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Hello, and welcome to the show that searches for hidden treasures to sell at auction. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:06 | |
You know what it's like, you go on holiday, you get carried away and bring back those typical souvenirs. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:12 | |
Well, the couple we're meeting today have been doing that for 40 years. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
What they really want to know is, is there any cash in their attic? | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
Coming up on Cash In The Attic, a pair of Staffordshire pugs that prove pedigree costs. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:45 | |
-£40, 40 years ago? -Yes. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
-Wow. -It was a lot of money. -LAUGHTER | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
I think she was mugged. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
And some amateur craftsmanship dazzles our expert. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
-This is actually made by Len? -Yeah. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
And it's solid silver? I can actually see a hallmark there, too. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
At auction, we hit the jackpot with some antique dice. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
I reckon you've thrown three sixes there. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
That's amazing. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:11 | |
Find out what happens later, on Cash In The Attic. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
Well, today I've come to the picturesque Findon in West Sussex | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
to meet a really adventurous couple | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
who've called in the Cash In The Attic team | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
to help them sell souvenirs of both their travels and their hobbies | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
so they can finance a rather nice stay-at-home treat. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
Josie loves her pet pug, and husband Len loves his hobbies. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:37 | |
Together, they have three daughters, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
Josie and Len were childhood sweethearts, | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
and met when they were both working at WH Smith's in the 1950s. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
Len later went to work for the Daily Mirror | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
in London's famous Fleet Street. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
When he retired in 1989, they moved to their holiday home in Spain, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
and they lived there for six years before deciding to move back | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
to be with their family, who they missed very much. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
With a hoard of souvenirs and collectibles purchased over the years, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
they now want to clear out the clutter and raise enough money | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
to buy something the whole family can gather around and enjoy. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
Jonty Hearnden is with me today, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
and with this lifelong experience of antiques, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
he knows just what to look for. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
-I can hear a noise that sounds like... Pug dog! -Hello, how are you? | 0:02:22 | 0:02:27 | |
Hello, lovely! I recognise that noise | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
because I've got a pug dog and they always sound like they're snoring. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
You're lovely! Great to meet her, but I guess that's not why you've called us in! | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
So, why did you call us? | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
Er, we'd like to get some money to buy a plasma - I believe it's plasma - television. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:45 | |
And I've got a few odd bits, and I'm hoping Jonty and yourself | 0:02:45 | 0:02:50 | |
will look at them and be able to get me to the target - £300. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
-That's a very cheap plasma TV. -Oh no, we've got some money to add to it. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
-Right. -Just to top it up, and get what we want, we need about £300. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:04 | |
OK, and the items that we'll be looking at, you say you've got quite a lot. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
-Is that stuff you've collected or inherited? -Collected, mainly. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
-Um, yeah, over the years... -I've collected something over the years, as well, called Jonty Hearnden! | 0:03:11 | 0:03:17 | |
-I'm hoping he'll have found something to help us reach that £300 target. Shall we? -Yes, certainly. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:23 | |
Sniff him out! Where is he? | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
Well, they certainly have a house filled with all sorts of bits and bobs, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
and I'm already feeling confident about raising that £300 towards the new plasma television. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
It looks like Jonty's made the first discovery. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
-Ah, Jonty! -Ah! | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
-Look what I've found. -Have you found something already? | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
Something amazing. I've got this treasure chest. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
Inside, all that glistens IS gold! | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
It's wonderful. We've got this lovely, chunky 9-carat gold necklace here. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
-9-carat? -Yes. -Oh, good. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
And we've got one, two other, smaller necklaces, | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
and a lovely pair of fish earrings. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
-Those are 9-carat gold as well... -Good. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
-A lovely, little collection of gold. Can we sell this? -Definitely. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:06 | |
Is this stuff that you've bought yourself, over the years? | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
No, my father, he used to work at Covent Garden. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
And when he finished work, he used to go to Hatton Garden | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
and buy little bits of gold, and he got quite friendly with a jeweller, | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
and he used to sell bits for him. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
And anything really nice, he used to show Len and Len used to buy them | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
and he'd say it would do good in a rainy day. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
-And how long ago was that? -Ooh, 40 years. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
He was ahead of his time, then, because there's lots of people | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
buying and selling gold at the moment, aren't there? | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
It's so exciting at the moment, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
because everyone's trading with gold, and as a consequence, | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
the market, the price, is just going up and up and up. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
-Ooh, good. -Right now, if you're thinking of selling gold... -Yes. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
..you're hitting it just at the right moment. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
When it comes to valuing these items, | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
we have to be unemotional about them - detached - | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
because they are sold for their scrap value only. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
But just this small amount here, we're now looking at... | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
-Really?! -Just for this. -Good God! -It's a small amount. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
I'd have melted it down a long time ago! | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
-Really?! -That's a great find. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
It is, isn't it? | 0:05:19 | 0:05:20 | |
This collection has certainly been a great investment for them, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
and I'm hoping that I have the Midas touch, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
spotting this large, oval-frame mirror in the bedroom. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
It's not quite as valuable as Jonty's earlier find... | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
When Len was made redundant from his Fleet Street job, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
they bought a plot of land in a town called Miami Playa in Spain, and built a villa. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
The next item is a piece of furniture | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
they bought for the property, but brought back to England. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
Did you buy it at a market out there? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
No. I bought it in a little shop in where we lived - the town - | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
and he was the builder. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
He decided to go into antiques. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:02 | |
They weren't antiques, they were just second-hand furniture. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
How old do you think it is? | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
19th century, sort of the old-fashioned... | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
You know, I imagined it sitting up in an old house, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
up in the hills in Spain somewhere, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
and some old man sat on it, in his room, with candles, and what have you. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
Don't say that about Jonty, he gets most upset. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Well, I can see why you might think it's 19th century, | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
but if you look at those turned legs on the front, | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
and the serpentine front of that seat, | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
and if you look at the shape, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
it's sort of the shape of a 19th century nursing chair. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
-Oh! -I can see where everyone's coming from. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
But certainly, this shape here, of the back, | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
was never a British design at all. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
So of course, it has to be Spanish. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
This is Spanish, it's not British. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
But the turn on the leg does look 19th century, I grant you. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
But it's not. If you look closely at those legs, | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
looking at the detail there, | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
that is much more of an interpretation of a 19th century leg | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
rather than the real McCoy. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
But don't worry about that, because some people will buy this chair | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
because everyone needs a small chair in a bedroom. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
-How much did you pay for it? -£5. -Fiver, perfect. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
-£30 to £50 at auction. -Wow! | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
-Good. -And worth an awful lot more once it's done up, | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
but let someone else worry about that. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
Let somebody else make the profit, | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
-but for you, that's a great return. -It is, definitely. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
So, will Josie be happy to say adios to that distinctive chair | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
when it goes before the bidders? | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
What do we say for this one? £50, do we say? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
30 then? | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
20? 10 for it. What's that, five? Good heavens! | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
Oh, dear, does it climb back up? | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
Well, it does, but by how much? Find out later. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
As our search of Len and Josie's house continues, | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
Jonty has a good look at the sideboard in the lounge, | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
and decides to check out this collection of plates. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
They were all bought by Josie when they lived in Spain, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
and the images are transfer printed rather than hand-painted, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
so Jonty values them at: | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
So, the plates go off to auction, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
but how has it been for Len and Josie, moving back from Spain? | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
I know Jonty's busy and hard at work, but I thought we deserved a bit of a break, | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
and I wanted to find out, because I know you've been together 50 years, is that right? | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
-Yes... -That's marriage. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
I think it was probably about six years we were sort of courting. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
On and off. We had our moments - yes, no, yes, no. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:35 | |
And that went on for about four, five years, and we've been together ever since. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
So, tell me a little bit about the jobs that you've done, Len. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
I had a job in Fleet Street as a casual labourer to start with, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
but moved into the Daily Mirror | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
as a night warehouseman for some 10-15 years. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:58 | |
And Jo said to me, "Can't you get onto a day job?" | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
And I moved onto the day, chauffeuring...which involved... | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
Not always - sometimes I used to get called to drive Mr Maxwell to a place | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
when his driver wasn't available. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
He would pick on any driver that picked that telephone up... | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
-Anne Robinson. -..and answered it. Anne Robinson. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
The editor, Stott, at the time. Sometimes Parky - Parkinson. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:27 | |
-And Mother Teresa. -Mother Teresa. -Blimey! | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
-Yeah, and she blessed him. -She blessed me, yeah. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
-Maybe that's why we've... -I've been good ever since. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
Maybe that's why we've got to this old age together. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
Let's hope Josie and Len's luck continues | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
as we currently stand to raise £180 going by the estimates so far. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:47 | |
And it looks like Jonty has seen the light, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
spotting this 1960s reproduction Edwardian glass ceiling light in the bedroom. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:55 | |
He values it at £30 to £70. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
Josie has a keen interest in the kings and queens of England, | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
and read that the aristocracy would keep two or three pugs in their bed to keep their feet warm. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:08 | |
So, she got herself a pug. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
Now, I know pugs, and believe me, they do snore - all the time - | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
so goodness knows what three of them in your bed at night would sound like! | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
Excuse me, Jonty, I've just seen these two pugs... | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
-A pair of pugs we have! -Yes. -OK. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
So, let's have a look at these. These are Staffordshire. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
-Really? -Generically called Staffordshire | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
because that's where they came from, that's where they were made. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
When you look so surprised, what were you told about them? | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
Erm, nothing. I just thought they were just a little ornament. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
When you say Staffordshire, it rings bells, it's a good quality. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
Well, Staffordshire, it's not necessarily a fine quality. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:55 | |
In fact, often the reverse. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
Certainly, in the 19th century, there were many factories in the Stoke-on-Trent area, | 0:10:57 | 0:11:02 | |
that produced ceramics not necessarily for the rich, | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
but for the masses. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:07 | |
-Right. -That's the reason why a lot of what they produced was, I suppose, very, very simple, | 0:11:07 | 0:11:12 | |
and that's the reason why people started collecting Staffordshire, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
because they loved the simplicity. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
If you look at the simplicity of our pair of dogs here, | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
they don't have great detail, | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
but they somehow have character. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
-How much did you pay for these? -£40. -£40, 40 years ago?! -Yes. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
JONTY LAUGHS | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
I think she was mugged. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
-Were you there at the time? -Yes. -Yes. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
Really? And how many months did that take to pay? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
I think we were earning about £4 a week. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
That's an extraordinarily large amount of money. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
-I know, but then that was the... -It didn't feel like it. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
Well, they're obviously very loved, and they've been loved all that time. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
And we're getting older and the girls don't want them. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
Are you sure you're happy to sell them? I'm going to shock you. | 0:11:56 | 0:12:01 | |
-Are you? -They're worth... | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
I don't think that they're worth the £40. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:08 | |
I would put £30 to £50 for them at auction. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
How do you feel about that? | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
-All right! -They're going! | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
Josie and Len seem more than happy to let them go | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
even though they're worth less now than when they bought them. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
Buying antiques and collectibles as an investment is a skill, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
but the key is knowing when to sell, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
and having a bit of luck on your side. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
Josie's next find is an interesting one. It's a carved nut, | 0:12:28 | 0:12:33 | |
and inside, there's three dice, | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
so it's worth a gamble, as it's odds on winning £10 to £30 at auction. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
Jonty... | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
What about this? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:44 | |
-Another fish! -Yep. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
-Wow, that's a much bigger... It's not really an earring, is it? -No! | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
So, tell me about this one. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
Len made that. We used to go to silver classes, | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
and I have a small... | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
-So this is actually made by Len? -Yeah. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
-And it's solid silver? -Yep. -I can actually see a hallmark there, too. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
So he had it hallmarked, which is wonderful. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
The school we went to, | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
they had the...Queen's jubilee for one year, the stamp. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:13 | |
So whatever we made that year, | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
it was all stamped with the jubilee stamp. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
Right, yes. That was quite a fashion at the time, | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
-stamping those ingots, wasn't it? -Yep. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
What else have we got...? Oh, talking of which! | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
We've got loads of ingots. How many there? | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
-One, two, three... -Four. -Four, yes. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
And...what have we got here? | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Oh, a charm bracelet Len bought me when I was 21. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:37 | |
-Right. -And then he's been adding to it each year. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:42 | |
-Adding ever since. -Yeah, and most of them were bought in Spain, | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
-because they're a little bit different with the Spanish lady... -The flamenco dancer. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:50 | |
..and the policeman with the old type hat. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
When was the last time you wore this? | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
I can't even remember. Years ago. It's just been stuck in a drawer. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
Which is a shame. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:00 | |
-So not very practical when it comes to washing up? -No, not at all. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
Excellent. Well, all our little items in there | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
we will sell, probably, as one lot. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
-Oh, right. -Again, we need to assess | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
the sort of weight that we've got here. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
-Right. -And a bit like the gold - we had less gold. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
-We have more silver here, but the same value at auction. -Oh, great. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
-Great. I'm happy with that. -Yeah? -Mmm. Definitely. -Excellent. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:30 | |
A great find, and well done to Len and Josie | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
for making all that jewellery. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:33 | |
They clearly have the ability to craft out their own careers | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
wherever they are. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
You must have been amongst the first of the Brits to sort of buy into Spain at that time? | 0:14:38 | 0:14:43 | |
We bought a bit of land in Spain many years ago, and just sat on it. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
We always knew we were going to end up there. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
The disaster for us was I couldn't get to my retirement age | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
to get the government pension | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
to support what was deteriorating in that field of money at the time. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
So, we decided to come back. We missed the family. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
So, when you moved back to the UK, was it Findon that you chose? | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
No. We went to Epsom and we bought a derelict bungalow, | 0:15:10 | 0:15:15 | |
and we put it in good order, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
-and then from there, we used to come down here about three times a week, didn't we? -For years. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:24 | |
For about...six years, I suppose. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
And we used to come through the village sometimes, and she said, "I'd like to live here." | 0:15:26 | 0:15:31 | |
And then she came round this cul-de-sac and we saw this for sale, | 0:15:31 | 0:15:36 | |
and we put an offer in and sold at that end, | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
and moved down here, and that's how we got down here. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
-So how many children have you got? -Three. Three girls. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
And what are their ages? | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
Er, Tracey, she's 46. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
-Yeah, I think so, about that. -And Zena's 44... | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
-and Liz will be about 41. -42. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
-So you've been surrounded by girls, then. -Yes. Dominated by girls! | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
I grumble a bit, they say, | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
but I think that's only natural. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
-When you get older, you don't want to be pushed and, "Get this," and... -They say that about Jonty! | 0:16:07 | 0:16:12 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
Yeah, leave him alone, like, you know! | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
I hope he's not grumbling too much in there, because we need to find some stuff to sell, don't we? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
Len is a keen fisherman and goes carp fishing three times a week. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:27 | |
His parents were also enthusiasts, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
and gave him his own fishing rod and reel. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
Unfortunately, though, there's no manufacturer's mark, | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
and that makes it difficult to date and value. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
Let's hope we reel in the bidders at... | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
It seems Len's a man with many hidden talents. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
So, Len, here we are in your dusty garage, | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
but we're surrounded by movie making equipment. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
-Yep. -Is this you? | 0:16:52 | 0:16:53 | |
This was, years ago, me, | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
but as movie equipment advanced | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
and the family grew up, I lost interest. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
We've got a lot of equipment here - two projectors. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
One projector here is by Bell & Howell, | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
which is a great American name. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
This is a Super 8. Does that do 16mm as well? | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
-That does both. -And we've got this lovely little cine camera here. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
That's wonderful. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:19 | |
Well, it was at the time, but when you look at it now, | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
you think it's a bit cheap, you know what I mean? | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
Not really, because Bell & Howell again - the same as the projector. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
Now it's the camera itself that has the value, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
because there are people - certain enthusiasts who want to make their own movies in the old-fashioned way. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:41 | |
They'll use an old camera like this, | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
but quite possibly use everything else in the new, digital format, | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
so editing might happen more digitally, rather than using your - let's say old-fashioned - equipment. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:53 | |
I don't think you'll get a vast amount for it at auction, | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
but I think you're looking at, possibly £50 to £100 for it. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
-Fine, fine. -You happy about that? | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
Oh, yeah, definitely, because that is a reasonable sum. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
-Yes. I mean, it makes... -For something that's hanging about. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
It makes the difference between, "What do I do with it? Do I literally get rid of it?" | 0:18:09 | 0:18:14 | |
-Or, "Can I make some money out of it?" -Or pass it on. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
-You certainly can do that as far as auction is concerned. -That's great. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
-Shall we put the whole lot in? -Yeah, do it. -Excellent. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
Now, the girls are busy in the house. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
I've brought the ice creams. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Let's roll this cine film and see what happens. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
PROJECTOR WHIRRS Is that you? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
That's me - it was. That's back in England. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
As the boys reminisce, we're coming to the end of our rummage, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
searching for items that will help them replace this old technology | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
with something more up-to-date. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
I find this Beswick owl. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
This was a gift from Josie's father, and dates back to the 1980s. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
It's still collectable today. It's valued at £20-£30. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
And collecting is one of Josie's big hobbies. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
She didn't stop, even when they moved to Spain. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
Now, of course you know, but a lot of people might be looking at this | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
and thinking, "They're all Ladrow figures." | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
-Yes. -But they're not, are they? -No. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:10 | |
Because if you look on the underside, here, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
-you have a Tengra stamp. -That's right. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
Now, Ladrow, and many other factories, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
were based in the region of Valencia. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
They have about 70% of the market share... | 0:19:21 | 0:19:25 | |
-Really? -..of this style of figurine work. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
But there are smaller factories that are in the style of, | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
and Tengra is one of them. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
If they had been Ladrow, | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
we would have been talking about an appreciably larger sum of money. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:42 | |
They have to be, at least, worth... | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
It's only that sort of ballpark that I think we are playing with, | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
-which of course, is not necessarily even getting your money back. -No. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
So, how do you feel about that? | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
Um...I think we can take a chance and see, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
or I might keep one or two pieces back. Depends. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
I have got a couple of pieces that are favourite, | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
and I might keep a few bits back. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
-OK. -I might not. -We'll watch this space. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
Yes, yes. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
Right, well. I have to say, these might have not returned a huge investment for you, | 0:20:16 | 0:20:21 | |
which as you say, wasn't the point, but lots of other things have. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
You wanted £300, didn't you? | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
-Yes. -So that you can remove all of these and put the television up here. -Yes. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
Right, well the value of everything that's going to auction comes to £540! | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
-Oh, that's great news! -Lovely. Yeah, brilliant. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
-Yeah, I'm well pleased with that. -Well pleased. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
That's fantastic. We smashed through the £300 target today, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
and I can see Cash In The Attic in widescreen up on their wall already. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
And, to get us to that target, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
are some great finds, including... | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
the collection of gold jewellery they bought as an investment | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
on the advice of Josie's father 40 years ago. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
That should set the bidders' eyes alight. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
And there's silver jewellery, too. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
Many of the pieces were made by Len and Josie. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
And there's the two Staffordshire ceramic pugs, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
which Josie bought for £40, 40 years ago. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
Let's hope they break through the estimate | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
when they go under the hammer. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
Still to come on Cash In The Attic... | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
A mirror given as payment for a DIY job attracts a lot of attention. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
Len, your job was worth £40! | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
-Crikey! -I hope that lady's watching. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
And Jonty thinks Josie's plates still have a place at auction. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
I eat off a plate every day! | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
But will we get our just desserts? | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
Now it's been a few weeks since we met Len, Josie and the pug dog Sol. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
We had a great day at their home. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
We found plenty of antiques and collectibles to bring here, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
to Denham's auction house in Sussex. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
Now remember, they want to raise £300 towards that new plasma TV. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
Let's just hope the bidders are tuned in to our items when they go under the hammer today. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:20 | |
These fortnightly auctions take place in rural Sussex, | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
and they sell everything from antiques and fine quality furniture | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
to curios, costume jewellery and house clearance goods. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
Ah, good morning, Jonty. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:33 | |
-Oh, hi, Lorne. -Oh, look. Little pugs. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
Now I know you're a fan of pugs as well. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
I wouldn't go that far. I do happen to have a pug dog. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
But he's so uncontrollable, I wouldn't say I'm a fan! | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
And of course, we've got that lovely, handmade jewellery. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
People are looking for something different now, aren't they? | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
Absolutely, and that's what we have today. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
Looking around already, there is a vast selection of items, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
from real modern pieces through to the antiques, | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
so hopefully that will reflect in the sort of buyers that come here. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
-We're in just the right place. -We've got those Spanish figures as well. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:07 | |
-Lots to sell. -Come on then, let's get going. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
Len and Josie brought their collection here a few days ago. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
So, did everything arrive? | 0:23:14 | 0:23:15 | |
-That one's got the label on it... -Good morning! | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
Hello, very nice to see you. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
There's two here, and I've seen a few others. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
I've only spotted six. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
-Yes. -What happened with the other three? | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
-I couldn't bring them all! -Couldn't part with them. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
Once I took them all down from the wall, | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
it just looked so bare. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:35 | |
And I had a chap come round | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
to see about putting the telly up - when we buy it - on the wall, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:41 | |
and he said it wasn't a safe wall. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
So it was an excuse to keep three of them to put back on the wall | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
-and get a stand when we get the television. -Oh, right. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
Everything else is here, I take it? | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
-Yes. -Have you put any reserves on any of the items? -Yes, I did. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
Erm, I was a little bit worried about the silver. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
When I actually boxed it up, I thought, | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
"It's such a sentimental value, and Len made me that large silver fish," | 0:24:03 | 0:24:08 | |
I thought I'd put a reserve on it. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
Erm, I did want to sell it, | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
but I'm a little bit not quite sure, so I put the reserve. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:18 | |
If it sells for £150, I'll be happy. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
Well, it's a wise thing to do, | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
because if there is sentimental value, | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
or you're having second thoughts... | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
The money will outweigh it. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:27 | |
The reserve protects it from going for too little. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
There's nothing worse, if you do have sentimentality about an item, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
-seeing it go for less... -Then you feel more unhappy. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
-That's the point of reserves. -Absolutely. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
The auctioneer today is Simon Langton, | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
who's been with this auction house for 18 years. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
And our first lot of Len and Josie's to come up | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
is the ornate, carved wooden nut, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
shaped like an egg, and containing three bone dice. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
Where did these come from? | 0:24:54 | 0:24:56 | |
One of my neighbours, when I lived in Spain, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
she had to go back through ill health, | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
and I used to always pick it up and play with it when I went over there for tea, | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
and when she moved, she asked me if I'd like that | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
and a couple of other little things that I liked. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
What do we say for it? £30 for it? 20, then. I'm bid 20. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
And two. 24, 26, 28, 30. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
And two. 34, 36, 38... | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
We're not at £38, then. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
40, then, and two. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:22 | |
With me, now, at 42, then. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
Are we done, now? | 0:25:24 | 0:25:25 | |
At 42, and selling at £42, you're all done at 42, are you? | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
-£42! That's really good, isn't it? -It's ridiculous! | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
I think you've thrown three sixes there! That's amazing. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:38 | |
Well, that's a great start to our day here, | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
and Josie's delighted. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
Next up is another acquisition from Spain, the white chair. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
It's in the catalogue for: | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
What do we say for this one? £50 for it, do we say? | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
30 then? Come on now. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:54 | |
20? 10 for it. I'm bid five... What's that, five?! Good heavens. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
12, 14... At £14. Can't sell this at £14. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
Do I see any more than 14? Can't sell it at 14 then. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
-It's unsold. -It doesn't matter. -£14! | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
-I'm glad. -Are you? | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
What happened there, the auctioneer put it up to a sensible figure, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
then offered it in the room, and there was no bidding going on at all. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
-No, but that's OK. -I think £14, actually, given the fact you paid £5 for it, wasn't too bad, was it? | 0:26:21 | 0:26:27 | |
-Are you going to put it back in its place? -No, I've put another chair there! | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
-Have you? Oh dear! -A rocking chair. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:33 | |
-I'm sure you'll find a space for it. -I will do. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
Well, Josie's obviously not too disappointed with that non-sale, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
but we are here to try and make them some money. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
The next lot is the one that I spotted - | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
a bevelled wall mirror in a decorative gilt frame. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
And it's a bargain: | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
So, tell me the story about this one. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
Well, it's really Len's little story. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
He did a decorating job for this old lady. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
What happened, Len? | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
Well, I was doing this decorating job with my son-in-law, | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
and in actual fact, she wanted the garage door painted. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:13 | |
And it was only for a couple of hours, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
so really, for the amount of money we were getting for the job, | 0:27:16 | 0:27:20 | |
I thought I'd do it for nothing, and she... | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
When I opened the garage door, there were these two items standing there, and she said, | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
"I must pay you something." So I said, "Well, I'll have the mirror and the lamp." | 0:27:27 | 0:27:31 | |
And that's what happened. I was so pleased that I got the mirror. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
I thought it was a lovely looking mirror. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
Well your paint job now looks worth £20-£30, | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
according to the auction estimate. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
Well, that is more than she would have paid me, probably. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
-Yes. -Yes. -Well I like the way you're working there. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
There's obviously a big future in swapping trades and items. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
What do we say for it? £20, do we say? | 0:27:51 | 0:27:54 | |
10, then? Come on. I'm bid 10. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
12, 14, 16, 18, 20. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
And two. 24. 26? | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
24 with you. Yours at... Ah, 26. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
28 now. 30. And two. 34, 36. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:11 | |
38, 40. And two? | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
Gentleman's bid at £40 then. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
Are we all done at 40, are we? Away we go at 40. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
Len! Your job was worth £40! | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
Crikey! | 0:28:22 | 0:28:23 | |
I hope that lady's watching. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
That's brilliant - double Jonty's estimate. Well done, Len. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:30 | |
Their next lot is the 19th century fishing reel and rod. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
Will the bidders bite? | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
Now these fishing reels can make big money, depending on the name. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
Anything to do with angling is a big market. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
-Hopefully we can do quite well. -Right. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
What do we say? £30 for it? | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
Come on now. 20. I'm bid 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:54 | |
And two. 24, 26. With me at £26 then. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
Are we done and selling now? At 26. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
Are you all done at 26 now? Sure about this then? | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
-£26, that's OK. -It's to your mate. -Is it? | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
It's a nice present to get. £26, here you go. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:11 | |
So, Len and Josie are happy with that result. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
Let's hope we can feather our nest a bit more with our next lot - | 0:29:14 | 0:29:19 | |
the Beswick owl. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:20 | |
This, Beswick - animals and things - do very well, don't they, even though they're relatively modern? | 0:29:21 | 0:29:27 | |
Simply because the factory's closed. There were a lot produced, but the ones that are rare colour ways, | 0:29:27 | 0:29:32 | |
the ones that weren't produced in many numbers, can fetch huge sums of money. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:36 | |
What do we say for a seated owl? Do we say £10 for him? | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
Rare breed. I'm bid 10 straight in. 12, 14, 16... | 0:29:40 | 0:29:45 | |
Yes? 18, 20. 18 with you, do I see 20? At 18, standing. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:50 | |
I'm going to sell now. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:52 | |
Are we all done at £18 then? | 0:29:52 | 0:29:55 | |
-Oh. -What did we have? -I had £20 to £30. -That's OK. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
-18... -That's OK. -£2 under. -No problem. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:03 | |
Len and Josie are happy with that result, so they're letting Jonty off the hook | 0:30:03 | 0:30:07 | |
with his slightly higher estimate. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
Let's see how his valuation on the Staffordshire pugs does | 0:30:09 | 0:30:13 | |
as these little furry friends are up next. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
-We want £30 to £50, Jonty. -Absolutely. I'm sure somebody will love them. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:20 | |
-Yes. -I was admiring them earlier. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
Lorne likes pugs, so a lot of people in the room, I'm sure, will be interested. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:27 | |
We've both been sensible enough not to bring the pugs. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
-The real versions. -Otherwise a few things would be broken! | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
A pair of Staffordshire style figures of pugs. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
Handsome little dogs. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:37 | |
My grandmother was a champion breeder of these beasts. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
What do we say for them? | 0:30:40 | 0:30:41 | |
What do we say for them? £30 for them? | 0:30:41 | 0:30:45 | |
20 then. They don't eat much. 12, 14, 16. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
Come along. With me at £16. That's bought one of them. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
With me at 16. 18. At £18, then. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
Are we all done and selling? Can't sell this at 18. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
At £18 then. Everyone wants to see me afterwards. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
How do you feel? Disappointed? | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
-Well, yeah, it did seem a little bit... -Yes. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
Maybe it's not everybody's dog, though, a pug. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
No, that's very true. We have to consider that, but that's a pair like that. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:17 | |
You know, I still think that would have been very, very cheap, had it sold at that price. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
Yeah, the auctioneer was wise. He took them up to that figure, | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
-but they weren't biting any further, so he brought them in. -Yes. -So, unsold. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:29 | |
That's fine, I'm quite happy with that. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
The ceramic pugs are unsold, | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
but Josie's not bothered, as she has the real thing at home. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:37 | |
What we need to know now is, "Are we reaching our £300 target?" | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
The auction's continuing, | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
but we've sold our morning section of lots, anyway, | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
which we've done really well with, apart from the pugs. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:48 | |
It's OK. I'm quite happy with that. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
OK, all right. Everything else got away, | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
and given that a lot of the items were things that you'd made, | 0:31:52 | 0:31:56 | |
or been given, or done jobs for, | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
I'm pleased to tell you that so far, you've banked £126. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
-That's good. -That's good. -Are you pleased with that? -Yes. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:05 | |
We've still got lots to come this afternoon, | 0:32:05 | 0:32:07 | |
so we've got time for a quick break. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
-Jonty's spotted a few bits and pieces. -I have. -Follow me. -OK. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:14 | |
If you have a special project in mind | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
that you'd like to try and raise money for at auction, | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
do bear in mind that there are charges to be paid, such as commission. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
These vary from one sale room to another, | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
so it's always worth enquiring in advance. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:27 | |
Now, Len may have been paid by a mirror in the past, | 0:32:28 | 0:32:32 | |
but Jonty's keen to reflect on an even better example he's come across | 0:32:32 | 0:32:36 | |
in the sale room here today. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:37 | |
This is a really beautiful French toilet mirror. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
Now, it has the appearance | 0:32:41 | 0:32:43 | |
of being a mirror that should be early 19th century, | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
but I believe this to be a lot later than that. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
This little toilet mirror is probably about 100 years old, | 0:32:49 | 0:32:52 | |
but the quality is quite superb. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
What's so different about this mirror | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
is that we have this little bronze figure sitting, | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
and the way she's sitting | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
is she's not looking out randomly. She's sitting there for a purpose. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:06 | |
She's actually admiring herself in this moving mirror here. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:09 | |
She can see her own reflection | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
in the toilet mirror. It really is lovely. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
So, we don't expect it | 0:33:14 | 0:33:15 | |
to go for a couple of hundred? | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
Well, it's estimated in the catalogue at £200-£300, | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
but I think that this should be more like £400-£500. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:24 | |
OK, well that rules me out. What about you? | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
-Yes, rules me out too! -Come on then! | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
But as it turns out, | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
I bet Jonty wishes he COULD have been paid by mirror... | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
Selling... | 0:33:34 | 0:33:35 | |
..as it sold for £540. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
We're all back in position again, ready for Len and Josie's next lot. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:43 | |
It's that collection of Spanish porcelain plates. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
-OK, now, for the plates, we want £30-£50. -Yes. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
I bet they cost you a lot more. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
They did, but it's fashion, isn't it? | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
-Yes. -Probably just not everybody is into plates now. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:58 | |
The fashion changes. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:00 | |
-Well, let's see what we can get for them. -OK. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
What do we say for those? Classical plates there. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
£30 for them, do we say? | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
20 then. 10 to get us going. Come on now. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
I'm bid £5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10... | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
At £10, then. Are we done? 12, 14, | 0:34:14 | 0:34:18 | |
16, 18, 20 | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
and two, 24, 26, 28. 28 at the back. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
Going to sell now at £28. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:25 | |
-Good. -£28, are you happy with that? | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
-Yes. -Yes. -Good, OK. More money in the bank. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
I was a little bit concerned when you said plates are out of fashion. I eat off a plate every day. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:36 | |
Yes, Jonty. Don't pack in your day job. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
Your estimate was almost spot-on there. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:41 | |
Next up is the Bell & Howell super 8 movie projector, | 0:34:41 | 0:34:44 | |
edit machine and photographic equipment. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
All for: | 0:34:47 | 0:34:50 | |
Well, they're very collectable, but actually quite rare, super 8s. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
A lot has just been thrown away. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:56 | |
There are collectors for this sort of thing, but I just hope they're here, because you can't guarantee it. | 0:34:56 | 0:35:02 | |
What do we say for it? £50 for it? | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
30, then? | 0:35:05 | 0:35:07 | |
20, have we then? | 0:35:07 | 0:35:08 | |
I'm bid £10. 12, 14, | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
16, 18. At £18, do I see 20 anywhere? | 0:35:10 | 0:35:14 | |
At £18 - a cheap lot at £18 then. Are we done at £18 then? | 0:35:14 | 0:35:19 | |
-No. -Not sold. -No. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
Oh, what a shame. But still, Len's going to hold onto it | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
and may yet put it to use. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:25 | |
The next lot is the two glass light fittings. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:29 | |
They're a relatively cheap buy, really, £30-£70. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
That's quite a broad-ranging estimate. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
-Well, they're a nice pair, or they're very similar. -Yes, that's right. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
-Not exactly identical. -They were two bedroom ones. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:45 | |
But again, not quite sure where that market is. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:48 | |
That's the reason why I've put quite a big estimate differential. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:53 | |
But let's hope that we get... If we can get slap bang in the middle, | 0:35:53 | 0:35:56 | |
-we should all be happy. -Super. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
£20 for them, do we say? I'm bid 20 straight in. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
And two. 24. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
With me now at 24 then. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:06 | |
Do I see 26? 25 then. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
With me now at 25, then. Do I see 26? 26 standing. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
At 26, do I see 28? | 0:36:11 | 0:36:13 | |
At 26 with you, sir. Looking for 28. At 26, are we all done at 26? | 0:36:13 | 0:36:17 | |
Going to sell at 26 then. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:20 | |
-There's your answer. Just underneath the bottom end estimate. -Doesn't matter. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
-£26, are you OK with that? -Yeah. -Fine. -All right. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
So, £26, and Len and Josie are happy with that. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:31 | |
Their next lot is the silver jewellery that they both made. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
Given the sentimentality attached to this lot, | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
Josie has put on a £150 reserve. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
What do say for that collection? Do we say £100 for it then? | 0:36:44 | 0:36:49 | |
75. I'm bid 50. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
And five, 60, | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
and five, 70, and five, 80, | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
and five, 90, | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
and five, 100. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:00 | |
-And 10, 120, 130, 140... -Go on! -150 now? | 0:37:00 | 0:37:05 | |
-150 with you then... -Yes! -Yes! | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
Selling now, at £150 then. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:10 | |
-How about that? -Yes, well pleased. -Are you happy with that? -Yes. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:15 | |
-You cracked it. -Well, not personally. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:19 | |
Anyway, I think that's great. Your own craftsmanship as well. Handmade pieces, a lot of those. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:24 | |
-Yes. And they were solid. -There was only one bidder in the room, | 0:37:24 | 0:37:28 | |
and because you had that reserve, it went all the way up to £150. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
-Ah! -So that's thanks to you. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
Sold for Josie's reserve, they're obviously delighted | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
that the winning bidder appreciated their talents | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
for making beautiful silver objects. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:41 | |
The next lot is the Tengra figures. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:45 | |
Josie couldn't bear to part with some of them, | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
so not all of them are here. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:49 | |
Right, we've got six figures, not the nine in the catalogue, | 0:37:49 | 0:37:53 | |
-so will the auctioneer be pointing that out, Jonty? -Yes, he'll make that very clear. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:58 | |
Of course, the estimate in the catalogue still reads £100-£150. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
If we get slightly less, please don't be too disappointed. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
No, I won't be. We'd already thought of that. Yes. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
We're with you. We watch you too much. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:13 | |
-It'll be me that gets it in the neck, you realise? -No! | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
Only six, and not nine. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:17 | |
Very easy to be an auctioneer. You have to have many talents. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
One of them is being able not to count, | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
so there are only six and not nine as we've stated in the catalogue. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
So, what do we say for those? | 0:38:26 | 0:38:28 | |
Six instead of nine, do we say £100 for them? | 0:38:28 | 0:38:31 | |
Do we say 50 for them? | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
-Oh! -Decorative figures. 30 then? | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
20. Thank you, I'm bid £20, and two. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
24, 26, 28, 30, and two, 34, 36, 38. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:45 | |
At £38 then. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:48 | |
Are we done, then, at £38 then? Can't sell them at then. At £38... | 0:38:48 | 0:38:53 | |
-Back on the wall. -Oh, no they're not. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
What are you going to do with them? | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
Um... | 0:38:57 | 0:38:58 | |
-Wrap them up and put them away. -Put them in the loft with the camera. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:02 | |
Oh no! Josie and Len are going to be taking | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
a fair bit of stuff back with them today, | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
but I don't think Josie really minds. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
Now, it's the final lot, the gold jewellery. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:12 | |
This time not made by Len or Josie, | 0:39:12 | 0:39:15 | |
but bought as an investment | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
on the advice of Josie's father 40 years ago. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
Now our next lot is a collection of gold, | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
although I notice in the catalogue it's described as "gilt metal". | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
Gilt metal, yeah. I had a word with the auctioneer, | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
and he said because they're not hallmarked, | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
they had to put them down as gilt. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
So that's fine, I'm quite happy with that. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:35 | |
Gilt metal necklace. Other items of gilt metal etc, etc, etc. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:39 | |
As you see them, there. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:41 | |
Quite a collection. What do we say for them? £100 for them? I'm bid 100 straight in. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:46 | |
Do I see the 10? At £100, | 0:39:46 | 0:39:48 | |
and 10, 120, 130, | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
140, 150, 160, 170, | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
180, | 0:39:54 | 0:39:56 | |
190, 200, and 20. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
240, 260? 240 with you. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:00 | |
-I told you you were valuable. -Are we done, now, at 240, and selling? | 0:40:00 | 0:40:05 | |
-240 quid! -Are you pleased with that? | 0:40:05 | 0:40:08 | |
It's crazy! | 0:40:08 | 0:40:09 | |
Crazy, isn't it? | 0:40:09 | 0:40:10 | |
Well, we've certainly ended on a high. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
Len and Josie made almost their target figure | 0:40:13 | 0:40:16 | |
with just that last lot. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:17 | |
Josie's dad certainly knew what he was doing all those years ago. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:21 | |
OK, well, you're taking a few bits home, but nothing too substantial. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:25 | |
You wanted £300 for the plasma television. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:28 | |
Do you think we've made that? | 0:40:28 | 0:40:30 | |
Not sure, maybe a little bit near it. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
-Yes? -We've done better than that. You've made £570. -You're joking?! | 0:40:35 | 0:40:40 | |
I can't believe it! | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
You've paid for the telly! | 0:40:42 | 0:40:44 | |
Well, not personally. I have to say, I think most of that is down to your dad, | 0:40:44 | 0:40:48 | |
his very shrewd gold investment, to be honest. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
-That really boosted our prices. -Yes. -Great. -Are you pleased? | 0:40:51 | 0:40:54 | |
-Oh, yes. -Wonderful. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
So what are you going to do with the extra money? | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
Erm...I might take him to lunch! | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
Len and Josie are very keen to spend their auction earnings | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
and head straight to their local electrical store | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
to try out the latest in plasma television technology. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
And guess what's on? | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
Oh, look. Cash In The Attic. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
Oh, no! | 0:41:20 | 0:41:21 | |
The television's packing up, it's a very bad picture. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:25 | |
-I'm hoping to get something much larger, much clearer. -We're going to try and go the whole hog this time, | 0:41:25 | 0:41:31 | |
and hope that it sees us - perhaps I shouldn't say this - for the next ten years. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:36 | |
Before we have to buy again! | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
It should last longer than ten years. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
-Well, I don't know. -You'll have to ask the chap how long they last. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
Their high-tech purchase doesn't fill the whole wall, | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
but fits in very nicely with Josie's Tengra ladies. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
Are you happy now? | 0:41:53 | 0:41:54 | |
Definitely. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
-I think you'll spend many hours watching that thing. -I think so. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:59 | |
-You will go to bed now and again, won't you? -Definitely, yes. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
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