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Hello and welcome to Cash In The Attic,

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the show that hunts out hidden treasures and helps you sell them at auction.

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Today, I'm in all the hubbub of east London and I'm on my way to a house that I think is full of promise.

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I'm told there are all sorts of collectables in there, including this, an ostrich egg!

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What do you reckon it's worth? Well, I couldn't possibly tell you,

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but I know a man who can and all will be revealed before the final hammer falls.

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Coming up on Cash In The Attic, one of our items is music to Jonty's ears.

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-I really do like that sound.

-That is beautiful.

-It's the ring of confidence.

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-Yes, definitely!

-There's excitement at a rare and valuable find.

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I knew that that was a loved piece, but now my heart's racing!

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And at the auction, is satisfaction ever guaranteed?

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-She says it's not enough.

-It's not enough. Come on, more!

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Find out when the final hammer falls.

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I'm in Bethnal Green and I'm on my way to meet the daughters

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of a truly remarkable woman who is sadly no longer with us.

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But she's left behind a rich legacy from a lifetime of collecting.

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The question, though, is are there any real riches there?

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The Cash In The Attic team have been called in to find out.

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Until just a few weeks ago, this house in London's Bethnal Green was home to Doreen Perry.

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She was a remarkable woman whose achievements in life included the creation of a highly successful

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record label and saving a school from certain closure.

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Her passion for collecting has left this three-bedroomed home full of antiques

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and their destiny now lies in the hands of her two daughters,

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Louise, a website designer, and Nicki, who has her own restaurant in New York.

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Jonty Hearnden is our expert today and he's looking forward to finding

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an array of antique furniture and, hopefully, some quality collectables.

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-Hello, ladies.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-Hello.

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-Who's who here, then?

-Nicki.

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-Hi, Nicki.

-Louise.

-Thank you so much for inviting us here

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-because I know that your mother passed away very recently, didn't she?

-Yeah.

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-What kind of woman was she?

-Unbelievably enthusiastic about the things that she loved.

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Very black and white person, she either loved it or hated it,

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and when she loved it, she was really passionate.

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So she loved china, she loved doll's houses.

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This is one of her beautiful doll's houses, collected over many years.

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-Are you going to sell these?

-No.

-No.

-No.

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But obviously, there's quite a lot you do want to sell here.

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-So how much money do you want to raise today?

-We think £1,000.

-As much as possible.

-Yes, as much...

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-Yes, as much as possible.

-And what's it going to go towards?

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She was the chair of governors at the Sir John Cass Foundation Redcoat School here in Bethnal Green,

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-which is why she moved here.

-It's for the school that your mother helped so much?

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-Yeah.

-Brilliant. All right, so £1,000 for the school.

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-We'd better get rummaging.

-Yes.

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Doreen's antiques took pride of place in her home.

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The display is remarkable and, with any luck,

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we should be able to find enough items to raise that £1,000 at the auction.

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Jonty, of course, has spent his life immersed in the world of antiques

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and he's always the first to get started on our rummaging.

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Today, it looks as if he's going to have

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some excellent support from Nicki and Louise, who've already found something to show him.

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-Jonty!

-There's a few more as well.

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Yeah. Look at that one.

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It looks rather fun, yeah. That's Cripplegate.

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-That's good. What else have you got?

-We've got...

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-Where is this?

-Farrington.

-Farrington.

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-So, maps...

-There's one more.

-Maps of London, is that right?

-Yeah.

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We've got another one down here.

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Wow, look at that, that's beautiful.

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-Shoreditch.

-Another one.

-Shoreditch.

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-Shoreditch.

-Aren't they lovely? Old coloured maps.

-Wow!

-Three maps of old London.

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Wonderful. These are originals.

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-Really?

-We should have a date here at the bottom.

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Can you see down at the bottom here, it says 1755?

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That's from 1755?

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That's very old, isn't it?

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-That's amazing.

-Yeah, that is amazing.

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And they really are a snapshot in time.

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This is obviously what the north of the old city of London looked like in 1755. Now completely different.

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So this is of Cripplegate.

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Cripplegate was a gate in the old wall in the City of London

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-and it's the Barbican now.

-My mother lived in the Barbican.

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-Yeah, she did.

-That's why.

-Oh, that's where she had this.

-That's why she's got that, yeah.

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That's why maps are interesting, how the world changed.

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Often you see little maps of London and then, voom, it's a whole metropolis.

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Quite extraordinary.

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These maps would have been printed, of course, in black and white

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and hand-coloured later and often a lot later.

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Often coloured in the 20th century and somehow dealers, collectors don't seem to mind that.

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A lot of people do like to have maps with a bit of colour on them. So, can we sell these?

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Yes, absolutely. What do you think we'd get for those?

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We're looking at, what?

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-For three, £100 to £150.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, why not.

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-A good little find.

-Not bad. Excellent, I'll put those there.

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-OK.

-And we'll carry on.

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I like those.

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That's a good valuation to kick off our day here in Bethnal Green,

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and we have our first contribution towards that target of £1,000.

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As we split up to cover all corners, it's becoming clear just how keen a collector Doreen was.

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There's more than enough here to keep Jonty busy.

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-Found anything?

-No, nothing, really.

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-What have you found?

-Have a look at this.

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This is a really decorative jardiniere. Porcelain jardiniere.

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It's a plant stand, a plant pot.

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-Well, it's a holder to put your plant pot into.

-Right.

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But it really is very good quality.

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I don't think this is 19th century, I think it's 20th century.

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-OK.

-But the decoration is really top quality, it's very, very beautiful,

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and all of that is hand-decorated with this lovely gilded decoration round the outside.

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Now, in the 19th century, particularly the late 19th century, all Victorian houses needed a plant

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known as an aspidistra in the corner of their...certainly their drawing rooms, in many rooms of their house,

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and you would put your aspidistra in a plant pot holder like this, known as a jardiniere.

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So it has all the hallmarks of being 18th century in style, 19th century in style, but I believe it to be...

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It's a modern version of.

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The mark is Copeland. Now, that's a good sign because Copeland started life in Staffordshire in the 1770s,

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but this is a jardiniere.

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Again, people obviously have pot plants, they like to display them, still, in bowls like this.

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-You can hear it ting.

-Yes, it's perfect.

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You see, it's got a very nice ring to it. I like the sound.

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-That's a good sound for me.

-Yeah.

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And I think this jardiniere is so attractive, so decorative,

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that it's got to be worth around about £100.

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-That's great.

-Happy?

-Very happy.

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Oh, I'm happy. I really do like that sound.

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-That is beautiful.

-It's nice, isn't it?

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-It's the ring of confidence.

-Yes, definitely!

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What a great price for a modern piece with no antique value,

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but will Jonty be as confident about the next item?

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I can't imagine he's come across too many giant ornamental eggs in his time!

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-Look what I've found here.

-I've already seen one.

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-Yes, I want you to tell us all about them.

-Well, they're quite...

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Of course, they're ostrich eggs, but we have a pair here, but we've also got

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this lovely decorated ostrich egg here, covered in butterflies.

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There's a theme here. Did your mother like butterflies?

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-My mother was obsessed with anything with butterflies on it.

-Oh, how lovely!

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It was really easy to buy presents for her, to send cards, you know?

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Anything with a butterfly on it!

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But ostrich eggs, you can see just how decorative they are.

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Well, let's take a look at the pair in more detail.

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If I pick this one up here, we can see that we have a crack in the top.

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This is where the innards have been taken out, but to cover that crack up

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they have placed this decorative finial on the top,

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but the stands themselves are extraordinary.

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They are gilded bronze, very heavy, and I believe these to be stands

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for oriental vases, so the vases have been taken away

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and the stands have been almost like recycled to place the pair of eggs on the top,

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but they make just a great pair of decorative objects and that is what the market demands.

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These don't fit in any genre, they're not ceramics, they're not metal ware,

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-they're not jewellery, they are just decorative objects.

-OK.

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So, as far as value is concerned, you just go on your hunch.

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I suspect that we're looking at

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between £80 and £120 there.

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What do you think of that valuation?

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-That's fabulous.

-OK?

-Absolutely.

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I just hope those eggs get to auction in one piece!

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While Jonty, Nicki and Louise are still hunting around the house,

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I'm reminded that Doreen's passion for collecting encompassed both old and new.

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In her old bedroom, there's more evidence of her love of the contemporary.

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These two blown glass bowls are really rather stylish

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and Jonty packs them off to auction

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with a £50 to £70 price tag.

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On the landing, he spots a pair of pictures of Doreen's favourite subject matter, the butterfly.

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They're Oriental silk and date from the 19th century.

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Jonty thinks they should fetch £40 to £60 at auction.

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The butterfly motif appears in almost every room of Doreen's house.

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She was clearly quite a character and I want to learn more about her.

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So this is your mother, Doreen.

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My goodness me!

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What a stylish, incredible lady. Are these quite recent, these pictures?

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-They are recent. I think they're within the last six months.

-Yeah, they are.

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And even when she was very, very ill, she still had the full face of make-up, the shoes, the outfit

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-when she could barely walk.

-She was clearly a most extraordinary woman, but what was her upbringing like?

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We didn't know who her real parents were. She wouldn't discuss it.

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Had she not told you about her upbringing, then?

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She refused to talk about it and she was very distressed by it.

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In actual fact, when she was 18 months old,

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her parents separated and they dumped her in a children's home.

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-How extraordinary.

-And then, the people that fostered her

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tried desperately to have her legally adopted

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and kept going round to the real mother's house and she kept...

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All she would do is open the window and tell them to naff off

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and she wasn't signing anything, so she was never legally adopted

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and she was a foster child her whole life.

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Which is why I think she's always been for the underdog.

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She was very tough.

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Yeah, she was very tough. I think she was old school,

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you know? She had...

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Was really into manners and etiquette and being on time

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and just decorum, wasn't she?

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Passionate about the opera and classical music.

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We were not allowed to play pop music in the house.

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She loved it. It was her passion.

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And I don't know that she knew as much as my dad, but she absolutely loved it.

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And the two of them started Hyperion Records,

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which is the most prestigious small classical record label in the world

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and has won all sorts of awards, and they started that company together.

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-And your mother was honoured as well, wasn't she? Was she made a Freeman of London?

-A Liveryman.

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And she is a Freeman of the City of London, but quite recently... In fact, that's the last outing

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I had with her and my daughter, was that she walked a sheep across London Bridge,

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which you're allowed to do.

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-As a Freeman?

-As a Freeman, yeah.

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With the Lord Mayor, all dressed to the nines!

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And she was very, very ill but she made the long walk

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from Liverpool Street to London Bridge, insisted on walking.

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Got dressed up to the nines in black and red and walked the sheep across.

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-I tell you, you two have got something to live up to, haven't you?

-We have!

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I don't think we'll ever make it! Not even combined!

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What a lady!

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And that's not to mention the school she saved from closure.

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More about her proudest achievement later

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because we're here to raise that £1,000 so we need to get back to work.

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As we continue to search every inch of this property, Nicki concentrates

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her efforts in the garden room, home to her mum's favourite pieces of china.

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She picks out this porcelain cow, which is, in fact, a novelty creamer.

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It's based on a design that originated in Holland

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and was later produced in the UK from the mid-18th century.

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It's in great condition and heads off to auction

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with a very respectable £80 to £120 estimate.

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And in the dining room,

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something rather special has caught Jonty's eye.

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Jennie?

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Louise, are you through there?

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-Yeah, I'm here.

-Take a look at this.

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-Gosh, that's beautiful.

-This fan is stunning, really stunning.

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This whole scene here is hand-painted,

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so this is a paper fan suspended on mother-of-pearl.

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That's what gives it the lovely glistening effect. It's gorgeous.

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Amazing, isn't it? Yes, can you imagine in subdued light,

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under candlelight or under oil light, the shimmer of mother-of-pearl?

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-That's why it was so popular when this fan was made.

-Is it old, then?

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Very old. Date-wise, we're looking between 210,

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maybe 240 years old and it's not English, it's French.

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Oh, my word, that's incredible!

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Yeah. It's very interesting, that, because the closer you look,

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the more restoration you see, which makes sense because this is paper, just how fragile it would be.

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-It's been restored?

-Have a look here.

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-Can you see...

-Oh, OK.

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-..that there is extra layers of paper that have been laid upon...?

-Wow!

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And therefore hand-painted in to restore it.

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-It all makes sense.

-So it's been loved, then.

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Absolutely. And it's been worth one's while restoring this

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because you're looking not at just a fan, you're looking at a work of art.

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I was going to say that. It is a work of art.

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-It really is.

-It's very beautiful.

-Hence the reason why it's framed.

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And why people collect these - they're so beautiful.

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But with a fan like this,

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there's something else to be looked at, so let me show you.

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Now, can you notice that this has no back to it at all?

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-OK.

-That was an optical illusion. I thought there was a backing.

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So let me take this off. What can we see?

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-Oh, my goodness!

-Wow!

-What do I see?

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-It's painted on the back.

-Yeah, we've got...

-Look at that!

-Seaside, mountains, a sort of beach.

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So it's totally different. It's unique.

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It is beautiful, but I think it should go to someone who'll love it.

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But interestingly, the market has risen quite substantially,

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not for European fans, but for more Chinese fans.

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The Chinese are buying them back.

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I don't want to put an exact figure on it because of the restoration,

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but we're looking at between £200 and £400.

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-Whoa!

-Wow, that's incredible.

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-Yes? Happy?

-That's fantastic.

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That really is an amazing object and so delicate.

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Will that count on sale day?

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And for this sale lot, I'm already bid £65. I'll take 70 in the room.

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At £65. I'm bid 70. 75. 80.

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-That's good.

-85.

-That's good.

-90. 95.

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Find out later whether this gilt-framed work of art reaches its top estimate at auction.

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The fan has spurred us all on to keep looking and Nicki has spotted a pair of framed prints of London.

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It's fascinating that none of these London landmarks has survived.

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Jonty thinks the prints could appeal to history-lovers and values the pair at £80 to £120.

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And the finds just keep on coming.

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-Hey, Jonty, look what I've found.

-That looks fun.

-It's sweet, isn't it?

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-Isn't that nice? A little tray. Nice handles.

-It's got little notes in it that she always loved.

-Oh, yes.

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That's really interesting.

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If we look at the inside here, I can see probably the reason why your mum either bought this

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or acquired this tray, because of this inside decoration here.

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This is inlay work and if you look closely, this is a stylised lyre

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and other woodwind instruments that sort of knotted in between.

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-Is that like a kind of old oboe or something?

-Yes, it does, doesn't it?

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It does. I didn't notice those, actually, when I first found it.

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And threaded through that is a sheet of music. Rather cleverly done.

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Now, this tray would have been made about 100 years ago, but the style is 18th century.

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-In the 18th century, all the inlay work would be hand done...

-OK.

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..whereas here, the vast majority of the work that you see here, it looks like inlay, but it's painted

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or penned on, so all these little notes, that's brushwork rather than inlay,

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so this oval tray, the shape of it,

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the banding around the side is very typical, again,

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of furniture of the 18th century, but it's all a revival.

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-Right, OK.

-So this is an Edwardian tray.

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The other giveaway is that 18th-century trays tend to be bigger.

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So something that we can put into the auction sale, obviously?

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-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Happy for that.

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Will we're not looking at a vast fortune, but it's still lovely,

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decorative. The trade always wants something like this.

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We're looking at £30 to maybe £50.

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That's great.

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£30 sounds rather cheap for such a beautifully crafted item.

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I hope the bidders like it as much as Doreen once did and we can reach the upper end of its estimate.

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Louise is upstairs, searching through her mum's old cupboards and discovers an impressive collection

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of hats, some of them by milliner, Stephen Jones.

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I've heard how particular Doreen was about her appearance and Jonty thinks

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this rather splendid collection could fetch upwards of £80.

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We're making good progress towards the £1,000 that the sisters plan to donate to the school.

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While Nicki leafs through her mum's book collection and Louise and Jonty

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continue their search, I want to find out more about Doreen's legacy to the local community.

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I wanted to ask you more about your mother's involvement with this school.

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How did that come about?

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I believe a clergyman friend of hers introduced the idea to her. I think he sort of talked her into it.

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I'm not quite sure how long she was a governor for

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before she became chair of governors, but boy, oh, boy, when she took over...

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She basically got rid of the headmaster that was there at the time and hired the new headmaster.

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So just what kind of school was it?

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It was a terrible failing school when she took over and she whipped that school right into shape.

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So she got an enormous amount of personal satisfaction from it?

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Oh, she absolutely loved that job. That's all she talked about.

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She was passionate about that school and when she took over,

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3% pass rate GCSEs, this year, 100% pass rate,

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plus every sixth-former got a place at university and one actually got a place in Oxford.

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That's the first time that's ever happened.

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OK, that's all very well, but we're never going to get this job finished

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if we don't go do some more rummaging, so come on!

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I get the feeling

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Doreen wasn't the only one who could be described as determined!

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Upstairs, Louise is refusing to give up on the search for valuables.

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She decides to send her mum's old chair off to auction.

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Its ornate tapestry covering is in superb condition,

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but it's a modern reproduction of a French-style chair

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so Jonty values it accordingly at £60 to £80.

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And, lurking amongst the mass of china,

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he makes a discovery that could be the one we've all been hoping for.

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-Guys, you have to stop what you're doing here because I have found a really rare item.

-Oh, really?

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Look at this beautiful bowl. This is quite...

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You know, I'm gobsmacked, I really am! I really am gobsmacked.

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-This is a rare bowl that I'm looking at here.

-Did you know this was special?

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-I knew that that was a loved piece, but now my heart's racing!

-Well, it is very exciting.

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This is a bowl that was made in Worcester,

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but made a long time ago in the Worcester factory. About 1770.

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-Wow!

-Really?

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And we have the mark on the underside here.

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-Do you see this square under-glaze blue mark?

-Yeah.

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-This under-glaze blue mark was used by the factory all the way up until 1785.

-OK.

0:20:370:20:42

But it's distinctively Worcester.

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If you see the blue, particularly, that is in the style of fish scales

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which was very typical, a decorative mark that they used.

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They were copying factories like Sevres and Chelsea,

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but at the time, at the time when this bowl was made,

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they were producing the finest porcelain the country was producing

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and that's why so many people collect Worcester of this period.

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But there's a little bit of a problem that we have on the other side.

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It looks perfect,

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but there's a slightly different colour.

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There's a bit of a shadow there.

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-Now, I think that that's restoration.

-Really?

-Yes.

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-If you turn it on the other side too, can you see a slightly different colour...

-Oh, yes, yes.

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..to the inside there? Now, if this was in good condition, and I don't

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believe that it is in perfect condition, at auction, this should sell for in excess of £1,000.

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But with restoration,

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I believe this to be more like the £500 mark.

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-That's not too bad, is it?

-No, it's fantastic.

-Yeah? You'd better tell Louise about it.

0:21:500:21:54

-Louise!

-Go and tell her that we've made a very interesting find.

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Hi! I think you can stop rummaging now, my dear.

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-Ah, the bowl.

-Yeah.

-Yes. Beautiful.

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I got very, very excited, but I think I've spotted a bit of restoration,

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so we are still, hopefully, looking around £500 at the moment.

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Wow, that's fantastic.

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It's a very positive way to end the day, actually, and what a day it's been!

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Honestly, I think we've heard more interesting stories

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about a more colourful character than I've ever heard before! It's been fascinating.

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-At the start of the day, we were saying that you wanted to raise £1,000...

-Yeah.

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..to help the school that your mother did so much for and that meant so much to her.

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Well, even with the damaged bowl, we reckon that you will, in fact,

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at the auction make £1,380.

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Fantastic.

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-Fantastic. Great.

-Fingers crossed.

-Yeah? Is that OK?

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-Brilliant.

-The school will be thrilled with that.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

0:22:510:22:54

We've had a fascinating day in Bethnal Green hearing all about a quite remarkable woman.

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And didn't she have an eye for collectables!

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Heading off to auction, we have the highly unusual collection

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of decorative ostrich eggs.

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Who knows what someone might pay for this quirky lot,

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but we're hoping it'll be at least £80.

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The beautiful hand-painted fan that survived intact

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for over two centuries.

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It's a work of art and deserves to reach its £200 estimate.

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And, of course, the incredible 18th-century Worcester plate.

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Jonty was rendered almost speechless by its rarity

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and there's every chance

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his estimate could be blown clean out of the water.

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Still to come on Cash In The Attic, there's division in the ranks.

0:23:430:23:47

I'm going to feel positive. I'm going to send out positive vibes.

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I don't know, I'm feeling sort of either way on this one.

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It's a rollercoaster ride, but all is not lost.

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Result! Hurrah!

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And does Doreen's spirit live on?

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-She is here.

-She's definitely here.

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And she's cross!

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Find out when the final hammer falls.

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It's a couple of weeks since we were with Nicki and Louise at their mother's home

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in Bethnal Green, and I have to say it was one of the most fascinating days of rummaging I've ever had.

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Now, remember they want to raise £1,000 for the school

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that meant so much to their mother,

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so let's hope the bidders here at Chiswick Auction Rooms

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in west London really are going to do her memory proud when her items go under the hammer.

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Now, Jonty always has an eye

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for the out-of-the-ordinary and he's headed straight for our star item.

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Since the rummage, he's had time to do a bit more research about it.

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Good morning.

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-Oh, there you are.

-Oh!

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-Still admiring my lovely bowl.

-Oh, the bowl. Oh.

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This bowl is exquisite.

0:24:540:24:56

-We were worried about the damage.

-I know.

-Did you get a second opinion?

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Well, I've had a second opinion, yes, and I've talked to the guys here and they think

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that my initial gut reaction of £500 might even be too high, so we're looking at more like £300 to £500.

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It's simply because, who wants a damaged bowl?

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Oh, well, hopefully, somebody does!

0:25:150:25:17

-Well, I do, too.

-Yes.

-Because we've got other items.

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The ostrich eggs have been split up. They're not in one lot.

0:25:200:25:22

-Do you remember that lovely painted ostrich egg?

-Yeah.

0:25:220:25:25

So they're being sold individually?

0:25:250:25:27

-Yes.

-OK.

-So many great items.

0:25:270:25:29

-Yeah. Let's go and see if the girls have arrived.

-OK.

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-Careful.

-I am. No more damage!

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No. OK, here we go.

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It's disappointing that the Worcester bowl

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hasn't turned out to be worth more,

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so let's hope Nicki and Louise aren't too deflated before we even start the day.

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-Good morning.

-Hello.

-Hi! How are you?

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-Good. How you're you doing?

-Nice to see you again.

-And you.

-We had such fun!

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-It was fun.

-Yeah, a really good day.

0:25:520:25:54

And you've got the lovely egg.

0:25:540:25:56

-We have.

-The auctioneer's split up the ostrich collection.

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Now, that lovely one you've got in your hand will be sold separately

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and all the others will be in a different lot.

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They'll get more money that way, so that's good news for us.

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OK. Good, wonderful.

0:26:100:26:11

Is there any item that's really tugging at your heartstrings a bit?

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I'm fine, but you're a little bit unsure about the hats, aren't you?

0:26:150:26:18

I'm never going to wear the hats. I don't really want to drag

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the hats halfway across the world to put in a cupboard.

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I'd rather somebody else had them and loved them,

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but it's still quite an emotional thing, watching the hats go.

0:26:270:26:30

My mother loved the hats. My mother wore the hats.

0:26:300:26:33

This is always the dilemma people have.

0:26:330:26:35

They might love the object and it has so much association,

0:26:350:26:38

but what are you going to do with it?

0:26:380:26:40

-So...

-No regrets.

0:26:400:26:42

I think your mother would prefer that the school benefit.

0:26:420:26:44

-Absolutely.

-Shall we get a place? The auction's about to start.

0:26:440:26:48

-Yes.

-Put it down carefully!

-Yes, don't break the egg!

0:26:480:26:50

-No!

-OK.

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Go and get a spot.

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So high hopes for the bowl despite the damage.

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It's understandable that Nicki and Louise are sad

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to part with their mother's designer hats, they are spectacular,

0:27:000:27:04

but if the sisters are going to reach that target of £1,000,

0:27:040:27:07

they'll just have to let those hats go to a new home.

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If, like Nicki and Louise, you're thinking of heading to auction, remember that commission

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and other charges may be added to your bill, so do check the details with your auction house.

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The sale is about to start and we all get into position for the opening lot of the day.

0:27:200:27:26

There's nothing like the excitement of your first time at an auction.

0:27:260:27:29

One of the three eggs, the magnificent hand-painted example gets us started.

0:27:290:27:35

Let's hope this sets the bar high for the rest of the day.

0:27:350:27:39

This is my favourite of your ostrich eggs, actually.

0:27:390:27:41

This lovely painted one. I think it's gorgeous, I really do.

0:27:410:27:44

-So, we want 80 to 120.

-£80 to £120.

0:27:440:27:47

-Come on!

-I've got to start this no less than £60. £60, start me.

0:27:470:27:50

Bid me £60. No bids of 60, I'll move on.

0:27:500:27:52

-Oh, no!

-No interest at £60.

0:27:520:27:57

-Oh.

-Unsold.

0:27:570:27:58

-That's bad news.

-That's not a good start.

-No.

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Well, there just wasn't a market for our decorated egg.

0:28:010:28:05

The other eggs will be coming up later.

0:28:050:28:07

Maybe the engravings of these London landmarks

0:28:070:28:10

that Jonty valued at £80 to £120 will ignite some interest.

0:28:100:28:15

£70, start me.

0:28:170:28:19

£60 then, let's see where it goes.

0:28:190:28:21

No bids of £60. I'm forced to pass it. No interest at £60.

0:28:210:28:24

This is not on, is it?

0:28:240:28:26

Not sold.

0:28:260:28:27

-She's in the room.

-She's here.

0:28:270:28:29

-She's in the room.

-She's here, she's mad!

0:28:290:28:31

-Really?

-She's cross with you! Oh, girls, you look really shocked!

0:28:310:28:35

I am! I'm a bit freaked out.

0:28:350:28:37

-She is here.

-She's definitely here.

0:28:370:28:40

And she's cross!

0:28:400:28:41

With such a slow start to the day, it's no surprise that the sisters

0:28:410:28:45

are wondering whether they should be selling

0:28:450:28:48

their mother's belongings at all,

0:28:480:28:50

but Nicki and Louise are sure that it's all for a cause their mother was passionate about,

0:28:500:28:55

so let's hope the Staffordshire cow creamer stirs up some interest.

0:28:550:28:58

It's a lovely object. I put £80 to £120 on it.

0:28:580:29:02

-Let's hope we can sell it.

-Somebody wants it!

0:29:020:29:04

£60. No bids at £60.

0:29:040:29:06

Am I going to pass this lot, then with no interest at £60?

0:29:060:29:09

£40. Am I to take it that I can record a bit of £40?

0:29:090:29:12

I don't know if I can sell it. £40, I'm bid. 45, there. 50. Five.

0:29:120:29:16

60. Five. 70.

0:29:160:29:17

You know you want it.

0:29:170:29:19

£70, I'm bid, to my left. At £70. That's more like it.

0:29:190:29:22

I'll take five elsewhere.

0:29:220:29:23

Is that the money, then? At £70 and selling.

0:29:230:29:26

We got that away. Sold.

0:29:260:29:28

Sold. We've started!

0:29:280:29:31

Thank goodness, a sale at last! But just under Jonty's lowest estimate.

0:29:310:29:36

It seems the bidders here only have eyes for our quirkier items.

0:29:360:29:39

Next up is the exquisite hand-painted fan.

0:29:390:29:42

It's in absolutely perfect condition and might just be the piece to get hearts racing.

0:29:420:29:47

I've got a good feeling about this and Jonty thinks we can get £200

0:29:470:29:51

to £400 for it, but has he got the measure of the crowd here today?

0:29:510:29:56

And for this little lot, I'm already bid at £65.

0:29:580:30:00

I'll take 70 in the room. At £65. I'm bid 70. 75. 80.

0:30:000:30:04

85. 90.

0:30:040:30:06

-95. 100. 110. 120? At £110.

-Come on.

0:30:060:30:11

Need 120, now.

0:30:110:30:13

At £110. Commission bidder at £110 and selling. Are we all done?

0:30:130:30:17

-Disappointing.

-Yes.

-Oh, I was hoping for so much more than that, but it's sold.

-It's sold.

0:30:190:30:24

It's a sale, but well below Jonty's lowest estimate.

0:30:240:30:29

We really do need to drum up some interest to get

0:30:290:30:31

anywhere near our target of £1,000 and help Doreen's school.

0:30:310:30:35

Let's hope that there are some ceramics lovers hiding in the woodwork here today

0:30:350:30:39

and that Jonty's instincts are spot on with the next lot, the lovely hand-painted jardiniere.

0:30:390:30:44

OK, so you want quite a large sum, 80 to 120.

0:30:460:30:49

-Well, it's very decorative. I just hope somebody else will appreciate it in the auction room.

-Let's see.

0:30:490:30:55

£50 and see where it goes. £50 to start me.

0:30:550:30:57

No bids at £50.

0:30:570:30:59

There's no bidders.

0:30:590:31:01

No interest at 50? Well below estimate.

0:31:010:31:04

That's extraordinary.

0:31:040:31:05

-No bidders at all.

-What's going on?

0:31:050:31:07

They've got no taste whatsoever!

0:31:070:31:09

It's unbelievable.

0:31:090:31:11

Well, I think even Jonty's finding it hard to hide his frustration.

0:31:110:31:15

It's beginning to look

0:31:150:31:16

as if Nicki and Louise will be taking more of their mum's collectables home

0:31:160:31:20

than they'd thought, but soldier on they must,

0:31:200:31:23

and next is the contemporary glass bowls that Jonty priced at £50 to £70.

0:31:230:31:27

Let's hope these colourful pieces will raise a few hands.

0:31:270:31:32

£30, to start me. £30, I'm bid.

0:31:320:31:34

Take two.

0:31:340:31:36

-At £30.

-Thank God for that.

0:31:360:31:38

At 32. 35. 38. At £35, then.

0:31:380:31:40

At £35. I'll take 38 now. All done at £35 and selling?

0:31:400:31:45

-We got a sale.

-We have.

0:31:450:31:47

'Well, it's a result,'

0:31:470:31:48

but well under Jonty's lowest estimate.

0:31:480:31:50

We've had a shocking start to the auction

0:31:500:31:52

in spite of Doreen's unusual and fascinating art pieces.

0:31:520:31:55

With so many items not selling at all,

0:31:550:31:58

it's not hard for me to do the sums and work out how we've done so far.

0:31:580:32:03

I hope this isn't an omen for the rest of the day.

0:32:030:32:07

-We're halfway through. It's been a bit of a rocky ride, hasn't it?

-I would say so, yeah.

0:32:070:32:11

-I haven't kept a tally. Has anyone kept a tally of what we've done?

-I have, yes.

0:32:110:32:16

-Have you?

-So, we wanted £1,000 so you can give it to the school that your mother did so much for.

0:32:160:32:20

Obviously, we'd hoped to be at £500 by now. I'm afraid we're not.

0:32:200:32:23

-No.

-I think we're about £25 at this point, aren't we?

-No, £215.

0:32:230:32:28

-That's better than I thought, actually.

-Yeah.

0:32:280:32:30

That's better than I thought.

0:32:300:32:32

But there are some big items to come. We've got the Worcester bowl, which might sell.

0:32:320:32:36

We've got the other ostrich eggs. All right, I think we deserve a break, don't you?

0:32:360:32:40

A breather and I want to have a look around the auction room.

0:32:400:32:43

Oh, he always does this. Come on.

0:32:430:32:45

A general auction like this is an ideal place

0:32:460:32:49

to find valuable antiques on sale for reasonable prices.

0:32:490:32:52

And Jonty comes across a collection that we have, shall we say, mixed feelings about?

0:32:520:32:58

Hiya. What've you found?

0:32:590:33:01

I have found a whole sea of ceramics here.

0:33:010:33:04

This is a massive set, but I want your honest opinion

0:33:040:33:07

about what you think about the colour and the design.

0:33:070:33:10

I tell you, I think it's hideous.

0:33:100:33:12

I do! It's just not my colour, it really isn't. Do you like it?

0:33:120:33:16

I have to say that I'm not sure whether I do or I don't, but I tell you why I find it fascinating.

0:33:160:33:22

This whole set here was made in 1952 by the fabulous Wedgwood company.

0:33:220:33:29

Now, before the Second World War, certainly in the 1930s,

0:33:290:33:33

you had two different designs going on in the ceramics world in the UK.

0:33:330:33:36

-There was the Art-Deco line, which was the new, fashionable...

-Yeah.

0:33:360:33:40

You had the Clarice Cliff look.

0:33:400:33:41

-But also running parallel, at the same time, was a very chintzy look, lots of flowers...

-Yeah.

0:33:410:33:46

..which were a continuation of the Victorian era, the Edwardian period.

0:33:460:33:50

But this is a completely different look again.

0:33:500:33:54

This is the ceramics world reinventing itself after the Second World War.

0:33:540:33:59

OK. So what do you reckon it might sell for?

0:33:590:34:01

It's still a bargain. This whole collection here is estimated at around £100 in the auction sale,

0:34:010:34:07

but the great thing for me is that it's now being appreciated.

0:34:070:34:10

The auction catalogue estimated the set at £80 to £120.

0:34:100:34:13

They sold later for £85, so someone likes them.

0:34:130:34:20

We retake our positions for the next sale of the day -

0:34:200:34:23

these wonderful original framed maps of east London which date back to the 18th century.

0:34:230:34:29

Jonty valued them at £100 to £150.

0:34:290:34:33

I've got two bids on this. I'll start it with me at £130.

0:34:330:34:35

I'll take 140 in the room.

0:34:350:34:37

-140 there.

-Yeah!

-150. 160.

0:34:370:34:39

As £150 with me, then. I'll take 160 now.

0:34:390:34:41

-Come on.

-At £150 on commissions.

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Are we all done? Last chance of selling at £150, then.

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-Yes.

-Result! Hurrah!

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Fantastic, and a much-needed boost to our funds.

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Let's see if we can keep up the momentum with the next piece,

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the reproduction tapestry chair.

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Jonty thinks we could get £60 to £80 for it.

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Well, I'm starting here with a bid of £65. I'll take 70 in the room for the smart chair.

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At £65. 70. 75. 80. £80 I've got. At £80.

0:35:080:35:13

85 beats the... Beats at 85. 90.

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All commissions meeting at £80, to my left.

0:35:170:35:19

I'll take... Sorry, £85 to my left. I'll take 90 now.

0:35:190:35:22

-£85, that's great!

-That's good.

-Are we all done? And selling them, 173, £85.

0:35:220:35:27

Yes!

0:35:270:35:29

-Well done. Yes!

-Yeah!

-How does that feel?

-Feels good!

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£5 over Jonty's top estimate.

0:35:320:35:34

At last, things seem to be picking up in the saleroom.

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And next under the hammer is the item we're all counting on.

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With any luck, the distinctive 18th-century Worcester bowl

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will turn everybody's heads.

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Jonty's certain that somebody will be happy

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to part with £300 to £500 for it.

0:35:480:35:51

I'm feeling nervous because we really need this to sell.

0:35:510:35:54

It's your star item. It's the bowl, the Worcester bowl.

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-But it is damaged.

-I know.

0:35:570:35:59

Still, £300 would be very handy, wouldn't it?

0:35:590:36:02

It would buy a lot of exercise books,

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-wouldn't it?

-It would.

-Yes.

-How are the vibes, girls?

0:36:040:36:06

I'm going to feel positive. I'm going to send out positive vibes.

0:36:060:36:10

I don't know, I'm feeling sort of either way on this one.

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OK. Let's see if we can sell it. Fingers crossed.

0:36:130:36:15

Start me at £300, please. £300 to start me.

0:36:160:36:19

-It's not going to go, is it?

-No interest at £300.

0:36:190:36:22

We'll pass the lot. No interest at 300.

0:36:220:36:25

No bids at £300, then.

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So, we won't be giving the school £1,000, then.

0:36:290:36:32

-No.

-Silence has fallen over the room.

0:36:320:36:34

-Yes, there is a silence.

-It's all gone deadly quiet. Unsold.

0:36:340:36:38

Well, there are stunned faces all round.

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That really is a huge disappointment for us all.

0:36:400:36:43

We're going to need

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a dramatic turn in Nicki and Louise's fortunes

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if they're to donate £1,000 to the school now.

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Can those ostrich eggs possibly do it for them?

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£30 to start me. £30 I'm bid.

0:36:520:36:54

Take two. At £30. A maiden bid at £30, then.

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I'm selling at £30. All done.

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£30, sold.

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-Egg-cellent.

-Well, not...

-Egg-cellent!

0:37:010:37:03

You don't have egg on your face.

0:37:030:37:05

Not bad, but it hasn't done enough to rescue us.

0:37:050:37:09

We have to make more sales, and quick!

0:37:090:37:11

We still have the Edwardian inlaid tray that Louise considered keeping.

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No chance of that at this stage. We have to sell everything we can.

0:37:150:37:19

It's up next, and Jonty thinks we can get £30 to £50 for it.

0:37:190:37:23

Every little bit helps.

0:37:230:37:26

-How do you feel about selling this?

-I quite like the tray.

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I thought I might keep it, so I just hope it sells well.

0:37:290:37:32

-What about you, Nicki?

-I'm happy for her to take it home.

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She can serve tea on it and think of me and my mother!

0:37:350:37:39

Well, I priced it to sell, so it may not be coming back with you.

0:37:390:37:44

-We'll see.

-Here it comes.

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£40 start for the tray. At £30, then.

0:37:450:37:48

-Come on.

-At £30 I'm bid. Take two. At £30 in front of me I'm bid.

0:37:480:37:51

Take two now. Still ridiculously cheap. At £30.

0:37:510:37:53

No competition, though. 32. 35. 38.

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And 40. 42.

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At £40, then. In front of me at £40.

0:38:000:38:03

-All done, then, at £40. 377, £40.

-Well, that was cheap.

-It's on the nose, but, yeah...

0:38:030:38:08

-Are you happy?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

0:38:080:38:09

A great result, bang in the middle of Jonty's estimate,

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but we need some even better sales if we're to get anywhere near

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supporting their mother's cherished cause.

0:38:160:38:18

Maybe the silk butterfly pictures will get a bidding war going.

0:38:180:38:22

£50 to start me for the butterflies. £40. £40 I'm bid.

0:38:240:38:27

Take five now. 45. 50.

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-Five. 60. Five. At £60.

-That's good, that's fine.

-I'll take five now.

0:38:300:38:34

Is that enough at £60? Are we all done?

0:38:340:38:37

Selling at £60, then. 589.

0:38:370:38:41

-She says it's not enough.

-It's not enough, come on, more!

0:38:410:38:45

We have just one more lot to sell in the quest to help Doreen's school.

0:38:450:38:50

Let's hope that this amazing collection of designer hats

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leave the saleroom in style.

0:38:530:38:57

Well, we're hoping now to sell your mother's hats.

0:38:570:39:00

-I know you feel quite strongly about these, don't you, Nicki?

-Yes.

0:39:000:39:04

I do love the hats, I have to say.

0:39:040:39:06

It was quite difficult for me to give them up, but they don't suit me. I'm never going to wear them.

0:39:060:39:12

I can't drag them half the way across the world, so it's best that we let them go together, really.

0:39:120:39:18

-Are you all right about selling these?

-Yeah, I think so.

-All right.

0:39:180:39:22

It's a splendid collection. We're hoping for how much?

0:39:220:39:24

-£80 to £120.

-Hard to value, really.

0:39:240:39:27

They are, but they've got great designer names

0:39:270:39:30

-and very good quality, so...

-OK.

-Let's see what happens.

-Here we go.

0:39:300:39:34

And for the ladies, dress hats. I've got four commission bids.

0:39:340:39:37

-Listen to this!

-Four commission bids.

0:39:370:39:40

And at for 549 here, starting with at £125. I'll take 130 in the room.

0:39:400:39:44

-Whoa!

-That's great.

-I'm bid 130. 135. 140.

0:39:440:39:48

145. 150. 155. 160.

0:39:480:39:51

£155 with me, then. I'll take 160 now. 160 there.

0:39:510:39:55

It beats commissions. I'll take 170. £160 in the room. It beats commissions by a fiver.

0:39:550:39:59

£160. All done...

0:39:590:40:01

170 there. 180. £170. The backroom bidder at 170, in time.

0:40:010:40:06

All done and selling. 180 back in.

0:40:060:40:08

-190.

-They are amazing hats.

0:40:080:40:10

Says no at £200. At £190, then.

0:40:100:40:14

Are we all done and selling at 190 and done?

0:40:140:40:16

-Yes!

-Yes!

0:40:160:40:18

-That was important to you, wasn't it?

-It was.

-Yes.

0:40:180:40:21

A well-deserved outcome, way over Jonty's top estimate.

0:40:210:40:25

It was a tough start and an emotional day for everyone,

0:40:250:40:29

but what a great end to the auction.

0:40:290:40:31

The hats really were the main attraction, but how far off our target are we?

0:40:310:40:36

Well, we've come to the end of what's been a really very difficult day, hasn't it?

0:40:360:40:41

-Much more difficult than I anticipated.

-It's been a real sweat.

0:40:410:40:44

I thought this was going to be a very fun, successful day.

0:40:440:40:48

Instead, I'm dripping with sweat and I'm exhausted.

0:40:480:40:52

-Yeah. I'm exhausted, as well.

-It's quite draining.

-Tense and dramatic.

0:40:520:40:56

-Yes.

-OK, we were hoping for £1,000 for your school.

0:40:560:41:00

-You won't be surprised to know we haven't quite made £1,000 but you have made £770.

-Oh, wow!

0:41:000:41:05

-That's pretty good!

-Not bad at all!

0:41:050:41:07

-That's amazing.

-That is amazing, actually. It's a lot more than I thought.

0:41:070:41:12

-All right?

-That's great.

-Fantastic. Thank you so much.

-Not at all.

0:41:120:41:15

It's just a few weeks after the auction.

0:41:200:41:23

Today, Louise has come to the Sir John Cass Red Coat School in Stepney, east London.

0:41:230:41:28

Their mother devoted so much of her time and energy to ensuring its future.

0:41:280:41:33

I'm here today, unfortunately by myself, because my sister's back in New York, but she is here in spirit,

0:41:350:41:41

but I'm here to give the money that we raised at the auction.

0:41:410:41:44

The headmaster, Haydn Evans, is very happy with the donation

0:41:440:41:48

and a Doreen Perry prize for literacy is being set up.

0:41:480:41:53

It will help secure Doreen's memory at the school and should inspire many pupils for years to come.

0:41:530:41:58

Both me and my sister were just thrilled that my mum's stuff

0:41:580:42:02

made some money and that we can give it to the school. That's what she would have wanted.

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