:00:04. > :00:10.Welcome to the programme that loves to rumage around your home looking
:00:10. > :00:13.auction to sell so that you can raise funds for a special project
:00:13. > :00:15.or treat. It's not often I find myself in
:00:15. > :00:20.such remote and spectacular scenery as this. So it's going to be
:00:20. > :00:30.interesting to see what turns up when we begin our search for Cash
:00:30. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:52.Coming up on Cash In The Attic, a magnificent 18th Century Portrait
:00:52. > :00:58.sets its sights on a trip to auction. I've known it all my life
:00:58. > :01:02.but I used to dislike him because his eyes followed me in all
:01:02. > :01:07.directions. Persian pottery gets a weighty valuation. Put that down,
:01:07. > :01:13.it looks ever so heavy! Dear me! A night on the tiles!
:01:13. > :01:18.And, might there be a reason to celebrate following a day in the
:01:18. > :01:24.sale room? Incredible! And, that's just a taster. There's
:01:24. > :01:30.plenty more excitement ahead before the final fall of the hammer. Today,
:01:30. > :01:40.I'm Suhr surrounded by the mountains of Perthshire in Scotland
:01:40. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:45.artist Fiona Martin was born in Dundee. After a long career
:01:45. > :01:50.teaching French, she met and married Daily Mail, a vicar with a
:01:50. > :01:56.real passion for music. -- Dale. They set about building their dream
:01:56. > :02:01.home in the heart of Scotland. Dale passed away before the house was
:02:01. > :02:05.completed but Fiona is still here, keeping herself busy with her
:02:05. > :02:07.painting and gardening. Fiona has three children from a previous
:02:07. > :02:16.marriage, plus five grandchildren, including Charity, who'll be
:02:16. > :02:21.helping us with the rumage today. Hi-fi owe that and Charity.Ic see
:02:21. > :02:27.why you like to spend time in the kitchen, you have stunning views.
:02:27. > :02:34.Lovely place to come and spend time with granny isn't it? Yes. Do you
:02:34. > :02:37.use the lake a lot? We visit every year, yes. Tell me why you have
:02:37. > :02:41.called in cash in the attic? have seen the garden, it's on a
:02:41. > :02:45.slope and I want to be able to mow it as long as possible so I want to
:02:45. > :02:50.get rid of the steepest part of the lawn and plant it up with some
:02:50. > :02:54.really nice shrubs and flowers. want to make it manageable? Yes.
:02:54. > :02:58.you can sit out and enjoy the view? Absolutely. How much do you think
:02:58. > :03:04.this will cost? Well, I would like to think I could make �1,000, but
:03:04. > :03:07.if I could make a bit more, I would be delighted. Paul Hayes has a
:03:07. > :03:12.great eye for antiques. I think he's going to have fun today
:03:12. > :03:16.helping us find things that we are going to take to action. Shall we
:03:16. > :03:20.go and find him? Not only is this a lovely house in an amazing location,
:03:20. > :03:24.it also seems to be full of antiques and collectibles. Our
:03:24. > :03:32.expert Paul is already a picture of activity.
:03:32. > :03:41.Hi, Paul. How are you? All right? This is fi you that and who are you
:03:41. > :03:46.gazing at? -- Fiona. Who is he? have always referred to him as
:03:46. > :03:49.Bonny prince Charlie but I'm not sure. It came from my mother's side,
:03:49. > :03:53.probably from my grandfather. It was hung on the stairs in the house
:03:54. > :04:00.when I was a child. I've known it all my life, it used to frighten me
:04:00. > :04:06.because his eyes used to follow me in all directions. He looks a young
:04:06. > :04:14.Bonnie prince Charlie. It could be him. It looks amazing. When you
:04:14. > :04:18.look at the late 1600-1800s, it could be. Do you know anything
:04:18. > :04:23.about it or who painted it? There is a catalogue which exists and
:04:23. > :04:29.it's in that cupboard there. It dates from 19 22. This one? Yes.
:04:29. > :04:34.Look at that! When it was sold off. As far as I know, this was in the
:04:34. > :04:39.family before 19 22. A lot of the stuff my grandfather had was sold
:04:39. > :04:46.off and various members of the family bought it back.
:04:46. > :04:54.It says oil painting in gilt frame by Godfrey Kneller. Who do we know
:04:54. > :04:57.about him? He's one of Britain's best known paintings. He painted
:04:57. > :05:03.all the Royal Family and the parent people of the day. So earlier than
:05:03. > :05:07.this, he was doing people like Sir Isaac Newton, the Hampton Court
:05:07. > :05:14.beauties, all the ladies in waiting at Hampton court and all the
:05:14. > :05:19.Monarchs. Bonnie Prince Charlie would have been one of the ones he
:05:19. > :05:26.did. He's tremendously famous, absolutely first class. So if it's
:05:26. > :05:30.genuine, what period are we looking at? Late 1700-1720, that sort of
:05:30. > :05:38.time. Are you able to put a value on it? Unfortunately, I'm not. What
:05:38. > :05:42.I would like to do is to get someone who specialises in that
:05:42. > :05:47.period to authenticate it. If it's right, it's a masterpiece, a very
:05:47. > :05:52.good picture indeed! Which we would then be able to take to action?
:05:52. > :05:56.You don't want him in the house any more following you around? I can
:05:56. > :06:00.live without it. Well, what an intriguing start!
:06:00. > :06:05.We'll get to work finding out more about that enigmatic 18th Century
:06:05. > :06:08.Portrait, but for now, we still have to find �1,000.
:06:08. > :06:13.This is a very orderly but characterful home which almost
:06:13. > :06:18.invites us to rumage through its many rooms and countless nooks and
:06:18. > :06:22.crannies. It's not long before granddaughter Charity unearths her
:06:22. > :06:27.first item. Paul, look at this. Where are you?
:06:28. > :06:32.Ah. Now then, here we go. That's nice isn't it. Does it belong to
:06:32. > :06:36.your granny? Probably my great, great grandfather, Thomas McKenzie
:06:36. > :06:41.and I think it's been passed down the family to my great granny, then
:06:42. > :06:47.grandma. A family heirloom? I think so. Chances are he was out in Japan
:06:47. > :06:51.or the Far East about 100 years ago I think. This is maybe 1870, 1900,
:06:51. > :06:54.that time. The Chinese had the secret of making blue and white
:06:54. > :06:58.porcelain earlier than we had, something like 2,000 years and
:06:59. > :07:03.Japan were a may skpwror manufacturer of this vase about the
:07:04. > :07:09.turn of the century -- major. It has an off white almost blue colour
:07:09. > :07:16.to it. When the ash tist would paint this, it goes on black --
:07:16. > :07:21.artist. When it gets fired, it turns blue in the kiln, but it's
:07:21. > :07:25.very difficult to get the correct shading. It ranges from an almost
:07:25. > :07:31.black to very light blue. It's instantly recognisable but its
:07:31. > :07:38.orange peel effect, it has a bluish tinge to the porcelain and can you
:07:38. > :07:44.see the pit marks? Yes. That tells me it's a genuine typical vase of
:07:45. > :07:47.the 19th century. Do you recognise that flower? No. It's a
:07:47. > :07:52.chrysanthemum and that's the national flower of Japan,
:07:52. > :07:58.representing peace and harmony, so it's often depicted on porcelain of
:07:58. > :08:05.that period. It's a nice item. If I said around �100, how is that or
:08:05. > :08:12.�150, sound all right to you? Shall we send that one to auction?
:08:12. > :08:16.Yes. Do you know any Japanese? Thank you very much. Thank you Paul,
:08:16. > :08:22.that's �100 into our pot. But we still have a long way to go if we
:08:22. > :08:27.are to reach �1,000 for Fiona's garden make-over. I spy this rather
:08:27. > :08:34.grand pair of Victorian Bali twist walnut candle sticks. Belonging to
:08:34. > :08:38.Fiona's late husband, they were made in 1851 for the great
:08:38. > :08:45.exhibition held in Crystal Palace. These have Ivory embellishment
:08:45. > :08:49.September into the mounts and Paul thinks they should get more of a
:08:49. > :08:55.fliblger of interest at auction -- flicker of interest. Now then,
:08:55. > :08:59.Fiona, he is nice. Isn't he? Where has he come from? Grandfather was
:08:59. > :09:03.an avid collector and these were the things he seemed to like to
:09:03. > :09:08.collect. He had a really good eye actually. Did he buy from auction
:09:08. > :09:18.houses or country sales? I honestly don't know where he got them from.
:09:18. > :09:21.I imagine, it's a French name... You are right. A famous French
:09:21. > :09:28.manufacturer made this, but this could have been bought in this
:09:28. > :09:34.country when it was imported and exported all the time. What he was
:09:34. > :09:38.famous for were animal studies, equestrian and those sorts of
:09:38. > :09:43.things. This is a sporting Dane. I love the fact that he created and
:09:43. > :09:46.captured good movement. Whereas stoic and posed animals were made,
:09:47. > :09:52.he captured them mid flight, if you like. This one looks as though the
:09:52. > :09:55.dog is about to catch something on a hunt. This is a bronze item, it's
:09:55. > :10:02.beautifully done. Bronze is distinctive. Shows through almost
:10:02. > :10:07.like a brass colour. Is that the original base? Should it sit on
:10:07. > :10:10.something else? It had a wood base and over the years that's
:10:10. > :10:15.disappeared. The bronze itself is still in remarkable condition, it's
:10:15. > :10:20.lovely. It's not sentimental to you? I do like it very much but I
:10:21. > :10:26.can let him go because I've got his big brother. Really? Yes. A
:10:26. > :10:30.slightly larger one. A lovely 19th century example here. It could be
:10:30. > :10:35.used as a desk ornament or paper weight, but if I said a couple of
:10:35. > :10:40.hundred? What, never! For that little thing? Yes. Good grief!
:10:40. > :10:50.Will Paul's high hopes for the bronze dog lead to an exciting
:10:50. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :10:56.result on auction day? 80 - 5, 100, 130. A thrilling day still to come
:10:56. > :11:00.in the sale room. With all that snow outside, it's
:11:00. > :11:05.feeling cosy in here, but let's not get too comfortable, still lots to
:11:05. > :11:08.do. I have a feeling we have a pretty fair chance of finding more
:11:08. > :11:12.treasures and, sure enough, Charity's rumaged through the side
:11:12. > :11:17.board and turned up this 18th century brass snuff box which is
:11:17. > :11:22.ingraved with what looks like tavern scenes. Snuff boxes are now
:11:22. > :11:27.largely a relic of a once popular practice which was fashionable for
:11:27. > :11:30.gentlemen to have in the 199 centuries. Fiona bought this a few
:11:31. > :11:34.years ago and there is a keen collector's market for examples in
:11:34. > :11:40.good condition. This one has a faur bit of wear and
:11:41. > :11:45.tear but Paul's estimate of �60-�80 is not to be sneezed at. -- fair
:11:45. > :11:48.bit of wear and tear. Wonderful to be here in your sitting room
:11:48. > :11:52.getting the benefit of the amazing view. How did you come to build
:11:52. > :11:57.this house? My husband was taking services in the little church up
:11:57. > :12:04.here and we just fell in love with this area and saw a plot for sale
:12:04. > :12:08.and bought it. We sold our house, moved into a
:12:09. > :12:13.rented house and oversaw the building. Sadly, he didn't live to
:12:13. > :12:17.see it? No, he died in the August. I moved in the November and he had
:12:17. > :12:21.died in the August, so yes, that was sad. But he saw it growing so
:12:21. > :12:29.knew what it was going to be like? He was very enthusiastic about it,
:12:29. > :12:33.very much looking forward to having a grand piano with the good
:12:33. > :12:37.acoustics in the hall, but it didn't happen unfortunately.
:12:37. > :12:41.did you meet? Through a match- making friend. A second marriage
:12:41. > :12:46.for me. I'd been on my own with the children for three years and this
:12:46. > :12:50.friend was determined I was going to meet this vicar in the dales and
:12:50. > :12:55.I kept ducking the issue and trying to avoid it. Several dinner parties
:12:55. > :13:01.were set up and I found excuses not to be there. Eventually I gave in,
:13:01. > :13:05.met him and we just hit it off. was whirlwind, wasn't it? I suppose
:13:05. > :13:09.it was, we met in February and married in November so we didn't
:13:09. > :13:14.hang around. I think neither of us could face travelling another
:13:14. > :13:19.winter. The road up from where I was living near Darlington was
:13:19. > :13:24.horrendous so we decided we'd stop the travelling and just live
:13:25. > :13:29.together. Officially. Legally! Well, I'm sure that Dale would have
:13:29. > :13:33.been proud to see how things turned out for Fiona and this lovely home
:13:33. > :13:39.he helped her design. Time moves on and there are still plenty of
:13:39. > :13:49.special pieces to discover. Fiona's browse through her book shelves
:13:49. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:57.result in this 1910 edition of the Rubait, written by an 11th century
:13:57. > :14:06.poet, Omar Khayam. They've proven consistently popular since they
:14:06. > :14:11.were rewritten. This edisis in good condition and could make up to �100.
:14:12. > :14:19.Paul, have you got Charity with you? I have. Come and take a look
:14:19. > :14:24.at this. You know what that is? Straightaway, yes. Do you know?
:14:24. > :14:29.tea caddie. Bet your granny never made you tea out of that, did she?
:14:29. > :14:33.No. Where did it come from? It was my great grannies and they used it
:14:33. > :14:38.for tea in the house when they were using gas lamps. I think it's been
:14:38. > :14:41.passed down to my grandma. This is beautiful. Made from rosewood and
:14:41. > :14:45.it's distinctive and popular at this time with its black band that
:14:45. > :14:51.runs through it. Can you see that? Very distinctive grain and
:14:51. > :14:55.beautifully done. This was made about 1800-1820 and it's a Regency.
:14:55. > :14:58.The whole shake is a sarcophagus shape, popular at that time and
:14:58. > :15:03.it's been inlaid with mother of pearl and someone would carve out
:15:03. > :15:07.the shape and reinsert the same shape in morbt of pearl to get that
:15:07. > :15:10.wonderful design -- mother of pearl. Tea was expensive so they kept it
:15:10. > :15:15.locked away. That would stop any butlers or maids in the house
:15:15. > :15:18.helping themselvess to your tea. In the compartments, you would have
:15:18. > :15:22.the black tea and the green tea and they could be blended. Sometimes
:15:22. > :15:28.you would find these larger with a mixing bowl to blend the tea
:15:28. > :15:35.together. How much do you think we might make for it in action? It's
:15:35. > :15:40.in remarkable condition -- action. They split at the back sometimes,
:15:40. > :15:45.but this is in lovely condition and it's 200 years old and almost as
:15:45. > :15:50.new. I think that would go for �150, maybe �200. Sounds good. When you
:15:50. > :15:53.think that nowadays we probably keep tea in a tin tea caddie, but
:15:53. > :15:59.they put such care and love to produce such a beautiful thing.
:15:59. > :16:03.Exactly. Wonderful. That will buy a few plants for the garden, won't
:16:03. > :16:07.it? Shall we continue looking. That gives us an impressive estimate,
:16:07. > :16:12.but still plenty of work to do. Fiona's search through her dresser
:16:13. > :16:18.unearths this eye-catching set of six hand printed comport plates.
:16:18. > :16:24.Paul thinks they could be Minton who were the most popular suppliers
:16:24. > :16:28.of dinner wear for Embassies and heads of state. These always prove
:16:28. > :16:33.popular at auction and with this floral pattern set from 1890, we
:16:33. > :16:38.think it could serve us well at �50-100. Meanwhile, Paul's quest
:16:38. > :16:42.for collectibles draws him to this pair of miniatures which belonged
:16:42. > :16:48.to Fiona's grandfather. They're dated 1780 and are an early example
:16:49. > :16:51.of fine Jas ter wear, a type of unglazed stone ware first
:16:52. > :16:57.introduced by Wedgwood -- Jasperwear. Miniatures like these
:16:57. > :17:03.were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries and still command high
:17:03. > :17:08.prices. Paul puts a �100-�150 estimate on them.
:17:08. > :17:12.Fiona, you have wonderful paintings all over if house the house, but
:17:12. > :17:16.there's no mistaking the artist here, because it's you, isn't it?
:17:16. > :17:20.Yes. How long have you been painting The last ten years on and
:17:20. > :17:24.off. A very talented family. You sing in a choir, don't you? In the
:17:24. > :17:32.local community choir, yes, which is just for fun. I'm strictly a
:17:32. > :17:37.back row singer. Charity's the soloist. Yeah. I was in a cathedral
:17:37. > :17:42.choir and then I'm in a chamber choir and girls' choir. Tell me
:17:42. > :17:46.more about your gardening background? Your father was a
:17:47. > :17:52.horticulturalist? Yes. So when you do it, what exactly are you hoping
:17:52. > :17:55.to put in it? You have said you want to make it more manageable. In
:17:55. > :17:59.what way? My problem is that it's on a steep slope and the lawn is
:17:59. > :18:04.very difficult to mow in places so if I could get rid of the steepest
:18:04. > :18:08.parts of the lawn, plant it with some interesting shrubs, perhaps a
:18:08. > :18:12.weeping willow, and make it generally more manageable. So the
:18:12. > :18:17.whole plan is to make this low maintenance but lovely to look at?
:18:17. > :18:21.So I can stay here as long as possible. What a great idea! Yes.
:18:21. > :18:25.We'll do our very best to ensure that Fiona achieves her glorious
:18:25. > :18:28.garden. But there's no time to warm ourselves by the roaring fire if we
:18:28. > :18:33.are going to reach that �1,000 target.
:18:33. > :18:36.I'm fascinated by this collection of gold jewellery. There's
:18:36. > :18:41.Victorian lockets containing a picture of Fiona's father. They
:18:41. > :18:48.were popular keep sakes in the 19th century and although mostly worn
:18:48. > :18:54.around the neck, they could form part of a charm bracelet. Two gold
:18:54. > :19:03.rings too, one of which is of Irish prove innocence, plus a pair of
:19:03. > :19:08.cuff links which belonged to her late husband. Fiona, a lovely old
:19:08. > :19:11.clock. Where's this come from? don't know a lot about it. It
:19:11. > :19:15.belonged to my cousin who I think inherited it from our mutual
:19:15. > :19:20.grandmother. But I can't tell you more than that at all. I never saw
:19:20. > :19:23.it working until I got it and I got someone to look at it and got it
:19:23. > :19:27.started. They are quite temperamental, they have to be on a
:19:28. > :19:32.dead flat surface, otherwise there's a problem. Yes, I noticed
:19:32. > :19:36.that. It runs off a pendulum. You have two winding holes, one winds
:19:36. > :19:40.up the clock mechanism, one winds up the strike which will strike on
:19:40. > :19:46.the hour and the quarter hour-and- a-half hour. What happens, I'll
:19:46. > :19:49.show you on this, you have two compartments, one there, and one
:19:49. > :19:53.there with the ratchets on. There is a coiled spring. As you wind
:19:53. > :19:58.from the front, the springs get tighter and then the pressure then
:19:58. > :20:03.is allowed to release very slowly and that's done by this anchor
:20:03. > :20:08.escape there which rocks back-and- forth and lets one cog go at a time,
:20:08. > :20:12.driving the whole motor. A complex movement, but by the time this
:20:12. > :20:21.clock appeared, it was everywhere, the standard system. It has to be
:20:21. > :20:27.dead, dead flat. Made by a firm called ElKingtons. Heard of them?
:20:27. > :20:34.In connection with silver plate? Yes. Solid silver items, they came
:20:34. > :20:39.up with cheaper methods. They were based in Birmingham and moved into
:20:39. > :20:47.clocks. You've got an 100-year-old clock, this is a collectible maker.
:20:47. > :20:53.If I said around the �500 mark? really?! Yes. I am amazed. Goodness.
:20:54. > :20:58.How does that sound? Amazings. think it will do well. Gosh, far
:20:58. > :21:02.more than I thought. Great. What a terrific amount and timely too as
:21:02. > :21:05.we approach the end of our rumage here today. We'll need one last
:21:05. > :21:14.push as I'm determined to find as much as possible. Fittingly, it's
:21:14. > :21:19.the lady of the house who's really on the ball today. Paul, come and
:21:19. > :21:25.tell me what you think of this? Let's have a look. Is it heavy?
:21:25. > :21:29.is. Wow ck, look at that. wonderful. Lord above, where have
:21:29. > :21:33.you been keeping this? It's been anywhere and everywhere. In
:21:33. > :21:38.wardrobes, under beds and it's not the sort of thing you just put in a
:21:38. > :21:42.drawer. Where did it come from? of a fire place actually. There
:21:42. > :21:46.were seven tiles all together, that was the central one, three up each
:21:46. > :21:51.side and features in the same catalogue as the picture we looked
:21:51. > :21:55.at. I inherited this one plus another one and a procken one which
:21:55. > :22:00.I sold -- broken one which I sold probably 20 years ago. An amazing
:22:00. > :22:04.piece of work isn't it, Paul? Tell us about it? That was done in Iran,
:22:04. > :22:07.hence the Persian connection and you are looking at well over 1000
:22:07. > :22:12.years now. One thing I can gather from the colour from this is that
:22:12. > :22:17.they only ever used seven primary colours and yellow was one of the
:22:17. > :22:21.last colours introduced so this could be 18th century, probably not
:22:21. > :22:27.earlier. It's not a strong yellow is it? No, but what a wonderful
:22:27. > :22:31.thing to have, part of a structure. It could be an entrance to a
:22:31. > :22:35.different room, sometimes they had grand appearance entrances. This
:22:35. > :22:41.type of pottery you will find from this area very much in transcript
:22:41. > :22:45.or in a wonderful gee metric design, rather than depicting people or
:22:45. > :22:52.animals. Any idea where it could have been made? Iranian, Turkish,
:22:52. > :22:56.it's not Muslim or Islamic because they don't depict the human form or
:22:57. > :23:00.animal form, they only use the geometric designs. What do you
:23:00. > :23:05.think we might get at auction? Never handled anything of this size
:23:05. > :23:11.at all or this style of pottery and it needs a bit of further research,
:23:11. > :23:17.but to get it into the action, if I said between �300 and �500 and if
:23:17. > :23:19.we can get someone to have a good look at it, that sounds fine.
:23:19. > :23:26.a starting figure... Do you want to put that down Paul because it's
:23:26. > :23:32.ever so heavy. Yes, please. Dear me! Feel like I've had a night on
:23:32. > :23:37.the tiles. Starting figure, �300 the lowest? Yes, the lowest at
:23:37. > :23:42.least. If we take the lowest estimate of everything Paul has
:23:42. > :23:52.looked at today, you want to raise �1,000, but I think we could make
:23:52. > :23:57.as much as �1,690. Wow! That's all right. Hey! And because we've still
:23:57. > :24:01.got a question mark over Bonni Prince Charlie and the tile, it
:24:01. > :24:04.could be considerably more than that and you may end up with a
:24:04. > :24:11.hanging garden of Babylon out there!
:24:11. > :24:15.That would be super. Well, we've had a great time here
:24:15. > :24:23.in chilly but beautiful Perthshire and managed to find some quality
:24:23. > :24:33.items to take to auck147. -- action. That bronze dog was passed on to
:24:33. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:40.Fiona by her grandfather. Then the Regency rose tea caddie
:24:40. > :24:43.shouldn't prove too much of a strain for the bidders. I'll bet
:24:43. > :24:51.the Victorian mantle clock will strike the right note in the sale
:24:51. > :24:58.room and take us to our target. Still to come:
:24:58. > :25:02.Some of the heirlooms prove rather more difficult to part with than
:25:02. > :25:07.she anticipated. Do I suspect second thoughts? Just a bit. It was
:25:07. > :25:10.my mother's and I'm fond of it. While some prove to be more
:25:10. > :25:14.valuable than she ever imagined. should have treated them with more
:25:14. > :25:23.respect! Will she be able to achieve her horticultural dreams?
:25:23. > :25:27.Find out with the final fall of the Scholl... I mean gavel. -- shovel.
:25:27. > :25:31.We really had a wonderful day at Fiona's home in the beautiful
:25:31. > :25:37.setting right on the edge of a loch and found some fascinating items
:25:37. > :25:41.which we brought just a little bit further south to sell here at the
:25:41. > :25:45.auctions in Edinburgh. She wants to raise �1,000 so she can make her
:25:45. > :25:48.garden that little bit easier to handle. So, as you can see, the
:25:48. > :25:55.weather has certainly warmed up a bit, so we are hoping that the
:25:55. > :25:59.bidders are going to be on fire when her items go under the hammer.
:25:59. > :26:03.One man whose presence I can always count on, come snow rain or shine,
:26:03. > :26:07.is Paul Hayes. But should I be concerned that he's reaching for
:26:07. > :26:12.the bottle already? I know he's been consulting with the fine arts
:26:12. > :26:19.specialists about the portrait so I hole he'll be able to give us some
:26:19. > :26:23.good news. Hello Fiona. Where is Charity? She couldn't get away from
:26:23. > :26:28.school, I'm afraid. This is my friend and neighbour maifrplt
:26:28. > :26:35.presumably you are very familiar with this? Oh, yes, and I missed it
:26:35. > :26:39.on the wall when I was at Fiona's house yesterday. I don't think he
:26:39. > :26:46.looks frightening now he's done here. Looks a bit more human. What
:26:46. > :26:50.did the experts say, Paul? It turns out that it's not a Godfrey Kneller.
:26:50. > :26:54.They could print whatever they liked in the 1920s, so that is not
:26:54. > :27:00.genuine. The auctioneer's done their homeworks and had two experts
:27:00. > :27:05.look at it and it's 18th century Italian school, an Italian
:27:05. > :27:11.aristocrat. One thing they told me which was amazing is, the canvas
:27:11. > :27:18.has been cut down. Where's hiez right hand gone, unless it's behind
:27:18. > :27:26.you, Angela, watch him! -- where's his hand gone. It was a larger
:27:26. > :27:32.canvas. As an 18th century, they put an estimate of between �800 and
:27:32. > :27:35.�1200. Would you let it go at that? A reserve of �500, I wouldn't want
:27:35. > :27:41.to portray an aristocrat for anything else. But you don't want
:27:41. > :27:45.to take him home? He'd come home at less than �500. Who knows he might
:27:45. > :27:50.be going back to Italy, you never know. We don't have to go that far
:27:50. > :27:57.right now, just over there to take our places to get ready for the
:27:57. > :28:02.start of the action. As the auction gets under way, firsts is that set
:28:02. > :28:11.of six hand painted comport plates dating from around 1890. Paul
:28:11. > :28:21.thoughts they could be Minton so fingers crossed for a decent result.
:28:21. > :28:26.
:28:26. > :28:32.30, 32, 35, 38, 40, 42, 50... Anyone else want in at 55? Five
:28:32. > :28:37.over the lowest estimate. That's fine. That is a tasty start to the
:28:37. > :28:43.auction. Lit's hope we can continue in that vain with this elegant
:28:43. > :28:49.Oriental object about to go under the hammer now. Paul valued this at
:28:49. > :28:54.�100 to �150, you have put �150 reserve on it. Are there second
:28:54. > :29:04.thoughts here? Just a bit, it was my mother's and I'm fond of it.
:29:04. > :29:08.
:29:08. > :29:14.Start me at �100, 50, 50 bid, 55, 60, 65, 75, 85, 90...
:29:14. > :29:23.That's the bottom of my estimate there. 95. All out on the right at
:29:24. > :29:28.95. Any advance? Not sold. Let's not be too downhearted because it's
:29:28. > :29:32.still early in the sale but it just goes to show that no matter how
:29:32. > :29:38.attractive the piece, sometimes the right bidder isn't in the room.
:29:38. > :29:46.Next up, the lovely pair of Victorian walnut candle sticks.
:29:46. > :29:56.Great exhibition piece there? bids on them. Gieming to start them
:29:56. > :30:00.
:30:00. > :30:08.at �120! -- going to start. Wow, amazing. 170, 180, 200, 220240,
:30:09. > :30:16.260,... 280, 300... And they haven't finished yet. Away in the
:30:16. > :30:21.distance at �3 20 any advance on this lovely pair of candles. �32 0.
:30:21. > :30:26.Amazing! Terrific. Pedigree you see, beautiful craftsmanship and the
:30:26. > :30:34.great exhibition. That's it. should have treated them with more
:30:34. > :30:38.respect. Amazing! �2 20 over Paul's upper
:30:38. > :30:42.estimate. I wonder if this item will do as well. The tea caddie
:30:42. > :30:49.handed down to Fiona from her grandfather. Tea was expensive in
:30:49. > :30:58.the 18th century. Let's hope this piece is as highly regard today.
:30:58. > :31:06.�100, �80. A bit cheap this. �100, 110, 120, 130, selling all the time
:31:06. > :31:13.at 130. Selling all the time at 130... A lit t bit more. Selling at
:31:13. > :31:18.�130. There we go. That's OK. God to see Fiona staying positive and
:31:18. > :31:22.that is a respectable amount. After a 129 stuttering start, thingss are
:31:22. > :31:29.beginning to look up. It's an old book and nobody knows when it dates
:31:29. > :31:38.from, but it was very popular in the late 19th century. 30 bid, 30
:31:38. > :31:44.bid, A couple of people here wanting it. 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 with
:31:44. > :31:49.the lady at �80. Anyone else want in? Very good.
:31:49. > :31:55.Terrific. And �5 over the lowest estimate. I do enjoy seeing bidders
:31:55. > :32:01.battling over one item. Let's hope there's more of that to kofplt
:32:01. > :32:04.Kshksh come. The highest price ever paid for a snuff box at auction was
:32:04. > :32:08.almost �800,000. This brass example might not have quite the same
:32:08. > :32:12.pedigree, but you never know. The snuff box that's about to go under
:32:12. > :32:18.the hammer is one that you bought under the hammer isn't it? Yes, I
:32:18. > :32:26.did. I had one and sold it and missed it so when this one came up,
:32:26. > :32:32.I couldn't eresist. �60... All out in the room at �60. That's great.
:32:32. > :32:37.Bang on Paul's lowest estimate and a �10 profit for Fiona to boot.
:32:37. > :32:43.I'll tell you how much you have made at the half way stage because
:32:44. > :32:50.you want to raise �1,000, don't you? I reckon that you have made so
:32:50. > :32:55.far... �6 45. Gosh, that's good. Amazing. Not bad considering we've
:32:55. > :32:59.got... We didn't sell the vashes. Which you are taking home with you
:32:59. > :33:03.and you have the wonderful Persian tile still to come and the painting
:33:03. > :33:07.-- the vases. We are going to take a half time break and we'll come
:33:07. > :33:12.back for the second half of the auction.
:33:12. > :33:19.If like Fiona you are keen to raise money by selling at auction, bear
:33:19. > :33:22.in mind that there are charges to be paid, check in advance how much
:33:22. > :33:26.commission you have to pay. Before we know it, our next lot is about
:33:26. > :33:32.to go under the hammer and it's that varied collection of gold
:33:32. > :33:37.jewellery, including the Victorian locket and cuff links which
:33:37. > :33:45.belonged to Fiona's late husband. She'll also thrown in a 1960s watch
:33:45. > :33:55.for good measure, so she must be feeling generous. �35..., 40, who
:33:55. > :33:58.
:33:58. > :34:04.is going on, 45, 50, 55, 65, 70, 75, 8, 80 on the left. Great. �80. At
:34:04. > :34:08.�80, 527... That's all right? were on the button there, Paul.
:34:08. > :34:11.Another good result putting us closer to the target. Fingers
:34:11. > :34:16.crossed there will be animal attraction for the next impressive
:34:16. > :34:21.piece. The 19th century bronze sculpture of a dog that's been
:34:21. > :34:25.valued at �200 to �250. I chatted to the auction eesh and I might
:34:25. > :34:35.have a bit of news, she might have been thinking that I overegged this
:34:35. > :34:36.
:34:36. > :34:46.one. It's showing my love of dogs! �290 the bronze model... She likes
:34:46. > :34:52.
:34:52. > :35:00.it. �100 for it. 50 bid. 50! 55, 65, 75, 85, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140,
:35:00. > :35:06.150, selling all the time at 150 on my left at 150... Happy with that?
:35:06. > :35:08.Anyone else want in at �150? think that's fair. I'm not
:35:08. > :35:12.disappointed. That's great to hear and hopefully
:35:12. > :35:16.we'll be able to make up that �50 before the end of the sale.
:35:16. > :35:20.I wonder if our next lot would be the one to do it.
:35:20. > :35:26.The auction house have had a lot of interest in this next item coming
:35:26. > :35:31.up, the huge and very heavy Persian tile that we looked at. Very nice
:35:31. > :35:41.indeed this. Likes this one. A lot of interest in it and I'll start it
:35:41. > :35:52.
:35:52. > :36:02.straightaway at �500. Start at �500! 550, 600, 700, 800, 900, 950,
:36:02. > :36:08.
:36:08. > :36:18.1,000... What?! �1,100.: they love it. � 1,200, 1,300, 1350, 1,400,
:36:18. > :36:23.
:36:23. > :36:32.anybody else want in at �1,400? �1,500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1800, on
:36:32. > :36:36.the telephone at 1800. Selling on the telephone at 1800. That's just
:36:36. > :36:40.incredible. I wouldn't have believed that. I've been tripping
:36:40. > :36:47.over that because it was sat on the floor and I didn't know where to
:36:47. > :36:51.put it. Wow! Never said it before but that's a whopping �1,300 over
:36:51. > :36:55.Paul's upper estimate. There seems to be a real bidding war over that
:36:55. > :36:59.Persian tile which is wonderful for us and takes Fiona well over her
:36:59. > :37:04.original �1,000 target. But there is still more potentially valuable
:37:04. > :37:14.items to come, such as this late 19th century mahogany mantle clock
:37:14. > :37:21.
:37:21. > :37:30.with 2 silver dial by makers Elkington & Son. 100, 120, 130, 140,
:37:30. > :37:34.150, 160, 200, can I tempt anybody else at �300 now? Fiona is keeping
:37:34. > :37:40.positive and so she should be because �300 is a decent amount and
:37:40. > :37:43.I'm sure it will go a long way in the garden of hers. Two items that
:37:43. > :37:51.the auction eesh is quite excited about. The two silhouettes
:37:51. > :37:57.portraits, the cast ones made by a company in 1795. Do you know
:37:57. > :38:07.anything about the makers? I only know that he invented paste that
:38:07. > :38:17.looked like marble. One of them is his wife so it's the wife of the
:38:17. > :38:19.
:38:19. > :38:29.maker. �200. �100 bid. 140, 160, 180, 200, 220, 240, 260, 280, 300,
:38:29. > :38:32.
:38:32. > :38:40.320, 340, 360, 380... Gosh. Went up very quickly. 700, 750, 800, 850,
:38:40. > :38:47.850 would you like in on the telephone at 850, selling on my
:38:47. > :38:51.right at �8 50. Incredible! Just when we thought it couldn't get any
:38:52. > :38:57.better... That pair of miniatures performed brilliantly in the sale
:38:57. > :39:01.room. This roller coaster of an auction
:39:01. > :39:08.is approaching the end, but not before the sale of the fabulous
:39:08. > :39:13.portrait which, until today, Fiona thought might have been of Bonni
:39:13. > :39:18.Prince Charlely. A lot of people have had interest in it and now
:39:18. > :39:24.that we have realised it's not the original, �500 is the reserve on
:39:24. > :39:33.it? Yes, I put �500 reserve on him because I wouldn't want him to go
:39:33. > :39:43.for less because I would feel like I betrayed him. We start at �500,
:39:43. > :39:45.
:39:45. > :39:54.�5 50, 600, 650, 700, 720 780... 800 is what we said. The top
:39:54. > :40:04.estimate. 880 in the room. On the phone? 880. Gentleman seated. 900,
:40:04. > :40:06.
:40:06. > :40:14.900. 920, 950, 980, 1,000, 1,100, anyone else going on? The gentleman
:40:14. > :40:22.seated in the room at 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, all out on the right,
:40:22. > :40:32.make no mistake at 1500. Any advance? Seated at 1500. There you
:40:32. > :40:34.
:40:34. > :40:42.go! Amazing. Well done. �1,500 which was even more than Paul
:40:42. > :40:46.thought even when we all thought he might be Bonni Prince Charlie. He
:40:46. > :40:50.turned out to be Bonnie in tend anyway. That fabulous result brings
:40:50. > :40:57.an incredible sale to an end. The question is, how much has Fiona's
:40:57. > :41:05.remarkable haul of heirlooms managed to make? We have had such
:41:05. > :41:08.an exciting auction. I know. I feel like a wrung out rag. Well, you
:41:08. > :41:13.wanted �1,000, you know you've done incredibly well because of the
:41:13. > :41:23.wonderful prices we got. I wonder what on earth you are going to do
:41:23. > :41:24.
:41:24. > :41:29.with... �5,325... Wow. Have a ball! I'm going to enjoy it. A holiday.
:41:29. > :41:34.Some towards a car and a super garden. Couldn't ask for more.
:41:34. > :41:40.you come back, there will be so many weeds, you'll never get
:41:40. > :41:43.started on the garden! It's a number of week since Fiona's
:41:43. > :41:49.remarkable day at auction and having raised well over five times
:41:49. > :41:56.her target, she's wasted no time developing the horticultural plans
:41:56. > :42:01.with her gardener. The plans is to make it easier to manage. I thought
:42:01. > :42:06.I would put in a big island bed, plant it with roses and in memory
:42:06. > :42:12.of a dear friend who tied at the end of last year, I want to plant a
:42:12. > :42:15.tree in memory of him and I think perhaps a magnolia would go well.
:42:15. > :42:20.Having banked considerably more than she hoped for, what does she
:42:20. > :42:24.plan to do with the rest of her wind fall? Well, my car is not
:42:24. > :42:33.going to last forever and that was worrying me a little bit so I think
:42:33. > :42:37.it will have to go into the pot for a new car or a new second hand car.
:42:37. > :42:41.I think Fiona must be chuffed to bits with that result and what a
:42:41. > :42:44.fabulous garden she's going to have now right there on the banks of the
:42:44. > :42:48.loch. You know, if there's something you would like to raise