0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today we're near the fabulous coastline of Cardigan Bay,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10stretching north into Ceredigion and south into Pembrokeshire.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Much as I'd love to stand here all day embracing this marvellous Welsh countryside,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17they wouldn't let me get away with that!
0:00:17 > 0:00:21There are too many antiques waiting to be valued inside. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:46 > 0:00:51The town of Cardigan has been a port since the early Middle Ages.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Its importance stems from its strategic position on the River Teifi,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58the gateway to the fertile Teifi Valley.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01We've certainly got an army of followers here today.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04They have turned out in force at the Rhosygilwen mansion,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08all hoping their treasures will be worth a small fortune
0:01:08 > 0:01:11when we take them to auction. Who will it be? Stay tuned to find out!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14It may even be this wonderful bus.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17So tickets, please! Let's start our journey.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Leading the Flog It troops to find out what people have brought along
0:01:22 > 0:01:28are our team of experts headed up by Charlie Ross and Christina Trevanion.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Coming up, we've got a show full of weird and wonderful things!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Look at that! That's a surprise. I didn't know that was going to happen!
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Good lord, that's quite wacky, isn't it?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45It's a bit of an acquired taste.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50We incur a casualty.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53She's been through the wars. Tell me what happened there.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55She was all right when I left this morning.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- When I undid it, she was in two pieces.- Oh, no!
0:01:59 > 0:02:04And will a hoard of Indian silver translate into a stack of British pounds?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08I'm just hoping they like Indian silver in Wales!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We kick off with Christina and that broken statue.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15But it isn't on its own.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Fiona has a group who've all had to put up with a few knocks in their time.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25We've got a jolly band of fellows here. They look like they're having a good time.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- They do.- Where are they from?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31They were my grandmother's. I don't know where she got them from.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35She wasn't very careful with them and most of them have got something broken.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Right.- My mother reckoned she was just clumsy!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Right.- My mother hated them, actually!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Did she?- She couldn't wait for me to have them!
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- They're a real...- Are you fond of them?- I love him.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- I love the colours on them. They're fabulous.- Really bright, aren't they?
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- Gorgeous.- The detail's good. But they are awful dust collectors!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- I bet.- Dreadful. - Nightmare to clean.- Yes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Some of them aren't very clean.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05I don't blame you. They are very fragile.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- Sadly, we've got damage pretty much across the board.- Yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14That's one of the first things as a valuer, establishing a value on these,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- it's very difficult because of the damage throughout.- Yes.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Down here we've got a hand, and a bit of a broken bottle here.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26They've just had a good time, I think, they've had a good old party.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Surprisingly, when I looked at them I thought they made a good group.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34But actually, they're all by different factories.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Right.- So we've got this pair here. - Right.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39We've got some nice marks here.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43This tells us they're by a German factory called Sitzendorf.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Right.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49They're beautifully enamelled. When you pick them up, they're heavy.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51So nice heavy porcelain.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53But unfortunately...
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Yes, I know!- She's been through the wars. What happened there?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- She was all right when I left this morning!- Oh, no!
0:04:02 > 0:04:06And I did wrap her up but when I undid it, she was in two pieces.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- Whether it had already been broken and my grandmother had mended it at some point.- Very possible.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15The good news is, yes, it's damaged,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18but it's a nice clean break so it could be restorable.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22It's OK. So we've got these two figures here.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25These, I think, are the best quality-wise.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- I love this chap.- So do I. - He's wonderful, isn't he?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32He's a boozy fellow.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- What's his name?- Landlord.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36The Landlord. So a nice character figure.
0:04:36 > 0:04:42And what's even better is that I can just picture him in a gentleman's study
0:04:42 > 0:04:46as a figurine, and as soon as the wife's gone or the family's gone,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50he gets out his figurine and has his tot!
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- He's not a figure any more, he's a decanter!- Gorgeous, isn't it?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56It's wonderful. I love it.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00As a decanter to a decanter collector, he could be really quite interesting.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Then this pair of figures here.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07We've got a fruit seller and her gentleman partner.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09They're a matched pair.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11They didn't start life together.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Not as exciting, possibly, as these.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I think, at auction,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19we have to bear in mind the condition issues.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- But I think we're still looking in the region of 100 to £200.- Good!
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Would you be happy to sell them at that value?- Yes.- Brilliant.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Let's flog it!- Save the dusting!
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Hopefully the bidders will relish the idea of getting their hands on this motley bunch
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and give them the opportunity to live another day.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Next, Charlie's talking to Terry who has an interesting collection of Indian silver.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Terry, have you been shopping?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Just a little bit!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Have you bought them yourself or inherited them?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58No, I bought them on the internet.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- On the internet? - Over the last year or so.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Gosh. What was the first bit you bought?- I think the jug.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The jug. Is that your favourite bit?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- It is, actually.- Yes.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Do you have any connection with India? It's Indian silver.
0:06:12 > 0:06:19The only connection I've got is that my mother and her side of the family came from India.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Right. Have you been yourself?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I've been twice and I'm going again the week after the auction.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31- I'm going to find my grandfather's grave in Calcutta.- Gosh!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- He was a train driver. - Really? How fascinating.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41- When did he die?- I think he must have died in the early '70s.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- Well post-Raj.- Well post-Raj.- Yes.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47This is mostly Raj, isn't it? Nearly all of it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49It is, I think all of it is Raj period.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55I would think most of this is between 1920 and 1940?
0:06:55 > 0:07:00- I'd say some pieces are... - Some earlier?- 18-something.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- Late 1800s.- You think they go to the 19th century?
0:07:02 > 0:07:08It's interesting to try and guess from the influence which part of India they might have come from.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12This has a sort of Buddhist influence down here.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16I wonder if it's nearer to Ceylon down the bottom there.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yeah.- I think this one, your favourite piece,
0:07:19 > 0:07:25I think if I took the handle away, took the snake away there,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I would struggle to know that was Indian and not Middle Eastern.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Yes, it looks a bit Arabic.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34It does. The top here looks very Arabic.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36And the flowers.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- So we need to raise some money, don't we?- We do.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Help you with the flight. - We sure do.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Assuming you're not rowing there. - No, a slow boat.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I've looked through, weighed some of it.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49I think we should be safe at 150 to £200.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- I'm happy with that.- 150 to 200.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Reserve 150. A bit of auctioneer's discretion.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- See you on the day.- OK.- Let's get enough for the whole flight. - Flog it!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Yes, flog it!
0:08:04 > 0:08:09It's a tricky one to value, but I think Charlie is quietly confident.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13We'll find out later if it's well placed.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Flog It valuation days are very busy, so when people are selected for filming,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19they often have to wait a while.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I can't resist having a good peek at what they've brought in!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25There are several tables dotted along here.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27This is the holding bay.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32This is where all our owners that haven't been filmed yet are waiting to be filmed.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Who owns the ostrich egg?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Wow, look at that!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39That certainly is a present from down under.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44We think so. It was a present to my father, who was a surgeon.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48It was a present from a patient who wanted to thank him.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53There's a kangaroo actually carved onto the shell of the egg.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Do you know something? I think that with this emu and that kangaroo,
0:08:57 > 0:09:03and the whole thing with these wonderful over-the-top pieces of glass,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I think it will find its way back to Australia. I really do.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Yes.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Let's hope the bidders will want to snap them up.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16People bring a variety of antiques to our valuation days
0:09:16 > 0:09:21but there's nothing that gets me quite so fired up as furniture.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I was so excited to see this next item that
0:09:23 > 0:09:27I intercepted Holly before she had a chance to get inside.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Thank you so much for bringing in a piece of Welsh furniture.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34You've made my day. Cos this is what it's all about, regional things.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Wherever we go,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39it's always nice to see something that's made in the vicinity.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And this chair was made all over Wales,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44even on the Welsh borders around Herefordshire, as well.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Do you know much about it? - Not a huge amount at all.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I knew it was Welsh oak and that's it.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It doesn't get any better than Welsh oak. You know that.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55All hand-sawn and it's all pegged.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Can you see that?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- See these little pegs?- Oh, yes.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03All dowels driven right through a mortise and tenon,
0:10:03 > 0:10:04so all of these stretchers,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08there's a little tenon in there that sits into a mortise and to hold it
0:10:08 > 0:10:10tight, a hole's drilled through there
0:10:10 > 0:10:12and then a dowel is knocked through.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Gosh. A lot of work goes into them. - Yeah.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17But it stops the joint from moving. And look at that.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Look how tight it is.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23You couldn't even put a cigarette paper in that joint, could you?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27This is a lovely thing to have, all these pegs showing.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29But this chair has never been fiddled with because,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33if you turn it upside down, can you see it's as dry as a bone there?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Yes.- If that's been polished,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37it means it's been polished to match in with polished
0:10:37 > 0:10:41sections of these stretchers, so the seat wouldn't be original.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44But looking at this, it's as honest as the day it was made,
0:10:44 > 0:10:45and that's a lovely thing to have,
0:10:45 > 0:10:50because I date this chair to the latter part of the 18th century.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- I'd say this is circa 1780, 1790. - Gosh.- Yeah, I would, honestly.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59So, value. How much did this chair cost you?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02I think it was about £60. Certainly no more than that.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Well, I think we could safely say let's put this into auction
0:11:06 > 0:11:09at a value of £120 to £180, and I think she'll double her money.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- That's fantastic. - We'll put a reserve of £100 on.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15This will come in handy to anybody that loves Welsh furniture.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17There's plenty of people here in Wales who'll buy this
0:11:17 > 0:11:21because they'll make up a set around the kitchen table.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And it doesn't matter if it slightly mismatches another one of the style.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27It may not have these lovely flattened bobbin turnings,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29but that doesn't matter.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Harlequin sets look really good. - Yes.- And they're full of character.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37And it will last somebody another 200 years because it's so practical
0:11:37 > 0:11:38and functional.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Yeah?- Very pleased. - See you at auction.- Thank you.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49First, Christina is chatting to Gary
0:11:49 > 0:11:52who's inherited a piece of Swiss sophistication.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Here we've got your chronograph Swiss wrist watch.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Tell me, where's it come from?
0:12:01 > 0:12:07I had it from my father, actually, going back 15, 16 years ago.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Right.- He never used it. So he said to me one night when I was with him,
0:12:11 > 0:12:16he showed me a lot of watches and I said I'd have that one.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Have that one or that one.- Yes.- OK.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21So tell me, was Father sporty?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Not really, no.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Tell me why would he have wanted a chronograph movement?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30A chronograph movement, as you know, is a stopwatch.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Was he into the horses, maybe? - No, no, no.- Running?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Nothing like that?- Only cars and lorries.- Cars and lorries.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Maybe he used it to time his lap circuits or something.- Maybe!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43You never know.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45So it's a rather nice example.
0:12:45 > 0:12:51As we can see from the dial, we've got a subsidiary minutes dial here
0:12:51 > 0:12:54which times up to 30 minutes.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56We've also got a seconds dial here.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And the way that it works, as you probably know,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04is that we start it there, see the red hand ticking away nicely there.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Then we can stop it. We can restart it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And then stop it.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- And then we can restart it completely.- Yes.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It's fantastic. Very, very controllable, isn't it?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It's got a nice clear dial.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Not much damage on the dial. A few scratches on the face.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26But nothing serious.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28If we turn it over...
0:13:28 > 0:13:33we've got a nice mark which says 18k and 750.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36That's indicative of 18-carat gold.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- It would be nice if the strap was gold!- It would be! - But sadly it's not.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45We can see here that this gold plate is wearing off the strap.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48The base metal is coming through on that strap there.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52We've got some serial numbers down here.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Unfortunately we can't pin it down to an absolute factory...- No.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00..without opening the back, but the back is very delicate, a very thin sliver of gold
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and I'd be reluctant to take the back off.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05However, it is a Swiss movement.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09The Swiss, as you know, renowned for fantastic watch making.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Yes.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16I think in the open market today, we'll be looking at an auction valuation of about 200 to £300.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- How do you feel about that, Gary? - The more, the merrier!
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Well, it may well fetch more on the day
0:14:23 > 0:14:29but if we put it any more it'll look quite pricey compared to other chronograph watches on the market.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31OK? So happy to sell it at 200 to 300.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37- Yes.- Let's set the reserve at 200 firm. Try and get as much as we can for you.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- OK.- Perhaps put the money towards a new watch for you!
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Good. Thank you.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Over in Carmarthen, the sale room is starting to fill up.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Commission rates here are on a sliding scale,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02starting at 17.5% for items under £150,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06down to 10% for items over £3,000.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Here's what's going under the hammer.
0:15:10 > 0:15:17Fiona's figurines might have been injured in service, but perhaps they'll find a new lease of life.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Hopefully the bidders will appreciate Terry's collection of exotic silver
0:15:21 > 0:15:25and provide him with passage back to India.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Holly's beautiful Welsh oak chair that I've fallen in love with.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Lastly, Gary's Swiss watch.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38It might be lacking a gold strap, but will its quality still shine through?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Wielding the gavel today is auctioneer Nigel Hobson.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Time is now definitely up, not for my watch, but for Gary's watch.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53- Lovely thing. It was your father's. - I've got another one. - That was his as well, was it?
0:15:53 > 0:15:59- You love this as well.- Yes, and it's a chronograph so hopefully it'll get there.- It's a very good watch.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Yes.- Not many of them made.- Let's hope we get a decent surprise.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07- I hope so!- I hope so. - Let's find out. Here we go.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13261. The mid-20th-century Swiss 18-carat gold
0:16:13 > 0:16:15chronograph gentleman's wrist watch.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18A good-looking watch, ticking away nicely.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20The case is marked 18 carat.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24A nice-looking watch. Interest here with me on the book
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- means I can start the bidding straightaway at 200.- Brilliant.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32- 220 I've got. £220 on the book. - It's gone.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Let's hope we get another bid.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36At 220.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38At 220. May I say 240 now?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40240. 260.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41At 260.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45260. Against you in the room. Against you online at 260.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Bidding on the book now at 260.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52At 260. Selling it. On the book, then, at £260.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Sold! Good estimate. Very good.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Happy?- Yes, very happy, actually.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Brilliant. Well done. Well done.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Christina was spot-on there, but has she got the measure of those figurines?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10This sale is being conducted by Nigel's colleague, Geoff Thomas.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Well, it's the moment of truth, Fiona.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Let's hope the damage doesn't put the buyers off.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Collectors are fussy, but maybe they just might go for this.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- You just don't know. We've got 100 to £200.- Yep.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25And a slightly lower reserve
0:17:25 > 0:17:27to take into account that damage.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32Let's see what the bidders think. Here we go.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39Lot 365, a group of porcelain continental figures.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Lot 365. Start me at 100.
0:17:43 > 0:17:4480?
0:17:44 > 0:17:4850? £50 I've got. 50. 60.
0:17:48 > 0:17:5070. 80. £80.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52It's going. It's going!
0:17:52 > 0:17:55At £80 I'm bid.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58At £80. 90 is it? All done, then?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01All done at £80.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Well done. - £80 - and they were very broken!
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I wonder if someone will restore them.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Inevitably.- Yeah.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Now, I'm starting to get cold feet about our next item.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I keep saying bring lots of furniture in,
0:18:18 > 0:18:19we love seeing furniture.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Bless Holly, she did just that - a lovely Welsh regional chair.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28It's about to go under the hammer. Fingers crossed. I'm really nervous.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30I know everybody in the trade keeps saying,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32"Brown furniture is on its knees and it's a good time to buy".
0:18:32 > 0:18:34OK, it is a good time to buy,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37but hopefully it's going to be a good time for you to sell.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- Yes.- This has got personality. - It has.- It's got great personality.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Let's see what happens.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50A late-18th century Welsh oak single chair. Lot 184.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54What should I ask for this one? Start me at 180.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55150.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58£100 I'm bid. £100 I've got. 100. At 100.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02120. 140. At 140. 160. 180.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- At 180 bid. At 180.- Brilliant. - At 180. 200 do I hear now?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08At 180. 200.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11200. 220 with me. 220. At 220 bid.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15At 220. 40 is it now? At 220.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- They like it.- Yes.- 40 is it, then?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20At 220. I'll let it go, then.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22With me at £220. All quiet.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Hammer's gone down. £220. Not bad, top end.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Amazing!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I was really, really frightened
0:19:30 > 0:19:33because the furniture had just come in and there were half a dozen
0:19:33 > 0:19:40chairs before our lot, a mixed lot, a harlequin set, £180, six of them!
0:19:40 > 0:19:42That one did £220. I'm ever so pleased.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44What a lovely artisan piece!
0:19:48 > 0:19:53Next up, will Terry's silver provide him with the passport he's hoping for?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57The pressure is on. Terry has just joined me and expert Charlie Ross.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01We need the top end of that valuation. £200-plus.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Because Terry is off to India. He's worked out the price of the flight.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08440 quid. And you're going next week?
0:20:08 > 0:20:14- Yes.- Got the visa?- Yes.- He hasn't got the ticket yet. We're waiting on the result of this silver
0:20:14 > 0:20:16to go under the hammer, Charlie.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21A lot of Indian silver here. It's a shame it's not hallmarked or dated.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- It would fly through the roof, wouldn't it?- Yes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29It's quite tricky. I've done one piece of Indian silver before on Flog It
0:20:29 > 0:20:35which went really well. So I'm hoping they like Indian silver in Wales!
0:20:35 > 0:20:39We're going to find out right now. Let's see what it's worth.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45245 is a collection of 19th- and early 20th-century
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Indian silver items.
0:20:47 > 0:20:5020-odd ounces there. What do we say? About £200 here?
0:20:50 > 0:20:54150 to go, then, surely? £150 I'm bid.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- 150. 160, may I say?- That's good.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59At 150. In the room at 150.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02160 online. 170.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Are we going to get that top end?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07180. 190.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- 200, may I say?- Might be going business class!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12220.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16240, may I say? 240 online. 260.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19260. 280, may I say?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22260 in the room. Against you on the internet at 260. In the room.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25At £260.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27- Well done.- That's fantastic.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Well done, you. Well bought.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Yes, well bought. Well valued!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Thank you, sir!
0:21:35 > 0:21:41What a successful first visit to the auction. But before we go back to the valuation day,
0:21:41 > 0:21:47I discovered more about a Welsh tradition that's more universal than we might first think.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The River Teifi forms a natural border
0:21:58 > 0:22:01between the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05About seven miles in from the mouth of the river in Cardigan
0:22:05 > 0:22:10is the pretty village of Cenarth, famous for its falls and its salmon.
0:22:13 > 0:22:19In the 12th century, a visitor to the village noted that an extensive fishery existed on the rocks
0:22:19 > 0:22:21where the salmon leapt as they migrated upstream.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25But this river is also famous for the unusual but traditional way
0:22:25 > 0:22:27in which those salmon were caught.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35For hundreds of years, the fishermen here had used a coracle
0:22:35 > 0:22:40and it's probably only one of three rivers in the world where coracles are still used
0:22:40 > 0:22:42for salmon fishing with a net.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Coracles were once common all over the British Isles.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Julius Caesar is said to have first come across one
0:22:49 > 0:22:53when he invaded Britain back in 55 or 54 BC.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Nowadays, you'll only find the craft in a few areas.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00One of them is Shropshire on the English/Welsh borders.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02The other is right here in Wales.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Every area had its own unique type of coracle made from local materials
0:23:11 > 0:23:15and designed for the particular conditions of the local river and its use.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20But the basic construction style would have been very similar.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25As you can see, it's simply made of a basket-like construction.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Interwoven laths that give it its strength, its cohesion.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Traditionally they were completely round and covered with animal hide.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37The size of the hide would dictate the size of the vessel.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40The hair would be on the inside, the skin on the outside.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43You'd use the fat to help waterproof it.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47For the last 200 years here, they've been covered in cotton
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and painted with a pitch.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54The pitch does two things. It tightens the cotton and also makes it waterproof.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59The wood used on the laths is a willow and hazel wood,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01woods that are plentiful in the area.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04But the most important thing is, with these little craft,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08is the bottom has to be flat because it works within three inches of water.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13This little craft will actually hold three times my bodyweight.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14It's so simple.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18At the end of the day, all you do is pick this thing up,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20put it on your shoulder and walk home.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Fascinating!
0:24:22 > 0:24:27Over the years, fishing licences were not renewed and sadly the coracle is now a rare sight.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33But this important symbol of Welsh heritage is part of a worldwide tradition.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I've come to the National Coracle Centre in Cenarth to meet Martin Fowler
0:24:37 > 0:24:41who is going to show me some of the coracle's foreign relatives.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49What a fabulous place! I guess my first question has to be,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52when and where did the coracle style of boat originate?
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Although most people associate them with Wales, I think the Middle East is where they actually started.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01We're looking at the first forms of water transport
0:25:01 > 0:25:04from the first civilisations of the world, really.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07You've got different examples from around the world.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- Can I see the one from North America?- Yeah, sure.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It's a lot smaller than I would have thought.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18- Yes...- Then again it depends on the size of the animal. The hide.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- North American Indians...- Buffalo? - Buffalo hide.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26At one time, there were thousands of buffalo on the plains of North America.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- They've left the tail on! - They always did. It's interesting
0:25:30 > 0:25:34because this is the only one I know of where they've covered it the opposite way
0:25:34 > 0:25:39with the hair on the outside and the skin on the inside.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42They left the tail on so they could pull it up the bank,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44tie it to something.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49But when you use this, you kneel and paddle, exactly the same as we would use a coracle here.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52But with the tail here,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56when you went downriver, the hair would always go with the water.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00So instead of putting grease on it, they left it exactly how the animal kept dry.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06- Yes.- And that's why I think everywhere in the world, people came up with the same ideas
0:26:06 > 0:26:08but all independently.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10This is just so remarkable.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15The whole afternoon has opened my eyes to boat-building with a difference!
0:26:15 > 0:26:19It really has. Martin, thank you so much for showing me round the museum.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23It is open to the public. It's got to be unique. Possibly the only one in the world.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- I think so.- It's well worth a visit. Long may it continue.- Thank you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37It's been really fascinating to see how the simple idea like a basket-like boat
0:26:37 > 0:26:40has cropped up all across the globe from the earliest of times.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44It's a real testament to man's ingenuity and determination
0:26:44 > 0:26:46to overcome the limits of his environment.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51It's rather bizarre to think this village in Wales is one of the very few places
0:26:51 > 0:26:54in which you'll still see these coracles at work.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Back at our valuation day in Rhosygilwen mansion,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09people are still pouring in with all manner of fascinating and quirky items.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14And the emu egg that I spotted earlier has caught Christina's attention.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- It's wacky!- Are you going to value it?- I think so.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23I keep looking at it on my own going... It's one of those things.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- I'll have a good look.- That'll go back to Australia.- Do you think?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- Definitely.- I hope so. Imagine shipping it!- What are you going to put on it?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I've no idea!
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- No idea!- Have a good think.- I will. I'll come back to you on that one!
0:27:39 > 0:27:43I look forward to what she's got to say about it once she's done some research.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48First, let's see what Charlie thinks about an unusual item belonging to Leon.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51This, I think, is fantastic. Where did it come from?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54It came from my wife's family.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- In 1970-something she was given it by her gran.- Yeah.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02She was moving house and couldn't take it with her.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03She's had it ever since.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07So was Granny a high liver?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- I suspect so, yes.- Yeah. - Knowing her family!
0:28:10 > 0:28:14It smacks of that era, of what I call the Charleston era,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17the Deco era. It's pure Art Deco.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19It's got a cocktail shaker.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Champagne glass.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Cocktail glasses.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24A brandy balloon.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27All the things I love in life! Fantastic.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Except for one thing.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- And that, of course, is... - The cigarettes.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- The dreaded cigarettes. - We haven't got any.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39This would have had, I would have thought, the best Balkan Sobranie cigarettes,
0:28:39 > 0:28:44- the coloured ones.- Yes.- Pink ones, black ones, mauve ones.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48It would have looked absolutely stunning on a bar.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Quite stunning. It's not brilliantly made, I have to say.
0:28:51 > 0:28:58But it's very Deco, even the shoulder of the barman
0:28:58 > 0:29:01has a Deco angle about it, which I love.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Where's it been? Have you had it on display?
0:29:04 > 0:29:09No. We bring it out occasionally at parties to see if people can guess what it is.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14- How many people guess what it is before they pull it up?- Not many! Not unless they've seen one.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18I think it's just a super statement of the time.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22I don't think it's worth a lot of money. Are you hoping for a fortune?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24No. I'm surprised how much you like it.
0:29:24 > 0:29:30I love it. But we shouldn't get carried away with regards value.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Because I like it, doesn't mean it's worth a few hundred quid.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37I'd like to sell it without reserve, to be honest.
0:29:37 > 0:29:43- I would expect it to make somewhere between 20 and £40.- Fair enough.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44I think I'll take it home!
0:29:44 > 0:29:49No, no. We'll take it to auction. Thanks for bringing it along.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Christina is pleased to have bumped into Vicky
0:29:54 > 0:29:57because she is very partial to a bit of jewellery.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- I see you're a brooch fan. - Yes.- I'm a brooch fan.- Yes.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- And you've brought a brooch in to show us today.- I have.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- Tell me who it belonged to. - It was handed down in the family.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I presume it belonged to my grandmother and then my mother
0:30:13 > 0:30:15and then it came to me.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Goodness me, that is a very long pedigree history.- Yes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23The brooch dates to around 1880, 1890, something like that.
0:30:23 > 0:30:29- Would that tie up with great-granny's dates?- My mother was born in 1896.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- Right.- So that would tie in. - It would, wouldn't it? OK.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36So we've got this wonderful star motif here, which is
0:30:36 > 0:30:37absolutely fantastic.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39It's actually made of glass.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43The glass would've been made in layers, like a glass sandwich,
0:30:43 > 0:30:47and then they would've carved it to produce this wonderful stellar,
0:30:47 > 0:30:48or star effect here.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- It's trying to be hard-stone agate. - Only trying.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54It's trying, yes, it's trying very hard.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58And it would've been much more costly material to produce this in.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01It would've been a mourning brooch originally and we can see that
0:31:01 > 0:31:04because it's got the plaited hair of somebody in the back of it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08- Yes.- Might that have been great-granny's?- I hope so.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- I wish I had a name, but unfortunately I don't.- OK.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Now, the Victorians were very involved with their mourning.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17They really did mourn pretty much everything.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19When Victoria lost Albert, she went into deep mourning
0:31:19 > 0:31:22and all Victorians had to follow suit.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25And this was classic of that time.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28You carried a piece of them with you in your everyday life.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32- I think it's quite a charming memento.- Absolutely, it really is.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36And, of course, from the front, you wouldn't know it at all.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38I think this yellow metal here,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42having studied it quite carefully, is actually gold plate.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46So it's a cheap brooch, it's mock agate and it's gold plate,
0:31:46 > 0:31:47not real gold.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51You said that. THEY LAUGH
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Now, here we come to the crunch point.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56I'm not going to get too excited at this stage.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Sadly, I think, because it's a bit tired
0:32:01 > 0:32:06and because some people get a little bit squiffy about having
0:32:06 > 0:32:09mourning pieces and having someone else's hair
0:32:09 > 0:32:14in the back of their brooch, which is why so often now we see them empty,
0:32:14 > 0:32:19that I think the value really is going to be relatively low.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Well, that's all right. It's just staying at home in a box
0:32:22 > 0:32:23so it might as well go to the auction.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26If it doesn't get the reserve, then I'll keep it.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Either way, I'm happy.- Good.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30OK, well, I think at auction, we'd be looking at putting
0:32:30 > 0:32:34an estimate of £20 to £30, something like that,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38and hopefully we can find it a new home with someone who will wear it.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Exactly.- So what about a reserve?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Generally, we tend to put the reserve at the bottom end of the estimate.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48- Yes. I think I'm going to be cheeky and put a reserve of 30.- 30?- Yes.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Gosh, OK. So that means we have to put the estimate at £30 to £40.- Yes.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55OK. Which is being a bit optimistic, obviously.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I think it might be slightly optimistic,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- but I'm willing to give it a go and hopefully...- Yes.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Well, I won't get too excited and I don't mind either way,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05so that's the best way to be, really.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Exactly, yes. Well, let's keep our fingers crossed and let's go for it.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- OK.- All right!- Thank you. - You're welcome.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16On a good day, I think it could do it, but as Christina suggested,
0:33:16 > 0:33:19it might well be a tricky sell.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Now it's my turn to have a go at a valuation.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I've taken a bit of time out to come into the refreshments marquee
0:33:27 > 0:33:32and there's lots of staff on hand and lots of jolly good cakes.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I'm chatting to Louise who's joined me over a cup of tea!
0:33:35 > 0:33:39We're out of the oak room where it's all going on, a hive of activity.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Our experts are nearly through the day.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- It's been a jolly good day.- It has. - Really has.- Very interesting.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Let's talk about Popeye. There's no mistaking this character!
0:33:48 > 0:33:53- No.- Big fan of Popeye. Olive! Can we see if he still works?
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Yes. I haven't wound him for a while.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- He has been through the wars, Louise.- He has.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Where did you find him?
0:34:00 > 0:34:04He was in a piece of furniture, a chest of drawers.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- He was tucked in the back of the drawer.- A bonus!- It was a bonus!
0:34:07 > 0:34:11It's amazing what people leave in things they put into auction.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Oh, look at that! That's a surprise!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16I didn't know that was going to happen!
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I thought his arms were going to move
0:34:19 > 0:34:22and he'd go like, "I'm Popeye, the sailor man." Eating all the spinach.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Unfortunately, he's lost his pipe.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26- That's sad, isn't it?- Yes.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- If you were a Popeye enthusiast, you could easily make one.- Yes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33It's those little pieces that disappear.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38- But he's still working. He's got one or two dents and bruises.- Yes.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41His face has seen better days.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44You've also got the original box with "Popeye" on it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46There's a picture there of him with his pipe.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- It was an oversized pipe, wasn't it? - Yes.- It was.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Isn't that lovely? It's got here "Made in 1929".
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Gosh, that's early, isn't it?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Very early. Look at the squint in one eye!
0:34:59 > 0:35:01He was like that.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05So, that lucky find, I think, translates
0:35:05 > 0:35:09into something like £40 to £60.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Were you thinking along those lines?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Yes, I thought 40, 40-ish, I thought.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Condition is everything for the collectors.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Is it best to leave him for the new owner to clean up?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Yes. Yep. We'll put him into auction as he is.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24As you say, let the new owner clean him up.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- And maybe pull out some of the dents in the arms.- Yes.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31That's possible. If he was in exceptionally good condition,
0:35:31 > 0:35:35museum quality, and the box was in fabulous condition as well,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- that would be worth around £150 to £200.- Gosh!
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- That's how rare it is. - But he's still fun.- He's still fun.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45We might be pleasantly surprised. It might exceed 40 to 60.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- You never know. - That would be nice.- It would be.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Can't wait to see what the auctioneer thinks. "What has Paul done here?"
0:35:52 > 0:35:55I bet he laughs. He'll probably say, "It's worth a tenner!"
0:35:55 > 0:35:59But once he winds Popeye up and does this,
0:35:59 > 0:36:03"Showing here, lot number whatever, here we go."
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- That's got to get the bidders going, hasn't it?- Definitely!
0:36:09 > 0:36:11'We'll find out in a few minutes.'
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Remember that egg? Christina has now had more time to digest it!
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Let's see what she says to Robin and Kathleen.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20This is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23What's it doing here? How did you get it?
0:36:23 > 0:36:27- This was, we believe, a gift to my father.- Right.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29He was an ear, nose and throat surgeon
0:36:29 > 0:36:33and this was a present to him from a patient
0:36:33 > 0:36:38for an operation that he'd done to their satisfaction.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Do you think Dad was pleased with the gift?
0:36:41 > 0:36:48I don't know. The egg was on display for all of my younger childhood,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50so I imagine he was pleased, yes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54When I saw you sitting at the table, I thought,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57"Good lord, that's quite wacky!" It really is.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01It's obviously Australian connotations.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03It's got this wonderful emu's egg here,
0:37:03 > 0:37:05carved with a kangaroo and an emu.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Like the figures on the base.
0:37:07 > 0:37:13And it's raised on this fantastic central leafy palm tree that we have here.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16With foliage round the bottom.
0:37:16 > 0:37:24Then we've got these Vaseline glass trumpets here.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26To go either side.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Obviously it's an epergne,
0:37:27 > 0:37:33made to accommodate some floral things out of these trumpets here.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37To go on a sideboard to be displayed with its back against the wall.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39The decoration is to the front.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45So, as an epergne, these Vaseline glass trumpets
0:37:45 > 0:37:49are particularly well made, with this crimped rim here.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52And this trailed glass detail here.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56I'm wondering if maybe these were added to it
0:37:56 > 0:37:58when it was in this country.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Right.- Maybe they've mounted this at a later date
0:38:01 > 0:38:04because it was such a curiosity.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08The Victorians were into their curiosities and wacky things.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Maybe they mounted it slightly later
0:38:12 > 0:38:15to create a wonderful Victorian epergne.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19I think it would be a bit of an acquired taste...
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Yes.- ..shall we say - to put it politely!
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I think we might be limited with our buyers on it.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28We have to think of what market we're selling to.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34I think at auction, we might be looking in the region of £100 to £200.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37But it's such a wacky thing, it could make an awful lot more.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- We might be in for a surprise. - That would be lovely!
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I've no idea what the bidders may make of it.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46So let's find out!
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Joining Robin and Kathleen's emu egg epergne
0:38:48 > 0:38:52we have Popeye the sailor man!
0:38:52 > 0:38:55A very early example that isn't in the best nick,
0:38:55 > 0:38:56but it'll attract attention!
0:38:56 > 0:38:59And the Art Deco barman
0:38:59 > 0:39:00who dispenses cigarettes.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06There's that pretty Victorian mourning brooch belonging to Vicky.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11It really is a curious selection that's very difficult to evaluate.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15But we're about to find out if our experts are right.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21And to start, in the spotlight, is Charlie and the Art Deco cigarette dispenser.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23First under the hammer.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25What a great thing! Why do you want to sell it?
0:39:25 > 0:39:30It's been in the cupboard for years and everybody we know that's been to parties have seen it.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34It's lost its fun factor.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Just need a couple of smokers. Actually, it doesn't need a smoker.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- Somebody with a bar.- Someone with a bar. A cocktail bar in the corner!
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Shaped like a boat!
0:39:43 > 0:39:44Exactly!
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Little bell on the boat. - Just the job!- Captain!
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Gin and tonic?
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Good luck, both of you. It's going under the hammer now.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02319 is the Art Deco cylindrical yellow metal cigarette box.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04What do you say? Rather fun.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06What's it worth? £50 away on that?
0:40:06 > 0:40:0950. You've seen it in the cabinet. 50?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11It's fun. 30? 20 only.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14At 20. 30, may I say? At 20 only.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Would help if he went up in fives, not tens!
0:40:17 > 0:40:2025. At 25. 30, may I say?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22At 25 only bid. May I say 30 now?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25At £25 only. Can I say 30?
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- 30.- That's better.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- Where are all the hands? - At 40. Only at 40. Any more?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Finished with it at £40.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- Hammer's gone down at £40. - Estimate 30 to 50.- Spot on!
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- That's all right, isn't it?- Yes.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- Happy with that? - Happy with that one.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50And we had a laugh looking at it. It put a smile on our faces.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55'Now, will we manage to do the same for Vicky's brooch?'
0:40:55 > 0:41:00- Vicky, you're up next.- Yes.- With the mourning brooch. £30 to £40.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03There's the part for the hair at the back, as well.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06It's a nice little thing, actually, if you collect this kind of thing.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Absolutely.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Let's find out what the bidders think right now.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15The Victorian overlay glass leaf design pin brooch.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Pretty pin brooch with the woven hair panel to the back.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22What's that worth, little memorial brooch? £50?
0:41:23 > 0:41:2550 for it. Surely.
0:41:25 > 0:41:2730 to put me in, then. 30.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Oh, 20 then, somebody.- Come on.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- It's worth that.- 20 I'm bid here.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36At 20. Who says 30 now? At 20 only.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39At 20. 5. 25.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4330 may I say? At 25. You want 30, madam? At 25 only.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47At 25. At 25. 30, is it? At £25 only.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49May I say 30 on the brooch? No more?
0:41:49 > 0:41:54- It's not going to sell, is it?- No, well, I'll take it home and love it.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- Not to go then, I'm afraid. - Take it home and love it.- Exactly.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I just think, unfortunately, because they are quite heavy,
0:42:02 > 0:42:03they're difficult to wear
0:42:03 > 0:42:07and some people are a little bit squeamish about mourning brooches.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10So I think take it home, love it, wear it.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- And it's quite nice that it's staying in the family.- Exactly.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Just short of 30, but Vicky wasn't willing to let it go for any less.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19And quite right, too.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23He's been in a cupboard for 15 years.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26You know who I mean. Ready, Louise?
0:42:26 > 0:42:28# Duh-duh, Popeye! #
0:42:28 > 0:42:29HE LAUGHS
0:42:29 > 0:42:33I hope there's some Popeye fans here amongst the bidders today.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37We have a great crowd here. I haven't seen anybody playing with him.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Here we go. Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Here we are. 403, we've got Popeye.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47One of my heroes of all time.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Popeye the sailor man.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52This one's Japanese. I don't think Popeye was originally.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56This is a Japanese plastic clockwork figure of Popeye
0:42:56 > 0:43:01- in a bit of a dilapidated box. - Yeah, but he's lovely, isn't he?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04What do we say for Popeye?
0:43:04 > 0:43:08You've had a look at him. What's he worth? £50 away?
0:43:08 > 0:43:1150, surely? 20 to get on, then.
0:43:12 > 0:43:1720. 30 I've got with me at 30. At 30. May I say 40?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19On Popeye at £30 only.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21At 30. 40, is there?
0:43:21 > 0:43:2540. At 40. 50 is it now?
0:43:25 > 0:43:27At 40. No more at 40 for Popeye?
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Selling against you all, then. All happy at £40.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Yes, sold it.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38Brilliant! I'm happy! I thought it was going to struggle.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- It seemed to. - Muscles, that's what it is!
0:43:41 > 0:43:45Popeye did the business for us! Thank you so much!
0:43:46 > 0:43:51Popeye is about to set sail on more adventures. I'm pleased about that!
0:43:51 > 0:43:55Now time to see if that emu egg epergne appeals to any of our bidders.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01We've been working our socks off. Now we're going to work on an egg!
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Kathleen and Robin's egg!
0:44:03 > 0:44:05A wonderful emu egg. We have £100 to £200 on this.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08This could be a real sleeper.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10It could do anything.
0:44:10 > 0:44:15We can't talk about it any more. It's now really down to the bidders.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19Do they want to SHELL out a lot of money for this egg?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21It's going under the hammer!
0:44:21 > 0:44:26Lot 391. The Vaseline glass-mounted table centre epergne.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29It features the emu egg.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Little emu and kangaroo figures as well. Very unusual.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36Vaseline glass flutes. An unusual thing.
0:44:36 > 0:44:41What do we say for it? Some interest with me. Lot 391.
0:44:41 > 0:44:48- I can start the bidding at 80. 100. - Brilliant.- 110. 120.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52At 120. At 120 on the epergne, at 120.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54May I say 130 online.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58140 on the book. 140. 150.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00150 online. 160 still here with me.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02160.
0:45:02 > 0:45:03170.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06- 180.- We're getting there!- 180.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08With me on the book. 190 online.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10200.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14220, may I say? At £200. 220 online.
0:45:14 > 0:45:15240 on the book.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- 240.- Commission bids and internet bids.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19280.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23280 with me. 280. 300 now online.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27- Brilliant!- 320. 320. - More like it!- 320.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29340, may I say? 320.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32On the book at 320. Against you online. Make no mistake,
0:45:32 > 0:45:36the bid is with me. At 320. Any interest in the room?
0:45:38 > 0:45:40- 340 back in online.- Ooh!- 340.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43360 still here with me. 360.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45360. 380, may I say?
0:45:45 > 0:45:48At £360 I'm bid.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51On the book at 360. Selling against you online.
0:45:51 > 0:45:52All happy?
0:45:52 > 0:45:55At £360.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58- Fantastic. Well done!- Brilliant!
0:45:58 > 0:46:01- And that was a present to Dad as well?- It was, yes.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03- A gift to my father. - Thank you, Father!
0:46:03 > 0:46:06- It reached a good price. - It did, yes.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10- The condition was very good.- Yes. - An unusual thing.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13I hope it's gone back to Australia where it belongs.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15- Yes.- It would be a nice trip.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Thank you for bringing it in and looking after it.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21The custodian for all these years! That's all we are to antiques.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24They outlive us and go round and round. A wonderful item.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36It's all over. The auction has finished.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38One minute it's lights, camera, action,
0:46:38 > 0:46:40and complete mayhem as to what will happen.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43Lots of excitement. And then a vacant room.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Bidders queuing to pay for their lots behind me.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50A great day. Robin and Kathleen's emu egg stole the show for me,
0:46:50 > 0:46:52almost doubling its estimate.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56I hope it goes back to Australia. I hope you've enjoyed today's show.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01Join us again for more surprises, but from Carmarthen it's goodbye!