0:00:05 > 0:00:08I'm walking across a very busy bridge over the River Thames
0:00:08 > 0:00:12and just look how picturesque Old Father Thames is.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15It's 220 miles long from its source to the sea
0:00:15 > 0:00:17and today we're in Henley
0:00:17 > 0:00:20but unfortunately there's no time for rowing and revelling.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23We've got some serious antique business to get down to.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56We've left the riverbank behind,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58as we travel a few hundred yards to Henley town hall,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00our magnificent venue for today.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04We've got a great crowd wanting to sell their antiques and collectables,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06so let's meet our experts.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Today our team are led by Mark Stacey and Catherine Southon.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13They're already in the crowd looking for antiques.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Catherine specialises in scientific and marine items.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Today, she's got her feet firmly on dry land
0:01:19 > 0:01:22but it looks like the cold is getting to her.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25We'll discuss it inside in the warmth over a cup of tea.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Mark's an expert in decorative arts
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and he's decorating our owners with red stickers
0:01:30 > 0:01:33to mark up the most interesting items spotted.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- I'm going to put a sticker on you immediately.- Oh!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- Does that mean I get a cup of tea? - It does mean you get a cup of tea,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40if you're very good.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48What a marvellous queue we've got here today.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51They're all hoping that they're going to home with lots of money.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55We've got the lights, the cameras, the sound, we've got the experts,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58we've got the people and they've got the antiques.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02You're going to ask that one important question, which is...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04What's it worth?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- And when you find out, what are you going to do?- Flog it!
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Are you ready to go in?- Yes! - It's 9.30. Let's get the doors open.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Come on!
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Coming up today, we've some real highs and lows
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- and Catherine's world is rocked at the auction.- What?
0:02:25 > 0:02:26'I'm joined by an old rock and roller.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30'Who is he? Well, think 1960s, think Edelweiss.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32'Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36'So let's get on with the valuations.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41'Mark is with Frances and she's brought in an old friend with a twist.'
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Now, thank you so much
0:02:43 > 0:02:46for bringing a really quirky bit of Clarice Cliff in for us.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- We see it a lot on Flog It!, as you know.- Yes, I do.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Have you had it a long time? - Yes, I have.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- Where did you get it from? - From my late father-in-law.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I needed a little pot to put a cactus in
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and he said, "I've got just the thing," and he gave me that.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- It's a wonderful shape, isn't it? - Yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- I can see a cactus looking quite glamorous.- It looked OK, yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Quite a posh cactus pot holder, isn't it?- Rather!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Well, you've kept it in remarkably good condition.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- There's no cracks or chips on it. - Oh, no.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- All the colours are still very bright.- Beautiful colours.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23What I quite like about this is two things.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26First of all, it's this very stepped design,
0:03:26 > 0:03:31which is very Art Deco, very 1930s, Jazz Age, avant garde.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- So it's one of the first ones she'd done?- Yes, it's early '30s.- Really?
0:03:35 > 0:03:40And then when we look at the mark, we've got the usual mark -
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Bizarre by Clarice Cliff - but then we have "Cafe-au-lait".
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- Now, do you know what that refers to?- Well, I thought it was coffee.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It is because it refers to this sort of background colour.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58As you turn it round, you see this wonderful Art Deco design
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and then you have this sort of cafe-au-lait glaze painted behind it.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04So that's what it means.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08And I think that pushes it out of the ordinary a bit. It's lovely.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- It doesn't look like it ever had a lid.- No, no, it doesn't.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17When it was first given to me, I thought he's given it to me because the pot would fit in it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Well, I love the design. I don't know the name of the design.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I've never seen it before, that one. I've lots with orange and blue
0:04:25 > 0:04:28but I've not seen that actual colour.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- So now it comes to price. - Yes. Talk to me.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- If said it was worth £20, would you sell it?- No, I'd take it home.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- You'd take it home.- I'd put it in the cabinet.- Put it in the cabinet.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Well, I've got to try and be realistic.- Yes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I honestly don't know.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47It's funky enough to cause a bit of excitement in the sale room.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- I would have thought around the £150 mark.- That's what I was thinking.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Over 100.- Yeah.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58- I think if we put, say, an estimate of 140-180...- Yeah.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- ..with a reserve at maybe 140.- Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- So it protects it a bit. - That's right.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Maybe with a bit of discretion, so if it got to 130, we'd sell it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- That's quite acceptable. - But who knows?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14If it is a rare design, it might make £200 or £300, Frances.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16It's certainly got my vote.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21What are you going to turn a redundant cactus pot holder into?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Erm... Towards mending the roof of my garage.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Very practical. - Thank you. I think so.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- So you're swapping a work of art to keep your car dry.- That's right.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Sounds good, doesn't it? See you at the sale.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37A guaranteed seller to start us off.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Now, I'm still searching for interesting items
0:05:40 > 0:05:42but across the room, Catherine's with Ellen,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45who's got some rather lovely jewellery.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49You've got a lovely brooch here, a sapphire and diamond brooch,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and a lovely pair of earrings, there.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Where did you get them from?
0:05:52 > 0:05:57About 10 years ago I used to help look after an elderly lady
0:05:57 > 0:06:00with her son and I used to help wash and bath and dress her
0:06:00 > 0:06:01and do the crosswords with her.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And unfortunately she died
0:06:04 > 0:06:08and her son got himself into a bit of a financial pickle after she died
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- because he had no real idea of finances.- Right.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15So to help him out, I bought some of these items off of him.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- That was very nice. So these items belonged to his mother?- To his mother, yes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- So do you remember her wearing them? - I never saw her wearing them
0:06:24 > 0:06:26because she was bedridden when I knew her.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30So you bought them because you were attracted to them?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You were helping him out but were you attracted to them?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- I thought they were pretty but I knew I would never wear them.- Right.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41This brooch dates from the 1970s and it is 18-carat gold
0:06:41 > 0:06:45and we've got the sapphires there and the diamonds.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47You say it's nothing that you've worn
0:06:47 > 0:06:50but is it the type of item that you would wear
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- or you just haven't got round to wearing it?- It's too big for me.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- I prefer more delicate pieces. - Smaller ones.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59These days, brooches aren't that commercial
0:06:59 > 0:07:02because we don't see so many people wearing them.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06What we've got here, it is a nice piece of jewellery
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and we've got the sapphires and the diamonds there as well.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Now, moving on to the earrings. You've never worn these either?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- No, they're a bit big for me. - Really?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17I like to wear very small...
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- Oh, I can see.- ..dainty things. - You like nice, dainty earrings.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I think they're quite pretty.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Although they do match the brooch quite nicely...- Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- ..I don't think they're a set. - They don't look the same.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33They are of the same period and they've both got the sapphires and the diamonds.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I would be quite tempted to put them in as separate lots
0:07:36 > 0:07:39because they've both got substantial value by themselves
0:07:39 > 0:07:45and I think maybe different people who buy the brooches will buy the earrings.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- I think it's probably better to separate them.- Right.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I would put this in with an auction estimate of £500-£600
0:07:52 > 0:07:53and a 400 reserve
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and I would put the earrings in as another lot
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- with a pre-sale estimate of £100-150 and a reserve of 80.- Right.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- How does that sound? - Oh, right, yes, that's fine.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Would you be happy with that?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I did assume that they might be worth a little bit more.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- How much were you hoping for? - Probably about 100.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Right, well, would you like to put a fixed reserve of 100 on that?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- I think yes, please. - OK, well, that's absolutely fine.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- So just to protect them, I'll put a firm reserve on of £100...- Yes.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- ..and an estimate of £100-£150. - Right.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Will we see you at the auction?
0:08:28 > 0:08:33No, unfortunately, I'm away, so my son will have to stand in for me.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Your son will stand in. I'll look after him
0:08:36 > 0:08:39and hopefully we'll phone you with some good news.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Thank you. - Thank you for coming.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44'# Edelweiss... #
0:08:44 > 0:08:47'We look forward to meeting Ellen's son Mark at the auction
0:08:47 > 0:08:51'but now I'd like you to meet a semi-retired show biz character
0:08:51 > 0:08:53'who's turned up at our valuation day.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56'It's '60s and '70s singer Vince Hill,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59'who's lived near Henley for over 30 years.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02'# Small and white... #'
0:09:02 > 0:09:06So what have you been doing? Are you still writing and touring
0:09:06 > 0:09:08or doing the odd gig?
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Not very much. I write a bit and I, well, I play a little bit,
0:09:13 > 0:09:14very bad piano.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17But I'm more or less retired now, at my age, you know.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19You had such a great success with Edelweiss
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- and I know you've written many other hits.- Yes, yes.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24How does it work being a singer-songwriter?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Do you write songs on your piano
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and think, "That's nice, I'll record that,"
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and then, hopefully, a big producer rings up
0:09:32 > 0:09:35and says, "I'm looking for XYZ - have you got anything?"
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Or do they ask you to write a specific thing? How does it work?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41It sometimes it happens that way but I've been very lucky,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I've been able to record some songs by great writers,
0:09:45 > 0:09:46not necessarily by myself.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49But one thing you do as a writer,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53you always make sure you've got something in the tin trunk, as we say,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56because when you make a single, Edelweiss, for instance,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59we found we hadn't got anything to put on the B-side.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- So you wrote something. - So I wrote something.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05A lady called Gwen Owen, she sent to me this lyric
0:10:05 > 0:10:09She said, "How do you like this?" and it was called A Woman Needs Love.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Realising I hadn't got anything for the B-side, I did it,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I wrote a tune to it, we recorded it
0:10:15 > 0:10:19and the record jumped away - bang, 300,000 records later,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21she was on the B-side of it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It turned out to be the most wonderful thing for her
0:10:23 > 0:10:28- because she had a handicapped child. - The royalties went toward that.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31All that money that she got helped towards her medicine,
0:10:31 > 0:10:32- so it was fantastic.- Yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35And that's what I'd like to do with this thing.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38You've brought in this astonishing, exceptionally long rifle.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- It's a miquelet Kabyle.- It's lovely.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Originally, these were made in the 1600s in Spain.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's an early form of flintlock rifle.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- But this one's early 19th century. - We think, yes.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53I would say that's from North Africa or the Middle East,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- along that area.- Around that area.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58They were using them into the 20th century.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- Has it been on the wall?- Yeah, it was on the wall for a while
0:11:01 > 0:11:06but then we moved house, so it's just been standing in the hall.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Whatever we get for it,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I'm going to give it to our local children's hospice
0:11:11 > 0:11:13in Henley.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Well, I'm not an antiques firearms expert, OK.- No.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20I think we put this into auction and let the auctioneer decide.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23After all, he's working for you, he's your agent,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- he's taking a cut out of this sale, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29So he's duty bound to work for you. He'll get the best price possible.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Yeah.- And all the money's going to charity,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- which is going to really push it. - And a very deserving one.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39My gut feeling is £100-£200, so it's better than nothing, isn't it?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It is. It's going to a worthy cause.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- Happy?- I'm happy, yes. - See you at the auction, then.- OK.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Let's hope Vince's rifle shows star quality
0:11:48 > 0:11:51when it goes off to auction.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54This is where it gets exciting
0:11:54 > 0:11:58because right now we're going to put some of those valuations to the test.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It's all down to the bidders.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03It doesn't matter what our experts think or what I think or you think.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06You've got to be in that room putting your hand up.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Here's a quick reminder of what we're taking to Cameo Auction Rooms.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Clarice Cliff Cafe-Au-Lait plant pot.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I don't even like coffee but I like this.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Ellen wasn't that keen on this jewellery
0:12:20 > 0:12:22and I think I can see why.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24It's not the sort of thing I would wear.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Nevertheless, 1970s jewellery is becoming very collectable
0:12:27 > 0:12:32and this will do very well if the right people are there.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36And I've chosen Vince's 19th century flintlock rifle
0:12:36 > 0:12:37as a piece of military history.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43We're just up the road in Midgham for our sale
0:12:43 > 0:12:45and the auctioneer is John King.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49The seller's commission here is 20% plus VAT.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Our first lot is that Clarice Cliff jardiniere belonging to Frances.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Why are you selling this?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58A lot of people are collecting it and they're not selling it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Well, I... It just doesn't fit in with my home
0:13:01 > 0:13:03and it's just a novelty.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Well, it's an interesting one, isn't it?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08It is Clarice Cliff and she doesn't normally let us down
0:13:08 > 0:13:12but it is an unusual pattern, Cafe-Au-Lait, because of the ground.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- If it's unusual, it should fly away. - Possibly. I love the shape.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19That stepped shape is very Art Deco. But who knows?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26The Clarice Cliff hand-painted Bizarre stepped jardiniere pot.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Nice pattern, this. What am I bid for it, please?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- £80 to start it, somebody, please? - Come on.
0:13:32 > 0:13:3680 I'm bid. At £80 I'm bid. 85, anywhere?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- At £80 I'm bid. 90 I'm bid. - We have a bidder in the front row.
0:13:39 > 0:13:4295 in the room. 100 anywhere?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46110 in the room. 120 anywhere?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49115, I'm bid. 120 I'm bid now.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52At 120 I'm bid now. 125 anywhere?
0:13:53 > 0:13:59At 120 in the room. 130 I'm bid. 140 I'm bid in the room.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00At 140 I'm bid in the room.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06Fair warning, then. At... 145. 145 in a fresh place.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09At 145 in a fresh place. Are you all done?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12At £145.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- He's sold it.- He's sold it.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- It was close, though, wasn't it? - Yes.- It was close.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21He just worked to get to the estimate.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- He was working quite hard, actually. - Yes.- Good auctioneering.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Like a Jack Russell wrestling with an old sock - he didn't want to let go.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- He's sent you home happy.- Oh, yes, I'm quite happy, believe me, I am.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37And who wouldn't be happy with £145?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Next we have Ellen's jewellery.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42We've split it into two lots. We'll sell the brooch first.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Sadly, Ellen can't be here today
0:14:44 > 0:14:47but her son Mark has come along in her place.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Obviously, you're not into jewellery, are you?
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- It's not something wear.- Otherwise, this would be your inheritance.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56But we're going to see what it's worth.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Catherine, you love it. - I do, actually. I picked it up at the valuation day.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Brooches aren't that fashionable but this one's got quality.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- It's a nice thing.- Let's see if we can get the top end. Here we go.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Good luck, Mark.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13This very nice 18-carat gold and sapphire and diamond brooch.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17What am I bid for it, please? 200 to start it, please?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21200 I'm bid. £200 I'm bid.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23210 I'm bid, 220.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26220 in the room. 230 I'm bid, 240 I'm bid.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29In the room at 240. 250 I'm bid.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32It's creeping up slowly, isn't it?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35£260 I'm bid. 270 I'm bid.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38280 I'm bid. At £280 I'm bid.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42At 280. 300 if you want it. £300 I'm bid.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46At 320 anywhere? At 320 I'm bid.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- 340 I'm bid. At £340 I'm bid. - Slowly but surely.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52360 I'm bid, 380 I'm bid.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- At £380 I'm bid.- I can't see who's bidding, can you?- No.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- 400 I'm bid. - Little fingers going up, I think.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04At £420 I'm bid. At £420 I'm bid.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- At £420.- Excellent. That's good. - In the room at £420.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Against you all now at 420.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Yes! Oh, your mum will be ever so pleased.- She will.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Right, next lot, the earrings. Hopefully 150 here...- Yeah.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21..to add onto this.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26It's a pair of 18-carat gold, diamond and sapphire earrings.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29There they are. What am I bid for them? 50 to start me, somebody?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32£50 to start them, somebody? 50 I'm bid.
0:16:32 > 0:16:3355, 60.
0:16:33 > 0:16:3565, 70.
0:16:35 > 0:16:3775, 80.
0:16:37 > 0:16:4385, 90, 95, 100. At £100 I'm bid.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46105, 110, 115, 120...
0:16:46 > 0:16:50115 I'm bid. At £115.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55In the room at £115 and away. Are you all done at 115?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- 115.- Excellent.- Happy? - Yeah, I'm sure she'll be very happy.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06I think she will be. That's a total of £535, less commission, of course.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- Everyone has to pay that. - I'm sure she can spend that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Get on the phone and tell her.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Things are really flying at this auction.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17That's almost £700 from our first items,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20so can we keep it up with Vince's antique rifle?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Auctioneer John King has valued it at £200-£300
0:17:23 > 0:17:25but we're still going with no reserve.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Coming up right now, Mr Vince Hill.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- This could be one last big hit for you, couldn't it...- It could be.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35..if we're on target with this.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- Your rifle is about to go under the hammer.- OK.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39If we get a decent offer, that would be great.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I had a chat to the auctioneer
0:17:41 > 0:17:44and he said, "Paul, I kind of agree with you.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49"Let's look around the £200 figure and say £200-£300 as the guideline."
0:17:49 > 0:17:53But there's no reserve, so hopefully, we'll get that figure.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57If we can get that, it will be marvellous. The more the better.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00A full house here for you now. So entertain us, Vince. This is it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Fingers crossed.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07We have an early 19th century Kabyle rifle long gun.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Commission interest again, here, so £200 with me to start it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Straight in.- Oh! - £200 with me to start it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17210 anywhere, please? At £200 with me to start it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21210, 220.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23230, 240.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26250, 260, 270, 280.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31290, sir.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32300, 310.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34320? 310 I'm bid.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40At £310 in the room. At £310 in the room.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Yes! I think we hit the target, there.- We did.- Well done.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Thank you for bringing that in. - It's all going to the children,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51a centre for handicapped kids, and that will be wonderful for them.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Great. Vince Hill, everybody. What can I say? The legend yourself.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58A lot of people probably think I'm a one in four gradient up the M1.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- So...- Oh, I like that.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09How about that? That concludes the first visit to the saleroom today.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I've certainly got the auction bug. I hope you have.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14We're coming back here later on, so don't go away.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18But while I was in the area, I thought I'd check out
0:19:18 > 0:19:20a wonderful historical home
0:19:20 > 0:19:23that's got a real '50s flavour to it.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Take a look at this.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34If you like history, you will love Greys Court in Oxfordshire.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37The house was built in Elizabethan times,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41constructed by the de Grey family, who have lived here since Doomsday.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45What may surprise you about this classic Tudor courtier's house
0:19:45 > 0:19:48is the fact that you're looking at a time capsule,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52not from the 1500s like you'd expect but from the mid 20th century.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59In 1937, Greys Court was bought by Sir Felix and Lady Elizabeth Brunner.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04They restored the house and garden, making a glorious family home.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10In between bringing up her four sons, running the house and creating a new garden,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Lady Brunner was actively involved with the Women's Institute.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Now, although the couple were extremely wealthy,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21they still had beliefs in Liberal politics and Christian philanthropy,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24which meant they wanted to share what they had with other people.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30So in 1969, they decided to give the house and the gardens
0:20:30 > 0:20:34to the National Trust, when it was still their home.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41'Laura Gangadean from the National Trust is going to show me the house
0:20:41 > 0:20:43'and tell me more about the Brunners.'
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Not what I was expecting. A very pleasant surprise.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56I was expecting period oak but I guess it was a family house.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Absolutely and when the Brunners moved in in the 1930s,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01they brought their own touches to it,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04the soft furnishings and the paintings in particular.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- It feels like a home, doesn't it? - Yes.- I could move in.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Although I must say,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12I've never thought of painting any of the rooms,
0:21:12 > 0:21:13in any of the houses I've had, pink.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- It was Lady Brunner's favourite colour.- Was it?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The planting in the gardens is pink. A lot of the furnishings are pink.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Tell me about the Brunners. Where did their money come from?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Sir Felix's grandfather was Sir John Brunner, the first baronet.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32He co-founded Brunner Mond, which later became ICI.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35He was also heavily involved in Liberal politics
0:21:35 > 0:21:38and Lady Brunner's grandfather was Sir Henry Irving,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42the first actor to be knighted, the celebrity of the day, really.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45So there's a good combination of artistic talent and brains.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47With the Liberal politics thrown in.
0:21:47 > 0:21:53So why did they decide, then, to open their house up to the public?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- They've got everything they want.- They wanted to share it.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59They felt that this was a place of peace and tranquillity
0:21:59 > 0:22:03and you could get away from the busyness of daily life by coming here.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05They encouraged families to visit the gardens.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Even though they were still here? - Yes. They liked that.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Lady Brunner liked sitting in the garden
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and watching people pass by the ends of some of the vistas.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17The local people obviously embraced Lady Brunner.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- They thought it was a good thing. - Absolutely.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22She was very high profile in the local community.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26She was a JP and she was chairman of the local village WI.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30She became national chairman of the WI as well, in the 1950s.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34# Bring me my bow
0:22:34 > 0:22:37# Of burning gold
0:22:37 > 0:22:42# Bring me my arrows of desire
0:22:42 > 0:22:47# Bring me my spear Oh, clouds unfold... #
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Now, this is a very lived-in room. Full of their personal things?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Yes, it's the family room, so it's got toys, their favourite books...
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- It's got that feel about it, hasn't it?- Absolutely.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00What do the public think when they're visiting?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Do they come and make themselves at home or are they frightened to sit down?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06We have to encourage them to sit down
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- because they're so used to walking around carpets.- Exactly.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14You can get hands-on, you can appreciate things. It's tactile.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17We still use white gloves for silver. We're very careful.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19We have a nice piece here.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21This is the Queen Mother's Award for Lady Brunner
0:23:21 > 0:23:23for her work on Keep Britain Tidy.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Lady Brunner was the founding chairman of the cause.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- Was she?- It was a resolution that was passed through the WI.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33That was an iconic slogan, wasn't it? Keep Britain Tidy.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Only the sort of thing that could be brought up by the WI, too.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It's something we carry on here at the property.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Every few months, the volunteers and I get together and litter-pick the estate.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Wombles.- We Womble around, yes.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50What's the room that the public gravitate towards the most?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- The kitchen.- Why's that?
0:23:52 > 0:23:56We're baking, we're cooking, we're making jam when we're open to the public,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59so the smell usually gets as far as the front door,
0:23:59 > 0:24:04so you have to slow people down because they're going through too quickly
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- to see what's going on. - Nothing baking today, unfortunately.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- I can't smell anything, anyway. But let's have a look.- OK.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Well, kitchens are always the hub of the house, aren't they?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29And this is the draw for people.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32It's the warmest room in the house. You've got the range, there.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34With the range going away.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36This is typical of the '50s.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39It's sort of cobbled together but it works.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43It's utility but it's really attractive. There are very pretty fabrics.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45I like the curtains to hide the pots and pans.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47That's typical of the '40s and '50s.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I've just noticed the pink table and chairs.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Lady Brunner used to sit here sometimes when visitors were coming
0:24:53 > 0:24:58and she'd have a chat with them as they walked along to go out the back door.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02And I gather you are an active member of the local WI as well.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Yes.- So you're following in her footsteps.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I don't go to the local village WI but I go to one in the area
0:25:08 > 0:25:12and I've even been to Denman College, the college she helped found
0:25:12 > 0:25:17to support women's interests in handicrafts, cookery and such.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- And for you, is this a job for life?- Oh, yes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Have you fallen in love? - I can't leave Greys Court.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27It's such a beautiful place to work and live.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- We like to see people enjoy it and share it with us. - Well, I have today.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34I've discovered a bit of our heritage that I didn't know about.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Thank you for showing me around
0:25:35 > 0:25:40and I'm envious, because you do live in this unique bubble.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- This house does embrace you. You're in a happy dream, here.- Yes.
0:25:54 > 0:26:00Well, there you have it - Greys Court, a splendid Tudor house
0:26:00 > 0:26:02that's definitely well worth a visit
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and which, because of the generosity of the Brunners
0:26:05 > 0:26:07and the work of the National Trust,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09continues to give us a fascinating snapshot
0:26:09 > 0:26:12into what life was like in the mid 20th century.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15And do you know what? It feels like home.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26At our valuation day in Henley town hall,
0:26:26 > 0:26:30there are still plenty of people waiting to have their items valued.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Mark Stacey is wasting no time.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35He's back at the tables and he's with Janet.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- Thank you for bringing your lovely pair of budgies in. - That's all right.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Before we look at them, tell me a bit of the history.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48- How did you get them?- Well, I bought the green one in a charity shop that I used to work in.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51And the blue one I bought at an arcade in Hungerford,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53to go with the green one.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57I was going to sell the chap the green one to go with the blue one
0:26:57 > 0:27:00and he didn't want it, so I bought his blue one instead.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- He's a clever dealer, isn't he? - He is, really. He is!
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Well, they are charming and they're made by Beswick.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11We can cheat a little bit because the mark, of course, is in the front.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- There's a label there.- Yes.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16This is very typical of their work.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20There's not a great deal of pottery skill in this.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23They're made in a mould. They're very crisply done.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27The key thing with them is they're all hand-painted,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30so the colour and decoration is very good.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- They do have rather appealing faces. - Yes, I like them.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I used to have budgies when I was a child,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- playing with their mirrors and things.- I used to have budgies.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43- They never said anything, though. Did yours?- No. We had a blue one and a green one
0:27:43 > 0:27:47and the green one was called Charles and the blue one was called Diana
0:27:47 > 0:27:49and they had babies called William and Harry.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54The Beswick factory is very well known to us on Flog It!
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- We've handled a lot of Beswick.- Yes.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- These will date from the 1950s, I would have thought.- Do they?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03The factory doesn't go much further on than that
0:28:03 > 0:28:09but they were really well known for producing a whole range of animal and bird subjects,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- right down to little robins and wrens...- Yes.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17..right up to big models of panthers on rocks and things like that.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19But they're very well and crisply modelled.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- They're fully marked, of course, underneath.- Yes.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Beswick, and then you've got the shape number, as well.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- Those are the type of marks you expect to see.- Right.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33I've not handled a pair of budgies before, so it's a tricky area.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Right.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36I was hoping we could get away
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- with an estimate of somewhere around £50-£80...- Yes, that's fine.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- ..but to protect them with a reserve of £50.- I would like to, please.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- We don't want them to fly away too cheaply.- No.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- OK, then, thank you.- I look forward to seeing you at the auction.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56We've got more items to find before then.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01Catherine's with Sue, who has a drawing which takes me back to my childhood.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Sue, you have brought such a delightful thing along,
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- this beautiful sketch by Ernest Shepard.- Yes.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15- Where did you get it from?- I got it in an auction about nine years ago.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19I've always loved Winnie the Pooh, it was one of our favourites at home.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- I couldn't afford a Winnie the Pooh sketch.- No.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25But I saw this and I thought, "I'm going to buy it."
0:29:25 > 0:29:30And I did buy it but I haven't really done much with it
0:29:30 > 0:29:31and I never knew where it was.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- It says, if you notice, "Walk along the front".- Right.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38So we knew it was a seaside view.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41And then about 18 months ago or so,
0:29:41 > 0:29:46I was in Gerrards Cross at a book fair
0:29:46 > 0:29:51- and I just saw this book...- Right. - ..and it had Ernest Shepard,
0:29:51 > 0:29:59so I picked it out of the rack and it just opened at this page.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Wow! It literally fell open at this page?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- I know. I couldn't believe it. - That's incredible.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10- So I now know that the little boy... - So we've got the exact picture.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15So this picture was drawn for the book. That's amazing.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18And we now know where it is. It's in Ramsgate.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22- Oh, right. So this book is all about Shepard as a boy?- Yes.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- Well, that's fate, isn't it?- It is.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27And this here, what's this item here?
0:30:27 > 0:30:32The letter came with it and the auctioneer told me that it had been found
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- in the back of the picture.- Right. - It's quite an interesting letter.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41It is written by Shepard and it's to do with some building work he had had at his home
0:30:41 > 0:30:42and it's a thank-you letter.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47So that's interesting that that was in the back of this.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51It's a really lovely collection here, between the three.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56- Can I ask how much you paid?- Yes. I did buy it with another picture
0:30:56 > 0:30:58and I paid £500.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03Right, OK, so the picture, the letter and this other piece
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- and you paid £500 for the three. - For the lot.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- And the book? - The book was very reasonable.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I only paid £20 for the book.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12But it's, yeah, very reasonable,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16but if you keep it all together, it adds to make it a special lot.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Now, I would be happy to put it in an auction with a resale estimate
0:31:20 > 0:31:22- of £600-£800.- Yes.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I think people will pick up on this
0:31:24 > 0:31:27and I hope it would make more towards the £800,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29hopefully more.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32I think we should put a fixed reserve on of £600.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- OK.- We need to protect it. - Thank you.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Obviously, you've paid £500 for it
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- and we want to make sure you get your money back.- Thank you.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- So £600 reserve.- Yes.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44If the right people are there on the day,
0:31:44 > 0:31:48this could really excite everybody, excite the audience,
0:31:48 > 0:31:51and I hope that it makes more towards the £800.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54But who knows? You never know with auctions.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58- But it is a lovely lot...- Thank you. - ..with a lovely history behind it.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02I love the fact that he's identified right here.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Let's hope other people recognise it and it does well.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11I know EH Shepard sketches of Winnie the Pooh sell really well.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Let's hope that magic rubs off on Sue's drawing.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Now, take a look at this face.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Does Mark think Gwenda's miniature will make a small fortune?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Gwenda, is this little beauty a member of the family?
0:32:27 > 0:32:30I don't think she is. I've never checked.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34It belonged to a member of the family but I don't know who the lady in question is.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Well, she goes back quite a long way.- Yes?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- How long?- She's Georgian.- Yes?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- About 1810.- Well, I didn't think she was as old as that.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- She's looking well on it.- She is. She's very pretty, actually.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- She's beautiful. She's absolutely beautifully painted.- Yes.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I love these little feathers in her hair
0:32:53 > 0:32:57and I love the almost Regency style costume she's wearing
0:32:57 > 0:32:59and so delicately painted.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02It's the detail on it, I think, that's impressive, yes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05The history of portrait miniatures is quite interesting.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10They go back an awfully long way, right back to the Tudor period,
0:33:10 > 0:33:11if not before.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14And they were often given out as gifts of loyalty, of course -
0:33:14 > 0:33:18a portrait of the queen, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, and that sort of thing -
0:33:18 > 0:33:20and to show allegiance.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Wearing your monarch on your dress would show allegiance to them.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27They were also secretive at times.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Sometimes you can find little miniatures hidden in boxes
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- and they're little love tokens.- Mm!
0:33:33 > 0:33:37I think this is much more honest. I think she's a nice little Georgian beauty.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42- Yes. I'm sure she was very pure. - Just like us.- Yes!
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Now, it's painted on ivory. - Oh, is it?- Yes.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- I know it can be painted on porcelain, can't it?- It can.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- This is ivory, is it? - Most of these family miniatures were painted on ivory.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Oh.- I can't see any signatures on it
0:33:57 > 0:34:02- but it's certainly a jolly good artist who's painted this.- Yes.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04We have a little piece missing, I think.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Yes, I thought there should be a back on it.- Absolutely.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I think there would have been
0:34:09 > 0:34:12a little crystal or glass back on here
0:34:12 > 0:34:17- and it could well have contained a lock of her hair.- Yes.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Because often in Georgian and Victorian times, when somebody died,
0:34:22 > 0:34:26you put a lock of their hair as a love token.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- You did it as well if it was a gift of affection.- Yes.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31I think it's lovely but I would never wear it.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36- No, but it's a collector's piece, isn't it?- I presume so, yes.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38But looking at the type of decoration,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41I think it's quite a valuable little piece.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- I like it a lot.- Surprising, yes.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45I'm going to take a little bit of a punt.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- I'm going to say £200-£300... - Oh, yes?
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- ..with a 200 discretionary reserve, if that's OK with you.- That's fine.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I think, to be honest, if two people admire her
0:34:55 > 0:34:59and if my hunch is right, it could make £300-£400 or more.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- That really surprises me. - So fingers crossed.- Thank you.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06So that's our final item selected for the sale.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Here's Catherine and Mark with their reminders of what they've chosen.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Well, these Beswick budgies are not my cup of tea
0:35:14 > 0:35:19but let's just hope there's a couple of budgie fanciers in the room for them.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22This is such a scrummy little lot
0:35:22 > 0:35:25and in my mind it's absolutely priceless.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28We've estimated it at £600-£800
0:35:28 > 0:35:31but I don't think Sue really minds if it doesn't sell.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33I think she loves it as much as I do.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Look at this miniature - a real Georgian beauty, don't you think?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40A lot of people are going to be interested in her.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45We're selling our items at Cameo auctioneers in Midgham
0:35:45 > 0:35:48and the man on the rostrum is auctioneer John King.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52First up, it's Gwenda's miniature ivory brooch,
0:35:52 > 0:35:54valued at £200-£300 by Mark.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59She's a lovely Regency lady,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02all dressed up with the feathers in her hair.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05You're buying the work of art, as opposed to the brooch,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08so let's hope we can find that appreciation and that value
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- at £200-£300.- Quite right. - That would be lovely.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Happy with that?- Very happy.- Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Here we go. Let's put it to the test.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21It's a very nice little early 19th century miniature portrait,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23unsigned, of a young girl on ivory.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27I'm bid 120 for it. At £120 I'm bid for it.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29130 anywhere? 130.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31140. 140 in the room.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35At 145 anywhere? 145, 150.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39155? 150... 155, 160.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44160 in the room. 165, 170. 170 in the room.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49At 175, 180, 180 in the room. At 185, 190.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52190 in the room. At 195.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54200. 200 in the room.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58210 anywhere? At 210, 220. 220 I'm bid.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02230 anywhere? 230, 240.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03240 I'm bid.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04250 anywhere?
0:37:04 > 0:37:07250, 260. 260 in the room.
0:37:07 > 0:37:13270 anywhere? 280? At 270 here. 280.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14280 in the room.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- This is good. - It went past its estimate.
0:37:17 > 0:37:23At £300 I'm bid. At £300 I'm bid. In the room at £300.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Yes!- That's brilliant, Mark. - We like the top end, don't we?
0:37:28 > 0:37:33- We certainly do. The top end of the estimate. 300.- Brilliant.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Good for you.- Thank you to Mark. - That's quality, you see,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- and quality always sells, like we keep saying on the show.- Yes.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41That's splendid. Thank you, Mark.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45A big price for a very small thing.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Next we're selling Sue's original sketch
0:37:47 > 0:37:50by Winnie the Pooh artist EH Shepard.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54On preview day, I asked auctioneer John King for his opinion.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00This belongs to Sue. If it was mine, I wouldn't be selling it.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03She's looking for £600-£800.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07If it was from one of the Winnie the Pooh stories, it would be £4,000 to £6,000,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09that's an illustration from the book.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12But they got the book in a book fair a few years later.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17This was bought in auction and the image is in there, so it's quite nice.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21We've also got a letter signed and dated by Shepard as well,
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- so it's a nice little package. - It's a nice little archive, yes.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29It's more a collector's piece than a speculative dealer's piece
0:38:29 > 0:38:32and a nice thing.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36£600-£800, I'd have thought that's not too much of a problem.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Any interest so far? - None that I can see at the moment.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42It's the sort of thing that I'd expect somebody to come and look at,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- not an internet thing. - OK. Buy on the day.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Just a note of caution at the end there from John.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Let's hope the buyers are at the sale.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56I am absolutely loving this.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00If you love Winnie the Pooh, you'll know EH Shepard, the illustrator.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01And it belongs to Sue.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Who have you brought along? - This is Tony, my husband.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09Pleased to meet you. Why are selling this? This is such quality.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14As a book illustrator, he's now been accepted by the Fine Art Society as an artist in his own right.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- This is something to invest in. - Oh, well!
0:39:16 > 0:39:20What's nice is that it's actually Shepard's life.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23It's about him when he was a young boy and I think it's lovely.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25It's a really nice thing.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- So you're meant to keep this. - We shall see in a minute, won't we?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Stranger things have happened in auction rooms.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Anyway, it's going under the hammer right now.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we? Here we go.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41It's a framed pen-and-ink drawing by Ernest H Shepard,
0:39:41 > 0:39:45plus a book which shows the publication of that sketch.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51What am I saying for this, please? 300 to start it, please?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56£300 to start it, somebody, please.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00At £300 anywhere?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03At £300 anywhere?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05At £300 for the Shepard?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- No.- What? - £300 for the Shepard anywhere?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- I can't believe this. - I'm taking it home.- No interest?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- I'm lost for words. - And with no interest
0:40:13 > 0:40:16and no commission and no internet interest,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19I'm sorry to say we're going to have to pass it.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22No interest at all?
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- Well, you were right. - You know, you've got to keep that.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- I will keep it.- Please do, won't you? - I'll put it on the wall.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- Display the book underneath it. - I will.- And treasure it.- I will.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Well, what a disappointment
0:40:36 > 0:40:39but at least Sue's happy to take her sketch home
0:40:39 > 0:40:44and now Mark's back with Janet and her two Beswick budgies.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49- Ready for the tweet-ment, Mark? - Oh, Paul, they're getting worse, your jokes.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- I think we've got a reserve of £50. - We have.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54I shan't mind if I take them home.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57But Beswick, it's a sought-after name.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58- Very collectable.- Yes.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Budgies seem to be quite popular, so fingers crossed.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- Hopefully.- Hopefully we can get the top end.- I hope so.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08We'll find out right now what the bidders think of the budgies.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Lot 203 is a pair of Beswick budgies.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17There they are. What am I bid? I've got two bids the same.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- £110 to start them.- Oh!- Ooh!
0:41:20 > 0:41:23115, 120. 125, 130.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26135, 140, 145, 150.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28155, 160?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30155. 160 anywhere?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32At 160. 165.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34170. 175.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- The budgies are causing a bit of a flap.- They're flying away.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41200, then. 210, now. 220.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- £220, Janet!- Wow!
0:41:44 > 0:41:46£240 I'm bid. 250 anywhere?
0:41:47 > 0:41:52250. 260. At £260 in the room.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- 270, 280...- Oh!
0:41:54 > 0:41:58At £280 in the room. 290, 300.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02At £300 in the room. At £300 in the room.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05And selling it in the room at £300...
0:42:05 > 0:42:07310, 320.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Well done, you, Janet, that's all I can say.- 330 anywhere?
0:42:11 > 0:42:15At £320. Your last chance on the machine.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19At £320 and selling.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- The hammer's gone down. £320. - Oh, wow.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- APPLAUSE - Well done, Janet.- Oh, good!
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- That's lovely. - They did fly away, didn't they?- Wow.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Hey, what did we miss? - Who's a pretty boy?
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Who's a...?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- That was amazing, wasn't it? - Lovely. That's lovely.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Well, I never. You learn something every day, don't you?
0:42:39 > 0:42:42If you've got anything like that, now you know what it's worth.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Bring it along to Flog It!
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Well, I was going to give the money to my grandchildren and I still think I will.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- How many have you got?- Three. Benjamin, Joshua and Katie.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- They'll be all right now. - There! What a lovely grandma.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- That's lovely. Thank you. - Thanks for bringing that in.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- Thanks very much. - And making Mark feel embarrassed.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05I am, I'm just... I shall go and look in the mirror all on my own.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13The auction's still going on but it's all over for our owners
0:43:13 > 0:43:16and it's fair to say everyone's gone home happy.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20We've had some highs and some lows - that's what auctions are all about.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23If you'd like to take part in Flog It!, we'd love to see you
0:43:23 > 0:43:25but for now, it's cheerio.
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