0:00:03 > 0:00:05We've got a massive queue outside the town hall
0:00:05 > 0:00:09here to ask our experts that all-important question. Here's an expert.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Mr David Barby.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15If you follow me, we have another one, the gorgeous Kate Bateman.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Hello!
0:00:16 > 0:00:19This is said to be one of Britain's oldest towns.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23It's been a military base for the last 2,000 years. So where are we?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- Colchester! - And what are we here for?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Flog It!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00This Baroque-style building is Colchester town hall,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02our magnificent venue for today.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05All these people have come to meet our experts
0:01:05 > 0:01:09to ask that all-important question, "What's it worth?"
0:01:09 > 0:01:12When they've found out, it's off to auction.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19Today's experts, Kate Bateman and David Barby are trawling the crowd.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Kate's got antiques in her blood
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and runs an auction house with her father.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Exciting!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29What have you got there?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33While David is the daddy when it comes to spotting a thing of beauty.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- You look like Barbara Windsor in her younger days.- I know!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- Remember that camping scene? - No, I don't do that! Too cold!
0:01:40 > 0:01:43The charmer's pretty good at antiques, too!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Coming up today, this chap grabs my attention.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49If you're going to own a parrot, this is the type to own!
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- They don't answer back!- No.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56At the auction, there's debate about how to spend the cash.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- What would you do?- I'd veer on the side of shoes, myself!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Probably handbags if it was me. - Handbags and shoes.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04That's girls for you!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Quick, get a man!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Here's David Barby.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Well, Nigel, or Sheila, who does this belong to?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20It came from my mother's father. That's where it started.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22You know what it is, don't you?
0:02:22 > 0:02:28- Yes.- This is a lovely example of a combined propelling pencil which is there.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30And it's retractable.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34And then do you see those little flower heads? Beautiful.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Lovely detail.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Then on the other one, if I push it down,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41a provision for putting a nib.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43You dip that into the inkwell and start writing.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- So this would have been ideal for a lady.- Yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Who had a purse or a little vanity case
0:02:50 > 0:02:52which had a writing set as well.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56This, I think, is quite, quite adorable.
0:02:56 > 0:03:02What I love is the engine-turned decoration on this solid silver case.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05On the silver case you can see the hallmark just there.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09And even the name of the manufacturer.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13"R.M. Mosley, London."
0:03:13 > 0:03:17The major manufacturer for these was Mordan & Co.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21This is very much in their manner, but Mosley & Co.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24The date letter there is a Gothic F
0:03:24 > 0:03:28so we're looking at about 1841.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Produced in London, 1841.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33But that's not the only attraction,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36the case and those little flower-head pushes,
0:03:36 > 0:03:42it's this at the end here which is a cairngorm engraved, which is lovely.
0:03:42 > 0:03:49- Do you know what that was for? - I imagine it was something for stamping.- Right.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52So after you'd written your letter, you'd put it in the envelope
0:03:52 > 0:03:56and this was then used to seal it
0:03:56 > 0:03:58whilst the wax was still molten.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And if I can see with my eyes,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06there's an engraved name which I think says, back-to-front, Miriam.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Miriam.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11And just into the capital letter M,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13there's traces of wax.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15So this actually has been used.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Oh!- Of course, the name is back-to-front as you put it in the wax, it would appear normal.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23A very good collectors' item.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25When it goes up at auction,
0:04:25 > 0:04:30I'd like to see it probably 50 to £80.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32That sort of price range.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Would you be happy at parting with this family heirloom at that sort of level?
0:04:36 > 0:04:41As long as there's a fixed reserve on it. I wouldn't want it to go for a few pounds.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- I'd like to make sure... - Very sensible. A reserve of £50? Would you be happy?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- That's fine.- OK.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Sheila, thank you. I shall be at the auction watching the price go up.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Look forward to seeing you, Nigel. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02We're staying with small and beautiful for our next item.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Wendy and Peter, thanks so much for coming in.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08We're having a wonderful time. Everyone's in high spirits.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14I love what you're holding. I think it's absolutely charming.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Tell me about its history.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Well, it belonged to my father.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23He died at 91 and I've had it ever since.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27It's spent most of its life in a sideboard drawer.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Have you used it much at all?- No.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- You don't have the odd tipple? - He's had a restful life!
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Let me have a look. He's made from a nut.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Look, it's exquisite!
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- Yes.- He can almost speak to you, can't he?- He hasn't yet!
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- The children don't want him, unfortunately.- I really can't believe that.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50They've got so many other funny things.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It's so usable, as well. It's a practical piece of kit.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I've seen a lot of corkscrews in my time
0:05:55 > 0:06:00and I know a lot of collectors would like to own this one.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03It's a novelty piece. It's late Victorian.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07But it's in great condition. The glass eyes are a little bit scratched.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11I think if you put this into auction, we'd put a value of 80 to £120 on it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- Is that right?- And a reserve of 70. I'm pretty sure you'll get the top end.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Is that right?- Yes.- That's amazing.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23If two collectors are there on the day, it'll go even higher.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26If he was a real parrot, he'd be very pleased.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Exceptionally pleased.- Having laid in a drawer for years!
0:06:30 > 0:06:34If you're going to own a parrot, Peter, this is the type to own.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35They don't answer back.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37No.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Now, what's Kate found? She's with Debbie.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Are you a Clarice Cliff collector? - Not really, no.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55I liked it a few years ago. We went to look around at Clarice Cliff,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- but not really, no. I've only got these two.- Did you inherit these?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04No, I bought them six to eight years ago. We used to go to antiques fairs.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07We just bought them then.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10So was this bought from a shop, or fair or auction?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- This one was bought from a fair, and this one from a shop.- OK.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Don't tell me how much you paid. I'll tell you more about them. Which do you like best?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- This one.- I'm with you on that.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26This one, I call it the fried eggs pattern, but officially it's Orange Chintz.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It's supposed to be flowers. All hand-painted
0:07:29 > 0:07:33but it's a really cool shape, and the shape is going to excite collectors.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37It's funky and unusual. It looks like a spaceship!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41In the 1930s that was so cool and new.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44This fabulous cross-section on the base.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47It's marked up Bizarre, Clarice Cliff. Hand-painted.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Condition's quite good. There are a few nibbles on the rim.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57But that was before it was actually painted, so the factory let it out with those irregularities.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59The shape is called Stamford.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02So that's from that style range.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04This one is Rhodanthe
0:08:04 > 0:08:06and the shape is Biarritz,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10this very square... I suppose they were thinking of the south of France.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14This one comes in different colourways. Brown is my least favourite.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17There's one called Aurora, which is pink and grey and quite pretty.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22They're nice together, the same colour take, so they'll sell well together as one lot.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- You want to put them to auction? - Yes.- You want to get rid of them?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- Is that so you can buy other things? - Yes, I'm moving house in March
0:08:30 > 0:08:35and I want to buy bits for that. This doesn't go with a new house
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- so out with the old, in with the new!- Right.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39A spring clean! Right.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45In terms of price, I think probably 300 to 400 is where I'm thinking.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Mainly for this one. This one is £50-ish on its own,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52but you would put them together in one lot
0:08:52 > 0:08:55because it'll appeal to a Clarice Cliff collector.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Is that a figure you'd be happy with?- Um...- Did you pay more than that?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03A little bit more, but it was a long time ago, so...
0:09:03 > 0:09:09- Perhaps a little bit more.- So maybe 350 reserve?- Yes, 350 would be fair.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14We'll make it a firm reserve. 350 to 400 as an estimate for the two together.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Hopefully this one will sell it and they get a freebie with it as well.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- OK.- Fingers crossed.- Hope so.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Hope our fried eggs go well!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- They do look like fried eggs! - They do!
0:09:25 > 0:09:30Of course, a precise and colourful description is the auctioneer's art.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Erm, Kate...
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Time to wrap those three items up and send them to auction.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Here's an expert view of what we're taking.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40This is such a desirable collectors' item.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I'd love to own this.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47I'm sure there will be a lot of collectors at the auction that will have the same opinion.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I'm putting this parrot into auction because it's a great novelty corkscrew
0:09:53 > 0:09:55from the Victorian era.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I have a feeling he has the potential to fly away at auction!
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Two bits of Clarice Cliff going to the sale. But this is the star.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05This is what the bidders will go for.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07It's a Stamford shape, Chintz ware pattern.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I think it'll be really exciting at the sale room.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Now it's time for my favourite part of the show.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It's auction time and anything can happen.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32This is where we put our valuations to the test, here at Reeman Dansie auction rooms in Colchester.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36We've got a full house here and the auction has already started.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41I had a chat to James Grinter, the man with local knowledge, the man on the rostrum.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Here's what he said about one of our items.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It's Debbie's two ceramic pieces.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- I'm not a big Clarice fan. Are you? - I'm afraid not, Paul. No.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I appreciate it, but I wouldn't have it in my house.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- What estimate have you put on them? - We've got £350 to 400.- Right.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05OK. Again, I think that's a bit toppy-endy, really.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09That bit there is very stylish, compared to that one.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I don't like that, yes.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14That's why we put them together. I think that would struggle.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18I was going to ask you, you have the right and the authority
0:11:18 > 0:11:23to split the lot, use your discretion and sell them separately.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28- And that's answered my question. - That would sell, that one wouldn't.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31We'll put them together and see what happens. They stand a chance.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33The condition of them both is good.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38If you like Clarice Cliff, they're both stylish bits.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Yeah.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44I'm laughing, but a lot of people that watch this show love Clarice Cliff.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45And you know who you are!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It just wouldn't suit my house.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50You've got to have the whole look for this.
0:11:50 > 0:11:57- You can't mix and match with Clarice Cliff. It doesn't work.- They're stylish things of their period.- Yes.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Wait and see how they get on, because we're starting with the propelling pencil,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05valued at 50 to £80.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Surely you could make use of this? Don't you do doodles? Don't you want to use it?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- No...- You can still buy the lead.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- Not with that.- Not with that?- No.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- It's a nice thing.- It is. - It's a really nice thing.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I think now, you can't use it. You have to buy separate nibs.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25It's very difficult to get the inks and everything to go with it.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28It makes your handwriting look good! I still use an ink pen.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31So do I. But something like that is very difficult.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34It's more for a cabinet or a collectors' item.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Silver's very high in value at the moment, so that's good.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It's got everything going for it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Let's find out what the bidders think. This is the test.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Let's find out what it's worth.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51The Victorian silver combination propelling pencil and pen.
0:12:51 > 0:12:57What do you say? £50 to start me? £50 start for this one?
0:12:57 > 0:12:58£50 to start me?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- 40, then? 40 I have down here.- OK.
0:13:02 > 0:13:0444. 46. 48.
0:13:04 > 0:13:0550. 55.
0:13:05 > 0:13:1060. £60 seated down here now. 60. At £60.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Any advance?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- All done now? 65 on the internet. - Good.- 65.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17On the internet now. Sure, sir?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19At £65 on the internet. One more?
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- 70.- Excellent.- £70 bid now in the room. £70.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- We're doing it.- 370. 75.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29At £75 on the internet now.
0:13:29 > 0:13:3380. At £80. Back in the room at 80.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38£80 bid. 85 on the internet? At £80 in the room. I'm selling. All done.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41That was a battle, but we did it!
0:13:41 > 0:13:43The pen is mightier than the sword!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45For sure!
0:13:45 > 0:13:50- Well done.- That's good. - Thank you for bringing it in. Quality always sells.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Top end. And the pencil is propelled off to a new owner.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59It this next lot doesn't sell, it'll drive me round the twist!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Peter and Wendy's corkscrew. I love it.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Those bright glass blue eyes get me on the old parrot.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Absolutely wonderful. Good luck, both of you.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I know there are plenty of corkscrew collectors that will love this.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Hopefully, top end of the estimate. Here we go.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20A late Victorian novelty carved nutshell corkscrew
0:14:20 > 0:14:22in the form of a parrot head.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25What do you say? £50 to start me?
0:14:25 > 0:14:2750? 50 to start me?
0:14:27 > 0:14:2950's bid on there. At 50. At £50.
0:14:29 > 0:14:3155.
0:14:31 > 0:14:3360 with you, sir. 65.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- At 65. 70. £70 bid.- Come on!- At 70.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39£70 bid.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Any advance? All done now? At 75 on the internet. Against you.
0:14:42 > 0:14:4580. At £80 in the room. At £80 in the room.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Against you on the internet. At £80. 85.
0:14:49 > 0:14:5190. At £90 back in the room now.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54At 90. At £90 in the room.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Against you on the internet. 95. 100.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- 100.- Interest now.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01110. At 110 on the internet now.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Against you all. All done? £110.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Well done.- Not bad, is it?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- £110. Hammer's gone down.- Amazing!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- That was great, wasn't it?- Yes!
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- It went to somebody bidding online, on the internet.- Yes.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Gone to a collector?- I think so, yes. Definitely. Yes.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Sold to another online bidder.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25It just shows how local auction rooms are reaching out to all over the world.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Our third item is Debbie's Clarice Cliff items
0:15:30 > 0:15:33valued at 350 to £400.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37I had a chat to James, the auctioneer, just before the sale.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- I asked him if he would separate them.- OK.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46And he said no, purely because the smaller bowl is the one that just might sell.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- That's the cool shape.- Yes. And the other one will really struggle.- OK.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54You wouldn't get your money back. By putting the two together,
0:15:54 > 0:15:59- someone's going to buy them and they'll have the problem of splitting them up.- OK.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- But he thinks they're going to struggle.- OK.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08But you never know. We've got internet bidding, phone bidding. It's not all in the room.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- Somebody like you might get carried away...- And spend their money!
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- Spend all their money on this. - Spend £350 on Clarice Cliff instead of a pair of shoes!
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- What would you do?- I'd veer on the side of shoes, myself!
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- Handbags, if it was me! Handbags. - That's girls for you!
0:16:29 > 0:16:321930s Clarice Cliff Bizarre Stamford bowl
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and the Clarice Cliff Rhodanthe pattern dish.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Two items of Clarice Cliff here. Start me.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41£300 to start me?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44£300 to start me, ladies and gentlemen. 300 I have.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48£300 bid now. 320. 340.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51350 I have. 350 is bid here now.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54At 350. 350. 360 I'll take.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57360 behind you. 360 is bid now. 360.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59360 is bid here now.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01At 360. 380, anywhere?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05At £360. It's going to be sold. All done at 360.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11Well done. Just scraped it in there, didn't we? There's commission to pay.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- Yeah.- You wouldn't have lost much money. Maybe £20 at the end of the day.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- But you've had the joy out of them. - Yeah, I want to buy something new now.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24- What are you going to buy? Not shoes.- No, not shoes, handbags. I've bought a new house
0:17:24 > 0:17:26so it'll go for bits in there.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- And that haemorrhages money. Curtains, cushions, carpets.- Yes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- I know the feeling. Enjoy the new house.- Thank you.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Well done. Spot on.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- Yeah. I thought they might struggle. - Yeah, so did James. He'll be surprised.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56The M25. Mile after miles of cars, lorries and road works.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00But look carefully and there are some real treasures nearby.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Sometimes you might glimpse something special out of the corner of your eye
0:18:05 > 0:18:08and there never seems to be time to stop and take a closer look.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13Well, today, I am going to stop.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20Just 600 yards off the M25, Europe's busiest motorway -
0:18:20 > 0:18:25you can hear it, just over there, with the lorries bombing along -
0:18:25 > 0:18:27is this wonderful Georgian mansion, Copped Hall.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It's survived a fire, road construction, obviously,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33and land-hungry developers.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40It was a grand country mansion, once surrounded by thousands of acres of hunting parks and farmland.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45But one Sunday morning in 1917, most of Copped Hall was burnt out
0:18:45 > 0:18:48in a disastrous fire.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53It fell into ruin. Over the years, it was stripped of doors, fireplaces,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55even the roof.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58When the M25 cut through the grounds in the 1980s,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Copped Hall once more came to wider attention
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and developers tried to move in.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08It was down to local campaigners to save the hall and start a long, slow job of rebuilding it.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Architect Alan Cox, who played in the ruins as a boy,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15is one of those campaigners.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- Why did you get involved? - I knew it since I was a teenager. I've studied architecture
0:19:20 > 0:19:27and by various coincidences I got involved and joined in with local people
0:19:27 > 0:19:30and we set up a campaign to save it. And we got support for that.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Everywhere. Powerful people supported us. It took nine years
0:19:34 > 0:19:36and eventually we won.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- Did you have to raise much money? - Yes. We had to borrow money.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42But we found two people to lend us the money.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47So that was it. We set up a charitable trust quite near the end
0:19:47 > 0:19:49before we bought it, and then raised the money.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54- Exciting!- And then we paid the money back.- Paid it back.- Which took five years.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58So we had no mortgage and it's just putting it back together again.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- It's an ongoing project. - Yes. The budget to do it all is a lot of money.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Probably ten million. But we don't think like that.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The process of doing it is part of the attraction.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- It's evolving all the time.- Yes.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12The point about this is it's a work in progress.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16People come here. They go and look at buildings that are complete,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20but this is half-way done and they see it gradually restored.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- As an architect, are you overseeing this project?- Yes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Is it running on schedule? - There's no schedule.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- No budget?- We own it. No budget, no schedule,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34we just move on and we share what we do with the public who come in their hundreds.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38What's the most exciting part of the build so far for you?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42I think finishing the saloon - not finishing it, but getting it usable.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48When we get a bit of floor or roof on, we use it for a concert or play
0:20:48 > 0:20:53so it's used regardless of the fact it's only half-done or quarter-done.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- You're putting heart and soul back into the building already. - It's not only about the building,
0:20:58 > 0:21:02it's about the people here. Without the people, it wouldn't happen.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- It's two things.- How often are you open to the public?
0:21:05 > 0:21:09We have guided tour days every month. Three open days a year.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11We have open gardens.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15And we have lots of groups visiting us. Special interest groups visit.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21And we have study days, plays, et cetera. There's a lot going on.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- That brings in income. - Which is great. It helps...
0:21:24 > 0:21:29Nothing is run at a loss. And all the people that look after it are volunteers.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31So that's good.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36The money comes in. We need the money to fix the place up.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41It might be a mess now, but when Copped Hall was built in 1758,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43it was a grand residence.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47The huge landscaped gardens were tended by an army of 31 gardeners.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49It had style and character.
0:21:49 > 0:21:55Ghostly reminders of those glorious days are still scattered around the grounds.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58It would have been a perfect setting for a lavish garden party.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06The inside was spectacular, too.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I'm off to see the work the Trust has done so far.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14The fire in 1917 and subsequent demolitions
0:22:14 > 0:22:20have left this incredible building without any roof and 90% of its floor joists,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23the two key elements that hold this grand building together.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27They stop the walls from imploding inwards and falling outwards.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29So that was the first thing to be tackled,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32to get the shell, the superstructure, solid.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36And also get it watertight so work can carry on.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Interestingly, Alan's discovered in the cellar, right below me,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44there are four supporting columns.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48One here, one here,
0:22:48 > 0:22:49there and there.
0:22:49 > 0:22:57If he finds there's evidence that these columns come up through this floor which has been re-screeded,
0:22:57 > 0:23:02if there's evidence they poke through, that means there's four classical columns
0:23:02 > 0:23:07that would have sat on them holding these joists up. The big oak joists that were here.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12This is what Alan thinks the entrance hall might have looked like.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20This is a great space, the saloon, a very important room in the house
0:23:20 > 0:23:26where all the entertaining was done. The ceilings here are a lot higher than the other rooms.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31The cornice would have been incredibly deep. See where it starts.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37See these holes in the wall which are there to support great big chunks of plaster
0:23:37 > 0:23:40moulded in great big sections going around here.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44This photo of the saloon taken in about 1900
0:23:44 > 0:23:47shows just how that plasterwork would have looked
0:23:47 > 0:23:50and how it fitted into the opulent surroundings of this mansion.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53The ornate and ostentatious look is simply stunning.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57The Trust is bringing it all back slowly but surely.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Eventually, all this will be wood-panelled and will look stunning.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I can't wait to see this finished!
0:24:14 > 0:24:16These holes here in the wall
0:24:16 > 0:24:21are where the original stone stringers and risers of the staircase were tied in.
0:24:21 > 0:24:27Winding all the way around this great big stairwell.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Sadly, in the 1950s, somebody demolished it.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37They started at the top and pulled out these stone treads and risers and newel posts
0:24:37 > 0:24:43and dropped them from up there down to there on this lovely flagstone floor.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48So you get an idea of just how much work there is still to do.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51If you want to see the mountain that's left to climb, follow me.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Look at this!
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I should have brought my tool kit!
0:25:00 > 0:25:05The Trust has had some grants in the past and they've used that money wisely and sensibly.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11But they've now run out of money. You can see the amount of work they've still got to do.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15This is the next project. That's the first floor dining room up there.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20There's still no roof. One thing that does happen in big stately piles like this
0:25:20 > 0:25:24when they need to raise money, and Alan's adopted the scheme here,
0:25:24 > 0:25:30anybody can pay to have a Georgian window, a lovely sash window reinstated
0:25:30 > 0:25:34into the original apertures. These cost £2,000 a window.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40It would be really nice to see these horrible steel shutters and doors removed from this building.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I just hope they raise the money.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Wow! Restoring one great big antique!
0:26:05 > 0:26:09The main aim of the Trust is to permanently protect Copped Hall,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13restore it to its former glory so it can be used for educational purposes
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and the local community can really benefit.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Future generations can come here and appreciate it. That's the good thing.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I just wish them luck!
0:26:29 > 0:26:34Now back to those smaller antiques and our valuation day at Colchester town hall.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Over to David Barby for our next item.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Sandra, I'm fascinated by anybody that owns Troika.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- Good!- Did you acquire this from a car boot sale
0:26:47 > 0:26:51or did you actually buy it from a shop many years ago?
0:26:51 > 0:26:55No, we bought it from a shop in Tintagel in Cornwall.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Wonderful. What was the appeal?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Just the look of it and the feel of it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04And the Aztec part of it, I've always liked it.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08So you bought this in the late '70s, early '80s, that sort of period.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Yes.- Right.- Yes.- Right.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15This freestanding sculpture here, which I think is superb,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17is known as the Aztec mask.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22So we have the Aztec features there and a stylised mask on the other side.
0:27:22 > 0:27:29- I love the colouring and the rough woven feel to it. It's very tactile. - It is, yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33It gives the impression of being so modernistic.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35How much did you pay for that?
0:27:35 > 0:27:41- I think it would have been 15 to £17.- 15 to £17.- Yes.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45It's going to be worth considerably more now.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50- Yes.- If that goes up for auction, I think the price is going to be round about
0:27:50 > 0:27:53250 to £500.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59With reservation because we have one little bit of damage there.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- It's chipped. - Yes. I didn't know that.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09- Where's this been in your home? - It has been wrapped, in a box, in the shed.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- In the shed?!- Yes!
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Why did you put it in the shed?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I didn't have anywhere nice to put it to show it off.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20"I'll put those away for now." And you forget about them.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25- The shed's hardly the best place to put them.- It was wrapped, though!
0:28:25 > 0:28:29This piece here, which I particularly like, this little roundel,
0:28:29 > 0:28:34that's more sort of Ben Nicholson designs. I think that's an attractive piece.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38But that's more of a common shape and form to this one.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41So we're probably looking 40 to £50.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47I was never quite sure what it was classed as. A vase, or...
0:28:47 > 0:28:50I think it would look ridiculous with flowers coming out.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- It's had bits in it. - It stands in its own right.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Look, you're parting with family memories, aren't you?
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- Yes.- What do your children think about this? Do they like them?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03I've never asked them, to be honest.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08- They won't be angry with you if you sold?- No, they've probably forgotten that they're there.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- They've never gone into the garden shed!- No!
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Too many spiders!
0:29:13 > 0:29:18So what would you do. Let's say this one goes in at top end of the estimate at 500.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21And this one goes for round about 60?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23What would you do? Reinvest in art?
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- I have a daughter who has a birthday coming up.- Right.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- She'll be coming 21?- (40!)
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- (40?) Well, life begins at 40!- Yes.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I've yet to experience that!
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I believe you!
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Thousands wouldn't! But I believe Kate's found another item for us.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Bobby, hello. Welcome to Flog It! - Thank you.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51You've brought some books in today. Tell me about them.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54They were my great-uncle's.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59When he passed away, some time ago, about 20 years ago,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03they were some of the things that we thought looked interesting
0:30:03 > 0:30:05and that we collected from his house.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- Looked old and caught your eye. - They certainly did.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12They've certainly got age. We'll start with this which caught my eye.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Quite a plain leather binding. But when we open it up,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17it's incredibly old.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21"The Saints Treasury, being sundry sermons preached in London
0:30:21 > 0:30:24"by the late Reverend and painful minister of the Gospel."
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Not quite sure what that means! "Jeremiah Burroughs, 1654."
0:30:28 > 0:30:34So we're talking just after Shakespeare, Cromwellian times.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40Commonwealth. We'd got rid of the monarchy, basically, instated a parliament.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46This is exciting times. Not a particularly exciting text, sermons.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Parliamentarian sermons!- Exactly.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Just having a flick through,
0:30:50 > 0:30:54it's not the most fun thing to sit through on a Sunday, I must say!
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- No.- But it's ridiculous, it's 350 years old
0:30:57 > 0:31:01and in incredibly good condition considering how old it is.
0:31:01 > 0:31:07In terms of book collectors, age does not in itself make it exciting.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11If it was a very early atlas or something else,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13or Shakespeare text, something of that age.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Someone somewhere might like it.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18But it brings us on to the other book from your uncle.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23Which is, looking at the cover, County Maps.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Now, what I see all the time coming into our sale room
0:31:27 > 0:31:31is these maps, framed up, hand-coloured,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34either contemporary with when they were done or later.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36And just frames of single counties.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41What you have is the whole book. I assume it's complete with every county in.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44There's no front page, so it's not saying who did it,
0:31:44 > 0:31:45but I think it's by a chap called Greenwood.
0:31:45 > 0:31:51- And we're talking early to mid-Victorian so about 1840.- OK.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55We have got railways on here, so that should help date it.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Although it's not brilliant condition with the binding,
0:31:58 > 0:32:02you have got a bit of the spine gone, it's not what we'd call a breaker
0:32:02 > 0:32:05in that's it's not broken and ripped to pieces...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07- OK.- ..and sold off separately.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11It's got a bit of water damage here. It's got damp at some point.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Weren't you tempted to rip it out?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19No. I'd rather see it go in one piece.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- And hope that somebody would keep it in one piece.- Yeah.
0:32:23 > 0:32:30- Because the condition's good... - I know they say this is the price per page because they'll rip it up.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33But hopefully because it's in one piece, they won't.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38- Here we are in Essex. Colchester. There it is.- Yep.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43The Roman town of Colchester. They have a vignette here of Chelmsford and Southend.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47They're very beautiful things. Price-wise,
0:32:47 > 0:32:52- conservatively 150 to £200. - Really? As much as that?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55There are a lot of prints. At least 20 to 30.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- I'm surprised.- They'll get at least £30 each.- Yes.
0:32:58 > 0:33:04- Yes, I think that's about right. Is that a price you'd be happy to sell for?- Absolutely.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I didn't think it would be that much.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Maybe put a reserve of £100?
0:33:09 > 0:33:14- Try 150 to £200 as the estimate for the catalogue.- Yes. OK.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- See how they go.- Sure.- All right?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20We'll hope that somebody wants a preaching sermon as well on the side!
0:33:25 > 0:33:30Beryl, these are quite exciting pictures.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34They look as though they've been either stuck in an attic
0:33:34 > 0:33:38or neglected, because they've never been restored.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- No.- The frames have never been cleaned.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Where do they come from?- They're from my friend's cottage.
0:33:44 > 0:33:51- They were on the wall. I don't think they were loved very much by her. - Right.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56When she died and I got them down, they were really, really dirty.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01I've wiped them over, but I don't think they were loved very much.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Do you like fishy subjects?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Um, not really!
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- Not really. They're more masculine, aren't they?- Yes.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12If you think in terms of the period when these were painted,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16late 19th century, early 20th century,
0:34:16 > 0:34:21the hobby of the very wealthy was hunting, shooting, fishing.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26These would have been in a gentleman's residence,
0:34:26 > 0:34:29maybe in his library, or his sporting room!
0:34:29 > 0:34:33On the wall, you'd have cased pike that he'd caught, stuffed,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37or heads of animals that he'd shot, things like that.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42These pictures were painted by an artist called Roland Knight.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46His signature is there. And he painted exclusively fish
0:34:46 > 0:34:48for that middle-class market.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51These are oil paint onto canvas.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53And they're slightly dirty.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58Even here where the gap has gone into the pike's side,
0:34:58 > 0:35:00that should be a brilliant red.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04When they were up in your friend's house, did she have open fires?
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- Yes, she did, yes. - So the smoke from the open fires has discoloured the paint.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15That can be taken off to reveal some depths of blue and red on the fins
0:35:15 > 0:35:17and they will look entirely different.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20But these are sought-after pictures.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25To have a pair is wonderful. They can be put in each recess of the fireplace.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28In a symmetrical room. So these are quite nice.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30He does achieve good prices.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34I'm going to project a price for the pair
0:35:34 > 0:35:36of about 200 to £400.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41That sort of price range. If you get up to £500, I'll jump with joy!
0:35:41 > 0:35:44For a reserve, we need to put £200 on them.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- OK.- I'd hate to see them go for less.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Are you agreeable to that? - Yes, that's fine.
0:35:49 > 0:35:55- They belonged to a friend. No regrets about parting with them? - No. She wanted me to sell them.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01Well, I'll be there at the auction, batting for you. So fingers crossed!
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Thank you!
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I look forward to seeing David jumping for joy!
0:36:06 > 0:36:09And here's my chance. We're off to auction.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Here's what David and Kate think of our items.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14I can't say I really like Troika.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17But I'm sure this is going to make a fortune for Sandra.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21I think Bobby's two books will do really well.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I've put 150 to £200.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28I hope the buyer doesn't split them up. Fingers crossed for sale day.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33The only fish I like is fish on a plate, disguised in batter, surrounded by chips!
0:36:33 > 0:36:38But I think Beryl's fish are going to make more than we anticipate.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47We're selling our items at Reeman Dansie in Colchester.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Our auctioneer today is James Grinter.
0:36:49 > 0:36:55If you'd like to take part in Flog It, come along to one of our valuation days.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00Details are on the BBC website. Log on to...
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Follow the links. All the details and information are there
0:37:03 > 0:37:05about coming dates and venues.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07First up are Sandra's two Troika pieces.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12David gave them a total value of 290 to £560.
0:37:12 > 0:37:19On closer inspection of damage, our auctioneers advised reducing that to 250 to £350.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- You paid what, £15 for these? - About 15 to £17.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Hopefully we can turn it into 300 quid and you can go back to Cornwall!
0:37:27 > 0:37:32- Turkey!- Yeah!- Turkey?! Cornwall! Cornwall!
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- You won't get that tan in Cornwall! - You will! Oh, you will!
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- If it isn't raining. - If it's not raining!
0:37:40 > 0:37:44The Troika Aztec mask pottery ornament.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46And the Troika roundel vase.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Two vases. What do you say for these?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51£200 to start me? £200 start me for the Troika.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Two is bid on there. At £200 bid now. At 200.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58£200. 210. 220.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00There we are, look!
0:38:00 > 0:38:03220. 230. 240.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05At 240 down here now. 250.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09260. 260 is bid now. At 260.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10- Come on!- 260 is bid.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12270. 280.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15At 280 in the room now. At 280. 290.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17- 300.- That's good, Sandra.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19£300 in the room now. 300. 320.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20340.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22At 340 in the room now. At 340.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25At 340 in the room. 360.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27380. At 380.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Back in the room now at 380.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34380 back in the room. Against you on the internet. 400. £400.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Excellent!- On the internet now. 420 another place.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40James, well done. He's doing a proper job!
0:38:40 > 0:38:45Against you on the internet. At £420 in the room. Final warning now.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I'm going to sell it. All done now at 420.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Come on, my 'andsome! £420! Brilliant. Well done!
0:38:52 > 0:38:56That is a holiday if you want to go to Cornwall for a weekend.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00I think it's more a day out with the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03OK. How many grandchildren?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.- Wow!
0:39:06 > 0:39:11Well, even with all that lot, the Troikas pulled in enough to go round the whole family!
0:39:12 > 0:39:17We might need a prayer for this next item. Bobby's sermon book and the county maps.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23I wondered if the auctioneer might split them, but he's kept them together.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- One will help sell the other.- Yes. - 150 to £200.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Why are you selling now?
0:39:28 > 0:39:35- We came to Flog It for the valuation and thought, "Yes..." - Got carried away!
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- I pounced on you!- Got swept up in the moment!- Flog it!
0:39:39 > 0:39:43That's what it's all about. We're here to flog it! Here it is.
0:39:43 > 0:39:49The parliamentary sermon book, The Saints Treasury, 1654.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52And another one, County Maps, as well.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Quite a lot of interest. I start the bidding with me at £220 with me.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01At £220 with me now. 220.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02230?
0:40:02 > 0:40:07At £220 with me now. At 220. Do I see 230 anywhere?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10At £220. A maiden bid. All done?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12The road to success were the maps.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- Brilliant.- Well done.- Thank you.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- There's commission to pay, but enjoy that money.- Yes!
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- Thanks for bringing it in. Well done.- That was a great result! - Straight in!- Great!
0:40:22 > 0:40:29- I thought we might be stuck, but we weren't.- There was a bit of damage, but it didn't apply.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- It was fine.- Enjoy the money! - I will do. Thank you very much.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35What a good result!
0:40:35 > 0:40:39On to our final item of the day, Beryl's pair of Roland Knight fish paintings.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Beryl, good to see you. These came from a little cottage.- Yes.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50They do have that country house look, don't they?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52A perch and a pike.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54200 to £400. Why are you selling these?
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- I don't really like them.- No.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- My friend who gave them to me asked me to sell them.- Sell them.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- "Get a bit of money for yourself." - It's that nasty pike!
0:41:05 > 0:41:08I don't mind the perch. I've caught perch but never pike.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- They have a nice naive quality about them.- They do.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- I can see these all cleaned up in a study.- They need a clean. They're dull.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21Good luck. It's a pair. £200. That's no money, is it?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Let's see what the bidders think.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28The Roland Knight, a pair of oils.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Fishing catches here.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34I have two commissions with me and I start the bidding
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- at £220.- That's great!- 230.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41240. 250. 260. 270.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45280. 290. 300. 320.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51320 in the room, now. £320 bid. 340.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54360. 380. 400.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56420. 440.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58460. 480. 500.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02At £500. Back of the room.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05£500. 520 on the internet.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06- 520!- 540.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- 540 in the room.- 540, Beryl!
0:42:09 > 0:42:10560.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12580.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13At 580 still in the room.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- 600.- 600!- £600.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19On the internet, against you all.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21All done now at £600.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26- What a big catch! Hey! £600. - That was good!- What a surprise!
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Wasn't that a surprise! I was expecting around 250. Something like that.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- You've got to be over the moon. - Absolutely thrilled.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- Commission here is 15% plus VAT. - OK, that's fine.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- Brilliant!- What will you put that money towards?
0:42:41 > 0:42:42A flight to Thailand.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- Thailand? Why?- My son lives there.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- Right. OK. Oh, bless you! - I'll go and see him. Brilliant.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- When was the last time you saw him? - In the summer.- Oh, great.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- Thank you for bringing them in. - Thank you!
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Thank you so much.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08That's it. Sadly, the end of our show.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Another day in another auction room.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12The sale is still going on,
0:43:12 > 0:43:16but it's all over for our owners. They've gone home with smiles on their faces.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21I hope you're smiling. Hope you enjoyed the show as much as we have.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25So till the next time, it's cheerio. I can put my feet up now!
0:43:25 > 0:43:27Have a rest!
0:43:27 > 0:43:29What a day!
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