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0:01:07 > 0:01:10The majority of the items you bring along to our valuation days
0:01:10 > 0:01:14are comfortably familiar to all of our experts
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and their valuations are pretty accurate.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17But every now and then,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19you bring along something that takes us all by surprise.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22So today's programme is going to be dedicated
0:01:22 > 0:01:24to the weird and the wonderful
0:01:24 > 0:01:27that not only puts our experts to the test,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29but makes the programme so much fun.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Coming up on today's show - Philip tears a strip off one owner
0:01:38 > 0:01:42for mistreating a very strange-looking creation.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Some hooligan, over the years, boy, have they done some damage to it.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- I think that might be my fault. - What, you're the hooligan?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52580. 600.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Anita brings in a great result when she does her stuff on the rostrum.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57This is good. It's so rare.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01And I get the best surprise ever at a Valuation Day.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07That's one of the rarest things we've ever seen on the show.
0:02:07 > 0:02:0824,000.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- 26,000.- 26,000! I'm tingling.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Are you tingling?- Aye.- £26,000.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Now, it's often the case with all these with weird
0:02:21 > 0:02:24and wonderful things that turn up at our valuation days
0:02:24 > 0:02:28that generally, they are just normal household objects,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30except they are the eccentric versions,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32dressed up, in a way, to keep us guessing.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34To create a conversation.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Even the stuffy confines of the gentleman's study weren't
0:02:38 > 0:02:41exempt to this kind of practice.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Take, for example, the humble desktop object.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Some of them can be rather intriguing.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I absolutely love it.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- It's mad, isn't it? - It is. It is fun.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56We've got a Victorian desk weight and paperclip, desk clip.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03Cast in bronze as a monkey jockey riding what looks to be...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- I think it's a greyhound, isn't it? - I think it's a greyhound.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- Isn't it crazy? Only the Victorians would do such a thing.- Yes.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15It's one of the things that is humorous
0:03:15 > 0:03:20but the sad thing is you can actually imagine the Victorians
0:03:20 > 0:03:24doing it - dressing the monkey, tying him to greyhound and saying,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27"Ride." That's the frightening thing.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30You know, we're talking about a period where Rothschild
0:03:30 > 0:03:34decided to pull his chariot not with a horse, but with four zebra.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38The sort of man that would ride a giant tortoise with a stick
0:03:38 > 0:03:41asking for money and donations for his animal collection.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45This is a type of Victorian madness that was about then.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47How do you come to have such a fantastic thing?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Well, I inherited it from my mother, and she, in turn,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52inherited it from her parents.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55The centre for this type of work was Austria.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58There was one factory that always calls out for this
0:03:58 > 0:04:04sort of quality and that's Bergman. It's cold painted bronze.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Cold painted bronze is very expensive to produce
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and they come in a massive variety of shapes and sizes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16Some as small as that, some as large as that.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And the very large ones can be £10,000, £20,000.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Really rare. Wonderful, though.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25The fact that it's got its original paintwork means a lot
0:04:25 > 0:04:28because these things, because they were fun, because they were
0:04:28 > 0:04:30often novelty animals, kids got their hands on them
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and played with them. But, you know, really it's in not bad condition.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Well, considering it's probably, what, 100 years old.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- It was made, probably, 1870, 1890. - As long ago as that?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Yes, somewhere like that.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Whenever you paint metal, it flakes off quite easily
0:04:44 > 0:04:46so the important thing is condition.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49You sometimes see a cold painted bronze that's only got
0:04:49 > 0:04:5210% of the paint left, which isn't much fun.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58It's useful, it's practical, it's in good condition and it's novelty.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01And those three things are all in its favour.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04It was just a massive combination of good,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08saleable parts that made it do so well.
0:05:13 > 0:05:19Lot 523 is this superb cold painted bronze letter holder
0:05:19 > 0:05:25depicting a monkey sat upon a greyhound. Start me at 200.
0:05:25 > 0:05:33- Right, we're in.- 200 bid. Any advance on 200? 220. 240. 260. 280.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35300.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37320. 340.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40360. 380.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42400. 420.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45440. 460.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46480.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It's down to two people in the room.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53540. 560.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56580. 600.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00620. 640.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- 660.- This is good. It's so rare.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04680.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06£680.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11- Good gracious. - All done at 680. 680.- Yes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey, there. Anita worked that one out.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16She did.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Did I expect the little cold painted bronze to do better than
0:06:20 > 0:06:21the estimate?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Yes, I did.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29In terms of today's market, massive collectors' feel for it
0:06:29 > 0:06:31and really, really popular.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I'm just glad that today, we wouldn't actually do it for real.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Cold painted bronze
0:06:36 > 0:06:42when we have colour seems to give life to the bronze.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46These items are never cheap in the saleroom and the best of them
0:06:46 > 0:06:48can make a huge amount of money,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50but it's always good to collect these,
0:06:50 > 0:06:56and the more unusual, the better, but watch out for condition.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That's great advice, Anita.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01The weirder the item, the more money it will make,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03as long as it's in good condition.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09BELL CHIMES
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It's good, that, isn't it? I've been dying to do that for hours.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Kevin and Karen. Whose is this? - Mine.- It's yours?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I'm a great believer that it's back to the boys' toys things
0:07:18 > 0:07:20again and blokes definitely do buy things for their desk
0:07:20 > 0:07:22but I've got to say
0:07:22 > 0:07:25that I think that rams' horn thingummyjiggy-whatsit doo-dah,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27it does say something for your own ego
0:07:27 > 0:07:30if you have got to buy one of those to stuff on your desk, doesn't it?
0:07:30 > 0:07:36These are rams' horns. And you see them from about 1850 to about 1900.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41We start off with this quite sweet little circular clock up the top
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and then we've got our bell and I wonder
0:07:44 > 0:07:47whether that's to ring someone and tell them to, you know,
0:07:47 > 0:07:52come and collect my post, because this is actually a desk tidy.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55So it would have sat on your writing desk. Where'd it come from?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57It was my grandfather's.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Well, some hooligan, over the years,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01boy, have they done some damage to it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Do you know how they have done that? - I think that might be my fault.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05What, you're the hooligan?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Well, as a child, it was my job to clean it with Brasso.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Why didn't you go the whole hog and use a scratch brush as well?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I was 10 years old at the time. I knew no better.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- So, can you remember cleaning this initially?- Yes.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- And all this was silver?- No. - Can I just show you something?
0:08:20 > 0:08:26Can you just see there? That's silver. Or it's the plate.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- And you want to sell it.- I do.- So it's his but you want to sell it?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- I do.- How does that work, then?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- I'm just getting my own way again.- Again?- Again.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Is this the story of your life? - Sometimes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Kevin and Karen were a little bit at odds over the desk tidy
0:08:39 > 0:08:41but there is no doubt in my mind that Karen was going to have
0:08:41 > 0:08:45her way and it was going, and she was going to get the money.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I think if all of this was beautifully silver plated,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49it would look a whole different proposition.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52And then it could be worth £1,000 or more.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57I think, as it is, this is worth £300-£500. That's my view.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01If it makes, I don't know, £450, what would you do with that?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- Well...- Holiday.- Let's think about this for a moment.- Holiday.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09I can sense a family debate coming on. So a holiday here or here...
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- What is the "or"?- I've got a 1969 Mustang that I'm renovating.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Have you? Are you a car man? - Yes. Big petrolhead.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Let's get it sold for you.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25But will the bidders be as worried by the missing
0:09:25 > 0:09:28silver gilt as Philip was?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Start me that at, what, 500?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32400? 300. Two.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33£200 I'm bid. At 200. Two I am bid.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38At 200. 220. 250 the lady.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41250. 280. 280. At 300.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43£300 I am bid. At 300.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Well, we've sold it.- 320. 320. 350.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50380. At 380. Four, is it? £400.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53£400 I am bid. At 400. And 20.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- 420.- This is good.- 450. 480. 500.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59500 quid. 520.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02520. 550. 580.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03600 on the telephone.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07620. 650. 650. 680. 700.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12- What a fantastic price.- Brilliant. - 720 bid. 750. 780.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- 800.- Gosh.- 800. 850.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19900 I will take. 950.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22At 950, in the room.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- You all done? It's going to be sold.- £950!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30£950!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- I have to say, I'd rather have 950 quid.- So would I!
0:10:34 > 0:10:36So would I, that's why I'm selling it!
0:10:36 > 0:10:38These guys would as well!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That's going towards the restoration of the Mustang, is it?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44The Mustang, yes. And also Karen wants a bit for the holiday.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Oh, yes, you have got to treat Karen.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Wow! That's double what we were all expecting.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Wow, it might not have been the most beautiful object but two bidders
0:10:54 > 0:10:59were so keen on it, they were prepared to fight to the finish.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02I think that rams' horn desk tidy was probably bought
0:11:02 > 0:11:05for the export market. In all probability, America.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06And, you know, I think
0:11:06 > 0:11:10the Americans see their antique life as through what's
0:11:10 > 0:11:14reflected in this country and I think they see that as being
0:11:14 > 0:11:17the height of Victoriana and that's what they buy.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Just because the rams' horns aren't to our taste today,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23it doesn't mean they won't find a market
0:11:23 > 0:11:26so don't dismiss strange-looking objects out of hand.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Hi, Dave.- Hiya.- I love this.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I homed on this instantly I saw you in the queue with it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44It's a great little thing. It's a real Victorian novelty.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- How on earth did you come by it?- I was given it by a family friend.- OK.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Recently, or a while ago? - Recently.- Quite recently.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Just to let everyone else know what it is we're looking at here,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56if you just flip the hinge up, it's an inkwell.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00It's a real gentleman's collector's item, I guess.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Unusual one-off objects like this are notoriously difficult to value
0:12:03 > 0:12:05because as auctioneers,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08we often use comparable results to value objects.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I've seen one of these before, I've seen the type of thing.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15And you use your knowledge and experience to sort of second-guess.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19We'll take this to auction and there will be a lot of interest in it.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21People that collect sea-related items,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24people that collect brassware, people that collect inkwells,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27predominantly, will be the main bidding force.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30And I can see it making maybe a couple of hundred pounds.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33But when you've got things like this you've got no comparables
0:12:33 > 0:12:37to fall back on so you've got to go with your gut instinct.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Will people like it, why will they like it,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41how much can they afford to push it up to?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So it becomes less of an accurate estimate,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and a little bit more of a guesstimate.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50A round figure of, say, £100 would be a good reserve
0:12:50 > 0:12:53but don't be surprised if it makes more than that and goes on.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Are you happy to do that?- Yes.- OK.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00If I like it, then surely someone else there is mad enough to like it
0:13:00 > 0:13:01and lo and behold, they did.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Cast brass lobster-pattern desk inkwell. Novel item.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10- Three bids on the books. 140. - Three bids.- We're starting at £140.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Looking for 150. 150. 160. 170.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15If you're going to buy and sell curiosities,
0:13:15 > 0:13:20make sure they are curios, OK? Don't buy bland, mainstream items.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Find things that make people sit and say, gosh, what is that?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26180. 190.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29200. And 10. 220. 230.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- This is more like it. - 240. Anybody at 240?
0:13:33 > 0:13:39Bid is in the room at £230. Standing at 230 and selling at £230.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Yes, the hammer's gone down.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45That's a "sold" sound. £230. They loved it.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49So if you're buying curios, the curiouser, the better.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Desk items are, to me, wonderful.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I love the idea of sitting at a desk and writing,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05rather than sitting at a screen and typing words in.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Desk items are popular. They make great presents today.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16They're very decorative, they are very varied.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20There are some very, very keen collectors out there.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Something a bit unusual and a bit different as a gift,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29a little desktop item, is a great thing to have.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31And the more unusual they are, I think,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36the more readily they are going to be chased up to a high price.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42In the 19th century, as the middle classes grew richer
0:14:42 > 0:14:46and more influential, a gentleman's desk became a status symbol
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and the Victorians were masters of making strange
0:14:49 > 0:14:53and wonderful desktop objects to place upon it.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01What all these desktop status symbols have in common is
0:15:01 > 0:15:05they are still worth hundreds of pounds today and apparently,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07the odder, the better.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11But talking of weird, I've never seen anything like these before.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Come on, Ken, tell me a bit about these?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17They are originally from my great grandparents, who owned a farm.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Obviously, it was a well-loved cow and they mounted two of the hooves.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25I'm not sure whether all four were done or not but certainly the two.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I love the cow's hooves.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28A great family history.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33They were quite an unusual item. You don't very often find cow's hooves.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36They were in place on a sideboard in my grandmother's house.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40When she passed on and I don't think anybody else in the family wanted them,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42we took them and we've had them in the cupboard ever since.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- And you don't really care for them? - No.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- But the nice thing is, the name is on the top of the lids.- Yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Mulberry and her dates, as well. - Yeah.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56They preserved the hooves as a memory of the animal.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59It's usually horses' hooves, your favourite hunter,
0:15:59 > 0:16:00the best racehorse you've owned.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03But, in this instance, it was a favoured cow.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- And, of course, they're an inkwell.- Yes.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09If we lift the hinged lid.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Erm, and then in this one we've got the little glass well,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14which you would put the ink in.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17It's a memorial of the cow.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20So every time you look at the ink well, you think of Mulberry.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25And there are collectors of all sorts of taxidermy
0:16:25 > 0:16:28and I've always found the horses' hooves sell quite well
0:16:28 > 0:16:30but not for a huge amount.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- We are probably looking in the region of 40 to £60.- Really?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37That's surprising. I thought, maybe, the price a joint of beef
0:16:37 > 0:16:39that we were going to buy.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I say, is that what you're spending the money on?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46'Now let's see how much of a guesstimate that was, Claire.'
0:16:46 > 0:16:48One of you start me on this, £40, for the hooves?
0:16:48 > 0:16:5140, quickly. 40, thank you. 5 anywhere else?
0:16:51 > 0:16:5345 and 50. And 5?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55And 60, and 5?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58£60 front row. 65 and 70 says "No".
0:16:58 > 0:17:0065 a fresh bid. 70 anywhere else?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03At £65 for the hooves. I'm selling the hooves at £65.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Are you sure then at £65?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07The hammer's gone down.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- That's a good price for a pair. - That is.- That's really good.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Even with today's prices, you should get a nice joint of beef
0:17:12 > 0:17:14for that, shouldn't you?
0:17:14 > 0:17:19People are more concerned about bits of animals being sold
0:17:19 > 0:17:22but where you're talking about unendangered species like this,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25there is a strong market. There are people out there that love them!
0:17:30 > 0:17:34'Flea markets and general auction sales are the best places to buy
0:17:34 > 0:17:37'unusual objects but make sure it's something you genuinely love
0:17:37 > 0:17:42'and can live with, as they won't always be great investment pieces.'
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Quirky sales, unusual sales,
0:17:45 > 0:17:50the salerooms are full of bland, mass-produced objects.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53But those one-off, unique items, there is
0:17:53 > 0:17:55a buyer out there somewhere for it.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01The wackier the better and don't be frightened to have a go
0:18:01 > 0:18:04if you see something cheap, pick it up, go home,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06have a bit of fun, do some research.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09You might find something which is valuable, you might not,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11but it'll still be a lovely object to look at.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Now when you think of weird and wonderful,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20you wouldn't necessarily think a chair fits the bill, but it does.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23When we think of furniture construction,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26you straightaway think of, let's say, a carpenter and a joiner,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29somebody that assembles and makes pieces of furniture,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31tables and chairs, hence the name joiner,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35joining the wood together with mortice and tenon joints.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Then you would ask a wood turner to apply some decoration,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42maybe in the form of some split bobbins that are applied afterwards
0:18:42 > 0:18:44or to turn the odd leg or two.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Well, it wood turner obviously got frustrated in the 17th century
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and he said, "I can make something that's practical and functional
0:18:51 > 0:18:54"and it's not just decoration, it's a piece of furniture!
0:18:54 > 0:18:58"It's a chair!" Here we have a wonderful, one of the best examples
0:18:58 > 0:19:03I've ever seen in my life of a 17th-century wood turner's chair.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08Apart from that seat, everything here has been made in the round,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11turned on a pole lathe in the woods.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15He's shown some great skill here because look at the ornamentation,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18all of these turnings are slightly different.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23It is wonderful. It would have taken hours and hours to do,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26but it is not that comfortable.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30It is very uncomfortable and it takes up a lot of room.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34It's hardly surprising these turner's chairs didn't take off
0:19:34 > 0:19:38but, nevertheless, this one is as good as it gets.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48'I'm lucky enough to see some fantastically unusual antiques.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52'Sometimes their strange shapes will have an unexpected purpose
0:19:52 > 0:19:55'but three years ago in Scotland I was blown away to find
0:19:55 > 0:20:00'an object made of something that hardly ever comes onto the market.'
0:20:00 > 0:20:04This has to be one of the nicest things I've ever seen on "Flog It!"
0:20:04 > 0:20:07And possibly one of the most valuable items
0:20:07 > 0:20:09we've ever had on the show.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- You know what this is, don't you? - It's a Libation Cup.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15It's a Libation Cup. It's a ceremonial drinking vessel.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- Do you know what it's made of?- Wood?
0:20:18 > 0:20:22It's got a grain in, hasn't it? You can see there is a grain detail.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Lots of compressed hair but it's rhinoceros horn.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Yes. This dates back,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32last quarter of the 18th-century.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35We read about the visit of "Flog It!"
0:20:35 > 0:20:41And Evelyn, my sister insisted on taking the Libation Cup,
0:20:41 > 0:20:46which, I must admit, I thought was just made of ordinary wood.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I spotted one that was sold at Christie's so I thought
0:20:49 > 0:20:53ours was worth something, so I took it to the valuation.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Let's just talk about the damage. You can see how it was used
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- as a ceremonial drinking vessel, can't you?- Yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01There are one or two chips,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03there's bits of damage to the horn
0:21:03 > 0:21:06and here we've got some mythical beasts climbing the side of the cup.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Half a head's missing there. Can you see that?
0:21:09 > 0:21:13But, if you turn it over, you can actually see the compressed hair
0:21:13 > 0:21:17and almost the grain of the horn.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Can you see that, that's definitely Horn?
0:21:20 > 0:21:26That's one of the rarest things we've ever seen on the show.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Mum, she inherited it from my grandfather.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31He had travelled the world.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34We actually thought it was African to start with
0:21:34 > 0:21:36but it turned out to be Chinese
0:21:36 > 0:21:38so we're not really... he dabbled in antiques,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40so we're not really sure where he got it
0:21:40 > 0:21:45but she obviously inherited it but she didn't realise what she had.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Where has it been in your house?
0:21:46 > 0:21:51This has spent many years in a glass cabinet,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- kept in our living room. - So you've been looking after it.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56How much do you think that's worth?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Well, listening to what you've said...
0:22:03 > 0:22:07You've said you think it's slightly valuable?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10A couple of hundred pounds?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12A couple of hundred, yeah?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15A couple of hundred pounds.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I've got to be so careful here.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20We've got to do an awful lot more research.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23OK? But do you know what my gut feeling is?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25It's a lot more than that?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27A heck of a lot more.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30My gut feeling is this is worth eight...
0:22:30 > 0:22:33..to £12,000.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34- Oh!- Yes.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Then they said, how about 12,000?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Everybody went, "Oh," you know.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45So that's when we discovered it was actually worth something.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- It could be even more than eight to £12,000.- I'm quite happy.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Quite happy?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55The easiest thing to do is take it to an auction where the public
0:22:55 > 0:22:59can bid on it because the auctioneer will get this on a website
0:22:59 > 0:23:04that will go all over the world so people, in all countries,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06can place their bids.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09We won't even bother discussing a reserve
0:23:09 > 0:23:11and putting pen to paper at the moment
0:23:11 > 0:23:14because I do need a second opinion on this.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Let's wait for that, OK,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19and we'll get on the phone to you within a couple of weeks' time.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Hopefully we're going to find out exactly what this is worth.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27There's been an international ban on trading in rhino horn
0:23:27 > 0:23:32for more than 35 years but it is legal to sell carved items
0:23:32 > 0:23:35made before 1947.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Tom and his sister, Evelyn, will have to wait a little bit longer as
0:23:40 > 0:23:44we send the Libation Cup to Bonhams in London for further investigation.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48We'll find out later what the auction house thinks.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57We do see some weird and wonderful things on "Flog It!"
0:23:57 > 0:24:03But we don't usually get the chance to see what curiosities the experts have at home.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08One of Will Axon's favourites is a cool piece of retro technology.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Well, nowadays, you don't think twice about reaching
0:24:11 > 0:24:14into your pocket, do you, and pulling out what is, essentially,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16a minicomputer. We've all got smartphones.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19If you're lost, you press a button and it'll tell you where you are.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Imagine the high-powered business meeting in the mid-'70s
0:24:23 > 0:24:26where you were number crunching and the chap opposite you
0:24:26 > 0:24:30pulled out of his pocket what can only be described
0:24:30 > 0:24:35as a very stylish pocket calculator here. You would tremble in your boots, wouldn't you?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39You'd think I'm up against the big man here, I'm going to have to pull my game together
0:24:39 > 0:24:42because this is a Sovereign calculator
0:24:42 > 0:24:45made by Sir Clive Sinclair.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I actually went to school with Sir Clive's nephew
0:24:49 > 0:24:53so we kind of got some early insights into the designs.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I remember when everyone else brought their bikes to school,
0:24:56 > 0:25:00he turned up with a C5 and had souped it up with a couple of batteries.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05It went some and, Sir Clive, he was obsessed
0:25:05 > 0:25:07with miniaturisation of electronics.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11He was very much forward thinking and how can I make things smaller
0:25:11 > 0:25:16and slicker and more designed, more contemporary looking?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19It was his downfall, really,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21because he ended up concentrating more on that
0:25:21 > 0:25:25than he did with things such as quality control and cost
0:25:25 > 0:25:29because this, at the time, would have cost you two weeks' wages, about £30.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32I've just got to get a couple of batteries to replace
0:25:32 > 0:25:35the mercury filled ones and I think I might be pulling that out
0:25:35 > 0:25:38at a client's house or two just to work out my commission.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42No, Sir Clive, I love it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44'If you are interested in technology,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47'look out for the early items that were trailblazers
0:25:47 > 0:25:52'in their design and technology, if you want to make money.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55'A rare Apple 1 computer sold recently, at auction,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58'for £442,000.'
0:26:02 > 0:26:05'When I'm looking for extraordinary treasures, my favourite place
0:26:05 > 0:26:08'has to be the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11'I went there recently for a look around.'
0:26:12 > 0:26:16The world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London
0:26:16 > 0:26:19has over 4.5 million exhibits in its collection
0:26:19 > 0:26:22which does create a bit of a dilemma for me today
0:26:22 > 0:26:27because we can't possibly see them all. Which ones do I choose?
0:26:27 > 0:26:30There's a very impressive 145 galleries here, showcasing items
0:26:30 > 0:26:35from ancient art, right through to 20th-century design.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38With a wealth of art and design history at my feet,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42I thought I'd show you some of the V&A's more unusual treasures,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44some items you wouldn't expect to see
0:26:44 > 0:26:48and some of them are on a rather large proportion.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55As you walk around the museum, you can pick up gems of knowledge
0:26:55 > 0:26:57about well-documented names.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Thomas Gainsborough, for example,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03the fashionable celebrity portrait painter of the 18th-century.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Now, right now, you're expecting me to show you a portrait by him,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09aren't you, but I'm not. I'm going to show you this.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11In the 1780s he invented this box
0:27:11 > 0:27:14because he created a series of paintings on glass,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18landscapes and he wanted them to be seen through this show box.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22The idea was you dropped the glass down here with the image on it.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It was lit at the back by candlelight
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and the idea was you looked through the lens at the front,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30this was a magnifying lens and you saw the image
0:27:30 > 0:27:33and it really did intensify it. It brought nature to life.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37There you go, something quirky about a talented artist,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39dating back to the 1780s.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41You can learn it all in here.
0:27:43 > 0:27:49Other museum pieces were saved from destruction by being rehomed here at the V&A.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Take this room, for instance.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56If I step inside here, come with me, this is one complete exhibit.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00It's taken from a house in Bromley-by-Bow in East London.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03The house was built in 1606
0:28:03 > 0:28:07but just before it was going to be demolished in 1894,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11it was transplanted here to the museum in all of its glory,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15from the ceiling with that deep plaster relief up there,
0:28:15 > 0:28:16very fashionable in its day,
0:28:16 > 0:28:21to the most wonderful fielded oak panels on the wall.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Right down to the carving all around the mantel of this fireplace.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29It's all thanks to a campaign led by the Arts and Crafts designer,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32CR Ashbee, that architectural detail like this
0:28:32 > 0:28:36has been saved for the nation and thank goodness, as well.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38This was one of the first.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41I must say, I have been instantly transported back
0:28:41 > 0:28:45to the early part of the 17th century,
0:28:45 > 0:28:48right down to the creaky oak floorboards.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Incidentally, that's the only thing that's replica in here.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Now if you like show stoppers, take a look at this staircase.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01It's absolutely spectacular.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I think it has to be one of my favourite things here in the museum.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07What a thing to exhibit. It's something that you wouldn't expect to see.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Just look at the grand scale of this.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11This was taken from a house in Brittany.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13You can imagine the size of the house it came from.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Obviously, the owner would have been of incredibly high status.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Just look at the detail and the condition
0:29:19 > 0:29:23considering all of this dates back
0:29:23 > 0:29:25to the 1520s.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29I'm amazed, I'm amazed it's here, all in one piece.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31It really does now look like a work of art.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35It's the most beautiful silhouette in this new extension,
0:29:35 > 0:29:38the new wing of the museum.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42'So I've shown you the museum has all sorts of rare treasures
0:29:42 > 0:29:44'but there's also the unexpected.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46'Here in the factory ceramics gallery are some objects
0:29:46 > 0:29:49we are all more familiar with.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54And proudly on display here we also see a few "Flog It!" favourites,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57things that turn up regularly at our valuation day.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Items like Clarice Cliff and Cornishware made by TG Green.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04The great thing is, most of us have got these design classics at home
0:30:04 > 0:30:06that we use day in and day out.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Here they are as part of a prestigious collection
0:30:09 > 0:30:11here in the V&A.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It just goes to show we can all have, and own,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15a little bit of this art history.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27That was just the tip of the iceberg of the huge collection
0:30:27 > 0:30:31that's on display here at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34not just for me to enjoy, but for the whole nation
0:30:34 > 0:30:37and, really, it's not just about individual pieces in the context
0:30:37 > 0:30:40of the bigger collection everything that's here,
0:30:40 > 0:30:44it helps us understand the bygone eras in different periods of our history
0:30:44 > 0:30:48and also appreciate the endeavours of craftsmen and craftswomen
0:30:48 > 0:30:51and their artistic legacies.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59'Still to come on today's show one of our owners gets a big surprise
0:30:59 > 0:31:02'when she finds out what she's brought for valuation.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I can't believe it!
0:31:04 > 0:31:05SHE LAUGHS
0:31:05 > 0:31:09'We tell you how to make money on cold painted bronzes.'
0:31:09 > 0:31:14- How much did you pay for this? - £1?- £1?- Yeah.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16£1, you see, it is all out there.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18'And we find out what happened to our owners
0:31:18 > 0:31:23'after the rhino horn cup was put up for sale at a London auction house.'
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Who would like to start this?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27£5,000 for it? £5,000...
0:31:27 > 0:31:30'Tom and Evelyn are on tenterhooks as Bonhams complete
0:31:30 > 0:31:33their investigation of the Libation Cup.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36'Chinese art specialist, Angela McAteer,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40'has been looking after our cup ever since the valuation day
0:31:40 > 0:31:43'and, with her expertise, she'll have some insider knowledge.'
0:31:43 > 0:31:46It dates to the 17th/18th century,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49most probably to the period of the Kangxi Emperor,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52who was the first great emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56He reigned from 1662 to 1722
0:31:56 > 0:31:59and, you have on either side,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02er, towtier masks
0:32:02 > 0:32:05and you've got chilong dragons carved in high relief,
0:32:05 > 0:32:10which are typified by their split tails and their single horns
0:32:10 > 0:32:14and their heads poke up over the rim.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19'Remember the damage when we first saw the Libation Cup.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23'Well, the auction house recommended restoration to Tom and he agreed.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26We've used a person who is really the top restorer
0:32:26 > 0:32:29in the country for any sort of organic Chineseware
0:32:29 > 0:32:32and if you were looking at it, and didn't know that it was restored,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36then it would be very difficult to tell. The really positive thing
0:32:36 > 0:32:38though is that the horn hasn't dried out over the years.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41What we often see in Western collections,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43that have rhinoceros horns,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45is that they've been put in direct sunlight,
0:32:45 > 0:32:48or they have been put near a radiator
0:32:48 > 0:32:51and it really sucks the life out of them
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and they lose their colour and their appeal.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57This has a wonderful lustre and a wonderful texture.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01So, it's obviously been kept in a fairly humid environment which,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05over the years, has retained its nice qualities.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08'So it sounds like sitting in a cabinet in Scotland for years
0:33:08 > 0:33:10'has actually been in its favour
0:33:10 > 0:33:14but will this specialist work to repair it be worth it?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17The restoration costs were around £600
0:33:17 > 0:33:22and that amount is deducted from the final proceeds of the sale.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Really, it may sound like a lot of money
0:33:26 > 0:33:29but when you think of the difference that it will make
0:33:29 > 0:33:31in the final hammer price on the day,
0:33:31 > 0:33:33I think it's a very sensible investment.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37'Angela agrees with my valuation of eight to £12,000
0:33:37 > 0:33:40'and we'll see how far the bidders are prepared to go
0:33:40 > 0:33:43'a little bit later in the programme.'
0:33:45 > 0:33:48If our valuation days are anything to go by,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51there's a whole world of weird and wonderful out there
0:33:51 > 0:33:53in the homes of Great Britain.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56We've seen most things turn up at our valuation days
0:33:56 > 0:33:59but there's always room for more to get our experts excited.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04They really love the odd end of the oddities spectrum.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11My tip for the weird and wonderful is get out there and try and find something.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Buy something you've got no idea what it is because that's the sort
0:34:14 > 0:34:17of thing that might catch the eye of someone else in the auction room.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Keep your eyes peeled
0:34:22 > 0:34:25because they'll turn up in the most extraordinary places at times.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Now weird items can be real strange part of the market
0:34:31 > 0:34:34and it's actually is where you can find
0:34:34 > 0:34:37a real high-value gem for not a lot of money.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43'Mark can always be relied upon to spot the weird and the wonderful that you bring in.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47'And, actually, it's hard for anyone else to get a look in!'
0:34:48 > 0:34:52I love it. It's so wacky, isn't it?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Now, I've seen some things on "Flog It!" in my time
0:34:56 > 0:35:00but I haven't come across an old piece of rope like this.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I've often asked myself,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05why on earth do I end up with the weird and wonderful?
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Oh, and then you guide it, do you? Oh!
0:35:09 > 0:35:12I think it's because I like eccentric items,
0:35:12 > 0:35:13and a lot of people don't,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16so it ends up on my table, and am I bothered?
0:35:16 > 0:35:19No. Bring it on.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21This is a fascinating item you've brought in to show us.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Really charming, actually.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29I think it's a charming, quirky object. It's really bitten me.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33There we go. Touchdown.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- Veronica, Natalie.- Yes, Mark.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- How nice to see you here in sunny Folkestone.- Oh, yes.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Now, you've brought this wonderful lemon juicer in.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Where did it come from?
0:35:44 > 0:35:48It was my grandmother's, and had gone through the family to my aunt,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51who died just after Christmas, and she left it to me.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- And have you squeezed anything in it?- No, no, no.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- I haven't been that daring. - Adventurous.- No, no!
0:35:57 > 0:36:00It's from the sort of aesthetic period in Victorian design,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03where they were really trying new ways
0:36:03 > 0:36:06of producing household objects, really.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08And we've got this really wacky design.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11You can see here, two little glasses would have gone in here.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14But then the really wonderful part is,
0:36:14 > 0:36:19when you open the lid up here, and you lift this out,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22you put the lemon or the orange in there,
0:36:22 > 0:36:26and then when you close it, and close that bit
0:36:26 > 0:36:29and then push that down, you really squeeze all the juice,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31and then underneath, there are some little holes there.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34You put the glass in the middle, and the juice comes into there.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- Would it work, do you think? - I think it would work, yes.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- I mean, I'm not sure how hygienic it would be.- Sure!
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Well, we looked underneath. We've got a lovely set of marks.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- We've got H & H there. Do you know what that stands for?- No.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- That stands for a firm called Hukin & Heath.- Ah!
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Now, Hukin & Heath had a very interesting factory,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56because they produced a lot of silver-plated wares,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59and they had one designer who worked for them for a while,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02who was very important to Victorian design,
0:37:02 > 0:37:04and that's Christopher Dresser.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Hukin and Heath are very well known,
0:37:06 > 0:37:10largely through their design influences by Christopher Dresser,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13but they are a very good manufacturing company,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16so yes, they are a good name to look out for,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19and again, you can find them very inexpensively,
0:37:19 > 0:37:23because not everybody knows what H & H stands for.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Well, I think we should put this in for auction
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- with an estimate of £2-£300.- Really?
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- Good grief!- I didn't think it was worth that much.- Neither did I!
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Really? That surprised you?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- We were saying sort of £80, maybe. - 80-120.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Well, that's a typical auctioneer's estimate.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I wish I'd known that, I would've said 80 to 120!
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Could have got away with a bit cheaper then!
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Christopher Dresser designed across the board -
0:37:48 > 0:37:50ceramics, silver, silver plate,
0:37:50 > 0:37:52furniture, fabrics, textiles.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55So if you want to collect Christopher Dresser,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57it could be quite difficult, because not everything is signed.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00However, there are good reference books out there,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03and if you want to start collecting his work,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06you can pick up tiles and smaller ceramic pieces
0:38:06 > 0:38:07for tens of pounds.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17248 is the plated barman's friend. £100?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Unusual item, there.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22100 for someone? Anybody want it?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Deathly hush out there. No-one want this?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Can't see another bid.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- 75, then.- I can't believe it. - Pass it, then.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Can't squeeze a bit out of anybody, then?
0:38:34 > 0:38:38I have no idea why there wasn't a bid on that juicer.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41I think they must have all gone to sleep. It was wonderful.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44We may have been unlucky that day,
0:38:44 > 0:38:48but it's always worth investigating, especially sales for kitchenalia,
0:38:48 > 0:38:50if you want to sell something similar.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56It just goes to show - quirky objects aren't to everyone's taste,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58but that's the appeal of the unusual,
0:38:58 > 0:39:02and experienced auctioneers like Adam know that something
0:39:02 > 0:39:05out of the ordinary is usually a winner with the bidders.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09You've brought along something that I've never seen before.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Where did you get this bowling ball decanter from?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Singapore.- Right.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- And when did you get it? - 1968.- Right.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19So, would you like to demonstrate what it does?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Take the top off and you've got a drink set.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Then you take the decanter out.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- And then it plays.- Then it plays.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30What's the song that it's playing?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Oh, it's Oh What A Beautiful Morning, isn't it? OK.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Let's put that back in, and that stops it playing.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43This isn't the sort of piece that I'd want to buy to own,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46but when I did it, I did appreciate it, because it's fun, isn't it?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49I mean, you see that, and you probably think, "how kitsch,"
0:39:49 > 0:39:51"it reminds me of the '60s", or something like that,
0:39:51 > 0:39:54and I think that's where the appeal was with that.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- Do you play bowls? - I used to in Singapore.- Right.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Did you live in Singapore? - My husband was in the RAF.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Right, OK.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I bet it brings back some memories, doesn't it?
0:40:06 > 0:40:10It does. It's the place where I adopted my son, in Singapore.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- He's here today, isn't he? - He's here today.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15He's a nice boy, isn't he? I met him as well.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- So you're having a clear-out. - I'm having a clear-out.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Well, it's a quirky object, and there's more and more people
0:40:21 > 0:40:23interested in 20th century novelty stuff.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25I don't know it's going to make a lot, really.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- I'm not bothered about that, Adam.- OK.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29But we'll put it in the auction.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- I'm just happy to meet you lot.- Awww!
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Excellent. We'll put an estimate of £20-£40, shall we?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38This piece, the bowling ball,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40it's not exactly part of the family heritage,
0:40:40 > 0:40:44so the lady, she's getting older and we see this quite often,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47a lot of people want to see things sold in their own lifetime.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49"I don't want to leave it to my children.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52"It'll all end up in a skip," is something we hear quite often.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54So, I can see why they want to sell things
0:40:54 > 0:40:56and actually have the fun out of seeing it sold,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59and maybe get to spend the money themselves too.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09780, the Japanese bowler's decanter.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Rather unusual with the musical movement.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14And I have bids on this, and we started at 12 bid.
0:41:14 > 0:41:1612 bid, 12 bid, 12 bid, 12 bid.
0:41:16 > 0:41:1815, 18,
0:41:18 > 0:41:2020. 22. 25.
0:41:20 > 0:41:2328. 30. 32. 35.
0:41:23 > 0:41:2538. 40.
0:41:25 > 0:41:2742. 42.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28This is good!
0:41:28 > 0:41:3242. 45. 45. 45. Anyone else want in?
0:41:32 > 0:41:36At 45. At £45!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Yeah!- Very good. - All the skittles down there.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44- Adam said that they'd be about that. - He did, didn't he?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46He knows his onions, Adam does.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49I think there are an increasing number of buyers
0:41:49 > 0:41:51of this kind of thing, the sort of thing
0:41:51 > 0:41:55we would have dismissed 10 or 20 years ago as pretty cheap,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58tatty sort of things, but now it's retro, isn't it?
0:41:58 > 0:42:00It's vintage, it's pretty cool,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04and I think there is a resurgence in this type of thing.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Those kitsch plastic items from the '50s and '60s
0:42:07 > 0:42:10you've got hiding in the loft could be worth money,
0:42:10 > 0:42:15so dust them off and look for a mid-century sale to put them in.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22There are many shops, fairs and auctions that cater for vintage
0:42:22 > 0:42:26or mid-century items, and you could find them online.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Focus on one area that interests you,
0:42:28 > 0:42:32and read up on the subject if you want to get ahead of the game.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Now and again, someone innocently turns up at a valuation day
0:42:41 > 0:42:45without realising they've brought along something extraordinary,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48and that's when the experts can really have some fun.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52James had his turn in Bolton back in 2006.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55What a fantastic collection of walking sticks.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56We've got all types here.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Now, are these things that you've collected over the years
0:42:59 > 0:43:01or are they family things?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04No, my husband died last year and they were his father's.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05They're all shapes and sizes,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08and different sort of qualities as well.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10This is fantastic.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Made from hardwood, probably made in India,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15and each piece of that decoration
0:43:15 > 0:43:17is in an individual silver nail head.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19About 100 years old. Now, that one.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21HE LAUGHS
0:43:21 > 0:43:22That's the most interesting one.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26Owned by your father-in-law. I'm going to have a guess here.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30- A dairy farmer or a farmer. - Just a farmer.- A farmer.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33- Did he ever have beast at all? - Yes, some.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37- Because do you have any idea what that is made from?- No, I don't.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40It's a walking stick made from a bull's penis.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44- What, the whole stick?- Yes.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47And you'd think, "Wow," wouldn't you?
0:43:47 > 0:43:49But that's exactly what it is.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52It is the most amazing object you'd ever think.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54But she was shocked, wasn't she?
0:43:54 > 0:43:58She was genuinely shocked, and I'm not surprised.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01I think anyone in their right mind would be shocked
0:44:01 > 0:44:03to hear what people would do to a bull.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05But there was a tradition,
0:44:05 > 0:44:08especially around the dairy farming community, of doing that.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13Between 1860 and 1900, there was this strange fashion.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14Mind you, waste not, want not.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- So, what's the handle made of? - Same thing.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24- It's got an iron rod down the centre to make it even worse.- Oh, right!
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- But some of them are a bit bendy. - I can't believe it!
0:44:26 > 0:44:28THEY LAUGH
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Now we've got to try and put a value on it. I can tell you one thing.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32One thing is for sure.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36It was worth a lot more to the bull than it was to anybody else,
0:44:36 > 0:44:40so if we said £60-£100, as a little group,
0:44:40 > 0:44:41put them all together,
0:44:41 > 0:44:44- it's certainly a talking point, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49And there was more fun to be had at the saleroom,
0:44:49 > 0:44:53when we took the collection to be sold by Adam Partridge.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56There's a few exotic ones here,
0:44:56 > 0:44:58depending on which way you look at them.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00There's mahogany ones, some ebony ones,
0:45:00 > 0:45:04and there's rather an unusual one, which James picked out.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05- Did he pick that one out?- Yes.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08- Well, you know what it is, don't you?- Yes, I do.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Yes, I've had great fun with it, because when it arrived,
0:45:11 > 0:45:14I went round passing it around all the ladies in the office.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16- And asking them what they thought it was made of.- Right.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20None of them knew. Then, when I told them it was made from
0:45:20 > 0:45:22a bull's penis, they were... quite shocked.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25They were running down to the bathroom to wash their hands,
0:45:25 > 0:45:27and I wasn't the most popular person that day.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29We've catalogued it as a bull's pizzle,
0:45:29 > 0:45:31- which I believe is... - That's the correct term.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32..the correct terminology.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35But it is one of those Victorian/Edwardian
0:45:35 > 0:45:37quirky things which people love.
0:45:39 > 0:45:4189. There we are.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46It's the bull's pizzle walking stick and various others.
0:45:46 > 0:45:47A good collection of walking sticks.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51One of those is made from a bull's penis, did you know that?
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Is that why you're smiling?
0:45:54 > 0:45:5789. There we are. Seven of these in the lot.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59£100. £100 for a bull's pizzle.
0:45:59 > 0:46:0350? 50 bid. At 50 bid. Five now anywhere?
0:46:03 > 0:46:05At £50, I have.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07At £50, a lot of fanning. Five. 60.
0:46:07 > 0:46:0965 here. 70. 75.
0:46:09 > 0:46:1180. 85?
0:46:11 > 0:46:1280 in the room still.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14£80. 90, sir.
0:46:14 > 0:46:1690 in the room still.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19At £90, at £90, 95. 100.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23£100 in the room still. At 100, take 10. 110.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25- 120.- It's a good decorative collection.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- It is.- 160. 170. 170.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32180. 210. 220.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34230 now. 220 in the room.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37220 in the room. All finished now at 220.
0:46:37 > 0:46:38We sell, then?
0:46:38 > 0:46:42230. 240. At £240...
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Oh, yeah! That's a sold sound. £240.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48June, I hope you're watching,
0:46:48 > 0:46:50and I hope you have a big smile on your face.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Well, that really appealed to my puerile, infantile sense of humour.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57I've seen a couple in the past, but this was a lovely example.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Of course, you do know that it was stretched to make it.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10The market for oddities seems to be recession-proof,
0:47:10 > 0:47:12so if you happen across something weird and wonderful
0:47:12 > 0:47:16and it suits your budget, snap it up there and then.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20It could prove to be one of the best investments you've ever made.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25There's always a buzz of excitement in our evaluation days,
0:47:25 > 0:47:29when a cold painted bronze turns up at one of our tables.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31What I really like are the devils.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34I find them really fascinating.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Will it be a Franz Bergman and worth thousands of pounds?
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Well, they do vary in subject and condition,
0:47:40 > 0:47:43so watch carefully if you want to learn more.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Bronzes come in all shapes and sizes,
0:47:49 > 0:47:51and big isn't necessarily always best.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52Lovely little model.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55A lovely little thing, and I think it'll do very, very well.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57- I like him.- Very collectable.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00It's worth looking out for these at auctions and car-boot sales,
0:48:00 > 0:48:04where animal examples can be found relatively cheaply.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08- How much did you pay for this? - A pound.- A pound!- Yes.- A pound!
0:48:08 > 0:48:10You see, it is all out there.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12In the late 19th and early 20th century,
0:48:12 > 0:48:14there were dozens of factories in Vienna
0:48:14 > 0:48:18producing cold-plated bronzes of all kinds of subjects.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20After being cast,
0:48:20 > 0:48:24the bronzes were decorated with layers of polychrome paint,
0:48:24 > 0:48:27which was not fired to fix it to the metal,
0:48:27 > 0:48:28giving rise to the name.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32The technique meant the paint was easily damaged
0:48:32 > 0:48:34and often flaked away, so it's important that you pay
0:48:34 > 0:48:38attention to condition when buying these bronzes.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42The most famous of the artists working in Vienna was Franz Bergman,
0:48:42 > 0:48:44whose vibrantly-coloured bronzes,
0:48:44 > 0:48:48with their incredibly detailed decoration,
0:48:48 > 0:48:50stood out above all others.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54Cold painted bronzes on Flog It! often fetch hundreds of pounds,
0:48:54 > 0:48:57and this stag made £1,100 at auction.
0:48:57 > 0:49:01But a rare example could set you back up to £20,000.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05Selling at £1,100. The bid is with Chris at 1,100.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Keep your eyes open for Bergman's distinctive signature marks,
0:49:12 > 0:49:15especially Namgreb, which is Birdman spelt backwards,
0:49:15 > 0:49:18which he often used to sign the more erotic pieces
0:49:18 > 0:49:22where naked women were hidden beneath innocent interiors.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27The floodlit experts are also collectors of all sorts
0:49:27 > 0:49:31of unusual items that they pick up on their travels.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34And Mark Stacey's best friend is the perfect example.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Now, this little weird and wonderful chappie
0:49:38 > 0:49:41is really significant to me, because it's made out of
0:49:41 > 0:49:46the most ridiculous, disposable item - old fag packets.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50It was created by a miner as a present for one of their children.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52He must have spent hours on it.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56These people had very little money in the turn of the century.
0:49:56 > 0:49:57It's connected to me why?
0:49:57 > 0:50:01Because my father was a miner, and so were most of his family.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05In fact, he lost at least one brother in a nasty mine accident.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09And I just found this languishing in an antique centre
0:50:09 > 0:50:11with the label, which is still on there.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14"Dog made from cigarette pieces."
0:50:14 > 0:50:15But I knew what it was
0:50:15 > 0:50:19because I was fortunate enough to visit Beamish Mining Museum
0:50:19 > 0:50:22and I saw a number of these, and I just thought,
0:50:22 > 0:50:24for something made with such love,
0:50:24 > 0:50:28for it to have survived 100 years or more is really touching.
0:50:28 > 0:50:29And it lives on my bookcase
0:50:29 > 0:50:33and I know you've guessed this already - his name's Lucky!
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Yes, he's lucky to have survived all these years like
0:50:38 > 0:50:40so many fragile antiques.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44Those miners used a simple and clever technique to create a toy,
0:50:44 > 0:50:48and it's the inventiveness of the craftsmen that never ceases to amaze me.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52Now, take a look at how this beautiful antique was created.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57I think it's fair to say that man's been fascinated
0:50:57 > 0:51:00with his own image as far back as the humble caveman
0:51:00 > 0:51:03looking at his own reflection in a pool of water.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05But it was the Chinese, really,
0:51:05 > 0:51:09some 500 years AD that came up with the idea of polishing
0:51:09 > 0:51:13a piece of precious metal like a little bit of silver that could be
0:51:13 > 0:51:18hand-held to use as a looking glass to see your own reflection.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22But it wasn't until the 1600s, the early part of the 17th-century,
0:51:22 > 0:51:27that the looking glass as we know it - the mirror - really took off.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30The Venetians were the best in the world at blowing glass,
0:51:30 > 0:51:34and that's exactly what a mirror is, a piece of hand-blown glass.
0:51:34 > 0:51:39It would then be ground down to something perfectly flat.
0:51:39 > 0:51:43This process would take hours on a massive great big marble slab
0:51:43 > 0:51:48to a thickness of about two or three millimetres.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50It was hard, dirty work,
0:51:50 > 0:51:56and then a section of this glass would be cut to size
0:51:56 > 0:51:59and then it would be dipped into a tray of mercury and tin.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01It would be backed.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04This created the mirror.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07You could see your reflection in it,
0:52:07 > 0:52:10purely because of this concoction of mercury and tin.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13By the 1850s, the use of mercury was dropped
0:52:13 > 0:52:17and it was replaced by silver, which was a much safer technique,
0:52:17 > 0:52:20but there is a big difference between a mirror that's been
0:52:20 > 0:52:23silver-backed and a mirror that's been mercury-backed.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26I've brought along one of my mirrors as an example.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29This mirror dates to around 1720, George I,
0:52:29 > 0:52:32and it does have its original mercury glass back to it.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34And that's why I bought it.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37If this mirror had been replaced with a bit of silvered glass
0:52:37 > 0:52:42or new glass, I think the value of the mirror would be 40% less.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44So that's something to look out for.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Please, when you buy an early mirror like this,
0:52:47 > 0:52:50try not to buy one with a piece of glass that's been replaced
0:52:50 > 0:52:53because really it's the glass that you're buying.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55All the skill has gone into that.
0:52:55 > 0:53:00Now, the thing to look for is, take a pencil, put it on the glass.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03The point of the pencil meets the point of the pencil
0:53:03 > 0:53:07in its reflection directly underneath.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11If this was a new mirror, let's say from 1850 onwards,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14the point of the pencil would be a millimetre
0:53:14 > 0:53:18or so away from the point, so they just wouldn't meet up.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21So, the next time you come across a mirror that looks a little
0:53:21 > 0:53:26bit like this, old and useless, don't disregard it, snap it up!
0:53:26 > 0:53:29You could be buying a piece of history.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Now, back to the rare rhino horn cup which turned up
0:53:36 > 0:53:38at our valuation day in Scotland.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Amid all the excitement of the Bonhams sale approaching,
0:53:41 > 0:53:45brother and sister Tom and Evelyn got some devastating news.
0:53:45 > 0:53:50Their mother, who owned the cup originally, had sadly passed away.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54Well, we were quite upset that she didn't get to be on the TV
0:53:54 > 0:53:59because she was a wonderful 93 years old.
0:53:59 > 0:54:06But...she would've wanted us to go ahead, so that's what we did.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09We went ahead with it and got the benefit.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Lot number 470.
0:54:11 > 0:54:16- £5,000 for it. £5,000 is offered. Thank you, madam.- We're in.- 5,500.
0:54:16 > 0:54:226,000. 500. 7,000. 500.
0:54:22 > 0:54:248,000. 500. 9,000.
0:54:24 > 0:54:30The phones are coming in now. 9,500. 10,000. 11,000.
0:54:30 > 0:54:3312,000.
0:54:33 > 0:54:3513,000. New bidder.
0:54:35 > 0:54:3714,000. 15,000.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41Do we get a smile? Yeah, smile.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45- 18,000 against you. - 'I think it's sort of surreal.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47'You feel like you're not really there.'
0:54:47 > 0:54:50I think it was cos it was like it wasn't really happening.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52You know, but it did happen.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56- 20,000, new bidder.- 20,000.- 24,000.
0:54:56 > 0:55:02- 26,000.- 26,000! I'm tingling. I am tingling! Are you tingling?- Aye!
0:55:02 > 0:55:05The bid's at £26,000.
0:55:05 > 0:55:10And there was a slight pause about £27,000.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13And we thought that, naturally, that was it, finished.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16But, no, the telephone started again!
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Oh, come on. Take it!
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- Two bids.- £30,000 I have behind you.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25£30,000.
0:55:25 > 0:55:3134,000. 36,000 over here. 38,000.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35Astounding! £40,000! £40,000 on the left.
0:55:35 > 0:55:40Against the phones, against both the ladies. The bid's at £40,000.
0:55:40 > 0:55:4140 grand!
0:55:41 > 0:55:45I actually said I can't believe that somebody would pay that much
0:55:45 > 0:55:47money for such a small thing.
0:55:47 > 0:55:5042,000. Just in time.
0:55:50 > 0:55:5342,000. It's the lady's bid here.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57Against the telephones. Against you, far left and against you standing.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01Ladies, please, in the centre. £42,000.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03I can't believe it. £42,000.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08No? 42,000, I'm selling it, lady here in the Bonham's boardroom...
0:56:08 > 0:56:13Saleroom at 44,000. With the hammer.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18£44,000.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21At £44,000 on the telephone,
0:56:21 > 0:56:24selling it, then, for £44,000.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26You're quite sure, madam?
0:56:26 > 0:56:30I can't believe somebody wants it that badly.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33£44,000. The auctioneer's asking...
0:56:33 > 0:56:37On the telephone at £44,000.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39You're all done. Sold!
0:56:39 > 0:56:44- Thank you very much! - What's it worth? £44,000.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47Congratulations, Tom. Congratulations, Evelyn.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51Do I get a kiss for that? What a lovely kiss that was!
0:56:51 > 0:56:54- Happy?- Yes.- Great surprise.
0:56:54 > 0:57:00What an incredible result! The most valuable item ever sold on the show.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02I think I was nearly as stunned as Tom and Evelyn.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11So, what did they do once they got over their shock?
0:57:12 > 0:57:15It did actually come in quite handy for me
0:57:15 > 0:57:18because I had a couple of small debts which I paid off,
0:57:18 > 0:57:22but I still had something left so I got my laptop
0:57:22 > 0:57:26which I kept talking about. I kept saying, "I'm wanting a laptop."
0:57:28 > 0:57:31And Tom was able to blow some of his windfall
0:57:31 > 0:57:34and indulge in his love of cars.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37I wouldn't say I'm a speed hog...
0:57:38 > 0:57:45I actually appreciate the rumble of the engine and the sportiness.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51He bought himself a nippy run-around.
0:57:51 > 0:57:56Of course, I drive within the legal limit, most times!
0:57:57 > 0:58:01And enjoyed a track day at his local circuit.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12Selling a family heirloom that's been passed down through
0:58:12 > 0:58:15the generations can be a tough decision to make,
0:58:15 > 0:58:18but that libation cup was worth a fortune
0:58:18 > 0:58:21which Tom and Evelyn have been able to enjoy to the full.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23Well, that's it for today's show.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27Good luck with all the buying and the selling and do join us
0:58:27 > 0:58:29again soon for more Trade Secrets.
0:58:32 > 0:58:35Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd