0:00:02 > 0:00:05Welcome to Cash In The Attic. We're on the trail of treasures
0:00:05 > 0:00:08hidden around your home that we can help you sell at auction.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Today I'm in southwest London at a place best known,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13I suppose, for tennis, but just a mile and a half
0:00:13 > 0:00:17from those famous courts is another landmark.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19It's this, it's Wimbledon Windmill Museum.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22That's quite hard to say, actually!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23It's a Grade II listed building.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27It's been here on Wimbledon Common since 1817.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Wimbledon Windmill was built by a local carpenter to serve the surrounding villages.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38The locals had no faith in factory flour and wanted to grind their own organically produced wheat.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42During World War II the mill had to be camouflaged in green
0:00:42 > 0:00:45because of its proximity to army camps set up on the Common
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and 35 years ago it was restored and turned into a museum.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53There are certainly plenty of antiques around here.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55These gentlemen are showing us
0:00:55 > 0:00:58how they built the windmill all those years ago.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Quite honestly, I could spend all day chatting with them,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04but I guess I'd better set off to our next location
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and find some antiques we can take to the auction.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Coming up on Cash In The Attic,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34there are some unexpected valuations.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Oh, come on, Donald, I'm absolutely astonished! I'm amazed!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- And some seafaring re-enactments. - Permission to go ashore, sir.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Steady as you go, number one!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So will our hard work pay off at auction?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Your efforts weren't in vain, Jennie.- They were not.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- No.- No, no.- I think it's a charming piece, actually.- Yeah.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Find out when the final hammer falls.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I've come just down the road now to sunny Streatham.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I'm on my way to meet a couple who called in the Cash In The Attic team
0:02:02 > 0:02:05to help with some musical restoration.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Margaret and Donald Francke are our hosts today.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12They're actors in musical theatre and met over 50 years ago when
0:02:12 > 0:02:15they were both studying at the Royal College Of Music.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18They live for the chance to perform on stage
0:02:18 > 0:02:22and their careers have taken in some major roles in hit West End shows.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26They've been in this large South London home for the past 13 years.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Like a real-life theatre set, it's filled with all manner
0:02:30 > 0:02:33of collectables that they've inherited over the years.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37They hope some will be of interest to our expert valuer because they're
0:02:37 > 0:02:40keen to benefit a cause that's very close to their hearts.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Hi, John.- Morning, Jennie.- Lovely! I've just been at a windmill,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46now it looks as if I'm in a cottage garden
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- and I'm in the middle of London! That's something!- Fantastic.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Who are we meeting today? - I know that they're both actors.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56They've starred in the West End, musicals mostly. You in good voice?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I've been known to hit the high notes here and there!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Hopefully we'll find collectables from music and theatre today.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05It's a big enough house, so we're in with a chance.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Why don't you start looking around and I'll go and meet them.
0:03:09 > 0:03:16# ..And a grey dawn breaking. #
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Whoa! Hello.- Oh, Jennie.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- That was so...- Greetings.- Brilliant.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Hello, Donald and Margaret. - Yes.- How nice to meet you.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Hello, Jennie.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Do you know, I can feel this is going to be a brilliant day because
0:03:29 > 0:03:32the bit I've seen of your house, it's absolutely full of stuff.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35So why am I here? Who called us in, was it one of you?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37It was our son, actually, Gerard.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- Yes.- He felt we needed to get rid of some things.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- You have got a lot.- We have. - You can't take it with you.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Do you mean you've been pressured into bringing us in?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52No, I think we've been made to see sense, in a manner of speaking.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And I want to raise some money for two organ stops
0:03:56 > 0:03:58at the church which I attend.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- It doesn't sound very generous, but...- Well, three for luck.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04No, no, two, I think, must be the amount.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05So our target is going to be £500.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Yes, yes.- All right, there is going to be so much to look at.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12I can see we've got a big day ahead, so let's start rummaging.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Well, if we want to raise that £500 for Donald and Margaret
0:04:16 > 0:04:20to renovate their church organ, we'd better get cracking.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23The Franckes lived together in Donald's family home
0:04:23 > 0:04:25for over 20 years before moving here,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and they inherited many of his parents' possessions.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Given their own keen interest in the arts, everything adds up to a house
0:04:32 > 0:04:38packed with beautiful old things, a perfect scene for our search.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41John has more than 20 years of experience to his credit
0:04:41 > 0:04:44as a valuer and auctioneer and he's already at work in
0:04:44 > 0:04:47the living room where he's found some intriguing little creatures.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- OK, our John.- Good morning. - Meet Donald.- Hello, John.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- How are we?- I'm fine.- Good. - He's already at work.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- He's a very good lad. He comes in, he looks around.- Yes.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I haven't been monkeying around. Couple of interesting objects
0:05:01 > 0:05:05here that I'm hoping, Donald, you can shed some light on.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- What do you know about them? - Just they were in the family
0:05:08 > 0:05:10when I came into the family and that's all I can tell.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15They are little animal studies and they're made of porcelain,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18stoneware, to be precise. We've got a couple of marks here.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Yes.- You see the first one? Those three wavy lines?- Yes.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Well, that tells us it's from the Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28A famous factory, it's been around since the 1770s.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33The other mark there on the bottom, that's a K on top of a K,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34- can you see that?- Yes.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37That is the mark of quite an important sculptor
0:05:37 > 0:05:41at Royal Copenhagen and I hope I pronounce his name correctly.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42It's Knud Kyhn,
0:05:42 > 0:05:47spelt K-N-U-D, Christian name, K-Y-H-N, surname.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Now, he enjoyed a long relationship with Copenhagen, very successful,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55starting at around 1903, right up until the 1960s.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00And his work is typified by his love of animals and his study of animals,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and he would repeat these studies in miniature, like we have here,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05and experiment with their emotions.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09So you would see friendly, angry, sad, happy and things like that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- What do you think we might get for them?- I would put them together
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and I would put an estimate on them of about £150 to £200.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- For the two?- Good gracious! - For the two.- Yes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21What do you think?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Well, that's... Yes.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27A useful thing to have up one's sleeve.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Oh, come on, Donald!
0:06:29 > 0:06:30I'm absolutely astonished.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I'm amazed, I am.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- I really am.- A nice piece already. - We're off to a good start.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- I would have thought so. - We are, yes.- We are.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40That's almost enough for one organ stop
0:06:40 > 0:06:43if we reach the top of that estimate. In an attic cupboard
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I find something that the Franckes surely have no use for.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Their granddaughters are too big for this miniature high chair
0:06:50 > 0:06:53which Donald picked up in an antiques shop.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55With an estimate of £15 to £30,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57it's definitely one for the auction.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Donald finds this Pelham puppet of a skeleton.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02It was given to his sister in 1954,
0:07:02 > 0:07:08so it's well over half a century old. John values it at £20 to £40.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Margaret?- Yes?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Now, I know you're passionate about restoring the church organ.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- Yes.- So, how about considering these?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19They would represent a decent chunk towards our target.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Yes, I'm sure. I know they're Wedgwood.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- You do?- Yes.- That's good. I'll pop one down there.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27What else do you know about it? Where do they come from?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31They came, as far as I know, from my parents-in-law,
0:07:31 > 0:07:35as most things in this house did, and apart from that
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I know nothing about them except they're really rather attractive.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42I think your mother and father-in-law had good taste.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I'm a big fan of English ceramics and Wedgwood
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and these particular lustre wares. Let's have a look at them.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Do you know how old they might be?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53If we look on the bottom there is a bit of a clue to their age.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56They have a printed Wedgwood mark. That's the Portland Vase Mark
0:07:56 > 0:07:59which was introduced at the end of the 19th century,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03but underneath you can just make out it says Made In England,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07which was introduced to the mark about 1915, something like that,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10so I would put these in the 1920s. They remind me of the work
0:08:10 > 0:08:14of one of Wedgwood's most important designers, a lady by the name of
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Daisy Makeig-Jones, whose fairyland lustres have been very popular,
0:08:18 > 0:08:22which feature this typical lustre decoration and fairies
0:08:22 > 0:08:26and kind of mystical scenes decorated around the body.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Because we've got a pair, they've got a good name,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31they're in a decent style and the condition is good,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I would suggest an estimate of about £300 to £400.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Oh.- How would that sound? - Very good. Excellent, yes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Be a nice chunk towards our target. - It certainly would.- Excellent.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Off to auction they go. We'd better make sure we wrap them up.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47We don't want anything happening to them between now and then.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- No, that would be awful.- Excellent.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Shall we go and see what else we can find?- Yes, indeed.- Come on.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Daisy Makeig-Jones was credited with boosting profits for Wedgwood.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Let's hope her work does the same for us today.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03And there are plenty more places for us to search in this home,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08so John's having a field day and picks out this 1930s ginger jar,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12which also came from Donald's parents, and is worth £10 to £20.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I'm itching to find out whether
0:09:14 > 0:09:17music really is the food of love for this couple.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23It's incredible, you guys, honestly. I have never, ever seen so much
0:09:23 > 0:09:26in one house and I've been in a lot of houses, rummaging, I must say.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31What's it like, Margaret, living with so many possessions?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Well, truthfully, apart from dusting it or trying to polish things,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37I don't really think about them.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I just like to have them, of course.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Now, you two, you're both musicians, singers, actors.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46How did it all start? I mean, how did you meet?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50I'd been invited by a friend to go to a ceilidh
0:09:50 > 0:09:57and it had also been suggested that I go to this choir practice
0:09:57 > 0:10:01at this church and I can remember going as far as the churchyard
0:10:01 > 0:10:05and thinking, hmm, should I go to the ceilidh, which was just down
0:10:05 > 0:10:09the road anyway, and I paced up and down about two or three times.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I said, "No, I'm going into the church," and that was really
0:10:12 > 0:10:16the shifting of the tributary, you know, a source of a river.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Just imagine if I had gone to the ceilidh
0:10:18 > 0:10:21we might not be sitting here together.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Donald, you were on the West End, weren't you?- I was.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29I started off... My first big break in the West End was to be in Cats.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- I was nine years, was it? Nine years?- Nearly nine.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Nearly nine years in Cats, which was a wonderful period
0:10:35 > 0:10:38with a wonderful producer, Trevor Nunn, and marvellous music.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42A lovely company, and of all the things I've ever done,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46and they have been basically Cats,
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Joseph And His Multicoloured Dreamcoat
0:10:51 > 0:10:53and then Phantom of the Opera, of all those three
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I could go back into Cats tomorrow and really be happy.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Not so much the other two because they're more down to earth.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Clearly you've had a very exciting life, you two, you really have.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I hope we can continue that excitement today with our rummaging.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I wonder if... Do you think that can go to the auction? I don't know.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14John hasn't been idle while we've been chatting.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18He's turned up this 19th-century German beer krug.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20It has a rather neat inscription,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23"May the heart remain happy by drinking this",
0:11:23 > 0:11:28or, in our case, by selling it for its top estimate of £50.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Margaret's digging out her collection of Goss ware.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34It was inherited from her aunt in 1981 and is 50 pieces strong.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39She's prepared to part with it for an estimated price of £60 to £90.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Now, could John have found something else that Donald's happy to sell?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Ah!- I think I've found a couple of maritime items
0:11:46 > 0:11:48that we may be able to put into auction.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- That would be a good idea. - Port and starboard lamps.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Port and starboard. - Where did they come from?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Well, I purchased them from a yacht chandlery in Helford Passage,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03which is a little creek just near Frenchman's Creek in Cornwall
0:12:03 > 0:12:06off the Helford River and it was quite a time ago now
0:12:06 > 0:12:09when I purchased them and I've had them here ever since.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Got a bit dusty.- They're interesting items and being on the south coast
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I tend to sell quite a bit of maritime art and collectables,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- such as these.- Memorabilia, yes. - Somebody once taught me a useful way
0:12:19 > 0:12:22of remembering which is port and which is starboard.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Yes. Starboard, yes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- That's it. Port is red.- Yes.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29There's also four letters in the word port and the word left.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- Yes.- And right is starboard.- Oh! - Anyway, they're in nice condition.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I think they're probably early 20th century.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39They're copper and they'll polish up beautifully
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and the glass is perfect, no chips or damage there at all,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45and I think they would make a great pair at auction. Value wise,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I would like to think they'll make something between £30 and £60.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- For the pair?- For the pair.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- OK.- Happy with that?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- I'm very happy. - Excellent.- So there we go.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58All that leaves me to say is permission to go ashore, sir?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Steady as you go, Number One.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Let's hope we get a fair wind behind us on auction day.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06We certainly are spoiled for choice here
0:13:06 > 0:13:10and this kneehole desk is also on the list of items going to the sale.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Margaret bought it in 1960
0:13:12 > 0:13:15with her mother and intended to use it as a dressing table.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19It's a charming find worth at least £50 at auction,
0:13:19 > 0:13:21even with a little damage.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Upstairs, Margaret's scouring the guest bedrooms where she
0:13:24 > 0:13:28unearths a small collection of silver which could be of interest.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30John, what do you think of these?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Oh! Pop them down here, Margaret.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Let's have a look. Well, it looks an interesting little collection.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42Let's pop them out. What have we got there? Cigarette box, snuffbox,
0:13:42 > 0:13:47matchbook holders. Interesting. And another little Vesta case.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50If we have a look at them and the decoration
0:13:50 > 0:13:53they tell us a bit about our social past.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Two Vesta cases with their typically Victorian decoration,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59used for storing matches safely so they don't rub together
0:13:59 > 0:14:00and ignite in one's pocket
0:14:00 > 0:14:04The little loops enable you to suspend them from a watch chain.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Got the cigarette case and the other pieces
0:14:07 > 0:14:10which display engine turning as decoration, typical of the 1920s,
0:14:10 > 0:14:14so a little bit later in date. So we've got a cigarette box there,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16a snuffbox for taking snuff,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20a pinch of snuff or pulverised tobacco is it's... Is what it is.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23There is a market for collecting things like this which people
0:14:23 > 0:14:27keep in bijouterie tables these days, a nice glass-topped table,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31keep them free of dust and people's fingerprints all over them,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34so they still tend to be pretty popular at auction.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I mean, these tend to make, you know, between 30...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39£20 and £30 each.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Probably about £40 for that. The same, maybe, for this.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46So, I think collectively if we were to put that into auction we ought to
0:14:46 > 0:14:50be expecting something like £200 to £250 for them, something like that.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- That surprises me, actually. - Would you be happy with that?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Oh, yes.- Yeah?- Yes, indeed.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59That's an excellent little find, good one for auction,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03very commercial, but it's nowhere near the target we want to hit yet.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- No!- I think we ought to go and see what the others have found?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Yes, please.- We'll leave those there, then.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12These cases were commonly used between the 1860s and the 1940s
0:15:12 > 0:15:15until the pocket lighter started to replace them.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19In the living room I've unearthed some really intriguing items.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Have they got a theatrical connection?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I've found all sorts of dusty old bits and pieces.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29Ah! Well, now, we're looking at bits of the original Cats set
0:15:29 > 0:15:32from the New London Theatre...
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Oh, really?- Drury Lane.- Good Lord!
0:15:34 > 0:15:40And the whole idea was that the set was a mammoth great big junkyard
0:15:40 > 0:15:45as seen from the eye level of a cat, so everything is one sixth larger.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Oh, I see. How very clever! - There were toothbrushes...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Actually, there were microphones around the stage
0:15:51 > 0:15:55which were disguised as toothbrushes and I think they were probably
0:15:55 > 0:15:58the only three-foot toothbrushes in the universe!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01So these were actually on the set of Cats.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05That was probably draping around the set and so after the last night,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08when the set was dismantled, I got hold of this.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11So tell me, what was it like being in Cats?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14It was absolutely quite iconic.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Unusual. I don't think there has ever been any show like it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I don't think there'll be a show like it again.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Was it very... Was it very, very hot in that costume?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Not really, because, if the truth be told,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30it was rather like a sort of net with bits of fur...
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Wool, sorry, crocheted in,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37so the breeze blew through it quite a bit and so I wasn't ever...
0:16:37 > 0:16:38I was never overheated, no.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43I've noticed, actually, from hearing you sing earlier in the day that
0:16:43 > 0:16:47age does not seem to have taken any toll on your strength of voice.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50No, thank God.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55I owe it to my dear grandmother, from whom I inherited the voice,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59through my mother who had a very strong voice, which she could use!
0:16:59 > 0:17:03And I also had very good teachers.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09Would you do me the honour of giving me a few lines from Cats?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- OK.- Ah! Thank you, thank you.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15# The moments of happiness
0:17:15 > 0:17:19# We had the experience
0:17:19 > 0:17:22# But missed the meaning
0:17:22 > 0:17:26# And approached to the meaning
0:17:26 > 0:17:28# Restores the experience
0:17:28 > 0:17:31# In a different form
0:17:31 > 0:17:34# Beyond any meaning
0:17:34 > 0:17:39# We can assign to happiness. #
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Whoa! I love it, I love it! That's fantastic! I tell you what,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46I think we should sing our way around the rest of the house.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Come along.- Let's do that. Upwards! Onwards and upwards! Here we go.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- You're amazing, you're amazing! - Tra-la-la!
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Donald's a real inspiration, with boundless energy.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57It's just as well,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00with so many treasures and trinkets for us to sort through.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Amongst all their collections I've managed to dig out something else
0:18:04 > 0:18:06that could be added to our auction haul.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Look, guys, sorry to disturb you, but, there is so much in your house,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Margaret, I don't know where to start.- What have you got there?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I found this vanity case and I just wondered
0:18:15 > 0:18:19whether it was worth anything and if you could part with it?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I can because we never use it. We put it under a chair and it gets dusty.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- I see you've got one there.- Yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Anything valuable comes from his family, I had nothing.- Aah!- Just me!
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- What a catch you are!- Absolutely! - What do you think of it, John?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36It's quite nice, and it's nice to see that you've got all
0:18:36 > 0:18:40the pieces there and they look like they're all matching, yes, they are.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44They're all monogrammed and you've got the original fitted case,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47which is lovely, and the decoration's very typical,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50this engine turning on the back here, which was very popular right
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- from about 1915 right throughout the 1920s.- Engine turning?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57It's produced by milling through a machine.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- They call it engine turning. - I think that's very attractive.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- I like that.- It is quite nice.- Yeah. - Like a pinstripe there.- Yes.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Very nice indeed. You've got one, two, three, four, five, six pieces.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13You've got the original box and it appears to be in lovely condition.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I think at auction you'd be looking at least between £50 and £100,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19and if there was a lady there that really took a fancy to it,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23a bit more, but I'd certainly see it making at least that sort of sum.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Yes.- What do you think of that?
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Oh, it's OK. Yes, I've noticed that on these programmes that silver
0:19:29 > 0:19:34doesn't go as much as one would think they should fetch, but...
0:19:34 > 0:19:36So you were hoping for a bit more?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39One always hopes for a bit more,
0:19:39 > 0:19:43but the fact is that it's no point in keeping it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46We don't use it and it's just stacked away. What's the point of having it?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50That would be just a little bit of a stop on an organ, wouldn't it?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Yes.- A quarter of a stop, maybe.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Yes, it might encourage the organist to put his fingers on the keyboard.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Yeah. OK. We'll take it to the auction, shall we?- Yes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01We'll see how we do.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02With the initials JC on the back
0:20:02 > 0:20:06it could have been made for our very own John Cameron.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10At £50 it's another good addition to the fund.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12We must be well on target but, before we finish,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Donald's found something rather appropriate to our musical cause.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Yes. I love the colour. - Look what I found.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22What's he got now, then? What have you got there?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25What's this? Goshua, Joshua!
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- These look extremely ancient. - Tell us about them, Donald.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Well, I think... When I was at university at Cambridge
0:20:31 > 0:20:35I used to do my Saturday afternoon gardening, as I called it,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39at David's Bookshop in the little square by the Arts Theatre
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and sometimes I would pick something up.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Once I did run into quite a bargain,
0:20:46 > 0:20:5115 shillings turned into £700, and I don't know what this might do.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54What are we actually looking at? What have we got here?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57We've got Handel's Joshua.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01The first edition, I believe, was published by Walsh and here
0:21:01 > 0:21:05we can see it says Harrison there, so I suspect this is a later work.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10And if I just have a look inside another clue is the pages here.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13On the first edition we have double pagination, which means basically
0:21:13 > 0:21:17numbers top and bottom of the page, just got them at the top, there.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Nevertheless, I still think this is an 18th-century copy,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23so it wouldn't have been long after the first edition.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27It would have been very popular, as we said, he enjoyed immense
0:21:27 > 0:21:30fame and wealth with works like Joshua and The Messiah.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Because it's not a first edition,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34it's going to be worth, obviously, less.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Now I know that has sold for about £1,000 plus.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40As a later addition, together with that,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43if I had to come up with something today I would suggest something
0:21:43 > 0:21:45more like about £600 to £800.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48But what I would suggest is that I would seek a second opinion with
0:21:48 > 0:21:52a specialist I know, because it is a very specialised subject.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- It is, and a very sensitive one. - And often works, certainly things
0:21:55 > 0:21:58like this which are a collective gathering of works,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02are broken up and sold in sections where they will make more money.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07I bow to your expertise, but I will also take your advice
0:22:07 > 0:22:12and get a second opinion and I would inevitably sleep on it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Rather hard pillows, but... Ha-ha!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Anyway, at the beginning of the day you were looking for £500
0:22:18 > 0:22:22so you can get two stops for your church organ.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25OK? Well, if we take John's lowest estimate,
0:22:25 > 0:22:30which is what we always do on all the items, we reckon that
0:22:30 > 0:22:36- if you take these to auction you will make £1,515.- Oh, good!
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Bingo!- Good, good, good. - That's three times what you wanted.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Yes, absolutely, yes.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- That's an awful lot of stops.- It is.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45OK. Well, thanks ever so much for inviting us in.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47All you've got to do now is pack everything up
0:22:47 > 0:22:51and take them to the auction and that's where we'll see you.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Jennie, au revoir.- Au revoir.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Au revoir.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00We've had a truly memorable day with the musically magnificent Franckes
0:23:00 > 0:23:04exploring their beautiful home. And we have high hopes of making
0:23:04 > 0:23:08our total at auction with a little help from the Royal Copenhagen
0:23:08 > 0:23:11miniature animals belonging to Donald's family
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and valued at £150 to £200,
0:23:13 > 0:23:18the stunning 1920s Wedgwood vases decorated with chinoiserie,
0:23:18 > 0:23:19valued at £300 to £400,
0:23:20 > 0:23:25and those unique books with the music of George Frederick Handel.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27They have a whopping £600 price tag,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30but we'll have to wait to see if Donald brings them to the sale.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Still to come on Cash In The Attic, we face a tough crowd at auction.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It would appear nobody here recognised the quality of our figures.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Was all our rummaging in vain?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46- I suffered for that. I crawled through that tiny hole.- Yes!
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Find out when the final hammer falls.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56We had quite a day with Donald and Margaret
0:23:56 > 0:23:59in their extraordinary home. We could have filled the whole of
0:23:59 > 0:24:02these auction rooms in North London with their possessions,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05but we've only brought along those selected on the day.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Remember, Donald and Margaret want to raise £500
0:24:09 > 0:24:13so they can buy two new stops for the organ in their local church.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18All we need now is for the bidders here to have money at the ready
0:24:18 > 0:24:21when our items go under the hammer.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24We're at North London Auctions in Finchley where the crowd
0:24:24 > 0:24:28is gathering to look over the various items on sale today.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30John Cameron is already running his expert eye
0:24:30 > 0:24:32over Donald's ship's lamps.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The Franckes really do have some unusual stuff.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Hi there, John.- Hello, Jennie.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I was just saying that that house was such a treasure trove,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I reckon we could have brought everything here.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I could have rummaged for hours and hours and hours.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- In the end, I ran out of energy! - I think we all did.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Do you think that Donald has brought along those manuscripts?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I don't know. I think they had quite high expectations of them,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01although my estimate was mid to upper hundreds, £600 to £800,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I don't know. I wasn't hopeful.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- You don't sound as if you think they have.- No, I don't think they have.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Let's go and find out, see if they've arrived.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16In view of the specialist nature of several of our lots, a busy auction room is a welcome sight.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20We'll need as much interest as possible if those items are to reach John's estimates.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Hello.- Hello.- I thought I heard a hallelujah.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- I thought that will be Donald! - Or a "hello-jah"!- Oh, well done.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31You've brought the books! I didn't think you would.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- There we are.- Have you had a lot of discussion, Margaret, about it?
0:25:35 > 0:25:40A fair amount, but it's just sitting under the sideboard at the moment,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44and it's not doing anything, so it's better to get rid of it, I think.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46We have some wonderful items.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50We have the Wedgwood vases and those Copenhagen figures
0:25:50 > 0:25:53that I love so much, so I think we'll do all right.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Let's go and find a spot
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- because I think the auction's about to start.- Oh, good.- Right.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02This auction house has been running for over 20 years and there's
0:26:02 > 0:26:07a great variety of lots here which will hopefully bode well for us.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09So with the auctioneer all set,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12we'll just have to cross our fingers.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14We're going to sell your huge collection
0:26:14 > 0:26:16of crested ware and Goss ware.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- Collected, I assume, over years and years and years.- By my aunt.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- And I collect some, as well. - Oh! OK, well, we're hoping for £60.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Let's see how we go.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Is that coming up now?- Um hmm.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Let's go at 20. 20 I'm bid. 20. 22.
0:26:29 > 0:26:3225. 28. 30. 32. 35. 38.
0:26:32 > 0:26:3640. 45. 50. 55.
0:26:36 > 0:26:4060. Down here at 60 now. 70?
0:26:40 > 0:26:4670. 75? At 75. 75 I sell there. 80?
0:26:46 > 0:26:47At 75. The bid's on the phone.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51At £75. Sell then at 75. Nobody else?
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- Well, that wasn't bad. - Much more than I was expecting.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00That's a good start to our day
0:27:00 > 0:27:03with the crested ware hitting the middle of its estimate.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08No time for celebrations, though, as the second lot is hot on its tail.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I'm intrigued if something I found right up in your attic
0:27:11 > 0:27:13goes well or not, that doll's highchair.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- Yes.- I suffered for that. I crawled through that tiny hole!
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- Yes!- A nice little thing if you've got a doll. Really rather nice, this.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Fiver to start. Five, I'm bid.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.
0:27:26 > 0:27:2712? 12 here.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I sell at £12.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31It's worth more, surely. At 12.
0:27:31 > 0:27:3315. 18.
0:27:33 > 0:27:3620, madam?
0:27:36 > 0:27:3920. At 20 now. 22, sir.
0:27:39 > 0:27:4122. Madame again, 25? At 22.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46I'll sell here on the right with the gent at £22. Are you bidding? 25?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50It goes then at £22. All done at £22.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52GAVEL BANGS
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- Very good.- Your efforts weren't in vain, Jennie.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59They were not, were they? No. I think it's a charming piece,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01it needs a little bit of TLC.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Yes, yes. A little paint, yes.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08That's a very respectable result for the highchair and well worth
0:28:08 > 0:28:12crawling through that tiny door when I dragged it out of their attic.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16If you have disused toys or any collectables you no longer treasure,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19then an auction house could be a good place to sell them.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24Remember, charges such as commission will be added to your bill,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27so always check the details with your local auction house.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31OK, next up are our little pair of Copenhagen figures by Knud Kyhn.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35I'm quite fond of these. I'm hoping somebody else in the room
0:28:35 > 0:28:38has been charmed by them. They catalogued them thoroughly
0:28:38 > 0:28:42and we want £150 to £200 for them.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Straight in at 50. Take five now.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Done, then at £50. Is that it?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- All done at 50? Finished and done at £50?- It's not enough.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53No? No great interest in these, then?
0:28:53 > 0:28:56At £50. Done and finished at 50.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- Is he going to sell them? - No, he's not.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59OK, we'll pass on those.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02It appears nobody here recognised the quality of our figures.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05So those are going back home, Donald, but I don't think
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- you'll be disappointed.- No, no. No, it'll be nice to see them back.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10That's a great shame.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- I was optimistic they would make that money.- Another day.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I'm glad the Franckes are undaunted,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20but it seems odd that there was so little interest in that lot.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Perhaps the specialist collectors aren't here today,
0:29:23 > 0:29:27in which case we could be in trouble.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Next up is our little boxed Pelham puppet of a skeleton.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I'm quite fond of these and when they were made, just after the war,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36materials were still on ration so they made the clothes
0:29:36 > 0:29:40for these out of silk parachutes. But our skeleton hasn't got any
0:29:40 > 0:29:44clothes on, or any flesh, and we want £20 to £30 for him. Here we go.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47The Pelham puppet there, a tenner for that?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Ten, I'm bid. ten. 12. 15. 18. 20.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51At 20 now. Take two. Is that it?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54At £20? Done then at 20? 22. 25.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57At 25. All done at 25 and you're out in the room. Is that it?
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Done, then, at 25. You're looking at me, are you bidding, madam? No?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04At £25... She shakes her head. Done then at 25.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09- And £25.- Oh! - Are you happy with that?
0:30:09 > 0:30:14- Yes.- Oh, I think so, yes. I mean... - I'd never seen it before!
0:30:14 > 0:30:16There really is a skeleton in the cupboard!
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- No longer.- No longer.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22We've often found that Pelham puppets make healthy sales on
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Cash In The Attic and I'm pleased to see that this is no exception.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29£25, right in the middle of John's estimate,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31equals one tenth of an organ stop -
0:30:31 > 0:30:33another useful contribution to the fund,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36but we still have a long way to go.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Ready for your ship's lamps to sail out of the auction room?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Steady as you go, Number One!
0:30:42 > 0:30:44They are very decorative, these.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Put them in at, what? 30 quid? £30 to start?
0:30:47 > 0:30:4830 I'm bid. At 30 now.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52And I sell then on the maiden bid at 30. Take two anywhere?
0:30:52 > 0:30:56At £30. Who else is bidding? 32.
0:30:56 > 0:30:5935. You're out behind the cabinet. 38.
0:30:59 > 0:31:0240.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04And again, sir? 45. 50.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06You're still out behind the cabinet?
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Go 55. Go 55, sir. You know they're worth it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I'll take your two, then. 52. 52.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Back with the cheapskate.
0:31:15 > 0:31:1855, sir. 55. Go 58.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20I know you want to. 58.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22At 58. 60.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24At £60 now. It's on my right at 60.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26And another two.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Just another two, sir.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31You'll be a hero!
0:31:31 > 0:31:3260 I sell over here.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35On my right, then, at £60.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Done at 60.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Oh!- That's not bad. 30 quid each, that's not bad.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- So does that mean I'll get my daily rum ration, Donald?- I think so, yes.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Splice the mainbrace!
0:31:48 > 0:31:50And thanks go to the auctioneer
0:31:50 > 0:31:54for working so hard to get us that impressive result.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I'm sensing a tough crowd in the room today.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Let's hope one of them has a yen
0:31:59 > 0:32:03for all things Germanic as our beer krug hits the room.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05A fiver I'm bid. At five only.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Down at five. Take six now. Five.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Six. It needs to be more, doesn't it?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Seven at the back. Eight here. Nine.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Ten. Keep going. Yes? 12.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18At 12 now. 15? Going 15? At 12.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21At £12 and you're out down here in the room. Anybody else?
0:32:21 > 0:32:24At £12 and we're out in the room.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Done, then, at £12?
0:32:26 > 0:32:3012 there. At 12. 15 now. 18, sir.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33At £15. We're not selling at 15.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Done then at 15.
0:32:35 > 0:32:3918. He's back in at 18. At 20. You're out over here.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41All done at £20. We buy in at 20.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48- Not sold, taking that piece home. - That's all right.- That's all right.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Hold memories for you? - Fill it with beer.- No, not me, him!
0:32:52 > 0:32:55The auctioneer is using his discretion today and holding back
0:32:55 > 0:32:58items rather than selling them for too low a price.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02It's good he's not just giving them away, but halfway through our lots
0:33:02 > 0:33:08we've only reached £182, well under half our target.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09It's been tough so far.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13The drop in demand for brown furniture has been very well
0:33:13 > 0:33:16documented in recent years. Auctioneers are now turning away
0:33:16 > 0:33:20pieces they previously had willingly invited into their salerooms.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23The 19th-century mahogany Pembroke table is a case in point.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27They were very popular during the Victorian period, named after the
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Earl of Pembroke who was believed to have had a table of this sort.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34They remained very popular throughout the 1980s and '90s,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36but recently they have fallen from favour.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40I was listening to a stockbroker the other day who had been asked
0:33:40 > 0:33:44the secret to successful trading. His advice was quite simple,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47buy when everyone else is selling, sell when everyone else is buying.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50With that in mind I'm going to have a look at this table.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Ten years ago it would have been estimated at around £200 to £300.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57The estimate today is £20 to £30.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I'm certainly going to keep my eye on that piece,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I may be taking it home in the car later.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Let's hope the table lives up to its promise when it hits
0:34:06 > 0:34:11the saleroom in a few weeks' time. As we return to today's proceedings
0:34:11 > 0:34:15we have one of our truly special items going under the hammer.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19It's the lot we've all been waiting for, that I didn't think
0:34:19 > 0:34:21you were even going to bring, it's our music score.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Two in a lot. We're looking for £600 for them.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Hopeful?- No.- No?- Margaret's been convinced from the start
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- they're not going to sell, yes? - No. I don't think so.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35We need the power of positive thinking, Margaret.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, they're going to sell brilliantly!
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Well, anyway, here they go.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Lot 170. Let's start at £400.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Straight in at 400. At £400, then.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48At £400 now and I'll take 20.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51At £400. 20 anywhere?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Is that the extent of the interest?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55At £400. No interest, then, in the books?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57At £400.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01All done then at 400? We'll pass on the books at 400.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Finished at 400.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04GAVEL BANGS
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- Oh!- I didn't think it would sell. - You're not surprised, are you?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- It's a specialist thing. - A highly specialised market.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15Well, that's certainly not the outcome we were hoping for.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17With just £182 in the kitty so far
0:35:17 > 0:35:20we haven't raised enough for one organ stop, let alone two.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25We'll try to stay positive, though, as there are five lots still to go,
0:35:25 > 0:35:29but I wish the bidders would take more interest in them.
0:35:29 > 0:35:3120 quid to start. 20 I'm bid. 20.
0:35:31 > 0:35:3222. 25. At 25.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Done then at 25? Take eight anywhere.
0:35:35 > 0:35:3928. 30. 32. At 32, now. 35. 38.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44At 38. You in at 40? 40. 45.
0:35:44 > 0:35:4650, now. 50.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48You don't have any hair, sir.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50At 50. I sell her at 50. Five again.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Goes then at 50. What are you going to use the comb for?
0:35:53 > 0:35:57At 50. The bid's down here. Is that it? Done then at £50
0:35:57 > 0:36:01to the one and only person in here that has no use for it.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05All done at 50. I sell to the gent.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Bang on estimate, £50. Yeah.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- The lowest estimate, but that's good, that's fine. Yeah.- Yes.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17Well, the auctioneer's unique style of selling seems to have paid off.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Perhaps that means our luck is changing.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24We've got a lot of big lots today and this is another of them.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's your Vesta pillboxes and cigarette cases,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29so we want quite a lot of money, £200.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Start me straight in at £100. 100 to start.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37£100 for these. At 100 now.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40At 100 only. Take ten if you will.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Is that it, then? At £100. 110.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45120.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48At 120. You're out there, madam? 130.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50140.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54At 140. At 140. 150, new money.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58At 150. Have another go, madam. They're worth it, you know they are.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01At 150. 160. You're out in the blue.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05At £150. I sell against you. 160.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10At £150. All done, then, at £150.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12It's against you in the room at 150.
0:37:12 > 0:37:17I'll take your five if you like? All done at 150.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19GAVEL BANGS Not sold.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Not sold.- They're not hard to keep. - That's true. That's a surprise
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- because they should have made that sort of money.- Yeah.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Now that really is a blow. I think we all had high hopes for that lot
0:37:30 > 0:37:34and we've missed out on a much-needed addition to our target.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Maybe the crowd have been holding out for our next lot.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39A lidded Oriental ginger jar,
0:37:39 > 0:37:43very nice, you can put things in it. Five pounds for that.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46A fiver. Five I'm bid. Five. Six. Seven.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Eight. Nine. Ten. Down here at £10. And I sell to the lady seated at ten.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Take two? All done at £10?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54It goes at a tenner.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Phew! It may only be another £10 in the pot,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03but at this stage in the game, every little helps.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05The next item is the desk which
0:38:05 > 0:38:08has seen better days. John's valued it at £50 and I know
0:38:08 > 0:38:13Donald and Margaret don't want to be lugging this back home with them.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15£20 to start. 20 I'm bid. 20. Two.
0:38:15 > 0:38:1925. 28. 30. Two.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23At 32, now. All done at 32? 35.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25At 35. 38.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27At £38 now. Done then at £38?
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Finished and done at 38? Is that it?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33You're out here in the room at 38?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Done with it at 38? Are you bidding?
0:38:36 > 0:38:3840? 40.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41At 40 now. I've got 40 this side and I sell at 40.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45I'll take two off anybody else, but it goes at 40. At £40.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49In the doorway at 40. I sell at 40.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- You won't have to take it home! - No, good.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56It's £10 less than John had hoped for but considering
0:38:56 > 0:38:58the day we're having I think Donald and Margaret
0:38:58 > 0:39:02are just happy with another contribution to the organ fund.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Selling our items really has been an uphill battle today
0:39:05 > 0:39:08and with the bidders seemingly sitting on their hands it's not
0:39:08 > 0:39:13a good sign for our last lot, which has quite a hefty estimate.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18We've got an awful lot riding on these lustre ware vases.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21£300 we want, which sounds a lot of money.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- They look as if they might be worth it.- They're very nice, aren't they?
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Indeed. Lovely examples.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29We have a great designer and a great factory on them,
0:39:29 > 0:39:34they're in super condition, so £300 minimum I think is about right.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I wouldn't want to let them go for much less than 250 myself.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I'll go with that.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Let's go straight in at a couple of hundred. At 200, now.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44At £200 and I'll take ten. 200.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46210. 220. 230.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48At 230 now.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Is that it at 230? 240. 250.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52260. 270.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56300 I'm bid. 310? 310.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58320 on the other phone.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01320. 330?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- 330.- 'It's exciting.'
0:40:04 > 0:40:07340.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11350. 360.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15370.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- 380.- Whoa! Somebody likes these.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19390.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24400. 410?
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- 410.- 'Still going!'- 420.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33- 'This is it. Sky's the limit.'- 430?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35430. 440?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37At 430, I sell here. Is that it?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40All done at 430. Anybody else?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Done with it at 430. I sell on the phone at 430.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45GAVEL BANGS
0:40:45 > 0:40:49That was good, 430. Good tea time!
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Yes, tea time!
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Thank heavens for the Wedgwood! The clash between the two phone bidders
0:40:54 > 0:40:58kept us on tenterhooks, but it was just what we needed.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02It was a huge relief for us all to sail past our top estimate.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06It really has been a nail-biting auction today.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Well, Donald, Margaret, that is the end of your auction.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- Have you enjoyed it?- Yes, very much. - It's been a great experience.- Yes.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Obviously the fact that the music scores didn't sell
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- has hit us quite hard, but you've managed £712, is your total.- Good!
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- Seven, well, that rhymes with heaven.- We can have a day out!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Just a few days after our turbulent auction, Margaret and Donald
0:41:35 > 0:41:37pay a visit to St Peter's Church in Streatham
0:41:37 > 0:41:41to break the good news about their donation and listen to the organ
0:41:41 > 0:41:45that's being restored with their help.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47We're currently trying to raise
0:41:47 > 0:41:50£40,000 for the next stage of development of the organ.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56St Peter's is an impressive church
0:41:56 > 0:42:00and its choir has a reputation that stands high across the country.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Keeping this wonderful instrument in prime condition
0:42:03 > 0:42:07is a top priority for organist Phillip Colin.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11We have concerts here and little bits of money dribbling in, but it's these
0:42:11 > 0:42:14big substantial donations that enable us to reach the target.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Margaret and Donald are passionate about their love of music
0:42:18 > 0:42:21and thanks to their generous donation it looks as if they'll
0:42:21 > 0:42:24be able to enjoy the sound of their favourite organ
0:42:24 > 0:42:25for many years to come.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28I'm so glad that we've been able to do a little something
0:42:28 > 0:42:31towards restoring the organ to its full capacity.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34ORGAN MUSIC
0:42:34 > 0:42:35- Bravo!- Bravo!
0:42:39 > 0:42:42I'm sure that organ will sound magnificent now thanks to
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Donald and Margaret's generosity. If you want to raise money
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