -A girl after my own heart. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
So, much money do you think you'll need for the air ticket? | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Air flights are pretty expensive. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
I hope around 800. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
£800? Have you got enough stuff up in the attic? | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
I hope so, yeah. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:26 | |
I hope so, too. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
We better get cracking. Show me round the house. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
Sounds as if there could be some exciting times ahead for Jenny, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
with that unusual career choice. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:37 | |
So we'd better get on with the task in hand and raise lots of money | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
because she'd also like to take her mother on a wine-tasting course. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
Our expert, James, seems to have found plenty to savour in his first find of the day. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
-James! We have come to see what you're up to. -Look what I've found. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
Caroline, where did it come from? | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
That was a wedding gift when I used to live in Greece. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
It's very ornate, I must say. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
It's not English. It's certainly a continental, either French or Italian - piece. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:08 | |
I'm just having a look and I can't see... | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
It doesn't have so much as a hallmark as it's just stamped "925" | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
and that's the percentage silver. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
In other words, it's 92.5% silver, | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
which, funnily enough, is the same grade as the English silver. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
So it's the real thing. Ironically, quite often, | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
without hallmarks you're not allowed to call it silver. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
Silver-coloured metal. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
Trade descriptions, we've got to be careful of that. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
Quite fancy, very much of its time, late Victorian era, | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
when things were slightly over the top decoration-wise. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
Yes, it would have stood in the middle of a dining room table, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
with sweet bread, sweet meats, bon bons, in the middle. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
-I've also found two more. -Well done. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
Look! Three for the price of one! | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
Ewers. I will call them ewers. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
I don't think you'd want to pour anything out of these, | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
they are more decorative, purely for display. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
Again, "925", continental silver. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
But they're what we called "loaded", | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
which means that the bottoms | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
are filled with usually plaster or a bitumen tar | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
to make them appear heavier, in other words more valuable. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
But also, to be practical, it stops them falling over. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
What do we think value wise? | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
I certainly think we'd hopefully be north of 100 quid, so let's say £120-£180. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:29 | |
-120? What do you think of that? -Wow! | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
For something in the attic, it's a good start. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
Oh, yeah, definitely! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
Very impressive! Well done! | 0:05:36 | 0:05:37 | |
-Good for you. -Let's find some more. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
Come on. Where shall we go next? | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
Fantastic! | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
This Mediterranean silverware will be a rare sighting at auction | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
and could sell very well. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
We're searching every inch of Caroline and Jenny's house to seek out those prize gems. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:56 | |
While I'm in the bedroom, downstairs the saints go marching in. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
Caroline, with your Greek connections | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
I'm not surprised you've shown me something like this. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
Where did it come from? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
It came from Greece. My husband gave it to my father as a gift. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:11 | |
It's an icon. They came in lots of different materials. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
Some of them, like this, are painted on wooden panels, | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
some have silver mounts, called rizas, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
and if you imagine, in those days | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
very few people actually read or wrote, so a visual image | 0:06:23 | 0:06:27 | |
was hugely important in terms of nurturing their faith. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
This one, believe it or not, and here's the irony, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
it may have come to you from Greece, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
but it's actually of St Minas, and I can see the writing here in Greek, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
who's actually from Egypt. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
Now, value on this, I think my feeling, looking at it, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
is it's probably something that's been made in the last 100 years. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:49 | |
And it's been made maybe to make it look slightly older than it really is. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
One way I can tell that is by looking at the back, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
because so often these are made on wooden panels, | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
and this is very regular, very new looking. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
It's been cut not with a sort of adze or a band saw, it's been cut | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
using a mechanical saw, so that gives us some idea of trying to date it. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:13 | |
Whereas the style is much earlier. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
I'm going to stick my neck out a little bit | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
and say that I think it should fetch between £250-£350. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
-You'd be happy at that sort of figure? -That would be wonderful. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
Great. Let's just hope at the auction there are going to be lots of serious icon collectors. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:32 | |
I want to see what else you've got hidden away, maybe up in the attic. Let's get up there! | 0:07:32 | 0:07:37 | |
I hope that people appreciate icons in this country, | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
and that it goes to a good home. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
If this really is a modern replica, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
an estimate up to £350 seems pretty impressive. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
As we continue our rummage, James comes across Caroline's collection | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
of dusty green-and-white Wedgewood, which could fetch between £30-£50. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:58 | |
Another boost to our funds is this intricately-patterned rug, | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
passed down through the family and in fantastic condition. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
James values it at £40-£70. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
Caroline and Jenny have been living here for ten years, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
and, over a glass of wine, I finally get the chance | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
to hear more about Jenny's forthcoming trip down under. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
So you've been working for a news agency for a few years now, | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
and this is a bit of a crossroads in your life because the future, it seems, is wine, eh?! | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
Yeah, I've decided I'd like to diversify career towards the wine sector. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:32 | |
What brought this on? | 0:08:32 | 0:08:33 | |
A passion and interest for wine, combined with the fact | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
that I speak a couple of languages and have an interest in marketing. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
I figured I should go to Australia and try my luck there! | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
I'd be distraught if my little girl said that she wanted to the other side of the world to live. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:49 | |
How do you feel about it? | 0:08:49 | 0:08:50 | |
Well, I feel that you raise children to be independent, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
and Australia seems to be where her destiny is, so go for it. | 0:08:54 | 0:09:00 | |
Of course, you've got quite a sense of adventure because you lived in Greece for a long time. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:05 | |
-Almost 20 years, yeah. -Your husband was Greek. -Yes, he was. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
He was an orthopaedic surgeon. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:10 | |
Sadly, you were widowed at quite a young age, but you carried on living in Greece. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:15 | |
I had a business over there, | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
and I wanted my daughter to grow up with some culture and | 0:09:18 | 0:09:23 | |
the independence of running around on the beach and things like that. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
A little bird told me that the real reason | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
you're going to Australia - you're very tall, aren't you, five foot 11? | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
-That's right. -There's lots of big, hunky men there. Is this true?! | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
You could say I've developed a fetish for the Aussie accent! | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
Well, good for you! I will say cheers to your future. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
-Cheers! -Cheers! -And we've got to carry on hunting. Come on, off we go. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
So we'd better make sure Jenny's dream comes true and raise that money for her flight to Australia. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:53 | |
And if there's any left over, she and her mum can have a wonderful day's wine tasting. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
Caroline is keeping us all on our toes | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
and has found a man's Omega watch, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
which could bring in anything between £60 and £100. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
Another find which will be heading to auction | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
is this collection of classic books, including works by Victor Hugo. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
They once belonged to Jenny's grandmother, and James values them at between £60 and £80. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:17 | |
There's still a lot of work to do if we're to get anywhere near our | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
target of £800, so I track down our expert to see what he's up to. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:26 | |
-James?! Are you taking time out, or our you working?! -No, I'm working! | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
What have we got here? We have got some plates, | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
with Scotland and England's favourite literary heroes. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
We've got wee Robbie Burns on this one, for Scotland, | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
and old William Shakespeare, for England, on this one. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
But what really interests me is what's on the back, | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
because written here is "The Rowland & Marsellus Co, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
"Staffordshire, England". | 0:10:50 | 0:10:51 | |
These were made in England, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
but in fact Rowland & Marsellus were retailers over in New York. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
They retailed a lot of Staffordshire round the rest of the States. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:03 | |
So what would you want as a souvenir of little old England | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
but Robbie Burns, for Scotland, and William Shakespeare. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
It's like a bit of the old country. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
They have suffered slightly, these plates, because if you look here | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
you'll see there's the odd chip, but also what we call this stained craqueleur. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
It's where the glaze has cracked and dirt, over the years, has got in. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
You can sort that out quite easily by putting it in one of those very mild clothes-washing detergents. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:30 | |
-Value-wise, certainly £20-£30, something like that. -Gosh, that's nice. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:36 | |
OK! Upwards and onwards. Not there yet. Come on, let's find some more. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
I was surprised to hear that they had such a connection with the States. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
I'm not terribly impressed with the price, but then something's better than nothing. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:50 | |
Sometimes the smallest of finds can work wonders at auction, and these delicate gold charms, | 0:11:50 | 0:11:55 | |
beautifully crafted in the shape of a well and a church, could bring in up to £60. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
In the garage, Jenny pulls out one of the top potential money makers of the day, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:04 | |
this limited edition Wade pig, which could be worth as much as £425. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:10 | |
As the rummage draws to a close, we all gather to muse over the last find of the day. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:16 | |
Look at this! It's a case of all that glitters IS gold! | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
You've actually got two really quite specialised coins here. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
The first one I'm looking at here is a 100-corona piece. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
It's actually Austrian. You can see on it "100 corona" | 0:12:28 | 0:12:32 | |
and the Austrian coat of arms, dated 1915. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
And we've got the emperor Franz Josef on the back, and it's dated 1915. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
Funnily enough, the other coin is also dated 1915, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:47 | |
it's also Austrian, but in this case it's a four-ducat piece. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
-To make it really confusing that is not when it was made. -Oh! | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
They were made as commemorative coins. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
Franz Josef I think died in about 1916, and they minted these between | 0:12:57 | 0:13:06 | |
1920 and 1936, where they produced half a million of those. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
-And they all had the same date? -They all have the same date. -How bizarre. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
All you can be certain of, if it's a 100-corona piece | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
-or a four-ducat piece, it doesn't date to 1915. -Hmm. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
You've also got two half sovereigns here. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
One of them is rarer than the other. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
It's got the "SA" stamp on it, which is South Africa. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
So, there is actually quite a lot of money involved in these. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
-Woo! -Gosh! -Exciting! | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
I'm not a coin specialist, but I think something like this | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
-at the moment is probably going to be getting on for £500. -Ooh! | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
And maybe the four-ducat piece, maybe 200, | 0:13:40 | 0:13:45 | |
maybe 120 for the South Africa half sovereign, £60 for the other one. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
As I say, I'm not an expert, but I do think we've got to maybe consider | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
going on a more specialist route, | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
and I'm not convinced that going to an auction house that deals in | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
-everything from pictures to furniture and whatever is the best place. -You need a specialist? | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
We need a specialist, yeah. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
Are these something you would consider at least putting in the auction? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
Um...yeah, I might do. I think I'll have to think about it though. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
-Do you agree? -Yes. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
That makes things very interesting. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
If we include the gold sovereigns, | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
the total we've raised today comes to £1,885, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:28 | |
and even if the girls decide not to sell them, | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
their other collectibles still add up to a very impressive £1,005, | 0:14:30 | 0:14:35 | |
comfortably over their target. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
All we've got to do now is keep our fingers crossed and, of course, | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
pack everything ready for the auction. Are you good at packing? | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
Pretty good, thank you. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
-Had a lot of practice. -OK! | 0:14:46 | 0:14:47 | |
-Well done, thanks. -Thank you. -Cheers. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
It's been fascinating dipping into Caroline and Jenny's lives, | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
and we've found some extraordinary pieces to take to auction. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
Here are some of the most interesting. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
The gleaming silver ewers and ornately decorated silver plate, | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
which could bring in between £120 and £180. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
Valued between £20 and £30 are the wonderful blue plates, | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
depicting literary legends Robbie Burns and William Shakespeare. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:17 | |
The Greek icon of St Minas, | 0:15:17 | 0:15:18 | |
given to Caroline's father as a wedding present, | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
could fetch a whopping £350. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
Last but definitely not least are the four magnificent gold coins, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:29 | |
but we've got a bit of a wait on our hands | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
to find out whether Caroline decides to part with them. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
Still to come on Cash In The Attic... | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
at auction, our James is given a run for his money. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
You know, you're a bit of an expert, I think. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
But not everything is plain sailing. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
It was worth a try, and it didn't come off. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
Find out how our mother and daughter team do when the final hammer falls. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
Everyone's been really busy in the past couple of weeks | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
and we've brought all Caroline and Jenny's collectibles from Devon | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
here to Charterhouse Auction Rooms at Sherborne in Dorset. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
Remember, they want £800 so Jenny can start a new career, | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
and maybe a new life in Australia, so fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly in today's sale. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:19 | |
Now, this is a general auction, which means we're up against a wide variety of goods. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:27 | |
But it's Caroline and Jenny's items that we're interested in. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
-Good morning, ladies. -Morning. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
-Hello. -Hello. -How are you feeling? | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
We're quite excited about today, the auction. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
Of course, the thing with auctions, it's always swings and roundabouts. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
So you might have a disappointment on one lot, then the next lot, | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
two people want it and, wey-hey, off it goes. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
What we really want to know is, have you brought your star item, the gold coins? | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
Yes, we did, but I have been thinking about it | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
and I think we want to follow James's advice, with the price of gold coming in, | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
and take them to a coin dealer. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
OK, that puts the pressure on the rest of the things to do really well! | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
It looks like a buzzing saleroom, so everything could just fly out, couldn't it? | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
We may be able to get you to Australia. I want to! | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
-I think it's about to start. Let's go and see. -OK. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
Caroline's also decided to put reserves on more valuable items, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
so we could be in for a dramatic day. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
Don't forget, if you're buying or selling, auction houses will charge commission, VAT | 0:17:25 | 0:17:30 | |
and other possible fees, so always check first with your local saleroom. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
With the bidding already under way, we take our places as our first lot is shown. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:40 | |
Right, it's those lovely plates now, your Shakespeare and your Robbie Burns plates. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:45 | |
Got a quote for it, have you? | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
Not at the moment. I'm just hoping it's not going to be, "Oh, woe is me, they never sold!" | 0:17:47 | 0:17:52 | |
-To be or not to be, that's the question! 20? -£20-30 is not a lot, | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
-and just great things to hang on the wall. So let's see how we get on. -I like them. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:01 | |
Straight in at £10 for these. 10, 15, 20. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
Against you at the back at 20. Selling at 20. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
-20. -OK. We got a tenner apiece. It's all right. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
-Got into the estimate. -Nice bottle of wine. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
Bang on estimate - a perfect start to the day. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
But if we're going to fund a plane ticket and a day's wine-tasting, | 0:18:19 | 0:18:23 | |
we need all our other lots to do just as well, if not better. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
Lot 349, assorted volumes, including Victor Hugo here. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:31 | |
You're selling your grandmother's books. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
She'd be very happy that I'm going to try living in a new country. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
She moved to France to study medicine at the Sorbonne. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
Yeah, she was quite a pioneer, | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
-and you're going to be a pioneer in the wine field? -One can only hope. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
Or in the vineyards! How much do we want for these? | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
What have we got? Estimate is £60-80 on six volumes of Victor Hugo. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:53 | |
OK, we're in business. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
I'm straight in at £20. I have now at 20. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
20, 5, 30, 5, 40, 5, 50, 5, 60. At £60. Against you, sir, at £60. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:04 | |
Commission bid. Selling at 60. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
-£60. It's gone. -That's all right. -Good. -Merci beaucoup. -Very good. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:12 | |
That's another spot-on sale, and it's au revoir to Victor Hugo. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:17 | |
Can we make it three in a row with Caroline's collection of Wedgwood pieces? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
Standing right there, selling away at 30, away at 30... | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
-You're bang-on every time! -Within estimate. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
It'd be nice to be towards the upper end of the estimate! It's selling. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
Indeed it is, and we've already made over £100 with our first three items. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:38 | |
So far, so good, and our next lot to go before the room has a much higher price tag. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:46 | |
Lot 450A is an extra lot - silver-covered metal bowl with two similar ewers here. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:51 | |
Lot 450A, I'm selling. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
I know the girls were impressed by James's valuation, | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
and we might see a reserve on this lovely silverware. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
Not your standard English silver. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
Definitely very European. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
Let's just hope that there are some people here that will appreciate it. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:09 | |
So I think we've got a reserve of 125, | 0:20:09 | 0:20:14 | |
-but that is for three bits. -Fair reserve, yeah? -Let's just see. -OK. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
£100 and away. 50 bid. Thank you. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
110, 120, 130. At £130, the commission bid. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:29 | |
At £130, the commission bid. At £130, selling at 130... | 0:20:29 | 0:20:34 | |
You were right - the reserve was... You're a bit of an expert, I think. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
It's all going to plan. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
They've every reason to be pleased. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
And when the patterned rug that Jenny found in the garage goes under the hammer... | 0:20:43 | 0:20:47 | |
Away, selling at 50. £50 is 537. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
..it sells for £10 over estimate, and our winning streak continues. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:56 | |
So far today, buyers are paying top prices for our pieces, | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
but you never know what'll happen next, and we've got a long way to go to meet our target of £800. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:05 | |
-Lot 700A is the gentleman's Omega stainless-steel De Ville quartz wristwatch. -What do we want for it? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:12 | |
I think we're looking for upwards of £60, or thereabouts. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
-OK. -Here we go. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Straight in here at £20. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:18 | |
-I have now at 20. -We want to do a bit better than that! | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
30, 5, 40, 5, 50, 5, 60. Against you at £60. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:26 | |
I'll take a fiver where. At £60. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
Selling away at 60...at 60... | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
-Good. -I think that's where we wanted to be, isn't it? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:36 | |
-Happy with that? Obviously. -Yeah. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
Yes, it won't set the world on fire, but it does the job, doesn't it? | 0:21:39 | 0:21:43 | |
It's exactly what James said it would fetch. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
He's right on the money today, and the watch is yet another item to sell exactly on estimate. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:51 | |
Will the delicate gold charms continue our run of good luck? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
At £50, the two charms go, selling away at £50, selling at 50... | 0:21:55 | 0:22:00 | |
-That's a result! -Two charms. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
And who can argue with them? | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
The little charms keep up our unbroken run of success. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
So far today, every lot has sold on or above estimate, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
but we need the remainder to do just as well if Caroline and Jenny are to go wine-tasting. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:20 | |
The girls are looking confident, but I'm a bit worried about our next item, | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
of which only 5,000 were made - the 1998 Wade pig. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
We have a massive reserve on ours. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
Reserve - £375. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
I hope there are some people here who'll break open their own piggy banks to buy this. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
-Let's see. -Couple of hundred pound for Cousin Wesley here. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
Couple of hundred pounds. Two. £100. I shall pass it on then. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:45 | |
-It was worth a try and it didn't come off. -Are you happy with your decision? -Oh, absolutely. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:52 | |
What a shame! That would have made a huge difference to our total, | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
but this little pig is going back home. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
The unsold pig and Caroline's decision not to sell the sovereigns is going to make it | 0:22:58 | 0:23:03 | |
very hard to hit our target of £800, despite our other excellent sales. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:08 | |
We still have one item left, but Caroline has put a reserve on this one, too, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:13 | |
so let's hope it'll provide the miracle we need. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
Next up, we've got the icon of St Minas, our favourite Egyptian saint. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:21 | |
So let's hope we've got some sainted people here in the audience. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
-Have you got a reserve? -Yes, we do. -What is it? | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
We've got £250 for this, I think. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
Will it make it, do you think? | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
We can just keep our fingers crossed, can't we? | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
Quite right, yes. Optimism. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
It's the only way forward. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
And I'm straight in at £200. Any bid now? 220. At 220 now. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:45 | |
240 on the phone. 260. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
260. The phone bid is out. It's a seated bid at £260, seated on the aisle at 260. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
-Selling, going away at 260, against the phone at 260. 260... -Terrific! | 0:23:52 | 0:23:59 | |
-Very good. Are you happy with that? -Yes. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:03 | |
That was excellent, because they had someone in the room bidding on it | 0:24:03 | 0:24:08 | |
and they had someone bidding on the telephone, so you should be very pleased about it. It's great. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:13 | |
I was worried the reserve might prove too much, | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
but it's a great final result, selling £10 over estimate. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
So will we be raising a glass to our grand total? | 0:24:20 | 0:24:25 | |
There we are, finished, over, done. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
Well, we were a bit worried this morning, because you put some pretty hefty reserves on several items, | 0:24:29 | 0:24:35 | |
but you were proved right in almost all the cases, wasn't she? It was just the pig that didn't sell. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:40 | |
It's the pig that's made the difference in whether you made your target or not. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
You were looking for £800 to help you on your way to Australia. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
You haven't made £800, but you haven't done badly. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
-No. You have made £660. -Oh, gosh! | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
-That's brilliant! -Well, I think 660 is enough to get you to Australia. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
It probably will, but I'd like to take Mum for some wine-tasting first. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
Well, I wish you lots of luck. It's been a joy to work with you. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
I hope that, if you do do that wine course, you might bring us a bottle back when you come home! | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
-Will do. -I'll try to. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
With the money raised on their busy day at auction, | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
Jenny and Caroline have headed off to sharpen their palates at this vineyard near Totnes in Devon. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:26 | |
I've decided to bring Mum here to have a little nosy really and look round a couple of vineyards, | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
so she can get an idea of what I'll be up to in Australia. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
Thanks to the happy marriage of soil and climate, there are plenty of different wines to taste here. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:42 | |
I'm Laura and I'll take you through your tasting. We start off with the new release, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:47 | |
which is the first of 2007's wine. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
In fact, the only wine that we've got so far from the 2007 vintage. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
So I'll let you try that one first. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
These wines make quite a change from the Chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons of the New World, | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
and Caroline and Jenny certainly seem to be enjoying themselves. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
Oh, yeah, that's mellow, isn't it? Hmm. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
Let's wish Jenny all the luck in the world with her new career. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
-Thanks so much for this. It's been really good. -Great meeting you. -Thank you. -Cheers. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
Well, it was a little bit touch and go there, but Jenny is off to Australia, and we wish her well. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:29 | |
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