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Welcome to the programme that loves to rummage around your house, finding things we can auction

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so that you can raise money for a special project.

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The home we'll be visiting today seems to have been taken over

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by family heirlooms!

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The question is, which of those things will be leaving the house

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and what will the family spend the money on?

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Find out in today's edition of Cash In The Attic.

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'Coming up on Cash In The Attic,

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'I unearth a flowery secret about today's family.'

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-Is your mum a hippy, really?

-Yeah. Of course she is!

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And an infantry sword gives our expert James ideas above his station.

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I can now dub you Dame Amanda! How does that feel?

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Come auction day, he takes refuge in classic quotations.

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Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, loads of money. We like that.

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'Be there for the final crack of the gavel.'

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I'm in Wootton Bassett, just the other side of the M4 from Swindon,

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and I'm about to meet Amanda, who's ready to clear out the clutter.

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But she's also a collector. I think we're going to have a bit of a dilemma!

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Amanda Dickson and her husband Andrew have been married for 24 years.

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They have three daughters, Elizabeth, Anna and Sian.

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Eldest daughter Elizabeth will soon be giving them their first grandchild.

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Amanda wants to raise some money to whisk her old man away

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for his 50th birthday treat.

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Helping her search the house for items of value

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is middle daughter Anna,

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now in a gap year after finishing her GCSEs.

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James Rylands is our expert today.

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He started his antiques career at Sotheby's,

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and he's just the man to get our search for collectables underway

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while I meet our hosts.

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Wow, that is quite a collection of miniature bottles!

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Is this why you've called in Cash In The Attic?

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-You going to get rid of them?

-No, can't get rid of them.

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If we're not going to sell the perfume bottles,

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what sort of things will we be finding today?

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Things that's been left behind from my husband's grandparents.

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Anna, how do you feel about Mum getting rid of the family heirlooms?

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I don't mind. It's up to her and my dad what they want to do.

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-So, what are we raising the money for today?

-A cruise.

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My husband's 50th. He used to be in the Air Force and travelled a lot,

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and a cruise might just give him that bit boost.

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Get him over the trauma of being 50, is it?

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THEY LAUGH Something like that.

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How much is this going to cost, do you think?

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We don't know the initial, but obviously £500 to start us off.

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Well, that'll certainly get you out of Southampton Dock,

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but we won't get anywhere unless we find the things you want to sell

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and get a value on them, and I've got just the man for you.

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Tell James there's going to be a rummage, you can't keep him down. Shall we go and find him? Come on.

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Looking around the house, I see all sorts of things scattered about,

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so there's plenty to look at, and it doesn't take James long

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to find something that might be worth taking to the sale.

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See, I told you James enjoyed rummaging!

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You couldn't keep him away. What have you found in the cupboard?

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In amongst all your bits and pieces, this nice little wristwatch.

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If you look on the dial here, you can see "Eterna".

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That's the name of the maker.

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They've been around for quite a long time.

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The firm was started in 1856

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by two chaps, called Josef Girard and Urs Schild,

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and originally they started making pocket watches,

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and they were based in Grenchen in Switzerland,

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which at the time was an area of very high unemployment,

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so it was great that they were able to start a factory

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to employ lots and lots of local people.

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-So, whose watch was this, Amanda?

-It was my husband's father's.

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-Did your husband ever wear it?

-No.

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-Were you ever tempted to wear it?

-No. It's not that feminine for me.

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It's actually got quite an interesting ending,

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the story of this company, because in the 1990s,

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Eterna, the firm, was bought by Porsche,

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-the car manufacturers.

-Really?

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And they now market what was the Eterna range

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as Porsche watches.

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And what I love about this, it's utterly timeless,

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and that helps when it comes to value.

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For something that was just lurking in your cupboard, Amanda,

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-I think we can put something like £40 to £60 on this.

-Really?

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-Yeah.

-On something like that?

-I'm not sure...

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I've it a bit of a thing, and I can't seem to make it work,

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-but I'm sure somebody can get that sorted out.

-What do you think?

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-Could someone mend that for you?

-I can try.

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Will it make a difference to its price?

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Oh, definitely. If it doesn't work,

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people will think, "How much will this cost to get fixed?"

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If we can get this working, that will help the price.

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We should put that away and see what else is lurking

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-in cupboards in this house.

-Yeah.

-Yes. Let's go.

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A timely start to the day, but a cruise doesn't come cheap,

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so we need to keep up the momentum.

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It's difficult to know really where to start.

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'I strike lucky with this mid-1960s portable radio,

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'known as a Dansette Chorister,

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'and mass-produced in a variety of colours.

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'Teenagers of the day would've grooved to their first Beatles

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'or Stones songs on radios like this. It has a retro look

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'that's in fashion at the moment, but it does need a little TLC,

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'so James values it at £30 to £50.'

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-So, Anna, what have you got there?

-Um...

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Oh! That's a great magician's trick. The disappearing tablecloth!

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Do you know where it's from?

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-By the looks of it, China?

-You're absolutely right.

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You're going to get my job shortly.

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Well, it's absolutely from China, and you've got little clues here.

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-You can see this little Chinese writing here.

-Yeah.

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It's a brass tray table,

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-and I would think that it's probably about 100 years old.

-Really?

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Yeah. Yeah. About 100 years old.

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The sort of thing that would be brought back by someone

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maybe travelling over in the Orient early in the 20th century,

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-when China was just beginning to open up...

-Oh, right.

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..and a bit of Western trade was going on there.

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-I like the fact that it hasn't been over-polished.

-That's true, yeah.

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So obviously your mum or you haven't got out the old polishing cloth.

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If you did polish that, it would take away some of the age for me.

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The fact that it's got a slight tarnish on it

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means that you can pick out a lot more of the detail on here.

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What are we going to put? How many weeks' pocket money is that worth?

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-I wouldn't know, to be honest.

-How much pocket money do you get?

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-Well, I've got a Saturday job, so...

-How much do you earn

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-on an average Saturday?

-Um, about £20, so...

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OK. I think this should be worth a couple of weeks' wages for you.

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I'd say we'd probably put something like £35 to £50 on it,

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-something like that.

-Oh, my word!

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-Yeah?

-That's amazing, actually.

-Well, it is.

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I think I'm going to ask you to conjure up a few more lots for me!

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See what else you can find for me. Off you go.

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Amanda took on the main parental role when their children were young

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and Andrew was away working in the RAF.

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I've a hunch that her children's wellbeing wasn't Amanda's only concern.

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-That accent of yours has got nothing to do with Wootton Bassett.

-No.

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South Wales. ANGELA LAUGHS

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What's a girl from South Wales doing in Wootton Bassett?

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-Marrying a guy from the Air Force.

-And you've been married how long?

-23 years.

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-You've got three lovely daughters.

-We have.

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-Family's very important to you, isn't it?

-It is.

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We're expecting our first grandchild, so...

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Another one to the family!

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And also you've in a way added to your family,

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-because you were a childminder for many years, weren't you?

-Oh, yes.

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They bring lots of fun, laughter. Brilliant.

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Tell me about this holiday that you're planning for your husband.

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You want to take him on a cruise. Why is this so special to you?

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He's always travelled abroad, but it was always to do with work,

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so by having a holiday on a cruise,

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it'll be something for him to sit back and relax,

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cos I think he deserves it.

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And so do you.

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I don't know about me so much! THEY LAUGH

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He's got to put up with me!

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THEY LAUGH

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I'm sure that Andrew will appreciate Amanda's thoughtful gesture.

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But with a £500 target, we'd better keep up the search.

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Anna's doing a great job,

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finding two Santini figures which were given to her father by his mother many years ago.

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In Italy, people have a santini in their wallet or on their car dashboard,

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as the name also refers to a small saintly image.

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This adds £15 to £25 to the cruise fund.

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Ooh, Angela, I can see you've taken yourself back to your youth.

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This is a rather pretty little character, isn't it?

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Anna holding the dog.

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Angela, I'm not talking about that nice little girl,

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charming though she is.

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I was actually more interested with this baby chair.

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-Oh, the chair I was sitting on!

-Yes. Baby's chair.

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Absolutely! Where does this one come from, Amanda?

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-It's inherited from Grandpa.

-Grandfather?

-Yes.

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It's sort of multi-purpose, isn't it,

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because you wouldn't have been able to sit just on the chair.

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-You have to have it on that little table.

-Absolutely,

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and if we were being really posh about this, we'd call it a metamorphic piece of furniture,

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because what happens is that baby can sit up here on the seat at table

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with the grown-ups, but if baby wants to have a meal by himself,

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then, the chair lifts off and he can sit with his own little table to have a meal by himself.

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Not with the grown-ups. Originally there would have been an iron rod

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that ran up and fixes the chair on,

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so that when baby's in one of his more extravagant movements,

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couldn't then topple off the table onto the floor.

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In its day, it would've come from a very good home,

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and it was quite a sophisticated piece of furniture in many ways,

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so I would think, conservatively,

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-we can probably put something like £60 to £100 on it.

-Really?

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-How does that sound?

-Brilliant!

-Well, baby price!

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-THEY LAUGH

-Start... Start low,

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and you never know what might happen in the auction room.

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When the high chair gets to auction, the bids come in thick and fast.

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55. 65.

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£65 I'm bid now. £65. 70. Five.

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Find out just how high they go later.

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'Taking James's lower estimates, we're on track

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'to make £165 so far,

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'which means we're not even halfway towards Amanda's target yet.

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'Daughter Anna finds something that could get us further along.

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'It's a boxed 12-piece fish-cutlery set,

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'which belonged to her dad's grandfather.

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'Silver plated and with mother-of-pearl handles,

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'these blades could bring £30 to £40 to the cruise kitty.

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'We have Andrew's grandfather to thank for our next discovery.

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'It's a collection of cut-glass tableware,

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'and James thinks these should bring in around £10 to £15.'

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Andrew's grandfather certainly had a good eye.

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He served as a Royal Engineer in World War I,

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and whilst our host remembers him as a well travelled man,

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sadly little else is known about him.

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But perhaps our next find will give us some more information.

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Amanda, I think I know what's inside this box.

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Yes, I do. Excellent! Where did it come from?

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-Andrew's grandfather.

-It was. Right.

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Right, right, right. OK. That sort of figures,

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because I can see on the bottom 1917,

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so First World War. And do you know what it is?

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Some kind of compass?

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Well, it is a compass, you're right, but it's a bit more than that,

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because it's actually got, as well as having north, south, east, west,

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it's got one or two other little sort of gizmos on it.

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Vernier was a 17th-century French scientist,

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and he invented a new way of taking sightings

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to establish angles and distance,

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involving this sight which just flips over there,

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and you can actually...establish a very accurate sort of position.

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But what I love about it is, they're always fantastic quality.

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-Do you have any idea on value?

-I wouldn't have a clue.

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Well, in some ways, they should be worth more,

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-but my feeling is that we should put between £30 and £50 on this.

-Really?

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But it's actually not a lot of money

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for what essentially is, A, a bit of military history,

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but B, a superbly engineered piece of equipment.

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So let's hope that someone, or two people in the auction,

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get as carried away as I've just got describing it to you,

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and it fetches pots more! Now I'm going to navigate through your house

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and see if we can find something else.

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When Andrew left the RAF,

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he and Amanda decided to invest in a hobby

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that would make up for the time that they'd spent apart.

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So, you've found our van, Angela?

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And the flowers that go with it!

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This is absolutely fantastic, Amanda!

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-How long have you had this van?

-We've had it about five years.

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-Was it like this when you bought it?

-No. My husband and a friend, Paul,

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did the carpentry, and we did all the interior ourselves.

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Do I take it you'd like to have been a flower child of the '60s?

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-I'm afraid so.

-Is your mum a hippy, really?

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-Yeah. Deep down she is. I think so.

-Do the family have holidays in this?

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We have holidays, go to van fests, have a good time.

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-What do you do at van fests?

-You go to shows,

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and meet people that do things with their vans

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and see what's going on.

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I know you want to do something special for your husband.

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Is it going to be a '60s kind of celebration?

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-No.

-No?

-No. He's just reaching the age of 50,

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-and it'll be nice to take him on a cruise.

-Yes.

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-And leave the '60s behind for a while.

-Yes.

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And then come back to the van afterwards.

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-Of course!

-Would you ever get rid of it?

-No!

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THEY LAUGH

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Very groovy, and it certainly takes me back a few years.

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But we need to get back to rummaging.

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James is busy inspecting some jewellery,

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and Amanda has come across something else belonging to Andrew's grandfather.

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This box contains six World War I honours,

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including the Defence Medal, and some miniature replicas,

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about a quarter of the size of the originals.

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James salutes them with an estimate of £80 to £120.

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The search for collectables is going full steam ahead here in the Dickson household.

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James makes the next find.

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Could this be one to add to our auction haul?

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Amanda?

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What is this doing in your wardrobe?

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Don't know. You put it anywhere, don't you?

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-Do you know what it is?

-Dish.

-It's actually...

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..a butter dish.

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I'm just looking at the hallmark on it. It's a silver butter dish.

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Nice hallmark there on the rim. It's hallmarked Birmingham,

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made in 1901. So nice little Edwardian thing.

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And then in front here, you've actually got the butter knife.

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That's what tells you what it is. So in Edwardian times,

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social standing was very, very important,

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and something like this would have gone a long way to establishing your social station in life.

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You can imagine the Edwardian dining table

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groaning with silver salts-and-peppers, mustards,

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butter dishes like this... But even better is the fact

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that it's fitted in this fantastic quality leather and gilt-tooled case.

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So, family thing?

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Grandfather's.

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So, that would figure with the date of 1901,

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you know, things like that. Well, he obviously didn't use it much,

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which is to your benefit, because the better condition it is,

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the more people will pay for it. What's it worth?

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Well, for something just lurking in the back of your wardrobe,

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-I'd say that £30 to £50 has got to be a bonus, hasn't it?

-Brilliant!

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-Off it goes to auction?

-Of course.

-Off we go to find something else!

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I think Andrew's grandfather would be pleased his items are being sold

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so that his descendants can have a trip of a lifetime.

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'This watercolour also once belonged to that distinguished old soldier.

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'He fought in both wars,

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'and perhaps he was thinking of the forces' sweetheart,

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'Dame Vera Lynn, when he bought this picture.

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'Her famous song The White Cliffs Of Dover

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'was intended to lift the spirits of British soldiers.

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'Our expert believes the picture could be worth £35 to £70.

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'Our rummage day is drawing to a close.

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'Can we find anything else to add to the auction haul?

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'Perhaps James is on to a winner with his next discovery.'

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-Ooh, Amanda, this has caught my eye! You feeling lucky?

-Yes.

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Well, let me say I can now dub you Dame Amanda.

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-How does that feel? Yes?

-Brilliant!

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I'm not going to take this all the way out,

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because it really is a fearsome weapon.

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This is an 1897 infantry-pattern sword,

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and it was...

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an adaption of an earlier sword, so produced through the centuries,

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if you like, when the sword was one of the main weapons for soldiers.

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It's actually incredibly well made, and if I show you...

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Do you see the handle there? It's called shagreen,

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which was either shark or ray skin. It's got a slightly raised finish,

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which gives you a good grip when you're holding the sword.

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If I tell you the value on this is probably somewhere between...

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-£100 and £130...

-For a sword?

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For a sword.

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And the reason it's actually quite a lot, twofold.

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One is that it would cost you an awful lot more to buy something like this new today.

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But secondly, serving officers in the British Army today,

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when they start off as young subalterns,

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and have just graduated from Sandhurst or wherever,

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they actually have to have one of these,

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so I think it's likely that it'll actually be bought

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by a young army officer...

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-Oh, right!

-..for use, and you've still got all the leather fittings.

0:19:020:19:05

It just needs a bit of tidying up. It's actually quite a nice example

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of an 1897 infantry-pattern sword.

0:19:100:19:13

Whoa, James! I know we've got to raise money,

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but is this your new technique for getting money out of the auctioneer?

0:19:160:19:21

-Stand and deliver?

-I've just knighted Amanda,

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-rather than threatening her.

-It's a splendid sword!

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Is this something that's going to auction?

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-It is, very much so.

-How much do we think we might make on it?

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Well, I put £100 to £130 on it.

0:19:330:19:36

That is such good news, because I've actually been doing some sums.

0:19:360:19:41

I've looked at everything that James has looked at today,

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and taken the lowest valuation that he's put on everything.

0:19:440:19:47

You want to raise £500.

0:19:470:19:50

Well, I can tell you that, at the lowest estimate,

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we should be able to make...

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£480.

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OK.

0:19:570:19:58

I know that's £20 less than you want,

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but when you get to the auction,

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you've only got to have two people bidding against each other

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because they want one of your items, and we'll make that money up.

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-Are you both excited now about going to auction?

-Yeah.

-Oh, yeah.

0:20:100:20:13

-Let's go!

-And if we don't get the extra £20,

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we'll send James in with the sword.

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Send him into battle to get the extra money.

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THEY LAUGH

0:20:230:20:25

Swords ought not to be left lying around your home,

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so do keep items like this out of reach of children.

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Your local auction house will advise you on how best to sell militaria,

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but with luck, this one will make a stirring auction lot,

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alongside these fascinating pieces.

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The metamorphic Victorian high chair which comes apart

0:20:430:20:46

when baby needs a table for tea. James thought this would appeal

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to the bidders with a price tag of £60 to £100.

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He was also taken by that early 20th-century Chinese brass table,

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but gave it a conservative estimate of £35 to £50.

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Finally, the Swiss Eterna wristwatch

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was valued at £40 to £60.

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If Amanda gets it working, we could be in for an exciting time

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come auction day.

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Still to come on Cash In The Attic,

0:21:160:21:18

James gives us a little taste of his refined upbringing.

0:21:180:21:22

Let me tell you, fish doesn't taste the same

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unless you eat it with a proper fish knife and fork.

0:21:240:21:27

'And I let slip a little secret.'

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-I can't resist a man in a uniform.

-No!

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'Find out how it all goes when the hammer finally falls.'

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Well, it's been quite a few weeks now since we were with Amanda

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and her daughter Anna at their home in Wiltshire,

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where we discovered all sorts of stuff.

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We brought everything here today to the Chiswick auction rooms

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in West London, where we hope we're going to be able to raise £500

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towards a very special birthday treat for Amanda's husband.

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All we need now are bidders who'll be prepared to buy their items

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when they go under the hammer.

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There are some really fine pieces for sale in this auction,

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where, as usual, the bidders are on the lookout

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for a truly special purchase.

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And James is looking at something that just might appeal to them.

0:22:150:22:19

You could do a lot of damage with that, young man!

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It's a bit worrying. I just love the quality of them.

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They're always incredibly well made. They really are.

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And this one's got a bit of family history to go with it,

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-so that'll help it.

-And beautifully decorated on the blade.

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Every time I've seen a swashbuckling film,

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it never occurred to me that the blades had decoration on, as well.

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-You never want to get up that close to them. You could be in trouble.

-Too right!

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So, a bit of history, a bit of quality,

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and to buy these new, very, very expensive.

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That sword, along with most of Amanda's other mementos on sale,

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all came through the family.

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So, one last look, Amanda and Anna, before they go under the hammer.

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-Are you sorry to see them go?

-No.

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-Move on?

-Move on.

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Your husband's grandfather was a remarkable man, clearly,

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because he started as an ordinary foot soldier,

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-but became a lieutenant colonel.

-He did.

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-So he rose up through the ranks.

-He must have been a very brave man,

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especially to be involved in the conflict for so long.

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And we've not just got the medals. We've got the miniatures of them,

0:23:250:23:28

-so what have you put them in at?

-That's important. £80 to £120,

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-so fingers crossed!

-Fingers crossed.

-Lots of people who collect medals.

0:23:320:23:35

Hopefully they're here today. Shall we go and take our places so that we can start the auction?

0:23:350:23:41

Today's auctioneer gets the sale started.

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£400...

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'Amanda's first lot takes to the stand.

0:23:470:23:50

'It's the collection of cut-glass tableware

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'that came from Andrew's grandfather.'

0:23:530:23:55

-Have you never used this in the house?

-No.

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-It's just been an ornament.

-So just on a shelf somewhere?

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-And nothing you fancy having, Anna?

-No. It's too delicate.

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Too delicate. But actually, at £10 to £15,

0:24:060:24:10

-that's got a real fighting chance.

-It's not a lot of money,

0:24:100:24:13

-so onwards and upwards.

-THEY LAUGH

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What are they worth? £10 to go. £5 to go,

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for the glassware. Surely for a fiver, somebody.

0:24:190:24:21

Anybody want the lot for a £5 note? Oh, dear. Not a good start.

0:24:210:24:25

Could pass the lot for £5. Nobody want it for a fiver?

0:24:250:24:28

Sorry. Pass the lot.

0:24:280:24:30

Good heavens! That's amazing! Not sold, even for a fiver!

0:24:300:24:36

'Oh, no! Not a whiff of interest from the bidders!

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'Not the best start for Amanda,

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'so I hope her next lot brings success.

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'It's the silver butter dish in the form of a shell.

0:24:450:24:48

'Angela's grandfather is the man we must thank for this.'

0:24:480:24:52

James, silver always does well at auction, doesn't it?

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Absolutely, because the melt price is very high at the moment,

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so you've always got that as a starting point.

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But I love these little scallop-shaped butter dishes.

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From a practical point of view, they're a nightmare,

0:25:060:25:09

trying to scrape the butter out of them,

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but we're about to make that somebody else's problem,

0:25:110:25:14

hopefully at a good price.

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£20 for the butter dish. 20 I'm bid. Thank you.

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22. 22, further away. 24. 26.

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-28.

-Great! £28. 30 already.

0:25:210:25:25

32 here. 35 I'll take.

0:25:250:25:28

-Ooh!

-32 here. In front of me at 32. Anybody else at £32?

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34. 36.

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-Couple of people who want it.

-42? £40.

0:25:340:25:37

It's with you at 40. Yeah. With you at £40.

0:25:370:25:41

-42.

-New bidder!

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45...

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£45. Nearer to me at 45.

0:25:460:25:48

Yes. 48.

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£48 with you, Albert. At £48. Anybody else?

0:25:500:25:54

£48, all done.

0:25:540:25:56

48! Just £2 short of James's top price on it.

0:25:560:26:00

-That was a good price!

-It was.

-That was quite exciting, wasn't it?

0:26:000:26:04

-It was!

-They say butter wouldn't melt!

0:26:040:26:07

THEY LAUGH

0:26:070:26:09

Very good, James!

0:26:090:26:11

I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief

0:26:110:26:14

that we've banked some respectable money.

0:26:140:26:16

Next, a memento that was a gift from Andrew's mother.

0:26:170:26:22

We have two Italian Santini figurines,

0:26:220:26:25

and their joint estimate is £15 to £25.

0:26:250:26:29

What's it worth? I'm sure you've viewed it. Start me £10 the lot.

0:26:300:26:34

£10 for the little Diana figure. £5 for it.

0:26:340:26:38

Five I'm bid in front of me. At £5. £6 I'll take from somebody else.

0:26:380:26:41

The two figures for a fiver. Doesn't seem a lot of money.

0:26:410:26:44

At £5, is all I'm bid. I'm going to sell them.

0:26:440:26:47

-At £5. They're going for £5.

-HE BANGS HAMMER

0:26:470:26:50

Oh! £5 is all we got for them,

0:26:500:26:53

but you're not having to take them home.

0:26:530:26:55

No. That's a bonus.

0:26:550:26:57

We're on a bit of a seesaw here. One minute we're up,

0:26:580:27:01

then we're down. But at least they sold.

0:27:010:27:04

And now we're back to something from Andrew's grandfather,

0:27:040:27:08

his World War I compass in a case. Will this get us back on course?

0:27:080:27:12

Grandfather obviously had a very eventful First World War,

0:27:150:27:21

because we've got his pocket compass coming up now.

0:27:210:27:24

None of us can even dream of the horrors those guys went through

0:27:240:27:28

in the First World War, and a compass was a very practical thing.

0:27:280:27:32

When you went over the top, you needed to know where you were going,

0:27:320:27:36

and it's amazing - this one has survived, in good condition,

0:27:360:27:39

and still with its original leather box, which is great.

0:27:390:27:43

Bit of interest in it. I've got a starting bid of £10.

0:27:430:27:47

With me at £10. £12. 14. 16. 18.

0:27:470:27:50

£18 in the corner. At 18.

0:27:500:27:52

20 everywhere. 20 I'll take from there.

0:27:520:27:55

22. 24. 26.

0:27:550:27:57

28. 30.

0:27:570:27:59

No? £30, standing, there in the cap. At 30. Anybody else?

0:27:590:28:03

32.

0:28:030:28:05

35. Let's go. 38.

0:28:050:28:07

40. 42.

0:28:070:28:10

45.

0:28:100:28:12

£45 in the middle, then. At 45. Anybody else? In the cap, at £45.

0:28:120:28:16

You all done and finished? £45 it goes...

0:28:160:28:20

-That was a good price! Yes!

-I think we're happy with that.

0:28:200:28:23

Obviously now people know where they're going,

0:28:230:28:26

because they've bought the compass.

0:28:260:28:28

THEY LAUGH

0:28:280:28:30

That is a great result, just £5 under James's top estimate.

0:28:300:28:35

Maybe there are some militaria collectors here today.

0:28:350:28:38

That could bode well for the sword and the medals coming up later.

0:28:380:28:43

So, next up we've got the set of 12 silver-plated fish knives and forks.

0:28:430:28:49

Did you ever use these, Amanda? No? Well, my parents' generation,

0:28:490:28:53

they'd never have dreamt of having fish

0:28:530:28:55

without getting out the old fish knives and forks.

0:28:550:28:58

Beautifully presented in a case. Have you looked at these, Anna?

0:28:580:29:02

-Do you like them? Have you ever eaten with them?

-No.

0:29:020:29:05

Let me tell you, fish doesn't taste the same

0:29:050:29:07

unless you're using the proper fish knife and fork!

0:29:070:29:10

We've got £30 to £40 on them, in their original case,

0:29:100:29:13

so let's hope there are some more traditional buyers here.

0:29:130:29:16

I have seen several people looking at them very intently.

0:29:160:29:20

They could be about to bid for them. We'll soon find out.

0:29:200:29:24

I've got a little bit of interest. I'm bid straight off £35 for them.

0:29:240:29:28

With me at 35 for the fish eaters. At 35. 40.

0:29:280:29:31

45, with me. 50.

0:29:310:29:33

55. Still with me at £55, for those fish eaters. 60.

0:29:330:29:37

65. 65, still with me. On the book at 65.

0:29:370:29:40

70, fresh bidding. 75 with me. 80 in the room, against commission.

0:29:400:29:44

£80 for those fish eaters. At £80. You all done?

0:29:440:29:47

At £80 and going, then. £80.

0:29:470:29:49

Fantastic! That's double what we thought they'd make, James!

0:29:490:29:52

Isn't that wonderful? There are still people who have standards!

0:29:520:29:55

THEY LAUGH

0:29:550:29:58

Well, you would know, James! There are obviously some bidders here

0:29:580:30:02

who also recognise quality when they see it.

0:30:020:30:04

I wonder what they'll make of Amanda's next lot?

0:30:070:30:09

It's her Dansette transistor radio, in need of some restoration.

0:30:090:30:14

We're back to the swinging '60s now,

0:30:180:30:21

because we've got this wonderful little Dansette transistor radio.

0:30:210:30:25

-He's off already!

-We were there!

0:30:250:30:27

-He's off!

-I love this.

0:30:270:30:30

It's a great blue colour. It's got everything going,

0:30:300:30:33

and this sort of retro thing very much coming back in.

0:30:330:30:36

-We were there first time round!

-We were, James.

0:30:360:30:40

What's it worth? I'm sure you've viewed it. £10 for it.

0:30:400:30:43

£10 for the little radio, surely.

0:30:430:30:45

Nobody interested? £10? £5 for it, then.

0:30:450:30:48

£5 I'm bid at the back of the room. Jolly good. At £5.

0:30:480:30:51

£6 anywhere? At £5, by the mirror there. Are you all done at £5?

0:30:510:30:55

It's going to be sold for £5. A maiden bid of £5. It's going.

0:30:550:30:58

-£5 and going...

-HE BANGS HAMMER

0:30:580:31:00

Well, it's £5 that you've taken out of the garage, really, isn't it?

0:31:000:31:05

-Absolutely.

-And you weren't using it.

-No.

0:31:050:31:07

-And it didn't have batteries in it.

-No.

-Bet they didn't know that.

0:31:070:31:11

-They've got to buy batteries, James.

-That'll cost more than a fiver!

0:31:110:31:15

-Exactly.

-THEY LAUGH

0:31:150:31:17

'It seems only one bidder wanted the job of restoring that old radio,

0:31:170:31:21

'but I'm sure they'll get hours of pleasure from it once they do.'

0:31:210:31:25

'So, I wonder how the kitty is looking so far?'

0:31:250:31:28

Halfway point, only one no-sale, which I am still speechless about.

0:31:300:31:35

I can't believe someone wasn't prepared to pay a fiver

0:31:350:31:38

for those glasses and that jug. Nevertheless, they have stumped up

0:31:380:31:42

on everything else we've had to sell today,

0:31:420:31:44

and we're not quite halfway there yet.

0:31:440:31:47

We're up to £183.

0:31:470:31:50

But we've got all of that World War I stuff

0:31:500:31:54

from your husband's grandfather,

0:31:540:31:56

and there is an interest in medals and World War I memorabilia,

0:31:560:32:00

so we hope we'll do better in the second half, James.

0:32:000:32:03

Everything to come. Everything to play for. Can't wait!

0:32:030:32:06

If you'd like to try your hand at buying or selling at auction,

0:32:060:32:10

do bear in mind that there are charges, including commission.

0:32:100:32:14

These will vary from one saleroom to another,

0:32:140:32:17

so it is always worth enquiring in advance.

0:32:170:32:19

The bidders here do seem to recognise quality,

0:32:210:32:24

but you'd need to look very closely at an item James has spotted,

0:32:240:32:27

just to be sure that it's the genuine article!

0:32:270:32:30

That's a very pretty little thing, James.

0:32:320:32:34

Do I get a whiff of imperial Russia from this?

0:32:340:32:37

You should get a whiff of Imperial Russia,

0:32:370:32:41

because the auctioneers have said that it's actually stamped Faberge.

0:32:410:32:45

-Oh, yes.

-In Cyrillic, on the bottom there.

0:32:450:32:48

But I think, given the estimate they've put on it

0:32:480:32:52

-of 700 to 1,000, I don't think they think it's by Faberge.

-No!

0:32:520:32:56

The great Carl Faberge. You remember the idea,

0:32:560:32:59

that he produced for the Russian royal family

0:32:590:33:01

in the early years of the 20th century

0:33:010:33:04

Imperial Easter eggs, and they are now hugely expensive.

0:33:040:33:07

Like?

0:33:070:33:09

-Certainly north of £1 million each.

-Ooh!

0:33:090:33:12

What do we think?

0:33:120:33:13

I think it's going to exceed its estimate of 700 to 1,000.

0:33:130:33:17

-Oh, very pretty!

-Good Easter egg for someone.

-Yes!

0:33:170:33:20

Crikey! James turned out to be right there.

0:33:210:33:23

That wonderful piece actually sold for £3,800!

0:33:230:33:28

Just goes to prove that, if you keep your eyes peeled,

0:33:280:33:31

sometimes you really can find something quite exceptional.

0:33:310:33:34

Amanda has six items left, including those World War I medals

0:33:350:33:39

and sword, for which we've got high hopes.

0:33:390:33:41

But her next lot on the podium

0:33:410:33:44

is the Chinese brass-topped occasional table

0:33:440:33:47

that used to sit in Anna's bedroom.

0:33:470:33:49

You'll be happy to see it go?

0:33:500:33:52

Definitely. It gets in the way a bit.

0:33:520:33:55

But it's practical! Didn't you ever use it?

0:33:550:33:57

-No. Didn't know what to use it for.

-I know why.

0:33:570:34:00

-Because you don't want to polish it any more.

-Now you know.

0:34:000:34:04

Little table there. Start me at £20 for it, surely.

0:34:040:34:07

For the little table. For 20. 22, 24.

0:34:070:34:10

26, 28. £28 for the table. At £28. 30 to my left.

0:34:100:34:15

30. Anybody else? £30.

0:34:150:34:17

To my left at 30. You all done at £30?

0:34:170:34:19

£30 and going, then.

0:34:190:34:21

Great!

0:34:210:34:22

-Just below, but still OK.

-Yeah.

0:34:220:34:24

I think both Anna and her mum are pleased with that result.

0:34:250:34:30

Money in the pot, for something they hardly used!

0:34:300:34:33

Next up, an English-school watercolour.

0:34:330:34:36

Not militaria, but the white cliffs of Dover may have some resonance

0:34:360:34:40

with collectors.

0:34:400:34:42

Start me at £20 for it, for the watercolour. £10 to go, then.

0:34:430:34:46

£10 for the watercolour. Ten I'm bid. 12, 14, 16.

0:34:460:34:49

£16 is all I'm bid for that. At 16. £18 here.

0:34:490:34:53

In front of me at £18. Anybody else at £18?

0:34:530:34:56

At £18 here, with the gentleman in the striped shirt.

0:34:560:34:59

You all done and finished? At £18 it goes...

0:34:590:35:02

What a shame that the watercolour sold for so little!

0:35:020:35:04

Only four lots left,

0:35:040:35:07

and with that target of £500 still some distance away,

0:35:070:35:11

everything rests on all of them doing well.

0:35:110:35:14

Something quite rare in this sale now,

0:35:150:35:18

because so much of what we've been selling came from your husband's grandfather,

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but this is one item at auction that didn't belong to him, isn't it?

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It's the 1930s wristwatch. So, where did this one come from?

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-His dad.

-And does your husband not wear it?

0:35:300:35:33

-No.

-I think you were saying it still works, doesn't it?

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-It does, yes.

-What more do you want?

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What have we got on it? £40 to £60,

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and people love to be seen with something

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that says retro, that says quality,

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that doesn't say modern and horrible battery!

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£20 to start me, surely, for the watch. For 20. I'm bid 20.

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22. 24. £24 for that watch. It doesn't seem...

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26. 28. 30. 32.

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34.

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36. 38.

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-38 to my left.

-Nearly up to our 40.

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-All done at £38?

-Oh, hang on.

-New bid at 42, do you want?

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42. At £42. £42, I'm going to sell it, then.

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-Over our lowest estimate. Well done!

-Just pipped through, didn't it?

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That's a great result for Amanda,

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and a good price for the winning bidder.

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The classic high chair is up next, for £60 to £100.

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It belonged to Andrew's grandparents,

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and converts into a table and chair as the child grows.

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So, was it used by children in your family? Just remind me.

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Oh, yeah. My husband sat in it when he was small,

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his sisters and our children.

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-Anna, I bet you don't remember sitting in this, do you?

-Not at all.

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-And you clearly haven't sat in it since.

-No!

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£50. £50 to go.

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50. Five. 60. Five. £65 I'm bid now.

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£65. And 70. Five.

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80. Five. 90. Five.

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£95 I'm bid.

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100. 110. You want 120, madam? 120. In the room at 120.

0:37:040:37:08

-£120 in the room now.

-Fantastic!

-120. Anybody else?

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£120. I'm going to sell it, then. £120 it goes.

0:37:110:37:16

That's a terrific price. Your top price was £100.

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-You were on the button.

-Double the low estimate.

0:37:200:37:22

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, loads of money.

0:37:220:37:26

-We like that!

-THEY LAUGH

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What a great price for that high chair!

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I'm sure it will become the centrepiece

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of another family's kitchen for years to come.

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So, we reach Amanda's last two lots,

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the militaria handed down through the family

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from a grandfather who clearly had such a distinguished military career.

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And first up it's the infantry sword that's now more than 100 years old.

0:37:480:37:53

When we arrived today,

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I found James absolutely swashing the buckle with Grandfather's sword.

0:37:570:38:02

They cut such a dash, these guys, with their Sam Browne belts and then a sword on the side.

0:38:020:38:07

-And the medals.

-And medals as well.

-Can't resist a man in a uniform!

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Well, YOU can say that.

0:38:110:38:13

THEY LAUGH

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50 I'm bid. Thank you. 55. 60. £60 is all I'm bid

0:38:150:38:19

for that sword, now? Not enough. 65.

0:38:190:38:21

Thank you. 70.

0:38:210:38:23

-Come on.

-Going up!

-At 75.

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-At £75 in the middle of the room.

-75.

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I can sell it at £75. You all done? 80, fresh bidding.

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85.

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90. 95.

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£95, my original bidder. At 95.

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At £95. You all done? £95 and going. 95.

0:38:390:38:43

Thank you, sir.

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£95, just £5 short of our lowest estimate.

0:38:440:38:47

But not a bad return.

0:38:470:38:49

I thought that was going to sell for 60 quid!

0:38:490:38:52

-Really?

-The cut-and-thrust of bidding

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eventually brought it nearly up to where we wanted to be.

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So 95. Not bad.

0:38:580:39:00

At last! Their heirlooms do seem to be doing rather well.

0:39:000:39:05

So how will those medals do?

0:39:050:39:07

They're from both World Wars, and include some miniatures.

0:39:070:39:12

There is quite a market for medals, especially from the First World War,

0:39:120:39:17

and we've got the ones coming up from your husband's grandfather,

0:39:170:39:21

your great-grandfather, Anna. But also, tucked away on the end,

0:39:210:39:24

we've got a Second World War medal which shows that he served again

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in the Second World War!

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None of them are gallantry medals, but a nice collection nevertheless,

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so £80 to £120.

0:39:340:39:35

And they've got the miniatures with them.

0:39:350:39:38

Yes. That's important, as well.

0:39:380:39:40

-Interest in the lot.

-Good, good!

-I'm bid £60 straight off.

0:39:400:39:44

With me at 60. Five. 70. Five.

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80. 85.

0:39:460:39:49

-90. Five.

-Lots of people bidding.

-Going!

0:39:490:39:51

100. £100 there. At £100.

0:39:510:39:54

110 there, fresh bidding. 120.

0:39:540:39:56

-30. 140.

-Over our top estimate!

0:39:560:39:59

60. 70. 180. 190.

0:39:590:40:02

No? 190 in the middle of the room. 190.

0:40:020:40:04

Fresh bidding, 200. 210?

0:40:040:40:06

No? £200 there. 200.

0:40:060:40:08

Anybody else? At £200, at the bar. For £200. You all done?

0:40:080:40:12

£200 and going, then. 470. Thank you.

0:40:120:40:15

Wow! What a terrific result! What do you make of that, Anna?

0:40:150:40:19

-That's really, really good.

-£200,

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for your great-grandfather's war medals.

0:40:220:40:26

Well, I think it's great. You can't put a price on bravery,

0:40:260:40:29

but that was a pretty good attempt. And worth every penny.

0:40:290:40:32

There's no doubt that that excellent final sale

0:40:320:40:35

has made all the difference to Amanda's total.

0:40:350:40:38

'So, time to reveal the final sum!'

0:40:380:40:41

I did tell you the second half would be a lot more fun and exciting

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than the first half,

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because we had all that wonderful World War I memorabilia.

0:40:470:40:51

The medals - were you amazed that they went for £200?

0:40:510:40:55

-Yeah, definitely!

-That was a terrific result, wasn't it?

0:40:550:40:58

And then, of course, Grandfather's sword.

0:40:580:41:01

£95. Well, it has all added up to a wonderful total,

0:41:010:41:06

which is actually more than the £500 that you wanted,

0:41:060:41:09

which means you can have the £500 holiday,

0:41:090:41:11

and you'll have some left over to spend on the new granddaughter,

0:41:110:41:15

because your grand total is...

0:41:150:41:18

-£688!

-Oh, wow!

0:41:180:41:20

Oh, good!

0:41:200:41:22

-Have you ever been to an auction before?

-No.

0:41:220:41:25

-What's this experience been like?

-Brilliant.

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Well, £688 - that's a full 188 more than you expected.

0:41:280:41:32

-Have a great party!

-Thank you.

-Absolutely. Well done.

0:41:320:41:35

Amanda certainly hasn't let the grass grow under her feet.

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She's already booked that birthday treat for her husband Andrew.

0:41:440:41:48

'We're going to Cyprus.

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'My husband's been there when he was in the forces,

0:41:500:41:53

'so it's like going back in time for him.'

0:41:530:41:56

I can't wait! I wish it was this weekend we were going.

0:41:560:41:59

That's the two dips, the red-pepper hummus.

0:41:590:42:02

Whenever they visit new places, they like to sample the local cuisine,

0:42:020:42:06

so Amanda's come to a Cypriot restaurant for a taste of things to come.

0:42:060:42:10

This is very nice. It's lamb, some spices. Very nice.

0:42:100:42:14

I'd like to make it myself.

0:42:140:42:17

'The dips - well, that's the first time I've tried hummus,

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'and I will, er, put it on my menu in the house from now on.'

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If it's like this out there, I'll be fine.

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