0:00:31 > 0:00:38Flog It! is the show where you get the chance to empty your house of clutter and make some money.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Our experts will examine them and, if you want, you can flog them.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48It's up to you to decide, but our experts will help.
0:00:48 > 0:00:55If they get it right, you could be loaded. If they're wrong, you might be taking your antique back home.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Be warned - there's nothing as unpredictable as an auction.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03£100 would make you happy? Yeah.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04£190.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Fabulous! Well done! Brilliant!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Mine's a pint!
0:01:11 > 0:01:17We can't all be wrong. Nigel is sometimes, but all of us can't be.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We're in York, an historic town.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Let's hope the locals have some interesting things.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Our experts are at the Hospitium in the Museum of Yorkshire Life
0:01:37 > 0:01:41to help people decide whether to keep or sell their antiques.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48Casting their expert eyes over our lots today are David Barby and Nigel Smith.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Mr and Mrs Medley begin with Nigel.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56This figure looks most promising out of the items you've brought.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01You know it's a Doulton figure, made by Royal Doulton.
0:02:01 > 0:02:08Is it something you like? I do have a few. You've got a collection of them? I can't afford a collection!
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Nice script mark and a printed mark - potted by Doulton.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Collectors look for the HN number.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21The patent numbers. Doulton produced various models and still make these.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25You'll see a date... an impressed date, there.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30I can read "11, 33", which would be for 1933. It's a nice early one.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35Condition's important. This one seems fine.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Is it something you'd want to sell? It's come through your family, so...
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Do you put a reserve on it? We can suggest a reserve for you. Yeah.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50I need to check that number, see how rare it is, and what sort of price...
0:02:50 > 0:02:56The thing about Doulton is we have price guides. I'll look it up in my little book
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and see what price we can put on it.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05Who do they belong to? The family. They were given to my mother by neighbours about 30 years ago.
0:03:05 > 0:03:11They've been in the drawer. And never used? No. Extraordinary!
0:03:11 > 0:03:15The market for this is the Continental and US market.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18What I so like about this service
0:03:18 > 0:03:23is they reflect a design of the 19th century called the Aesthetic Period,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28which had many influences, but one of the main ones was Japanese design.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31The Japanese became popular -
0:03:31 > 0:03:37think in terms of bamboo furniture, The Mikado - all prevalent then.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40With this attractive pair of servers,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43we have the influence of Japan in these grips.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Holding them, the style of the grips,
0:03:47 > 0:03:52it's a comfortable feel to them, so take these as late 19th century.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58This style of decoration - ferns - is typical of the period, as well.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Again, Japanese influence.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04This one is in silver plate, not silver.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10Pieces were made in silver, so if we put these in the range of £60 to £80,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13silver ones would be three times as much.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Very nice. Can we sell them for you? Of course. Thank you very much.
0:04:18 > 0:04:25Since you don't use them, what are you going to do with the money? I'll find something. I'm sure you will.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30After some research, Nigel's found out the value of the Doulton figure.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33HN1588.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Made between 1933 and 1952.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38The book price here is £150 to £175.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40They're quite generous, these prices.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46We like to value on a conservative level...for pre-sale estimates. Yeah.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51If we put it in at £120 to £180, that would be just about the right level.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54It could make over £200. Brilliant.
0:04:54 > 0:05:01Be nice, wouldn't it? Lovely. We could put £120 reserve on. That'd be sensible. Is that OK? Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Lovely! Let's hope she does well, then.
0:05:04 > 0:05:10Do you have a pair of these? No, it's not a pair. One on its own.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Yes. The other one has two arms and it's sort of a browny one. Right.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I like this tortoiseshell effect. It's nice.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23This is part of their commercial range. I see.
0:05:23 > 0:05:30Although it's been hand-potted and hand-decorated, this was done on a large number of items,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34so they could replicate this many times. I see.
0:05:34 > 0:05:41It's not done by one artist. No. Although at the bottom here, there's an initial... Yeah.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46..which is for one of the assistants. They would've done the decoration.
0:05:46 > 0:05:53You're not going to get more than about £50. I see. Oh, well, in that case, I wouldn't bother. Right, OK.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I'd probably give it as a present.
0:05:56 > 0:06:04That, as I say, she must have had that, ooh, 80, 90 years ago because it was in the family. Right.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07It's pretty. It's unusual - everybody admires it.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12This is nice. It's a foreign piece of silver. I see.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15It comes up to English standard. OK.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19This stamp incorporates an "F", meaning it's foreign.
0:06:19 > 0:06:26Right. It would qualify to be sold as silver. I see. We have regulations about silver. OK.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30We can't sell anything unless it's stamped.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34This is attractive. I think it'd be popular on the market.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40At auction, we're going to get close on £100. That might be worth it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46In the auctioneer's catalogue, you might find a price of £80 to £120. Right. OK.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51What would that be? This is a letter opener, a paper opener. Is it?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54This is nice - it's a short blade.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00Quite often they produced special books and not all the sides were cut through... I see.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05That must be quite old because that was in Grandma's...
0:07:06 > 0:07:13..Grandma's trunk when she died. It says "Birmingham" and dates from the tail end of the 19th century.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17I would say somebody's going to pay £60, £80.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21I didn't know if it was worth something.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Those two items are worth selling. I'll take that back for a present.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34That's all I have. We'd like to take those in for sale. Yes, you may. Thank you very much. OK, then.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Mr Medley has silver tongs he'd like Nigel to look at.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Problem is the hallmarks aren't clear,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46but they're mid-18th century. Yeah?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Sugar nips - that's what they are, and they're all absolutely genuine.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56There's a London hallmark, but I can't decipher the date or the make,
0:07:56 > 0:08:03um, but I would think we could put those in at somewhere round about £80...with an estimate of £80, £120.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09Yeah. And put a reserve around £80. Yeah. And they should sell at that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Nice piece of Georgian silver. I think they'll shine. Give them a go, shall we? Please. Excellent. Good.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Now some owners have chosen to sell, let's see what going to auction.
0:08:28 > 0:08:34David likes Mr Race's servers. Not solid silver, but nicely decorated.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40You can still use them. There should be a market.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43The Medleys are ready to let the Doulton lady go,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47reassured by the price Nigel looked up.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52I think that'll make its money. Over £200, probably.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Oh, yes!
0:08:53 > 0:08:58Mr Medley is selling his sugar nips, a nice bit of 18th century silver.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02£80 to £120 for a good piece of Georgian silver.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08Mrs Wood is sending two things to the sale. First, a Continental vase.
0:09:08 > 0:09:14The correct marks, including the foreign silver mark. That'll do well.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18She also has high hopes for this paper knife.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It has a nice embossed handle
0:09:20 > 0:09:23with a vacant cartouche,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26so anybody could put their own initials on.
0:09:32 > 0:09:39For today's sale, we've travelled a bit further up from York to the North Yorkshire town of Malton.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44It's an affluent area. I hope we're in for a busy and profitable day.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Our owners are here to see how much money they might make.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Calling the shots today, auctioneer Andrew Macmillan.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02Does his opinion differ from our experts and what does he think of our items?
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Mrs Medley's Doulton figure has been out of production for a bit.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Yes, this is one of the things that confers value on these figures -
0:10:12 > 0:10:15how long they were produced for.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21I think we stand a chance of getting it away. Nigel reckoned £120 to £180.
0:10:21 > 0:10:27I think that's over the top. It stands a fair chance at £120 or so.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30We'll find out later who's right. Absolutely.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35These are superfluous to modern living. Do people still buy these?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39They still buy them, but only at a low price.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45These were David's choice. He reckoned £60 to £80. No chance? Not much.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50They have some things going for them - the handles, the blades -
0:10:50 > 0:10:53but I think we might be struggling.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59The owner tells me they've been in a drawer for 30 years. Going back there?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Somebody else's or his, yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08You've got a fabulous selection of silver today. We've got Mr Medley's sugar tongs.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12These are surely a collector's item. What would you do with them?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Somebody might buy them to put them in a cabinet.
0:11:16 > 0:11:24It's not the sort of thing that Fred Bloggs is going to buy. They're strictly collector's items.
0:11:24 > 0:11:32Very dainty. A good age about them? Yes, they're nice 18th-century ones, and a good scissor action,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36but these days, silver is a bit low, a bit un-sought-after.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Silver's not doing well? No.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Right. Nigel reckons £80 to £100 - are we close there?
0:11:43 > 0:11:50In the right area. Might struggle a bit. Might get there? Might do. Yeah? We'll do our best.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Mrs Wood had two items chosen. The first is this letter opener. Yeah.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01Nice decoration on the handle. You can actually use it, if you had that on your desk -
0:12:01 > 0:12:06open mail with a nice silver-handled letter opener. Jolly nice!
0:12:06 > 0:12:13Impress the clients. Absolutely. Good. David chose these ones. £50 to £60 for the letter opener?
0:12:13 > 0:12:20Mmm, yes, I think so. I think David's good with his silver. Is he? Let's hope so. Yes.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25The second item was this unusual, what, triple-headed stem vase.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Yes. It's Continental. Dutch. Mmm.
0:12:28 > 0:12:35Got the English silver import marks on it, but it's not exactly a thing of beauty. It's very...unusual.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I think I was right!
0:12:39 > 0:12:47David chose it. £80 to £120. Continental silver not as popular as English. No, absolutely not.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52That'll be difficult. £80 to £120's too much. Yeah. What do you think?
0:12:52 > 0:12:57I would've thought £50 or £60 will be as much as we'll get. Really?
0:12:57 > 0:13:04As the auction approaches, I want a word with David and Nigel to make sure they're confident.
0:13:06 > 0:13:14How confident are we? I'm quietly confident. I'm not normally, but I'm happy with the selection I've got.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20Apparently, silver's not doing too well. What about the fish servers?
0:13:20 > 0:13:27A multiplicity of uses, either for fish... At home, we have a pair, we use it for serving pizza.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32You must be the only person that's using a pair. Oh, I don't know.
0:13:32 > 0:13:39It's a good German market and they actually use them. We've got a good crowd in. You're making me nervous!
0:13:39 > 0:13:42I hope so!
0:13:42 > 0:13:48This is a popular auction with the locals. We've a full house with lots of buyers.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Mr Race's dated cooking utensils are up first.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57It's the fish servers that I wasn't keen on myself.
0:13:57 > 0:14:03Peter, they've been in a drawer for 30 years. Happy to see them go? Yes.
0:14:03 > 0:14:10It's pointless being in the bottom drawer. Hopefully, we'll make you... £100 you'd be happy with.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12That'd be nice.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16567. Fish servers. Bamboo handles. There we are. £50.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19£20. £25. £30.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21£35. £40.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24£45. £50. £55. £60?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27£55. Almost at the low estimate!
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Anyone else? All done, then, at £55.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32£55. That's a sale.
0:14:32 > 0:14:39Just a fiver under the estimate. Excited? I'm quite happy. It's what was expected. Good.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43£55. Are you going to replace it with something else?
0:14:43 > 0:14:48Um, I'll probably replace it with something else. Good.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53David, you were just about on the button. That's the name of the game.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56That's a pretty good estimate.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05Let's hope there are some Doulton collectors chasing after Mrs Medley's porcelain.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Mrs Medley here and Nigel, who's responsible for getting her here.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Nervous at all? Very. I'm excited more than nerves.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Are you familiar with auctions? No, never before. Never? No.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26What do you think? Is it exciting? Very. Especially for you, cos you're selling something. Yeah.
0:15:26 > 0:15:33Nigel, the Royal Doultons have been doing great so far. It's a nice figure - I'm sure it'll do well.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38We should do well. This has been in your family for 70 years? Yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43What makes you sell it? Just doing out the house. No room for her.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48She wasn't the children's thing, so she had to go.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52We're going to get you, hopefully, £150 today.
0:15:52 > 0:15:59What'll you spend it on? Replace it with something else? Put it towards a holiday, something extra special.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02146. Doulton figure.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Here we go! £50?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06£50.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09£55. £60.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11£65. £70.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16It's going well. £85. £90. £95. £100.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19£100 already! ..£130?
0:16:19 > 0:16:24£120 in the second row. £130. £140? £130 over there. Do I hear £140?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27£130. £140. £150.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31£160. £170. Excellent! £180. £190?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34£190. £200. £210. £220.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Fantastic! In the corner at £210. £220? £210.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Anyone else? All done at £210.
0:16:41 > 0:16:47Yes! Brilliant! Well done! Congratulations, that's great!
0:16:47 > 0:16:53£210! Brilliant! Thank you. Marvellous! We're off to the pub now? Let's go!
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Mrs Wood is under the weather, so we're taking charge of her silver.
0:16:58 > 0:17:05We've got two lots belonging to Mrs Wood. She can't be with us - she's feeling poorly -
0:17:05 > 0:17:10let's hope we can bring her some good news. Kind regards. Absolutely.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15You've picked two lots from her - both silver. Yes. How will we do?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I think the paper knife will be good. Very functional.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25Yes - opening letters or newspapers. You could put it on any desk. Mmm.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29The triple-headed vase - Dutch... Dutch silver.
0:17:29 > 0:17:36Import marks - it comes up to the standard of English silver. I like that piece. Very decorative.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42Ideal for a lady's boudoir. Yes. Doesn't that sound old-fashioned, if I say, "boudoir"? Boudoir!
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Silver has been going pretty well, so we might be doing well.
0:17:47 > 0:17:54The auction's been a great success so far. He's a good auctioneer. He is. Very quick and precise.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59617. Paper knife, letter opener - whatever you want to use it for.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02£50? £30 I'm bid. Do I hear five?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Right in at £30. Estimated £50 to £60. Right.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11£50. £55. £60. £65. £70. £75. That's fine. It's going very well.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16£85 bid. £90? £85 with Charlie. Anyone £90 now? £85. Any more?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18All done at £85.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23Excellent! Well done. Thanks. Nice one. Appreciated!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Here's the next one right away.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31618. Continental vase, year 50. £30.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37In your own time. £20 I'm bid. £25. £30. £35. £40?
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Bidding at £35. Anyone £40 now? Stuck at £35.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Selling at £35. Mr Wood. Thank you.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47That's not even the reserve price.
0:18:47 > 0:18:54That's disappointing! Andrew didn't think that would do it. He's turned out to be right and you're wrong.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Thanks for pointing that out. You did well with the letter opener.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02That's the consolation? Some you win...
0:19:02 > 0:19:07It just shows valuing antiques is an inexact science.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Following his wife, it's now MR Medley's turn to sweat.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17We're joined by Mr Medley, husband of the fortunate Mrs Medley. She was chuffed. She was!
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Now it's your turn! Georgian sugar nips. Correct.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26What made you take them along? Well, we were just interested.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Did you know they were good ones in silver?
0:19:30 > 0:19:35No. Really? Wow! That must've come as a shock! It did. Yeah.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41£80 to £100 doesn't sound too bad. If you got another £100, you'll go home rich! I am!
0:19:41 > 0:19:42593.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44The sugar nips. £50?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48£30 I'm bid. Do I hear £35? £30. £35. £40. £45.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50£50. £55? £55.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56£60. £65? £60 for Charlie. They're doing OK. £60 - a wee bit lower.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01£70. With Charlie. Anyone £75? £70. Anyone else? All done at £70.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05£70. Well... You were a tenner short. A bit short.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08£70 all the same. Definitely.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14The butterflies didn't get too bad. No. £70 is a fair result. It is.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19The auctioneer wasn't convinced, but you were right. Absolutely.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24We have to class that as a winner. Thanks. Thank you. Well done.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34'While our experts carry on sifting through the boxes and carrier bags,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38'I've got detective work of my own to do.'
0:20:46 > 0:20:53I'm like a boy caught with his finger in the pudding. This is a very feminine room. It is.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Where did you get started? Well, my husband was made redundant in 1986.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02We decided to start publishing greetings cards
0:21:02 > 0:21:07with the people dressed up in old clothes. Where do you find all this?
0:21:07 > 0:21:15All over, really. You can still find things in car boots, junk shops - it's very accessible,
0:21:15 > 0:21:21especially costume jewellery, it's so affordable. You can have glam in your life,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23which everybody needs. Definitely.
0:21:23 > 0:21:30Once we've got everything together, what does it look like when it's on? We've got a surprise for you!
0:21:30 > 0:21:37We've dressed Liz up and here she is in her 1930s afternoon dress.
0:21:37 > 0:21:44Wow! Fantastic! Isn't it lovely? Crepe de Chine cut on the bias. Those colours are right for that era.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48She's wearing the little crochet gloves
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and a hat with a Moroccan trim.
0:21:51 > 0:21:58She's even got the jewellery on. She's just got the right look. She looks fantastic. Yeah.
0:21:58 > 0:22:05I think so. So if Liz is wearing 1930s afternoon wear, what's Clara here at our dressing table?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09She's ready for an evening at the Kit Kat Club.
0:22:09 > 0:22:16She's wearing a beaded evening dress. It's got the gloves to match with the lovely marabou round them.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21It's attention to detail - you've got everything from that era. Yes.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26She's wearing the right underwear, too. Really? We'll not go into that!
0:22:26 > 0:22:33What about the dressing table? That's all period stuff. Yes, from the 1920s.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Very affordable. I see it around my auction room quite often,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41so it's accessible. Yes, and easy to find.
0:22:41 > 0:22:49We have to leave the ladies behind. There are people who want to know if their objects are worth selling.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55This is a meerschaum pipe. How did you acquire it? A lady gave it to me about 70 years ago.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Right. She didn't smoke.
0:22:58 > 0:23:05What I find interesting about this is that it's got "Exhibited at Vienna in 1873".
0:23:05 > 0:23:10It's unusual to have a documented piece. Nice to have the original box.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Oh! Isn't that beautiful?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Isn't that superb?!
0:23:16 > 0:23:18If I could take it out of its box.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23Oh, this is one of the most sought-after variety of pipes,
0:23:23 > 0:23:27particularly this sort of salacious girl. Very nice.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Look at this wonderful carved head, which is of, possibly, Dionysus,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35or maybe just a Satyr.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39It's a symbol of sort of lewdness, sexuality,
0:23:39 > 0:23:46this would've been smoked in private with a group of other gentlemen that probably had similar pipes.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52This is lovely. Meerschaum is a soft stone that was easily carved.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57The more you used it, the harder the stone would get through the heat.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02The only problem being this amber mouthpiece has become detached.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08Inside here there's a small bone scroll, which you could replace, if you wanted,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12so anybody buying this would be able to replace it.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Now, it's fixing a value with this damage.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22If this came up for auction, allowing for this carving here,
0:24:22 > 0:24:28we're looking at something in the region of about £150, £200 - that sort of price range.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33I had a rough idea. You should've told me before we began.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39Right, you'd like us to sell this? Yeah, fine. OK, we'll go for it.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43We'll Flog It! Good idea!
0:24:43 > 0:24:48It actually belongs to my cousin... Right. ..who bought it 17 years ago.
0:24:48 > 0:24:551984. Mmm-hmm. He paid quite a considerable amount of money for it, in terms of the 1980s.
0:24:55 > 0:25:03Right. And I believe that it is Continental. Yup. And end of the 19th century... Mmm-hmm.
0:25:03 > 0:25:09..Perhaps. Mmm-hmm. How much did he pay for it in 1984? £850. Right, right.
0:25:09 > 0:25:16It's quite a marketable bronze. It's a good size, a good substantial size, good decorative piece.
0:25:16 > 0:25:23It's reasonable quality - it's not the best quality, but reasonable. And the patination is attractive.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Always helps to handle bronze all the time. Why?
0:25:28 > 0:25:32The acids in your hand help keep that colour.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36It's late 19th century and almost certainly French.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42£500 to £700 is what we would be wanting to estimate it at the moment.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48There is a difference between retail prices and auction prices.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53We estimate conservatively prior to the auction.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57In the heady days of the '80s, prices were high.
0:25:57 > 0:26:04You may be lucky and get that sort of money back, but to put it in at £850 would be far too high at the moment.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Yeah. How do you feel about that? That's fair comment -
0:26:08 > 0:26:12he had surplus cash washing around in the '80s.
0:26:12 > 0:26:19Now there's been a dip in the market in recent years in bronzes from what I've read. Mmm-hmm.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Whether that's the case or not...
0:26:21 > 0:26:29Quality things are selling well and prices are strong, but the middle to bottom end of the market is falling.
0:26:29 > 0:26:35We stand a chance of getting £500 to £700. I'd be happy with that. Absolutely. Great.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38We'll give it a go. Excellent.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42This is super. Did it belong to you?
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Got it at a jumble sale 25 years ago for my son, who was three.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52How much did you pay for it? A tenner. Quite expensive for me!
0:26:52 > 0:26:56At that time, £10 was a lot. He desperately wanted it.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02This dates from sort of mid-1950s to about 1962, that sort of period,
0:27:02 > 0:27:08but this is the king of toys... Yeah. ..at that particular time.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It's still in working order.
0:27:11 > 0:27:17If a child put his two legs on there, the whole thing goes along - it's wonderful!
0:27:17 > 0:27:19So do we have a go at selling this?
0:27:19 > 0:27:24Um...I'm quite tempted to keep it for my grandson.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Not everyone's here to sell. This horse is going back.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32This is quite attractive to various collectors. How did you acquire it?
0:27:32 > 0:27:37I inherited it from my mother. It was a gift from my grandfather.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44I think he bought it just either at the end of the war
0:27:44 > 0:27:46or just before it ended.
0:27:46 > 0:27:54We were staying in London at the time. It's a nice object - first, from the sulphide jewel in the top.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00They included these cameo portraits in paperweights. Baccarat did this in France.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06The whole idea of this developed in France in the 18th century. This one is English,
0:28:06 > 0:28:12and it was perfected by a person called Apsley Pellatt.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17He made small jewels, paperweights, scent bottles,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21incorporating these ceramic heads.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26This has been put into a gilt metal mount with a protective glass on top.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Also, it's turned wood - or treen -
0:28:29 > 0:28:33so a collector of treen or sulphide would be interested in this box.
0:28:33 > 0:28:39Yes. It's a good piece of Georgian, dressing table furnishing. Yes.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45There are traces inside of a metal foil lining. Can you see? Yes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:52When you find that, it was always intended to keep something moist or in its original state -
0:28:52 > 0:28:58wig powder, but I doubt that, or tobacco or maybe stamps or something.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59It has a multiplicity of uses.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05These were not cheap. No. This would've been for a middle class household,
0:29:05 > 0:29:08maybe in London. Yes. Right.
0:29:08 > 0:29:14Now, value of it... I think £80 to £120... Yes. ..at auction.
0:29:14 > 0:29:21Could do more - I hope it could do more. Would you like us to sell it? Yes, please. Excellent. Thank you.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26We'll do our very best. Thank you. Bearing in mind my estimate.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Yes. Splendid! Thank you. Thank you.
0:29:30 > 0:29:36What do you know about it? It belongs to a friend who had an eye operation yesterday.
0:29:36 > 0:29:43It belonged to her father and was passed down to her. He worked at York Carriageworks, which I think...
0:29:43 > 0:29:48It's got this nice inscription. It's handy it's got the date on - 1901.
0:29:48 > 0:29:54That gives an indication of its age. The clock may be slightly earlier.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59It would appeal to a furnishing buyer, rather than a horologist.
0:29:59 > 0:30:05These were mass-produced movements. If we look at the back of it...
0:30:05 > 0:30:09and open the back up, it's got the original paper label here -
0:30:09 > 0:30:15"Made in Wurttemberg". Striking on a single, blue steel gong.
0:30:15 > 0:30:22It's nice of its type. Somebody had it cleaned in 1953. They've written "September, 1953 - had a good clean".
0:30:22 > 0:30:30It's all there and it's all original and it's not in bad condition. It still works? It still works. Yeah?
0:30:30 > 0:30:37I'd think, in a nice walnut case - it's nicely made - I think the link with North Eastern Railway company
0:30:37 > 0:30:43will probably add, rather than detract from its value, so it's nice to have something like that.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48I'd value it in the region of £100, £150, but it should do a bit better.
0:30:48 > 0:30:55Would you be happy to sell at that? She said she'd be happy to sell it. We put it in with a reserve of £100.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00It doesn't go with current antiques at all. It doesn't fit in. No.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05I'm sure somebody would like it. Have you a key for it?
0:31:05 > 0:31:10I've a selection of keys you can choose from. A selection. Good.
0:31:10 > 0:31:17This is extraordinary. This is the second one we've had in today and this is just as beautiful.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Mother gave me it years ago.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24I don't know where it came from. She lived in Cornwall, so... Really?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28The date of this is round about 1870, 1880.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33These were produced in Germany, in Bavaria - throughout the Eastern European countries,
0:31:33 > 0:31:40and they were exported to England, America, and were quite collectable.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45This one here is quite erotic because it shows a nude female.
0:31:45 > 0:31:53I'll call her "Venus, Goddess of Love", with the little putto at the side holding a mirror to her face.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Beautifully carved.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01All this undercutting of a sort of entwining branch with all the leaves is beautiful,
0:32:01 > 0:32:06and she's putting garlands into her hair, which you can see at the side.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09It's carved completely in the round.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14Look at her flowing locks. It is a beautifully produced pipe. Yeah.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19The pipe is not too heavy, it's fairly lightweight,
0:32:19 > 0:32:24but it's heavy enough, unfortunately, to fracture the joint there
0:32:24 > 0:32:26and also this other section.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Mmm. Nothing to worry about. For a collector, it's not a problem.
0:32:31 > 0:32:37Have you had this on display? No, it's been in a drawer. In a drawer?
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Mother gave me it many years ago,
0:32:39 > 0:32:45but I was coming along here today and I talked to my daughter-in-law last night
0:32:45 > 0:32:53and said I was bringing this willow bowl. OK. She said, "What about the pipe?" You've got a bowl in there.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55It's still in its original box.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00You've got some actual burning just here and some little bit of wear
0:33:00 > 0:33:07either where it's been knocked or used, where it's wearing away through the actual colour tones.
0:33:07 > 0:33:14Overall, it's very good. I'd like to see this in auction, I'd like to see it go somewhere between £170 to £200.
0:33:14 > 0:33:20Less than the other one - that's slightly erotic, whereas here we have a playful female.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Can we sell this? Yes. Excellent. Thank you. Thank you.
0:33:25 > 0:33:31This is your furniture? Yes. What do you call it? A chest.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34That's what it is - it's a storage chest for linen,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37often called coffers or kists.
0:33:37 > 0:33:43It's a nice piece of furniture. Do you know how old it is? It belonged to my husband's grandmother. Right.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49It goes back a long way before that. I'd think this is late 17th century. Oh.
0:33:49 > 0:33:57Difficult to date, these - they're a standard piece of furniture that occurred in most provincial houses
0:33:57 > 0:34:01as storage chests and they go well into the 18th century.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06In the 19th century, you get similar ones made in mahogany and pine.
0:34:06 > 0:34:12It's got one or two things wrong with it. That I appreciate. Yeah.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17The first thing, if we open the lid, the obvious thing are the hinges.
0:34:17 > 0:34:24These have been later cut in. What we would've had are wire loop hinges. You can see here,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26those have been broken off.
0:34:26 > 0:34:32Wire loop hinges are two pieces of wire that cross like that and they always break,
0:34:32 > 0:34:34so often the hinges are replaced.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39These originally stood on stone flag floors.
0:34:39 > 0:34:45The feet have been cut down. As the flag floors were washed down, these feet rotted.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49They get shorter, then they're replaced,
0:34:49 > 0:34:54When we look at the back, you'll see it's had new feet put on.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57That's one thing that would affect the price.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00It's had one or two pieces let in,
0:35:00 > 0:35:07then if we look at this side, it's had major worm damage and somebody's let a piece of wood into there.
0:35:07 > 0:35:13Can we find anything else wrong? It's bowed... It's bowed at the top.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16You've just wax polished this? Yeah. It's got...
0:35:16 > 0:35:22From the outset, it looks quite a nice colour, looks quite attractive.
0:35:22 > 0:35:29You're wanting to sell this piece? Yes. What do you think it might be worth? I don't know. You tell me.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34The oak market has been reasonably strong over the last couple of years.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Buyers like good, original condition.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41They don't like alterations - the feet being cut down, worm damage,
0:35:41 > 0:35:45and they don't like later carving.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49This carving's probably OK, so that may save the day.
0:35:49 > 0:35:56I'd think an estimate of £250 to £350 is probably realistic, although conservative.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02Does that horrify you? Yes. You thought it was worth more. About twice that. Twice.
0:36:02 > 0:36:09You'd have to be realistic. Yeah. We could probably put the reserve slightly higher at £250, but...
0:36:09 > 0:36:14I want to sell it. You're happy to put it in at that figure? Yeah.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Somebody should buy it at that price. Thank you. Good.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I'm off in search of a good book.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31Not the latest best seller - I'm after something older and this is the right place.
0:36:37 > 0:36:44Yorkshire Tour by Ella Pontefract and Marie Hartley. I'm meeting Tony Fothergill, co-owner of Spelman's.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49He has a couple of old manuscripts for me to look at.
0:36:49 > 0:36:54This is all handwritten, so it's not just the printed word you have.
0:36:54 > 0:37:01No, we do a lot with manuscripts. They're the sort of small change of history. Few survive. What's this?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04This covers three years of the house expenses
0:37:04 > 0:37:11of a chap in Essex. Would this have been kept by the man of the house or would this be the butler's job?
0:37:11 > 0:37:16The man. It's too personal to be done by a butler.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20A particular fascination... He had a brother in Ripon.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25He seems to have sent many oysters up to his brother. Oysters? Yeah.
0:37:25 > 0:37:32Oysters here, and again and again you can pick these out. I must ask - what sort of value?
0:37:32 > 0:37:40This we're selling for £850. It's a fair bit of money for what is, essentially, a shopping list. It is,
0:37:40 > 0:37:45but what's so fascinating, it's a chart of all the wages of that time.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50You know - how much did you pay the boy to scare the crows?
0:37:50 > 0:37:56These things are used by historical researchers. It's a snippet of history. Yeah.
0:37:56 > 0:38:03What else have you got? Well, down here... Slightly different scale, although not so different in date.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07A pamphlet printed in Edinburgh, 1760. My home town.
0:38:07 > 0:38:14This is a proposal to clean the city up. It's described as a place where "dung rains from the sky".
0:38:14 > 0:38:19Yes, the phrase "gardyloo" came from that. Exactly.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Is this the top end of the book market or is this average prices?
0:38:24 > 0:38:29We have some that are more expensive. This, again, is an 18th-century book,
0:38:29 > 0:38:33designed for the use of artists - a pattern book of animals -
0:38:33 > 0:38:41at a time when people may not have known what an ostrich looked like. He's laying out good examples.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47OK, so you've told us it's a bit more expensive. How much is it?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50This one's on sale for £6,500.
0:38:50 > 0:38:57£6,500? Yeah. That's a lot of money for a book. It is, but there's only five copies known to have survived.
0:38:57 > 0:39:04The rest are in...? Institutions. This is rare? Very. There's no record of it turning up at auction.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17Our owners have chosen to sell. Let's see what's going to auction.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22Mrs Roberts is selling her coffer, but didn't like Nigel's opinion.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26The lady was disappointed with the valuation.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Does that horrify you?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Yes. It might exceed that.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35The owners of the meerschaum pipes were keen to sell.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39One has risque carving, the other is more intricate.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Unique, hand-carved, and there's only one example of each,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46so those are very good.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51Glen's cousin hopes to cut his losses after buying this for £850.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55If it doesn't make £500 to £700, I'll be surprised.
0:39:55 > 0:40:01And Helen Lennox is ready to pass the treen box on to a collector.
0:40:01 > 0:40:08Sulphide jewel, a gentleman's portrait, classical features, contained within a gold mount.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11That was very nice. I think that'll do well.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16The walnut clock was brought in by a friend of the owner.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20It's in a walnut case, it's a good decorator's piece -
0:40:20 > 0:40:22it'll make over £100.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32The auction house is packed with people hoping to pick up a bargain.
0:40:32 > 0:40:40Amongst the lots are our owners' pieces. Auctioneer Andrew Macmillan is going to tell me what he thinks.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Have David and Nigel got it right?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Helen told us about her treen box.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51It was bought by her grandfather for her mother and she inherited it.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Andrew, what exactly is treen?
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Treen is a catch-all word meaning turned wood.
0:40:58 > 0:41:05Ideal for us - when you don't know what it is, you can call it treen. It gets you out of some fixes. Yes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10This one has a cameo panel on top. A bit like a Roman head.
0:41:10 > 0:41:16Roman or Greek - hard to say, because it's small, but the box is shallow. What would it be for?
0:41:16 > 0:41:22I suppose just small valuable items, jewellery. Could be anything? Yeah.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26David thought £80 to £120. Looks awful plain for that.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31It's quite an early one, probably late Georgian. That's a fair age.
0:41:31 > 0:41:37It might get to £80. As much as that? Yeah. Great.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40A meerschaum pipe - explain that to us.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43These are probably cheroot holders.
0:41:43 > 0:41:50They have a detachable top. If you think about it, you wouldn't get much tobacco in one of those pipes.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55They are very small. They'd just be to fix a cheroot in. They're ornate.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00This one is almost risque. Almost. There's a nude figure on the front.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04I can see the smoker fondling that.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Some are even more risque than this. Really?
0:42:07 > 0:42:14Very often carved with rather Rubenesque ladies and that sort of thing, but these are quite tame.
0:42:14 > 0:42:22A bit of damage. Will that affect the price? A little, but damage to the mouthpiece isn't a big problem.
0:42:22 > 0:42:28It's a question of re-affixing it. David put a value of £150 to £200 on this one. Are we close there?
0:42:28 > 0:42:35We're in the right area. Are they collectable? Yes. The problem is a lot of them have been faked,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37which can devalue the good ones,
0:42:37 > 0:42:45but this is genuine - I think it'll make the money. I'm sure Mr Hyman will be pleased if he gets £200.
0:42:45 > 0:42:52Margaret Nolan gave us the second one. That is fabulously ornate. That is just over the top.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57It is, and the carving goes right the way round the cheroot holder.
0:42:57 > 0:43:04Although it looks more ornate, this isn't as desirable as Bacchus and the naked lady.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09Because it's too much? Yes, so this will be less money than the first one.
0:43:09 > 0:43:15David thought the same. He put it at £130 to £200. £130 again?
0:43:15 > 0:43:20I think about in the right area. We might just struggle a little bit.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24Pretty close. Interesting items. Lovely.
0:43:24 > 0:43:30The owner of this bronze boy was really flush in the heady days of the '80s -
0:43:30 > 0:43:36he paid £850 for it, 20 years ago. Will he take much of a loss today?
0:43:36 > 0:43:41It'll be £200 or so. Really? £500 to £700 is probably about the mark.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45Nigel agreed, so it should fetch in that region. Yes.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50It's very nice - nicely modelled, good colour. It's got character.
0:43:50 > 0:43:57He's a busy boy, filing away. Absolutely, but I think he'd be struggling to get his money back.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01But Nigel's on the mark? I think so. Great stuff.
0:44:01 > 0:44:08Oak is one of my very favourite materials. Mrs Robertson's oak coffer is a beautiful example.
0:44:08 > 0:44:1417th-century, dark oak - the shine on it is absolutely irreplaceable.
0:44:14 > 0:44:20What about this? £250 to £300, Nigel thought. In with a shout, surely? In with a good chance.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22I'd expect it to make £300 to £400.
0:44:22 > 0:44:28Interestingly, 15 or 20 years ago it would've made about the same.
0:44:28 > 0:44:33It's not budged. Hardly, but it's a nice example. It's a beauty!
0:44:33 > 0:44:38Inside, there's a box in the corner where you would've kept some private papers.
0:44:38 > 0:44:46All original, apart from the odd bit of timber, but it's lovely. It's certainly a beautiful coffer.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49I think we're on a winner. I'd hope so. Great stuff.
0:44:49 > 0:44:56Our owners are here to watch the buyers bid, but will the bidders find our lots worth bargaining for?
0:44:56 > 0:44:59First up is the treen box.
0:44:59 > 0:45:06I've got Helen Lennox here, owner of the lovely Georgian treen box. Helen, what makes you want to sell?
0:45:06 > 0:45:13I'm not a treen collector and it has been purely an ornament in our family for so many years.
0:45:13 > 0:45:21I thought I'd let it go and perhaps somebody else would appreciate it for its intrinsic value.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23Lovely, lovely.
0:45:23 > 0:45:30Are you sorry to see it go? Yes, a little nostalgia. Of course. You're a bit attached to it? Yes.
0:45:30 > 0:45:38£80 to £120 - in with a shout? You're nervous about selling, I'm nervous about being right.
0:45:38 > 0:45:45After all, £100 - quite a good selection of stuff here for £100. Have you been tempted? Um, a little.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48But you haven't yet? No, not yet.
0:45:48 > 0:45:53666a is the little treen box. £50 for it? £50 I'm bid.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56I'm bid £55. £60. £65. £70. £75.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00£80. £85. We're in your estimate. Good.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04£100. £110. £100 at the back. We're at your £100.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08£110 - a new bid. Do I hear £120? £110. Anyone else?
0:46:08 > 0:46:12It's going at £110. Mr P Clark, thank you.
0:46:12 > 0:46:16Another one. Very good. That's the name of the game.
0:46:16 > 0:46:21I'm very impressed. Didn't you think it was going to reach that?
0:46:21 > 0:46:28I wasn't so sure about it, nor was the auctioneer. Yes. It's a very unusual item, a specialist market,
0:46:28 > 0:46:33but clearly the people are here for it. It was that little jewel on top.
0:46:33 > 0:46:40The jewel that you educated me on. Yes. Thank you. You learn something new every day!
0:46:41 > 0:46:48Mrs Roberts wasn't impressed with Nigel's valuation of her oak coffer, but what will the buyers think?
0:46:48 > 0:46:56Unfortunately, she's on holiday. Lucky her. Let's hope she doesn't spend too much money, just in case.
0:46:56 > 0:47:02A cracking oak coffer, £250 to £350. Shouldn't be a problem, but the furniture's not going well.
0:47:02 > 0:47:07Furniture's not going well today. It's been pretty groggy. Yeah.
0:47:07 > 0:47:13It's a good, small, period piece, attractive, a nice size - they normally sell.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15877.
0:47:15 > 0:47:20Oak coffer, down in the corner. A couple of hundred to start me.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23£150. £160. £180?
0:47:23 > 0:47:26£180. £200. £220?
0:47:26 > 0:47:30We're going well. Mmm. £200 it's stuck at. Still going!
0:47:30 > 0:47:33£260. £280? £300?
0:47:33 > 0:47:37£280 over there. Looking good for Mrs Roberts!
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Anyone else? £300. £320?
0:47:39 > 0:47:42£320. £340? £340. £360?
0:47:42 > 0:47:47£360. £380? £360, still over there at £360. Anyone else now?
0:47:47 > 0:47:50£360, it's going. £360, then.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53And £360! I'm very pleased with that!
0:47:53 > 0:48:00Another good one! A good price on a slow day. £10 above your top estimate. That's good.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03£180. £200. £220? £220. £240. £260?
0:48:03 > 0:48:09£260. £280. £300? £300. £320. £340? £340. £360. £380?
0:48:09 > 0:48:15Will Mr Hyman's meerschaum smoking paraphernalia do as well as expected or is that a pipe dream?
0:48:16 > 0:48:24I've got Mr Hyman here. It's the first of David's meerschaum pipes. You've had this for about 70 years?
0:48:24 > 0:48:2660 years. 60 years already.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28What brings you to sell it?
0:48:28 > 0:48:34It's something that comes to an end. Move on. I've no-one to give it to.
0:48:34 > 0:48:39David reckons it's going to do £150 to £200. £200 - what'll you spend that on?
0:48:39 > 0:48:43I'm a pipe smoker, so maybe some tobacco.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47It's a specialist subject. I hope the dealers are here.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49681, meerschaum pipe.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53681. £100 for it? £80 I'm bid.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55£85. £90? £90. £95. £100?
0:48:55 > 0:48:59£105. £110. It's going very fast already.
0:48:59 > 0:49:04£140. £150. £160? £150 with Charlie. Do I hear £160?
0:49:04 > 0:49:08£160. £170. £180. Wow, it's whizzing up!
0:49:08 > 0:49:10£180. Do I hear £190? £180.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14Anyone else quickly? £180, then. All done at £180.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18£180. Excellent! What are you drinking?
0:49:18 > 0:49:23Mine's a nice big pint later on. Well done, I'm so pleased for you.
0:49:23 > 0:49:31Thanks very much. I hope you're not too sad seeing it go. Not really, it just lies there. Gathering dust?
0:49:31 > 0:49:38£180. That's fantastic! What's so interesting, it's slap bang between the lower and the upper estimate.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Stop showing off, David! Brilliant! We know you did well.
0:49:42 > 0:49:48Will the second pipe do as well? Glen's bronze boy is up next.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52Glen is the cousin of the owner of the bronze boy.
0:49:52 > 0:50:00Glen, your cousin was flush in the '80s? He was in the merchant navy, came out, had a bit of surplus cash
0:50:00 > 0:50:05and decided to buy the bronze boy. Spent quite a lot on it, to be fair.
0:50:05 > 0:50:12How is he feeling? Is he nervous? A bit. He feels he's not going to get a return on his cash,
0:50:12 > 0:50:18which he understands, because he bought it at a dealer. OK.
0:50:18 > 0:50:23Are you a regular of the auction? I've been here a number of times.
0:50:23 > 0:50:28I've bought some furniture over the years. Here's the bronze boy now.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30709.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33The big French bronze. £300? Yes.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Thank you. £300. Do I hear £320?
0:50:37 > 0:50:40£320. £350? £350. £380. £400? £400.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44£420. £450? Bidding at £420. £420 it's stuck at!
0:50:44 > 0:50:50£420. Do I hear £450? £420. Anyone else quickly? £420, then.
0:50:50 > 0:50:55It's stuck - it's not going anywhere! £420. Mr Wilson.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57That's a disappointment. Yes. It is.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01Bad luck, Glen. Not to worry. Nigel...
0:51:01 > 0:51:05You WERE short. I always say, let's try the lot and it'll bomb.
0:51:05 > 0:51:12Ah! In this case! We had a lovely picture in the catalogue and didn't do any business. I'm very surprised.
0:51:12 > 0:51:17I thought it would've done more, too. Glen, how do you feel? Gutted!
0:51:17 > 0:51:23That bad? Not as bad as my cousin will. You make the call, not me!
0:51:23 > 0:51:29Just one of those things. We'll try again another day. Yes. You cannae win them all!
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Where's Mrs Nolan? Her pipe's next.
0:51:36 > 0:51:44The excitement's too much for Mrs Nolan - she saw the last pipe sell for £180 and she's off to the shops!
0:51:44 > 0:51:48I hope she's not spending in advance. I hope not!
0:51:48 > 0:51:55Her one is even more ornate. But it hasn't got that eroticism, which I think sold the other one. Mmm-hmm.
0:51:55 > 0:52:01But there's clearly meerschaum buyers here. Yes, and both were beautifully carved. Yes.
0:52:01 > 0:52:07It'll be interesting how much this makes. Meerschaum pipe.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09696. £100 for it?
0:52:09 > 0:52:13£100 bid. £100 bid already - right in at £100.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15£120. £130? £130. £140? £140. £150?
0:52:15 > 0:52:20£150. £160. £170. Wow! £190.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23£200. £210? £200. Told you this was more ornate!
0:52:23 > 0:52:26£230. £240. £250? £250. £260?
0:52:26 > 0:52:31£250 on my right. Do I hear £260? Where is Mrs Nolan?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34£250. Selling at £250. Mr Josh.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38£250! Ooh! That's the top end of the estimate!
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Absolutely. That's terrific. It is. What can I say - I'm so impressed!
0:52:42 > 0:52:48This guy knows what he's on about! I'm down on one. That's not bad.
0:52:52 > 0:52:59We've reached our final lot. Mrs Lodge has made it to auction to see if the clock will sell.
0:52:59 > 0:53:05Danny brought it in. Yes. You were having an operation - all OK now? Fine. Glad to hear it.
0:53:05 > 0:53:11Are you nervous about selling it or pleased to see it go? Very happy.
0:53:11 > 0:53:18Found it in the attic. Did you? So I thought we'd have a go. Hopefully, we're going to make you over £150.
0:53:18 > 0:53:23Hopefully. Nervous about that? Excited? Excited. Yes! Wonderful!
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Are you a regular at auctions? I like auctions.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31It's a smart thing. I think it'll do well for you,
0:53:31 > 0:53:35but every sale's different - until it's over, we don't know. We'll see.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39Our auctioneer was also confident. Me, too.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44We can't all be wrong. Nigel is sometimes, but all of us can't be.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47777.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Mantel clock. There we are. £100 for it? "£80," he says.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54£90? £90. £100? £100. £110? £100.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57£110. £120? £120. £130. £140? £140. £150?
0:53:57 > 0:54:00£140! We're at £140.
0:54:00 > 0:54:06£140. £150? £160? £150 on the phone. £150! Do I hear £160?
0:54:06 > 0:54:10£150. Any more? Selling at £150.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Mrs Lodge, £150! Wonderful! Fantastic! Great!
0:54:13 > 0:54:16I saw you getting excited! Yes!
0:54:16 > 0:54:22£150. Top end of the estimate. Yeah, Nigel did well for you. Very good. Yeah.
0:54:22 > 0:54:29£150 in the bank or you'll spend it tonight? Oh, probably spend it tonight. Excellent! Be reckless!
0:54:29 > 0:54:33Tell us which pub you're going to. Yes, OK!
0:54:33 > 0:54:40What an exhausting day! Everything sold, just about, and, by and large, our owners are going away happy.
0:54:40 > 0:54:48Helen Lennox's treen box sold for £110. She's sad to see it go, but knows it will be loved.
0:54:48 > 0:54:55It was that jewel on top. The jewel you educated me on. Yes. Thank you. You learn something new every day!
0:54:55 > 0:55:01The bronze boy didn't reach its reserve. He'll have to come back.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03£420.
0:55:03 > 0:55:10Gutted! Gutted. That bad? I don't feel as gutted as my cousin will be. You make the call, not me, thanks!
0:55:10 > 0:55:15Mrs Nolan missed the sale of her pipe. It was the best of the two.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18£250! Anyone else? Where is Mrs Nolan?
0:55:18 > 0:55:22£250. Selling at £250. Mr Josh. Thank you.
0:55:22 > 0:55:30We've tracked down Mrs Nolan - we dragged her out of a shop. Mrs Nolan, where did you get to?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32I was trying to put time in.
0:55:32 > 0:55:38Fantastic news - your meerschaum pipe that David estimated at £130 to £200...
0:55:38 > 0:55:45sold for £260! Lovely! That was good, wasn't it? Great. That's great. How does that make you feel?
0:55:45 > 0:55:52It was gathering dust in a drawer. It had been in the drawer for years. £260 - what'll you spend that on?
0:55:52 > 0:55:57I'll put it in the bank for now and think about it. Wise Scottish move!
0:55:57 > 0:56:00Savour the moment - spend it later.
0:56:00 > 0:56:06The Medleys have joined us for a drink to celebrate their sales.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08All done at £210!
0:56:08 > 0:56:12You must be delighted. I'm really, really thrilled.
0:56:12 > 0:56:17Then your husband joined in. He did. £70 for your nips. Marvellous!
0:56:17 > 0:56:25Absolutely! So between you, you're going home with nearly £300. Yes. Not bad for a day out at an auction.
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