0:00:02 > 0:00:04Over the years on Flog It, you've brought us hundreds
0:00:04 > 0:00:05of thousands of items to value
0:00:05 > 0:00:08and together we've been to thousands of auction rooms
0:00:08 > 0:00:10to put those valuations to the test.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12In this series, we're pulling together all of that knowledge
0:00:12 > 0:00:14to help you get in the know.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Welcome to Flog It! Trade Secrets.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47On today's show we'll be exploring a theme -
0:00:47 > 0:00:50where it's the weight of history or the personal stories
0:00:50 > 0:00:53behind an item which determine its value.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Now, all antiques tell a story, as we know.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02It could be a joyous occasion, a time of national celebration,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06or a time of great adversity. Like war. Or austerity.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09We're going to be investigating why these items
0:01:09 > 0:01:13that have been touched by such tragedy are so highly sought after.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19On this show, our experts will be getting into the wartime spirit.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22HUMS MILITARY TUNE
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And they'll let you into their secrets on what to look out for
0:01:25 > 0:01:27if you find weapons of war.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32What do we always say? Condition, condition, condition.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36So stay tuned to find out about the most intriguing wartime memorabilia.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41It can feel slightly uncomfortable talking about market values
0:01:41 > 0:01:44when it comes to talking of items that are so closely related
0:01:44 > 0:01:46to stories of horror and tragedy.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49But there are many collectors out there
0:01:49 > 0:01:53who regard the history behind the object as being of great interest.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57And that's worth preserving.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01So what are our experts' tips on buying wartime memorabilia?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03When we look at militaria,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07what we really want is documentation with it.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09We want to see the whole picture.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14As far as militaria goes, the most interesting area is medals.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It's so easy to fake certain badges and the like,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19so the important thing is to make sure
0:02:19 > 0:02:22you have the provenance and the pedigree.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24So you must really know what you're handling
0:02:24 > 0:02:27if you're putting a lot of money into buying militaria.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32My top tip, if you're collecting it, is pick a battle. Pick a war.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Don't scattergun - because it's massive.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Objects in storage can bring the past back to life so vividly.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47And there can be few moments in our history that resonate so strongly today
0:02:47 > 0:02:50as those dark days of when Britain was at war.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Here are some of the finest examples we've come across
0:02:52 > 0:02:55over the years, and what we've learned from them.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03There's a huge market for any militaria - medals, cap badges,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07uniforms, helmets, ration books.,..
0:03:07 > 0:03:12The whole military area is a very collectible one.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I'm constantly surprised what you find in people's drawers.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21As was the case at Eastbourne, when that lovely lady brought in the First World War
0:03:21 > 0:03:23German pickelhaube helmet.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26It belonged to my father's father.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Did he serve in the First World War, do you think?- Yes, I think so.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Because it certainly dates from that Kaiser Wilhelm period, doesn't it?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36The Great War - 1914 to 1918.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41And, of course it's a German army officer's helmet,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44with the Imperial German eagle on the front and then the regiment.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47These helmets were worn right throughout the 19th century.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51But in the early part of the 20th century particularly,
0:03:51 > 0:03:56in the Great War, they proved to have a bit of a design defect.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58The problem was, whenever you stuck your head
0:03:58 > 0:04:01above the parapet, as it were - or the trenches -
0:04:01 > 0:04:05you could see the spike before you could see the helmet.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08There's been a lot of discussion with my colleagues about this -
0:04:08 > 0:04:11there's all sorts of different estimates coming in.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14But I guess we'll never know, really, what it's worth,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16unless it goes into auction.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Some of them think it's worth at least £200 to £300.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I think it's worth £150 or so.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25But I'm going to follow their advice with an estimate of £200-£300.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Was Mark right to listen to the advice of the other experts?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Prussian pickelhaube,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36military helmet for the guardsmen.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39And we can start this one here on commission at £220.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41230, 240, 250.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45260 on the telephones, 250 here.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47260, 270, 280, 290, 300.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51These items are notoriously difficult to value.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Particularly in the heat of battle, as it were.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- £600. £620. - (This is good.)
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Hey-ho. We all got it wrong.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01£750. £780.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08£780 on the phone. £800. And 20. 820. 850?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11820 on the telephone. Anyone else getting in involved?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14You're all done at £820.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Hammer's gone down on £820!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I can't believe it!
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Phew!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I'm sure the fact that the family who owned it
0:05:23 > 0:05:28had never tried to restore or clean it or tamper with it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31So you had that original finish, colour, patina...
0:05:31 > 0:05:37aging... created that wonderful item which the collectors wanted.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40And therefore the price it achieved.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Mark learnt a good lesson there. And it's a tip for you, too.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48If your item looks less than perfect, hold off on the scrubbing brush
0:05:48 > 0:05:51until you've got advice from a specialist dealer.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54As it may well be worth more in its original condition.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Anita knew that polish wasn't everything
0:05:58 > 0:06:00when it came to valuing the next piece.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06I suppose I'm always moved to some extent by what we call trench art.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Those items that are made by prisoners of war,
0:06:11 > 0:06:16or soldiers during long periods of inactivity.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20And there was one particular item which I thought was rather lovely.
0:06:20 > 0:06:26And rather poignant. It was a little Stuka plane.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31I believe it was made by a German prisoner of war in Sicily.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35And it was brought back by an Irishman
0:06:35 > 0:06:37who was an ordinary soldier there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It was given to him by the prisoner who made it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45If you can imagine him - and he would be a very young man at that time -
0:06:45 > 0:06:50incarcerated, a prisoner of war in a foreign country,
0:06:50 > 0:06:55building this little plane, made out of aluminium.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And I found that very...
0:06:58 > 0:07:00very touching.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05And we have on the wings here, "Sicily" and "1944".
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- So it was towards the end of the war.- Yes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- It's telling us a wee story, Hilary.- Yeah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17There is a market for this type of items
0:07:17 > 0:07:20that were made up by prisoners of war.
0:07:20 > 0:07:28Value on it? I would say we could put it in at 20 to 25.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- It's really just a figure plucked out...- Yes, yes.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36These items appeal to the collectors because of the story.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's the story that they're thinking about.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44Did they find a buyer intrigued by the story of the prisoner of war at the auction?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Aluminium model of a Stuka fighter plane.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49What am I bid on this - £30?
0:07:49 > 0:07:55£20. £20, I'm bid. 22.50,
0:07:55 > 0:08:0325. 7.50. 30. 2.50. 35. 7.50 40.
0:08:03 > 0:08:062.50, 45. 7.50? 50.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09At 50, here on my left.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12At £50. Have you all done? At 50. We're selling.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15At £50, then.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16- £50!- Brilliant!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18That's good, isn't it?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Not a huge price,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24but that's not always what a piece like this is about.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27As our expert Charlie Ross also found
0:08:27 > 0:08:30when he came across an item discovered in a house clearance,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34dating back even further - to the Crimean War.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I think this is the most interesting,
0:08:36 > 0:08:38if not the most valuable thing
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I've had today.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I'm absolutely astonished at the lack of
0:08:43 > 0:08:49monetary value with something that I think is as significant as this.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52It's a parchment dated 1854. What happened in 1854?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Charge of the Light Brigade.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57As written and sung by Corporal John Brown.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Well, I dare say if you look up the records we'll find who
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Corporal John Brown is of Grenadier Guards.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05And it's done to the tune of the British Grenadiers.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Do you know how that goes?- No, but I'm sure you're going to show us.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Whether the words fit to it or not, I'll give it a try.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17# Come all you gallant British hearts that love the red and blue
0:09:17 > 0:09:20# And drink the health of those brave lads
0:09:20 > 0:09:21# Who made the Russians rue... #
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- It does fit!- It does!
0:09:24 > 0:09:28How many letters are there from the Crimea War
0:09:28 > 0:09:30that have survived intact,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34given the huge percentage of deaths that there were there?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Um, there can't be that many of them.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Historians love things like this!
0:09:39 > 0:09:42It's very interesting historically because it talks about fighting -
0:09:42 > 0:09:44"The French, they had the right that day,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46"and flanked the Russian line,"
0:09:46 > 0:09:47so it goes on and on and on
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and it mentions commanding officers and what have you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Isn't it more interesting
0:09:52 > 0:09:55to know the thoughts of the rank and file soldier,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58rather than the guy who's told them where to go?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00It's not so much the value,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02and we're not going to get a wonderful surprise.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And I think it's probably worth less than £50.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- And I'm sorry for the singing! - That's all right!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Been lovely to meet you. - We'll forgive you.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Did the auctioneer convince the crowd
0:10:13 > 0:10:16of its historical significance when it came to the sale?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The handwritten letter from the Crimea War.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24A lot of history connected with this. For a bit of British history.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Only £70.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29And 5! £80! At £80 now.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32At 80. Get passionate about this!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34All done at 80, I'll take a £5 again.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Done then at £80. Nobody else?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38You're out on the net? You're out at £80.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40You're disappointing me. Have another go.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46Five! 90! Five! 100?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I'll take your five again!
0:10:48 > 0:10:53105? Yes? At £105. Nobody else?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56All done at £105!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- You've got to be pleased with that. - Really pleased.- Very pleased.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Hopefully, it's gone to somebody that really wanted it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Exactly! Thank you for bringing in a wonderful piece of history.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Look at what you've got. This was on its way to a skip, I think.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11As indeed so many things are,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and then somebody decided to have a look.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16And he knew just enough to rescue it.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19If you have items like this handwritten letter,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23or the metal plane, they might not fetch the largest sums at auction,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27but they could be invaluable to the right buyer
0:11:27 > 0:11:29as a slice of history.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32There's one kind of militaria that really gets Will Axon
0:11:32 > 0:11:34and our experts excited.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37A lot of the time
0:11:37 > 0:11:39when you're dealing with items that are war related,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41it's usually sort of printed matter.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Ephemera. Say, a ration book or a discharge sheet.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47But what really excites the team on Flog It
0:11:47 > 0:11:50is when, say, a medal comes in, or a group of medals.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Then you've got real physical evidence of what someone has done.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Now, what can you tell me about this medal?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59How's it come to be in your family?
0:11:59 > 0:12:04A friend of the family gave it to me about 20, 25 years ago.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05It belonged to his brother,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08so he gave it to me because he knew I would look after it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I think I said at the time,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13it's that all important word "courage" on the medal.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And people who are buying medals, that's what they're buying into.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20They're buying into the history of this one person - what did they do? Where were they?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23What happened to them later in the war? Did they survive the war?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27It's a medal that was first issued in 1918.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32It's for dedication or bravery or devotion in duty.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- And it was awarded to the RAF. - To pilots, yes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39To pilots, because I understand he was a pilot?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41He was a Spitfire pilot, yes.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Really? And did he survive the war?
0:12:43 > 0:12:47No, no, he was shot down over Germany, I think about 1941.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Right, because I see you've also brought in
0:12:50 > 0:12:55- some interesting paperwork.- Yes. - Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- Mm-hm.- Who have provided you with a photograph of his grave.- Yes.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So we've got Squadron Leader Farmery.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08And there's the DFM after his name
0:13:08 > 0:13:12which is the Distinguished Flying Medal that we've seen here.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15So that's really what medal buyers are after.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18They're after the historical context of these medals
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and who they were awarded to and how did he fit in
0:13:21 > 0:13:23to the whole war story?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- We don't know why he was awarded this.- No.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28But somewhere, that's going to be recorded.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32That, I suspect, is probably what the buyer is going to be doing after this.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36He's going to be looking into the history and the research of it.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40I would say, that at auction, a sensible estimate for a medal
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- of this type, put it in with an estimate of 400-600.- Gosh!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46£400-£600.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I'm quietly confident that it's going to make more than that.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Then, I think, Olive, between then and the auction,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55had found the more standard service medals.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Having found a clutch of medals, the auctioneer, Adam Partridge,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01went for broke and upped the reserve.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05I think even he was surprised at what they finally sold for.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08470 is the medal group to Sergeant, later
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Squadron Leader Clifford John Farmery of the RAF,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14including his courage medal, a lovely medal group indeed.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18I can start straight in at £1,050.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Crikey!
0:14:21 > 0:14:251,100, 50, 1,200, 1,250, 1,300,
0:14:25 > 0:14:291,350, 1,400, 1,450, 1,500,
0:14:29 > 0:14:311,550, 1,600...
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I think there's still two phone bidders waiting to come in.
0:14:34 > 0:14:362,000...
0:14:36 > 0:14:382,100,
0:14:38 > 0:14:412,200, 2,300...
0:14:41 > 0:14:44You'll have to pick me up off the floor in a minute!
0:14:44 > 0:14:482,300 on Mark's phone there. 2,300, are you all done now?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51At £2,300, we sell at 2,300.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Crumbs!- Goodness!
0:14:54 > 0:14:55- Wow!- Gosh!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57An incredible result.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03I think the important facts that brought the medals
0:15:03 > 0:15:06up to that sort of level was he was a squadron leader.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10You had the medal itself presented for courage
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and also you had a bit of paperwork there, as well.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14You had the picture of the grave
0:15:14 > 0:15:17as well as some paperwork from the War Commission.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Now I've got a little tip for you,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22provenance is key to valuing any antique.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25If you have the paperwork accompanying an item
0:15:25 > 0:15:27that can prove ownership of somebody of note,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30it will definitely put the value up, and here's an example.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34A cigar box may cost just £10 or £20 but if you can prove,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37with the paperwork, that it was owned by Sir Winston Churchill,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41then it might just be worth £5,000.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Sometimes an item just speaks to you directly from the past,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46as James Lewis found out.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48There are certain pieces
0:15:48 > 0:15:51when you pick them up and look at them
0:15:51 > 0:15:56that immediately take you back to an earlier time.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01One of the most incredible was an aviator's watch.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07- Do you know much about it? - No, I know nothing.- OK.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Well, let's go back 60 years
0:16:11 > 0:16:15into the middle of the Second World War.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20At night, squadrons of bombers are coming over from Dresden
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and if you were in one of those dark,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27noisy planes, looking at your watch wouldn't be easy,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31especially not if it was underneath your flying suit.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35So, if you were an observer in one of the planes,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38you would need a watch that would go over your flight suit
0:16:38 > 0:16:42and this is what you would have worn.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45You can imagine the fear
0:16:45 > 0:16:49of the people in those very small, confined planes,
0:16:49 > 0:16:53be it Germans coming over here, or us going over there.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Why it would have to be so big, why they would need a timepiece
0:16:57 > 0:17:00to work out where they are and where to bomb.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02It's incredibly rare.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- I've seen them in books, I've never handled one.- No.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08This is a first for me.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- What do you think it's worth? - I've no idea.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14What do you think?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15A couple of hundred.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- It's probably worth a couple of thousand pounds.- You're joking!
0:17:21 > 0:17:23SHE LAUGHS
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- I didn't expect that. - It's a fantastic watch.- Oh...
0:17:27 > 0:17:31A bold valuation, but as so many men were shot down
0:17:31 > 0:17:34in those air battles and few watches survived,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38did the buyers value such a rare and poignant piece?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41A rare, oversized, stainless steel navigator's watch,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44in reasonable condition. We've had a lot of interest presale.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49- I'm going to come straight in flat at £1,000.- Oh!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51£1,000. I have a £1,000 bid with me.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53And 50, 1,100.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It's straight in at 1,000.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58The bid's online at £1,200, 1,250,
0:17:58 > 0:17:591,300, 1,350,
0:17:59 > 0:18:021,400, and 50.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05And the price went up and up.
0:18:05 > 0:18:072,250 online.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I've got 2,300. I've got 2,300 on the phone.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12April, do you need a seat?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I've got 2,300 are you going to go 2,400?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- 2,300.- Blimey!
0:18:16 > 0:18:18One more won't hurt you. I've got 2,300, bid it up.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21We've got 2,300 on the phone. 2,400.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22They are loving this, aren't they?
0:18:22 > 0:18:242,600.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29The bid's at 2,600. It's against you online at £2,600.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I've got 2,700, 2,800, still climbing.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34At 2,800.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36James, this is unbelievable.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40At £2,800, 2,900.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43At 2,900, come on, round it up. 3,000.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I knew you liked this lot.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48At £3,000, going once. At 3,000, going twice.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Last and final call, at £3,000 online, I'll sell.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53GAVEL BANGS
0:18:53 > 0:18:55£3,000!
0:18:58 > 0:19:02It's the story and the feeling and the emotion
0:19:02 > 0:19:07that comes with the object that is so much more important than its value.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10It's those circumstances where you want it to go to the right home
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and that watch made £3,000.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16So, whoever wanted it, wanted it badly, so I hope it has.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20This is an emotive market so look out for rare items
0:19:20 > 0:19:25which embody a dramatic moment in history and you'll be on to a winner.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Here's what we've learnt so far.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30If you're lucky enough to find war memorabilia
0:19:30 > 0:19:32you're holding a little piece of history
0:19:32 > 0:19:36and the value is in the story it's telling.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Don't clean things up - the more it conjures up the past, the better.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Keep hold of anything that enriches the story of your item,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47like photos, or letters.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49You might decide the value is in having
0:19:49 > 0:19:51a piece of heritage in your hands.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53In which case, find out more about your item
0:19:53 > 0:19:58and enjoy something which gives you a connection with a wartime past.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I've always loved wartime stories of derring-do,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08but none compares to the stories surrounding the Battle of Britain
0:20:08 > 0:20:12and one of our greatest weapons of war, the Spitfire.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16But, as I found out a few years ago, its story doesn't end there.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21This is Manston Airfield in Kent.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23As you can see, there are planes behind me here.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25They take off daily carrying passengers and cargo,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28across Europe and onwards to Africa,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30but during the years of the Second World War,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33there was only one destination and that was a short ten-minute hop
0:20:33 > 0:20:35across the English Channel to France.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39This airstrip played a vital role in Britain's air defences.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41BELL RINGS
0:20:43 > 0:20:46In 1940, the threat of German invasion hung over the country
0:20:46 > 0:20:50and airfields across the south-east were put into service
0:20:50 > 0:20:52as urgently needed RAF bases.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56The Battle of Britain had begun
0:20:56 > 0:20:59and much of it was fought in the skies above Kent.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Manston was home to hundreds of Spitfires.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06The young pilots were on constant alert to intercept bombers.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11And the people of Kent even raised enough money to sponsor their own squadron.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Unfortunately, none of those Kent planes survived
0:21:15 > 0:21:19but you can still see a real Spitfire here at Manston Airfield
0:21:19 > 0:21:22in the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24This one saw active service at home
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and across northern Holland and Germany.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Although it'll never fly again, it's been faithfully restored.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Imagine sitting in there as a young pilot chasing
0:21:33 > 0:21:35the Messerschmitt 109s through the clouds.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38When I say young, the pilots were young,
0:21:38 > 0:21:4020 years was about the average age.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Skilful, brave men. And if you've ever wondered
0:21:44 > 0:21:47what a Rolls-Royce V12 Merlin engine sounds like,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I've got a real treat for you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I've come to meet the pilot of one of the few Spitfires still flying,
0:21:57 > 0:22:03which is named in honour of the men and their aircraft who once flew out of Manston.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Some guys go fishing for a hobby,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10or they've got classic cars, but Peter here flies Spitfires.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Hello.- Hello.- Pleased to meet you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14What a beauty, what a design icon.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I envy you, what's it like to fly?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- It's an absolute delight to fly, it really is.- Is it?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It's an absolute privilege to be able to, you know,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24have access to a Spitfire to fly.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Even as a schoolboy, you made Airfix models, I guess? I did.- Yes.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- I loved them, I loved making them. I've still got some!- That's right.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33This is the real thing, how did you come across this?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Well, I did a little bit of research and found that there were
0:22:36 > 0:22:40a few that had been recovered from South Africa in a scrapyard.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Really?- In a very dilapidated state, to say the least,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45but it was a starting point.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47How did they end up there, do you know, did you find out?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Yes, at the end of the war, a number of Spitfires were sold
0:22:51 > 0:22:56to the South African Air Force in about 1946, 1947.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I believe they operated them right up until the late '50s
0:22:59 > 0:23:01and they were scrapped from there.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Was this a complete rustbucket then?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Erm, I suppose that's one way of describing them, to be honest.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- How many years did it take to restore?- Eight years.- Did it?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Eight years, and eight years of scouring the world,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16looking for spare parts.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18What was the hardest thing you had to find for this?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21To be honest, the airframe parts, the bits you can actually see.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- The fuselage. - The fuselage and wing components.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Engines are still not too much of problem and propeller blades,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32ironically, are made, and they are made in Germany.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Are they, really?- Yes, they are.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Spitfires were not just fighters, many were equipped with bombs
0:23:40 > 0:23:44and used as ground attack aircraft against road and rail targets.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Some were based on board aircraft carriers
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and others were used for photo reconnaissance.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52In all, 22,500 were built
0:23:52 > 0:23:56and they became the iconic image of Britain's victory in the war.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59But, by the late 1940s, with the war over,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03most were quickly taken out of service and scrapped.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07In the early 1950s, the RAF retired its last Spitfire.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Within a few short years, only a handful were still flying.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14But thanks to enthusiasts around the world,
0:24:14 > 0:24:1670 years after their greatest hour, there are believed to be
0:24:16 > 0:24:21around 50 flying today, 20 of them are here in the UK.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24You've done a terrific job.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Wonderful job.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- It just looks right, doesn't it? As an aeroplane.- Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32There's just something about it. They always say, if it looks right, it flies right
0:24:32 > 0:24:34and I think it's definitely the case with the Spitfire.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- It's capable of speeds of up to 350 miles an hour?- Yes, yes.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40It's not particularly comfortable at high speeds,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43there's very few comforts in the cockpit.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47You need fly it for pleasure and the preservation of the aircraft.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Oh, thank you so much for letting me look around this
0:24:50 > 0:24:54and I'm going to watch you take off and enjoy the moment.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56ENGINE STARTS
0:25:13 > 0:25:19Just look at that. The Spirit of Kent, that's nostalgia in the sky.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22It's such a shame that it's just a short range, single-seater fighter plane
0:25:22 > 0:25:24because if it had two seats,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28I'd be hitching a lift and it'd be fly away Peter, fly away Paul.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34What a treat!
0:25:34 > 0:25:36You may not be able to afford a Spitfire
0:25:36 > 0:25:38but don't let that stop you.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Any memorabilia connected to an icon like this is going to have
0:25:42 > 0:25:47tremendous cachet and command the greatest premiums.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Coming up...
0:25:50 > 0:25:53our experts tell you how to value weapons of war.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Whether or not you know the culture where an object's come from,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00the one thing that is consistent is patination.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04And we'll learn about the wartime surgical instruments
0:26:04 > 0:26:06that have become collectables.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Go right round the limb
0:26:08 > 0:26:10to divide the muscle, the fat and the skin.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20We've all got something at home, that one special item
0:26:20 > 0:26:22that we're particularly attached to
0:26:22 > 0:26:25but I want to know what's the one thing our experts would
0:26:25 > 0:26:27rescue from a burning building?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30If there was a fire,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33apart from my children and my husband,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37it would be my great-grandfather's war medals, definitely.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41He was in the Somme from 1914 to 1916.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44It must have just been the most unimaginable hell
0:26:44 > 0:26:46and my granny, God bless her, is 102,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50his daughter, and still around today.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54She only has the very, very briefest of memories of him
0:26:54 > 0:26:59but that he sacrificed so much for us to be here today, really,
0:26:59 > 0:27:05is just a daily reminder that we shouldn't take everything for granted that we do.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10I think it's important for us to remember the past
0:27:10 > 0:27:14and what people have given and sacrificed so we can be here today.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Our team of experts can tackle most things you put in front of them
0:27:28 > 0:27:29at a valuation day
0:27:29 > 0:27:33but they also have their own individual specialisms and passions.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Now, Catherine Southern has a keen passion for the tools of war
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and navigation instruments.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Not everyone's cup of tea, I know, but it is hers.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47So she jumped at the chance of killing two birds with one stone.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53HMS Victory, one of our most famous ships in British naval history,
0:27:53 > 0:27:58commanded by the great war hero, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02In 1805, he successfully drove Napoleon's French forces away
0:28:02 > 0:28:07in the Battle of Trafalgar and lost his life on board his great ship.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12What a perfect setting for Catherine to indulge her passions.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17I think my interest with the sea probably stems from my father
0:28:17 > 0:28:19being in the Navy.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21I've always had an interest in ships,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24not so much because of the construction but I think,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28really, because of what really went on on ships, the adventure.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I started working at Sotheby's as a junior
0:28:35 > 0:28:37and I was just helping out doing the filing
0:28:37 > 0:28:41and writing all the letters, but I was actually drawn towards
0:28:41 > 0:28:45the maritime items and the scientific instruments.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I was absolutely fascinated by this area and I went on to
0:28:48 > 0:28:52become head of maritime works of art and scientific instruments.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Today is such a treat for me
0:28:56 > 0:29:00because I'm coming to visit HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship.
0:29:00 > 0:29:06Well, last time I came here, I was armed with a clipboard and a pencil.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I was about 11 and I was on a school trip.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11But, just coming and looking around now,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14what really would have gone on here during the Battle of Trafalgar?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Can you just paint the picture for me?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19This would of been a hive of activity.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22You could imagine during a battle, all the men manning the guns.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25You would have men up in the rigging, OK, sailing the ship
0:29:25 > 0:29:29cos the ship still has to manoeuvre, even during the battle.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32It would have been organised chaos.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39There would have been smoke, musket fire, splinters flying everywhere.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40As you can imagine, not a very...
0:29:40 > 0:29:44The noise, the blood everywhere and just these figures,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46just dancing around.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- We're now standing on the poop deck?- Yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51And officers would have been up here?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53You would have had officers up here.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55This is like the bridge on a modern day ship.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59But the senior officers would have been down on the quarterdeck,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01like Lord Nelson and Captain Hardy,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03because there was a lot more protection down there.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06In fact, down on the quarterdeck is actually where he was shot
0:30:06 > 0:30:09and you can see it's marked by the brass plaque on the deck.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12So he actually fell here?
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Yes. Yes.- And then afterwards, down...
0:30:15 > 0:30:18He was carried down below to the orlop deck, where he died
0:30:18 > 0:30:19about three hours later.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- And the orlop deck is where I'm heading next.- OK.- See you later.
0:30:23 > 0:30:24Thanks, Alan. Thank you.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31It's quite funny really that I'm interested in scientific instruments
0:30:31 > 0:30:35cos people tend to think that I must have a scientific degree,
0:30:35 > 0:30:37which is completely not the case
0:30:37 > 0:30:39and I am not really scientifically minded.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42In fact, I didn't do particularly well with science at school.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44But ssh, don't tell anyone.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48My degree is more in history of art but I love being given
0:30:48 > 0:30:52an instrument and looking at it and thinking, "OK, what is this?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55"What does it actually do? Is it a drawing instrument?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57"Is it a surgical instrument?"
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I think it's that whole idea of investigating it,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03researching it and then finding out the answer.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04That's where my passion is.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Today I'm meeting Mick Crumplin, who is a retired surgeon
0:31:10 > 0:31:14and curator of the Royal College of Surgeons' collection.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Mick, hi.- Hello, Catherine. - Good to meet you.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22So, when the casualties were brought down from the upper deck,
0:31:22 > 0:31:26this is what they were faced with. All these gruesome instruments.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Well, of course, they had gruesome wounds, that's the problem.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Here on the cockpit on the orlop deck was where they all congregated
0:31:33 > 0:31:37and, as you can see, we're very cramped in our operating style.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42I've got this vision of these casualties literally being...
0:31:42 > 0:31:47coming down the steps with their arms all bleeding. What was it like?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Absolutely horrendous.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51You've got to remember, there were three surgeons, two juniors
0:31:51 > 0:31:53and the main surgeon of the ship, William Beatty,
0:31:53 > 0:31:57to do all these procedures on the patients who had been injured.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Some of them would bleed out and die and were discharged dead
0:32:00 > 0:32:03before they could be treated, because they just overwhelmed the surgeon.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07So what are the most common injuries that the sailors had?
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Well, the commonest type of wound was an injured limb
0:32:11 > 0:32:16or a body cavity penetration by round shot or a shard of wood.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19So the men, when they were brought down bleeding and in pain,
0:32:19 > 0:32:23would need the bleeding controlled, the wounds trimming and dressed
0:32:23 > 0:32:27and perhaps closing up the wounds with needle and thread
0:32:27 > 0:32:30or adhesive or sticky plasters - we still use those today.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34You might have to open up the wound with a scalpel a little bit
0:32:34 > 0:32:36to make the entrance easier for the surgeon.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40So for instance, here we have a musket ball
0:32:40 > 0:32:42and if that was in-driven,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45we could then put a finger down onto it, feel that it was there
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- and then grasp it, having been guided to it by the finger...- Incredible.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- ..and remove it.- And that was probably a daily occurrence.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Oh, absolutely, yes. Especially on the upper decks.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58On the lower decks they were protected from musket fire,
0:32:58 > 0:33:02but not from cannonball injury and bits of flying wood.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Amazing. Absolutely amazing. So once we've done the exploration...
0:33:06 > 0:33:09And the trimming and the cleaning and the stitching and the bandaging.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11That was the majority of the work.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14A lot of men would die quickly of bleeding.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18We would then think about limbs that were so badly smashed
0:33:18 > 0:33:19that they had to be removed.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22But one of the things you did learn was how to control bleeding.
0:33:22 > 0:33:2510% of Nelson's crews were trained in the use
0:33:25 > 0:33:28of the field tourniquet, which was just a strap you put on the limb.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31So what you do is, you put the tourniquet on,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34having sat your patient on the end of a table.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37And you have people to restrain the poor fellow,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41and then you make an incision with a capital knife,
0:33:41 > 0:33:44which means a large knife, to...
0:33:45 > 0:33:50..go right round the limb to divide the muscle, the fat and the skin.
0:33:50 > 0:33:56Right down to bone, and then you use a tenon saw to divide the bone
0:33:56 > 0:33:59and that leg has to be steady during the procedure.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- And this is actually the amputation saw?- Yes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04That's the type of saw that would've been used.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- Really?- It's just really like a carpenter's saw.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10That's the thing. Looking at it, that's exactly what you think.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- It's the sort of thing you'd have in your toolbox today.- Absolutely.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Then you've got to stop the bleeding
0:34:15 > 0:34:21and then close the wound over the skin with adhesive tapes or stitches
0:34:21 > 0:34:23and bind it up in a linen bandage
0:34:23 > 0:34:27and put the patient down to rest and perhaps give him a cordial afterwards,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29some wine and water dilute.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31I think he'd probably need more than some cordial!
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- I'm sure he would think that, yes! - Something very stiff.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43When Nelson was brought down here, and presumably brought down
0:34:43 > 0:34:47to William Beatty because he was the senior surgeon,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49what would he have been faced with?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I mean, there wasn't an awful lot they could do for him, obviously.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56No, I think he... Lord Nelson and William Beatty knew
0:34:56 > 0:35:00that his spine had been shot through and he had a severe chest wound
0:35:00 > 0:35:03and Beatty didn't spend all that long, he would have looked at him,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06looked for an exit wound, had him undressed.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09And as far as I know, he wasn't even given painkiller at that time,
0:35:09 > 0:35:10which is amazing.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13And he took him three and a quarter hours to die
0:35:13 > 0:35:17with his spinal cord divided and he had paraplegia, of course.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20So, Beatty and he agreed that his wound was mortal
0:35:20 > 0:35:22and nothing more could be done.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Have you built up all this collection over a number of years?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Yes, probably over about 40 years.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42But the thing is, the collection is not for hoarding and value.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45The value of a collection is using it
0:35:45 > 0:35:48so that you can teach people what it was really like.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Right. But we have to say how beautifully some of them are made.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56I'm particularly focusing on this little shagreen set here
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- of the little lancets.- The thumb lancets.- I mean, that's just...
0:36:00 > 0:36:05For quite a gory little set of instruments, it's just... Oh!
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Oh! Beautifully made. It's lovely.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Why do you think they're so important, though?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13It's not everyone's cup of tea.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17I like them because what we can do is teach people how surgery
0:36:17 > 0:36:20has developed, and it wasn't as crude as people thought,
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- given the time that we're working in...- Not at this time, no.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27The results at the end of this war that poor old Victory was involved in
0:36:27 > 0:36:29were absolutely amazing,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32with mortality rates around 11% in one hospital
0:36:32 > 0:36:34after a big battle, which is phenomenal.
0:36:34 > 0:36:3889% of patients walking out of hospital,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41so they must have known something and it was using instruments
0:36:41 > 0:36:43like these that contributed to that success.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Well, it's been...
0:36:46 > 0:36:48..just fantastic. Absolutely brilliant.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52I could talk all day long about every single instrument,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- but sadly we haven't got time. Thank you very much, Mick.- Not at all.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Lovely to meet you.- And you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01What a fascinating, if gruesome collection
0:37:01 > 0:37:04and a vital part of our maritime history.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08If you find one of these instruments and you're too fainthearted
0:37:08 > 0:37:11or squeamish to keep it, as the professor says,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14there will be someone out there to take it off your hands.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24From instruments produced to cure to implements designed to kill.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29At almost every valuation day, people turn up with weapons
0:37:29 > 0:37:33of some kind - bullets, guns, shields, spears, war clubs.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36This is where our experts really do need to know their stuff.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40When is an object a beautiful antique and collectable weapon
0:37:40 > 0:37:43or when is it just an illegal and dangerous weapon?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46In Cirencester,
0:37:46 > 0:37:50we were fortunate enough to have one of these things that sometimes
0:37:50 > 0:37:54does turn up on Flog It - a wonderful Polynesian war club.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59My father initially bought it at a house sale, way before the war.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00So I've always known it.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Your father was very forward-thinking
0:38:02 > 0:38:06because, before the war, this sort of tribal art wasn't at all popular.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10'Tribal arts are much sought-after now because the indigenous nations'
0:38:10 > 0:38:14that it was originally taken from have achieved a level of wealth
0:38:14 > 0:38:17and maturity that they want to reclaim these items.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22But also major institutional European and American collections
0:38:22 > 0:38:25want to buy these for their own collections.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Now, I will always be corrected by an expert in their field,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31but I've always regarded these as Oceanic.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34So, basically, Fijian war clubs.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Especially when they're this paddle form.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41'Whether or not you know the culture where an object's come from,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44'the one thing that is consistent is patination'
0:38:44 > 0:38:48and that's what we look for, the build-up of grease and dirt
0:38:48 > 0:38:53and polish and wear and handling that shows that an item is either
0:38:53 > 0:38:5518th or 19th or 20th century.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58The club certainly wasn't a tourist-made piece,
0:38:58 > 0:39:02it was an authentic, early, tribal club.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I've had a look at it, I like the surface patination at the end
0:39:05 > 0:39:06and on the handle.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10So I'm quite happy to say that this is...
0:39:10 > 0:39:13early to mid 19th century.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16The class of wares that people want are those that are original
0:39:16 > 0:39:20to the culture, not made when Europeans went over
0:39:20 > 0:39:21for the tourist trade.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26And the club was 18th century that we saw at Cirencester,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29so that's, you know, it was carved for decorative pieces
0:39:29 > 0:39:32but also for bashing somebody's brains out.
0:39:32 > 0:39:38We'd be safe putting this in at, I think, £400-600.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42- Yes.- I'll be interested to see myself what it makes.- You'll be at auction?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Oh, I will. Within a club's distance!
0:39:45 > 0:39:47So I will be sweating furiously.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Did anyone at the auction also recognise that the club
0:39:51 > 0:39:53was a unique antique piece?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56We know these things are really hot right now
0:39:56 > 0:39:58because they're going back to their countries of origin.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Museums are buying them up and they're paying top money, which is good news for you.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Watch this, watch this, see what happens.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Fijian carved wood tribal club. Super looking piece there.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- Got to be one of my favourite pieces in the sale.- Oh, that's nice!
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Who will start me? 500 to get on.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19520. 540.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21560. 580.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23600.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24620.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26640. 660.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29680. 700.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30720.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31750.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33780. 800.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35820.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36850.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38880. 900.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41950. 1,000.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- At 1,000.- The magic number.
0:40:44 > 0:40:451,000.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48And 50 if you like, on the phone. 1,050.
0:40:48 > 0:40:501,100. At 1,100.
0:40:50 > 0:40:541,150, if you like now. 1,150 on the phone now.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55At 1,150.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59It's on the phone now. At 1,150...
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- I'm happy with that.- £1,150.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Of course you're happy with that!
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Collectors should look out for me
0:41:09 > 0:41:13and not take my advice when they're selling tribal clubs.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Well, thank you, Michael.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18But I can tell you, if you have an old weapon, look at its patina
0:41:18 > 0:41:22and the materials to date it. But be aware, these can be copied
0:41:22 > 0:41:25so you should get some expert advice.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Our expert Charlie Ross knew exactly what he was looking at.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Nick, you look absolutely terrifying.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Fancy coming into the Sheldonian in Oxford with these!
0:41:37 > 0:41:40When I saw the Zulu spear and shield,
0:41:40 > 0:41:44I immediately thought back to Rorke's Drift.
0:41:44 > 0:41:50- My grandfather went to Sudan in the 1880s, 1890s.- Yeah.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- He wasn't in the services, so... - Was he not?- No.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56So he didn't win it as a trophy at Rorke's Drift.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Not as far as I know! He never mentioned it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01It's from South Africa.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06It's a Zulu shield and I think that dates from 1880, 1890,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09which of course is the time pre-World War, the Zulu wars.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12It's an extraordinary part of history, really.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14And in remarkable condition.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18I thought, in a rather whimsical way, that perhaps this had come back
0:42:18 > 0:42:24from Rorke's Drift, one of the great battles in British history.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29More VCs won at the Battle of Rorke's Drift than in any other battle in history.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33About 150 British and colonial soldiers withstood an attack
0:42:33 > 0:42:39by over 3,000 Zulu warriors at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44I'm intrigued by the latticework of weaving more skin into it,
0:42:44 > 0:42:46which also has a functional purpose.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48It provides the handle, doesn't it?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Which is really interesting.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Just leaving out a couple of notches forms a handle.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- It's incredibly hard, isn't it?- It is.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59You think, all right, it wouldn't have stopped a bullet going through
0:42:59 > 0:43:02there, but I think if you chucked a spear at it,
0:43:02 > 0:43:04it would have to be thrown pretty hard to get through that.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08'It was a zebra-skin shield. I hadn't picked that up.'
0:43:08 > 0:43:11When I first saw it, I thought, "It's a shield.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12"It's a Zulu shield."
0:43:12 > 0:43:18But it was a zebra-skin shield, which I was told afterwards.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21It meant that it was ceremonial, so it was a rare shield.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23All the other shields were made out of cowhide,
0:43:23 > 0:43:25so this was a particularly...
0:43:25 > 0:43:29It was the Rolls-Royce of shields, if you could use that expression.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33And it was quite obviously over 100 years old
0:43:33 > 0:43:36and I think we can accept what happened 100 years ago.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Had that shield represented the killing, for example,
0:43:40 > 0:43:43of a zebra last week or the week before, we certainly,
0:43:43 > 0:43:45in no way, would countenance that.
0:43:45 > 0:43:51The spear is also Zulu. Beautifully made, actually.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54And look at the age on it, it's amazing, isn't it?
0:43:54 > 0:43:58And it's become rock, rock solid hard. Value - any ideas?
0:43:58 > 0:44:01- You hoped it was worth something when you brought it in.- Of course.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05- Yes.- I think you've got a value here of between £100-200.
0:44:05 > 0:44:10- Really?- Yeah.- That has surprised me. - Has it?- Yes.- That's good.- Yes.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Because sometimes we get people on the programme who almost hit me
0:44:13 > 0:44:16when I tell them what things are worth!
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Watch out, Charlie, few of those people were armed.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Will he be any safer at the auction?
0:44:21 > 0:44:23- I've checked with the auctioneer. - Yeah.
0:44:23 > 0:44:27- He said it could do a little bit better.- Oh, really?
0:44:27 > 0:44:30- Just a little bit.- That would be pleasant.- That would be.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34The zebra-skin shield. Zulu one.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36And what can we say for that -
0:44:36 > 0:44:38a couple of hundred pounds start me for it.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41500 I am bid. 550 anywhere?
0:44:41 > 0:44:44£500. 550. 6.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47650. 7. 750. 8.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50850. 850. At £800, then.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Coming to you now, Pat, at 850.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55£850.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- I can't believe it!- 850.
0:44:58 > 0:44:59850.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02900. 950.
0:45:05 > 0:45:061,000.
0:45:09 > 0:45:111,100 I'm bid. 1,150.
0:45:11 > 0:45:12Oh, no.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17£1,100 then, with Alan.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21All done then? It's with Alan at £1,100,
0:45:21 > 0:45:23are you all done at £1,100?
0:45:23 > 0:45:24All finished?
0:45:24 > 0:45:28Yes! £1,100!
0:45:28 > 0:45:32I told you something fabulous was going to happen today, didn't I?
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Not 100-200, but 1,100.
0:45:36 > 0:45:37How do you guys manage it?
0:45:37 > 0:45:41'I was absolutely astonished by the sale price.'
0:45:41 > 0:45:44I think if somebody had pointed out to me that it was
0:45:44 > 0:45:47a particularly rare ceremonial shield, then I might have put
0:45:47 > 0:45:51400-600 on it, but £1,100 seemed to me a huge amount of money.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55Authentic tribal items dating from before they were produced
0:45:55 > 0:45:57for tourists are highly sought-after.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01But be careful. There are subtleties in this specialist field
0:46:01 > 0:46:04that can stump even our most enthusiastic experts,
0:46:04 > 0:46:05so get some advice.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10But sometimes the expertise we are looking for can come
0:46:10 > 0:46:13from those of you who appear on Flog It.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15I have to be frank with you.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19Whenever I see weapons on the show, I'm terrified.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24As I have very little knowledge of them.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28Fortunately, when this Smith and Wesson revolver came in
0:46:28 > 0:46:32to Herne Bay, the owner knew all about it.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34It's a Smith and Wesson.
0:46:34 > 0:46:39It's a .310-calibre rimfire.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41It's what is also called a lock-up.
0:46:41 > 0:46:46So rather than me educating him, he actually educated me.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49- Explain that. Can you show us what that is?- Certainly.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52What you do is you cock the gun, take out the barrel...
0:46:52 > 0:46:57You then push out the old cartridges with that piece, reload.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00But it back in again, lock it up.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03And it's got what they call the hidden trigger as well,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- so it's safe in somebody's pockets. - So you don't blow your leg off.
0:47:06 > 0:47:11- Exactly.- Smith and Wesson are a very iconic American gun manufacturers.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Started in the mid 19th century, they were very inventive
0:47:14 > 0:47:17throughout that time in the manufacturing
0:47:17 > 0:47:20and design of weaponry, which really puts them up there
0:47:20 > 0:47:24with Colt for well-known gun collectables.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Where did you get it from?
0:47:26 > 0:47:29I had a very good friend, he was ex-Navy, same as I was.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32And when he left the Navy after the war, he became a bookmaker,
0:47:32 > 0:47:34a London bookmaker,
0:47:34 > 0:47:37and he got friendly with another bookmaker
0:47:37 > 0:47:38who was quite older than him.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42He asked him if he would like this when this bookmaker was retiring,
0:47:42 > 0:47:47and he said that he was issued with it by the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50- Really?- Yes. For his own protection. He carried money.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52And that was in the 1890s.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- HE GASPS - Straight out of Agatha Christie.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00I think a sensible estimate is £300-500.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02- Is that something you'd be happy with?- Oh, yes.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05- It's better than being in the safe. - Of course.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14The Smith and Wesson lock-up patent five-shot calibre revolver.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18Good thing, this. Several bids. Starting at £360.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20I'm looking for 380. 380. 400.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22And 20.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26- 440. 460.- This is good.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28480. 500.
0:48:30 > 0:48:34No? It's at £480 on my right now. Any further offer?
0:48:34 > 0:48:35Any further bid in the room?
0:48:35 > 0:48:39If not, I'll sell at £480, the bid is on my right. At 480.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41If we're all done, at 480...
0:48:41 > 0:48:44- Top end of the estimate.- We're happy with that.- We're very happy.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47- Thank you very much.- Are you, Ted? - Yeah, not half!- Good.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52The thing that helped us
0:48:52 > 0:48:55make such a good price at auction was the fact that it had
0:48:55 > 0:48:58never been fired, therefore it was in pristine condition.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01What do we always say whenever you are buying?
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Condition, condition, condition.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09An iconic name like Smith and Wesson will always secure a good price.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12And, as Mark says, condition is everything,
0:49:12 > 0:49:16so let's have a look at some of those trade secrets in detail.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Weaponry really is a very specialist field,
0:49:19 > 0:49:23with complicated laws around its use. So listen carefully.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Authentic tribal pieces have much greater value,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29so try to date it from the materials.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31By all means do some research.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34But get expert help to be sure and look out for classic names
0:49:34 > 0:49:38and great condition for a sure-fire piece.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42As far as guns go, you don't need a licence to buy an antique,
0:49:42 > 0:49:47but as antique isn't defined by law, how can you tell what you've got?
0:49:47 > 0:49:51One rule of thumb is that if you can get modern ammunition for it,
0:49:51 > 0:49:53it's not an antique.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55And make sure you only keep it as a curio
0:49:55 > 0:49:57and never use it as a firearm.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01It's always a good idea to buy from a reputable dealer
0:50:01 > 0:50:04and make sure you have the paperwork describing the weapon,
0:50:04 > 0:50:08but it's always best to check the law with a firearms specialist
0:50:08 > 0:50:10or the police before parting with your money.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19As we saw with the Zulu shield made from zebra skin, there are items
0:50:19 > 0:50:22that come to us on Flog It that can seem distasteful today.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Some of these are made from ivory.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29In a moment, we'll be giving you some tips about how to spot
0:50:29 > 0:50:32the real thing, when it is and isn't OK to buy it.
0:50:32 > 0:50:36But first, here's a little bit about its murky history.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38It became popular in Europe
0:50:38 > 0:50:43when 19th-century colonialists made their way deep into Africa.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46There, they became enamoured with the smooth,
0:50:46 > 0:50:50creamy coloured tusks of elephants, which they called white gold
0:50:50 > 0:50:53and which came to be known as ivory.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57Soon, demand exploded, as rich westerners enjoyed the trend
0:50:57 > 0:51:01of all sorts of carved ivory trinkets.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04The repercussions were disastrous -
0:51:04 > 0:51:07a brutal trade in which human life was cheap,
0:51:07 > 0:51:11as local people were hounded to capture and kill elephants.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17Finally, in the late 1980s, there was a worldwide ban
0:51:17 > 0:51:18on the ivory trade,
0:51:18 > 0:51:22with a few exceptions made for stockpiled ivory.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25Here in Europe, the law says it's illegal to buy or sell ivory
0:51:25 > 0:51:28if it was carved after 1947,
0:51:28 > 0:51:30but whatever you think of it there's still a market for ivory
0:51:30 > 0:51:34carved before this date, like this beautifully carved box
0:51:34 > 0:51:38which appeared on Flog It, having been turfed out of an attic.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42- So, do you like it?- Yeah. It's different. I like it.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45It's very intricate, isn't it? It's amazing carving, actually.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47- It's carved from ivory.- Yeah.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51And it dates from the end of the 19th century, so over 100 years old,
0:51:51 > 0:51:55and it's Cantonese, made for export, export ware.
0:51:55 > 0:51:59- Any idea what that's worth? - No.- 20 quid?
0:51:59 > 0:52:01- Higher.- £50?
0:52:01 > 0:52:03- Higher.- £100?
0:52:06 > 0:52:07I'm not sure.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11I think that's where I'd put the reserve, about 100, 80-100.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13And I think it'll make 100-150.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18So, how did it do at auction?
0:52:20 > 0:52:22460, 480.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26- 500.- Well...- 500.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- 520. 550. - THEY LAUGH
0:52:29 > 0:52:33- £550! Megan, they love this. - Oh, my God.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35- 600.- My goodness me.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37- 680.- Didn't you find it in a house?
0:52:37 > 0:52:40- Yeah.- What is Auntie going to say?
0:52:40 > 0:52:42She'll go absolutely mental.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45She's going to go mental!
0:52:45 > 0:52:47I'm going mental, never mind my auntie.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52780, on the phone. 780.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55Would anyone else like in at £780?
0:52:55 > 0:53:01She has just put the hammer down at £780.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04£780 is an incredible price.
0:53:04 > 0:53:09If ivory is old, at least pre-1947, collectors won't be put off,
0:53:09 > 0:53:12sometimes paying big money to enjoy a piece of exquisite
0:53:12 > 0:53:15craftsmanship and artistry.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17So, if you come across a piece of ivory,
0:53:17 > 0:53:19what should you be looking out for?
0:53:19 > 0:53:22One of the things ivory can be mistaken for
0:53:22 > 0:53:24is the less valuable bone,
0:53:24 > 0:53:27but there are ways to tell which you have,
0:53:27 > 0:53:30as our expert, Michael Baggott, explains.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33- As you might know, most of these are ivory.- Yes.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36They're actually all from Japan.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40- Right.- And the earliest one is this one here,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43and funnily enough, he isn't ivory.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45He's bone.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48And you can tell that because you've got that very coarse
0:53:48 > 0:53:50open-work grain.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54Plastic is used as a cheap modern copy. Try sticking a hot pin in it.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57If it's ivory, the pin won't penetrate.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02And some people might try to fake the age, so in this minefield
0:54:02 > 0:54:09find an expert to help you make sure your ivory dates from before 1947.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16There is often an explosion of literary expression in wartime,
0:54:16 > 0:54:20and nowhere was this more evident than during World War I.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26The early years of one of England's most famous 20th-century poets
0:54:26 > 0:54:29was spent here at Rugby, where his father was a housemaster.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Rupert Brooke was an important contributor to Britain's collection
0:54:32 > 0:54:36of First World War poetry, and I've come to meet English teacher
0:54:36 > 0:54:38Richard Smith to find out more.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41He went off to fight in the First World War. Did he see any action?
0:54:41 > 0:54:44No. He died before he saw any action,
0:54:44 > 0:54:46died in 1915 on his way to Gallipoli.
0:54:46 > 0:54:51- He was quite excited about joining up and representing his country, wasn't he?- Yes.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54I think that's one of the reasons why Brooke's poetry is so different
0:54:54 > 0:54:57from the other First World War poets, simply because
0:54:57 > 0:55:00his poetry reflects that early optimism,
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- the euphoria of fighting. - Being the hero.- Yes.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08Blow, bugles, blow They brought us, for our dearth
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Holiness, lacked so long, and Love and Pain
0:55:11 > 0:55:15Honour has come back, as a king, to Earth
0:55:15 > 0:55:18And paid his subjects with a royal wage
0:55:18 > 0:55:21And Nobleness walks in our ways again
0:55:21 > 0:55:23And we have come into our heritage.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27It was believed that the war would be over by Christmas
0:55:27 > 0:55:29and so there was that kind of gung-ho attitude
0:55:29 > 0:55:31of fighting for King and country,
0:55:31 > 0:55:35which is reflected in his most famous war poem, The Soldier,
0:55:35 > 0:55:38where he says, "If I should die, think only this of me,"
0:55:38 > 0:55:42that he'll be there. In a part of a foreign country there'll be a bit of England left
0:55:42 > 0:55:45in the foreign lands where he died fighting.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48So that's certainly the sentiment in his poetry which is different
0:55:48 > 0:55:50from later writers.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54If I should die, think only this of me
0:55:54 > 0:55:56That there's some corner of a foreign field
0:55:56 > 0:55:58That is for ever England.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed
0:56:02 > 0:56:05A dust whom England bore, shaped and made aware
0:56:05 > 0:56:09Gave once her flowers to love, her ways to roam
0:56:09 > 0:56:13A body of England's, breathing English air
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20One of the war poets who actually went to the front line
0:56:20 > 0:56:24and described its horrors was fellow poet, Siegfried Sassoon.
0:56:25 > 0:56:29Sassoon's poetry sought to betray the ugly truths of the trenches
0:56:29 > 0:56:33to an audience lulled by patriotic propaganda.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36He was very scathing about those who stayed at home.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Who cheer when soldier lads march by
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Sneak home and pray you'll never know
0:56:46 > 0:56:49The hell where youth and laughter go.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52His poems also mocked the military top brass.
0:56:52 > 0:56:56No-one is sure who coined the phrase "lions led by donkeys"
0:56:56 > 0:57:00to describe the way the ordinary soldiers of the First World War
0:57:00 > 0:57:03were let down by inept commanders.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06But Sassoon certainly agreed with that point of view.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09"Good-morning, good-morning!" the General said
0:57:09 > 0:57:12When we met him last week on our way to the line
0:57:12 > 0:57:16Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead
0:57:16 > 0:57:19And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Sassoon did survive the war,
0:57:28 > 0:57:32but others, like fellow poet Wilfred Owen, died on the battlefield.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35What they gave us was an insight into war
0:57:35 > 0:57:38and also an incredible bounty of writing,
0:57:38 > 0:57:41now highly collectable as first editions.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46This first edition copy of writer Robert Graves' book
0:57:46 > 0:57:50Goodbye To All That, annotated in the margins by his friend,
0:57:50 > 0:57:54Siegfried Sassoon, astonishingly made over £31,000
0:57:54 > 0:57:57at auction in 2007.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00If you have a 20th-century first edition,
0:58:00 > 0:58:03look for a signature, as the price skyrockets.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05And don't get rid of the dust jacket!
0:58:05 > 0:58:08It can drive up the value if you have a mint condition copy.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12But most of all, enjoy a good read.
0:58:12 > 0:58:16A literary adventure can be as rewarding as a lucrative one.
0:58:16 > 0:58:20Many of us have got family war memorabilia sitting in cupboards
0:58:20 > 0:58:21and drawers at home.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24Of course, you may not want to sell it but do get it out
0:58:24 > 0:58:27and do some research, because you'll probably find the story
0:58:27 > 0:58:30behind it is absolutely priceless.
0:58:30 > 0:58:31I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:58:31 > 0:58:34Join me again soon for many more trade secrets.
0:58:49 > 0:58:52Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd