0:00:01 > 0:00:05Welcome to the show that helps you hunt for antiques and collectables around your home
0:00:05 > 0:00:07and then sells them at auction.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11I'm sure a lot of people have collected things over the years
0:00:11 > 0:00:13which have increased in value.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17One day you think, "I could do something useful with that money."
0:00:17 > 0:00:20That's the case in point for the lady I'm about to meet
0:00:20 > 0:00:24who really does hope we can find some cash in the attic!
0:00:43 > 0:00:48Coming up. Our expert is challenged by a faded maker's mark.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52I can see a nice crisp hallmark on this one.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53But on this one it's a bit faint.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58And our host's keen eye for art leads to a possible pay day.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59I recognise that!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01D-A-L-I.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Find out what happens when the hammer falls.- Thank you!
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Today I'm in south-west London
0:01:07 > 0:01:11and I'm about to meet a lady who's led an absolutely fascinating life.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14She's called on the help of an old friend
0:01:14 > 0:01:18to search out those items that will produce that much-needed money.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Born in Germany, Bea Francis-Brough
0:01:21 > 0:01:23has always been up for adventure.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25An avid traveller,
0:01:25 > 0:01:30she moved to England in 1958 where she eventually married and brought up two children.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Some years later, she divorced and met her second husband, Michael.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Sadly, he passed away two years ago
0:01:36 > 0:01:39so she's decided to have a clear-out
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and put the money she earns to good use.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I'm joined by our expert Jonty Hearnden
0:01:44 > 0:01:48to help search for items that will raise money for her special project.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50She'd like to redesign her bathroom
0:01:50 > 0:01:54and then take her good friend Magda out for a special day.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58As Jonty starts work, I find the girls are also eager to get started.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Hi, Bea!
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- And Magda!- Hello!
0:02:02 > 0:02:07- It's like the Old Curiosity Shop in here!- Don't tell me!
0:02:07 > 0:02:13- This is the overspill, is it, where you store stuff? - I gather and it grows!
0:02:13 > 0:02:15You two have known each other how long?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- We reckon about 15 years or so on and off.- Probably more.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Why have you called in Cash in the Attic, Bea?
0:02:21 > 0:02:26I need to raise some money for a new shower room in my guest suite.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29And I was hoping to have a bit of fun with Magda.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Isn't that nice? I didn't know about this.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I've just learned it. It's wonderful.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36What would a bit of fun entail, Magda?
0:02:36 > 0:02:41I think we would probably do something wild like go to the opera!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43How much money do you think we can raise?
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Ideally 2,500, or more, depends on what these things fetch.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It's a big sum of money. We need a big man to help us.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Jonty Hearnden is a good six foot two,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- so I think he'll fit the bill.- Yeah.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Let's go and see what he's up to. - Brilliant.- Come on.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Finding enough items to make up £2,500 is a big task.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Thankfully, there are four of us to share the rummaging duties.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I can see from the packed walls of her home
0:03:12 > 0:03:15that Bea is a serious art collector.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Jonty has taken a special interest in a particular pencil drawing.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Hi, Jonty.- Hello!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- This is Bea and Magda. - Hi. Nice to see you.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29I see you've found one of the wonderful pictures that are everywhere in this house.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I bought that in South Kensington
0:03:31 > 0:03:37when my oldest, who's now 49, was six months old.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- So you know exactly how old it is. - It's a long time.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44I bought it in a gallery when the exhibition had just finished.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- Who was the artist?- Ruskin Spear. - What made you think you had to have it?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I just felt it was so calm and pleasing and lovely.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55There was nothing I didn't like about it. I had to have it.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57How much did you pay for it?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01They wanted £90. When you compare that to the rent I was paying
0:04:01 > 0:04:04for a nice flat in South Kensington,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06which was five pounds a week,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08you can see how expensive that was.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Presumably, Jonty, this picture will have increased in value
0:04:12 > 0:04:14and the artist is very well known.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Very well known indeed. It might be some time since you spotted this, Bea,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22but on the reverse the artist has signed it.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Here we have "Ruskin Spear".
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Ruskin Spear was born in Hammersmith
0:04:26 > 0:04:31and spent most of his time there. So a lot of his work, like this picture here,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- is all of West London, Hammersmith and the surrounding area. - It cost £90
0:04:36 > 0:04:37almost 50 years ago.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- If we took it to auction now, what do you think we'd get for it?- Well,
0:04:41 > 0:04:46he makes a lot of money at auction. There's a great return for your investment.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50So if I can pip it just below the £1,000 mark at auction,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54if we put 700 to £900, I'm sure
0:04:54 > 0:04:57there'll be a lot of interest at auction if we do that.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- OK.- That's not a bad return on £90, is it?- It's not!
0:05:00 > 0:05:05If there are more items like this we'll reach our target in no time.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08There are nooks and crannies aplenty to scour.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Meanwhile, Bea shows Jonty a bowl that's travelled a very long way from home.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Jonty, I wondered if you'd like to have a look at this.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18That's a pretty little bowl.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- My brother gave it to me years ago. - Really?
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- He was a captain and he travelled the world, so he bought that in Japan.- Really?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Let's look at the bowl in more detail. Inside we have a pheasant.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33He's resting either on a log or a rock,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35surrounded by flowers
0:05:35 > 0:05:37and above him is a maple tree.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40This is known as Satsuma ware.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46- Right.- Because you have this very distinctive crackle glaze.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Satsuma in Britain was very popular in the late 19th century
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and early 20th century
0:05:52 > 0:05:57so we do see a lot of Satsuma ware from that period in this country today.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Everyone wants a decorative bowl like this. It's always worth selling,
0:06:01 > 0:06:05always worth considering putting something like this into auction.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09It's not worth a vast fortune. We're looking at 30 to £40.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I'm very hopeful that Bea's home is going to yield many more items
0:06:15 > 0:06:18which could bring in some useful takings at auction.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Bea has uncovered an iconic 20th-century serving platter
0:06:22 > 0:06:24which she inherited from Michael's mother.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I bet that's seen its fair share of Sunday roasts!
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Made by Spode, it's a good example of the blue and white pattern
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and the so-called underglazing technique for which the company is famous.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Jonty thinks it's going to raise 40 to £60.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Meanwhile, I've picked out yet another painting among Bea's collection.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50It's a beautiful watercolour by Edward Wesson,
0:06:50 > 0:06:55considered one of Britain's leading watercolourists of the 20th century.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59His style could be described as simple yet bold.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Bea bought it 34 years ago
0:07:01 > 0:07:04and now it's worth a whopping 400 to £600!
0:07:04 > 0:07:09An exciting find! I'm keen to see if Magda's found something just as good.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Have you found anything there for me, Magda?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15There's this.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- OK.- I'm not quite sure what they are.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21This looks like a vinaigrette set.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- We've got a bottle here for vinegar and possibly oil.- And a nice tray.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28From the decoration, it looks like Dutch Delft.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31It goes back to the 16th, 17th century.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35And it's always done in this kind of way.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36All hand decorated.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40But if you look closely at the two bottles, look at the shape.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44They're very contemporary so they're only 20 or 30 years old, possibly.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48As a consequence, we are looking at, when it comes to value,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- only 20 to £30. - Well, if it's not needed, why not?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56They certainly are three beautiful pieces,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00but it'll be much more fun for Bea to put the money towards a day out with Magda.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Jonty's been busy and he's found three cup-and-saucer sets.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06All are 20th century
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and each made by a different European pottery.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Royal Copenhagen is a distinctive blue and white Danish pottery.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Meissen and Dresden are both German designs.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18No doubt a nod to Bea's ancestry.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Put together as one lot, this collection should raise 40 to £60.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29I was wondering what it must have been like for Bea to adjust to life in 1950s' Britain.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Bea, you'd never guess it, listening to you speak,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- but you were born in Germany.- I was. - You don't have a trace of a German accent.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40I'm a good parrot. I think I might have made a good spy!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43That means you were growing up in Germany
0:08:43 > 0:08:46during and immediately after the Second World War.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47That must have been tough.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51When I was very small, during the bombing, I lived in Hamburg.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53But everybody went through it.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Clearly you had a love of languages and of English
0:08:57 > 0:09:00as you became absolutely fluent in the language.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05I like languages and I found English easy. People used to say to me English is difficult.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08There's only one article, so it wasn't difficult to learn.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10And I had a wonderful teacher.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15- How did you come to England? - In those days our money wasn't legal tender abroad
0:09:15 > 0:09:17because we were an occupied country.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19And we didn't have passports.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24So we had to be requested and most of the requests were for a number of years.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29There was one that turned up which interested me immediately which was for four months,
0:09:29 > 0:09:33doing seasonal work in the Isle of Wight ironing shirts.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I'm brilliant at ironing shirts!
0:09:35 > 0:09:42But the languages must have been really useful in your first major job as an air hostess.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Yes, you did need two languages apart from your own in those days.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- And now you're retired.- I am!
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- What's your passion now you have so much time on your hands?- Travel.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And my grandchildren. I have nine grandchildren.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57They are a joy.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01When I'm not with them, I plan my new travel.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I'm going to India at the moment and to America.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07But there's lots more to come for the rest of the year.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11So if we're going to raise that £2,500 for the new shower and the night out with Magda,
0:10:11 > 0:10:17- we ought to go and see what she and Jonty have been up to.- Great.- See what else we can take to auction.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Well, Magda certainly has been busy.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24She's found a box of handsome silver cutlery
0:10:24 > 0:10:28which Bea bought at an antique shop in Tunbridge Wells along with three similar cases.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Three sets are solid silver and one silver plate.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Altogether,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38the four-piece lot will hopefully earn 100 to £200.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43There seem to be all sorts of silver treasures
0:10:43 > 0:10:44hidden throughout this house.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48I've stumbled upon two items that look very promising.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Bea, these are very pretty little silver vases here. Where did you get these?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55They were given to me by my boss.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59I know they're silver because I can see a nice crisp hallmark on this one.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02But on this one it's a bit faint. Have you been polishing?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- I'm afraid I have! - I'm sure Jonty will...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I can't read this one, either.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Just about. But I know Jonty will be able to tell us what it says.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14These pretty little silver vases, and you've got more there.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18I found this lovely hip flask hidden on top of a wardrobe!
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Oh, my God!- Is it a while since you've had a nip out of that?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- It is a while.- This is beautiful.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29If you look at those from a design point of view, they're between the wars. 1920s.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Designed to go on a mantel shelf or dressing table.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Can I give those back to you, because I'm completely in love with this.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Beautiful hallmarks, it's late Victorian.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43It's exceptionally good quality. The glass is in very good order.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48But the silver casing around the outside is again very good quality.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Here there's a little space for a personalised monogram.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54But for us that's very good news
0:11:54 > 0:11:59because it hasn't been signed at all which means it's much more commercial.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- And it's all in perfect condition. - Yes.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04If we take it to auction, how much might it make?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06The pair of vases we're talking 20 to £30.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10But add those with the hip flask,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13all of a sudden we're talking 80 to £100.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- A nice little bumper bundle of silver for somebody. - Very nice indeed.- Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23So far, Bea's keen eye for art has potentially given us £1,410.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26So a few more high-value items
0:12:26 > 0:12:28will take us very close to our target.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32In the garage, I come across a very interesting piece of china.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It turns out to be part of a commemorative set
0:12:34 > 0:12:36made in the late 1980s.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41This set of ten plates celebrates the golden age of clipper ships
0:12:41 > 0:12:44and the entire collection is valued at 40 to £60.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46As we near the end of our rummage day,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50it's satisfying to think back over our impressive finds,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52especially from Bea's art collection.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57She's keen to show me another of her favourites and I'm gobsmacked when I see the signature!
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I recognise that. D-A-L-I. Dali!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- A Salvador Dali!- Absolutely.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- Well, if you're thinking of putting this in the auction... Mind if I take it down?- No.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10We should let Jonty take a look at this!
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Jonty, sorry to interrupt you both, but would you like to take a look at this?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Salvador Dali!- Now, that's a fabulous interruption!
0:13:19 > 0:13:26- It's only a lithograph.- While Jonty's taking a look so he can give you an appraisal on it,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- where did it come from? - East Molesey Gallery.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Michael immediately noticed it. - That was your late husband?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Yes, he had an eye for things.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38He said, "We ought to have the Dali. Have you had a look?" I said, "What Dali?"
0:13:38 > 0:13:41So he showed it to me and it was ours.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Just like that!- Why not?
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- What was it about it that appealed to you?- I thought it was funny!
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Once you look closely. Normally, with artwork, I go further away to look at it.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56But this you have to look closely or it's just a blur of blue.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It cheers me up every time I look at it!
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- Have you decided it might go to auction?- Well, yes, because I've had it long enough.
0:14:03 > 0:14:10It's Salvador Dali, known as one of the most famous surrealist artists of the 20th century.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15A lithograph is an image that originally was put onto a stone or copper plate.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20And the paper placed on top to reproduce the image that way.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23As a consequence, there's only a finite amount
0:14:23 > 0:14:25of reproducing that can take place.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Therefore lithographs have an originality to them.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32But we have Salvador Dali's signature in pencil down at the bottom.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- That's no ordinary signature either, is it?- No, it's not.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- He was quite an extraordinary man. - He was.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45- This has to be worth between 1,000 and £1,500 at auction.- Wow!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Useful!- Bit more than you paid for it?- Yes!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Absolutely!
0:14:49 > 0:14:55Even if we take the lowest estimate that Jonty's given you there, which is £1,000,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and add it to all the other things we've seen today,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I know you want £2,500 for the shower
0:15:00 > 0:15:02and your girls' night out.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06We don't quite make 2,500, but almost.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11We make £2,450...
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Just from the paintings.- That's at the lowest.- Yes, this is true.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Cross your fingers for me.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22If we make more on some of the items, you'll really have a knees-up on your night out!
0:15:22 > 0:15:24You can drive us, if you like!
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Or she might have two showers!
0:15:28 > 0:15:32It really would be marvellous if one of Spain's most enduring artists
0:15:32 > 0:15:35puts Bea in touching distance of a new bathroom.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38But there's also the Ruskin Spear pencil drawing
0:15:38 > 0:15:41which is beautiful and rare, valued at 700 to £900.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Let's hope it takes us far on auction day.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47The pretty Japanese Satsuma bowl, priced at 30 to £40,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49should catch a dealer's eye.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53And our silver lot, the flask and two vases,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57in pristine condition, surely they'll attract bids of around 80 to £120.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Together with Bea's other items, they should all do us proud on sale day.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Still to come: the auctioneer keeps the sale room in check.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11You're out then. Yes, you are! Sorry.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15And one item gives us an unexpected surprise.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- Isn't that terrific? That's more than double what we put on it as a reserve!- Wonderful!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Be there for the gavel's final fall!
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Just a week ago, Jonty and I were there with Bea and Magda
0:16:31 > 0:16:34searching through that lovely London townhouse of hers
0:16:34 > 0:16:38for things that we could sell here today at the Tring Market Auctions.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Remember, her target is £2,500.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45She wants to update her shower room
0:16:45 > 0:16:48and then have a night out on the town with her friend Magda.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Let's hope everyone is generous today
0:16:51 > 0:16:53when her items go under the hammer.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Not far from the picture-postcard Hertfordshire community,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01the auction house holds a general sale every Saturday.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03They've packed in almost 2,000 lots today,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06three times what you'd find in most sale rooms,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09so I expect the pace to be fast and furious.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Jonty's here, looking over Bea's star item.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Hi, Jonty.- Hi!- I think Bea's pictures look at home here.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- There are almost as many in this auction room as there are in her house!- Right!
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I'm holding a very beautiful lithograph here.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27My only concern about coming to a general sale like this
0:17:27 > 0:17:29is do we have the right buyers here today?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31But that's the luck of the draw.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35We've got a £1,000 reserve on this Salvador Dali.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40- Do you think we'll make that? - I believe that's a fair price.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44I hope that we jolly well get it because if we can sell this
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- and all the other lovely pictures we have...- The Spear and the Wesson.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51It'll make all the difference. We're hanging on those three.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I know that Bea and Magda have arrived.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59They're looking forward to the wild night out rather than doing up the bathroom!
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Let's go and see them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07Bea is saying goodbye to an item that frankly she'd be happy to give away!
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- You can have them all.- Sure? - Would you like them?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13You're looking at the plates I found in the garage.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- They're wonderful!- Giving them away? - You like them, Magda?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Of course!- We have got some lovely things coming up.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- All of your pictures. And you've put reserves on all of them? - Pictures only.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- Do you have a bit of discretion? - I told the auctioneer to use his discretion.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Having got them off the wall, I don't want to put them back on again!
0:18:33 > 0:18:37They've already been replaced. Isn't that unkind?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40You had so many pictures. Let's put these back
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and go and take our places because the auction is about to start.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Let's hope we make those reserves and some!- Come on.- Fingers crossed.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'm quietly confident about Bea's chances today.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56She has some precious and intriguing items.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59The first under the hammer is her large Spode serving platter.
0:19:02 > 0:19:09- It is absolutely enormous. You could feed of a family of 50 out of that! - It's huge.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13There you are. I think it ought to be £100 for this one. £100.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16He wants £100 for it, he says.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17£100? 50?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Yes, I have, thank you.
0:19:19 > 0:19:2150 we're bid for that one, then.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Five. 60, sir?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Five. 70?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Five. 80.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Madam? 85. 90.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Five. Going to be 100. 100.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32£100.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Don't lose it for a fiver! Yes?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35105, then.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38At £105, and I shall sell. Thank you.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41For £105.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Yes, it is yours. Thank you.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- Excellent result! - Isn't that terrific?
0:19:45 > 0:19:49That's more than double what we put on it.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54What an amazing start to the day! If we can double our money on every sale,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57then the girls will definitely celebrate in style. Next up,
0:19:57 > 0:20:02the four cases of silver cutlery, at 100 to £200.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Shall we say £100? A useful lot. £50.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes. 60. 70.
0:20:07 > 0:20:0980. 90.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11100 down here.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12£100. And ten. 110.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14And 20?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16£110 has it, then.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21At 110. I shall sell the collection for £110.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Thank you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23- 110.- We got there.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Another sale over its estimate,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30which is great news for Bea's bathroom makeover plans.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Now we move on to her impressive art collection. Up first,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37the Ruskin Spear pencil drawing.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39We've got a £900 reserve on this, Jonty.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- Is that a fair price?- It is, but are the buyers here?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Where would you like to start, madam? £500? £400, thank you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49£400 is starting it, then.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52At 400 and 20, sir?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55And 50. Are you waiting? What about the £500?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56520?
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Are you hesitating? 520. 550.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02580.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Are you 580? I'm bid there. 580.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07600, is it?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09580. £600.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10And 20 now. 620.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12And 50?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Are you going again?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17At £620, then. At 620.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19700.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Oh, dear. 750.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23800, is it? 750.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24One more?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27At 750. 780 for you, sir.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29No? You're out, then?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Yes, you are. Sorry.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37It's hard to believe the bidders wouldn't meet the reserve for this drawing.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42It shows something like this needs the right people in the room.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Sadly, the next painting suffers the same fate.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Valued at 400 to £600,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50the fantastic 19th-century Wesson watercolour
0:21:50 > 0:21:52also falls shy of its reserve.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55So now to the stand-out item,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59a splendid original Salvador Dali lithograph.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Valued at 1,000 to £1,500,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Bea won't let this go for less than £1,000.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08A wise choice, considering its provenance.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12The paintings haven't gone very well
0:22:12 > 0:22:16so I'm wondering whether the right people are here. We'll see.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18What about that one? Where do we go on that?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Salvador Dali. Can we get 1,000 for it?
0:22:21 > 0:22:231,000? 500, then, to start, sir.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Shall we say 500? We've got 300 bid for it.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29At £300. Are you 20, sir?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30At 350. Are you 80?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32400. And 20.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Madam. 420.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37450. Are you 80 now?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39500. And 20.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- 500. We're half-way there. - Are you finished at £520?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Are you all finished at £500...
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and 20?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49No, I'm sorry.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Oh!- Not selling.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53We haven't done very well at all.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Such bad luck!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57And such a remarkable work of art.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I hope these other items don't suffer the same fate.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Sailing by next, the commemorative clipper plates at 40 to £60.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07They were never on her list of favourites
0:23:07 > 0:23:10so I'm sure Bea is more than ready to bid them adieu.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Bea, watch them sail out of the auction room!- What a laugh!
0:23:15 > 0:23:18What about them? Shall we say £50 for those?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20£30 for them?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Rather nice ones. 20 we have. We have £20 for them.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Five. All the clipper ships.
0:23:25 > 0:23:2725. £30.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28He's working hard for you.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31And five. No more? OK, then.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33At £40. Thank you.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- He's a very polite auctioneer!- Very!
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It's wonderful that they've sold for Jonty's estimate,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42but Bea is happy to see them go at any price!
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Hopefully, we'll have similar success with our next lot,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49the collection of Delft pottery valued at 20 to £30.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52It's not a lot of money we need,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- but we need every penny. - Somebody will love it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Are you convinced?- Totally. - We'll soon see.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- Where are we going to start? - Come on!- Tenner I'm bid.
0:24:01 > 0:24:0212. 15. 18.
0:24:02 > 0:24:0520 I'm bid. Two I'm bid. Five?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08No? At £22, then. At 22 they're going to be sold to you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- £22.- I'm very happy about that. - It's gone.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Look!- Yes, I was right, of course!
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Another item to exceed the lower estimate.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Perhaps our luck is picking up.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23The next two lots also beat the lower end of Jonty's valuations.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27At 40 to £60, the trio of cup-and-saucer sets
0:24:27 > 0:24:30must have appealed to a wide range of collectors.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Made by three of the best European porcelain designers,
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Meissen, Dresden and Royal Copenhagen, they sold for £55.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44And the delicate 20th-century Satsuma bowl from Japan made £38.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Now to our last lot of the day,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51the silver vases and flask.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53So 80 to 120 is what we're looking for on this.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I'm hoping this will do very well indeed.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00What about 150 for them? £100 for them? 80 I'm bid for them.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Yes, I am. 90. I have it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Wow.- Straight in. Good.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07110. And 20. 130.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09And 40. And 50.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11160, sir? Madam?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12170, yes?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15At 160 for sir, then. I shall sell at the very back.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17They obviously like that flask!
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- At £160. It is yours, sir. Thank you very much.- Brilliant.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- £160.- Wonderful.- It's worth it. - That's great.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29It looks as though Jonty's going to be tippling elsewhere tonight
0:25:29 > 0:25:32because this set is off to a new home.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38If you'd like to raise money at auction, remember sale rooms usually charge commission.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42These vary from sale room to sale room, so it's best to enquire in advance.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Well, as you know, you wanted to raise £2,500.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52I don't think it's any secret that we haven't made anything like that
0:25:52 > 0:25:56because we didn't sell any of those wonderful pictures you bought.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00But what you have still made on the rest of the items
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- is a total of £530.- Not too bad.
0:26:07 > 0:26:13With the walls and floor safely removed, Bea's bath and shower room is now a hollow shell,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16ready for the builders to transform.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20They've ripped out everything, including the tiles.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24I shall have a beautiful new lovely shower when it's finished, hopefully!
0:26:24 > 0:26:28And Bea couldn't be more thrilled as she finds herself the proud owner
0:26:28 > 0:26:29of a swanky wet room.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33I've been without it now for three weeks and now I can get clean again!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36It's delightful to have it finally finished.
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