0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is the show that sifts through your antiques,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07finds the best of them and then sells them at auction.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12We're going to meet sisters who've been going through a sad process,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15but have decided it's time to look to the future.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'Coming up on Cash In The Attic,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44'I think this lady is being way too modest about the size of her ring.'
0:00:44 > 0:00:46The stones, I think, are a bit too big.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Darling, you and I need to have a chat.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53There's no such thing as too big a precious stone.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55'And our expert Jonty has always had a knack
0:00:55 > 0:00:58'for finding other people's best-loved antiques.'
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Oh. You've found that.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Found that!
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- Yes. I'd put it on the tip, myself. - Oh, really?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08'And when it gets to auction,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11'does the moth-eaten bird resemble anyone we know?'
0:01:11 > 0:01:14You'd look the same if you'd been stuffed and stuck in a cupboard.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18'It's all fun and game birds when the final hammer falls.'
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I'm here in Leighton Buzzard to meet a family
0:01:21 > 0:01:24who are hoping today will be a bit of a memorial.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29'Dog-lover Karen Curry lives in this spacious converted cottage in Leighton Buzzard
0:01:29 > 0:01:33'with her husband Keith. Karen teaches part-time at a local college
0:01:33 > 0:01:37'and her sister Leslie also works in education.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41'The girls have one brother, Colin, who lives in Germany.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45'Their beloved dad Alan had a terrific career in civil engineering
0:01:45 > 0:01:47'which took him all over the world.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50'On his travels, he picked out lots of interesting pieces
0:01:50 > 0:01:52'for their mum, Doreen, who was a keen collector.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54'Sadly, their dad died in 2000
0:01:54 > 0:01:59'and more recently, their mum also passed away.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03'The siblings think the time has come to see if their inherited items
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'can be auctioned off to help with another family project.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09'Our antiques expert is Jonty Hearnden.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14'I'm sure his years of experience will stand us in great stead.'
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Oh, hello.- Hello.- Hello. - Hiya. How are you doing?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- I think I heard some real ones earlier on.- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- We've got three of them. - Really?- Really.- Yes.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28So, Karen, it's your house. Leslie, do you live nearby?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I live the other side of London, near Canterbury.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32But I come up quite a few times to see Karen
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and we take the dogs for a walk.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37So, how much money do we need today?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40About £600. There's three of us.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43My sister, Leslie, Colin, my brother, and myself.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45It would be nice to have a nice round figure each.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- You want an even number.- Yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Is it OK if I get started? - Please do.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Go for it.- So, what's made you decide to do this now?
0:02:53 > 0:02:57My mum died just under two years ago
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and there's a lot of her stuff we found from the house
0:03:00 > 0:03:03and we just thought, well, there's three of us in the family,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06it would be nice to get some money out of it,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08share it amongst ourselves.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10What do you want to spend your money on?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I've just bought a very old, tumbly-down house.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17So £200 would help anywhere in the house, so that would be great.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19What do you want to spend it on?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Similar to Leslie. We've been here a bit longer,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24but there's still lots of things we need to do.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28We're just getting to the end and we need some carpet for our landing.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- I know it's a bit boring. - That's riveting, isn't it(?)
0:03:32 > 0:03:37So we need to raise £600, so you get £200 each to spend.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Well, let's hope so. - Come on, let's go.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44'Karen's pretty home is dotted with unusual and quirky decor.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47'Not to mention the heirlooms she's inherited from her mum and dad.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51'So I'm sure we're in for plenty of variety in our rummage today.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55'It looks like Jonty's already found something that takes his fancy.'
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Ah, Jonty.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00We know we've got some Troika somewhere for you to value,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- but it looks like you've found the Lladro first.- Yes. Are they yours?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07They were Mum and Dad's.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11They used to travel around Europe and Mum liked the Lladro.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13They brought something back every time they went away.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- And do you like them?- They're sweet, but they're not my sort of style.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21We keep them up there so the dogs don't get up at them
0:04:21 > 0:04:23and take them around the garden.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27If they do have any breaks or chips, that completely devalues them.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- So you've done the right thing. - They're safe and sound up here.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34They're all made of porcelain, glazed porcelain,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37and I suppose if I pick up this young maiden here,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40if you look at the colour, the design,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42the concept of this figurine, it sums up Lladro.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47More often than not, there are young figures and they're elongated.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49And also the glazing.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53If you look at this grey-blue glaze often used
0:04:53 > 0:04:57and if you look on the underside, here is the stamp, that blue Lladro back stamp.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59And in terms of their value?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03I would put around the £50 mark for the three.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05All right. OK.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Slightly bigger figures fetch a little bit more money
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and there are rare figures, as well.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14We went to Tenerife recently and we saw some huge big ones
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and you get quite garish colours.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18They've moved on. When your parents were buying,
0:05:18 > 0:05:22this was the style, this was the fashion of the time.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23'Lladro originated in Valencia
0:05:23 > 0:05:26'and has only been making porcelain since the 1950s.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31'Over the years, their distinctive style has developed a real following
0:05:31 > 0:05:36'and there's every reason to think these more modern figurines will do well at auction.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41'Meanwhile, Leslie has spotted this bone china coffee set
0:05:41 > 0:05:45'by a well-known porcelain designer, Susie Cooper.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48'The design is Glen Mist and it dates from the early '70s.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51'An anniversary present to Leslie's mum and dad,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53'Jonty sets his estimate at £40-£60.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58'We're picking up the pace in our hunt today
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'and Karen's quirky tastes are very much in evidence.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04'Trust Jonty to pick out this rather unusual curio.'
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Oh. You've found that.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09THEY LAUGH
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Found that.- Yes. - So, tell me the story.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14How long has this been in your house?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It hasn't been in the house long. We try and keep it in the garage.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Because my husband and I bought it,
0:06:20 > 0:06:26well, I think my husband bought it, about 20-25 years ago.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28And I think we were just setting up home
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and we went into this junk shop in Luton.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Keith probably saw it and thought, "Ooo, we'll have that!"
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- So we have one taxidermied pheasant. - Yes.- OK.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43So does it come out of the house, go back in the house?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Um,...there are certain things in the house I don't like and my husband likes
0:06:47 > 0:06:49and we have this arrangement whereby
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I'll try and manoeuvre things out into the garage without him noticing.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56So we have this constant battle where I'm trying to get rid of things
0:06:56 > 0:06:59and he's thinking, "What have you done with my...?"
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- It's in the garage. - Yes.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05The heyday for taxidermy was the 19th century, the Victorian era,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07and through into the Edwardian era.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09They were regarded as trophies.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13You'd go to some people's houses and they would be everywhere.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Today, it's different. But there still is a market
0:07:16 > 0:07:20for these sort of things in the right place, in the right setting.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24There are also laws as to what you can trade with and what you can't.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26But a pheasant like this, of this sort of age,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28it's not a problem to put it into the auction.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32But our moth-eaten pheasant, which is not that pleasant,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36I have to say, what, £30-£50.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- More than I would've thought. I'd put it on the tip!- Really?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43'When it comes to auctions, it takes all sorts to make a sale.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47'Will Karen and Keith's unpleasant pheasant take off at auction?'
0:07:47 > 0:07:51£80. £50. £20. Any bid?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54'Looks like we're all stuffed. We'll have to wait and see.'
0:07:56 > 0:08:00'We're having a great time on our rummage in Leighton Buzzard.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03'My first find of the day proves to be a mixed selection of brassware
0:08:03 > 0:08:08'that belonged to mum Doreen. Most of these items are modern pieces,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12'so Jonty gives the whole collection a cautious estimate of £20-£40.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17'So many of the items today were collected by Leslie and Karen's mum.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20'And I'm keen to find out more about her.'
0:08:20 > 0:08:23What would your mum would make of what we're doing today?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27She'd love it! She wouldn't want to be on the television. No way.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I think she'd like it in retrospect and interested
0:08:31 > 0:08:34to find out what all these little knick-knacks
0:08:34 > 0:08:36that she had around the house were worth.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- What sort of things did your mum buy?- She liked pretty things.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42And she did like...
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Some of them cost quite a lot of money.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49She loved, like, the Lladros. She started collecting those
0:08:49 > 0:08:53and when they got more expensive, she went down to the Naos.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Mum used to go around charity shops
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and picking up little knick-knacks and things.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I don't think she'd be worried about money.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04As long as she had what she needed to buy one, she was happy.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07In fact, she loved buying things for other people
0:09:07 > 0:09:09rather than buying them for herself.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13So she'd always, wherever she went to see something, she'd take something.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Whether it would be a chicken or... Not a real chicken!
0:09:16 > 0:09:18THEY LAUGH
0:09:18 > 0:09:20But something, just like a gift.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23And she knitted mobile phone covers.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Oh, yes. - So she moved with the times, then.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I gave her a mobile phone for Christmas
0:09:28 > 0:09:30and she knitted it a little cover,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33put it in a drawer and never turned it on.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37I don't know if Jonty can knit, but he can certainly value antiques.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Shall we see if he's found anything else to sell?- Yes.- Let's do it.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47'True to form, while we've been busy chatting, Jonty's made another promising find.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51'This pair of beside cabinets used to belong to Karen's grandmother.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53'They're oak and date from the 1920s. Jonty reckons
0:09:53 > 0:09:58'they could get snapped up at a very reasonable £50-£75.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04'Leslie's uncovered another group of Spanish porcelain figurines.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07'Part of the Lladro company, 'these distinctive Nao pieces
0:10:07 > 0:10:10'were bought by mum Doreen and dad Alan
0:10:10 > 0:10:12'on their travels abroad in the 1970 and 1980s.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16'The estimate for the group is £50-£80.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21'And it looks like Leslie's eye for ceramics has done her proud
0:10:21 > 0:10:23'with a piece of Cornish pottery
0:10:23 > 0:10:25'she bought for her mum in the early '80s.'
0:10:28 > 0:10:31This is interesting. Troika is very much like Marmite.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33You either love it or you hate it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- Can I have a look?- Yes. - This is very typical Troika work,
0:10:37 > 0:10:42which has this sort of rough, textured feel to it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Because these sorts of vases
0:10:44 > 0:10:47or these pots would have been made in a mould.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Sometimes they applied decoration.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Possibly this little bit of decoration is applied.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56But you see that rough texture? Very typical Troika.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59So we should have marks on the underside. It says Troika.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03And have you ever noticed that it's got the actual decorator's mark?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Yes.- Flicked onto the bottom.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09I think it's quite interesting. It was all made in the West Country.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I think you can really see that in these pieces,
0:11:11 > 0:11:12in the colour and the texture.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I hadn't really thought about that, actually.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- So, can we sell this now? - Oh, definitely.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Hang on. There's a proviso.- Oh, yes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- Because...Mum thought it was probably worth around £90.- Really?
0:11:26 > 0:11:31- She saw it on the television, so it must be true.- It must be true.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- It must be true. - It must not be true, as well, sadly.
0:11:34 > 0:11:40I would estimate this to go into the auction sale for £40-£60.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- That would be my estimate for it. - I realised the price had gone down.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- I'd love it if it made £90 at the auction.- So would I!
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Also, your mum would be, like, "Yes!"
0:11:51 > 0:11:56'I really hope we can all do Doreen proud when we get to the sale room.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00'But we're already halfway through our rummage
0:12:00 > 0:12:02'and our total stands at just £280.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04'So we still need to make up quite a bit of ground
0:12:04 > 0:12:07'if we're going to reach that £600 target.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11'But Jonty has already got his eye on another unusual item
0:12:11 > 0:12:12'that could help the cause.'
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Hi, Jonty. - Hi.- What have you got?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Well, I've got a well-travelled picture.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Yeah.- Where is this from?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23My dad did a lot of travelling in India, Sri Lanka,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and he made a lot of friends and they kept giving him gifts.
0:12:26 > 0:12:33So I think it's a gift from a friend he made in India.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36So it would have been a picture that would have come back from India
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- and framed thereafter. - I think so, yes.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Because it's like fabric, isn't it? - Absolutely.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46It's a picture on some form of fabric.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Because traditionally, Indian pictures were on silk.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54And we in Britain have some of the finest examples in museums.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58And if you've ever seen them, they are so exquisite.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01So this is a picture,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04a modern-day picture based on the themes of those Moguls.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09- Oh, right.- So it's not an antique that we're looking at here,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11but it is an original picture.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- Including the frame around the outside.- Yeah. Yeah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19All of that will be hand-done with gold paint, as well.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23There's a lot going on. We've got an Indian deity in a garden scene.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And if you look more closely at the detail,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29we've got all these classic Indian referencing.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The peacock in the garden and the sacred cow.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37I love the tree in the background. It actually looks as if it's growing out of her head.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's a bit Carmen Miranda-ish.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41We'll put it in the auction,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43but being contemporary, we can't get a vast price.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45But it is a hand-painted picture
0:13:45 > 0:13:49and so it would be £30-£50 at auction.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Yeah, yeah. No, go for it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Happy to let it go?- Yeah. - Great. Excellent.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57'This converted cottage is certainly full of surprises.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00'I'm itching to find out more about Karen's lovely house
0:14:00 > 0:14:03'and its lively residents.'
0:14:03 > 0:14:05How long have you lived here?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09We moved in about '99. So about ten years now.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13It looks like this was probably one of the original cottages.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17I think it was called Kitts Cottage, and part of the house is just that.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19So it's about 200 years old.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22But then the rest has been added on bit by bit
0:14:22 > 0:14:24by people before we moved in.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26So tell me a little bit about the dogs.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Have you always had boxers?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Well, we had a boxer when we were little. Juno.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33When we were about three or four.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35When Keith and I came here,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38we said it's the right place, we've got to get a dog.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42It must be a great environment to have the dogs.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48Normally, I take them in the car to the woods and they just run wild.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51You and Leslie obviously get on very well.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55As sisters, you have your moments, don't you? But she's always there.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58When Mum died, she said a really interesting thing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02She said, "It's going to be very hard
0:15:02 > 0:15:06"when going through all the stuff with Mum passing away. Let's not fall out over it."
0:15:06 > 0:15:11I think so many times families can, because your emotions are running quite high.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- That sounds like really good advice to me.- So, it was really nice.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19But now she's actually moved to Kent and she's got her own property,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22we start talking about home improvements and stuff.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24It's all getting a bit mature.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28I'm very in mind that Leslie wants some money to help with the cottage.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32And we've this scintillating carpet that we need to get for the hall.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36So, shall we see whether Jonty or Leslie has found something else?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Yeah, let's got for it.- Come on then.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41'It's nice to think that our auction proceeds
0:15:41 > 0:15:45'will be used to help with those niggling practical expenses.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48'And I've a feeling every little will help.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50'What will Jonty make of Leslie's latest find?'
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- That's a collection of candlesticks. What have we got, five in all?- Yeah.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Who's are these?- I presume they're from my grandmothers.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03I don't think my family, my mum and dad, would have bought these.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07I've certainly seen them on display. But I don't know where they came from.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09We've got a large pair. Let's have a closer look.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Obviously to have real value they need to be silver.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17But not necessarily. It doesn't matter too much,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20because if you have an elegant pair of candlesticks...
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Let's have a look at these, for instance. These look great.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26So, you can tell that they are electroplated.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Can you see here? It's not the hallmarks we are looking for.
0:16:30 > 0:16:36This is copper. This is the very thin layer of silver over copper.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- It literally has worn away. - Somebody's used them, then?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- Yes.- Or polished them? - Yes, that's what happens.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47If you vigorously polish, you can see that is probably what happened.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50That will be my granny.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55So, this pair of candlesticks, they are Georgian in style.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- I like Georgian.- Yes, you can see that by the urn at the top there.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01That's a classical reference.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Can you see that looks almost like a garden urn, as well?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09That was popularised in the 18th century.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12If you look at the base, the fluted base at the bottom.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- I think that is pretty. - Yes, it's got a real elegance to it.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- I'm starting to like this now.- Good. They really are very elegant.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24If you compare them with this one here, can you see the difference?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Somehow, for my money, this is aesthetically pleasing.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31It's a bit blousy, isn't it? This one's really pretty and elegant.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36If we were to sell all of this collection here, we're looking at £50-£80 at auction.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Great. Super.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41'That's a timely boost to the family fund.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45'And, not to be outdone, Karen picks out this little pair of vases
0:17:45 > 0:17:48'that Leslie bought for their mum.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52'This fine Irish china, made by Belleek and still made today,
0:17:52 > 0:17:53'is highly desirable.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56'These examples date from the 1960s and Jonty gives them
0:17:56 > 0:17:59'a confident estimate of £30-£50.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05'Our expert also thinks these brass and enamel pots
0:18:05 > 0:18:07'could help swell the coffers a little more.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09'More of Doreen's modern collectables,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12'but an estimate of £20-£30 should help them along at auction.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15'The day is wearing on.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18'And, although we have made some fascinating finds,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22'I'm starting to worry we might not reach that elusive £600 target.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25'Maybe Karen's latest find will get Jonty's mind back on the job.'
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Hey, what are you doing?
0:18:28 > 0:18:33I've got some jewellery here that I wouldn't mind you having a look at.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- I'd be quite interested.- Let's have a look. What shall we look at first?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- What is in here, for instance? That looks interesting.- OK?- Gosh.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48A bracelet. Well, more than a bracelet. Where is this from?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Well, I don't really know. I know Mum wore it a lot.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I think it was probably a present from my dad.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55She had it from about the '70s, I think.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00So these are chunks of mother of pearl. It looks like silver.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- But it is certainly not British.- No.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07I think it's probably something that Dad brought back from his travels.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10It could be Indian, but I don't think so.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- But he did South America as well as America.- OK. That gives it away.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- It says "Alpaca" on the back, here. - I've never looked at that, actually.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21It says "Mexico" as well. That's where it came from.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- This would be Mexican silver. - All right, OK.- Which is great.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29It's interesting, the style, it really has that '70s feel to it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33It's probably gone out of fashion and back into fashion.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38So we can definitely put this on to the market. I'll pop that back in the box. What about the rings?
0:19:38 > 0:19:45- What's in here? Aha, look at that. - It's got seven sapphires.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50My dad, when he was in Sri Lanka, he bought the stones,
0:19:50 > 0:19:55- picked them out and made it up into an eternity ring for Mum.- OK.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00I don't know, it's one of those things that reminded me of them two.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04It's one that my dad had made for her and that she wore.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10- So it's got some memories. But I don't wear it. - So we can sell this ring now?- Yes.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15OK, that's really good. What else have we got here? All sorts of gems and goodies in here.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Ah-ha. This looks like a bit of costume jewellery this time.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26We've got a stylised necklace and bracelet.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31And a pair of matching earrings. Now, this looks so white that it's probably not silver.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33No, I never thought it was, actually. It's too clean.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37If it was silver it would have tarnished.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Yes, that's a good way of working out whether something is silver.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46If it is silver, it has value. If it's a white metal, not a lot.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50But, as it's a complete set, we've got the bracelet, the necklace
0:20:50 > 0:20:52and the matching earrings, too.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54We've got a nice collection of jewellery here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's so good, we must tell the girls as well.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- It's a nice tidy sum we've got here. - Ooh, lovely.- Ah, there you are.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- As if by magic! - Did I hear the word jewellery?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05My favourite thing. Apart from Shih Tzu puppies, obviously.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09But we won't go into that. So, what sort of value are we talking about here?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Value at auction, £200-£250. - Not bad.- Fabulous.- That's nice.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Ladies, neither of you want to keep any of these pieces?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19It's not stuff we would wear, I don't think. Is it?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The stones, I think, are a bit too big.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Darling, you and I need to have a chat.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27There's no such thing as too big a precious stone.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- You wanted £600, didn't you? - £200 each.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36I'm pleased to tell you that the value of everything going to auction comes to...
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- £610. - LAUGHTER
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- Pretty good going, isn't it? - The extra tenner, I'll let you siblings fight that out yourselves.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46And we'll have a couple of glasses of wine to celebrate.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50One nice bottle of wine you can share between you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Cheers to my brother.- Yes.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54'Well we got there in the end.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58'And I'm really keen to see how well all the sisters heirlooms do,
0:21:58 > 0:22:04'including that Troika cubed vase, which Leslie bought for her mum in the early '80s.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07'It's a striking piece and should tempt the bidders
0:22:07 > 0:22:09'with its estimate of £40-£60.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14'Then there's those three Lladro pieces, which Karen and Leslie's parents bought in the 1970s.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18'They're collectable and should raise £50-£80. And that collection of jewellery.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21'Most of it was bought by their dad, Alan, when he was working abroad.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25'As it's foreign gold and silver and does not bear British hallmarks,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28'it can't be sold in this country as gold or silver.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32'But we're hoping for £250 on sale day.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39'Still to come on Cash In The Attic, Leslie makes a confession about the Belleek vases.'
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- It's more than I paid for them. - Is it?- It's more.- That's OK then.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45I'm cheap.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51'And the auctioneer tries his hardest with the Lladro figurines.'
0:22:51 > 0:22:55You can't mean no! You know you don't really mean that.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57'Stay with us until the final hammer falls.'
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Now, we had a lovely time at Karen's beautiful Bedfordshire cottage.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Together with her sister Leslie,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14we found plenty of items they've both been left by their mother.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Now, those we brought here to Sworders Auction House in Stansted Mountfitchet,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21where we're just hoping that all the bidders here today,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24and, believe me, there's a lot of them, are feeling very generous.
0:23:24 > 0:23:30'Now, the sisters are hoping to raise around £600 to split between them and their brother, Colin.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33'Everything arrived here with plenty of time to attract interest.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38'But, as we catch up with them, Jonty is itching to solve a small mystery.'
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Now, I've been looking through the catalogue. No sapphire ring. What's the story?
0:23:44 > 0:23:49- Karen.- You're wearing it! - And why not, I say.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Yeah, it had a lot of sentimental value. I thought, no, I'd like to keep it.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Right, what's that done for our target, then?
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- It's all change.- A couple of lots short. I've noticed in the catalogue they have merged
0:24:00 > 0:24:06all of our metalware and kept it at roughly the same estimate.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09The long and short of it is, Lorne, we're up against it.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- So, if we don't make the money, what's going to happen? - Well, the thing is,
0:24:13 > 0:24:18because I've kept the ring, I decided to forego my part of the proceeds.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24- Oh, OK.- And give the rest of the money to Leslie and Colin.- Oh, right, OK.- It means I don't lose out.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30And I may just use a little bit of money just towards a charity. Because my Auntie Irene died recently.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33She was looked well after at this hospital and Walton, in Liverpool.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'd like to give it to their neurosurgeon fund.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Right, let's see if the bidders are going to be generous enough
0:24:39 > 0:24:42to help us reach it without some of our lots.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Come on, let's go this way. - OK.- Cheers.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50The sisters have also decided not to sell the bedside cabinets.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52With so many pieces missing or merged,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55our fingers won't just be crossed, they'll be plaited.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00First of the heirlooms to come up is the collection of costume jewellery,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03minus, of course, the Sri Lankan gold sapphire Ring.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Of course, because the ring is now being worn,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09the estimate, I guess, has come down from the £200-£250
0:25:09 > 0:25:13that Jonty put onto it, to £100-£150 in the auction catalogue.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Do you agree with that, Jonty?- Yes, thereabouts with that figure.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Hopefully that is quite a conservative estimate.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I'm feeling hopeful that we should be over the 150 mark, really.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27- 40 I'm bid. At £40. - Come on, we want more than £40.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29At 45. I will sell at 45.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3950? Five, 60. Five, 70. Five, 80. Five, 90.
0:25:39 > 0:25:45Five, 100. 110, 120. £120.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48More!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I will sell at £120.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Thank you, Peter. What number?
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- Are you happy with that? - A little bit.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Well, when they stopped, I was thinking, "No!"
0:26:03 > 0:26:04At 40, yes.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10'Considering most of that lot was costume jewellery, not a bad price.'
0:26:13 > 0:26:18'Next up is the cube vase. It's by the Cornish pottery company Troika,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20'with an abstract design by Jane Fitzgerald.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24'Leslie bought this for her mum in the early '80s.'
0:26:24 > 0:26:28We put quite a nice estimate on it. I understand you've got a reserve on it, is that correct?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- Yes, £50.- And what are you going to do with it if it doesn't sell?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Keep it for a little while and then put it on again for another sale.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41- Do you think £50 is reasonable, Jonty?- It's absolutely acceptable.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- We should still get it away at £50 reserve.- OK, excellent.
0:26:46 > 0:26:5120 I'm bid, which is cheap. At 22, five, eight, 30.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Two, five, eight, 40.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Two, 45, 48, 50, five.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05- Here we are.- At 55. 60 anywhere? £55.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Bargain.- £55.- Bargain.- Well, it's not.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Because they're not going to be paying £55, don't forget.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19They're going to be paying a lot more than that. And then they've got to sell it on.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25- £55 in the pot, literally. - We haven't got a pot now. - No, never mind.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26£55 without the pot.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31'A very good result for the vase.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33'And it's added a healthy amount to the kitty.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36'More pottery follows, a pair of Belleek vases,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39'which Leslie bought for her mum many years ago.'
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Where did you buy them?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44In a gift shop in Belfast when I was living there.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Which makes sense, because Belleek is an Irish pottery.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- Do you like them? - I think they're quite elegant.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55But I don't really have knick-knacks and things in my house.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- OK, what do you want for these, Jonty?- Lower end estimate is £30.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- So, £30-£50 is the ballpark. - OK. All right.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07It's good that we've got a pair, people do like to buy things in pairs. Let's see how we do.
0:28:07 > 0:28:1230, 20. Which is cheap, surely? 10 is all I'm bid.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14At £10. Belleek.
0:28:14 > 0:28:2112, 15, 18, 20, two, five, eight. By the counter, the bid.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Someone under there.
0:28:23 > 0:28:29At £28. I will sell them at 28. 30, anybody?
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Sold at 28.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34768.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- £28.- That's more than I paid for them.- Is it? There we go.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- That's OK then.- I'm cheap.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46'That's a canny investment,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49'as Leslie bought the pair for under a tenner.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53'It's the turn of the Lladro figurines, which their parents bought in the 1970s.'
0:28:56 > 0:29:00This little piggy literally went to market - or auction - because now we've got the Lladro figure
0:29:00 > 0:29:04of the girl holding the pig, along with two other Lladro figures.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Now, what made you decide to sell these?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Well, they're not really my cup of tea.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11They're quite dainty, quite fragile
0:29:11 > 0:29:14and they don't really fit in with the rest of our house.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17They wouldn't fit with your decor, would they, Karen?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Well, let's hope they fit with someone's decor.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22What do you want for them, Jonty?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25£50-£80 is what we are looking for.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- They cost a lot more in the shops. - Gosh, yeah.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29£50 for the Lladro.
0:29:29 > 0:29:3320? Three Lladro figures. 10 is all I'm bid for the three.
0:29:33 > 0:29:3712, 15, 18, 20.
0:29:38 > 0:29:4222. Surely? Three figures.
0:29:42 > 0:29:4525, 28. 30, 32.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50You can't mean no, really. You know you don't really mean that.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54At 32, 35. You do mean it?
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Oh, dear. Oh! 35. 38.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03You girls, no staying power. At 38. If I may say so.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05At 38. £40.
0:30:06 > 0:30:0840.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10- He's doing a good job though. - 42, madam.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14No. Selling then at 40.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17It's going to be sold for £40.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- £40.- It is a shame, isn't it?
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It takes a long time to collect those things and they're just gone.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26But it is a sign of the times.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29As you say, you don't have knick-knacks around,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32lots of people are going for a much cleaner-cut look.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35With statement pieces rather than putting together collections
0:30:35 > 0:30:39of porcelain and it just reflects the fashion, I'm afraid.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42But at least they've gone while they're still in good condition
0:30:42 > 0:30:45rather than getting broken over the years
0:30:45 > 0:30:48and about to come up is another lot of figurines.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52There are five of them made by Nao, which is part of the Lladro company.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56- I'm guessing these have also come from your mum.- Yes.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Did your mum end up buying them or were they always gifts?
0:31:00 > 0:31:04I think they partly bought them when they went away on holiday,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06or people would buy them as gifts so it's a combination.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08What do you want for these, Jonty?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- £50-£80 for the whole collection. - OK. All right.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Five figures, £50. 20.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Surely. 20 I'm bid.
0:31:17 > 0:31:1920 for two.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Bit hot!
0:31:23 > 0:31:2728. 30. Two. Five. Eight.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- 40. Two.- It's going up at least.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33It is contagious, isn't it?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Stand away from her!
0:31:35 > 0:31:37LAUGHTER
0:31:37 > 0:31:40At 45. 45. Well done.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44You see, it runs in the family. At 45. 48 now.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48It is always the one more that does it. At £45.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Thank you. 45.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52770.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56'It's deemed to be not quite as collectable as Lladro.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01'But not too disappointing a result really.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06'Now it's time for the two lots that the auction house has put together as one.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08'It contains brassware and brass and enamel pots.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12'Some of this is from their father's time in India and some belonged to their grandmother
0:32:12 > 0:32:16'but most of it was collected by their mum.'
0:32:16 > 0:32:18So there's a whole mismatch of goodies in here
0:32:18 > 0:32:21so let's see what happens.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24The auctioneers have still kept to the same kind of estimate,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27which is £20-£30 as well.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28£40. 20.
0:32:28 > 0:32:3010 is all I'm bid.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33At £10. Oh, no!
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Or I will sail to the maiden bid. 12. 15.
0:32:36 > 0:32:4018, 20. Selling.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43So much stuff.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45- At £20.- A bargain again.- Somebody's going to have two polish it.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Yes!- £20.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52A big mixed selection but not much money for it, I'm afraid.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55We've got a bit of a break until the rest of our lots come up,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58and we were aiming originally for £600
0:32:58 > 0:33:01before we chopped and changed a few lots.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04The good news is, so far we've banked £308,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06so that's quite good.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09We're halfway there. It's not bad, is it.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12No. It does add up, doesn't it.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- It does.- That might be a toilet for Leslie's bathroom!
0:33:15 > 0:33:16LAUGHTER
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Talking of which, shall we take a loo break!
0:33:21 > 0:33:24'If you'd like to have a go at selling at auction yourself,
0:33:24 > 0:33:28'do bear in mind that fees such as commission will be added to your bill.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32'This varies from one sale-room to another so it's always worth enquiring in advance.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36'The last time I saw Jonty, he said he was going to check out a throne
0:33:36 > 0:33:38'and I thought that was his polite way of saying
0:33:38 > 0:33:41'he was going to powder his nose.'
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Jonty. Thank you very much. This looks very comfortable, I must say.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Take a seat, my darling.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Don't mind if I do. - In fact, I'll take a seat.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Are they nice and comfy?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55I wouldn't want to slob out in front of the TV in them
0:33:55 > 0:33:58but if you wanted to hold court, they're quite good.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- I have a pair like this in front of my TV.- Do you?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03And my wife brings me my slippers and pipe!
0:34:03 > 0:34:06What do you think about a pair of chairs like this?
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- I actually think they're ghastly. - Do you?- Yeah.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12They're not everybody's cup of tea,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14but in the right place, in the right setting,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17can you imagine just how dramatic they would be?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Because that's what they were originally made for.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Victorian. High Victorian.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27So these are chairs really to impress.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Apart from...- The upholstery.- Yeah.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31I was going to mention the upholstery
0:34:31 > 0:34:35because if you are thinking of either buying or selling chairs,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38that the upholstery itself is in very poor condition,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42then don't necessarily worry about that.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45The value of the chairs are in the frame, not necessarily the upholstery
0:34:45 > 0:34:48because you can change the upholstery.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53What you must consider is the quality of the innards of your upholstery,
0:34:53 > 0:34:55the quality of your springing,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58because to get these seats redone is quite an expense.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Right. So what sort of valuation are we talking about?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04At auction, a pair of chairs like this,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06and incidentally these have just come in,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09they're not part of our auction sale today,
0:35:09 > 0:35:11value between £1,000 and £1,500.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15It'll be interesting to see what these make, won't it. Come on!
0:35:15 > 0:35:19'I'll certainly be checking the stuffing of any chairs
0:35:19 > 0:35:21'I like the look of in future.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26'We meet up with the sisters again in time to see the coffee set come up.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28'It's made by Wedgwood but the designer is just as famous,
0:35:28 > 0:35:31'if not more so - it's Susie Cooper.'
0:35:31 > 0:35:35I should explain that Wedgwood bought the Susie Cooper name
0:35:35 > 0:35:38and is one of the sets that were made under licence if you like,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41so true collectors are looking for the early Susie Cooper wares,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44that very Art Deco hand-painted design,
0:35:44 > 0:35:46but nevertheless, it's still very popular, isn't it?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Absolutely.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52People love the combination of Wedgwood and Susie Cooper - a great name -
0:35:52 > 0:35:54and therefore it still creates a market
0:35:54 > 0:36:00for our collection here, so yes, £40-£60 hopefully for this lot.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- 20 I'm bid. - We want a bit more than that.
0:36:03 > 0:36:0428.
0:36:04 > 0:36:0730. Two. Five.
0:36:07 > 0:36:0938 in the room. 40 anywhere?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Susie Cooper.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14At £38 only. 40.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- 42. 45.- That's better.- One more.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20You know you don't mean no to me.
0:36:20 > 0:36:2148?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Selling then at £45.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28£45. It's the middle estimate, a bit on the low side,
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- but again, it reflects taste at the moment.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36'What's great for Karen and Leslie is they have such a variety of items
0:36:36 > 0:36:41'so we're not relying on china alone to make our money.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44'The five silver-plated candlesticks are next to go before the bidders.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47'They all belonged to the sisters' grandmother.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51'Jonty particularly likes the tall Georgian-style ones.'
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I think they're great - very saleable and commercial.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56We've got quite a bit of wear on a few of the sticks.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00If they had been in really good condition, they would've walked out of the door
0:37:00 > 0:37:04but still, very commercial £50-£80. They really should sell.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06£30. 20. Ten, I'm bid.
0:37:06 > 0:37:0812, 15, 18. 20.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Two, five, eight.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Your turn, sir. 30, 32.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Five, eight. 40.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Two, five. Close to me then at 45.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23More, more, more!
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Is that a bid? Selling at £45...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Oh, no.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35What a disappointment. Someone's got a bargain there, sadly.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Seeing as we'd never seen them before in our life...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I'm attached to them now!
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Now you've been reunited with them!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I think it's all my fault.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50I pumped them up so grandly. And all we've got is £45.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Sorry about that. - It's better than a poke in the eye.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57'It is but it's the fifth one today to come in under estimate.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59'Not what we were hoping for at all.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05'And we have just two lots left so everything now rests on these
0:38:05 > 0:38:08'doing well for us if we're going to reach our £600 target.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13'First up, it's the stuffed game bird that Leslie and her husband bought.'
0:38:13 > 0:38:16He's rather sad looking.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20You'd probably look the same if you'd been stuffed and stuck in a cupboard.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- He's a bit moth-eaten.- Slightly.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24I put £30-£50 on him.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27I'm not quite sure what people in this room think of it.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Although we are in the country. It's country, sport, land.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32So you never know.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35I was expecting it just to go to the dump so even if we get a fiver,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38I'll be happy.
0:38:40 > 0:38:4480. 50. 20. Any bid?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Ten I'm bid. He says meanly.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50It always starts at ten.
0:38:50 > 0:38:5312. 15. 18.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5920. I'm selling the pheasant for £20 only.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Been better off eating it rather than stuffing it.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Selling then at £20.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- It's gone. - A little less than we wanted.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12That was more than you thought!
0:39:12 > 0:39:15More than you'd get at the dump.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16LAUGHTER
0:39:16 > 0:39:18'They may have been popular in Victorian in times
0:39:18 > 0:39:21'but they don't seem so popular here today
0:39:21 > 0:39:24'and it brings us to our final lot of the day,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27'the fabric picture, which Karen and Leslie's father
0:39:27 > 0:39:31'brought back from India for Doreen in the 1970s.'
0:39:32 > 0:39:34It's very nice actually.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37You do see them but they're usually quite a bit smaller than this.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39This is quite a nice statement piece.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43The more I look at it, it's quite pleasant, quite contemporary.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44I think it would fit in nicely...
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Easy to live with.- Indeed.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48So what estimate on this, Jonty?
0:39:48 > 0:39:52It's been reframed here in the UK but some time ago,
0:39:52 > 0:39:57so some people might consider that to need to be done again
0:39:57 > 0:39:59but it still looks very pleasant in its frame.
0:39:59 > 0:40:05£30-£50 is the price I've put on it. Let's see what the room decides.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Amy's displaying it, lot 100, £50.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Yes, she is.
0:40:09 > 0:40:1030. 20. Oh, no!
0:40:10 > 0:40:13We're going backwards. £10.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Ten I'm bid. At ten. 12.
0:40:16 > 0:40:1915. 18.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Come on!
0:40:20 > 0:40:22At £18. 20 anywhere?
0:40:22 > 0:40:2320.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27At £18 only. 20? At 18.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Oh, dear. £18!
0:40:29 > 0:40:30How disappointing.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34- That is a real disappointment I think, don't you?- Yeah.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36I would've bid for it.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39We're already down a few lots
0:40:39 > 0:40:43so we did need every penny that we had available.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46We did chop and change the lots around quite a lot
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and you wanted £600 originally.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52I don't think you've done too bad because the value and the total
0:40:52 > 0:40:54you'll be taking home today comes to...
0:40:56 > 0:40:58..£436.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Well.. That's the ring, isn't it?
0:41:03 > 0:41:05If you take in account the ring, so...
0:41:05 > 0:41:08But we've still got 200 quid each.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12I think there may be a little bit of sibling rivalry going on now!
0:41:16 > 0:41:21A few weeks ago Karen and Leslie said they wanted to raise money
0:41:21 > 0:41:24to split between them and their brother, Colin.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Karen has foregone all her share of the money but Leslie will use hers
0:41:28 > 0:41:32to help with renovation costs on her new house.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Karen's come to visit her today to see how the plans are developing.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40It's quite a lot of work to do so any little bit of money that we've made
0:41:40 > 0:41:44is going to help to go a long way to getting all the things down.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Leslie will probably get me out in the garden.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49We were discussing the garden earlier.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53The garden goes out quite a long way and quite a bit needs flattening
0:41:53 > 0:41:55so I think we're going to be busy.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00The whole family can come down. That'd be lovely.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Can't wait(!)
0:42:01 > 0:42:02LAUGHTER
0:42:02 > 0:42:06The fact about raising cash doesn't relate to me any more!
0:42:08 > 0:42:12I've really enjoyed the experience, though. It's been great.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16We spent quite a bit of time together and that's been fun
0:42:16 > 0:42:21and we've sort of sent some of mum's things away to good homes, I think.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Yeah.- So we managed to do that and it's like a tribute to her.