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Welcome to the show that finds all those hidden treasures around your home and then, of course, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:06 | |
we help you sell them at auction. Today, I'm going to be meeting a lady for whom these spoons | 0:00:06 | 0:00:11 | |
from the Far East have a particular significance. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
Find out what it is later on Cash In The Attic. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
Coming up, a crate of late 20th-Century dolls may prove too sentimental to part with. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:44 | |
There is still a tug on the heart strings here. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
And when John casts his eyes over these 1930s' coffee spoons, he certainly doesn't mince his words. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:53 | |
They're not made of precious metal so they won't make huge sums of money. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
But when we get to auction, there's magic in the air. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
That's a result, isn't it? | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
-Well done! -Oh, that is really good. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
Find out how valuable these antiques turn out to be when the final hammer falls. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:10 | |
Sold then. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
Today I've come to St Ives in Cambridgeshire to meet a lady | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
who's called in the Cash In The Attic team | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
to help her raise some funds for a very special project. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
This beautiful house in St Ives was bought 30 years ago | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
by Angie Dickinson's recently widowed mother. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
Ten years later, Angie and her family moved in. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
At the time, the family ran a business in the town centre... | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
an art shop and gallery, which also sold home-brew kits. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
Angie divorced nine years ago and her three children are now grown up, | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
so she lives here on her own. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
Today, her best friend Sue is on hand to help her realise her dream of making it a family home again. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:55 | |
More about that in a moment. After a troubled few years, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
at last things are looking up for Angie, and that's where we come in. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
-What's the measurement, Sue? -Seven centimetres. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
-Are you ready for this, John? -I was born ready, Lorne. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
Oh, that's good to hear! Come on. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
John Cameron's our expert today. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
His two decades of antique know-how is just what we need. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
While he makes a start, I go in search of our hostess. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
-Ah, good morning. -Good morning. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
Are you measuring up for a picture here under the picture light? | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
No, we're going to knock the wall down. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
Right, and why are you going to knock the wall down? | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
Well, I'm intending to foster, and what I want to do is knock this wall down so that the room | 0:02:34 | 0:02:39 | |
can be made much bigger and much more friendly between the kitchen and the dining room. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
OK, and have you a figure in mind? | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
I'd like to raise between £500 and £600 to start the project off. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
-So you've got dragged into this as well, Sue? -I certainly have! -Are you handy with a hammer? | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
Very. Yes, we have to be. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
-We do. -OK, so we need to raise between £500 and £600 for you so the renovations can get under way. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:02 | |
Shall we go and see if we can find John Cameron? He's probably feeding the swans or something! | 0:03:02 | 0:03:08 | |
Angie's house was built in the 1860s | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
and backs onto a stream that's home to many beautiful swans. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
This peaceful retreat will make a wonderful home to the children she fosters. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:21 | |
Inside, there isn't much clutter, but I'm sure our expert's eye | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
will spot any prized possessions hidden away. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
And I'm right - John has wasted no time making the first find. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
Ah, John! Whoa, this is nice. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
This looks like a card table. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
It is indeed. A nice elegant piece as well. Where did it come from, Angie? | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
It was my grandparents'. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:43 | |
Did they use it as a card table or just as a table? | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
They used it as a card table. I remember my grandfather playing bridge on it. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
Gaming tables have always been popular in this country, certainly since the restoration of Charles II. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:55 | |
When he came back from exile in France, he brought back lots of habits, | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
one of which was gambling. We start card tables evolving, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
certainly more in the early part of the 18th century. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
The style of this piece would suggest about 1790, | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
very Sheraton or Adamesque in its sort of elegance | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
and the decorative motifs employed here. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
But this piece dates a bit later than that, about 100 years later. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
It's in the Sheraton revival period of about 1900. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
It's a nice piece, very elegant, and nice use of hard woods here. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
We've got beautiful rosewood here | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
and these lovely inlaid boxwood arabesques. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
But I've always loved this type of card table - | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
the envelope-folding card table - just because of the way it opens up. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
-Ah, very clever. -You turn it round like that | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
and you open it up, and there we are. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
You can have a game of cards, and you can see... | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
the real beauty of that rosewood when you open it up. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
-It's much darker. -Oh, yes. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
And the baize is in nice condition. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
I love these little scallop dishes for your gaming chips. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
So a really nice piece of furniture. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
Have you any idea what you'd like to get for it? | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
I have no idea at all on this one, I'm afraid. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
What's your guess, then, John? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
Well, it's in lovely condition and it's both elegant and functional, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
so two great plusses there. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
At auction, I would think we'd be looking at £250-£350 for it. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
-Are you happy with that? -Brilliant! | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
That's more or less half what we're looking for, so maybe we'll have an easy day. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
-Let's hope so. -Or maybe not! Let's see what else we can find. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
But when it goes to auction, will our bidders be prepared to take a gamble? | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
Anybody want that for £200? | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
£200 is bid... | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
Let's hope it won't be game over for the 19th-Century card table when it's shown to the room. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
Angie decided to foster nine months ago | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
and plans to make the house more open and friendly, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
but it's a pricey gesture that could cost anything up to £10,000. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
Sue finds these 19th-Century nutcrackers that were inherited from Angie's grandmother 30 years ago. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:57 | |
They had been handed down through her family and add another £20-30 to the renovation fund. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
Angie's father Derek was a navigator in the RAF | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
and travelled all over the world. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
In fact, she was born in Egypt and lived in Singapore | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
until she was four years old, before settling in the UK. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
She's keen for John to take a look at the collectable souvenirs of all that globe-trotting. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:23 | |
Good Lord, what have you got there, Angie? | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
These are my collection of dolls. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
-They certainly look like they have a story to tell. -They do. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
Do tell me about them. Where have they come from? | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
They were a very important part of my life as I was growing up. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
As my father was in the forces, we often didn't know whereabouts he was going when he went off on trips, | 0:06:39 | 0:06:44 | |
and the only time we knew where he'd been was when he brought a doll back. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:48 | |
-So how long did he go away for? What sort of periods? -We never knew how long he was going to be away. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:53 | |
He could be away two days, three days, or three weeks. We never knew. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
-That must've been quite hard. -It was strange, but we got used to it because that was part of our lives. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
We didn't know any different from what any normal children would do nowadays. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
So do you remember the first doll you had? | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
I think my first doll was the geisha, this one. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-And was that your favourite? -She's still my favourite. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
So how old were you when it started? | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
I was probably about three or four, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
and it continued right the way up to my teens until he left. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
So when you were married, you said, "Dad, you've got to stop bringing me dolls back!" | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
-It's about time we stopped this! -So how many are in here, do you think? | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
-There's about 40. -About 40 of them? | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
-Yeah. -So is that your favourite one, although it was the first? -It is my favourite. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
She's so colourful and she's still actually | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
in quite good condition considering she must be 50 years old plus. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
Apart from the geisha girl, are there any other favourites in here? | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
This is another favourite of mine. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
My daughter's name is Rhian and it's a Welsh name, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
and she used to dress up like that when they went to school on St David's Day, | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
-so that brings back some nice memories. -You'd be happy to take them to auction? Depending on what I say? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:06 | |
Yeah, it depends, yes. There is still a tug on the heart strings here. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
I think we'd be looking at about £30-£50, so how would that sound? | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
-I'll have to think about that. -You can tell me at the auction, but if that's the case, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
we'll have to find something else because we need to hit our target. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
So we'll leave Myfanwy and Yoko here on their own and we'll go and see what else we can find. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
OK. Fine. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
I don't suppose I was expecting much more than that, | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
but I think it's the sentimental bit that will keep me keeping those here | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
rather than sending them to auction. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
We'll find out if Angie's willing to part with them on auction day. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:46 | |
John doesn't do a bad job navigating himself around the house, and tracks | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
down this pretty 20th-Century, silver-plated Elkington and Co cutlery set in a wooden box. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:56 | |
It's a wonderful collection with beautiful detail and will | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
certainly win over the bidders with its attractive £30-£60 price tag. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:04 | |
The weather's holding out for our search in Cambridgeshire, and perhaps it's time | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
to find out more about the warm friendship that's lasted almost all of Angie and Sue's lives. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:15 | |
Now, Sue, I know Angie's connection with the town, | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
but tell me about yourself. Are you from this area? | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
Well, I moved to the area because my family was RAF. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
My father was posted to Brampton and then to Wyton. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
Now, you've been friends for 40 years. Why do you think that friendship's been so enduring? | 0:09:29 | 0:09:34 | |
Sue and I have a lot in common. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:35 | |
We've obviously been brought up together over the years, | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
and our likes and dislikes are very much the same as well, | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
and we have other friends in common as well, | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
so we have a really good friendship and warm relationship. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
So when you decided to do this, Angie, was Sue the first person you turned to to help? | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
Sue is always there whenever I need her so she was my first choice. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
What are the qualities that will make her such a good foster mum? | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
Angie is a very, very good listener. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
Um... | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
She will help anybody at any time. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
She'd give you the shirt off her back. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
Her advice is 100%. I mean... | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
I haven't known her get it wrong yet. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
And all ages go to see Angie. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
When she had her shop, it was a communal sort of meeting point | 0:10:21 | 0:10:26 | |
and people would go to her with their... | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
not just troubles, but good things as well. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
Right, fingers crossed that you get approved to become a foster mum, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
in which case, before that happens, we need to take the wall down, | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
-so shall we go and see if John has found anything else to sell? -Absolutely. -Good idea. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:44 | |
Angie is now a life coach, but in the past, she's worked | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
as a school helper, spending time with troubled children. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
It sounds as if she'll make a great foster mum. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
John comes across a piece of memorabilia from the family-run shop where Angie used to work. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:58 | |
It's a 1930s' Bar-let typewriter in its original case. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:04 | |
The company made around 30,000 of these in 1936, | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
and John reckons it'll fetch £10-£20. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
We all keep our eyes peeled and crack on with the search. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:18 | |
There you are. I've found something. It's a collection of spoons. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
There's a couple of different sets, but I particularly thought the ones | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
that look like they're from Siam or something... | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
I take it that's the family connection again, going back to Singapore? | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
That's right, yes, it is. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
It's a continuation of where I spent most of my childhood, yes. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
Quite nice, not bad condition. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
These are obviously some sort of Hindu Buddha on the handle there. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
Gold-plated, but there'll be a base metal under there. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
Did somebody collect these? How come we've got three different sets? | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
My dad was a great collector. Wherever he went, he wanted something to remind me of where he'd been | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
and he was very good at bringing things back from different parts of the world. | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
These are interesting because, if you look at the handles, they look like coffee beans. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:05 | |
They look like coffee spoons. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:06 | |
These look almost like cocktail ones cos they look like cherries! | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
They're interesting. You do see sets of coffee spoons like this | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
really more so in the 20th century for some reason, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
certainly round the 1930s and '40s. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
There must've been a huge demand for manufacturers to start producing individual sets. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:23 | |
If you think about it, if you think of the Art Deco ceramics, | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
most of the coffee sets had coffee cans that, when you look at them now, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
you think, "That's got to be an espresso." It's so small | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
-so I suppose they went with those. -They would've done. These ones look like EPNS. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
Yeah, they're silver-plated. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
They are Yeoman plate, it is an English maker. The other ones... | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
well, this little set | 0:12:44 | 0:12:45 | |
is definitely English, and they've got Goldoid stamped on the bowl. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:50 | |
That's a trade name for that gold-plated finish. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
What sort of value are we talking about? | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
They're not made of precious metal, so won't make huge sums, | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
but on the plus side, you've got complete sets of six | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
and they retain the original boxes, so I think about £20-£30 at auction. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
-Every little helps. -Absolutely. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:06 | |
Happy for them to go? | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
-Definitely. -Good, cos I could do with a coffee. Come on, I'll make one. -Let's go. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
At £20-£30, they should stir things up in the saleroom. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
Going by John's lowest estimates, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
with the items we've found so far we should stand to make | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
at least £360, so we're over halfway towards our target, | 0:13:22 | 0:13:26 | |
but our search needs to go on. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
I spot this Wedgwood jug and bowl in the corner of the hallway. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
It's called Peaches and was made in around 1906. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
Angie tells me that her father bought it at auction, | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
and it should make £20-£30 when it goes back to one. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
John, what do you think to these? | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
Here, Angie. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:47 | |
-They're limited... -You hold that one. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
David Shepherd. I recognise that work. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
-Yeah, that's right. -Where did they come from? | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
Originally they came from the gallery that my parents and we used to own, | 0:13:54 | 0:14:00 | |
and we always had David Shepherds on display and sold them from there. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
-Do you have any more? -Yes. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
There's at least eight, | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
and one really, really big one, which is the Flying Scotsman 34. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
-OK, so the Flying Scotsman... -Absolutely, yes. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
Which is interesting. Are you a fan of Shepherd? | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
We were very much fans of David Shepherd. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
Much prefer the animals rather than the Flying Scotsman, but everybody has their own favourites. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:25 | |
If we look at these pictures, very typical of Shepherd's work, | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
real sentimental, and he does paint | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
with a real understanding of the surroundings and of the animals he's actually depicting. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
Typical of his work is his love of Africa. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
We can see here by these spring lambs, something closer to home, that he's apt at painting | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
all sorts of animals in various surroundings. We can see on this one it's signed | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
in pencil down in the border, very typical in these limited edition prints. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
That one is 154 of 850 and this one, if I can read it upside down, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
37 of 850, so not huge editions and quite low numbers. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:02 | |
-Yeah. -He does turn up at auction still today. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
We see a lot of them because he seems to have been predominantly bought by an older generation. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:09 | |
I see a lot of his work coming through the probate route into auction. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:14 | |
Demand hasn't picked up, obviously the younger generations | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
not warming to Shepherd as much as past generations, so I've seen a dip in prices. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:23 | |
-If you had eight of them, and some of them are big... -That's right. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
Well, I reckon if we were to price them around £25 each, unframed, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
that gives a potential buyer some room for profit. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
I think if we put £200-£300 on there, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
cheap enough to tempt some bidders, but not too low. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
-We do want to make some money, don't we? -Definitely, yes, we do! | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
-Jolly good. Why don't you show me the others? -OK. Come this way. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
This is a terrific picture of the Flying Scotsman, | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
which was first exhibited in 1924 at the British Empire exhibition. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:54 | |
The engine was withdrawn from service in 1964. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
The vibrant age of steam is really brought to life in this colourful image, and there's no stopping me | 0:15:58 | 0:16:04 | |
now as I find this 50-piece orange and blue dinner service which belonged to Angie's grandmother. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
That should serve up £20-£30. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
Being here is a bit like being a little girl in a sweet shop. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:16 | |
-CASH REGISTER RINGS -Wow, this is great, Angie! | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
You've got a cash register here. Isn't that a fantastic sound? | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
-I love that noise. -It's lovely, isn't it? | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
-So where's this from? -This has some very interesting history. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
This was from my parents' art shop | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
and we used it right up until the last day when we closed. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
-How long ago was that? -It's five years ago now. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
Obviously once the shop was shut, what did you decide to do then? | 0:16:37 | 0:16:42 | |
I decided after that that, if I was going to make a change in my life, which I was having to because | 0:16:42 | 0:16:47 | |
I'd become divorced by then, so I retrained as a life coach. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
Now, explain to me, what exactly is a life coach? | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
It's trying to help people move forward. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
It's helping them deal with the past, accept you can't change the past, | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
but you can change your future, | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
and I'm now helping people going through divorce | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
because that's probably one of the biggest traumatic experiences anybody can have in their lives. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
Having been through that myself, having gone through it, I know that you can get out of it | 0:17:12 | 0:17:17 | |
at the end, and you can be an equally as strong person. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
So what made you decide then to get into fostering? | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
I think again it's the nurturing side and wanting to help people. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
I enjoy helping people. I'm involved a lot in the town in other organisations. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
There's a lot of young children out there, teenagers, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
that need help and support, and I don't think a lot of the time there's a lot of help out there. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:40 | |
Obviously you've had a lot of changes, you've decided to become a foster mum, | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
which is a training in itself, but you've also decided to have these major renovations happen. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
-That's quite drastic. -I think the house was OK a few years ago | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
when people used to eat in dining rooms. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
I usually only use the dining room now on a walk through to the kitchen, so it just seemed a sensible idea | 0:17:55 | 0:18:01 | |
to knock the wall down, make it much more user-friendly, child-friendly, and much more sociable. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:07 | |
So that's the idea behind it now, to knock that wall down, | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
extend the kitchen through and make it more usable for the children that I'm hoping to foster. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:16 | |
I had a look in the cash till and there's no money in there, so shall we go and see | 0:18:16 | 0:18:21 | |
whether John Cameron's found anything we can dust off? Come on! | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
John's still on the look-out, but Angie heads straight to the loft to dig out two 1950s' coffee sets. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
Again, they were a present from her father from his travels in Singapore, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
and they're valued at £20-£30. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
Hi, John. I found a piece of Waterford in the lounge. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
I think it's quite interesting. Would you have a look? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
Sure. So where did all this come from? | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Are these pieces that Angie's acquired herself? | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
No, they're not really that she's acquired herself. This piece would've been from her father. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:56 | |
I know that he used to go quite regularly to auctions, | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
so he would've picked that up there. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
She has got other pieces in there that have come from grandparents | 0:19:02 | 0:19:07 | |
-and gifts over the years. -They're mostly Waterford? | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
It looks like it to me, but I'd like you to have a look. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
In terms of a good name, they don't come much better than that. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
They're up there with the best of British manufacturers. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
They're based in Ireland and started there around the 1780s by the Penrose brothers. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
Somebody's had a real field day doing this. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
You've got strawberry cuts here, you've got hobnails, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
you've strawberry fields here, panels, swags. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
-It's all going on in this one piece. -It is a beautiful piece. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
It really is a kind of tour de force of glass-cutting skill. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
If you bought that new today, you'd be parting with at least a couple of hundred pounds | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
but at auction, that's about £20-£30. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
But you said there are some other pieces. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
There's a decanter and glasses that came from her grandmother. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
There's also a rather lovely little clock. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
Why don't we have a look at them, see the condition, see if we can | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
make a nice lot up, and we'll put an estimate on it then. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
John soon selects a few more pieces to go off to auction, | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
bringing the total to £50-£80. With the day coming to an end, | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
I'm wondering if there's anything left to add to the haul. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
I've brought you to look at this picture, see what you think of it. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
It's been hanging here for 15 years now. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
Well, my first impression, Angie, is it's a very accomplished picture. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:27 | |
-We've got a painting here... -Bet it's not as nice as this! | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
-No. Is that a painting or a print? -It is indeed. It's a watercolour. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
Wow, that is lovely. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
So, Angie, what do you know about the subject matter? | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
Not a huge amount, other than I know that it's Reims Cathedral. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
It is indeed Reims Cathedral, which is a very, very important cathedral in French monarchical history. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:46 | |
It's where the kings and queens were crowned, so it's pretty much like our Westminster Abbey. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:52 | |
The more you look at it, the more detail you can see. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
Just emerging here from the doors is a Catholic priest, and so many | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
little minor conversations going on throughout the picture. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
The artist... It is signed Neil Stuart Crichton. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
Not a great deal known about him which often puzzles me. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
I've only ever found a couple of examples of his work. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
They tend to turn up in pairs. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
He was flourishing around the latter part of the 19th century, but what's always puzzled me is that, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:19 | |
for such a skilled artist who he obviously is, not much work exists. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:23 | |
It leads me to think that possibly he sold a lot of works unsigned. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
So, John, what do you think it might make at auction? | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
Well, value-wise, I'd be looking at about £200-£300, something like that. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:36 | |
What do you think of that, Angie? | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
I'd be reluctant to see it go for under £300. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
So is there anything we can do about that, John? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
If we were to have a reserve of £300, that would mean we'd have | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
to bring the estimate up to £300-£400, but it's worth a chance. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
It's still a very attractive picture | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
and it's got every chance of achieving that. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
OK, right. Well, taking all that into consideration, then, we've run out of time for looking | 0:21:55 | 0:22:01 | |
at anything else, apart from the ducks swimming out there. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
The good news it won't be John or me knocking down your walls. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
You've made enough money to get the professionals in | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
because the value of everything going to auction comes to £970! | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
-Brilliant news. -Wonderful. -Excellent, isn't it? | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
It's really good. Really pleased. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
Hopefully maybe even a bit more if that flies off the wall on the day. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
I'm really looking forward to this auction. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
We have high hopes that Angie will make the £500 she needs | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
so she can knock down that wall and create more space for the children she hopes to foster. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:37 | |
We found some fantastic items that I'm sure will interest the bidders on auction day. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
There's the fabulous 19th-century gaming table. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
Angie remembers her grandfather playing cards on it. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
John's value was £250-£350. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
Those beautiful 1930s and '40s coffee spoons that Angie's father | 0:22:53 | 0:22:58 | |
brought back from his travels. They should fetch £20-£30. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:03 | |
Let's not forget the ten David Shepherd prints, | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
including the Flying Scotsman, valued at £200-£300. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:12 | |
And the dolls that Angie collected as a little girl. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
They were given to her by her father and hold strong sentimental value. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
They have a £20-£30 price tag, but we'll have to find out on the day | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
if she's willing to part with them. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Still to come on Cash In The Attic: | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
one of our sales leaves us all gobsmacked. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
Oh, goodness! | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
Whoa! | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
But will our good fortune take a turn for the worse? | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
Oh, no, I'm so sorry! | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
Even our expert is surprised with the result of one of our pieces. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
I really had hoped that that was going to take off. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
Let's hope it's not a crash landing when the final hammer falls. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
Yours, madam. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
It's some time since we visited Angie at her home in Cambridgeshire, and she collected a lot of things | 0:24:00 | 0:24:05 | |
over the years, but we had a good look through them, together with her friend Sue, | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
and the items of value we've brought here to Sworders Auction House in Stansted Mountfitchet. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:14 | |
Now, she wants to raise £500 to do some improvements to her kitchen | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
and make a bit more room because she plans to start fostering children. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
With such a fantastic idea in mind and £500 to make, | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
let's hope the bidders dig deep and help us reach that target. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
This Essex auction runs every Wednesday morning and sells | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
an eclectic mix of antiques, including furniture, glass, | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
pictures and jewellery. This should bode well for Angie's items, and | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
our expert John is already checking to see if they've arrived safely. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
-Hi, John. -Hi, Lorne. -This looks very good here. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
It's a cracking card table. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Really nice example with some lovely features, and in good condition, too. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
So what was your estimate on this? | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
Estimate was £250-£350 | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
and I think that's quite cheap for a lot of card table. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
And we've got some dolls as well? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
We have a rather interesting collection of souvenir dolls that | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
her father brought back from his various trips abroad with the RAF. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
She was attached to them and I don't think she was impressed with my low estimate! | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
But I know she's here so let's go and have a chat with her. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
John gave the lot a value of £30-£50. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
I can understand why Angie was reluctant to let them go, so let's find out what she's decided. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:29 | |
-Hello. -Hi. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
We're dying to know, because there's so many boxes of things here, | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
whether or not you've brought your dolls. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
No, I've decided not to bring them this time. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
-Why was that? -Well, they've got a lot of sentimental value to me and they've got a lot of memories | 0:25:40 | 0:25:45 | |
and I've decided that I want to keep those memories. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
So, Angie, any reserves on your items today? | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
I've put a £350 reserve on the Crichton watercolour. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
That's in the middle of our £300-£400 estimate. It's a wonderful watercolour. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
If it's going to sell at that money, it will. | 0:25:58 | 0:25:59 | |
You're not worried about taking it back home? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
I'm quite happy to take it back. The space is still available. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
Fair enough. Come on, then, let's get in position. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
So the dolls stay at home. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
Fortunately, that's not a huge loss for us, | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
but we also lose the blue and orange dinner service valued at £20-£30. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:19 | |
Angie's nephew dropped it when moving so, in total, that's £50 off our renovation fund. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:25 | |
With a hefty £350 reserve on the watercolour, we'll need to keep our fingers firmly crossed, | 0:26:25 | 0:26:30 | |
because that makes up the majority of our £500 target. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
If, like Angie, you have a special reason to raise some cash and are thinking of heading to auction, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
remember, commission and other charges may apply, so check the details with your auction house. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
As today's auctioneer gets proceedings under way... | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
Selling at £55. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
..we take our place ready for our first lot. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
It's the silver cutlery set in a wooden box, valued at £30-£60. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:58 | |
The intricate detail on the cutlery really stands out, and I think they're rather posh. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
People don't really use these now, do they? | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
We do in our house, Lorne! | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
Oh, they're very posh down in Portsmouth! Have you ever used it? | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
No, I haven't! They've been in the box for a long time. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
Lot 159, who'll start me here at £20? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
£20 is bid on commission, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32 in the room now. 32, commission's lost. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:23 | |
35 where? | 0:27:23 | 0:27:24 | |
So £32 in the room, selling at £32, all finished at 32... | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
£32. That's OK, isn't it? | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
-Great. Brilliant. -Considering nobody uses them, I think that's pretty good! £32. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:36 | |
So not a bad start, and someone's got a real bargain. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
Angie's happy with the result, so let's hope she's still smiling after the next item. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:45 | |
It's the Waterford crystal that was displayed in her living room. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:49 | |
At £50-£80, let's hope it glitters enough for the bidders. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
Crystal may not be the thing of the moment, but Waterford's a very good name, isn't it? | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
You're quite right, a very good name, | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
but fashion is a funny thing and that's where demand is driven. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
I'm sure that at least the first piece that you found, Sue, would've been worth that on its own. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:06 | |
-It certainly would've cost more than that. So we've got a nice collection we put together. -We did. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:11 | |
And we're looking for £50-£80. Should do it. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
Anyone to start at £50? | 0:28:14 | 0:28:15 | |
50 bid, thank you, sir. 55, madam? | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
55, 60, 5, 70, 5, 80... | 0:28:17 | 0:28:22 | |
-Keep going. -85? Good Waterford here, sir. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:26 | |
85, a lady's bid at 85. 90 anywhere? | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
Sold to the lady at £85, at 85... Brilliant! | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
That's all right, isn't it? | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
Just over our top estimate. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
Fantastic, and we're on a roll. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
Hopefully the next lot will help make a tidy profit. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
With a £10-£20 price tag, | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
this 1930s' Bar-let typewriter with case holds some fond memories. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:49 | |
I'm a fan of the old-fashioned typewriters, mainly because, when I went into | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
journalism years ago, that's what we typed on! They're fantastic. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
-They make a great noise. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Have you ever used it? -No, I haven't! | 0:28:57 | 0:29:02 | |
-Let's see what we can get for it. -Starting me here, £10 is bid. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
On the market and selling, £10 is bid, do I see 12 where now? I've £10 bid, so I see 12? | 0:29:05 | 0:29:09 | |
15, 18, 20, 22, 25... | 0:29:09 | 0:29:14 | |
There we are. £25. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:16 | |
25 is here. 28, sir? Selling here with me on a commission at £25. Are we all done and finished at 25? | 0:29:16 | 0:29:22 | |
£25. That's not too bad, is it? | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
Not bad at all. Again, over our estimate. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:28 | |
Hm, £5 over. I just hope the new owner enjoys it. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:32 | |
So far, so good, but now it's time to take a gamble. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
Angie's grandparents used to play bridge on this wonderful inlaid gaming table. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:40 | |
It dates from the 19th century and, at £250-£350, | 0:29:40 | 0:29:44 | |
we're laying down all our cards with this one. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
OK, now this is a lovely lot. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
We were looking at this earlier on. It's the card table. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
-How did you acquire this? -This was my grandmother's. -Right. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
She's kept it in very good condition. | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
If you remember, on the day we were saying the fact that it's not faded or warped on the top... | 0:29:59 | 0:30:04 | |
-She must've really looked after it. -She did. They used it to play regularly as well. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
I love that idea - sitting down and playing bridge or parlour games. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
The envelope card table, rosewood and inlaid, for £200. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
Anybody want that for £200? | 0:30:17 | 0:30:18 | |
£200 is bid. A lady's bid at £200. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
-Yes, thank God! -At £200, 220... | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
..240, 260, 280... | 0:30:25 | 0:30:30 | |
300. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
£300. A gentleman's bid in the room at £300, and we're selling. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:36 | |
-Are we all done and finished at £300? -£300. -Brilliant. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
Right in the middle of our estimate, and it didn't start straight away. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:43 | |
He really had to try there. I thought it was going to be unsold. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
-Are you happy with that? -Really pleased with that. -Good, good. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
So we're all happy as £300 | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
is a massive amount towards our £500 target. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
Will the Wedgwood jug and bucket raise our game? | 0:30:56 | 0:31:00 | |
Wedgwood, again another good name. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:01 | |
Yes, a good name, Lorne, but part wash basin so it's not terribly | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
popular these days, so £20-£30 is a reasonable estimate. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
Hopefully we'll get it away today. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
£20 for that. Good decorative lot there, slop pail and the jug there. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
For £20, for 10? | 0:31:14 | 0:31:16 | |
It's Wedgwood. £10 is bid, £10 is bid, do I see 12 where now? | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
£10 is bid, do I see 12 anywhere else now? 12... | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
Good pedigree, madam. £12 is bid. A gentleman's bid, and selling at £12. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:28 | |
All done at 12? | 0:31:28 | 0:31:30 | |
£12. A bit less than we wanted but, hey, it was in the shop, it didn't cost you anything, did it? | 0:31:30 | 0:31:35 | |
No. Every little helps. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:36 | |
Oh, dear, almost half of John's lower estimate. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:40 | |
Items like these are just not fashionable in today's market | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
and the sale price reflects this. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
Next up are the nutcrackers and grape peelers presented in their original box. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:50 | |
-So a family piece, this? -Yes, again they're from my grandmother. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
-OK, and they're in the box. -And in the box. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
I do like things in the box, John, especially when they're nutcrackers. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:01 | |
Start me at £10. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:02 | |
12? | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
£12 is bid, 15 where now? £12 is bid, do I see 15 anywhere? | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
£12. All done and finished at £12? | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
At 12... | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
-£12. Is that all right? -Yep, that's better than nothing. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
It certainly is, but we need as much cash as possible | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
towards the renovation of Angie's home. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
As far as today's sale is concerned, we started well, but our last two lots have been disappointing. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:29 | |
But that's the nature of auctions. You never can tell what's going to happen. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:34 | |
As the halfway point approaches, it's time to add up the numbers. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
I wonder how close we are to Angie's original target of £500-£600. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:41 | |
Right, OK, now, we've sold some of our items, but we've got more | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
to come this afternoon, so how do you think we've done so far, Angie? | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
I have no idea, but I hope it's somewhere near our target. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
Well, so far we've banked £466... | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
-Brilliant! -..which rather takes the pressure off, but we've got some good items this afternoon, | 0:32:54 | 0:32:59 | |
including the wonderful watercolour of Reims Cathedral, so I'm pretty hopeful we should get there. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:05 | |
Now, John, have you spotted anything? | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
Always. I'm going to have a closer look at something, so you guys take the weight off your feet | 0:33:07 | 0:33:11 | |
-and I'll catch up with you in a bit. -Sounds good to me. Come on. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
A general auction like this is an ideal place | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
to find valuable antiques on sale for reasonable prices. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:21 | |
That is, if you know what you're looking for. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
Our expert has spotted something that could be a fine investment. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
-My horse, my horse, my kingdom for my horse, is it? -Well, I don't think you'd need to | 0:33:26 | 0:33:31 | |
part with a kingdom for it, Lorne, or even a king's ransom, in fact. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
It's a humble Beswick pottery figure of a horse, and I'm a big fan of Beswick. How about you? | 0:33:35 | 0:33:41 | |
Yes. Well, I have to say I can see why people | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
really like the Beswick ranges because they are fantastically and very realistically modelled. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:50 | |
This particular model here | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
was introduced by Arthur Gredington in around 1958, something like that. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
It's actually the second version of this type and that's the interesting part. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
The first version, the tail was attached to the leg and I don't | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
know why they changed that, because it's probably easier to damage detached like that. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:09 | |
But the wonderful thing about Beswick is there are some great reference books | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
so anybody that's wishing to get into the area of collecting Beswick, it's so easy to get a book, | 0:34:12 | 0:34:18 | |
start buying, and then you can have a look at the variations in model. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
We already know here there are two versions of this, but they also do various different colourways. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:26 | |
This one here is known as piebald. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:28 | |
He's in gloss finish, piebald being the black and white patches. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
You also get skewbald, brown and white, palomino, chestnuts, | 0:34:31 | 0:34:35 | |
dapple greys, you name it. A fascinating area of study, | 0:34:35 | 0:34:39 | |
and because they covered every animal possibly you could imagine, | 0:34:39 | 0:34:42 | |
-there's something for everyone in Beswick. -How many do you have? | 0:34:42 | 0:34:46 | |
Oh, we're up at about 460 right now. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
Cor, that's a lot of horse feed each week! | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
Beswick animals have a fine sale record in our experience | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
on Cash In The Attic and this one looks likely to follow in that trend. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
With the second part of the auction about to begin, we retake our positions. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
Yours, madam. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
We still have the framed original watercolour of Reims Cathedral for sale later | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
and, with a reserve of £350, we're anxious about the outcome. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:16 | |
But it's the two coffee sets from Singapore coming up next. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
They're valued at £20-£30. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
-Now, this is down to your dad, isn't it? -That's right, they both came from my father. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
They're nice. You can see the pictures in the base. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
Geisha girls in the bases. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
It's so typical for Army, Navy and Air Force families to have things | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
like this and they were brought back in huge quantities | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
in the early 20th century by families posted abroad. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
Ten years ago, sets like this individually made £50-£80. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
We've got two sets here for £20-£30. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
-Let's hope they haven't gone down in demand any more. -£20 for the two. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
Lot 208, we're selling the Japanese eggshell there for £20. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
Two coffee sets for £20. For 10? £10 for the two. Any interest at £10? | 0:35:55 | 0:36:01 | |
Oh, no! I'm so sorry. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:04 | |
I'm going to sell it at £10. Sold at 10... | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
What were we saying? "Let's hope they haven't dropped in demand any more." | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
We nearly didn't get a bid at all for that. £10 for two Japanese coffee sets. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:16 | |
Quite cheap. How do you feel? | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
A bit disappointed, but it's better to have the money in the pocket. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:22 | |
John's on the ball with his predictions today. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:26 | |
It's not the result we were hoping for but, as Angie said, it's all money in the pot. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:30 | |
Next up are the three boxes of 1930s and '40s coffee spoons | 0:36:30 | 0:36:34 | |
collected by Angie's dad on his travels. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
They're a very pretty lot, and at £20-£30 they should attract a buyer. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:42 | |
-These again were from your dad's travels, weren't they? -Yes. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
-It must've been exciting when he came home. -Absolutely. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
He would bring us mementoes from everywhere. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
So this is quite a mixed collection. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
What price have you been able to put on this? | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
Well, we've got £20-£30. We can't really go much lower than that and, you know, | 0:36:54 | 0:36:58 | |
hopefully we'll get somewhere around that lower estimate. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:02 | |
Who wants that lot at £10? Any interest? £10 is bid. Do I see 12 where now? | 0:37:02 | 0:37:05 | |
Come on, come on. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
Do I see 12 anywhere else now for all the teaspoons? | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
I'm going to sell at £10. No more interest, then, £10... | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
£10. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
-That's quite embarrassing, really. -It is. -I think, you know, | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
the problem is that they don't have much value, | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
but they do have sentimental value and that's the problem that we have. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:25 | |
-To somebody else, I'm afraid they're only worth £10. Are you OK about that? -I'm fine, yes. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:30 | |
Definitely a bargain for someone. I think they should've made more, | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
but I'm relieved that Angie's happy to see them go for that price. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:38 | |
Onwards and upwards, as the next item is shown to the room. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
It's the set of ten prints by artist David Shepherd. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
They're valued at £200-£300, a very reasonable price for so many prints. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:49 | |
Next up is a lot that should restore some credibility to us here today. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:55 | |
It's our ten signed David Shepherd limited edition prints. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
Now, I remember five or six years ago, | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
David Shepherd prints would've made about £100 each, | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
and we've got ten here for £200-£300 which reflects | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
-a slight shift in demand. -What did you used to sell these for? | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
Anything up to £500, £600 for them framed. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:14 | |
-This way they should sell well. -Yeah. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
£100 for them, the signed David Shepherd prints. I've £100 bid. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
110, 120, 130, 140, | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
150, 160. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:26 | |
160 on account, 160, at 160... | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
170 where now? At 160. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
170 anywhere? | 0:38:32 | 0:38:33 | |
Selling on account at 160. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
All done at 160. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
-£160. -I'm a little bit disappointed at that. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
I really had hoped that that was going to take off. How do you feel? | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
That's £16 each. That seems like nothing to me. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:49 | |
It's disappointing, but it's better money in the pocket again. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
We may be disappointed, but Angie's got a great attitude | 0:38:53 | 0:38:57 | |
to the sale, and let's face it, £160 all goes towards our total. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:01 | |
Now it's our star item, the original watercolour of Reims Cathedral, | 0:39:01 | 0:39:05 | |
and we're hoping this is what the serious buyers have been holding out for. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:09 | |
Although this particular subject matter isn't hugely popular, | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
you don't see big panoramic views like this with so much detail. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
I think it's a wonderful picture, I think the best I've ever seen of those European scenes. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:22 | |
At £300-£400, I still think that would be cheap. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
You've got a reserve? | 0:39:25 | 0:39:26 | |
Yes, I have got a reserve on it of £350. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
Tempt you all with a teasing bid to start off at £200. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
We're away at £200. I'll take 20 now. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
I've £200, here with me at £200. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
220, 240, 260, 280, 300, 320... | 0:39:36 | 0:39:42 | |
Keep going, keep going! | 0:39:42 | 0:39:44 | |
-340, 360, 380, 400... -Oh, goodness! | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
-440... -Whoa! -With me here at £440. At 440, do I see 60 anywhere else now? | 0:39:47 | 0:39:53 | |
The room's out so, on a commission, selling at £440. 440... | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
£440! | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
That's a result, isn't it? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
-Well done. -Oh, that is really good. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
Maybe they're coming back into fashion. Who cares? £440! | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
-Now what am I going to put on my wall? -Who cares? | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
For £440, you'll find something! | 0:40:13 | 0:40:15 | |
-Absolutely. Brilliant! -That's such a relief. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
It's a fantastic outcome, selling for £40 over John's upper estimate. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:22 | |
Mind you, Angie was right to put a reserve on it. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:26 | |
All that remains is to work out just how much Angie's made. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:30 | |
Well, you wanted £500. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
You know we're really close to that cos we banked £466 this morning. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:38 | |
Do you think we've made much more this afternoon? | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
I hope we've made our target and more besides. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
We've actually banked £1,086. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
That's really good! Thank you so much. That's brilliant news. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:50 | |
Will that make a lot of difference to what you can do at home? | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
That will be a really good start for having the wall knocked down. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
Back home, Angie's clearing out the rooms in preparation for the | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
big renovation, and her friend Sue is here again to help out. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
The kitchen and the dining room are being knocked through to make one big room. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:14 | |
It's quite surreal now. It's actually happening and it's brilliant. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:18 | |
It's taken me so long to get to this stage and I'm really looking forward | 0:41:18 | 0:41:21 | |
to seeing what it's like in there now, now that the wall's coming down. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:25 | |
It's a big job, but once the builders get to work, | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
it doesn't take long before the changes start to take shape. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:33 | |
Wow! Look at that! | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
What a difference. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
I can't believe how quick you've done that, guys. It's brilliant! | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
Oh, I can start planning now! | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
'It's the best thing that I could've done.' | 0:41:48 | 0:41:51 | |
The room was used as a walk-through, from one room to the other, | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
so this is going to make such a difference to the whole house, the whole feel of the house as well. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:59 | |
-It's going to be much more sociable, isn't it? -I think so, yes. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
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