0:00:02 > 0:00:05Welcome to Cash In The Attic, the programme that helps you hunt
0:00:05 > 0:00:08for valuables in your home and then sells them with you at auction.
0:00:08 > 0:00:16Today I'm in Kent and to get a feel for the history of this part of the county, I've come to visit
0:00:16 > 0:00:23this magnificent Georgian manor house, which is also a renowned music museum - Finchcocks.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Built in 1725, the house was converted into a piano museum
0:00:27 > 0:00:34as recently as 1970 by the international concert pianist, Richard Burnett.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37An avid collector of antique pianos, he felt that the large rooms
0:00:37 > 0:00:42with their high ceilings would make a perfect backdrop for his impressive collection.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Today, Finchcocks is home to over a hundred keyboard instruments
0:00:46 > 0:00:48which are on display in the summer months.
0:00:48 > 0:00:54Well, let's hope we uncover more valuable collections today as we now go in search of a whole clutch
0:00:54 > 0:00:58of antiques that will hopefully perform really well at auction.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Coming up on today's Cash In The Attic, we're speaking Japanese.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25SHE SPEAKS JAPANESE
0:01:25 > 0:01:29But there's one language that needs no translation.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34- This would have belonged to somebody of considerable wealth, I would have thought.- Gosh!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38But the question is, will we be fluent when it comes to auction?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Excellent! - Or absolutely tongue-tied?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Find out when the final hammer falls.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I've left the Georgian splendour
0:01:49 > 0:01:54of Finchcocks and travelled to the historic village of Horsmonden
0:01:54 > 0:02:02to visit a family who called in the Cash In The Attic team to help them fund a trip to the Far East.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06The Hart-Dyke family have lived in this substantial home for many years.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Tim and Kate Hart-Dyke lead hectic lives and are really active in the local community.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17Tim teaches English at the local secondary school and Kate is a supervisor at a preschool.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The couple have three children -
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Laura who is 14 years, Anna who is 12 and 10-year-old James.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Like all young people, they're full of schemes and dreams
0:02:26 > 0:02:30and Laura especially has some far-reaching aspirations.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35But before we meet them, where's our expert John Cameron?
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Good morning, John.- Good morning. Fabulous house. What have you got in store for me today?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Well, it's appropriate that the sun is shinning
0:02:42 > 0:02:49because we're going to meet a delightful family that hope to send their daughter on a trip to Japan.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54The Land of the Rising Sun. Apart from today, it's been a while since I saw the sun rise!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Well, it's been up for a few hours!
0:02:56 > 0:03:00So why don't you make a start in the house? I'm going to meet the family.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Hi, guys!- Hi!- Morning. - Morning.- Hello.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10The Hart-Dykes en masse! Now you must be Kate.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- I'm Kate. - You must be Tim.- I am Tim.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So you're the guilty party that's responsible for getting us here.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17So why have you called in Cash In the Attic?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Well, I want to raise some money to go to Japan next year on an exchange.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- To Japan?!- Yeah!- Why Japan?
0:03:24 > 0:03:29Oh, I had an exchange student over from last year and it really inspired me to go there.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31So how are you going to raise the money?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Hopefully by selling my parents' antiques!
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Do you really mind, Mum, parting with the family heirlooms?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41No, I don't mind. I think it's a good way of raising the money.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43And I think she's worth it.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45That was the word she wanted to hear.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48So how much is this trip going to cost you, do you think?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Hopefully, 500.- Will that cover the entire cost of the trip?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53No, but we're doing lots of fundraising at school.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But the rest of it is coming from Mum and Dad!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Yes.- No! Where did you get that idea from?
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Well, why don't Mum and Dad go and see what they're really prepared to part with,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08and you and I go and look for John, because I think he's already started. Come on.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12This busy family haven't had much time for their own collecting,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16but they have inherited a number of antiques over the years.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20They have no idea of their value, so we'll be relying on our man John
0:04:20 > 0:04:23to give them a view "through the looking glass".
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- John, I want you to meet Laura. - Hello, Laura.- Hello.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31This is the very enterprising young lady who's got us here today to raise the money.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37- What have you found?- Well, I have a very charming figure of Alice In Wonderland modelled by Royal Doulton.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Laura, what can you tell me about this?
0:04:39 > 0:04:45Well, it was my mum's mum's and apparently her husband gave it to her.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Now she was modelled for Royal Doulton by Peggy Davies who,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51in her career with Doulton, made over 250 models,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54so she's one of their most famous and prolific modellers.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Issued in about 1960, she continued in production until 1981.
0:04:59 > 0:05:021960 is probably significant because Disney released
0:05:02 > 0:05:09their version of Alice In Wonderland in the 1950s, so the momentum, the popularity, would have grown again
0:05:09 > 0:05:12and Doulton would have been quick to cash in on that.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I've never seen that Royal Doulton figurine before.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Does that mean it's particularly rare?
0:05:17 > 0:05:23Well, 20, 21 years as a production run is not a long time, so it would be in the kind of scarcer models
0:05:23 > 0:05:29than some of those that would have been issued and stayed in production for 50, 60 years.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I'm going to put an estimate of £40 to £60 on her and hopefully a bit more.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38- So that's what I'm going to say.- £40 to £60, do you think your mum would be happy to part with her for that?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- Yes, I think she would be.- And it's a start to the £500, isn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- Definitely is.- But I know you're doing maths at school as well,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49so that means we've still got at least 450 quid to go, if not a bit more,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53so I think we'd better go and do a bit more hunting, don't you?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56What a magic first find.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01And while we've been talking, Tim has conjured up another Royal Doulton figurine.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Fair Lady was first produced in 1962.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06She might bring us luck at £30 to £40 in the auction.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11And Kate has been rifling through the family jewels.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19- John? John?- Hello, what have you got there, Kate? - This is my mother's brooch.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Do you remember her wearing it? - She used to wear it on ball dresses
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- when she went out to posh do's, yeah.- So it's not something you wear?- No.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Well, it's a bar brooch, you can see that centrally it's set with
0:06:30 > 0:06:34an old mine-cut sapphire there, quite a nice coloured sapphire, if I say so.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's very typically Edwardian, it's quite light and delicate.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43We do see a lot of very delicate but very well made Edwardian jewellery turning up at auction,
0:06:43 > 0:06:48which I think, considering its delicacy, is a testament to the silversmiths and goldsmiths.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54Now I would suggest at auction, an estimate for this of about £70 to £100. So you'd be happy to sell it?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Yeah.- Yeah?- It'd be lovely, yeah. - Do you think Mum would approve?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01My mum would have approved because she loved the grandchildren
0:07:01 > 0:07:05and she'd have loved the money to have gone to something for Laura.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08£70 to £100 would be a great contribution towards our total.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Let's see what else we can find. - OK, let's.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Well, the brooch is lovely, a lovely delicate bit of jewellery, but I'll never wear it and Laura,
0:07:16 > 0:07:21she'll never wear it either, so it must go to auction and help Laura get to Japan.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26So the brooch is off to auction and it'll be accompanied by some more sparklies.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31These gold-link bracelets and Omega watch were also Kate's mother's.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35John thinks they could fetch as much as £250 to £350
0:07:35 > 0:07:37as a dealer's lot in the sale.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41That's a stunning amount towards Laura's Japanese exchange fund.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I suppose with two teachers in the house I shouldn't be surprised
0:07:45 > 0:07:49that there are so many books, but no books on Japan that I can see, Laura.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Tell me about this Japanese trip. How did this happen?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56A few months back I had a Japanese exchange student come along called Saikam
0:07:56 > 0:08:02and she was really lovely and she taught me some stuff about the culture and it really fascinated me.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06And I think it would be such a lovely opportunity to go to Japan.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09And how do you feel about going on her own, virtually?
0:08:09 > 0:08:14Well, it was a bit scary, but she's quite a mature 14-year-old, so I think she'll be all right.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16She's certainly a lot braver than me at that age!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18So what can you say in Japanese?
0:08:18 > 0:08:23I can say hello - konichiwa, and goodbye - sayonora.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- And "my name is Laura", which is... - SHE SPEAKS JAPANESE
0:08:28 > 0:08:30That is very impressive.
0:08:30 > 0:08:36So how do you feel, Mum, really about parting with things which are very important to your family?
0:08:36 > 0:08:41I think it's worth it. I think a lot of the stuff that we're giving away came from my mother and she would
0:08:41 > 0:08:45have wanted the money to be spent on them because they meant so much to her.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50So I'm hoping that it's going to be, that'll be all right.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55So quite a lot of money still to make, so I think we'd better keep searching, don't you?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Yes.- I think we better had, yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00The fact that Kate's mother's things
0:09:00 > 0:09:04will be responsible for Laura's school trip to Japan has a wonderful poignancy.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09And inspired by our chat, I come across another item that might ring true in the sale.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14This grandmother clock just might bring in £80 to £150.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18And this carriage clock might also do well.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25We're certainly clocking up the antiques, but auctions are notoriously unpredictable.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31So if we're to raise that £500 for Laura's trip to Japan, we need to keep up the pressure.
0:09:31 > 0:09:37- Tim?- Yes?- This is a very handsome barometer, what can you tell me about it? Where did it come from?
0:09:37 > 0:09:41It's been in my father's family for a number of years, about 30 years,
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- but beyond that, I couldn't tell you very much about it. - John, have you got a minute?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Yes, sure. - Take a look at this barometer.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52It's a nice case, beautiful case, mahogany with boxwood stringing around there.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Down here at the bottom, we see we have this little receptacle
0:09:56 > 0:10:00where we have a spirit level inside, for levelling it up.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03You have the maker's name, J Reynolds of Wimborne, down in Dorset.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Makers started to put their names in that place around the last quarter of the 19th century,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11putting it around the 1880s, 1890s, something like that.
0:10:11 > 0:10:17We have the thermometer up there and in the top, a little feature you don't always see -
0:10:17 > 0:10:19the hygrometer for measuring changes in humidity.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25Now that won't work any more, it'll be purely aesthetic because in order to use that, they used to put
0:10:25 > 0:10:31a head of oat, an oat head in there which would absorb and change as moisture changed.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35But that quickly disintegrates so that would be non-functional, but very aesthetic.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39So if it went to auction, what sort of a price would it get?
0:10:39 > 0:10:45Well, in today's market, I would suggest an estimate of about £150 at the lower end, up to about £250,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47somewhere in between that sort of figure.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53What do you reckon, Tim, £150 - is that something that can go in the pot for Laura's trip to Japan?
0:10:53 > 0:10:58It could do but I think I'd have to think very carefully about it before I made a decision.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- It's got rather special value to you.- It has.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Yes. It was one of these pieces, my father was attached to it,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08so I think that I'll have to think carefully about that one.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14So shall we put that on the back burner and see what else we can find that might go towards the fund?
0:11:16 > 0:11:20And so the search continues, with Laura finding a reminder of times gone by.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22John puts an estimate of £40 to £60
0:11:22 > 0:11:26on these cigarette cases. And in the garage,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Tim has found another relic of a bygone era.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Oh, hi, Tim. - Hi. John, what about this one?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Surely you've got a computer in the house for word processing!
0:11:35 > 0:11:40We have and that's why this was underneath the table and has been there for the last five years.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44The Imperial Typewriting Company, household name, had their Royal Warrant,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48and this particular model would probably date to about the 1930s.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Sadly, nobody uses them today and I'm not sure that anybody still manufactures typewriters
0:11:53 > 0:11:58with word processors and computers so affordable these days, but they do turn up at auction.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04But in my experience, collectors are looking for something a bit rare, something that perhaps was innovative
0:12:04 > 0:12:08but perhaps didn't work in practice, so it had a short production run.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13So this is a pretty successful typewriter so it'll be low value.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- I'd be looking at about £20 to £30 for it, something like that. - Excellent, I'm very happy with that.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- You don't mind it going into auction? - Not at all.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Well, it's a welcome contribution towards our target today, but it's not enough.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- So I think we'd better keep on rummaging, don't you? Come on.- OK.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33So it looks like we're beginning to build up quite a collection of items here.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39But before we finish the search, Laura's found one last antique that could hold some interest.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41John, Dad?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Look at this bowl.- Wow.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49That's a super-size punchbowl! Tim, has this ever had any family use or has it been purely decorative?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Certainly not for drinking punch!
0:12:51 > 0:12:57But I remember it being in my grandmother's house with a spider plant, a huge spider plant, in it.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02And I particularly liked the bowl because of the engravings on the outside.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04It's quite an interesting piece.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- Any idea about its age, date, where it came from?- None whatsoever.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Well, it actually dates to the 18th century, so it's well over 200 years old.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's Chinese, it's hard-paste porcelain.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19We have this wonderfully colourful scene
0:13:19 > 0:13:23of this Chinese harbour filled with these junk ships here.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26But if we move around to this second reserve here,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30we have these two very continental figures and these continental buildings.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33In terms of the work that's gone into it, there is a lot.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36First of all, the piece had to be thrown by the potter then fired.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It's then decorated with this cobalt blue,
0:13:39 > 0:13:44then they have to apply the enamels on top, these overglazed coloured enamels.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47And then last but not least, the piece has to be gilded over the top again.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50So there's a lot of work that's gone into this piece.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54You can imagine in the day this would have belonged to somebody
0:13:54 > 0:13:57of considerable wealth, I would have thought.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Looking at this piece, it does have some damage. I've noticed several hairline cracks.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06You've got a couple of rim chips to the edge. Any idea what it might be worth?
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Absolutely none whatsoever, but if I had to hazard a guess, £100, £150?
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- I would put an estimate on this of about £200 to £300, something like that.- Gosh.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- So it's a nice thing.- Yes.- Yeah.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21And that should go some way to exporting you back the other way!
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Somebody sounds very excited at the price there, £200 to £300, John?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Absolutely. - Fantastic!- That's amazing.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32We've had some wonderful things that we've seen with the family today.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- How much was it you were wanting to raise, Laura?- £500.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Well, I can tell you the good news is that if your dad lets the barometer go as well,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45you could potentially, on John's lowest estimates, make...
0:14:45 > 0:14:49wait for the whoop of joy... £950!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Wow!- Wow! That's really good.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54However, Daddy wants to think about that barometer.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Take that out of the equation and we've still got £800 on John's lowest estimates.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03So I think you should start brushing up on the Japanese, madam.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08And for the time being, because we've now got to take all of these wonderful things to auction,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10should we all say sayonara?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12ALL: Sayonara!
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Well, that's a splendid total towards Laura's school exchange trip to the Land of the Rising Sun.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Let's hope our items eclipse the rest when it comes to auction.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22And they include...
0:15:22 > 0:15:26the floral style Edwardian brooch that belonged to Kate's mother.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29With delicate filigree metalwork,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32we're hoping the buyers will be charmed.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37The Chinese porcelain bowl with its rich and detailed decorations.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43Despite several hairline cracks and a chip or two, it could bring in...
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Still to come on Cash In the Attic, will it be sayonara to our antiques?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- Was it a big wrench to say it could come to auction today?- It was.
0:15:52 > 0:15:58- And konichiwa to realising the dream of a trip to Japan?- Wow!- Ahh!
0:15:58 > 0:16:00We'll find out when the final hammer falls.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09That was such a fun day that we had with Laura and her family
0:16:09 > 0:16:12searching through Mum and Dad's antiques and collectibles
0:16:12 > 0:16:17to sell here today at Sworders Auction House at Stansted in Essex.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23And indeed the whole family is involved in raising money to pay for Laura's exchange trip to Japan.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26So hopefully today it will be the bidders who are happy
0:16:26 > 0:16:31to exchange their cash for the Hart-Dyke treasures.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35These are brand-new salerooms and along with the new premises,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38there's a wealth of exciting items on today's catalogue.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Our expert, John Cameron, is hoping that the bidders will be following his estimates to the letter.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46My Life In Antiques, by John Cameron!
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I don't think I'd use one of these, Angela!
0:16:48 > 0:16:52I'm totally used to word correction and grammar checks these days.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55So God knows how I would fare with one of these.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59The first newspaper office I worked in was full of typewriters like this
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and now they're collector's pieces!
0:17:01 > 0:17:05It's lacking the top cover, but we've only put a very modest estimate, £20 to £25.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09But we've put rather more on that beautiful Chinese bowl, haven't we?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Yes, well, no pun intended, it is a cracking bowl, but it does have a few cracks and chips.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19Good export piece, wondering how the market's holding up without the Americans being the strongest buyers.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I tell you what I haven't seen is the banjo barometer, but Dad was very attached to it.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27He did seem to be rather loath to give it away, didn't he?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- But I have seen the family, so shall we go and talk to them?- Come on.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Having made their way through the crowds at the entrance,
0:17:35 > 0:17:40the Hart-Dykes found a quiet spot where they're casting an eye over their Chinese bowl.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Morning, family.- Hi, guys.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Hi.- I have to tell you, and I hope that this keeps those
0:17:46 > 0:17:49big smiles on your faces, there's been a lot of interest in this bowl.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Excellent.- Ooh. - Which is really good news.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Very good.- It's great, yeah.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57But what we haven't seen is the barometer.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I'm afraid I haven't brought it, but John's very much to blame for that,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03because he asked me whether I ever tapped it,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07and ever since he left the house, I've gone round tapping that barometer.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So it's become part of the family. I couldn't bring it today.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16Never mind, we've got lots of other lovely things, so that trip to Japan is one step closer, Laura.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- Shall we go and take our places for the auction?- Yeah.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22If you're planning on buying or selling goods at auction,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26do be aware that you have to pay commission and possible other charges too,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29so be sure to check with your local auction house first.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34There's a good turnout here today. Let's hope that the buyers are ready to spend.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36We take our position at the back of the room.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40With £500 to raise, we're pinning our hopes on the first item,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44the sapphire cluster brooch that belonged to Kate's mother.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Was it a big wrench to say it could come to auction today?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49It was, it was. It was a big wrench,
0:18:49 > 0:18:54- but my mum would have really wanted that because the money would be going to Laura, so yes.- Exactly.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Ain't your mum great?
0:18:58 > 0:19:03£40 is bid, I'll take 5, 45, 50...
0:19:03 > 0:19:075, 60... 5, 70...
0:19:07 > 0:19:115, 80, £80... 5, 90...
0:19:11 > 0:19:155, 100... 105 and 10, £110 is bid I'll take 15, 115.
0:19:15 > 0:19:23- 115!- Commission's lost at £115, 20 where now, 120... 5, 130...
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- 140,- Wow, £140!
0:19:27 > 0:19:32140 on my left, selling at £140, are we all done at 140?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Yes!- Very good. - Well, done.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Well, that was a glittering start to our sale,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40but will our next item make the headlines?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I've £10 bid, I'll take 12 now, at £10 bid,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'm going to sell at £10, all done at 10?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Not bad for something that was left in the house.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55£10 is a good return
0:19:55 > 0:19:59when you consider that this typewriter was destined for the tip.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01And when the Royal Doulton figure Fair Lady sells...
0:20:01 > 0:20:04£35 gentleman's bid.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Another decent price.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07- Yeah.- Yes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11For £5 over its lower estimate, we're feeling chuffed.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16And these three cigarette cases continue the slow burn...
0:20:16 > 0:20:1838...
0:20:18 > 0:20:20It's a good price - £38.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25..by coming in just under the estimate at £38.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31We've been cruising at a steady speed so far and have already found ourselves with a total of £223,
0:20:31 > 0:20:36just under half our target of £500 for Laura's exchange trip to Japan.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Our next item is the Royal Doulton Alice in Wonderland.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46At £30 to start, I'll take 2, Royal Doulton figure Alice here, 32...
0:20:46 > 0:20:5035, 38... £38 is bid I'll take 40, 40 where now? At £38 bid...
0:20:50 > 0:20:56- selling at £38, 40... 42.- Two people want it, that's always good.- 45...
0:20:56 > 0:21:0048, selling at £48. All done at 48.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Excellent.- Nice price for a Royal Doulton figurine, John.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I think so, at the moment, yes.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Alice certainly brought some magic to our total
0:21:08 > 0:21:10and our luck just keeps on going
0:21:10 > 0:21:12when this early 20th century carriage clock
0:21:12 > 0:21:14sells for double its estimate.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Selling at 140...
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Wow!
0:21:19 > 0:21:22£140 is a good sale,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and Laura's trip to Japan looks like a very real possibility.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28And while we're on the subject of eastern promise...
0:21:28 > 0:21:31We've got a pretty hefty price tag on this, John.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I think £200 to £300 should see it get away.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35It would have made more a few years ago,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37so let's just hope we get to where we are today.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- Be happy with that.- Here it goes.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Lots of interest in this. We start away at £200.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- He's starting it at 200! - At £200 is bid, 220...
0:21:44 > 0:21:50- 240, 260... 280, 300... 320.- Wheeee!
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- 340... 360.- Wow!- £360 is bid... eW're out now.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Selling at £360, lot number 80 goes at £360.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Hey!
0:22:00 > 0:22:05- Brilliant. What did we say?- It seems my caution was unnecessary, ladies.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07There's still demand in the market.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09With so many cracks on the bowl,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11John was right to keep the estimate low,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15but the good news is that the sale surpassed all expectations.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Our next antique is another dark horse.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Classified as brown furniture,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23the current market for grandmother clocks like this is slow.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Let's hope we don't wind up with a disappointment here.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29There we go, start us away, £40 for it.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32£40 is bid, £40 is bid...
0:22:32 > 0:22:37I'll take 5, 50... 5, 60... 5, 70...
0:22:37 > 0:22:395, 80...
0:22:39 > 0:22:43£80 is bid looking at 85, 90...
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- 95.- He's still nodding.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- That 100? 100... 110, 120... 130.- He's still nodding.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52140... 150, 160...
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- 170, 180... 190, 200...- Ohhh!
0:22:55 > 0:22:59£200 is bid, leaning against the table there, 200... 10 anywhere else?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Selling at £200. All done?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Yes, brilliant!
0:23:04 > 0:23:06A super price for a clock of that period.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Unbelievable and fantastic all at the same time.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The buyers are bucking the trends here today and to our benefit.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19With the success of the last few sales, we're in full flight to the Land of the Rising Sun.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Our last lot is a bit of a mixed bag though.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- Now John put them all together, as indeed you did, as one lot.- Yeah.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32But the auction house says we think we're going to do much better if we put them as four separate lots.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37- And I tell you, if we make the money that they think they're going to... - Yeah.- You'll be flying.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- No trouble. - £180, I'll take 190 where now?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Starting at £180!
0:23:44 > 0:23:47And there's three more to go.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Maiden bid here of £100, all done.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- Well, that was quick, next bracelet coming up.- Bracelet, £200 is bid...
0:23:54 > 0:23:55I'll take 10 where now?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58At £200... 210, 220... 230, 240...
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Selling at £250, all done?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03At the back at 250...
0:24:03 > 0:24:0780... 5, 90... 5, 100...
0:24:07 > 0:24:13£100 the gentleman's bid, selling £100... All done at £100?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15That was amazing.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18But I'm not going to tell you how much it has made just yet.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Well, Kate was sure that her mother would have loved the idea
0:24:22 > 0:24:25that her jewellery would help to fund Laura's trip to Japan,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29and from that series of sales, it seems that her wish has been more than realised.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31But just how much have we raised?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34How much is the whole trip going to cost, Tim?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Probably about £2,000.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Well, you thought you were going to have to raise another £1,500.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Yes, yeah.- Well, I think I'm going to hold you down, all of you,
0:24:44 > 0:24:49because I wasn't kidding when I said that I think you might be able to fly there under your own steam.
0:24:49 > 0:24:57You have made £1,601!
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- Ohhhhhh!- Excellent.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Oh, it's wonderful.- It is wonderful. - Oh, I can't believe that.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15It's two weeks later and Kate and the family have had plenty of time to start making their plans.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17The auction was fantastic.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19We were so excited we got almost...
0:25:19 > 0:25:25well, three times the money as we thought we were gonna get so that's just brilliant.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Really good and so exciting.
0:25:26 > 0:25:33And as a rehearsal for the big trip, Laura has volunteered to take two Japanese students
0:25:33 > 0:25:37on a tour of Penshurst Place, a local stately manor.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41They're both on exchange at Laura's school and she's eager to show them around.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43You have a fire in the middle of the hall
0:25:43 > 0:25:49and the smoke could then just go up through the roof, which is 60 feet high.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Now that Laura has introduced her new friends
0:25:51 > 0:25:55to the idiosyncratic nature of historical English country life,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58she's looking forward to her own experiences in Japan.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01It was really good to talk to the Japanese students
0:26:01 > 0:26:04and it gives me an idea of what I'm going to expect out there.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09It's just gonna be amazing to go out to a place where the culture is so different.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14I'm so looking forward to it and I'm so grateful to my mum and dad for donating all the items
0:26:14 > 0:26:17cos it's going towards my dream trip and I just can't wait.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21It's just great to know we've been able to send Laura to Japan
0:26:21 > 0:26:25because we wanted her to do something with the money that was cultural,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29that would help educate her and would give her a wider experience of the world.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31What worries me is what she's going to go for next!
0:26:35 > 0:26:42That was a sensational result and of course Laura is now lined up for the trip of a lifetime.
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