0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hello and welcome to Cash In The Attic -
0:00:04 > 0:00:08the programme that really enjoys helping you to search through your home
0:00:08 > 0:00:12for unexpected or hidden treasures, and then, if you do decide to sell them,
0:00:12 > 0:00:17we'll help you take them to auction so you can raise money for something really very special.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42'Coming up on Cash In The Attic: Our expert, John, gets all bombastic with some vintage ammunition.'
0:00:42 > 0:00:47- John, what on earth have you found there?- Incoming. Put your tin hats on.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51'And I put in a bid for Strictly in front of this period juke box.'
0:00:51 > 0:00:54We've even got the disco lights!
0:00:54 > 0:00:59'Hope you're watching, Brucie! The auction brings even more surprises.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- £50.- Amazing!
0:01:02 > 0:01:07- 'Find out why we got so excited when the hammer falls.'- £50. Thank you.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10You join me deep in the heart of Essex,
0:01:10 > 0:01:14where I'm about to meet a mother and son, who live in a house
0:01:14 > 0:01:17that is full of inherited collectables.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21They're going to sell some of them so the good fortune of a previous generation
0:01:21 > 0:01:25can do something really good for the next generation.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Jean Chopping is downsizing.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33After years in this beautiful house, which she shared with her late husband, Brian,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37and their two sons, Mark and Darren, she's decided it's time to sell up and move on.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42The trouble is, the house is stuffed to the rafters with mementoes
0:01:42 > 0:01:45that Jean and Brian inherited, or acquired on their travels.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49That's why Jean and Mark are in need of some expert help.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The least we can do is provide the expert.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59- Hi, Jean, Mark.- Hello.- This is John Cameron, who's going to be our expert for today.
0:01:59 > 0:02:06Now I've described this a house that's full of collectables, inherited collectables.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Who was the great collector? - My husband.- What sort of things did he collect?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14He collected glassware, antiques, anything that's collectable.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- Junk, people call it.- Sounds as if you've got your work cut out, John.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- Either that, or I'll have an easy day finding things. - You'd better get started.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- You get the sunshine?- Absolutely!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28We'll be joining you in a moment when I've discovered from you
0:02:28 > 0:02:31why you've called in Cash In The Attic today, Jean.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Well, I'm downsizing. The house is too big.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38I've got two lovely grandchildren. Unfortunately, my husband never lived to see them.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42If I sell some of his collectables, I'll give the money to them.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- How much exactly do you want to raise today?- £800.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50So, that's £400 each. One of those grandchildren is yours, isn't it?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- One is mine, yes.- So, how do you feel about that?- I'm very excited.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Oliver will be happy with a nest egg from what we can raise at the auction.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01John, as you know, is already started in the house, so why don't we go and join him
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- and see some of these wonderful things your husband collected.- OK.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11The first thing you notice about this house is that there is glassware everywhere.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16Our expert, John Cameron, has more than 20 years experience in the trade.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20He's found these pieces of textured and bubble glass in one of the sheds,
0:03:20 > 0:03:25and some more interesting pieces in the front room.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33John, it looks as if you've already found pure heaven for you.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I don't know about. I couldn't see the wood for the trees.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Jean, you have an amazing glass collection. What is the story with it?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41My husband collected it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It started with an ashtray from his aunt's,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48which he couldn't part with when she passed away, so brought it home.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Whenever he went out, he looked for something with bubbles
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and it just grew and grew and grew.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56How many pieces do you think you've got?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59A couple of hundred pieces, if not more.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Was he looking for individual pieces of glass or did he just buy anything?
0:04:03 > 0:04:08At first, it was anything but then he got that he liked Whitefriars.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14He was told if you got the label on it, it was worth more because people realised it was more genuine.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- John, what can you tell us? - Interesting you said about Whitefriars and the label.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21This is the only piece with the Whitefriars label on,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24though a lot of them are, to me, Whitefriars pieces.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Very famous factory.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31One of Britain's longest running and most diverse. Their output was huge.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And we've got this clear glass jug here.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37That's more the Whitefriars we expect to see, isn't it, John?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41These are the bark, the textured pieces, blown into wooden moulds.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Collectors within that area are looking for pieces
0:04:44 > 0:04:47with sharp definition, which shows it was an early blown piece.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50You've got great techniques here.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54We've got crizzling glass, which was a desired effect, developed in Germany,
0:04:54 > 0:05:00where glass, before it was cooled, was dipped into water so it almost shattered but stayed together.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Then it was reheated and gave this wonderful crazed effect.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06So, you've got that and, as you've said,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09your much-loved ashtrays with the bubbles in.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Are you going to take all of these pieces to auction?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Hopefully, yes.- Crikey. How do you value something like that, John?
0:05:15 > 0:05:21150 to 200 pieces, we have got to be looking at, for me, between £300 and £500 somewhere.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25That's fantastic. I would have thrown it all away.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Well, we were overwhelmed by that sea of glassware.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Mark has uncovered a World War II survivor's kite.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36He thinks it belonged to his grandad who served in the RAF.
0:05:36 > 0:05:43The frame of the box kite acted as an antenna for a radio transmitter connected to the kite by string.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Downed airmen used it to alert spotters to their position.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Our expert's estimate, between £30 and £50 pounds.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54John is not letting our good start distract him from the hunt.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59John, what about this, please?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Right. Looks like a little diamond engagement ring.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Did it belong to anyone? - An aunt. Inherited aunt's.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Let's have a look. If you hold on to that, let me take a look.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Got my loop out of here.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's 18 carat and platinum.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18OK, and on the top, got a flower design.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22And whilst it looks as though the whole thing has been rub-over set, there are diamonds
0:06:22 > 0:06:26but not as many as you'd think - called an illusion setting.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28You've got Swiss-cut diamonds around the edges
0:06:28 > 0:06:30of the petals, there.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33And two rose-cut diamonds on the shoulders, tiny diamonds.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36The rest of it are little nodules of platinum
0:06:36 > 0:06:39which are almost similar to how you see a marcasite ring.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Something we can sell, not going to make vast sums
0:06:42 > 0:06:45but definitely £50 to £70, something like that.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Yeah, that'd be fine. I mean, I shan't wear it, so...
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Never wore it in the past? - No. Never been worn.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55One thing you soon realise about Jean is that she's very keen on dogs.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Over the years, she has owned and exhibited
0:06:58 > 0:07:02a number of pedigree canines and she has the rosettes to prove it.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Now, with some fascinating finds under our belt, it's probably a good time to pause and take stock.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15Jean, I know you are going to be downsizing, which is why you've sold the house,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19but it means moving away from this wonderful garden,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22which really has been very important in your life with your late husband.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27It certainly was, yeah. We both loved gardening and spent hours and hours out here.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Him doing the vegetable patch and I did the flowers.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- You've won prizes with this garden, haven't you, Jean?- Yes, best garden,
0:07:34 > 0:07:39village garden, and then I got a second prize this year with it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41The other great passion in your life is your dogs,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43and in fact you can't move
0:07:43 > 0:07:47in a single room in your house without a photograph of, or rosettes for,
0:07:47 > 0:07:52the Pomeranians and the dogs that you won. How did that come about?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56After I nursed my father and he passed away, my husband said, "Get yourself a hobby."
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And I thought, "What can I do?" And a friend said to me, "Come to a dog show."
0:08:00 > 0:08:02And that was it, I got hooked.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04How many have you had?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05We had 13 at one point.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08So, Mark, did you get dragged in on this as well?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Showing the dogs when you were growing up.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14As a teenager, it's not cool to be seen with a small ball of fluff
0:08:14 > 0:08:17on the end of a lead, so I leave the showing to Mum.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19We've left John to his own devices for long enough.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Shall we go and see what else he thinks we might take to auction?
0:08:24 > 0:08:29While we've been nattering, John has been busy around the house,
0:08:29 > 0:08:30digging up more treasures.
0:08:30 > 0:08:38This NSM Galaxy 200 Jukebox can hold up to 200 records and might easily fetch £900 or more at auction,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40but the family are not prepared to part with it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47But they are happy to part with this Edwardian round-back chair
0:08:47 > 0:08:51with its stained walnut inlay and arabesque markings, this could be one to watch.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55So, will John's £50 to £80 estimate be realised at auction?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Things are certainly hotting up.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01What do you say to this one? £100 for this one?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04£85, 100, yes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07100 bid...already.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08'How high will it go?'
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Thank you.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Our rummage through Jean's past continues.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16So far we've uncovered some amazing mementos.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21It's all hands on deck and our estimated total has climbed steadily upwards
0:09:21 > 0:09:24to its current level of £430.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28In the bedroom, I find this 22-carat gold wedding band
0:09:28 > 0:09:34and as John is never shy of reminding us, the price of gold is really holding up at the moment.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37This could achieve between £50 and £70.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42At the end of the garden, John has stumbled across a painting and an artist's easel.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48Don't tell me that after all these years on Cash In The Attic, he's finally found an old master!
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- Jean?- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55I was looking at this earlier. Is this something we can send to auction?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- It's interesting.- The easel, yes. But not the painting. I'd like to keep it.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Well, let's take that off of there and have a look at the actual easel.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Well, have you ever noticed the maker's label at the top there? - Never.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Well, if you have a look, it says, Reeves & Sons.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15They're an important maker of artists' materials, but you get a variety of easels.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19You'd think, "An easel's an easel," but they come in different forms and shapes
0:10:19 > 0:10:21to accommodate different pictures.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25I can see an artist buying it, somebody that is at college, who can't afford to buy this.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Because retail, this would cost you three figures definitely.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33An auction house might buy it, because it's a great thing to display a painting on.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Sure you've got no aspirations of being an artist?- No!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- And shall we get rid of the palettes as well? - Yeah, can we put them both together?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Yeah. I've had a look. I can't see any makers' names on them.- No.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- And they're very well used, aren't they?- I know.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50If you're not taking up a career in art, stick them in with the easel.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- At auction, I'd put it on at £40-60, something like that.- That's fine.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54It may make a bit more,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- you never can tell.- No, that'd be lovely.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Back in the house, the quest for the rest continues.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03In the bedroom, Jean finds this lovely porcelain box
0:11:03 > 0:11:05with a painted lid.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09It belonged to her husband's aunt and could be worth between £30-50.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Meanwhile, Mark has found some old ginger beer bottles that his dad once dug up in the garden.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17They're priced at between £50-£60.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21In total, Mark's dad dug up more than 1,000 bottles.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25They discovered that their house is built on the site of an old ginger beer factory.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30Our expert, John, has been nothing if not determined today.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35There isn't a corner of the house he hasn't explored. And, yet again, that seems to have paid off.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38It's difficult for Mark to move anywhere in the house or garden
0:11:38 > 0:11:42without finding something that reminds him of his late father.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Mark, this is such a lovely thing to have in the garden, a seat in the garden in memory of your father.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Brian Chopp, which was his nickname. What's this on the end here?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52That's a symbol he put in cards for my mother.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57We're not quite sure what it means, it might be some sort of secret message to her.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- But that's what he used to put and he used to do it for years.- Yeah.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04John, what on earth have you found there?!
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Incoming! Put your tin hats on. - Does that mean we've got to duck?
0:12:07 > 0:12:14I think you'd want to if one of these was coming your way. Right, I found some war memorabilia.
0:12:14 > 0:12:22- What's the story?- My father bought one on the back of two that we acquired from a Great Uncle Freddie,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24who was involved in the First World War.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29So having two, being my father, he wanted a collection and got a third one.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Well, I think you may well have got that mixed up,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34which often happens with stories handed down.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38This one is First World War and those two are Second World War.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44- Right, OK.- You can see here, if we turn it up on the bottom, we've got a date on there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47See that? 1917. So that tells us that's when it's from.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51And those two there have 1945 and 1944, respectively on them.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54They're Second World War, so they're the ones he picked up later.
0:12:54 > 0:13:00If you turn that one up, Mark, you can see it's a 25-pounder and this one a six-pounder.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03What sort of money do they make at auction, John?
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- Are there people who collect them? - No pun intended, won't make a bomb.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10But I still think we'll make about £20-£30, maybe even £40.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Excellent. Surprising, actually.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16'We're coming to the end of our rummage, but we're £200 short of our target.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19'Will our last find push us over the edge?'
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Some great old tunes on this jukebox, John, aren't there?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27We've even got the disco lights, John!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Any change for the jukebox?- No, I haven't.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- No, me either.- I've got some change.- Oh.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Oh, that's good.- Oh, I don't think
0:13:34 > 0:13:36that's exactly change, Jean!
0:13:36 > 0:13:41Blimey, look at that, John. A pocketful of sovereigns and half-sovereigns.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47- Where have they come from?- My mother was given one on her wedding day for her first-born, which was me,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- and the rest were given to us by a neighbour.- It is a good time to sell them.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And what we've got are two full sovereigns and seven half-sovereigns.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59And we've got a mixture of dates here, from Edward VII to George V,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01so about the same time these all date from.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05And on the other side, we've got the different monarchs.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11All on the obverse, we've got the very iconic image of St George on the horse there slaying the dragon.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Before you tell us how much you think they might make, I'm going to call in Mark,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18because he should hear this. Mark, have you got a minute?
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Come and join us. Your mum's just brought us these amazing sovereigns.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24So what do you reckon, John, when they go under the hammer?
0:14:24 > 0:14:30Well, I certainly expect the full sovereigns to make £150 each.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Then we've got seven halves,
0:14:32 > 0:14:37so adding them up, in total, I make that about £825.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42I didn't think they'd be worth as much as that. I'd have said a couple of hundred.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46If you think that's good news, let me give you a bit more good news.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Because adding that to the lowest figure John has given on everything that he's looked at today,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I think we should be able to raise a very respectable...
0:14:56 > 0:14:59..£1,445.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Good grief!- Gosh!- That's fantastic!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I'd never have said that!
0:15:03 > 0:15:07That's at least £700 each for the grandchildren.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- Blimey! They'll need a bigger piggy bank!- Much bigger.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I can't believe that. Honestly, I can't believe it.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16What a terrific day of searching we've had.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19But what's going to take the bidders' fancy?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22How about the collection of nearly 200 pieces of glassware
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Jean and her late husband, Brian, collected over a lifetime, valued at up to £300?
0:15:27 > 0:15:33Will the Second World War kite that saved lives soar higher than its £50 maximum?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Or will those wonderful sovereigns really turn out to be
0:15:36 > 0:15:40worth their weight in gold, and break the £1,000 mark?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Still to come on Cash In The Attic, John gives us some gruesome facts...
0:15:44 > 0:15:49A lot of times, these little rings are cut off of people's fingers as they grow.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53..while Mark gives a definite maybe when quizzed about his future.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58- Have you not got someone you might like to put this on their finger, Mark?- Not yet.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Will his loss be someone else's gain when the hammer falls?
0:16:08 > 0:16:15You've now joined us at Tring Market Auctions in Hertfordshire, and this is going to be the setting
0:16:15 > 0:16:17where, hopefully, Jean Chopping and her son Mark
0:16:17 > 0:16:21are going to be able to raise that £800 that she wants
0:16:21 > 0:16:24to put into a little nest-egg for her two much-loved grandsons.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28So let's hope that the bidders will do the business
0:16:28 > 0:16:33and we'll get some good money for her items when they go under the hammer.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Jean's at auction to raise money for a nest-egg for her two grandchildren, Harry and Oliver.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43If only these bidders at Tring auction house were aware of the responsibility
0:16:43 > 0:16:45on their shoulders.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Jean and Mark have already discovered that their sovereigns
0:16:48 > 0:16:53have been split into three separate lots to make them more marketable. And that's not all.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Have you seen what they've done with the glass?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01It's been split up into 16 lots, and the auction house have put it into sort of coloured groups.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I think it looks really good, don't you?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06It does. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08It looks fantastic, it really shows it to its best.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13So, quietly confident, but still quite nervous.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'm nervous - it's not going to sell!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Of course it will, keep your nerves under control!
0:17:18 > 0:17:24And to prove it's going to sell, let's take our places over there and watch the bidding, come on.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31The sale is underway, and the auctioneer is in full swing.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Let's see how the bidders react to the shell cases.
0:17:33 > 0:17:40One of them was inherited from a grandparent who served in World War I. We're looking for at least £20.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45What about those? I think we ought to be in the region of £40 for those. £40 for the shell cases.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50£30? Will anyone bid for them? Do I bid, and five, for you, sir?
0:17:50 > 0:17:57- £30 and 2 now. 30, they're going at £30...- 30.- Both of you are in at £30, thank you.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- £30.- Not too bad. - Right in the middle of John's estimate.- It's not bad.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Jean's happy with that, and if it goes like this all day, we're quids in.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Next up is the World War II kite.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13Handy if you're a pilot who's been shot down and you need to contact your chums.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17We're looking for somewhere between £30 and £50.
0:18:17 > 0:18:1850 has it then. £50.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- £50!- Yes or no? No, he says.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24OK then, it's yours, sir, for £50.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- That's fantastic. - £50.- Amazing!
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Fantastic indeed! Every bit extra goes into the pot
0:18:32 > 0:18:36for Jean's grandchildren, Oliver and Harry.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Our next lot is the stately Reeves & Son easel.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42A bit of a specialist item, this.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45What about that one? £50 for it, £30. £20, I'm bid five.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46£30. Five, 40?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Going down at £40. Five? At £40, then. Yes, at £40, then.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54It is yours at £40, then.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I wonder if they were artist or dealer!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Well, let's hope it's gone to a good home.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04The porcelain box with painted lid Jean found in the bedroom is next...
0:19:04 > 0:19:09- Thank you.- ..and it achieves the lower estimate of £30.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Coming up next are the gold sovereigns.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15We're really banking on gold's current popularity.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19John's estimate for these was a minimum of £825,
0:19:19 > 0:19:24but we have to pay attention because they're not being sold as one lot.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26So a bit of loose change, Mark?
0:19:26 > 0:19:30It is. It's something we've sat on for some time and it's the time to sell it
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and benefit from the money that we raise from them.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Even though more are coming up because the price is so good,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40demand seems to still be outstripping supply, so the prices are holding up.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42310? Just for you, 310, then.
0:19:42 > 0:19:4820, 320 I'm bid. New bidder. 320, front row. Thank you.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50These are George V sovereigns.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55260 and 70 is in. £260.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Thank you. Two good sovereigns there. £300 for those. 300 I'm bid.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03320, I'm bid, 320.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09Madam, are you going to bid? I've got 330 now, and it's going at £330.
0:20:09 > 0:20:17£910 for your three sets of gold sovereigns. That's not bad, John.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- It was quite within our estimate as well, wasn't it, I'm pleased to say. - Fantastic.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27Well, it turns out that John does know his onions, or rather his gold, after all.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- You're looking for £800 in total, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- 400 each?- Yes.- In the piggy bank.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37Well, we're only halfway through and we're up to £1,060.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Wow!- Fabulous! - That's fantastic, thank you.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Remember, that items sold at auction
0:20:43 > 0:20:47are subject to the auction house's rate of commission.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52So if you have items you're thinking of selling in this way, do bear in mind that the total amount bid
0:20:52 > 0:20:55will not necessarily be the amount you take home.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Next up for us, the first of our two rings.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02It's the diamond-platinum engagement ring at 50 to £70.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- Have you not got someone you might like to put this on their finger, Mark?- Not yet.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- He's gone all pink!- Maybe!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- At £65... - GAVEL FALLS
0:21:12 > 0:21:16A slightly more modest return there, but we won't say no.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Now, it's time to see if John's oft-repeated mantra
0:21:20 > 0:21:23that the price of gold is holding these days is true.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27We're after at least £50 for this 22-carat gold wedding band.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32A lot of times, these little rings are cut off of people's fingers as they grow,
0:21:32 > 0:21:33and these languish in boxes.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38People bring them into you and are surprised that this broken wedding ring is worth £100.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40I'm bid 80...90...
0:21:40 > 0:21:45- Gosh, it went up with a clip. - 110, I bid. 120, 130 and 40. 150?
0:21:45 > 0:21:52No, 140. Starting, then, back at 140, then. It's going for £140. Thank you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55There you are, and you just left it lying in a drawer!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57That's incredible.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03Almost three times John's minimum. The price of gold really IS holding up.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Next, the ginger beer bottles that Mark's dad
0:22:06 > 0:22:09unearthed in the back garden. Our target, £50 to £60.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13It's going, then, for £30... Thank you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18That was under John's estimate, but every little counts.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22What will the bidders make of the round-backed Edwardian chair?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- And it's not something, Mark, that you'd like in your home?- No.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27What don't you like about it?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'm not a big fan of old, brown furniture.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- It's quite old-fashioned now. - But it's pretty!
0:22:33 > 0:22:38What shall we say for this one? Are we going to beat 100 plus for this one? 84, 90, 100, yes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40100 bid already.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43£120, 30.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47£40, 50, 60. Five, 70.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Number one, 170 on my left.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55- Good Lord!- I'm selling to sir on my left, then, for £170.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01- I told you it was a pretty chair. - It really is, but this shocked me. That's quite a large amount.- It is.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05That wonderful result well and truly busted John's maximum estimate.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09So far, so good, but things are about to get tricky.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The auction house has broken down Jean's collection of glassware
0:23:12 > 0:23:15into 16 separate lots.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Now, I think this is where we sort of hold on to our hats,
0:23:19 > 0:23:24because we've got this huge amount of glass to sell.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Is it going to go one right after the other?
0:23:27 > 0:23:33And I'm not even going to try and keep up with how much it's going to make until we get to the very end,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36but I think that this could be quite surprising.
0:23:36 > 0:23:4150, I have it at £50. Five, £50, at £50.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42That's 50 for the amber.
0:23:42 > 0:23:4490, I'm bid. 100, sir?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48There you are, the collection of ruby. £55.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50£45? £55. Thank you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56You've got this one, sir, for your £60. Thank you. £30, thank you.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Guess what? Some more glass! £30. Your turn.
0:23:58 > 0:24:04For £50, yours, sir. There we are. Some more bubble dishes(!)
0:24:04 > 0:24:05£45.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08£55. You're out, sir, at £30.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11At £20, the lemonade set.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14To anyone at £20. That's it, you've got them.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Hello, we have yet more! £45, thank you very much.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Got your breath back?
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- Just about!- That was a bit of a roller-coaster, wasn't it?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Have you any idea how much your husband paid for that glass
0:24:28 > 0:24:31when he bought any of it? Just a kind of ballpark?
0:24:31 > 0:24:37- A few pounds for each piece, but I wouldn't like to hazard a guess at adding them up together.- No.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43Because the way that it was sold, it means that just the glass alone,
0:24:43 > 0:24:48you might need to go and lie down after I've told you this again, £883.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Oh, my goodness!
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- That's fantastic!- Brilliant!
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Well, the bidders at Tring really took a shine to Jean's pieces.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01But now for the amount we've all been waiting for.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Now, we had some amazing things come through.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- The gold sovereigns - that left you shocked.- It did!
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- The glass - that left you shocked. The chair - that left you shocked!- It did.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Well, I tell you what, I think you're in line
0:25:14 > 0:25:19for a few more shocks, because you originally wanted to raise £800 for the two grandsons, £400 each.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22What are you going to do with...
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- £2,348?- That's brilliant.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- I never thought we'd make that sort of money. Never.- No. Over the moon.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Over the moon! Thank you so much.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38Have you thought how you might spread this out and give the little ones a start in life now?
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- Definitely. - How are you going to do it? - I'm going to open a bank account.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43There you are, you see.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49And that's exactly what Jean did.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53With the £2,348 burning a hole in her pocket,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Jean headed straight to open accounts for her grandchildren, Harry, and Oliver, who lives abroad.
0:25:58 > 0:26:05A lovely feeling that I've been able to give them something and hopefully they'll enjoy it when they're older.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Unfortunately, Oliver lives in Miami so he can't be with us, but I treat them both the same, so...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13What one has the other has.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18But Harry and his dad Darren, Jean's other son, were on hand to show their appreciation.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Obviously with losing his grandad and never knowing him,
0:26:22 > 0:26:29I think it's a fitting end to all his antiques going to the two people he would have cared most about now.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31HARRY BLOWS A RASPBERRY
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Jean's generosity is going to give her two little grandsons such a wonderful start in life.
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0:26:43 > 0:26:47and you think you have things at home you'd be happy to take to auction,
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