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Welcome to Cash In The Attic.

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This is the show that tracks down the hidden treasures in your home

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and then helps you sell them at auction. Today I'm in Berkshire.

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I've stopped off on the outskirts of Bracknell to take a closer look at this fantastic mansion.

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South Hill Park Mansion was built in 1760 and over the years has served many roles, from grand family home

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to war-time hospital, from luxury flats to a highly regarded arts centre.

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But one constant over the years has been

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the large number of ghost sightings which make this

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one of the most haunted properties in England.

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Spooky! Well, let's hope the only things jumping out at us today are antiques and collectables

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that will fetch frighteningly high prices when they go under the hammer at auction.

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Coming up on today's Cash In The Attic, something that I take a fancy to.

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Lorne, I see... Mention shoes and Lorne will come running!

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A rare sighting for John.

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A-ha! I bet you've never quite seen something like that before!

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And at auction, we're all put to the test...

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OK, so everyone's wrong. There we go.

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Nobody got that one right.

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Find out what happens when today's collectables go under the hammer.

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I'm on my way to meet Miriam Wood.

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Now she's called in the Cash In The Attic team

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to help her raise a note or two for the next generation.

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This beautiful area of the Home Counties is home to music therapist, Miriam.

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She's spent the last few years working to raise money for a family very close to her heart.

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She's hoping her house will offer up valuables to take to auction,

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and has asked her friend, Christine, to come along.

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-Morning, John.

-Morning, Lorne. What have we got in store today?

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Welcome to sunny Bracknell, which is a Saxon word for "bracken-covered hiding place".

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We've got to find plenty of collectables.

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Yes, because an antique in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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OK! Well, if you want to start searching, I'll meet the family. Come on.

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A-ha!

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-Oh, good morning.

-Oh! Hello.

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-You must be Miriam.

-That's right.

-And this is your home?

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-Yes.

-And Christine, you're Miriam's friend?

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-That's right.

-You called in Cash In The Attic. So, what do you want us for?

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Well, my friend called Omarnucia, very sadly she was taken ill with cancer in 2000,

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and it was breast cancer, but then three years later,

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unfortunately, it came back again as bone cancer,

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and sadly she died at the beginning of this year.

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So, now, I want to help her children with the things

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that she was interested in, which was providing them with music lessons.

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That sounds like a lovely plan, but how much are we going to need?

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Well, £500 would be good.

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OK, all right. Now, you're obviously taking part in the rummage too?

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-I am, yes.

-Is there lots to go through?

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-Quite a bit.

-OK. Well, in that case, if we need to raise £500

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-for music lessons for three girls, I think maybe we had better get on, so come on, follow me.

-OK.

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Plenty to do today to raise everyone's spirits, and find lots of collectables to take to auction.

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It looks like John's hit the right key with the first find of the day.

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Ah, John, our trophy hunter has found something already. Hoorah! What's that?

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Well, it's not the Holy Grail, but it is an interesting item,

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and I'm hoping, Miriam, you can tell me about this, because there's no inscription on it.

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Yeah. That was won by my grandfather and he won it for growing roses.

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Fascinating. What a talented man. Well, it does have a little shield

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on the front there which says 1909 so was that the date, and is this your grandfather?

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That's my grandfather, Robert Davies.

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The hallmark on the side tells us it was assayed in London in 1907,

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-so it ties in perfectly.

-Right.

-Standard silver cup, nice that it's retained its plinth.

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It's got a maker's initial there - MW. Do you know anything about that?

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Well, that stands for Mappin & Webb, and it's also underneath there in full...

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-Mappin & Webb, London.

-Oh, right, yeah. I never looked under there.

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Well, they are a very prestigious silversmiths, silver maker.

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They had royal warrants, in fact, they still are silversmiths to the Queen and to Prince Charles.

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How much do you think we might get for it?

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-I'd say at auction these days about £40 to £60 for something like that.

-That's good.

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-What do you think, Miriam? Is that good enough for it to go in?

-Yes.

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That can go into the silver fund, and we'll see what else we can find. Come on.

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With Mappin & Webb having the royal seal of approval, this trophy should sell well at auction.

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Some of Miriam's friends have kindly donated items to help her with the cause.

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One of these comes in the form of this glorious Viners 58-piece canteen set,

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which John estimates could reach between £80 and £100.

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We have plenty to do to hit the magic number

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and I'm hoping my next find will give us a much-needed boost.

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Estimated at £30 to £40, this handsome standing lamp is gilt wood

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and has been donated by a friend.

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Best friend, Christine, is keeping up the hard work upstairs.

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John, come and have a look at these.

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What have you got there?

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I think they belonged to Miriam's mother.

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Let's have a look at this one here. It's obviously the engagement ring of the three rings.

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Inside it's marked 18 carat and platinum, and we've got five diamonds in the top there.

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It's quite stepped. It's very, very art deco...1930s.

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So, that would probably tie in with when Miriam's parents got married.

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Do you think Miriam would be happy for us to sell her mother's engagement and wedding rings?

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I think she'd be fine about it. She's spoken before and said

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that her mother would be quite happy anyway for it to go to such a good cause.

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If I had to put a value on those, I reckon we'd be looking at about £30 to £40 for those two together,

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and about £60 or so for the engagement ring.

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One ring was my mother's engagement ring,

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and because that's got quite a lot of sentimental value,

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you keep them in a box, and I look at them now and again,

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and they're never worn, so something useful may come from them.

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To value a diamond, the carat, weight, cut, colour and clarity are all taken into account.

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Let's hope this one rings true for Miriam and brings her good fortune at auction.

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As we continue our search of her home, John seeks out the next find,

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a red painted pottery tea set,

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estimated to reach between £30 and £40.

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While Miriam and I sift through her boxes, it seems a good time to find out

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more about her and her passion to raise money for the musical education

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of her friend's daughters.

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There's definitely a musical theme here, isn't there?

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-Yes.

-Well, I suppose that goes along with you being a music therapist, so tell me what that involves exactly.

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Well, I work with people with learning disabilities,

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and I use music, I use sound.

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And I listen to the sounds they make,

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and I interact with them.

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And it can help people to develop concentration,

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relieve tension,

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if they've had a bereavement, it can help them develop speech.

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So, tell me a little bit about the girls that you're now involved with.

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The oldest girl is wanting to pursue singing more

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and the little one is just learning the violin, so maybe...

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She's learning at school at the moment, but perhaps she can have individual lessons.

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The middle one also probably will be travelling with an orchestra,

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so there's lots of ways we can spend the money.

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Well, there always are lots of ways to spend money, making it is the key.

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So, shall we go and see how the others are doing?

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-Yes, OK.

-Come on, then.

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This is such a worthwhile cause, so we must raise all the cash we can.

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Let's get back to the search.

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As the rummage continues, John shows his expertise,

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spotting these three gold rings,

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each with a different stone, of a ruby, diamond and pearl.

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They've been generously donated by a friend of Uma's to help Miriam with her cause.

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Together they could fetch up to £80.

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Christine is hitting the high note again with this silver-plated cutlery set, valued at £30 to £40.

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And, in the living room,

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John's discovered something that grabs all our attention.

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Ladies, Miriam, come here.

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I want to ask you about this fascinating pair of leather boots we've got here.

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Lorne, I see, mention shoes and Lorne will come running!

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-Clogs, I think they are.

-Clogs?

-I think they're clogs.

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I don't think they're very comfortable.

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Looking at them, I think, unlike the song made popular by Nancy Sinatra,

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these boots were certainly not made for walking!

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-I wore them once.

-You never did.

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I did...when I was very, very little, before I could really walk.

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My mum and dad held me up on either side with them on and I toddled along.

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Was it a punishment?

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That's extraordinary! How old were you, because they're absolutely weeny?

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It was pre-walking. I couldn't actually walk by myself.

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If I was trying to date these shoes, I would suggest they are Victorian.

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They're the latter half of the 19th century and a couple of things suggest that to me.

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The wooden heels...

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Also, the metal eye for laces and so on

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was also made popular around the same sort of period.

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Let's guess at what we think they're going to be worth.

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-Miriam, you first. What do you think somebody would pay for these?

-Oh, dear!

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-£20?

-OK, Chris?

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-About £40.

-£40. I was going to say £40 to £60 estimate.

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Well, I'm not going to commit myself today.

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I'm going to make you wait until the auction,

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then I'll give you my opinion and we'll see who's closest.

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We know the shoe fits. It would be nice if we had some gloves to fit too.

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-Shall we go and see what else we can find? Come on!

-OK.

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Whether they fetch £20 or £60, I shouldn't think we'll come across another pair of these any time soon.

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The hunt continues and John tags another find for auction.

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This delicate Royal Osbourne 18-piece tea set

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with gold edges could bring in up to £30.

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As the rummage draws to a close, I find something so special

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it could make a nature enthusiast go all misty-eyed.

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Ah, John, this could make a nice photograph.

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-You're mocking me, Lorne, aren't you!

-No, I'm not. I'm serious, really!

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I bet you've never quite seen something like that before.

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-Let's have a look.

-It's binoculars AND a camera.

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Where did these come from, Miriam?

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Well, they were given to my husband by a friend who knew he was a bird watcher.

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So, has your husband never used them?

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I don't think so, no. I think it was a little bit complicated for him!

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-Did he realise that...?

-He's a very simple man!

-Most are, darling, most are!

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Did he realise there was a camera there?

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-Yeah, but he didn't know how to use it, you see...

-Right.

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So, how do you use it, John?

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-Ooh look!

-You can see the film goes in the bottom there.

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These are absolutely amazing.

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I can't recall ever seeing anything like them.

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And I have heard of the maker before - Moeller Wedel.

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It's a German company, started in the 1860s,

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near the town of Edel and still in production today, in fact.

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What sort of value do you think you could put on it as an estimate?

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It's very difficult to say, but I've seen early cameras and even late cameras, unusual cameras,

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making hundreds of pounds these days.

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Something unusual, a bit quirky, tends to be very popular with collectors.

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-I'd be surprised if they made less than £100 at auction.

-Ooh!

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-That sounds good.

-Are you happy to sell it at that?

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-Yeah, I think so.

-That's a great result, but we've run out of time,

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so, Christine, are you there?

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-We've ended on a very good note here... £100 for those. That's not bad, is it?

-Right.

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Now, you wanted £500, didn't you?

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I mean, how do you feel the valuations have been going today?

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Well, quite well, really.

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I'm quite surprised, because I was quite worried beforehand,

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thinking, "Have I got anything worth anything?"

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I can't include the shoes, unfortunately, because we don't know what they're going to make,

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but, the value of everything else going to auction comes to a total of...

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£480!

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Wow!

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Oh!

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So, only £20 under your target figure and I'm sure, I'm sure, John,

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you can break with tradition to confirm the shoes will make more than twenty quid.

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No, my lips are going to remain sealed. You're gonna spoil the bet.

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From experience, I know we'll never get a straight answer out of John

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before auction day, so let's remind ourselves what else is going under the hammer.

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The full eight-piece setting silvery cutlery set by Viners of Sheffield

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could bring in anything between £80 to £100.

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Valued between £90 and £100, these three beautiful rings

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belonged to Miriam's mother. One of them is art deco in style.

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Lastly, the fantastic binoculars, with a built-in camera,

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estimated to fetch £100 to £150.

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They'll be a very rare sighting at auction.

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Still to come on Cash In The Attic...

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As Miriam's young musicians turn up in force, John starts to feel the pressure...

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No trophies for my valuation there, is there? What does that mean!

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'And we are all blown away by the events of the day.'

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Goodness gracious me!

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'Find out how our antiques fare when the final hammer falls.'

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Now it's been a few weeks since we had a good look around Miriam Wood's home in Bracknell, Berkshire,

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and we found many collectables to bring here

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to Golding Young Auction House in Grantham in Lincolnshire.

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Now, remember, Miriam is looking to raise around £500

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towards some music lessons for three very special girls.

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So, let's just hope that the bidders are in tune with our valuations when our items go under the hammer today.

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'On the border of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire,

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'this auction house attracts collectors from the Midlands.

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'I soon see John in the midst of them, having one last look at those unique camera binoculars.'

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No, no, no pictures, no pictures.

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Just reconnaissance work on the auction room there, Lorne, seeing what I can spot.

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These are quite unusual, aren't they?

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I've never known anything like them, so in terms of value, they're an unknown quantity to me.

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Now what I really want to know is what price are you putting on those lovely shoes?

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Yes, the shoes, they were great.

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But I'm afraid my lips will remain sealed until the others are here.

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Well, in that case, let's go and find them. Come on.

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Miriam has also arrived, along with three young ladies who, we hope,

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will be gaining from today's auction.

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-Good morning, how are you?

-Morning. Fine, thank you.

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-Where's Chris?

-Oh, Chris's dad is not well

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and she's had to go down to Cornwall to help her mum, unfortunately.

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-OK. So you young ladies are here instead?

-Yes!

-What's your names?

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-Aberechi.

-Ogachi.

-Calachi.

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-And you're all going to hopefully be benefiting from these music lessons, is that right?

-Yes.

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OK. Now obviously you want to make that money, don't you, the £500?

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Any second thoughts on any of the items?

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-No.

-No? OK, cos we're quite optimistic, but of course one thing I've been dying to find out is...

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the valuation on those shoes.

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No patience, Lorne, especially where shoes are concerned. Wait till they come under the hammer.

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The auction is about to start, so shall we get in our positions?

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-Yes.

-Come on, then. Follow me.

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It's wonderful to meet the girls whose music lessons

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we're aiming to fund.

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I just hope the bidders stay on side and show a healthy interest in our items today.

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If you'd like to go to auction, to buy or sell, you will have to pay commission,

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VAT, and other possible charges,

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so it's always good to check with your local auction house first.

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With the auction about to begin, we take our position as the first item is presented to the room.

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Lot number 192 is an Edwardian silver trophy cup,

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by Mappin & Webb, London, 1907, together with a turned ebonised base.

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The base is dated 1909.

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-So, what do we want for this, John?

-Well, I said £40 to £60 for this.

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As you said, it is Mappin & Webb and it is Edwardian but let's see what the sale room thinks.

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Who's gonna start me at, what shall we say? £50 anyone, 50?

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30 will do then, 30, 20 to go then. £20 I'm bid. A 20 bid.

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2 now make it 22 bid and surely, I have another one, 22, 25, 28,

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and 30, and 2, 32 bid, one 32, at 32 bid, 5 anywhere else, 35, 35, 38 now do I see?

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At 35 in the centre of the room, then at 35, 38 not, then selling at £35.

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No trophies for my valuation there, is there, certainly?

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-Prince Charles didn't come along.

-No.

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-Are you a bit disappointed with that?

-Yes, but never mind.

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Not the best start, but Miriam's keeping her spirits up...

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and every little helps in our quest for the magic number.

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Let's see if the bidders have a taste for the finer things in life,

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as the Royal Osbourne tea set is up next. We're hoping for at least £20.

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Who's gonna start me at £30 for it? 30? 20, to go surely.

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£20 anyone, 10, £10 I'm bid, at 10 bid, 12 anywhere else now, 12 bid,

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15 bid, 18 bid, 20, 22, 25, 28, and 30 and 2 now, 32 I've already taken it,

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32, 35, 5 bid, 38, 38, 40.

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40 bid. 42, no? £40 bid, 2, do I see anywhere else now?

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At £40 bid, 2 or not now? £40 I'm bid, 2 or not now, then going at £40.

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£40.

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That's not bad is it, hey?

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That's a relief, and coming in at twice our lower estimate.

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The sale has put a big smile on all our faces.

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Let's hope the bidders have warmed up now and will dig deep for our next lot.

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That's the Viners 58-piece cutlery set. We're after £80 to £100.

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Who's gonna start me at 50? 40 to go, 40, 30 to go then, 30.

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£30 I'm bid, at 30 bid, 2 now make it a 32 bid, 5 now, 35 bid,

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35, 38, 38 bid, 40, £40 I'm bid, 2 do I see now, at £40 I'm bid,

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42, 45, 48, 50 and 5, do I see now 55, 58 bid, 60, 60 bid, no?

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At 58 bid, 60 anywhere else now, 58 I'm bid, 60...all finished at £58.

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£58!

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Ooh, well that was significantly under what we wanted, really.

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£58 is just too cheap.

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'A very disappointing sale that has wiped the smile off all our faces.

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'But we're keeping our fingers crossed,

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'as the much-anticipated children's boots come up. I wonder what the bidders will make of them.'

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Finally, you've got to tell us the estimate on those shoes,

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because, Miriam thought 20, Chris thought 30 and I thought 40 to 60, so what is the estimate?

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Well, I agree totally with you, Lorne, £40 to £60.

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I think they're nice, original condition, a nice thing.

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Good for those Victorian dolls out there with no shoes on.

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Who's gonna start me at £30? 30?

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20 to go then, surely, £20?

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£10 surely! Quite an interesting trinket.

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Good bygone item. £10?

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10 bid. 12 anywhere else now? At 10 bid, 12 now surely.

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At 10 bid. Any more bids? Look at what we're selling here. 12 bid.

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15 then, 15? Go on, have another one, sir!

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15 bid, 18 now, at 15 bid.

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This is hard work. At 15, 18 and not out. 15 bid.

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I'll take 16 because I'm desperate.

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At 15. 16 anywhere else now?

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At £15. They're on the market at £15.

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16 or not, now then. Just a shame the other strap is not there then, isn't it, so we'll sell them at £15.

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OK. So, everyone's wrong!

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There we go. Nobody got that one right. £15 for a pair of shoes.

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-Well, I was nearest.

-Well, you were.

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-So it looks like my job is done.

-Absolutely.

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These boots were not made for walking, were they?

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Sad one, that, but there we are.

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That's the end of the story.

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It's a shame those boots didn't make more money, especially as Miriam took her first steps in them.

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But, as we all know, auctions can be unpredictable.

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We really need the bidders to shell out for our remaining lots.

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Don't they know there are very important music lessons at stake?

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Unfortunately, the Harlequin red painted tea set doesn't do well for us either, selling for only £22.

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Then there's another blow.

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when the flat-plated cutlery set sells for just £18.

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With just four lots remaining, we really need the high bids

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in order to reach the £500 target.

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Maybe our next item will brighten up the proceedings.

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We're looking for anything between £30 and £40.

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Next up is our gilt, wood-carved standard lamp.

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It's quite a nice decorative thing, about that high.

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A lot of work's gone into it.

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It does have a little bit of damage, hence my £30 to £40 estimate.

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It is hand-made, but it is a bit damaged.

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-It's been broken in two, hasn't it?

-OK, Lorne, I was gonna say that!

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That's a very generous description, a little bit of damage.

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I suppose we're hoping someone might feel fit to restore it or repair it.

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It is together at this point, so hopefully people may not have spotted the damage.

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Who is gonna start me at £30 for it? 30?

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20 to go then, surely, 20?

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10 to go then, surely.

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£10 I have, £10 I'm bid, at 15, 15, 20, £20 I'm bid, and 5, 25 bid, 25, 30, at 30 bid, 5.

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Now at £30 bid, I'll take 2 anywhere else now, 32, 32, 35, 38, 38 bid, 38, 40, 40 bid, 42 now, 42 do I see.

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42, 45, 48.

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At 48 bid, no. I have 45 down here. Good decorator's piece this.

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At 45, 48 or not now, at 45, have another one, at 45.

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If it's any help, I'll take the shade away if it will make you bid more.

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No? At 45 then. We're down here then selling at £45.

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-Fantastic!

-Wow!

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That was very good, wasn't it, hey?

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(I wonder if they saw the damage.)

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Too late now, because they've bought it.

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Obviously a restorer there.

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A great relief, and £5 over our highest estimate.

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At last we're all happy again.

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Next up is our collection of rings, including the beautiful 1920s'

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diamond engagement ring which belonged to Miriam's mother.

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The auctioneers have split them up. Now I had two lots and I was looking for 50 to 80 for one,

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and 100 to 150 for the other, so we've got six lots in total here now.

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Let's hope it all adds up to what I thought.

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£20 I'm bid, and 2 now, at £20 I'm bid, 2 now, £20...

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Same buyer.

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20, 20 bid and 2 then going at 20, all done.

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And they make a fantastic sale of £177.

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Miriam's delighted that her mum's ring has helped such a great cause.

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Today's auction has tested our nerves,

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with some disappointing sales rubbing shoulders with some unexpected great ones.

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Now it's time for the last lot,

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and it's anyone's guess what the camera binoculars could fetch.

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We're hoping for anything between £100 and £150.

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You're still quite hopeful about these, aren't you?

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They're a bit of an unknown quantity but yes, I'm excited. I've never seen them before,

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but to be honest, I'm not sure how they're gonna perform today.

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Whatever they do, it'll tell me in the future

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if I ever come across them, what something like this is worth.

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Who's gonna start me at £100? £100 anyone? 100?

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80 to go. 50? 50 I've got already, at 50 bid, 60 now, 60, I've got 70,

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80, and 90, and 100, and 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70,

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180, 190, 200, 220, one more 240? At 240 bid.

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Any more now? At 240 it's in the room, at 240, 260 now, at 240.

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240, 260 or not now?

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At 240. Selling at £240.

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£240! Goodness gracious me.

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OK, well, you know the market price for them now, John.

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I'll probably never see another pair, but that's fantastic.

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'That's just terrific.

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'We can all be pleased with this wonderful end to the day.

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'As I tot up the totals, let's see if our happiness is justified.

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'I really hope I've got good news for Miriam

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'so she can carry out her friend's wishes and nurture the girls' talents.'

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So, girls, how did you find your first auction?

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It was really good, yeah!

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-Do you think it's something you might go to again?

-Yes!

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OK. Now, Miriam...

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You wanted to raise £500 for the music lessons for the ladies.

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Well, I'm very pleased to tell you that actually the grand total comes to...

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-£650!

-Ooh!

-Wow!

-£650!

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-So you're you pleased with that?

-Oh, fantastic!

-Yes!

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-That's a lot of money.

-That's lovely! Ooh!

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And a bit more than you wanted?

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-Yes! Lots of lovely music lessons with that!

-Yeah.

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Only a few days have passed since the auction.

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Miriam and the girls have wasted no time in putting the money to good use.

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Go from the "G".

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"G"...

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Well, this is the start of the lessons for the girls,

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the music lessons that we've got the money from Cash In The Attic for.

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I'm really happy to be here today, actually.

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Um...thankful to Miriam as well that me and my sister can have music lessons.

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And one day we'll be really good, hopefully.

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Miriam feels that all her efforts have been extremely worthwhile.

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Music was so important for their mum, and she wanted them to learn instruments,

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and this is a wonderful fitting tribute to Uma, their mother,

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and she would have been so proud of her girls.

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And on that note, we wish those girls all the very best for a very bright future.

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Now, if you've got a project or something in mind you need to raise funds for

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by selling antiques and collectables, why not apply to come on Cash In The Attic?

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You can fill out an application form at our website,

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which is bbc.co.uk/lifestyle.

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We'll see you next time.

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visit the website at bbc.co.uk/lifestyle

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