0:00:02 > 0:00:04CHORAL SINGING
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Isn't that just incredible? What an architectural delight.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Peterborough Cathedral, one of the finest surviving Norman buildings in Europe.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18And it's our valuation-day venue.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21We're not here on a tour because hundreds of people have turned up,
0:00:21 > 0:00:26laden with bags and boxes, for their unwanted treasures to be valued. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Sitting in the heart of Peterborough,
0:00:52 > 0:00:58the origins of one of the finest cathedrals can be traced back over 1,350 years.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03This building is around 900 years old,
0:01:03 > 0:01:07and it's heaving with historical riches, like the Hedda Stone,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10and the tomb of Katharine of Aragon,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Henry VIII's first wife.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17So with a historical pedigree like that,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21what better place to delve, dive and discover some hidden antiques
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and treasures? If you're happy with your valuations, what are you going to do?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Flog it!
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Working the queue are today's lean experts, Philip Serrell and Charlie Ross.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35"What do you think of it so far?" "Rubbish!"
0:01:35 > 0:01:39With over 50 years of combined experience, they don't have any problems
0:01:39 > 0:01:41keeping their eye on the job!
0:01:41 > 0:01:46"It's not an old flame - but I'm keeping my fire extinguisher handy".
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- They're so corny, aren't they? - They're fabulous!
0:01:48 > 0:01:53- So you like violets?- I do, I love violets.- Is your name Violet?- No.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Oh, right.- But you can call me Violet if you like.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Violet, I will see you inside.- OK.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02But first let's take a peek at what's coming up on quite simply...
0:02:02 > 0:02:05one of the best valuation days we've ever had!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Charlie doesn't seem too chuffed with his box of stuff.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- We are not in the money!- Oh!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But only time will tell if he's right.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Elizabeth, this is cracking!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- You never know what's going to happen at an auction room.- No.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Philip, on the other hand, gets all fired up with a stunning Moorcroft vase.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I think this is a really lovely thing. It does something to you!
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- I think this is a bit special. - This is the one to watch.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32650. 680.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37But to find out how much it goes for, well, you'll just have to wait and see.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh, is there a tear in the eye?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Yeah, there is, isn't there? Bless, bless, bless!
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Right, the doors are open, and it's time to get this massive queue inside.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10What an inspiring building. I've certainly got high hopes for today.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I think Philip Serrell has as well. He's our first expert to the tables.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Let's take a closer look at what he's found.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21It's charming collection of silver brought in by husband and wife Ian and Jane.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Have you had them long?
0:03:23 > 0:03:29We've had them about two years, but my mother had them for about 50 years before that, all inherited.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- So they're inherited bits?- Yeah. - Do you know what you've got?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Well, we've always thought these were mustard pots.- Salts.- Oh?
0:03:36 > 0:03:42- Yeah.- OK. And we know they're nurses' buckles.- Yeah.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- And these are vesta cases.- What are vesta cases for?- Striking matches.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49You would open that up and you'd keep matches in there,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52then you'd take your match out and you'd strike it along the bottom,
0:03:52 > 0:03:57- and that would hang from a chain through a buckle that fits on to a lady's belt.- Oh, right?
0:03:57 > 0:04:02So that's where that comes from. Now, these little bits are known as "toys".
0:04:02 > 0:04:06And they're not toys in the sense of something you'd play with,
0:04:06 > 0:04:11but toys are small bits of silver. A hallmark tells you it's silver.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- An anchor, as these have all got, means they were made in Birmingham...- OK.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19If my eyes are right. No guarantee about that.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23And Birmingham specialised in assaying toys.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28So these are all Birmingham bits of silver. They date, I would think, from about 1885-1890
0:04:28 > 0:04:30through to about 1910.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35So all in that period. But this is a totally separate kettle of fish,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39because this is Continental. If we turn it over, it's got some marks there...
0:04:39 > 0:04:45and, truthfully, I can't make those out, but I think they're Continental.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Have you any idea what they're worth?- None whatsoever.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51The reason why I ask the question is that, over the last two years,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54these things have probably quadrupled in value,
0:04:54 > 0:05:01because, whilst they're not scrap, the sort of base price of silver and gold is the melt price.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08- Right.- I think that you are going to get £80-£120 for these.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Right.- And that's roughly 15 and 15 and 30 is 60,
0:05:12 > 0:05:17plus another 20, that's your base price, 80-120.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20They will make what they're worth. They're interesting things.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26- You're both happy about selling them?- Yes. They're just in the cupboard or a drawer,
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- and we'll invest in some more antiques.- And so you should indeed. I shall see you at the auction.
0:05:31 > 0:05:41# ..Lift mine eyes unto the mountains
0:05:41 > 0:05:44# Whence cometh
0:05:44 > 0:05:46# Whence cometh
0:05:46 > 0:05:53# Whence cometh my help... #
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Anita and Peter, thank you so much for coming in today.- You're welcome.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- I've got to say, though, Anita and Peter, I bet a lot of people call you Neat'n'Pete, don't they?- Yes!
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Neat'n'Pete!
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Well, look, this is wonderful. This is a lovely little dome-topped tea caddy.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- I mean, that's very nice. The veneer hasn't split. Can you see that? - Yes, I can.- Very good, isn't it?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- And I love this ambiguous decorative swirly grey that walnut has.- Lovely.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Right from the William and Mary period. Everyone wanted this sort of Continental flavour,
0:06:19 > 0:06:25and it was the walnut wood that really pioneered furniture-making from the late 1600s onwards.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31- Sadly, this is not from the 1600s... - Blast!- Or the 1700s or the 1800s...
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- It's mid-19th century.- Right. - Early Victorian.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's better off shut than it is open.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Unfortunately, when you open it up, it does let you down, doesn't it? - Yes.- And you know that as well.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Something's gone on, I don't know what.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Somebody has put some coarse sandpaper on this mahogany and stripped it back
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and then re-varnished it, because it's lost all its colour. You can see that.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- That looks more modern than this. - Very much so, yeah. Have you any idea what it might be worth?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- I thought maybe it would be nice to get £50 for it.- Oh, you'll easily get that.- Oh, right.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09If the inside was as good as the outside, you'd be looking at £200-£250.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Right.- But it's not. Let's put this into auction with a value of £80-£120.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- I really like this. When it's closed, it's like a little burst of sunshine, isn't it?- It is.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23It's my brew, and you never know, it might even get the top end of the estimate, plus a little bit more.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Thank you very much.- Thank you. Love it.- Thank you.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Let's navigate to Philip,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34who's chatting with Hilda about an unusual map.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The thing I love about Flog It! is you get the weird, the wacky,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39and the wonderful.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43And this probably falls into all three of those categories.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48The joy of the job really is that you see things you've never, ever seen before.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I've never, ever, ever seen anything quite like this before.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- I've never seen anything like it. - Have you not?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Well, we'll get loads of letters now saying, "I had 43 of those."
0:07:57 > 0:08:02On the cover it says C Smith & Son. Tape Indicator Map Of London.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05EJ Larby Ltd, London. And if you open it up...
0:08:06 > 0:08:10..it tells you, with this map, by using this scale,
0:08:10 > 0:08:17all the streets in London, the bridges, the parks, the docks.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22You name it, it's on there. It's even got a London Underground map as well.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27If we go down to Tower Bridge, it says 58 52,
0:08:27 > 0:08:32so what we do is we get this measure and we put it across the grid to 58,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36which we've done, and then we come back a long this scale here
0:08:36 > 0:08:40and we read off 52, and what does it say, Hilda? Tell the people.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Tower Bridge.- Thank you. Thank you so much.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Where on earth did you get this from?- Well, I don't really know.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I think we acquired it through my husband's family.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I think one of the uncles died and they had a clear-out and, somehow,
0:08:55 > 0:09:00it's got around the family, past his father, and we seem to have it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04I think this is absolutely, truly wonderful, right?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06And it's the sort of thing you would go to an auction
0:09:06 > 0:09:10and you'd fall in love with it and you'd buy it
0:09:10 > 0:09:14and then you take it home and spend two or three hours playing with it
0:09:14 > 0:09:18and then you'd fold it up, put it in a drawer,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and never, ever get it out ever again.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Then, in ten or 15 years' time, you'd think, "I'd better sell that."
0:09:24 > 0:09:26And then on the cycle goes, you see.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- I think it's fantastic.- You can't guess at how old it is at all?
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I would guess that it's 1920s, 1930s.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39If you talk money for this, I haven't the first idea what it's worth.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Right.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45If I were going to guess, I would think it's £30 to £50?
0:09:45 > 0:09:49And I'd probably put a £20 reserve on it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52So I'd go 30, 50 estimate, 20 reserve.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- That's fine.- Is that fine? - Yes, that's fine.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You'll be able to find your way home, won't you?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Well...
0:10:02 > 0:10:08So Philip and I have discovered some interesting treasures, but we don't want to leave Charlie out.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11What will he make of Elizabeth's old tin?
0:10:11 > 0:10:16- Elizabeth, I can't wait to open your tin!- Right.- Do you know what's in there? I suppose you do.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Mmm.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Right, let's have a look and see what we've got.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Good grief! Gold, silver... Any jewellery in there?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Mostly watches, I think. - I think mostly watches.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30May I take a couple out?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Yes.- There's something staring at me there.- Right!
0:10:33 > 0:10:38- Now, this is a hunter watch.- Right. - If this is gold, we're in the money.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41No.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- It is not gold.- Right. - We are not in the money!- Oh!
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Oh, dear!
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Let me just look at the other side just to make absolutely doubly sure.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I'm opening up... No.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57It's what they rather delightfully called rolled gold,
0:10:57 > 0:11:02which, frankly, means that it isn't. Yes. But never mind. It's a hunter pocket watch.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06You see the rest of these pocket watches, they're open-faced.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Imagine yourself going hunting and careering around the countryside.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- If you had a watch like that, if you fell off, it wouldn't break. - Right, yes.- Would it?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Now, that's a huge disappointment.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20I suspect that this one might well be silver
0:11:20 > 0:11:22when I open it up and have a look.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30It is. Continental silver. Now, most of these watches would be Swiss-made.
0:11:30 > 0:11:36They date from... the late-19th century,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39but most of them would be sort of '20s.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43But we've got something interesting here. What is this offending object?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Well, I didn't know until last week. - And now you do?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- Hopefully.- Who told you?- My brother. - And what did he say it was?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51He said it was a sovereign holder.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Do you know, he's absolutely right! - Excellent.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I think you'd tuck that away somewhere, wouldn't you?
0:11:57 > 0:12:02You wouldn't want to advertise the fact you were walking around with gold sovereigns in your pocket.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- Is it full of sovereigns?- No. - What good is a sovereign case without any sovereigns in it?
0:12:08 > 0:12:14This box is getting worse, frankly, Elizabeth! We really have got a lot that is less than exciting here!
0:12:14 > 0:12:19But I'm still going to do it and we're still going to see how much money we can get.
0:12:19 > 0:12:25I think with regard to a valuation, as that isn't gold, we're not going to get too excited.
0:12:25 > 0:12:2720, 30, 40, 50...
0:12:27 > 0:12:32- I suspect we're looking at between £50 and £100 for the lot.- OK.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- At least the silver value of the chain is worth something. It's worth quite a lot for scrap now.- Right.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Not that I'd want to scrap a nice chain like that,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- but I can't see any point in putting a reserve on it.- Fine.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Frankly, there's nothing else you can do with it. You don't want to stand at a cold, wet boot fair
0:12:47 > 0:12:52with these items and somebody will offer you £2 for each of them! And you'll be driven round the bend.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55But this is the sort of thing a lot of people will look at.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- And we might get a pleasant surprise. Thank you.- OK, thank you.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06?While we were here in the area filming, somebody gave me a tip-off
0:13:06 > 0:13:09about a wonderful house in Nassington, just down the road.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13So I went to check it out. Take a look at this.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Every house has a story, so I've come to the village of Nassington in Northamptonshire
0:13:26 > 0:13:29to take a look at a house with an incredible story.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It may be bright and sunny but I'll tell you what,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I think it's the windiest day of the year.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47This is it, Prebendal Manor.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51It may look like a pretty old farmhouse but don't judge a book by its cover.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56There's a lot to see here. Come with me.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Let's start with the front door itself, through the porch here.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03You can see the stonework surrounding this door is pointed.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06That's typical of the 15th-century style.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10This is late medieval and, interestingly enough,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13up here you can see there's a couple of strike marks.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16There's one there and there's one there.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19They've been done by the master mason, the man who built this.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21It's a way of identifying him.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26On the outside, we've got these two wonderful weathered stone corbels.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31There's one there with an image of a face, just left,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36eroding away, but that's what you'd expect on such an old building
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and that's just the start - let's see what else I can find.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Determining the age of old buildings is all about looking for clues,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49piecing together the jigsaw of architectural detail,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52like the rounded arch here on the back door -
0:14:52 > 0:14:55a style typically found on early 13th-century buildings
0:14:55 > 0:14:57and very different to the pointed
0:14:57 > 0:15:0015th-century front door we've just seen.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Interestingly enough, we've moved from the front elevation to the rear elevation
0:15:05 > 0:15:07and we've gone back 200-300 years in time.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Why have we done that?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10This manor house is 800 years old
0:15:10 > 0:15:15and, over those years, it's been shaped and remodelled and extended
0:15:15 > 0:15:16by every owner that's lived here.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19They've left their mark and so they should.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21What makes Prebendal Manor so special
0:15:21 > 0:15:25is not only is it the oldest manor house in Northamptonshire
0:15:25 > 0:15:30but it's possibly the oldest continuously lived-in manor house in England.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42These window arches, the two of them with their diamond decoration,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44are typical of a medieval feature,
0:15:44 > 0:15:49especially with those little stone tri-foils cut underneath them -
0:15:49 > 0:15:51that's a really nice little touch.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54This is quite nice as well - this great big buttress.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57That's what you'd expect to find on a cathedral or church of the period.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01It's there for two reasons - to stop the walls imploding inwards
0:16:01 > 0:16:03and from bellowing outwards.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05This is another indicator of age. Look at this -
0:16:05 > 0:16:09randomly cut stone, beautifully laid.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12You can see how it's just softened in hue over the years.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14It's lovely and warm and mellow.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Local stone, beautiful mature grounds. It's lovely.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21For me, this represents the architectural ideal as a house
0:16:21 > 0:16:24that I would like to live in, and I'm sure you would.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27But this manor house didn't always look like this.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32'In the 1960s, the house was run-down, with most of its ancient details covered up.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36'The odd bit was peeking out, but it took years of dedicated work
0:16:36 > 0:16:40'to peel back and unearth the building's true identity,
0:16:40 > 0:16:45'and that's just what the current owner, Jane Bale, did when she bought it back in 1968.'
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Hi, Jane!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Hello.- Hello, nice to meet you. - Pleased to met you as well. What are you up to?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52I've got an archaeological test bit.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57- Have you found anything interesting? - Not an awful lot. A bit of Roman pottery, even some brick,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59a bit of glass, but really not very much.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02But in the past, we've had some lovely bits.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- That is a section of a piece of a bone comb.- Golly.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11It's 10th century and it's got an inscription on it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It would have looked a bit like this.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- It would have come from that bit. - Oh yes, I can see.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20This is a little tiny bone chess piece.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- One of my favourite ones is this tiny little knife here.- It's beautiful.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26We found that in a dig in the field.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29So archaeology is the key to unlocking the history of the house?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Absolutely. Without it, we would never have managed to do it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- How many hours do you spend doing this?- Hours and hours. It's just me and my little trowel.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- Can we go and have a look around? Can you show me around?- Absolutely.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47When did you first notice that there was...
0:17:47 > 0:17:50well, medieval history attached to this place?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52There were various things that pointed it out.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55First of all, the little bits of stonework that you could see,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59but when I went into the house, when we were being shown around,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I peeled a tiny bit of plaster off, and a bit of wallpaper,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and I saw the stone arch underneath
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and I thought, "Hey, this is not a Georgian house."
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I bet the kids were fascinated as well?
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Absolutely, but I kept dead quiet
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- because I didn't want the seller to put the price up.- Right.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Then we set to, after we'd bought it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Playing house detective from there on in.- Absolutely.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Any books, any guidance? - I went everywhere.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28We managed to acquire Margaret Woods' book on the English medieval house -
0:18:28 > 0:18:32absolutely my Bible, and I took it everywhere with me
0:18:32 > 0:18:37- because I drove around England looking at medieval houses. - Just knocking the door?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Knocking at the door with my four children, in my beaten up old car,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43and they were terribly helpful to me.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Then we started to undress the house carefully ourselves,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49with the help of an architect and a structural engineer,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52because we didn't want pull things down that we shouldn't have done,
0:18:52 > 0:18:57and we began to unpick it and discover what it was all about.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59What is the biggest find to date?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I think finding King Canute's royal manor, from the archaeology.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04It was absolutely fascinating.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- How did you stumble across that? - Well, we excavated inside the house
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and we found first of all this hearth
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and I thought it might be the hearth of a medieval building
0:19:13 > 0:19:17but it wasn't - it was the hearth of an Anglo-Saxon hall.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Our later research showed King Canute came here sometime after 1017,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23so this house replaced King Canute's house.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27So this house is 800 years old - so we've got a huge history.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29It's got a great selling point now,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32if you wanted to put this on the market. What a CV it would have!
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It would indeed but I'm not willing to sell it at the moment!
0:19:35 > 0:19:40- Can I go and have a look around by myself? Do you mind?- Not at all. - OK. I'm quite nosy.- OK.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I've got to say, this house has the most wonderful feeling about it,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53once you're inside.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56It makes you feel really good. It embraces you.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58This area is the great hall.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03It would have been flooded with light due to these wonderful great big 13th-century windows
0:20:03 > 0:20:07and all the evening's entertainment would have been in this one space
0:20:07 > 0:20:10and also, all the day-to-day general living.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13That 13th-century doorway, that led to the solar -
0:20:13 > 0:20:17that was for the lord and lady of the manor to use,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20a room out there, their private quarters.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22But this is what I want to see, really -
0:20:22 > 0:20:26the full effect of the long drop of these 13th-century windows.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30This staircase wouldn't have been here. None of this flooring area would have -
0:20:30 > 0:20:33that's the great hall. But there would have been flooring here,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and a staircase to get up to this section
0:20:35 > 0:20:38because this was the minstrels' gallery.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41The people down there looking up here saw this original beam
0:20:41 > 0:20:45and they would also see this wonderful architectural detail.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49This moulding was put on by a side rebate plane,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51by a carpenter, done by hand.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Hours and hours of hard work to get that little ogee mould
0:20:54 > 0:20:55and that one there.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59On the rear side, the side that the people down there couldn't see,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01he didn't have to do anything.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02There's a cost-cutting exercise
0:21:02 > 0:21:04from the 13th century,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08and it's just little details like that that really amuse me,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11and it brings the history of this place alive,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16and I think Jane has done a remarkable job here over the last 40 years or so.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19It's sheer passion, determination and dedication,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and she's given the local people something to be proud of,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24a sense of connection to their past.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26And in doing so,
0:21:26 > 0:21:30has preserved our heritage for future generations.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37So, how do you think our experts' valuations went?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40We've got our first four items.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Now we're taking them off to the sale.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Let's hope the bidders will want to snap them up.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51We've come to Batemans Auctioneers in Stamford.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Right, the moment I've been waiting for and the sun is shining!
0:21:54 > 0:21:58It's going to put a smile on people's faces and, hopefully, make them bid a lot higher
0:21:58 > 0:22:02on all of our items. I can hear David Palmer, today's auctioneer, on the rostrum.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03150. 160. 170.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08Our owners are in there, feeling really nervous. It's OK for you, you can put your feet up and enjoy this!
0:22:08 > 0:22:11But I've got to get over there and join them, and look at it!
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Come with me. Let's push our way through, OK?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Excuse me, can I get through?
0:22:16 > 0:22:22So with the excitement building up, the first lot to go under the hammer is Ian and Jane's silver collection.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I should go "Har!" like a pirate! This is not panto, this is Flog It!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Why are you selling? - They were my mother's. She'd had them for 40 years,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and we inherited them two years ago, and they just live in a drawer.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Hopefully, the collectors are here and they'll go to a good home. This is it.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Perfect twin salts.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Nice little lot, £50 the lot. 55. 60. 65.
0:22:41 > 0:22:4470. 75. 80. 85. 90.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- This is good. - 95. 100. 110. 120. 130.
0:22:48 > 0:22:55- 140. 150. 150 down here in yellow, at £150 now.- It's exciting. - It's an exciting sale.- 160.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56170.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58At... 180.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01At 180 the net. The salts and a nurse's buckle.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03It's from Florence.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06At 180. All done.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08At £180.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Yes, jolly good result. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Yes!
0:23:12 > 0:23:13And you did as well.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Really good, yeah.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20- Don't forget, there is commission to pay. It's 15%. But enjoy that money.- Thank you.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25A great result. Let's hope that's a good omen for the rest of the sale.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Well, especially as I'm the expert next with Anita and Pete's tea caddy.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- It's a nice-looking caddy. - Yes, it is.- It's got all the right things going for it.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we? Here we go! Good luck.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43The early Victorian walnut tea caddy, circa 1850.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Our overdomed top one,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47arched top, domed top, whatever you like to call it.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48£30 for that? 30. 32. 35.
0:23:48 > 0:23:5038. 40. 45. 50.
0:23:50 > 0:23:5355. 60. 65. 70. Here at 70 now.
0:23:53 > 0:23:5675. 80. 80 with the lady.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Selling there with the lady at 80.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Are you in at the back? I can't see you, sir.
0:24:00 > 0:24:0585? 80 here. It's the lady's bid, then, £80. Nobody else? Done at 80.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10All you've got to do is stick some brass on it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Well, we just did it, didn't we? We just did it.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I was a little bit worried, but I did say to you
0:24:15 > 0:24:16it's not one of the best
0:24:16 > 0:24:19I've seen on the show, but nonetheless it had everything going for it.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- And the price was just right, so someone's going to enjoy that. - Lovely.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- And it's good to see you again. - It's good to see you too. Thank you very much.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28That's the way the cookie crumbles in the saleroom.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31It made its bottom estimate and found its value.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36Next, we have Elizabeth's collection of watches and Charlie didn't mince his words about them!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I've been looking forward to this moment
0:24:39 > 0:24:42because I can say to you, going under the hammer now we've got a lot of junk! Not my words!
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I've just been joined by Elizabeth. She's perfectly cool with this,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49but it's in the words of the elegant Mr Charlie Ross.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52We're not using a reserve. I know you hate no reserves,
0:24:52 > 0:24:58- but...- No reserve as well? No reserve! What happens if it only goes for a fiver?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- You can't call it junk and put a reserve on it, can you? - No, I suppose not.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- You're OK with that, aren't you? - Yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- Mother's in the room, though. Is she fine with that? - She's deaf, so I won't tell her.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Assorted silver...
0:25:14 > 0:25:15watches and chains
0:25:15 > 0:25:19and sort of knick-knacky things showing up there.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24See how it goes. Fiver for it. 5 I'm bid.
0:25:24 > 0:25:285. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 15.
0:25:28 > 0:25:3118. 20. 22. 25. 28.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3230. 35. 40.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Had you going there! You're all quiet now.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- 55. 60.- Happy now?
0:25:37 > 0:25:3975. 80. 85. 90.
0:25:39 > 0:25:4195. 100.
0:25:41 > 0:25:47Back at 100. At £100. New money. 110. 120. 130. At the back, 130.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51At 130 now, at the back, then, at £130. Nobody else?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53It goes then... 140 here.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55150. Still at the back at 150.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57This is what we like.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Internet at 150.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01It's really interesting.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02At 150. 160.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05There might be the odd little thing.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07£160. 170, new bidder.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Elizabeth, this is cracking, isn't it?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Bear in mind that I am prone to exaggerate.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17At 170, right at the back. At 170. Net, you're out.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21All done. At £170. Nobody else? Finished at 170.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- Hammer's gone down. £170.- Excellent.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- You never know what's going to happen at an auction room.- No.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32You just don't. You can't fathom it out.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38- There were so many things there, though. Just the one little thing somebody wanted.- Mmm.- Hmm.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Hey, got to look on the bright side. We're happy.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44That's great.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Well, it's said that one man's junk is another man's treasure.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51But what a great result for Elizabeth. She looked delighted.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56'Now for something completely different -
0:26:56 > 0:26:58'Hilda and her wacky map.'
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- This item is a first for Flog It! I've never seen it over the years. Have you, Phil?- No.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05An indicator map of London from the 1930s.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Hilda, thank you for bringing your curio in.- That's OK.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09How did you come across this?
0:27:09 > 0:27:13We think it came from my husband's father's family.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16We've had it about nine or so years now.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19It was in a load of bits and pieces. We didn't know what to do with it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25- We thought we'd just keep it a while.- Bring it along. Philip's put £30 to £50 on this.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Yeah. By the time you've set it up and worked out how to use it,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31you've lost the will to get there, really!
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Let's find out if we can make some money today.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- This was going in the bin, wasn't it?- It was.- A bit of classic recycling. Here we go.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Lot 240 - the tape indicator map of London.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Showing there in a little box.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49This is fun - a map of London with the card covers.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51A fiver for it, straight in. Five I'm bid.
0:27:51 > 0:27:545, 6, 7, 8, 9.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55All done at £9?
0:27:55 > 0:27:5810, 12, 15, 18, 20.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01At £20. Done then, at £20.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Is that it? You can find your way around London with this!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09You in at 22? Done then, at £20.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Nothing on the net?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14All done at £20.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- There you go, spot on. - I don't have to take it home!
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I think it's probably too complicated to use,
0:28:21 > 0:28:22isn't it, really?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25'I think we've made Hilda's day.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27'Maybe she'll put the money towards a Sat Nav.'
0:28:32 > 0:28:36I want to show you around one of my favourite market towns in the UK.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39It's also the location for our auction in today's show,
0:28:39 > 0:28:45and it's been described as "the finest stone town for its size in England", and it's Stamford.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56It is a Georgian gem, praised by architectural historians and writers.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Apparently, the 19th-century novelist Sir Walter Scott
0:28:58 > 0:29:02doffed his hat at this view up to St Mary's Church over there,
0:29:02 > 0:29:08and, if I had a hat right now, I'd doff it as well, because that is quite spectacular.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11And even on a dull old windy day like today,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14this town still sparkles with architectural detail,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17whether it be little Tudor chimneystacks
0:29:17 > 0:29:20or roof tiles or little bits of stucco masonry
0:29:20 > 0:29:25just highlighting themselves out to you, so come on! Get your walking boots on. We're going for a tour.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Stamford prospered during the stagecoach era due to its strategic location
0:29:34 > 0:29:36on the famous Great North Road.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41It's a day's coach ride from London to Stamford,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45and then another day onwards from Stamford to York,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49so it makes it the perfect resting place for the weary traveller to stop for the night
0:29:49 > 0:29:54and get board and lodgings. Now, there've been many coaching inns in this lovely old market town,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57but the grandest has to be the George of Stamford.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00And it's still here today. It's right there behind me.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10Inside there are two doorways marked "London" and "York",
0:30:10 > 0:30:13the waiting rooms for passengers going in each direction.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19The exact age of the George isn't really known,
0:30:19 > 0:30:24but historians reckon it started life as an old monastic inn, owned by Peterborough Abbey.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28The earliest references to the George date back to the 15th century,
0:30:28 > 0:30:32so that means there's been an inn on this site for 600 years.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38The famous gallows sign there straddling the High Street is said to welcome the honest traveller
0:30:38 > 0:30:40and obviously warn off the highwaymen.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45So I imagine the likes of Dick Turpin and Tom King would be quaking in their boots when they saw that.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50But in actual fact it's more to do with marketing and advertising.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Although it started off as a Saxon settlement, Stamford's heyday was in the Middle Ages.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07It prospered under the Normans,
0:31:07 > 0:31:12and thanks to the wool trade became one of the ten largest towns in England.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17And I have to say there's been a market here on Broad Street ever since 972.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20There's even a mention in one of Shakespeare's plays of a character
0:31:20 > 0:31:24buying a yoke of bullocks from Stamford Fair.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32Some of Stamford's medieval architecture can be tricky to see, but some stands out,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34like this, Browne's Hospital.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Not a hospital in the modern sense of the word, it's an almshouse,
0:31:45 > 0:31:51built in 1475 by a rich wool merchant, a Mr William Browne.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Now, he built this for ten poor men to live in and two poor ladies.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59And the two poor ladies were here to look after the ten poor men.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03In the corner there, there's a chapel where they had to pray three times a day
0:32:03 > 0:32:06for the soul of their benefactor Mr Browne.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09He was obviously determined to go to paradise.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13And I'll tell you what, this little enclave really does feel like a paradise.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16It's an oasis of tranquillity.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23However, Stamford today is best-known for its impressive Georgian architecture.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28And St George's Square is the perfect example.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Even today there's nothing modern about it, as you can see...
0:32:32 > 0:32:34well, apart from a few cars parked here.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39The earliest inspired classical building to be built in Stamford is this one right here. Look at that,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41the most perfect symmetry about it.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45If you follow me, over in the corner over here,
0:32:45 > 0:32:47we have the assembly rooms.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52It is the oldest provincial assembly rooms in the country, in fact,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54and this is where you'd take afternoon tea
0:32:54 > 0:32:56and go dancing in the evenings,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59where young men would meet suitable young ladies,
0:32:59 > 0:33:03and this was built in the 1720s, and it's still being used today.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Isn't that marvellous?
0:33:04 > 0:33:09Next door, the windows on the right may look real, but, in fact, they're blocked up,
0:33:09 > 0:33:13a victim of the infamous window tax of the 17th and 18th centuries.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17If you had more than six, you had to pay a levy.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20And that's where we get the expression "daylight robbery".
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Now, around the corner in St Mary's Street, you get a wonderful variety
0:33:26 > 0:33:28of different Georgian architectural styles.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Now, that's because the Georgians loved to look through architectural pattern books
0:33:32 > 0:33:36to sort of almost personalise their own buildings, but in a very subtle way.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41You have to look closely to appreciate this, but I can point out a couple of examples here.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Look at this doorway. Fluted classical columns,
0:33:43 > 0:33:47terminating with these wonderful little ionic capitals at the top.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51And right up there, underneath the eaves, you see the soffit board.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54There's a detail running along there. That's called a dental cornice.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Now, you see a lot of that on Georgian furniture. So that's one example.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02And next door here, the neighbours, number 22, as you can see, it's exactly the same-sized house,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06same proportions, but the door surround here is known as a Gibbs surround.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09This is designed by the Georgian architect James Gibbs,
0:34:09 > 0:34:14and he featured in a lot of his work architrave around doors, windows and niches
0:34:14 > 0:34:16that had protruding pieces of stone.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19That was one of his features, normally with a keystone like that one,
0:34:19 > 0:34:24underneath a pointed pediment. So you can see, it's different, but it's subtle.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27And underneath the eaves up there on the soffit board, you haven't got the dental cornice,
0:34:27 > 0:34:32but what you've got is noggins jutting out in the form of gallows brackets.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37And the only way you can really sort all this out is to take your time and do it on foot.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41It's a wonderful way to explore the town. There really is so much to see here.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It's marvellous!
0:34:53 > 0:34:58Now, one particular feature that I really do love is the Collyweston slate roof,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02and there's a great example of it up there, and on all the buildings along there.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06On my house at home in Wiltshire, I have a roof just like that.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11The tiles are made from a particular type of limestone, first discovered near the village of Collyweston.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16They follow the same pattern, starting with broad slates that get smaller as they reach the top.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20There are various sizes and they all have lovely names,
0:35:20 > 0:35:26like outlaw, inlaw, mope, wibbits, tant, and the very smallest, pinchsome.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Well, that concludes the end of my little tour of Stamford,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35and I've thoroughly enjoyed myself,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39and hopefully it's inspired you to check out your local town,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42because there's so much you can learn, but you've got to do it on foot.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54'We're having such a great day in Peterborough, and there are still more people arriving.'
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Lovely! Thank you.- I don't believe how many people turned up today!
0:35:59 > 0:36:01'With so many good things coming in already,
0:36:01 > 0:36:03'Charlie's found a Flog It! favourite,
0:36:03 > 0:36:07'brought in by father Gary and his son, David.'
0:36:07 > 0:36:09- So it must be half-term?- Yeah.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- And you've come along with Dad. - Yeah.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- To watch him sell something, or have something valued anyway.- Yeah.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17How did you get it?
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- In a charity shop.- In a charity shop. Who found it?
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- Me.- He did.- You did?- Yeah. - Did you know what it was when you saw it?- Yeah.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- Without even looking at the name? - Yeah.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Woargh! Who's taught you, Dad?- Yeah.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- Everybody knows Clarice Cliff. But how much did it cost?- 50 quid.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Oh, so it wasn't 50p?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- You know what it is, obviously. Do you know the pattern?- Rhodanthe.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Rhodanthe is the pattern. You obviously know what it is.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Jam pot or preserve pot.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52They like to call them preserve pots
0:36:52 > 0:36:54because it could be jam or marmalade, I suppose.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- Do you know the shape? - Bonjour.- Bonjour.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01So the rhodanthe pattern,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05with bright oranges and yellows and browns.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- The painting's quite crude, isn't it?- Yeah, it is.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13But then it looks perhaps a little like a French Impressionist painting.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17It's got that wonderful charm. This is in super condition.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20The million-dollar question is, "What's it worth?"
0:37:20 > 0:37:23You're hoping it's worth more than £50.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Dad presumably knows it's worth more than £50.- Yeah.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29What do you think?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30100, 150?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34I think that's on the low side, 100, 150.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I think it's worth more than that. I'd like to see the estimate at 150 to 200.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41I could honestly see it making £200.
0:37:41 > 0:37:48But we'll put a reserve on it of 150 with perhaps a little discretion,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51then if the auctioneer's running out of steam at 130, 140,
0:37:51 > 0:37:56he'll have your permission to sell it for that. Still a tidy return on the capital.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- Oh, yeah. Yeah.- And then what happens to the profit?- Ha ha.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:38:01 > 0:38:06- That's up for grabs, is it? - Yeah, more than likely take him to a football match but we'll see.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Don't go to a football match!
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Take the money off Dad and get into a few more charity shops,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14and bring the things along to Flog It!
0:38:16 > 0:38:21So as we crack on with more valuations, I can guarantee no-one will glaze over
0:38:21 > 0:38:24with what Anne's brought along to Philip's table.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Anne, you don't even need to turn this up to tell you what it is, do you?
0:38:27 > 0:38:33- No, it shouts it. - It shouts it, it screams it, it kicks you in the shins it,
0:38:33 > 0:38:34it pulls your hair out that it's it.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38We'll talk about it in a minute, but what about you? Where do you live? Locally?
0:38:38 > 0:38:44I do. I live about 20 miles south of here in Buckton, a lovely little village, full of history.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47And has this little beauty followed you around, or how long have you had it?
0:38:47 > 0:38:51No, actually, I got that from my parents who are both now dead,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- but I've known it all my life.- Yeah?
0:38:55 > 0:38:59- I suppose I...- Did they buy it? - I think it was a wedding present.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02They never told me that's what it was. I just assumed that's what it was.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Did they hold it any regard?
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Well, my mother loved it. Yes, she did. My father was a bit ambivalent about it,
0:39:08 > 0:39:12but she quite enjoyed it. I don't think she knew it was worth anything.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- She certainly never mentioned it to me.- Do you think it's worth anything? - I think so, I know who it's made by.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- Shall we tell everybody else who it's made by?- Go on.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- Do they need to be told?- They might, because it's a bit unusual in colouring.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29- Well, you tell me why. - Well, it's William Moorcroft and you don't often...
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Well, I didn't often see the flambe of style, the colour.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37- Usually, blues seem to be the thing that appeared most often. - And it dates to...?
0:39:37 > 0:39:42- The '30s sometime, I think.- Do you want to swap seats or are you quite happy to keep dispensing...?
0:39:42 > 0:39:49- No, no, you just finish off for me. - There's only one thing left now. You've only left me with one thing.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- And that's how much it's worth. - Sorry. How much is it worth, Philip?
0:39:53 > 0:39:59You're the smart beggar, you tell me! No... Truthfully, look, I think this is a really lovely thing.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- You're absolutely spot on, it's Moorcroft.- Yeah.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06- And it dates from 1930 to 1938.- Oh, so it's quite a short period, then?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08But the crucial thing are these fish here.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- Yeah.- And that just... You're right, it does lift it.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17This flambe period, you see lots of those blue ground ones, but I think this is truly lovely.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23In terms of value, have you got a secret hope for what it might make?
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- I'd love it to make over a thousand. Is that...?- Yeah...
0:40:27 > 0:40:33I think we've got to temper our secret hopes with a bit of sense and sensibility.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34- Right.- All right?
0:40:34 > 0:40:38I think it should do over £1,000, I really do.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40But I think you need to put a sensible estimate, 500-800...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43you could perhaps even go 600-900, if you wanted to.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- I would rather do that one.- OK. - 600-900.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- We'll put the 600-900 on. - With a fixed reserve of 600.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54- What?- 600.- Go on, then. Fixed reserve at £600.- Yes, please.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I really truly think that you could sell this in your pyjamas on a Sunday afternoon
0:40:57 > 0:41:00and it will make its money. It'll be on the net. Are you happy with that?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Yes, providing that internet connection is there, that's great.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06It'll be fine. And the way you've got to look at this
0:41:06 > 0:41:11- is that you own these things for a short period in life.- Yes. - And you've had your turn
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- and it's up to someone else now to...- It is, yeah.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I hope they thoroughly enjoy it, and perhaps they won't break it and I might!
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Well... Oh, no!
0:41:19 > 0:41:24'Hands off, Philip! I think that Moorcroft's going to fly.'
0:41:24 > 0:41:26- Aw!- There you go.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- Thank you.- We can't have you outside in the cold for a few hours, can we?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- Why don't you tell me...? - I've kidnapped her!
0:41:40 > 0:41:44'We're having a great day in Peterborough and there's still more people coming through the door.'
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Charlie's spotted a lovely Cuban mahogany table. I'm quite jealous. Let's take a closer look.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57John, doesn't everything look so much better in these wonderful surroundings?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- It's a beautiful building, isn't it? - It's absolutely wonderful.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Now, I'm so thrilled because you've brought a bit of furniture along today.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09We see very little furniture on Flog It! And when we get furniture Paul normally swipes it!
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- Ah?- So I'm thrilled to do the furniture.- Good, excellent.
0:42:13 > 0:42:19- Has this been at home for a while? - It's been at home, oh...30-odd years.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24- It was given to me with quite a few other bits and pieces...- Yes? - ..of an old gentleman I knew.- Yeah?
0:42:24 > 0:42:30He was no longer using them, so he said, "Would you like them?" And I've had them ever since.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35- It's a beautifully rich, rich mahogany. - This would be the original colour?
0:42:35 > 0:42:40Yes, that's natural wood with a lot of care and polish. It's mid-19th century.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45It's Victorian, it's the first part of Victoria's reign...
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I just wondered why it would have a drawer and a false drawer. Is it...?
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Because it can go in the centre of a room.- Ah, right.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- Any bit of furniture that is what we call freestanding...- Right.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59..is more valuable than otherwise.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Quite often you see a piece of furniture and it's beautifully finished on one side,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- and it's a bit of old pine on the back.- It's stuck against the wall. - Exactly.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09So it can go against the wall. Whereas this would go in the middle of a big drawing-room
0:43:09 > 0:43:14- and, from wherever you viewed it, it would look equally splendid. - Nice, yeah.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19I'm opening this up and hoping... and indeed finding oak linings,
0:43:19 > 0:43:24- as opposed to a bit of pine or something.- Yes. - The cabinet maker that made this
0:43:24 > 0:43:29has gone the extra yard. And it slides in and out. It's a bit like closing a door on a Rolls-Royce.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I've never had a Rolls-Royce, so I wouldn't know.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Well, I have to say neither have I, but it's lovely.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39I love the original knobs. I think they're superb. So what do you reckon it's worth?
0:43:39 > 0:43:42I hope you're not going to be disappointed here.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47- I would think 100-120.- Yeah. I think it's worth a bit more than that.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51I think, expect the saleroom estimate to be 100-200.
0:43:51 > 0:43:56- Right you are.- I'd be very... well, pleasantly surprised if it made more than 200.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59- I would like however to see it make 150-160.- That's fine.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01- OK?- That's OK, Charles, yes. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05- A pleasure to see a bit of furniture. - Good. Thank you very much.
0:44:05 > 0:44:11'I second that! I love my furniture. Our next story takes us back to World War II.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15'Pat's brought in some trench art which her husband inherited from a war veteran.'
0:44:17 > 0:44:21I like to see different interesting things, Pat. And this is different and interesting.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24This could almost be passed off as trench art.
0:44:24 > 0:44:29And trench art is very poignant memories of Second World War experiences.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33It's very difficult to see, but we've got France, Dunkirk...
0:44:33 > 0:44:39then we've got Normandy, Germany, Holland, France, Belgium...
0:44:39 > 0:44:45and then, at the bottom, we've got "Victory 8 May 1945".
0:44:45 > 0:44:50And we've got a Royal Engineers badge at the top. Who was the man that it belonged to?
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- It belonged to a man called Bert Dean.- Bert Dean?- Yes.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55And he was in the Royal Engineers. Obviously, it was his.
0:44:55 > 0:45:02- He probably made it from his experiences, you know. - And was he at Dunkirk?- Yes, he was.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06Yes, he was on the beaches. He got his legs all shot up
0:45:06 > 0:45:11and he had trouble with his legs right through until he died.
0:45:11 > 0:45:16I just think that's absolutely fascinating. You know, I keep using the word poignant, but it is.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20It's just a massive piece of history,
0:45:20 > 0:45:24and I think my generation and the generations that follow me, you were so lucky
0:45:24 > 0:45:27that you don't have to experience the war
0:45:27 > 0:45:32- and the real, terrible things that happened during that time now. - It must've have been bad.- Awful,
0:45:32 > 0:45:39- absolutely truly awful. But in terms of value, we've got to get a bit hardnosed about it...- Yeah.
0:45:39 > 0:45:44- This is not silver...- No. - It's not the most expensive bit of wood in the world...- No.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49- I think that you need to put an estimate on it of sort of £30-£50. - Yeah.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- And how many memories are there in this?- A lot, isn't there?
0:45:52 > 0:45:56- And we're going to sell them for £30.- I know, but there you go.
0:45:56 > 0:46:01Thank you so much for bringing it along. I think it's just a really evocative thing, isn't it?
0:46:01 > 0:46:05Yeah, that's all right, Philip. Thank you. It's just been in my loft, you know.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- It deserves a better space. - It does, yes.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12'Let's get that and our other items wrapped up and sent off to auction,
0:46:12 > 0:46:14'and here's a quick reminder of what we're taking.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19'So we're back in Stamford at Batemans Auction Rooms
0:46:19 > 0:46:22'where auctioneer David Palmer is warming up the saleroom.'
0:46:22 > 0:46:25- 120.- I'm glad you're here because no-one else seems to be alive.
0:46:25 > 0:46:30Remember if you are buying or selling at auction, there is commission to pay.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Here at Batemans in Stamford
0:46:32 > 0:46:34it is 15% plus the dreaded VAT,
0:46:34 > 0:46:36so factor those costs into the hammer price.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41- Check the details in the catalogue. It's all printed there like these... - Excuse me.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44I was just going to say like these ladies have here at Batemans.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46- Could you sign my catalogue? Thanks very much.- Of course I can.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50- Are you buying or selling, madam? - I'm buying.- Are you? Good luck.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54- Thanks very much.- I can recommend some Moorcroft coming up later.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57'And it's the Moorcroft that I asked our friend and valuer Kate Bateman
0:46:57 > 0:46:59'to take a look at on the preview day.'
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Well, I've been looking forward to talking about this one with Kate
0:47:03 > 0:47:06because we see a lot of Moorcroft on this show, but I think this one's a little bit special.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09This is the one to watch, I think.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12It's a really nice example. It's a proper William Moorcroft one,
0:47:12 > 0:47:14it's an early design,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17it's quite a rare design, this fish and jellyfish one,
0:47:17 > 0:47:21and the condition's brilliant. This is the stuff that auctioneers clap their hands over.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25Philip's put a value of around £600-900 on it. He thinks it'll fly away.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Yeah. He's being fairly cautious on that.
0:47:28 > 0:47:34Recent results for this kind of design and this particular one are a lot higher than that.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37I'd put 1,000-1,500. That's purely because people want to think they can get a bargain,
0:47:37 > 0:47:39but you have to price it properly in the market.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42If it looks too cheap they will assume that something's wrong with it.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46We've kept the reserve the same at 600, but we've put 1,000-1,500 in the catalogue.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50And actually I'm hoping it will do better than that. We've had lots of interest,
0:47:50 > 0:47:54so, fingers crossed. The condition's excellent. It's going to go.
0:47:54 > 0:47:55All done. 30.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59I can't wait to see that go later, but first a piece of social history
0:47:59 > 0:48:02that Pat wants to see go to a good home.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07It's a bit of trench art. It was made by a veteran who was serving in Dunkirk.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- There's lots to talk about here, isn't there?- There is.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13It's a really hard thing to put a price on. We're looking at £30-£50.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16These things are popular at the moment, so I hope it'll do well.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21I've seen prisoner-of-war art fly through the roofs of salerooms.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25- We put silly prices on of £100 and it made 1,000.- I know.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29Anyway, let's find out what the bidders think of this, cos this is quite unusual.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Militaria, old trench art. A trench art shield.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37There we are. They made these shields for the soldiers.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40Really rather nice. 10 for it? £10 I'm bid.
0:48:40 > 0:48:4110. 12. 15.
0:48:41 > 0:48:4318. 20. 22.
0:48:43 > 0:48:48Here done at 22 now. Is that it? At £22 only. All done at 22.
0:48:48 > 0:48:53Finished and done at £22. All done, then, at 22.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57I'm sorry, that's not sold.
0:48:57 > 0:49:01- It's going home.- Oh, well. - It's a cheap memory that, isn't it?
0:49:01 > 0:49:03I'm not putting it back in the loft, I don't feed the loft.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05It is a cheap memory, yeah.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08That sort of memorabilia is so difficult to put a price on.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12But I'm glad it's going home with Pat and it lives to fight another battle.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16Next it's John with a piece of furniture that I've fallen in love with.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22I can find a home for this in every single bedroom I've got, in a hallway, on the landing...
0:49:22 > 0:49:25it would look great by the side of the bed with a table lamp on it,
0:49:25 > 0:49:30it would look nice underneath the window... There's plenty of places for a table like this.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32- John, I think we've got a buyer. - I'm not allowed to buy!
0:49:32 > 0:49:37But I tell you what, if I'm getting excited about it, you are and so are this lot.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Let's find out what they think, shall we? Here we go.
0:49:39 > 0:49:45The Victorian mahogany occasional table with a single drawer.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Showing now, rather nice one. £50 for that?
0:49:47 > 0:49:5050 I'm bid. 55. 60. 65. 70.
0:49:50 > 0:49:5475. 80. 85. 90. 95.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57- 100 now. A standing bid of 100. - We've sold it.- Yeah.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59110. 120. 130.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01- There's more interest as well. - 140. 150. 160.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04170. 170 here.
0:50:04 > 0:50:09This side at 170. Is that it? At 170. 180 on the phone.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11190. Phone go again.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12200.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- 210.- Oh!- Not bad.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17220.
0:50:18 > 0:50:23- 230.- This is good.- 240. Here on the phone at 240.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26- Still on the phone.- Over the top end now, John.- Down here at 240.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28- All done.- Got to be happy with that.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31It would look good sitting next to a commode.
0:50:31 > 0:50:36Here on the phone at £240. Done at 240.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40- Yes! That's a sold sale!- Good stuff! - Excellent.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44- You see, everyone needs an occasional table.- They do!
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Especially if you're kitting out a small hotel
0:50:46 > 0:50:48or something like that or you've just bought a house.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52That's great furniture, it's a good investment. You'll always get your money back. But it looks beautiful!
0:50:52 > 0:50:56- So there you go.- Excellent, Paul. - We did the business for you.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59- John can go home happy. - Congratulations, well done.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03And I must say, if you've got any furniture, we would love to see it.
0:51:03 > 0:51:08Bring it along to one of our valuation days because the experts absolutely love it!
0:51:09 > 0:51:12'Let's keep up the pace with our next lot.'
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Well, it's never let us down in the past.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17You know what I'm talking about. Yes, it's Clarice Cliff.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19We've got a bit owned by Gary and David.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Old eagle-eyes here spotted this for £50, didn't he?
0:51:22 > 0:51:25- You paid for it, obviously, Dad. - He found it in a charity shop.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28- Well done. Is this your first auction?- No.- An old hand.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31He's got to be the youngest dealer in the room.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33It's Saturday here so it's a day off school anyway.
0:51:33 > 0:51:38We're looking to sell this preserve pot with a value around £150-£200.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42If you can turn that sort of profit on the first few deals,
0:51:42 > 0:51:44well, he's got a good career in front of him.
0:51:44 > 0:51:48- That's all I can say.- I hope so! - We've got to put it to the test right now, though.
0:51:48 > 0:51:53470, Clarice Cliff. The preserve pot. Showing now.
0:51:53 > 0:51:58The decorative one. Rather nice. Very collectible. Showing now. 55.
0:51:58 > 0:52:0065. With me at 65. 70. 75.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04- Oh, there's hands going up everywhere.- At 95, 100, 110.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07120. 130. You in? 140. 150.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11160. 160 now. At the back, at 160.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13170.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16170. The commission's at 170. Anybody else?
0:52:16 > 0:52:18All done at £170.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Is that it? Sure you're both out, gents?
0:52:20 > 0:52:25At £170, nothing on you. Done then at 170.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29The hammer's gone down. That's what you call turning a profit.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Well done, you. Shake my hand.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35And please, please, please carry on doing what you're doing, won't you?
0:52:35 > 0:52:36Encourage your friends.
0:52:36 > 0:52:41- Let's see a new generation of young kids getting stuck into antiques and collectables.- Why not?
0:52:41 > 0:52:43'Now it's Anne's Moorcroft vase.'
0:52:43 > 0:52:47We can't get this Moorcroft out of our minds, ever since the valuation day.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50We've all been thinking about it, especially Anne here, who's sort of been left...
0:52:50 > 0:52:57- well, not knowing what to do!- Yes. - We had an original valuation by Philip, £600-£900,
0:52:57 > 0:53:01but you did say this is going to fly. This is going to do well over £1,000.
0:53:01 > 0:53:06Obviously, a few weeks have gone by, the auction catalogue's been published, it's gone out,
0:53:06 > 0:53:11and they're revised that valuation to £1,000-£1,500. You know that as well, don't you?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15- It was a bit of a shock!- I think they might have to revise it again in a minute!- Oh, dear!
0:53:15 > 0:53:22There are serious collectors out there that know certain patterns and certain patterns are very rare.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24I think this could fly away,
0:53:24 > 0:53:29but I don't know what "fly away" means. I mean, you'd be happy with 2,000, wouldn't you?
0:53:29 > 0:53:35- I would be delighted with 2,000. - Would you settle for 2,500?- Yes. - You would, wouldn't you?
0:53:35 > 0:53:36LAUGHTER
0:53:36 > 0:53:41You just need two bidders that get stuck in like a Jack Russell wrestling with an old sock
0:53:41 > 0:53:43- and not one of them's going to let go.- OK.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45- Happy?- Yes.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49Anyway, we've got a cracking piece going under the hammer right now, and I'm so excited!
0:53:49 > 0:53:50Here's hoping! Here we go!
0:53:52 > 0:53:56William Moorcroft fish and jellyfish vase.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58There's the vase showing up there.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03Start me at £400. 400 I'm bid. 420.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07- Anne, fingers crossed. - Yeah, absolutely.- 520.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11550. 600 in the room. 650. 700 on you?
0:54:11 > 0:54:14700 this phone.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Phone at 700. 750 in the room.
0:54:16 > 0:54:17Sort yourselves out, phones. 800.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19800. 850.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21900 on one of these phones.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24950, sir? 950. 1,000 on the phone.
0:54:25 > 0:54:291,000 this phone. 1,050 on you? 1,050.
0:54:29 > 0:54:30Oh.
0:54:30 > 0:54:321,100.
0:54:32 > 0:54:351,150. Room at 1,150.
0:54:36 > 0:54:391,200 net. 1,250 room.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43Room at 1,250. 1,300 here. 1,350 room.
0:54:43 > 0:54:461,400 over there. 1,450.
0:54:46 > 0:54:491,500 net. 1,550 room. 1,600.
0:54:49 > 0:54:521,650. 1,700.
0:54:52 > 0:54:541,750. 1,800 here.
0:54:54 > 0:54:551,850.
0:54:56 > 0:54:591,900 this one. 1,950.
0:54:59 > 0:55:04- 2,000?- Well, there we got to 2,000 so far!- We did.
0:55:04 > 0:55:072,000 here. 2,100. Room at 2,100.
0:55:09 > 0:55:102,200.
0:55:10 > 0:55:122,300.
0:55:14 > 0:55:152,400.
0:55:15 > 0:55:162,500.
0:55:16 > 0:55:182,600. 2,700.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21In the room at 2,700.
0:55:21 > 0:55:232,800. 2,900.
0:55:23 > 0:55:243,000.
0:55:24 > 0:55:263,100.
0:55:26 > 0:55:283,200 here. 3,250 off you?
0:55:28 > 0:55:31- 3,250.- Oh, think of all that money!
0:55:32 > 0:55:35- 3,300.- And what you'll do with it. - Yes!- Spend!- This phone at 3,300.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37At 3,300.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40- What? 3,400. New money at 3,400. - I don't believe this!- 3,400.
0:55:42 > 0:55:453,400. At 3,400.
0:55:45 > 0:55:493,500. That phone at 3,500. Either of you two 3,600?
0:55:51 > 0:55:533,600.
0:55:53 > 0:55:543,700.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Oh, my word!
0:55:56 > 0:55:573,800.
0:56:00 > 0:56:013,900.
0:56:03 > 0:56:044,000.
0:56:05 > 0:56:084,100? 4,100.
0:56:09 > 0:56:104,200.
0:56:12 > 0:56:144,300.
0:56:15 > 0:56:164,400.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18Goodness me!
0:56:18 > 0:56:20No, we are at 4,400.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23- 4,400.- 4,500's next.
0:56:23 > 0:56:254,500.
0:56:27 > 0:56:304,500. Down here at 4,500. Anybody else?
0:56:30 > 0:56:34At £4,500, the bid is in at 4,500.
0:56:35 > 0:56:36I'll take a 50.
0:56:40 > 0:56:424,550.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45The phone above you at 4,550. 4,600?
0:56:45 > 0:56:47- Yes.- 4,600.
0:56:47 > 0:56:494,650?
0:56:49 > 0:56:50Go to 4,700?
0:56:51 > 0:56:554,600. The bid's here at 4,600. All yours.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59- What a lovely moment! - Selling, then, at £4,600.
0:56:59 > 0:57:05- The hammer's going down now. - Unbelievable!- 4,600!
0:57:05 > 0:57:08You've got a round of applause. Deservedly so as well.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Oh, is there a tear in the eye?
0:57:10 > 0:57:14Yeah, there is, isn't there? Bless, bless, bless! Think of...
0:57:14 > 0:57:19- That's really nice.- Oh, it's lovely. - Well done, you.- What a wonderful way to end a brilliant day
0:57:19 > 0:57:23here in Stamford, this wonderful old historic town.
0:57:23 > 0:57:27- And thank you so much...- Thank you as well.- ..for coming along to Peterborough Cathedral.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29All the gems came out when it mattered.
0:57:29 > 0:57:34Join us next time, won't you, for many more surprises when lots of antiques go under the hammer.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36But until then, it's goodbye from all of us.