0:00:02 > 0:00:05Welcome to "Flog It!" - where you can turn antiques into cash!
0:00:35 > 0:00:40You get a real thrill when you see your items up for auction
0:00:40 > 0:00:44and selling for a profit. That's what happens next - we hope!
0:00:44 > 0:00:52Our valuation experts value hundreds of items and pick a few to be put forward to be sold.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Our owners don't always get what they bargained for!
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Later, we'll ride the peaks and troughs of the auction.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Feeling nervous? Yes, very now.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08How are you feeling? A bit appr...
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Scraping them through? Yes, they're not flying! Slightly disappointing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I can never see who's bidding.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Here we go. Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed!
0:01:26 > 0:01:32First, let's see what goodies the public brought along to our valuation room in Torquay.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Our experts can't wait to see what the owners want to sell.
0:01:39 > 0:01:46Under the spotlight today, David Barby, whose love of antiques started when he was a wee lad of 12.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Well, Torquay's such a lovely area.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54A lot of retirement homes, so, hopefully, some colonial furniture.
0:01:54 > 0:02:01He'll be fighting over the pots today as fellow expert Thomas Plant is also keen on ceramics,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04particularly from the 20th century.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Torquay has quite a good history of ceramics -
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Torquayware, Lemon and Crute and many others.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18One factory I'd like to see is Watcombe. I'm a great fan of one designer - Christopher Dresser.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21If that comes in, I'll be happy!
0:02:21 > 0:02:28No time to lose, and the experts are not alone in dying to see what people have brought along.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Lovely. How long have you had that? Years. Years?
0:02:33 > 0:02:38I don't know how old it is. 1840, so it's middle of the 19th century.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41David Barby will look it up.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48This is what I would expect to find in Torquay.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53There are four of these? Yes. These are affluent chairs, posh chairs.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Where do they come from? They came from Manchester.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03They belonged to my husband's father and he inherited them
0:03:03 > 0:03:08and saved them from an auction room many years ago...
0:03:08 > 0:03:14and they've just been in our family ever since. That was very astute.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18This chair dates from around about 1860-70,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22and it's what we term classical Victorian furniture,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26particularly with the ebony decoration on this gilt lining,
0:03:26 > 0:03:32and then this very attractive Amboina wood inlay.
0:03:32 > 0:03:39This is a veneer. It was expensive, so rarely do you find large pieces of furniture covered in Amboina.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41If you do, they're very expensive.
0:03:41 > 0:03:48I also like this little roundel at the top here which is the Wedgwood roundel.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50They're pretty. Very, very pretty.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55Will you regret selling these? Very much so. Why are you selling?
0:03:55 > 0:04:00I'm going to have to move... You're downsizing? Downsizing, yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05It's a nice term. You think so? Consolidating. Right...
0:04:05 > 0:04:13I'm going to put a price of about £350-£500. We're looking at about £100-£120 a chair.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I think around about £400.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21If you're happy with that price, we'll put them up and hope to get more.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27I feel I've got to do something. It's worried me for a long time,
0:04:27 > 0:04:32knowing that I'd have to downsize... We'll relieve you of that worry. OK.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44Lesley, today, you've brought with you a Della Robbia bowl.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Yes. And there's an interesting story?
0:04:47 > 0:04:53I found it about ten years ago at a boot sale, the usual thing,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58and I'd seen a dealer I knew look at it and put it down again.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04I went over and, for once in my life, I recognised a mark on the back.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I'd just been reading about it. What did you recognise? The Della Robbia mark, the sail and the boat.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13What did you pay for it? 75p.
0:05:13 > 0:05:1975p? When you bought it for 75p, did you haggle?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I did not haggle! I wanted it as soon as possible!
0:05:23 > 0:05:30You snatched it away? Yes! Sometimes you think, "Should I haggle?" Obviously, you knew what it was.
0:05:30 > 0:05:38I did. Ten years ago. I was overjoyed. When I was looking at it, I looked at the mark here.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44The Della Robbia mark, the ship and the sail with DR and the LW across it.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50I looked in Godden's and they didn't have the Della Robbia mark.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Here's the Della Robbia mark, DR, the ship, the sail.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Now in Godden's, my bible, there's no sail.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03However, on the top, there's LW for Lisa Wilkins.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07In this little book here by JP Cushion,
0:06:07 > 0:06:12I have the Della Robbia mark with the sail, so I feel better about it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It looks nicer with the sail.
0:06:14 > 0:06:20So we're 100% sure what it is. Ten years ago, you looked in Miller's?
0:06:20 > 0:06:26At the time I got it, I looked it up and something similar was £80-£100,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29but I know it's damaged a little. Yeah.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Which will affect its value. I think at auction today
0:06:34 > 0:06:38that would make £120-£150. Are you willing to sell it?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I am now. I've had it for a while, so... Brilliant!
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Have you been waiting long? About quarter of an hour.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Is that heavy? No. What's in it? Aha! A surprise!
0:06:49 > 0:06:56China. We can't ask you to open that. Yes, you can. Let's see one, then! Unwrap that one.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58It's like Christmas.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Nearly dropped it!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Bit of Irish pottery.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Irish porcelain pottery. Lovely! The complete tea set.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12You didn't bring it all? Yeah, it's all there.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Well, I never!
0:07:18 > 0:07:23I love that crackle... It's nice, innit? It ages nice.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27I took a fancy to it and bought it. Where did you get it?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30In Ireland. How long ago?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Oh...about 12 years...
0:07:33 > 0:07:3610 years ago. I was living over there.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42I went to one of these sort of small-town markets... Yeah?
0:07:42 > 0:07:48..Auction rooms, looking for something I wanted and found this.
0:07:52 > 0:08:00It's a liqueur set that my mother gave to my husband just before she died last year.
0:08:00 > 0:08:08We brought it along because we've seen this behind the Queen on one of her speeches on Christmas Day.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13The same one? It seemed like it. Wow! It's fantastic!
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Do you know what date it is? No, I don't. It's about 1920.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23It's Art Deco style - you've heard of Art Deco.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28When the lights hit it, you've got here, on the decanter,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32it brings out this decoration of grape and vine.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37It looks good against the citrine-coloured glass.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41You usually see a narrow stopper, but this has a big one.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's rather smart.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Very attractive.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51It's really a sumptuous, well-made, quality item.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Do you like it? No, it's not something I would buy.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02You wouldn't spend money on it? No. But my husband liked it!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Do you know what's it's worth? No.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Something like this, at auction, would make £400-£500.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Right. Did you expect that? Not really. Not really?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19If you're happy to sell that, we'll put it in for you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:26Yes, I think so, because then somebody that buys it will buy it because they want it. Exactly.
0:09:26 > 0:09:33You either love or hate Poole. I love Poole, but I'm not sure of this design.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38It looks a little like Art Nouveau, but not real Art Nouveau.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42It's the next movement - Art Deco. I'm not sorted out properly!
0:09:42 > 0:09:49It's very much in the tradition of what you would expect of Art Deco patterns.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53There are these sort of jazz patterns - see those? Yes.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59These Cubist-style birds... Is it like the Charleston? Exactly!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Busby Berkeley movies and all that jazz!
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Who would think of putting ochre with purple?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Screams at you, doesn't it? This is not an early Poole work.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15No. Carter, Stable or Adams would be the early marks. Right.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21This is just marked Poole, England. That's the decorator's mark. JS?
0:10:21 > 0:10:27That's the decorator's mark. Late 1930s, well in the Art Deco period.
0:10:27 > 0:10:35The other major potter was Clarice Cliff and you get the same sort of Cubist designs there.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39I like this. You've been using it. Afraid so. Flowers.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45Oh, right. Often, these were designed purely as works of art,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49to be observed, not used. It was an art pot.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51If this comes up for sale,
0:10:51 > 0:10:56I think we would estimate it around about £100-£120.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Right. More on a good day. Would you be happy to sell it? Yes, I would.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Where did it come from?
0:11:04 > 0:11:11A step-aunt of my husband's, we thought she was a bit lonely, so we invited her to visit for the day,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16and she came on the train and she brought the pot for us.
0:11:16 > 0:11:23How lovely! And did you see the aunt again? Yes, we did, but only very occasionally.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Did you get any more pottery from her? Afraid not. Just this?
0:11:27 > 0:11:33I think we shall treasure this, bearing in mind your memories.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Thanks for bringing it. Thank you.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Let's see what our owners have decided to sell.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Lesley snatched the Della Robbia bowl for 75p!
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Betty's step-aunt didn't realise she was giving away a treasure!
0:11:58 > 0:12:06If the Queen tipples from a set like this, someone will be interested.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Joan's downsizing, so out go her stunning salon chairs.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Surely too good for a buyer to miss!
0:12:20 > 0:12:25The auction house is full of people looking at the antiques
0:12:25 > 0:12:30and we're about to find out how our first four items will do.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35But, first, our auctioneer Nick Saintey gives us his opinion.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Does he agree with the experts?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42A set of four chairs brought in by Joan, salon chairs.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46The more you look, the more detail you see.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Nice feminine chairs.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Lots of decorative detail, Wedgwood roundel...
0:12:52 > 0:12:56My only reservation... What's a salon chair? Exactly!
0:12:56 > 0:13:02I've no idea! They'd look just as nice in a bedroom or in a hall.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08Hard not to look at them as dining chairs, but only four. If you had a salon...
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Value for money? £100 a chair - it's not a lot of money, to be honest.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17They should make that and maybe a bit more. Yeah.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Someone'll buy them for the bedroom and cover them with clothes. Yes!
0:13:23 > 0:13:30What about this liqueur set? It's enough money that, I'm afraid. Too much? It's got £400 on it.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35You can sell a good geometric bold piece -
0:13:35 > 0:13:40this is a rather... Good design is going to sell it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:48It shouts Deco. There's no design. You're not having it as a practical piece, so it's short.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53That's between £200-£300. Crikey! We said £400-£500.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Oh, dear!
0:14:02 > 0:14:07There's a real buzz at this saleroom at Bearne's in Exeter.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09You can feel the tension rising.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Let's see what our owners think.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20How are you feeling? Nervous. You look smart. Were you up early? Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Excited? Yes.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30Hopefully, we'll get £400-£500 for your decanter set. What would you do with the money?
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Well, it's between my brother and his wife and my husband and I.
0:14:35 > 0:14:42We're putting it towards a holiday in New England. That'll be nice. Have you been before? Lots of times.
0:14:42 > 0:14:49It's something my mother wanted to do and never did, so we said we'd do it for her. And this was hers? Yes.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53A nice payback. The money would go to that.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58It's the moment of truth. Our first lot is about to go under the hammer,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Lesley's Della Robbia bowl, bought for 75p.
0:15:02 > 0:15:09Have you bought any other bargains? Yes. What? I bought two Watcombe pottery figures, little gnomes.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14I bought them for £20 and sold them for £450. Wow! Fantastic!
0:15:14 > 0:15:22Let's hope we get a good result today. I like the Celtic design. I like it. Why are you selling it?
0:15:22 > 0:15:29I like it, but, at the same time, I worry about breaking it - I'm a bit clumsy.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35It'll go to a good home and I'll buy a nice book. You're into books? Yes.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40So let's hope it makes its reserve of £100.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Interest here at £55.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47£60.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48£65.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51£70. £75.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54£80. £85. Excellent. £90.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57On my left at £90.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02We need that! On my left, make no mistake, at £90...
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Done it! Well... Sold. Not as much as you thought. Not really...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Just below the reserve. It was.
0:16:10 > 0:16:17It might have, it might not have. He's used his discretion - he said sold. He hammered it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:25The auctioneer can use his discretion. He can waive some of his commission and bring it down.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Right. So it might have? Yes, he hammered it. Definitely sold. Right. OK...
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Betty's vase also has a reserve of £100. Will we make it this time?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39You're looking cheerful! Thank you.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Are you happy? Yes. Do you do many auction rooms? No.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48What will you do with the £100, hopefully £150?
0:16:48 > 0:16:53I'll buy another pot! You collect pots? Yes, but not that one.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Not Poole pottery? No. It's the epitome of that particular period.
0:16:58 > 0:17:06I know it devalues it, but I like the crackle of the glaze. You often find that with Poole.
0:17:06 > 0:17:13Do you? You often get it. It's not always smooth - you get the crackle. It wasn't the flowers, then?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18No! Don't be silly! You left it in the window and it froze!
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Fingers crossed! We need a reserve of £100.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31There's interest here. With me at £50. £50...
0:17:31 > 0:17:34£55. We're off. ..£70. £75.
0:17:34 > 0:17:41He's got a bid left on the book which he's referring to. I see.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44£100 - do I see? All done.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Selling at £95.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Great! Not the reserve, but he's dropped his commission.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Right. That's OK.
0:17:53 > 0:18:01It's what we thought, but I'd have been happier with a bit more. That's twice now. Yes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06So, not all the bidders for Lesley and Betty's items were here today.
0:18:06 > 0:18:13There's a bid left on the books. This means someone can't attend, but they've left a figure they'll pay.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20We're one away. How are you feeling? A bit appr... A bit excited?
0:18:20 > 0:18:27You were moving house, but you can't find anything you like, so if you go home with them, you're happy!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Very happy! A bargain - they're really good quality chairs.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Hopefully, if you sell, you'll be happy too. Yes...yes...
0:18:35 > 0:18:41It's one of these things. We think you're going to sell. Here we go - this is ours.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Victorian ebonised Amboina and gilt chairs,
0:18:45 > 0:18:50surmounted with Wedgwood-style circular plaques.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Here we go! It's with me at £270. Come on!
0:18:55 > 0:18:58£280. £300. £320.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01He's got a bid left on the book.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04We've done it! £420.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09Brilliant! £460. They're gone. £520. Fantastic!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Gentleman's bid at £520.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17If you're all done then, we're selling at £520.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Well done! Well done!
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Right... You can spend the money on another set! No regrets.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30I've got mixed feelings on the whole thing, but, yes, OK...
0:19:30 > 0:19:36Right. It was slightly more than you said. £520! It was! It was, yeah!
0:19:36 > 0:19:42I don't always intentionally underprice, but a surprise is nice!
0:19:42 > 0:19:46That's the idea of the show! I feel reprimanded!
0:19:46 > 0:19:49The liqueur set is up next.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55Nick thought it might struggle, but let's hope it makes its reserve.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59How did your mother come across the decanter?
0:19:59 > 0:20:06Well, we know it was my grandmother's and we know that my grandfather was in France
0:20:06 > 0:20:08in the 1914-18 War,
0:20:08 > 0:20:12and we know my grandmother always liked glass stuff,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17so we wonder if he brought it back from France. Plausible.
0:20:17 > 0:20:24Thomas thought it was French. I think it's continental - it's got that look of quality to it.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Pity we didn't find a stamp on it, pity it wasn't Lalique...
0:20:29 > 0:20:36That would be an awful lot of money! It has that quality, though. You've never had a drink out of it? No!
0:20:36 > 0:20:39You should've had one!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Number of commissioned bids.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45We start this at £200.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47£210.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51A bit slow. Mmm... £230. £240.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56Great - he's got a bid left on the book.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58£290. £300.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01£320. £340.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06£360. The book is out. It's below at £360. £380, do I see?
0:21:06 > 0:21:10We're there. £360 was the reserve. Selling...
0:21:10 > 0:21:13It's made its reserve. £360.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Brilliant! Not brilliant brilliant, but it got its reserve.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22That's great. It made its reserve - it's fantastic, actually.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25He was getting worried! I was!
0:21:25 > 0:21:31Well, some mixed results from our first visit to the auction.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35With any luck, our next valuations will up the ante,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38but it just goes to show there's money in glass.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56Devon, home of Dartington Crystal, the makers of wonderful glass. I'm here to see how it's made.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03Who better to show me than one of Dartington's top designers, Simon Moore?
0:22:03 > 0:22:10Give me a brief history of Dartington Crystal. Dartington, this year, is 35.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16It was established for work in the rural regions. It was set up by the Dartington Trust.
0:22:16 > 0:22:23It was so successful, so profitable, that it had to become a real business as opposed to a charity.
0:22:23 > 0:22:31How long does it take to train a glass-blower? Basic training is seven years. A long apprenticeship.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37It always has been, but any specialist training like handle-, foot- or leg-making,
0:22:37 > 0:22:44would take longer. So you tend to find glass-makers specialise in particular areas.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Can I have a go? I'll let you burn yourself.
0:22:54 > 0:23:01I'm attempting to make a wineglass for Patsy Titcomb, our researcher - it's her last day on the shoot.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I just hope it's usable!
0:23:03 > 0:23:07This, surely, has got to be easier than it looks!
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Newspaper first, OK?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Where?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18You didn't tell me that! Oh, I did!
0:23:18 > 0:23:23Underneath it, straighten it up? Keep turning.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25That's very good.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Bit lighter with this hand.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Sorry. Stand up and try blowing down the iron.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Keep turning. Bloody hell!
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Keep turning! As I pick it up? Keep turning with both hands.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Lift your iron up.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47HE BLOWS Stop.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51You've got a feeling of how hard you need to blow?
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Is that too much? A little bit! It's Patsy's wineglass!
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Let's do another one.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Try the blowing bit now.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13This is embarrassing! OK, third time lucky!
0:24:17 > 0:24:24That shattered my dream of being a glass-maker! Luckily, Simon had one he'd made earlier!
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Simon, I failed miserably on the glass-blowing.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Can I give that to Patsy? We'll let you. Thank you. Pleasure. Thank you.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Patsy?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39I failed you miserably! I couldn't do it!
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Ooh!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43This is lovely.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Really, really lovely.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Mine and mine alone!
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Nobody else is touching it!
0:24:54 > 0:24:59I wonder what we'll uncover next to sell at auction later.
0:24:59 > 0:25:06Plenty of people are willing to sell their antiques - there could be a gold mine in here.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12These pieces are so modern and contemporary and, with all due respect,
0:25:12 > 0:25:18you look like a person who'd go for more genteel floral pieces.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24You mean I look like an antique? Not at all! Do you like these pieces? Not so much...
0:25:24 > 0:25:29I don't like them at all! That's why I'm selling them!
0:25:29 > 0:25:35I can appreciate them because they reflect a period -
0:25:35 > 0:25:42this Delphis is so typical of the 1950s. Probably it's because I remember these from my infant days
0:25:42 > 0:25:45in my aunts' homes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51You'd go into a room and immediately see these pieces on a wall or a sideboard.
0:25:51 > 0:25:57It's quite decorative and reflects the sculptural ideas of the day
0:25:57 > 0:26:01with Hepworth and the potters, Bernard Leach, art movements...
0:26:01 > 0:26:06I got married in the '50s, so I'm quite '50s.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10We both remember the '50s! This is more accommodating -
0:26:10 > 0:26:15it's a very stylised design. I think it's boring! It is, really.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I think it's more accommodating.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23If anybody asked me what I should collect in the future,
0:26:23 > 0:26:29I would suggest Poole of this period, because they both reflect the period, the '1950s and '70s.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34The company's still going, producing good quality pottery,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38but maybe nothing as exciting as these.
0:26:38 > 0:26:44In auction, I think we'd be looking at £70-£100.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Sounds fair enough. Happy? Yes, that's fair enough.
0:26:48 > 0:26:54Earlier on today, we took on more conventional Poole pottery,
0:26:54 > 0:27:01the sort of pottery I thought you might have collected! A cross section! Thank you.
0:27:01 > 0:27:08You'll come to the auction? Yes. I'll be there. Good. We've got to make that! I'll keep you to it!
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Thank you for coming in.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18What we have here is a jardiniere - you said your mother had it?
0:27:18 > 0:27:26It belonged to my mother and her mother before that. You don't like it? We had a fairly large house -
0:27:26 > 0:27:33we moved to a two-bedroomed flat and we've got lots of things that don't fit in.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39..Do you like it, Jan? No, I don't. I'm not very keen on the colours.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44It's Slaters Patent, which is a Royal Doulton patent,
0:27:44 > 0:27:50and this is the Slaters bit with this tube-lined decoration and filled glazes.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55What's attractive about this jardiniere is the blue band
0:27:55 > 0:27:58with the flowers - very pretty.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03However, there has been a bit of restoration...
0:28:03 > 0:28:11on the rims here. It's difficult to spot, but it's been slightly touched up there. Yeah.
0:28:11 > 0:28:18It's the kind of item that would have a small value, but it certainly should sell -
0:28:18 > 0:28:23£50-£70. Would you sell it at that? Yes, that's all right.
0:28:23 > 0:28:31What's this? A pair of balances they called them, chemist's balances. How long have you had that?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35A few years now, yeah. Bought them in a boot sale.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Do you do many boot sales? Every week. Is it a hobby? Yes.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Is it a business? It's a hobby with occasional profit!
0:28:43 > 0:28:47You might be wheeling and dealing in the market soon.
0:28:47 > 0:28:55Hopefully, yes. It's surprising what you find here - there are bargains. Good luck with that. Thank you.
0:28:55 > 0:29:02I've got this book out because I want to check on one artist who's in your autograph book.
0:29:02 > 0:29:09And it's Frank Algernon - wonderful name - Stewart, and here we have prices.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15Here we have prices for his works - £1,500 to £2,250. That's for oil paintings!
0:29:15 > 0:29:19I wanted to check when he died which was 1945.
0:29:19 > 0:29:26This little sketch here, which would date from around 1941,
0:29:26 > 0:29:32is only a few years before his death and I wasn't certain when he died -
0:29:32 > 0:29:35to authenticate that drawing.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39It's a lovely, lively, spirited drawing of a horse.
0:29:39 > 0:29:46Included in this autograph album, you've got some of the greatest names. Laurel and Hardy...
0:29:46 > 0:29:52I remember them in the '50s, Saturday morning pictures,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55and the kids used to go mad.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01We've also got probably the greatest jockey ever, Gordon Richards,
0:30:01 > 0:30:06and the Australian team Don Bradman, the great cricketer,
0:30:06 > 0:30:11so not an ordinary autograph album with one or two names -
0:30:11 > 0:30:18it's quite a strong selling point. That good picture and then these famous names as well.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20It's a nice autograph album.
0:30:20 > 0:30:28This sort of thing, quite often, we throw away. It looks ragged, doesn't it? It nearly was!
0:30:28 > 0:30:35What was the story? We were actually on holiday when Steve's mum died,
0:30:35 > 0:30:43and when we came back there was just boxes. The place had been sorted. That always happens.
0:30:43 > 0:30:51That nearly got thrown away. This is a desirable collector's item. Price? Have you any idea?
0:30:51 > 0:30:57Not a clue. The Stewart would be worth about £150 on its own,
0:30:57 > 0:31:02and then you've got the other well-known signatures,
0:31:02 > 0:31:07so I think a conservative estimate of about £300. OK?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Yes. Fine. So we can flog it for you?
0:31:13 > 0:31:18Thank you for coming. You're brought a couple of items for us to see,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21possibly sell for you.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28You've got Laurel and Hardy and who's this? Sairy Gamp. Sairy Gamp.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33Quite popular in the collector's market. Probably from the 1930s
0:31:33 > 0:31:38and mass-produced, but they still have a collectable appeal.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Where did you get them from? They were my mother's.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46She left them to me. Do you guys like them?
0:31:46 > 0:31:52Not really. I don't really like them - it's not my scene, no.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55So you'd be quite willing to sell them?
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Yes. I'd put the two together in a lot,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03and I hear on the grapevine that Mr Barby
0:32:03 > 0:32:08has got in for sale today an autograph of Laurel and Hardy.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Here we have Laurel and Hardy salt and pepper.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17It would be lovely if we could sell these. The estimate I'd put on them,
0:32:17 > 0:32:22the teapot and this, would be between £50 and £70. Lovely.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Why is it that always, at the end of the day,
0:32:26 > 0:32:32the end of the inspection period, we have something marvellous?
0:32:32 > 0:32:38The collection of prints is absolutely fascinating. Where did they come from?
0:32:38 > 0:32:45We found them about five years ago when we were clearing my aunt and uncle's house...
0:32:45 > 0:32:49We were more or less finished, everything sorted,
0:32:49 > 0:32:54and my husband decided to do another quick check in the roof space.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59He found them under the rafters near the water tank.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Were they art collectors? Did they have a lot of pictures?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05I don't think they were collectors.
0:33:05 > 0:33:12Mary's uncle wasn't a collector. He just went to auctions and bought job lots.
0:33:12 > 0:33:19What you've got here is a nice collection of predominantly 19th-century prints,
0:33:19 > 0:33:22and they're all lithographs,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26the most common form of printing, the cheapest form.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31There is one exception - this print of Mount Wise Fort, Plymouth,
0:33:31 > 0:33:38and this was done in 1780, so it's quite an interesting print with local connotations.
0:33:38 > 0:33:44We could easily put a price of £400-£500 on them, but I think you have to excite the trade.
0:33:44 > 0:33:52I think we should put something in the region of £100-£150 to get them excited and, hopefully, get more.
0:33:52 > 0:33:59What do you think? There seem an awful lot of prints here for £100-£150.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Some aren't very good. I know. That's including the Plymouth one?
0:34:03 > 0:34:09Yes, that's the exciting one. Yes, I've got rather fond of it too!
0:34:09 > 0:34:13That would be £30-£40 alone, unframed and unmounted.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16But you've got so many others. Yes.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22Can we sell these? Yes. Right. Super. Now, the next lot!
0:34:27 > 0:34:32This lovely collection of watercolours.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36These are in the same condition as your prints.
0:34:36 > 0:34:42In other words, they're badly affected by foxing, which is what we call blemishes.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Here we have pictures well painted,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48but with restoration work required.
0:34:48 > 0:34:54This one here by Burchill On The Dogger Bank
0:34:54 > 0:34:56is extremely well painted.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Earlier part of the 20th century
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and it's Norfolk fishing.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07It really is very good. Yes. At setting of sun. Nice.
0:35:07 > 0:35:13The one I like, which has little sort of damage,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16is this one in the manner of Charles Rowbotham.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21You think of the Italian landscape, Lake Garda, Lake Como,
0:35:21 > 0:35:27but there's no signature. Yes. But we sold one very, very similar...
0:35:27 > 0:35:32a few months ago...and we achieved a handsome price on it.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36But it was signed and had the inscription where it came from.
0:35:36 > 0:35:42This is a beautiful picture, slightly out of focus,
0:35:42 > 0:35:47and you've got these soft tones. The mussel gatherers...
0:35:47 > 0:35:54I remember an exhibition in Manchester called Hard Times with scenes of children working.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58That's a very attractive scene. This is the most interesting one.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03The one I love is this one by Montagu
0:36:03 > 0:36:06and it's this one here.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11He's a 19th-century artist, a well-known artist,
0:36:11 > 0:36:17but when you're wondering, "Is it Montagu?" there are things to look for.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22The ability of the artist to paint perspective. It's very good here.
0:36:22 > 0:36:29Then the figure work in the foreground and whether the shadows are believable.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32And they are indeed.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36The whole picture hangs together, but there's a problem.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40First of all, it's faded...
0:36:40 > 0:36:43and it's laid down on to card.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Now the card on the back...
0:36:45 > 0:36:48has become faded...
0:36:48 > 0:36:52and that's transferred on to the front of the picture itself.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56So there's quite a bit of restoration work needed on this.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Now...
0:36:58 > 0:37:01you want to sell these?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Yes. Have you got a price in mind?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09I thought, individually, probably £200-£300.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13You're talking £1,600-£2,000? Yes. Right.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19Mary, what was your opinion? Well, I thought perhaps a bit higher,
0:37:19 > 0:37:21sort of £2,000,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24but, er...
0:37:24 > 0:37:29I don't know if there are any real gems here...
0:37:29 > 0:37:32so, £2,000, a bit higher perhaps...
0:37:32 > 0:37:36I think they ought to go for a little bit higher.
0:37:36 > 0:37:43I'd like to see them go close on £3,000, but we have to play the auction game
0:37:43 > 0:37:47and pitch a price that'll excite people.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51So I'm going to suggest a reserve of around £2,300,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53and the guide be £2,400-£3,000.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Well, we'll see how we get on. Very good.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02You'll be at the auction? Yes. Yes. I'll be beside you just in case!
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Then we can blame you!
0:38:05 > 0:38:09I hope we celebrate with a bottle of champagne!
0:38:09 > 0:38:13I can't wait to see how they get on at auction.
0:38:13 > 0:38:20First, a treat for you. A friend of mine's cottage in Devon. You won't have seen a make-over like this!
0:38:20 > 0:38:25Thank you for inviting us in. It's OK. It's absolutely stunning.
0:38:25 > 0:38:32As soon as you walk in, it hugs you and it's so sympathetically furnished with what we love!
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Your antique shop's superb, but what a home!
0:38:36 > 0:38:38How did all this start?
0:38:38 > 0:38:45It started when I felt the feeling you just described - it felt absolutely right for me.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51It had a good feeling. And it's 16th century? It is - 1580.
0:38:51 > 0:38:58Did it look like this when you bought it? Not at all. It was very different to what it is now.
0:38:58 > 0:39:04What did you do? When I walked in, that was not what you saw.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08There was a staircase coming down to the cobbles.
0:39:08 > 0:39:16The panels of the plank-and-muntin screen were all covered up in wallpaper.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21The cobbles? They were not visible at all. They were under the stairs.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25When we moved the stairs, we found them.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28I had them restored.
0:39:28 > 0:39:34This wasn't a quick DIY make-over? It was a massive project
0:39:34 > 0:39:38and you have to love something like this to do it.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Like restoring one big antique sympathetically? Absolutely.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Fantastic job! I want to see the rest!
0:39:57 > 0:40:01I can see what you mean - undulating ceiling!
0:40:01 > 0:40:07A genuine cob ceiling, incredibly rare. What is cob?
0:40:07 > 0:40:14It's a combination of cow dung and straw, prepared in a very special way by treading.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Very well put!
0:40:16 > 0:40:19I tried to be polite.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Another amazing inglenook. Look at this!
0:40:23 > 0:40:27This is the original clay hood. That's right.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Can't use the handle too much. No.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36That was a find in this tomb, basically, which you uncovered? It was preserved.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38You'd never find one to fit.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41What else have you found?
0:40:41 > 0:40:46The other thing of interest, or most interest,
0:40:46 > 0:40:52was this fragment of plaster work, taken out of a religious building.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56Was that a corbel or a centre mullion for an arch?
0:40:56 > 0:41:00More likely a corbel for vaulting.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05It was to do with Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10They used the rubble to infill when they were building here.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Will you use that as a little corbel to put a candle on?
0:41:14 > 0:41:21I'll turn it into a wall bracket and find something nice to put on it. A rush light or something? Yes.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42David and Thomas have seen a myriad of treasures in Torquay and met some characters too,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46but let's see what the rest of the owners are selling.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52I loved the prints and watercolours.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Too many to talk about. Do they all have a similar value
0:41:56 > 0:41:59or is there a gem hidden in there?
0:42:01 > 0:42:06It's time Brian and Jan's Doulton vase found a new home.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Anne's Poole vase and dish aren't her cup of tea.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Let's hope someone warms to them!
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Will the autograph book set the dealers alight
0:42:18 > 0:42:21or will it be going back in the bin?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Terry and Phil won't be crying over spilt milk
0:42:25 > 0:42:29if their teapot and Laurel and Hardy disappear!
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Will all the items be cleaned up or will it be another fine mess?
0:42:39 > 0:42:45Will our last few items really take off or crash to the ground?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48What does Nick think this time?
0:42:48 > 0:42:54We had some quality. Christopher and Mary brought in a portfolio.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58A lot of quality and a lot of sort of rubbish.
0:42:58 > 0:43:06David Barby valued it all together at £2,000-£3,000, but you've sifted through it, rang the owners
0:43:06 > 0:43:12and said to sell them separately. It seemed like a wise thing to do.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15There's a wide range of material.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Some are good quality watercolours in their own right.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22I can see. I like this.
0:43:22 > 0:43:27It's very Stanhope Forbes, slightly Newlyn School.
0:43:27 > 0:43:33Whilst he's French, he certainly has painted in Newlyn in the past.
0:43:33 > 0:43:39It's typical of him and, fingers crossed, if it goes well, we'd hope for £1,000 for that one.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Half their valuation? Yes.
0:43:42 > 0:43:50What are we hoping for? I hope, if everything sells, we should exceed £2,500,
0:43:50 > 0:43:57but if there's a casualty along the way, if the foxing affects somebody's judgment, you lose half.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01It should make £2,500. If all these sell,
0:44:01 > 0:44:09what about the rest of the portfolio? Do you give it away? No, there are some nice engravings.
0:44:09 > 0:44:16But we're talking a few hundred, rather than these which are more than that each.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Correlation here. Laurel and Hardy salt-and-pepper pots
0:44:20 > 0:44:25and an autograph book with Laurel and Hardy in it. We said £300.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29It's got a chance - it's a difficult market to predict.
0:44:29 > 0:44:34A lot of it's dented from a lot of facsimile signatures,
0:44:34 > 0:44:41but this is in a personal autograph book, with a lot of fairly uninteresting friends and family,
0:44:41 > 0:44:46so it's got a chance, but it's difficult. It is.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48They're all 1930s. Don't know them.
0:44:48 > 0:44:53There's a few wing commanders and a few nice ladies, so...
0:44:53 > 0:45:00Might struggle? You don't know. I don't understand the collectors of these particular things.
0:45:00 > 0:45:08Off again - and first to the chopping block is cat-mad Anne with her modern Poole vase and dish.
0:45:08 > 0:45:13You don't like modern Poole? Not a lot. I'd rather have Victorian.
0:45:13 > 0:45:20David says it's got more going for it than the '30s stuff. More character. It's only a short period.
0:45:20 > 0:45:271920, 1930 was much of a muchness. This is more studio based, individual artists' own patterns...
0:45:27 > 0:45:31Here we go! Fingers crossed! Fingers crossed.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Starting at £30.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38That's not very promising. No, that's a good start.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41£32. £35. £38. £40.
0:45:41 > 0:45:46£42. It'll be a slow climb! ..£48. £50. £55? No, with me at £50.
0:45:46 > 0:45:51If you're all done... We haven't done it. We haven't, no.
0:45:51 > 0:45:56I thought that was a bargain. No more nursery plates!
0:45:56 > 0:45:59I don't know! Terrible!
0:45:59 > 0:46:03I'll live! I'll speak to Nick, our producer!
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Well, he liked it! He liked it, yes!
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Some owners put a reserve on their items.
0:46:14 > 0:46:21If it doesn't reach it, it doesn't go. This figure is determined prior to auction
0:46:21 > 0:46:25with the auctioneer's consent. It doesn't cost anything.
0:46:28 > 0:46:34I don't know where Terry and Phil are. Nor do I! Stuck in traffic?
0:46:34 > 0:46:39Hopefully, they'll breeze in at the last minute!
0:46:39 > 0:46:44Fingers crossed for them. Obviously, Beswickware,
0:46:44 > 0:46:48it's a big collectable market, an acquired taste.
0:46:48 > 0:46:55Definitely. That would look nice on my mother's shelf. Lots of people like her would go for it.
0:46:55 > 0:47:02She'd buy it? Really? Because of Laurel and Hardy? Yes. Really? Yeah. Big Laurel and Hardy fan?
0:47:02 > 0:47:08Yeah. There's a few of them about. Let's hope there's some here! Yes!
0:47:08 > 0:47:12£28. That's a good start.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14£30.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17£35. £38. £40.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20A few people interested. Yeah.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23£50. Reserve. It's done it.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26Yours at £50.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Selling on my left...
0:47:29 > 0:47:33That's good. £50 reserve - sold. They'll be laughing!
0:47:35 > 0:47:38That's what reserves are there for -
0:47:38 > 0:47:43to be fixed, and it made it. No problem there.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47Scraping them through? Yes, they're not flying! Slightly disappointing.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51Well, there's no accounting for taste.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Thanks for coming in.
0:47:59 > 0:48:07Are you nervous? Don't know really! Never been to anything like this! You've not been to an auction? No.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11Come to them - they're not that nerve-racking.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16You get some good bargains too! Have you checked out what's here?
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Not really. Not enough time.
0:48:19 > 0:48:24I hope whoever buys this autograph book doesn't split it up.
0:48:24 > 0:48:30A dealer will. Yes, they will. They get the razor blade out and cut it up.
0:48:30 > 0:48:35Mount the autographs and that lovely sketch... Here we are. OK.
0:48:35 > 0:48:41Interest here and the commission bid is with me at £160.
0:48:41 > 0:48:46Good start. It's here at £160. And £170?
0:48:46 > 0:48:50If you're all done, it's with me. Oh, no!
0:48:50 > 0:48:54The start was exceptional! £160.
0:48:55 > 0:49:00I can't believe it! It hasn't sold? No. It doesn't matter.
0:49:00 > 0:49:06Dear, oh, dear! I thought we were off to a promising start! "Oh, wow! We're in!
0:49:06 > 0:49:09"Here we go! We're off!"
0:49:09 > 0:49:16Well, we couldn't sign that one off. Let's hope we do better for Brian and Jan.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20How do you feel? It's interesting. What about you, Jan?
0:49:20 > 0:49:28First time I've been to anything like this. You've never taken her to an auction? I've only been to one!
0:49:28 > 0:49:34Stopping her spending your money! Yeah! We think this'll sell. For sure.
0:49:34 > 0:49:39Here we are. We're off. I've seen a few people looking at it.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43Interest here. Bid with me at £50.
0:49:43 > 0:49:48Book's out. Seated at £65. Standing £70. £75?
0:49:48 > 0:49:51£80. This is good. £90.
0:49:51 > 0:49:57£95? The distant bidder at £90. If you're all done...
0:49:57 > 0:50:00In the doorway at £90.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03Well? Brilliant! That's good!
0:50:03 > 0:50:07And there's a bit of damage. There was.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10The restoration was done very well.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13That's why I put £50-£70 on it.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17That was short and sweet - £90. Superb! Brilliant!
0:50:17 > 0:50:21Lovely. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Thanks. Thank you, Mr Cameraman.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27"Thank you, Mr Cameraman"! Yeah!
0:50:32 > 0:50:38I've been looking forward to this! It'll be at least ten minutes!
0:50:38 > 0:50:40A session! Yeah!
0:50:40 > 0:50:47First up, we've got the portfolio with the mezzotints and engravings, the leftovers of the quality,
0:50:47 > 0:50:52which Nick sifted through. This is the start. The start, yes.
0:50:52 > 0:50:57There was some quality left. Some very nice prints.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59Mid to late-Victorian.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Lot 362.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07A collection of mezzotints and engravings.
0:51:07 > 0:51:12Shown. The commission bids are very close together here.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15Starts to me at £160.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19£160? We're there!
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Crikey!
0:51:21 > 0:51:23If you're all done,
0:51:23 > 0:51:26£160. Excellent.
0:51:26 > 0:51:30Well! We had a reserve of £120. Well done.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33It's a good start.
0:51:33 > 0:51:37A great start, but will the watercolours
0:51:37 > 0:51:42live up to expectations? Commission bids with me...
0:51:42 > 0:51:47£170, £180, £190, £200, £210. And £220, do I see?
0:51:47 > 0:51:50£220. £230 anywhere?
0:51:50 > 0:51:54What's the reserve? £200. If you're all done...
0:51:54 > 0:51:58Selling on the back wall at £220. That's good.
0:51:59 > 0:52:04'Not too impressed so far!' English school watercolour.
0:52:04 > 0:52:10Lot 369, the English School 19th-century Italian lake.
0:52:10 > 0:52:16I like this one. Bid here with me at £55.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18£65. £70. £80.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Book's out. £85 do I see?
0:52:21 > 0:52:25I'd check your loft, see if there's more!
0:52:27 > 0:52:28Sold.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31There's still more to go.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35Lots 367, William Burchill - On The Dogger Bank.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38The Dogger Bank.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Again there's interest. The commission bid's with me
0:52:42 > 0:52:45at £100. £110?
0:52:45 > 0:52:50This was my least favourite. Yeah. Yeah.
0:52:50 > 0:52:55£110. £120. £130.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59£140. Telephone bid. There's a bid on the book.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02£160? If you're all done, the book's out.
0:53:02 > 0:53:07We're out in the room and selling on Annabelle's phone at £150.
0:53:07 > 0:53:12This is incredible! How are you feeling? Amazing!
0:53:12 > 0:53:17I loved this! Yes, it's really nice. I'd have kept this.
0:53:17 > 0:53:21Yes, it is a lovely... Did you think about doing that?
0:53:21 > 0:53:24We don't have the room. No...
0:53:24 > 0:53:28The commission bidding starts at £1,000.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Good start! £1,150.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34£1,150. £1,200.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36£1,200. £1,300.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40With those marks! It's still climbing.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44The book is out. £1,500. £1,550.
0:53:44 > 0:53:49There's two bidding against each other. Am I allowed to look?
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Check them out! Where are they?
0:53:51 > 0:53:56Can't see them. They just flip a piece of paper...
0:53:56 > 0:53:58£1,850. Someone on the phone.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02£1,900.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03£2,000.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07Get a new car! We'll give the other ones away!
0:54:07 > 0:54:11I want to see who's bidding. Who's on the phone?
0:54:11 > 0:54:14It's wonderful on the phone. Yes.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18£2,600. £2,700.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21£2,800.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23£2,900.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25£3,000.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28£3,100. Unbelievable! £3,100.
0:54:28 > 0:54:29£3,100.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32£3,200. £3,300.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34You'll get a Mercedes now!
0:54:34 > 0:54:39I just want something that goes from A to B! £3,700.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42£3,700? Another one? £3,800.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44£3,900?
0:54:44 > 0:54:49It's against you on the phone, it's in the room at £3,800.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52£3,900? Yes. £3,900.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54£4,000?
0:54:54 > 0:54:57On the phone at £3,900.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00This was a sleeper in your attic!
0:55:00 > 0:55:04£3,900 on Lynne's phone. If you're all done,
0:55:04 > 0:55:07£3,900.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12Well done! Well done!
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Brilliant!
0:55:14 > 0:55:18What a superb result for Mary and Christopher.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22Their watercolours combined made double the valuation!
0:55:22 > 0:55:26Brian and Jan were delighted with their sale.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30Worth a day out! Yeah. Thanks very much to "Flog It!"
0:55:30 > 0:55:35But Joan had mixed feelings when she said goodbye to her chairs.
0:55:35 > 0:55:41I wouldn't have been unhappy to take them home, because I changed my plans.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44I'm not selling now.
0:55:44 > 0:55:48And, still lumbered with her Poole vase and dish...
0:55:48 > 0:55:52At least I won't buy another plate! My husband'll be pleased!
0:55:52 > 0:55:57But the sale of the day belongs to Mary and Christopher,
0:55:57 > 0:56:01who never realised their paintings would earn £5,000.
0:56:01 > 0:56:06You could have cut the atmosphere in the room with a knife!
0:56:06 > 0:56:14It was great! Just shows - it doesn't matter if there's a frame or not, or even if they're mounted.
0:56:16 > 0:56:22Another exciting auction! See you next time on "Flog It!"