0:00:02 > 0:00:06Welcome to Cash In The Celebrity Attic, the show that finds treasure in the homes of the well known
0:00:06 > 0:00:09then helps sell them at auction to raise money for good causes.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Well, today, we're going to meet someone who's been a regular face on television for over a decade.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20Now, she grew up here in Lincolnshire and, at just 17, she left school
0:00:20 > 0:00:24to join the Royal Ballet School, but she only lasted a year.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29But from there, she was spotted on stage and a career in front of the cameras beckoned.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33And since then she's presented everything from kids' shows to the National Lottery.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36But she's probably best known for presenting
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Top Of The Pops, Live And Kicking and the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Do you know who it might be?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Today, we are in Lincolnshire
0:01:04 > 0:01:07to meet the television presenter Sarah Cawood.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Sarah is a regular on our screens and whether she's willing your numbers to come up on the National Lottery
0:01:13 > 0:01:21or bringing you the latest gossip and news from Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, her energy and enthusiasm
0:01:21 > 0:01:26always bring a sense of mischief and fun to the numerous TV shows she presents.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Sarah lives and works in the hectic hustle and bustle of London, but
0:01:29 > 0:01:36today she's come back home to see her mum, Valerie, who in contrast enjoys the peace and quiet of rural life.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42Coming up on Cash In The Celebrity Attic, it's a mother and daughter's day.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Sarah's back home raiding the family silver.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Well, it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It certainly is. From experience.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54And they're an awesome double act when they quiz me about my love life.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Would you marry her?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- No. - Chain-smoking, ankle-showing floozy.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06At the auction, I need to pull these girls into line.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Hands out. Let me have a look. - We haven't got them.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10You haven't got the costume jewellery? You promise?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- No, I promise.- Does Sarah find the answer to eternal youth?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I'm going to put it in the attic.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Cheaper than Botox.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22And will we have reached our target when the final hammer falls?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Hey, Paul! Nice to see you. How are you?- Good morning, Chris.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Are you well?- I've very well. Looking forward to seeing Sarah.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- You?- I'm so excited actually.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Live And Kicking, Fame Academy. Sarah, yes, great presenter.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Yeah, but she's also very cool and I'm not from that school.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- How about you?- Oh, me and you are all right. We'll fit in here, won't we?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I'm not sure about antiques, but I think we'll fit in.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Well, the good news is, this is her mum's house.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- So maybe Mum's got some decent stuff. - Sounds great. Shall we have a look?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Let's get going. I'll go and meet the girls...
0:02:48 > 0:02:54- Come on then.- And you have a good rummage round.- OK.- Valerie and her partner designed and built
0:02:54 > 0:02:59this beautiful, large, four-bedroom house set in a superb location just a few years ago.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03She's obviously very house-proud, but my only concern is,
0:03:03 > 0:03:08are we going to discover any surplus or forgotten items available to sell
0:03:08 > 0:03:10in this impeccably tidy house?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Hello.- Hello.- I know you're Sarah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14You must be Valerie, right?
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- That's right, yes.- Do we need to do any rummaging? It's lovely, isn't it? - It really is. It's lovely, isn't it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Why are we not at your place, Sarah? - Well, I've only got a little place in London.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26You know, shoeboxes in London. And also, I'm a terrible life launderer.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30I don't really have anything to rummage for really.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35The chances are I've already car-booted it or, you know, given to a charity shop or donated somewhere.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40- Mum's got loads of rubbish though, haven't you?- I've got a lot of yours in the loft.- I was about to say.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44So, basically, what we're saying is, that you've got rid
0:03:44 > 0:03:47of all your stuff, so she's trying to get rid of your stuff now?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- Yes.- Willingly?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Yes. Yes, pretty much.- Oh, good.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Well, that sounds good.- Yes. - Well, I'm looking forward to it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Now, we obviously want to raise some money.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- What are we raising money for?- We're raising money for Cancer Research.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02And why that particular charity?
0:04:02 > 0:04:08I've just been a fervent supporter for a long time, so I think for them really. It's close to my heart.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09That will be great. It sounds like, obviously, a great cause.
0:04:09 > 0:04:15Today we are going to do a bit of rummaging. You look dressed for the occasion, Sarah.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21- Yeah.- You're ready for a rummage. You look far too glamorous, Valerie, for this.- No, it's just an old dress.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22And you're pretty smart as well.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Yeah, but I don't do any work. I just watch you.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Not today!- OK, not today. I promise I'll do some work.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Come on, follow me and we'll go and find Paul.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35The amount that Sarah would like to raise for charity today is £300 and
0:04:35 > 0:04:39if anybody can turn up the goods, it's our expert Paul Hayes,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43who's got many years experience in the antique business and has done
0:04:43 > 0:04:47more Cash In The Attic rummages than I've read football scores.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- What have you found, Paul? - Ah, well, do you know what?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I've had my eagle eye out.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- I haven't warned you about him, have I, Sarah?- There you are. But I found this French print.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I quite like this actually. Is this like a family heirloom or something?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Is it?- No, actually I won it in an auction...
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- Ah, right.- Many years ago. - How's your French, Chris?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Tres bien, monsieur.- I've sort of worked it out.- Is it a love letter?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Yeah. I worked it out by the pictures. A love letter, exactly right. Une lettre d'amour.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19But what's really shocking about this, this would have been right at the turn of the century,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21the year 1900, and for the ladies
0:05:21 > 0:05:27to show their ankles and to be seen smoking, that was a real faux-pas.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29She's a floozy!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Exactly. But if you look at the way the pictures tell the story,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36she's obviously getting her secretary to write her love letter for her, as you would do.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40And then she's spraying on some eau de cologne or some sort of perfume.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Then she's putting a few teardrops from the water bottle.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Obviously, they're fake.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And then a little lock of hair. And this the poor gentleman here.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51This is the suitor and, of course, his heart's breaking now. And he sends her...
0:05:51 > 0:05:54The end shot here is a contract in the post, so he wants to marry her.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56That's her job done, basically, isn't it? Easy as that.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02- I've met this girl.- Really?- I've been out with her.- Did you marry her?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- No. - Chain-smoking, ankle-showing floozy.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09She sounds like the perfect woman.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11But what a great bit of fun and I think the Edwardian period, when it
0:06:11 > 0:06:15comes to the saucy postcards, the photographs...
0:06:15 > 0:06:19The Parisians seem to have a knack of all that actually and it's very, very collectable.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23You said "collectable". That's good news, because that normally means there's a value there.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Yeah. I mean, I really like that and there's a big market for these.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I think you could be looking around the £50 mark. Sort of 30-50.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I mean, how does that sound?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Very good.- That sounds great. - Tres bien?- Yes.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Yeah.- Very good.- Tres bien.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Well, it is a good start.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I know I always say good start, because you know what that means?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- We've got to get back to work.- OK.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Follow me.- OK.- Ooh, la la! Tres bien indeed for a charming French lady
0:06:48 > 0:06:52and a step in the right direction, but only a small one.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54To make our £300 target,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59we need to find many more possessions around Valerie's magnificent home.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Sarah's obviously got the same energy off-screen as she has on it,
0:07:03 > 0:07:08and she's all too eager to comb her mum's house for more items.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13She's turned up this Edwardian-style biscuit barrel, which could make £25-£30 at auction.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Meanwhile, Paul's where he should be, up in the attic.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Now then, look at this.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23What a fantastic painting. Now I found this in the attic.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Ah, yeah. - Now you can tell me the secret now.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Is this the one you keep in the attic so you stay forever young?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30It's my Dorian Gray, yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I really like it though. So is this one you actually had done for yourself?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Yeah, I did actually. I just got an email out of the blue about 2003...
0:07:37 > 0:07:41It's probably dated somewhere. ..From an artist that said he was going to do a series
0:07:41 > 0:07:46of portraits and would I be up for having my portrait done. And, you know, I had to sit for him.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I just thought, "How often do you get somebody painting your portrait? What a lovely opportunity."
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- So I went for it.- That's right. And it's so unusual actually to meet the sitter. You do find with portraits
0:07:55 > 0:07:58that people have gone long ago to have this done and, of course,
0:07:58 > 0:08:03to actually see you in the flesh here and on the canvas, it's quite strange, isn't it? Do you like it?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Actually do you like this one? - I do actually.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07It sort of grows on you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:13When I first saw it, the colours were like, "Wow! Why aren't they sort of natural colours?"
0:08:13 > 0:08:16That's exactly the idea. He's gone for shocking colours.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18The nice thing is, on the back here, we do have the artist...
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Vittorio Pelosi.- Yeah, Vittorio.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Vittorio Pelosi. He's quite a young gentleman, isn't he?- Yes, yeah.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27But he's actually making waves at the moment in the art world.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30He's going for the celebrity niche, if you like, and I think
0:08:30 > 0:08:36the 21st century, we're all obsessed with the whole celebrity culture. So I think he has found this market.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41He's done yourself and I know he's done Patrick Moore and he's done Dani Behr and a host of others.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45And he does lots of exhibitions. But I actually think, and I've seen lots of portraits,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- I think he's caught your likeness very, very well.- Really?- Yeah. It's one of things.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54It's not an exact likeness, obviously, but he has captured you I think, which is very important.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Well, I think lots of people will be interested in this. You've got someone interested in modern art.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Is he a good investment for the future? Who knows? So that's what people will buy into.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And, of course, any fans of yourself as well.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10If you've got a web forum or an internet site, we could get the word out that it's coming up to sale.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15- If we get two or three people who really take a shine to this at the auction, you could do well.- OK.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Does that sound all right to you? - Yeah.- So if I said at least £50-£80,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- to give it a chance and see what happens on the day?- Absolutely.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- Great! So let's keep looking.- OK.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Well, that's a terrific find, and in the attic!
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I don't think Sarah realised Pelosi was quite an established artist
0:09:32 > 0:09:34in the celebrity world nowadays,
0:09:34 > 0:09:39so let's hope it makes its target price or more at auction.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45The next find is a charming box-set of Beatrix Potter figures of Mrs Rabbit nursing her son Peter.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48These collections are timeless and continually popular.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50This box is in good condition,
0:09:50 > 0:09:55and Paul reckons it could fetch between £20 and £30.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Ah, this is nice, to be sat down for a change.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- It really is, isn't it? - Is it good to be home?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Did you grow up here? - I didn't grow up in this house.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Right.- This house is quite new, but I grew up in the area.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I went to school in Stamford, which isn't far from here, so I'm a Lincolnshire girl.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- So this is your 'hood? You grew up here.- This is my manor.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17But you left at about 17, I hear, to go off to the ballet school.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- I went to the Royal Ballet School when I was 17.- What was that like?
0:10:20 > 0:10:24It was really... Obviously, it was incredibly liberating.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Unfortunately, I got turfed out at the end of my year, cos they do tend to weed the girls out.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33I'd like to say it was cos I was a rebel. It, basically, was because I wasn't good enough to stay.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36But then I went to another ballet school in London, so... It was fab!
0:10:36 > 0:10:40So where did the TV break, the big break, come about? Who saw you where?
0:10:40 > 0:10:45I had just left Phantom Of The Opera, finished doing a stint in the West End, and I went and auditioned
0:10:45 > 0:10:49for a dance agency, because I wanted to continue my dancing.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54And the woman that was filming it was married to the head of Nickelodeon's live sector
0:10:54 > 0:10:58at that time, when it was a tiny little fledgling channel.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02They liked me and they took me on. So I got to hone all my live presenting skills
0:11:02 > 0:11:05while no-one really was watching, which was brilliant.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08So after you did the kids' TV programmes...
0:11:08 > 0:11:12And I can't believe it, cos I look at you and you're quite an innocent,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15sweet-looking girl and then you have that laugh.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Because you were the face of ladette television, weren't you?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I know and I'm not a ladette. I look stupid drinking pints, cos they're almost as big as me.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25It was really... That was the biggest misnomer.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31I was really sort of playing at it, to a degree, and even now I look back and it so wasn't me, but...
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Look, your mum's not listening. You don't have to tell me lies.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36You are a bit of a rebel. You are a bit of a ladette, aren't you?
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I'm definitely a bit rock and roll, but I wasn't...
0:11:40 > 0:11:43You know, I've always thought it was quite "undecorous" to be
0:11:43 > 0:11:46really drunk in public, but it was my big break The Girlie Show.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51It was certainly a really interesting time, cos it was definitely... It was Cool Britannia.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53It was all part of that. It was part of Brit Pop.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58It was part of modern-day TV culture and, for that reason alone, I'm proud that I was a part of it.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01We've almost seen you grow up on television.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04You've done the kids' TV, ladette stuff and even the Lottery.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Yeah! Oh, goodness. Giving all that cash away all the time.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13I don't know. But I was lucky enough to do that £100 million super-draw
0:12:13 > 0:12:18and as you're actually watching the numbers come down, you're thinking, "Someone's life is changing forever.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- "And I love that." - Well, you mentioned that word "Euro"
0:12:21 > 0:12:27- in Euro Millions and now I hear you've done the Eurovision Song Contest.- Yes. I love the Eurovision.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31And actually when you go, when you actually go and cover it, the whole city wherever it's been shot...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34So I did it in Helsinki and I did it in Moscow.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38And wherever you go, the whole city goes Eurovision crazy.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Helsinki and Moscow? It must have been brilliant.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45How come we don't get any further than Harrogate or Minehead? Oh, well.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50So far we've only accrued a potential £105, so it's all hands to the pump
0:12:50 > 0:12:55to find more collectables to sell and make that target of £300.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Paul's first to come across our next discovery, a print of hare coursing
0:12:59 > 0:13:02and a framed collection of cigarette cards featuring greyhounds.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Since 2005, hare coursing has been banned in the UK, but whatever you think about
0:13:07 > 0:13:10the sport, there's still a market
0:13:10 > 0:13:14for these prints and cards, which could fetch us between £20 and £30.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Sarah's also on the case and has found this candlestick with snuffer, along with a quaich cup,
0:13:23 > 0:13:28which is a shallow drinking bowl usually used for whisky in Scotland.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31They're silver-plate and should bring in at least £25.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37And in her unrelenting quest to find more items, Sarah's moved her search upstairs.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- Paul?- A-ha. - I've found some stuff in Mum's room.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Come and have a look at this. - Where are you?- I'm here.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- It's like a scene from Dallas. - Look at these. I know, it's like Southfork.- It's great, isn't it?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Oh, right. Some costume jewellery, is it?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Yeah.- Oh, right.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Have you ever worn any of these? - I haven't.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53That one's quite sweet though.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56All right. OK, a turquoise. A very 1960s colour, turquoise actually.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Yeah, that'll be one of Mum's specials from the '60s then, I guess.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Right. Well, the beautiful thing about costume jewellery is that it's really affordable.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07So the idea was, in the 1920s and '30s, if you bought these two-piece outfits...
0:14:07 > 0:14:09They may go out of fashion very quickly, so you'd buy these accessories that
0:14:09 > 0:14:14- went with that particular outfit and then they could be discarded or reused on another one.- Right.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19But what's happened now is people are realising that the design is just as good.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I mean, the amount of workmanship gone into that, even though it's
0:14:21 > 0:14:25not solid gold, it's still the same as you would have with a gold item.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- And that's the exploding wall. Dead 1970s, that.- Very nice!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Very Kojak and The Professionals, that sort of thing, isn't it?
0:14:32 > 0:14:37But the origins of costume jewellery actually go back to the times of Dick Turpin, the 18th century.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- Really?- What would happen, you'd have a lady who would actually have a diamond like that.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45And, of course, if she was travelling around, she couldn't wear the real one.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47And if you happened to be apprehended, then you could lose your diamond.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51So what they did, they made copies or fakes, so if they happened to run
0:14:51 > 0:14:54into trouble, they could be given to the robber.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56The real ones would be hidden away. So that's where it started from.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- Oh, fantastic.- Very, very clever. It's the sort of thing...
0:15:00 > 0:15:05It's very affordable and people do love just the design and the workmanship that goes into them.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08But if I was say, what? A couple of pounds each.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13You're looking at least £20-£40, to give it a broad spectrum.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I think if somebody really fancies one or two, you might do very well at the auction. How does that sound?
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- Well, it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.- It certainly is! From experience.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Mum's brooches are lovely. The costume jewellery, really nice and I think they're really cool.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32She's got some groovy things hidden away that I had no idea about.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Ah, you see, Sarah, never underestimate mums.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40They're a very special breed. Paul's now looking in every possible spot and in the airing cupboard,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43he comes across a pair of standard, gilt-edged mirrors.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46They're the type of mirrors that would fit in anywhere.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51New they'd cost around £100-£120, so at Paul's estimated price of £25-£30,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55they could be a real bargain for someone.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- How are you doing?- All right. Lots of nice decanters
0:15:59 > 0:16:04and bits and pieces. Nice little sideboard here. A tantalus there. I mean, can that go?
0:16:04 > 0:16:10- Ooh! I don't think so, cos it's on display. But you know what? I'm sure she's got one in here.- Really?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Ah, here it is.- All right. - This is the fella. Look at this.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18- Have a look at that.- Ah, right.- What do you reckon?- Chances are this has been a prize given away at an event.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24Something like a golf club. It's a spirit decanter and you have six tumblers, which is good.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29And the important thing is with these, it's to look to see whether there is any damage.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Now, what tends to happen with the combination of glass and alcohol, you can force the lid in there.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38You can crack this or this can chip or it falls over and so on. But this is beautiful.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- I can see straightaway, it's genuine lead crystal. Can you feel the weight of that?- Is it really?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Yeah, it's very, very heavy. You can see that? It's a feel of quality.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50The reason it's so heavy is that there is real lead oxide here, which gives it its sparkle and its sheen.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52And if you read this here...
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Here we are, it says, "Made in Poland. Hand cut.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59- "24 lead crystal". It actually means it's 24% lead oxide.- Crikey!
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Yeah. And this is all in nice condition, the tumblers and so on.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Square decanters tend to be for spirits.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09The rounder decanters tend to be for wine. But do you use a decanter?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13I have a few at home, but I'm always scared to put anything in them in case it goes off.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15As long as you keep them out of strong sunlight...
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- That's the main thing.- Right, OK. - So keep them away in a cupboard.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22That won't affect it at all. It's the sunlight that tends to evaporate them and so on.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25But these were very necessary. Wine, before it was sold in bottles,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29used to actually be sold in big vats or casks and they would be kept in the cellar.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33And, of course, it was your servant's job to keep running, filling your vessels and so on.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36So the idea of the decanter was, you could leave it on the sideboard
0:17:36 > 0:17:41and be left alone to enjoy your wine or your spirits. So I think that's a great prize for somebody.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I think it would make a lovely present, wouldn't it?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It certainly would, yeah.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48If I said around the £30 mark...
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Does that sound right to you?- Yeah. It's all adding up, which is brilliant.- Of course.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- That's what we're looking for. What's your tipple?- I do like a white wine.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Ah, you see. Mine's a cuppa tea. Can we put the kettle on?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Yeah, let's go and do it. - Come on, then.
0:18:03 > 0:18:09I don't think she'll miss that one, or certainly hasn't been missing it. So, again, what a nice find!
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Who knew she was such a hoarder, my mother?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16And she's a very generous mum to donate so many of her things to Sarah's charity.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And she's still searching for more stuff. Good on you, Valerie!
0:18:19 > 0:18:23And Paul's also hoping to serve up a few more finds.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- I love my mum. - Ah! But you're good mates?- Yes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33- You seem to have similar tastes in what you want to do and have fun. - We're very similar.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39I think we look very similar and we're both very tidy and both have a certain way we like things done,
0:18:39 > 0:18:44which occasionally can result in a bit of a clash, but, on the whole, we get on pretty well.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50- Someone told me she's a dancer as well?- An amateur ballroom champion.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53She loves a bit of Strictly. But she didn't take it up professionally.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57So that's where you got it from, do you reckon, your balletic skills?
0:18:57 > 0:19:03Yeah, and sort of very petite as well. I've got good genes thanks to my mum. Thank you, Mummy.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08- Well, done, Mum. And some good things to take to auction as well. - Absolutely! Bless her.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14- Talking of the auction, we are trying to raise some money.- Yeah.- Tell me a bit more about the charity.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Basically, it does what it says on the can.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21They're researching cancer, and it's very expensive.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23The equipment to research medicine generally and to research cancer...
0:19:23 > 0:19:26The microscopes, even the gloves they use when they're dealing
0:19:26 > 0:19:31with nitrogen, which is obviously -80C or something, these cost an absolute fortune.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35So any money to put towards the equipment is well received.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40And I chose it because I did lose an ex-boyfriend in my early twenties
0:19:40 > 0:19:45to cancer and at his funeral, we were told not to send flowers,
0:19:45 > 0:19:50but to donate to Cancer Research UK and the hospice where he was treated in the last weeks of his life.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52So it's a cause close to my heart.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- And something obviously you must have been doing for quite some time now, contributing to it.- Absolutely.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02And I think most... You can ask anybody on the street and in some way almost every single person
0:20:02 > 0:20:05you talk to will have had their lives touched by cancer on some level.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Either a friend or a relative that they know.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I think you're right and I think, as you say, a great cause.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15So we'd better get back to some work, because I think Paul and your mum are flagging.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16OK. Let's go and fetch 'em.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Mum's the word when Valerie discovers a silver shoehorn and button hook.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27They date back to the Victorian period when no wardrobe was complete
0:20:27 > 0:20:30without a pair of lace-up boots and needed the appropriate tools to do them up.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35After all, it can't have been easy for ladies to bend
0:20:35 > 0:20:39in those tight corsets. Today, they're worth around £25-£30.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Oh, this is where you've been hiding, in the annex.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Yeah. You need a map for this place. - I know, it's huge, isn't it? Cor, this is lovely, isn't it?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49This is exactly what happens. People have these big houses.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Things go out of fashion. They get put into an outbuilding or so on.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56What a fantastic find this is. It's the poshest hi-fi cabinet I've ever seen. Look at that.
0:20:56 > 0:21:03- I want to know more about it, so I'd better get the girls. I think they're in the garage.- Great.- Sarah, Valerie.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Oh, here they come. What's this we've got here?- Oh, yeah.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08This is great, isn't it?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Mum's dresser.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Right.- And the bane of her life.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Really.- It's huge! - No, it's beautiful,
0:21:13 > 0:21:17but it just doesn't go in the rest of the house, unfortunately.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23And we'd furnished the rest of the house when I inherited this and this was the only room where...
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- We call it a games room, but it's dump room really.- It looks like it should be in a church.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Well, funnily enough, you mention church. Actually, it has a lot of architectural overtones, doesn't it?
0:21:31 > 0:21:36These look like stained-glass windows. Ecclesiastical overtones there, especially with this archway.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Very architectural and that was part of the design. These are actually reminiscent of the War of the Roses.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44You know, the red, and the white roses either side.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47But the style is Jacobean and that goes back to the reign of James I,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51but it was revived round about the year 1900.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54And what they did, they added all sorts of elements of design into it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57So you've got the War of the Roses from the 15th century.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00You've got this, which is more like the Georgian period.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05And it has modern functions. In the bottom here, this is deliberately designed to keep your wine cool.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Sometimes you actually have a lead box in there as well, which kept it cool naturally.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14But what I love about it, it's solid oak and it's really part of the Arts and Crafts movement.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18It was a time where we're going against the mahoganies and imported fancy woods.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22This is going back to basics. And nowadays when you buy things, it tends to be laminate.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Oak's quite expensive now. And this is a beautiful piece to have.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Valerie, would you be willing to let this wonderful piece of furniture go?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Yes. It's difficult because it has been around for such a long time,
0:22:34 > 0:22:39but it just has nowhere to live and it's stuck out here.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- So it's got to go.- Yes.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Yes.- I think for charity, yes.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48That is good news as far as you're concerned. How much do you think we could get?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Well, I think this is such an unusual piece.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54The ordinary, everyday furniture that you'll find from the Victorian times has took a
0:22:54 > 0:22:58bit of a battering, but I can see this being used in a pub or a hotel.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00You've got the ram's head and the red white roses.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03There's all sorts of potential buyers for something like this.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07I can see this in a hallway as an opening piece for somebody, an oaky beam sort of place.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- If I said between 300 and 500, how does that sound?- Sounds great.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- It sounds amazing, yes.- Excellent.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Right, great.- Well, that's not a bad day's work, is it?
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- No.- We've probably saved the best till last.- Of course. Yeah.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24We've had a little tally up. You say £300 at the very conservative?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Yeah, to give a chance.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27- We've got a grand total.- Which is?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Well, you wanted around £300, didn't you?
0:23:30 > 0:23:37- I did, yeah.- Well, you've done that, because, conservatively, we reckon we could get around £560.- Wow!
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- That's not bad.- Amazing.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41It's not bad at all.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45So fingers crossed. Next time we meet will be at the auction rooms.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Yes, and you'll be dressed up, won't you?- All right, Mum(!)
0:23:48 > 0:23:53'Ha, Sarah! Don't worry, all the mums all over the world are the same.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56'Whatever age you are, they still tell you what to wear.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01'I'm now really looking forward to seeing how the girls are dressed on auction day.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04'And also looking their finest will be...
0:24:04 > 0:24:08'The 19th-century print of the racy French lady
0:24:08 > 0:24:11'and her elderly suitor, valued at £30-£50.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15'That picture of Sarah painted by the artist Vittorio Pelosi.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17'His work is becoming very sought after,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20'and we're hoping we could get as much as £80.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25'And our final find, the magnificent Arts and Crafts sideboard,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28'which Paul's valued at £300-£500.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32'Still to come on Cash In The Celebrity Attic,
0:24:32 > 0:24:37'at the auction, what causes Sarah to go all embarrassed on me?'
0:24:37 > 0:24:39What's that?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Unsold.- Aaagh!
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- 'And who is Sarah talking about?' - Well, I did say she was cheap.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Eee!
0:24:49 > 0:24:53'So will they make that £300 at the end of the day?'
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Now, it's been a couple of weeks since we helped TV presenter Sarah Cawood and her mum, Valerie,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06find hidden treasures and collectables in their home
0:25:06 > 0:25:09to bring here to the Chiswick Auction Rooms in west London.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Now, Sarah wants to raise £300 for Cancer Research UK.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17So let's hope there are some generous bidders when those items go under the hammer.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Fingers crossed. It's another busy day in the saleroom as the more bidders there are,
0:25:21 > 0:25:25the more chances of our lots making sky-high prices.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30But before the sale gets under way, I catch up with the auctioneer Tom Keane.'
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Hi, Tom. Nice to see you.- Hi, Chris.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- All right?- I'm nervous, because Paul couldn't make it.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38He's gutted, so you're going to have to help me out today.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43Number one is that wonderful piece of furniture there, but Paul was a bit concerned it was a bit big.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- What do you reckon? - He's right. It is a bit big.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51The quality's good. What lets it down is it's a 1920s copy of a 18th-century sideboard.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53So we get a few Australian shippers come in.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57If they turn up, they'll buy it. If they don't turn up, it won't go.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03OK, so that one hangs in the balance. And the other nerve-wracking one was Sarah Cawood's portrait.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- What do we make of that?- I saw it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10It's not a bad portrait. If her mum's coming, she might buy it, but it's going to be hard to sell.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- A hard one to sell?- Hard to sell.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I'll leave you to it and I'll go and find the family. See you later.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16- Work some magic.- I'll try.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20'Well, Tom doesn't sound too positive about the large sideboard or the painting.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23'I hope we can prove him wrong.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27'Both Sarah and her mum are keen to raise as much money as possible for the charity
0:26:27 > 0:26:31'and those two items are our main players today, so they need to do well.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34'And I'm pleased to say that the girls are already here.'
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Sarah, Valerie... Oh!
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- Are you putting that down or are you putting it on?- I'm putting it down.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Are you sure?- I just put it on.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Keep an eye on her. - Yes.- Nice to see you.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49- It's sad when you've got to let things go though, isn't it? - It is. It is, but you move on.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Fashions change and, you know, memories are there.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Now everyone's talking about a big piece of furniture around the corner, your bureau.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Are you going to be sad to see that go as well?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Again, mixed feelings really.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04It was too big for the house, but...
0:27:04 > 0:27:06It looks really good in there, doesn't it?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09It looks brilliant. It needs the sunshine and a big room.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- It would look stunning. - Anything else that you're worried about, Sarah?
0:27:13 > 0:27:18I'm interested to see how much the sideboard will fetch, it's such a beautiful piece of furniture.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22I'm concerned about the portrait. I think it might fetch 20p if I'm lucky.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25I'm sure we'll get more than that. I forgot to say, you both look very glamorous.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- I said I'd dress up, didn't I? - Yes. Is that your doing, Mum?
0:27:29 > 0:27:30No, she did it by herself.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33I think we actually said dress and they're shorts, but never mind.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36You both look lovely, delightful. Let's get on with the auction.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Come on, follow me.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42'I'm always stunned at how alike these two girls are.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45'One thing they've decided not to bring is the biscuit barrel.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48'It was Sarah's granny's and she could smell the ginger biscuits in it
0:27:48 > 0:27:53'that her gran used to give her when she was little, so it held too strong a memory to part with.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56'But we've still got ten good lots to sell.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59'It's a hot day outside, but it doesn't seem to have kept the bidders
0:27:59 > 0:28:02'in their gardens, so let's hope we have a successful day ahead of us.
0:28:02 > 0:28:09'The auctioneer is preparing for the off and it's time for Sarah's first lot.'
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Here we go, ladies. First up, six glass tumblers.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Now, Paul left me a note here saying they're in good condition,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17stoppers there, so they are quite valuable.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Are you quite glad to see them go? - Yes.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Oh, right.- We've got tumblers and decanters coming out of our ears.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Yes. I've got loads of decanters.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- Wave goodbye.- Wave goodbye.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29And start me at £20. £20?
0:28:29 > 0:28:33£10? I'm bid at ten. Who'll give me 12? At £10.
0:28:33 > 0:28:3512. 12. 15. 18.
0:28:35 > 0:28:3718. 20. 22.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Bid at £20. See you there at £20.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41£20. Take two. At £20. At £20 only.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44The first one goes at £20.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- It's gone! £20.- That's all right.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- That's not too bad, is it?- You were going to give those away!
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- Yeah.- Well, I think that's a pretty good start.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54They had no sentimental attachment.
0:28:54 > 0:29:00In fact, they were pleased to get rid of them and £20 is just what Paul expected.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03The next lot is the mirrors. These should do well.
0:29:03 > 0:29:09Mirrors are popular items at auction rooms and the pair would fit into most styles of rooms and houses.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13We're hoping for £25-£30.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Now up next we've got the two rectangular, gilt-wood, wall mirrors.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20I've seen them. I recognised one. I didn't realise they were in it!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22What chance have we got today?
0:29:22 > 0:29:23You might have bought them!
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I did say, "Oh, they're just like Mum's, they are!" They are Mum's.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- I replaced them with Grandma's mirrors.- OK!
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Well, they're up for grabs now.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31For the two mirrors, start me £20.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Start me £10. I'm bid at ten. Who'll give me 12? At ten. 12. 15.
0:29:35 > 0:29:3918. 20. 22. 25. 28. Cheap at £25.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42There's a £25 bid there. At £25. At 25 and gone. We're out at 25.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- Sold at £25.- 25 quid.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46£25, that's solid, isn't it?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Yeah. I wouldn't buy 'em.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50That's good.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51I wasn't keen on them.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Good. They've gone.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57'Sold. Paul's spot on again. He will be pleased.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01'Another good step towards our target.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05'Next up is the jewellery that Sarah and Valerie were saying goodbye to
0:30:05 > 0:30:07'before the start of the auction.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10'Now, as we know, all that glitters isn't gold,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13'and this collection is only costume jewellery.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15'There are several pieces in this lot,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17'unless one or two have gone missing...'
0:30:17 > 0:30:19OK, hands out. Let me have a look.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- We haven't got them.- You haven't got the costume jewellery? You promise?
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- No. Promise.- No. Not wearing them. - Cos it's up for grabs now.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Hands in your pockets, hands behind your back and behave. Here we go.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32£20 for it? Where's the costume jewellery buyers? £10 for it?
0:30:32 > 0:30:34A bid at ten. There at ten.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Who will give me 12? 12 there. 15 there. 18 there. 20 there.
0:30:37 > 0:30:3922. Bid's at £20. I'll take 22.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42At £20. I'll take 22. At £20.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Your bid so far, sir. At £20.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46At £20 and gone. 156. £20.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48£20, that's not too bad, is it?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- It's pretty good.- Being the summer and not many sort of tourists
0:30:52 > 0:30:56in buying things, the costume jewellery could have done better.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02On a good, cold winter's day they could have made £50 or £80, but in the summer, 20 quid. That's it.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04'All right. We'll have to settle for that.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10'They could have gone for a little bit more, but we've got a hat-trick of successful sales and raised £65.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12'So let's hope our luck continues.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15'Next up is the charming Beatrix Potter set of Mrs Rabbit and her son Peter.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19'It's never been used and comes with its original box,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22'so it could make a perfect birth or christening present.'
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Are they worth, er, £20?
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Are they worth £10? Bid at ten. Who will give me 12? At £10.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Who will give me 12? 12. 15.
0:31:30 > 0:31:3218. 20. 22.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Bid at £20. Looking down at £20.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36All out at £20? That's it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Going for £20. Are we done at £20 only? 319...
0:31:39 > 0:31:43£20. We just scraped in there. That's not too bad though, is it?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It's not humiliating, is it, Chris?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Humiliating? You want to try humiliating when none of it sells.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- That's pretty bad.- Has it happened?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52It has happened before. You're going well.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55You're purring along nicely. I like it. £20.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58'I think Sarah and her mum are really quite nervous
0:31:58 > 0:32:01'about how their items are going to fare.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03'It is true, you never know at auctions and the bidders look
0:32:03 > 0:32:06'a serious bunch today, but everything's sold so far.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10'Next is the grouped lot of silver-plated candelabra,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13'candlesnuffer and the Scottish drinking bowl or quaich.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16'The good news is that the auction house
0:32:16 > 0:32:18'upped Paul's estimate of £25-£50.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20'So let's see if it makes the higher amount.'
0:32:23 > 0:32:25A silver-plated candlestick.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Candlesnuffer as well. A few more bits in this lot. 180A.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Start me... What shall we say?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34£50 for it? £20 for it?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37A bid at £20. At 20. Take 22.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40£20. That's the only bid. 22. 25.
0:32:40 > 0:32:4228. 30. 32. A bid at £30.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44I'll take 32. At £32.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Your bid at £30. Take two. At £30. All done at £30? Your last chance.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Going at £30. Gone at £30.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I thought we were going big there. Did you?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- Did you just get all excited? - I did. Sorry.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59'Well, it wasn't big, but it was respectable and another sale.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02'So how healthy is our charity fund looking?'
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- I don't know about you, it's hot in here, isn't it?- It really is.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06- Very.- Hotter than Hades.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09It's the hottest day of the year and we're in here.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10And tension is building.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15We've reached the halfway stage, so it could be time to have a little look around and have a relaxation.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20- Right, OK. - But if you remember, I think it was £300 you wanted to raise, wasn't it?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Yeah. I think 300-500 will be awesome, but that's...
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Is she getting greedy, Mum? - I think she is. 300 would be great.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32We're at the halfway stage and we've reached £115.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Oh, that's good. That's not bad.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39- It's not bad, and we've got some big, big items to come, including, of course, the bureau.- Yeah.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43And we're expecting big things from that. So, fingers crossed, we should be OK.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- Come on, let's have a good look round.- OK. After you, Mum.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48'Well, the girls seem pleased with that result.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54'We've made a good dent in our target and there are still more items to sell. Our day is far from over.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57'Valerie's made a beeline for the jewellery counter.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00'She must be keen to replace her donated lot.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03'Whilst Sarah's found a souvenir from the Far East.'
0:34:03 > 0:34:07This is my favourite piece out of everything I've seen at the auction rooms today.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I just think the attention to detail on her is amazing.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15I've read Memoirs Of A Geisha and, from what I can remember of how
0:34:15 > 0:34:19geishas are put together, this is perfectly done. Absolutely stunning.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22And her face is so lifelike.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25She's absolutely beautiful. I think if I were to buy her...
0:34:25 > 0:34:27And actually I really would like to.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29But if I were to buy her, I think you'd really want
0:34:29 > 0:34:32some sort of corner unit, so she would be the focal point.
0:34:32 > 0:34:38But really, a piece like this, you're going to decorate your entire room around it, aren't you?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41So if I were to take her away, the front room's going Japanese.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46'And that geisha girl sold later in the day for £60.'
0:34:50 > 0:34:52'Now if you're planning to go to auction,
0:34:52 > 0:34:56'then remember that charges such as commission apply whether you're buying or selling.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00'Your local saleroom will be able to give you all the details.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02'It's time for our next lots to go under the hammer,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05'and it's the hare-coursing cigarette cards and print.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08'Not everyone's taste and the cards aren't rare.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10'So let's see how they do.'
0:35:10 > 0:35:12At £10. All out at £10? 12 or not. At £10.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15That's the bid. Sold at £10.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- It's better than nothing though. £10.- Yep.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19'But it's still £10 under Paul's estimate.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22'Every bit raised will go towards Sarah's charity
0:35:22 > 0:35:27'and it all helps, but we do need to start bringing in bigger amounts
0:35:27 > 0:35:30'or else we're in danger of not reaching our £300 target.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33'There are still a couple of larger items to sell,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36'including this Vittorio Pelosi painting.'
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Up next, on my booklet it says you're up for grabs here. Is this right?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43It's that portrait of me, which is brilliant.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45I love it, but I'm going to be so embarrassed.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I don't think it'll fetch anything.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50How much are we looking for? Of course, it's about £50-£80.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- You reckon 50p, don't you? - Yeah, 50p I reckon.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54How about you, Mum?
0:35:54 > 0:35:55I haven't got a clue.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- You like it or you loathe it. - Fingers crossed, Valerie. Here we go.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- You're up for grabs, Sarah. - Vittorio Pelosi.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03The oil on canvas. Portrait of...
0:36:03 > 0:36:06She's in the room. Sarah Cawood. It's unframed. Self-portrait there.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08How much shall we start for it? £50 for it?
0:36:08 > 0:36:09£30 for it?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Give me a bid at £30 or I'll pass on it.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13£30 start me. £30 for it.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17- No bid at £30? - Come on, somebody. Take pity.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20It's worth more than that. £30 or not? No bids?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23If you change your mind, come and see the desk.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24- What was that?- Unsold.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Aaaagh!
0:36:26 > 0:36:29I don't care. You know what I'm going to do?
0:36:29 > 0:36:32I'm going to take it and put it in the attic. Cheaper than Botox.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37Do you know what? I think they have no taste in here, Sarah Cawood.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40I don't want a portrait of me. Why would they want a portrait of me?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43It's completely valid.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Just think, if Oscar Wilde's story of Dorian Gray,
0:36:46 > 0:36:49about a man who kept a picture up in the attic
0:36:49 > 0:36:50to keep himself young, was true,
0:36:50 > 0:36:54today's prolific, multi-million pound cosmetic industry would be defunct
0:36:54 > 0:36:58and superstars would be even more wealthy than they are now.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00You know, if it was a portrait of...
0:37:00 > 0:37:04I don't know. Uma Thurman, it might go for a bob or two.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07But, you know, I'm Sarah Cawood.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09'I think Sarah's taken that very well. What a trooper.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14'So we're behind on our target and it's all resting on the next lot.'
0:37:14 > 0:37:19It's the big one, the shakedown, the one that we've all been looking for.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20It's that big bureau.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22How are you feeling? Confident?
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- Hope so.- Paul said it needs a little bit of work on it.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28It needs a bit of care and attention.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- Yes.- And the only thing he worried about, cos it's so dark and so huge,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35it might restrict the sort of bidders that would go for it.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- But we're hoping what? Between £300 and £500.- Oh, goodness!
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- That would be marvellous. - Wouldn't it just? Here we go.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44What's it worth? Is it worth £300 for it?
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Is it worth £200 for it? Would you pay £200 for it? £200 for it?
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Somebody £200? £100 for it?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Ah!- Upsy-daisy, no-one likes it. £100 for it. No-one likes it.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56£100 then. I'm going to pass this lot. No bidders for £100 then?
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- I do apologise. No bids of £100. It's worth more.- It didn't go.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Too niche. We thought that might happen.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Yes, it needs a big house.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07It needs an enormous house, doesn't it? Paul did worry about that.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- A Georgian house.- And the biggest worry, of course, is...
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Getting it home again. - Well, it was officially the biggest piece and heaviest
0:38:14 > 0:38:18piece of furniture we've ever had on Cash In The Celebrity Attic.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23- Oops!- We've lost a lot of money there though, Chris. - Don't worry, don't worry.
0:38:23 > 0:38:29Disappointed with the dresser not getting any bids on it, but, hopefully, perhaps on a rainy day,
0:38:29 > 0:38:34we'll get more people looking for furniture coming into the auction and it will sell.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36'Well, let's hope that it does better
0:38:36 > 0:38:38'if they leave it here for another sale.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40'It just needs the right buyer and one will come along.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42'Just a shame it's not today.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47'The end of our sale is getting ever closer, but there's still a chance to turn the tide and make some money.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52'Next, it's the Victorian silver shoehorn and button hook.'
0:38:52 > 0:38:53£10 for the lot?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55It's got to be worth it.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Oh, come on!- Oh, come on! - Bid at ten. Give me 12.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Do you want 12? No, ten. 12 there.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- 15. 18?- Yes, come on, keep going.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06At £15. I'm taking £15. 15 and going. All done? 18 there.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0820. A new bidder.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- £18.- There's another one there.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Going for £18!- So it's just under.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15That's all right though, isn't it?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- I thought you'd saved the best for last.- I wish they'd fetched more.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21We did in theory save the best till last, but they don't know about it.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24'Oh, dear! The girls are disappointed and it's a shame.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27'Maybe the hot weather is making the bidders tetchy.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32'Perhaps a bit of French farce will cheer them up and put them in the mood for buying.'
0:39:32 > 0:39:36OK, next up is one of my favourite items. Was it under the stairs?
0:39:36 > 0:39:37The cartoon, the lettre d'amour.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Told a good story, didn't it?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- With the French floozy. - Ooh, the French floozy, yes.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Smoking and showing an ankle.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Never in this auction room would we do that, would we?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48No!
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- No.- And start me £20 for it. Start me £10 for it. I'm bid at ten.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Give me 12. At £10. 12.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- 15. 18.- Yes.
0:39:55 > 0:39:5718. 20. 22.
0:39:57 > 0:40:0122. 24. At £22. Bid at £22.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Take 24. At £22 and selling at £22.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Are we all done at £22? I think we are at 22.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08You've got it, madam. £22...
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Mum, we're rubbish at this.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13The floozy has gone for £22.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Well, I did say she was cheap.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Eeee!
0:40:17 > 0:40:21'Cheap? What a way to talk about our French floozy, Sarah.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26'And I think she'd be quite happy with £22, especially given she's over 100 years old.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31'We started off so well, but it's been a disappointing run of our final lots.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33'So how have we got on today?'
0:40:33 > 0:40:36That is just about it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Remember I said we were going to save the best things till last?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Mm, we had a bit of a difficulty in the second half, didn't we?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Yes.- Did you sense that? - Yes.- I most certainly did, yes.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Now, you wanted to raise £300.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Yeah, I don't think we can have raised that.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54OK. Well, the grand total was £165.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Listen, like I said, it's better than nothing.- It is better than...
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I've got to say, you were really unlucky on the big items.
0:41:02 > 0:41:07- I mean, when I tell Paul, he's going to be so disappointed about that piece of furniture.- Yeah.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09So £165. Did you enjoy it?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- That's the main thing.- Yeah, it was really good fun.- Yes.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- You guys are great.- Oh, thank you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16You say all the right things. I think we deserve a cup of tea.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Yes, please. - I thing we do, as long as it's free!
0:41:24 > 0:41:27'That was a disappointing result at auction, but the good news is
0:41:27 > 0:41:32'that the sideboard did eventually sell a week later for £230.
0:41:32 > 0:41:38'So altogether the amount raised was £395, £95 over the estimate.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43'Sarah and Valerie were delighted and it meant a bigger total for the charity.'
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Our income comes entirely from the generosity of the public
0:41:45 > 0:41:49and it comes in through a whole number of activities and channels.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54And that money goes towards the funding of the 4,500 scientists, doctors and nurses that we have
0:41:54 > 0:41:59right across the UK, who between them are trying to understand the reasons for cancer,
0:41:59 > 0:42:05but also to develop new treatments, new therapies, so that more and more people can survive cancer.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07I know that every little helps,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11and I know that the girls at Cancer Research UK feel exactly the same way.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15So even the little bit that we made today is better than nothing at all.
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