0:00:02 > 0:00:04CHORAL SINGING
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Isn't that just incredible? What an architectural delight.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Peterborough Cathedral, one of the finest surviving Norman buildings in Europe.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18And it's our valuation-day venue.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21We're not here on a tour because hundreds of people have turned up,
0:00:21 > 0:00:26laden with bags and boxes, for their unwanted treasures to be valued. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Sitting in the heart of Peterborough,
0:00:52 > 0:00:58the origins of one of the finest cathedrals can be traced back over 1,350 years.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03This building is around 900 years old,
0:01:03 > 0:01:07and it's heaving with historical riches, like the Hedda Stone,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10and the tomb of Katharine of Aragon,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Henry VIII's first wife.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17So with a historical pedigree like that,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21what better place to delve, dive and discover some hidden antiques
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and treasures? If you're happy with your valuations, what are you going to do?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Flog it!
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Working the queue are today's lean experts, Philip Serrell and Charlie Ross.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35"What do you think of it so far?" "Rubbish!"
0:01:35 > 0:01:39With over 50 years of combined experience, they don't have any problems
0:01:39 > 0:01:41keeping their eye on the job!
0:01:41 > 0:01:46"It's not an old flame - but I'm keeping my fire extinguisher handy".
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- They're so corny, aren't they? - They're fabulous!
0:01:48 > 0:01:53- So you like violets?- I do, I love violets.- Is your name Violet?- No.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Oh, right.- But you can call me Violet if you like.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Violet, I will see you inside.- OK.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02But first let's take a peek at what's coming up on quite simply...
0:02:02 > 0:02:05one of the best valuation days we've ever had!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Charlie doesn't seem too chuffed with his box of stuff.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- We are not in the money!- Oh!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But only time will tell if he's right.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Elizabeth, this is cracking!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- You never know what's going to happen at an auction room.- No.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Philip, on the other hand, gets all fired up with a stunning Moorcroft vase.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I think this is a really lovely thing. It does something to you!
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- I think this is a bit special. - This is the one to watch.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32650. 680.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37But to find out how much it goes for, well, you'll just have to wait and see.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh, is there a tear in the eye?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Yeah, there is, isn't there? Bless, bless, bless!
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Right, the doors are open, and it's time to get this massive queue inside.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10What an inspiring building. I've certainly got high hopes for today.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12And I think Philip Serrell has as well.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16He's our first expert to the table. Let's take a closer look at what he's found.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21It's charming collection of silver brought in by husband and wife Ian and Jane.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Have you had them long?
0:03:23 > 0:03:29We've had them about two years, but my mother had them for about 50 years before that, all inherited.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- So they're inherited bits?- Yeah. - Do you know what you've got?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Well, we've always thought these were mustard pots.- Salts.- Oh?
0:03:36 > 0:03:42- Yeah.- OK. And we know they're nurses' buckles.- Yeah.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- And these are vesta cases.- What are vesta cases for?- Striking matches.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49You would open that up and you'd keep matches in there,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52then you'd take your match out and you'd strike it along the bottom,
0:03:52 > 0:03:57- and that would hang from a chain through a buckle that fits on to a lady's belt.- Oh, right?
0:03:57 > 0:04:02So that's where that comes from. Now, these little bits are known as "toys".
0:04:02 > 0:04:06And they're not toys in the sense of something you'd play with,
0:04:06 > 0:04:11but toys are small bits of silver. A hallmark tells you it's silver.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- An anchor, as these have all got, means they were made in Birmingham...- OK.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19If my eyes are right. No guarantee about that.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23And Birmingham specialised in assaying toys.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28So these are all Birmingham bits of silver. They date, I would think, from about 1885-1890
0:04:28 > 0:04:30through to about 1910.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35So all in that period. But this is a totally separate kettle of fish,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39because this is Continental. If we turn it over, it's got some marks there...
0:04:39 > 0:04:45and, truthfully, I can't make those out, but I think they're Continental.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Have you any idea what they're worth?- None whatsoever.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51The reason why I ask the question is that over the last two years
0:04:51 > 0:04:54these things have probably quadrupled in value,
0:04:54 > 0:05:01because, whilst they're not scrap, the sort of base price of silver and gold is the melt price.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08- Right.- I think that you are going to get £80-£120 for these.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Right.- And that's roughly 15 and 15 and 30 is 60,
0:05:12 > 0:05:17plus another 20, that's your base price, 80-120.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20They will make what they're worth. They're interesting things.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26- You're both happy about selling them?- Yes. They're just in the cupboard or a drawer,
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- and we'll invest in some more antiques.- And so you should indeed. I shall see you at the auction.
0:05:31 > 0:05:41# ..Lift mine eyes unto the mountains
0:05:41 > 0:05:44# Whence cometh
0:05:44 > 0:05:46# Whence cometh
0:05:46 > 0:05:53# Whence cometh my help... #
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Anita and Peter, thank you so much for coming in today.- You're welcome.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- I've got to say, though, Anita and Peter, I bet a lot of people call you Neat'n'Pete, don't they?- Yes!
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Neat'n'Pete!
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Well, look, this is wonderful. This is a lovely little dome-topped tea caddy.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- I mean, that's very nice. The veneer hasn't split. Can you see that? - Yes, I can.- Very good, isn't it?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- And I love this ambiguous decorative swirly grey that walnut has.- Lovely.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Right from the William and Mary period. Everyone wanted this sort of Continental flavour,
0:06:19 > 0:06:25and it was the walnut wood that really pioneered furniture-making from the late 1600s onwards.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31- Sadly, this is not from the 1600s... - Blast!- Or the 1700s or the 1800s...
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- It's mid-19th century.- Right. - Early Victorian.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's better off shut than it is open.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Unfortunately, when you open it up, it does let you down, doesn't it? - Yes.- And you know that as well.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Something's gone on, I don't know what.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Somebody has put some coarse sandpaper on this mahogany and stripped it back
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and then re-varnished it, because it's lost all its colour. You can see that.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- That looks more modern than this. - Very much so, yeah. Have you any idea what it might be worth?
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- I thought maybe it would be nice to get £50 for it.- Oh, you'll easily get that.- Oh, right.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09If the inside was as good as the outside, you'd be looking at £200-£250.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Right.- But it's not. Let's put this into auction with a value of £80-£120.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- I really like this. When it's closed, it's like a little burst of sunshine, isn't it?- It is.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23It's my brew, and you never know, it might even get the top end of the estimate, plus a little bit more.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Love it.- Thank you.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38So Philip and I have discovered some interesting treasures, but we don't want to leave Charlie out.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41What will he make of Elizabeth's old tin?
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- Elizabeth, I can't wait to open your tin!- Right.- Do you know what's in there? I suppose you do.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Mmm.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Right, let's have a look and see what we've got.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Good grief! Gold, silver... Any jewellery in there?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Mostly watches, I think. - I think mostly watches.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00May I take a couple out?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02There's something staring at me there.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Now, this is a hunter watch. If this is gold, we're in the money.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11No.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- It is not gold.- Right. - We are not in the money!- Oh!
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Oh, dear!
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Let me just look at the other side just to make absolutely doubly sure.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I'm opening up... No.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26It's what they rather delightfully called rolled gold,
0:08:26 > 0:08:32which, frankly, means that it isn't. Yes. But never mind. It's a hunter pocket watch.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36You see the rest of these pocket watches, they're open-faced.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Imagine yourself going hunting and careering around the countryside.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- If you had a watch like that, if you fell off, it wouldn't break. - Right, yes.- Would it?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Now, that's a huge disappointment.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I suspect that this one might well be silver
0:08:50 > 0:08:52when I open it up and have a look.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59It is. Continental silver. Now, most of these watches would be Swiss-made.
0:08:59 > 0:09:06They date from... the late-19th century,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08but most of them would be sort of '20s.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12But we've got something interesting here. What is this offending object?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- Well, I didn't know until last week. - And now you do?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Hopefully.- Who told you?- My brother. - And what did he say it was?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21He said it was a sovereign holder.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Do you know, he's absolutely right! - Excellent.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I think you'd tuck that away somewhere, wouldn't you?
0:09:27 > 0:09:32You wouldn't want to advertise the fact you were walking around with gold sovereigns in your pocket.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38- Is it full of sovereigns?- No. - What good is a sovereign case without any sovereigns in it?
0:09:38 > 0:09:44This box is getting worse, frankly, Elizabeth! We really have got a lot that is less than exciting here!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49But I'm still going to do it and we're still going to see how much money we can get.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55I think with regard to a valuation, as that isn't gold, we're not going to get too excited.
0:09:55 > 0:09:5720, 30, 40, 50...
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- I suspect we're looking at between £50 and £100 for the lot.- OK.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- At least the silver value of the chain is worth something. It's worth quite a lot for scrap now.- Right.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Not that I'd want to scrap a nice chain like that,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- but I can't see any point in putting a reserve on it.- Fine.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Frankly, there's nothing else you can do with it. You don't want to stand at a cold, wet boot fair
0:10:17 > 0:10:22with these items and somebody will offer you £2 for each of them! And you'll be driven round the bend.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But this is the sort of thing a lot of people will look at.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- And we might get a pleasant surprise. Thank you.- OK, thank you.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34So that's it, our first three items. But before we put them to the test in the saleroom,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37here's a quick reminder of what we're taking and more importantly why we're taking them.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43At £80-£120 for these, I really don't see how they could fail.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46These salts, they're going to grace anybody's dining table.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49This little tea caddy has to go through to the auction,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51because for me, well, it puts a smile on my face.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56It's like the sun shining and that's a great example of burr walnut.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Hopefully, it'll light up the saleroom.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Open up the tin! Gold, silver...no!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Basically, nothing of any great value,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09but we don't throw these things away, we flog them!
0:11:09 > 0:11:14And that's just what we're going to do. We've come to Batemans Auctioneers in Stamford.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Right, the moment I've been waiting for and the sun is shining!
0:11:18 > 0:11:22It's going to put a smile on people's faces and, hopefully, make them bid a lot higher
0:11:22 > 0:11:26on all of our items. I can hear David Palmer, today's auctioneer, on the rostrum.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27150. 160. 170.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Our owners are in there, feeling really nervous. It's OK for you, you can put your feet up and enjoy this!
0:11:32 > 0:11:34But I've got to get over there and join them, and look at it!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Come with me. Let's push our way through, OK?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Excuse me, can I get through?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Is that it? You can find your way around London with it!
0:11:43 > 0:11:50So with the excitement building up, the first lot to go under the hammer is Ian and Jane's silver collection.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54I should go "Har!" like a pirate! This is not panto, this is Flog It!
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Why are you selling? - They were my mother's. She'd had them for 40 years,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01and we inherited them two years ago, and they just live in a drawer.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Hopefully, the collectors are here and they'll go to a good home. This is it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Perfect twin salts.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Nice little lot, £50 the lot. 55. 60. 65.
0:12:10 > 0:12:1370. 75. 80. 85. 90.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- This is good. - 95. 100. 110. 120. 130.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23- 140. 150. 150 down here in yellow, at £150 now.- It's exciting. - It's an exciting sale.- 160.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24170.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27At... 180.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30At 180 the net. The salts and a nurse's buckle.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31It's from Florence.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35At 180. All done.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37At £180.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Yes, jolly good result. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Yes!
0:12:41 > 0:12:42And you did as well.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Really good, yeah.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49- Don't forget, there is commission to pay. It's 15%. But enjoy that money.- Thank you.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53A great result. Let's hope that's a good omen for the rest of the sale.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Well, especially as I'm the expert next with Anita and Pete's tea caddy.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- It's a nice-looking caddy. - Yes, it is.- It's got all the right things going for it.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we? Here we go! Good luck.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11The early Victorian walnut tea caddy, circa 1850.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Our overdomed top one,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15arched top, domed top, whatever you like to call it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17£30 for that? 30. 32. 35.
0:13:17 > 0:13:1938. 40. 45. 50.
0:13:19 > 0:13:2255. 60. 65. 70. Here at 70 now.
0:13:22 > 0:13:2575. 80. 80 with the lady.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Selling there with the lady at 80.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Are you in at the back? I can't see you, sir.
0:13:29 > 0:13:3485? 80 here. It's the lady's bid, then, £80. Nobody else? Done at 80.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37All you've got to do is stick some brass on it.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Well, we just did it, didn't we? We just did it.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I was a little bit worried, but I did say to you
0:13:43 > 0:13:44it's not one of the best
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I've seen on the show, but nonetheless it had everything going for it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- And the price was just right, so someone's going to enjoy that. - Lovely.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- And it's good to see you again. - It's good to see you too. Thank you very much.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56That's the way the cookie crumbles in the saleroom.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59It made its bottom estimate and found its value.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05Next, we have Elizabeth's collection of watches and Charlie didn't mince his words about them!
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I've been looking forward to this moment
0:14:07 > 0:14:11because I can say to you, going under the hammer now we've got a lot of junk! Not my words!
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I've just been joined by Elizabeth. She's perfectly cool with this,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17but it's in the words of the elegant Mr Charlie Ross.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21We're not using a reserve. I know you hate no reserves,
0:14:21 > 0:14:27- but...- No reserve as well? No reserve! What happens if it only goes for a fiver?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- You can't call it junk and put a reserve on it, can you? - No, I suppose not.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32- You're OK with that, aren't you? - Yeah.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37- Mother's in the room, though. Is she fine with that? - She's deaf, so I won't tell her.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Assorted silver...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44watches and chains
0:14:44 > 0:14:47and sort of knick-knacky things showing up there.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53See how it goes. Fiver for it. 5 I'm bid.
0:14:53 > 0:14:565. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 15.
0:14:56 > 0:14:5918. 20. 22. 25. 28.
0:14:59 > 0:15:0030. 35. 40.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Had you going there! You're all quiet now.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- 55. 60.- Happy now?
0:15:05 > 0:15:0875. 80. 85. 90.
0:15:08 > 0:15:1095. 100.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16Back at 100. At £100. New money. 110. 120. 130. At the back, 130.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20At 130 now, at the back, then, at £130. Nobody else?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22It goes then... 140 here.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23150. Still at the back at 150.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25This is what we like.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Internet at 150.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29It's really interesting.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31At 150. 160.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33There might be the odd little thing.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36£160. 170, new bidder.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Elizabeth, this is cracking, isn't it?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Bear in mind that I am prone to exaggerate.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45At 170, right at the back. At 170. Net, you're out.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49All done. At £170. Nobody else? Finished at 170.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Hammer's gone down. £170.- Excellent.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- You never know what's going to happen at an auction room.- No.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You just don't. You can't fathom it out.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- There were so many things there, though. Just the one little thing somebody wanted.- Mmm.- Hmm.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Hey, got to look on the bright side. We're happy.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13That's great.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Well, it's said that one man's junk is another man's treasure.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20But what a great result for Elizabeth. She looked delighted.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29I want to show you around one of my favourite market towns in the UK.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32It's also the location for our auction in today's show,
0:16:32 > 0:16:39and it's been described as "the finest stone town for its size in England", and it's Stamford.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49It is a Georgian gem, praised by architectural historians and writers.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Apparently, the 19th-century novelist Sir Walter Scott
0:16:51 > 0:16:55doffed his hat at this view up to St Mary's Church over there,
0:16:55 > 0:17:01and if I had a hat right now, I'd doff it as well. Because that is quite spectacular.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04And even on a dull old windy day like today,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07this town still sparkles with architectural detail,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10whether it be little Tudor chimneystacks
0:17:10 > 0:17:13or roof tiles or little bits of stucco masonry
0:17:13 > 0:17:18just highlighting themselves out to you, so come on! Get your walking boots on. We're going for a tour.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Stamford prospered during the stagecoach era due to its strategic location
0:17:27 > 0:17:29on the famous Great North Road.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34It's a day's coach ride from London to Stamford,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38and then another day onwards from Stamford to York,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42so it makes it the perfect resting place for the weary traveller to stop for the night
0:17:42 > 0:17:47and get board and lodgings. Now, there've been many coaching inns in this lovely old market town,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50but the grandest has to be the George of Stamford.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53And it's still here today. It's right there behind me.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Inside there are two doorways marked "London" and "York",
0:18:03 > 0:18:06the waiting rooms for passengers going in each direction.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12The exact age of the George isn't really known,
0:18:12 > 0:18:17but historians reckon it started life as an old monastic inn, owned by Peterborough Abbey.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21The earliest references to the George date back to the 15th century,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25so that means there's been an inn on this site for 600 years.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31The famous gallows sign there straddling the High Street is said to welcome the honest traveller
0:18:31 > 0:18:33and obviously warn off the highwaymen.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38So I imagine the likes of Dick Turpin and Tom King would be quaking in their boots when they saw that.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43But in actual fact it's more to do with marketing and advertising.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58Although it started off as a Saxon settlement, Stamford's heyday was in the Middle Ages.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00It prospered under the Normans,
0:19:00 > 0:19:05and thanks to the wool trade became one of the ten largest towns in England.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10And I have to say there's been a market here on Broad Street ever since 972.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13There's even a mention in one of Shakespeare's plays of a character
0:19:13 > 0:19:17buying a yoke of bullocks from Stamford Fair.
0:19:19 > 0:19:25Some of Stamford's medieval architecture can be tricky to see, but some stands out,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27like this, Browne's Hospital.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Not a hospital in the modern sense of the word, it's an almshouse,
0:19:38 > 0:19:44built in 1475 by a rich wool merchant, a Mr William Browne.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Now, he built this for ten poor men to live in and two poor ladies.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52And the two poor ladies were here to look after the ten poor men.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56In the corner there, there's a chapel where they had to pray three times a day
0:19:56 > 0:19:59for the soul of their benefactor Mr Browne.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02He was obviously determined to go to paradise.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06And I'll tell you what, this little enclave really does feel like a paradise.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09It's an oasis of tranquillity.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16However, Stamford today is best-known for its impressive Georgian architecture.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22And St George's Square is the perfect example.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Even today there's nothing modern about it, as you can see...
0:20:25 > 0:20:27well, apart from a few cars parked here.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32The earliest inspired classical building to be built in Stamford is this one right here. Look at that,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34the most perfect symmetry about it.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38If you follow me, over in the corner over here,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40we have the assembly rooms.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45It is the oldest provincial assembly rooms in the country, in fact,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and this is where you'd take afternoon tea
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and go dancing in the evenings,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52where young men would meet suitable young ladies,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56and this was built in the 1720s, and it's still being used today.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Isn't that marvellous?
0:20:57 > 0:21:02Next door, the windows on the right may look real, but, in fact, they're blocked up,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06a victim of the infamous window tax of the 17th and 18th centuries.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10If you had more than six, you had to pay a levy.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13And that's where we get the expression "daylight robbery".
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Now, around the corner in St Mary's Street, you get a wonderful variety
0:21:19 > 0:21:21of different Georgian architectural styles.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Now, that's because the Georgians loved to look through architectural pattern books
0:21:25 > 0:21:30to sort of almost personalise their own buildings, but in a very subtle way.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34You have to look closely to appreciate this, but I can point out a couple of examples here.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Look at this doorway. Fluted classical columns,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40terminating with these wonderful little ionic capitals at the top.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And right up there, underneath the eaves, you see the soffit board.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47There's a detail running along there. That's called a dental cornice.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Now, you see a lot of that on Georgian furniture. So that's one example.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55And next door here, the neighbours, number 22, as you can see, it's exactly the same-sized house,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59same proportions, but the door surround here is known as a Gibbs surround.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02This is designed by the Georgian architect James Gibbs,
0:22:02 > 0:22:07and he featured in a lot of his work architrave around doors, windows and niches
0:22:07 > 0:22:09that had protruding pieces of stone.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12That was one of his features, normally with a keystone like that one,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17underneath a pointed pediment. So you can see, it's different, but it's subtle.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20And underneath the eaves up there on the soffit board, you haven't got the dental cornice,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25but what you've got is noggins jutting out in the form of gallows brackets.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30And the only way you can really sort all this out is to take your time and do it on foot.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34It's a wonderful way to explore the town. There really is so much to see here.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It's marvellous!
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Now, one particular feature that I really do love is the Collyweston slate roof,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55and there's a great example of it up there, and on all the buildings along there.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59On my house at home in Wiltshire, I have a roof just like that.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04The tiles are made from a particular type of limestone, first discovered near the village of Collyweston.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09They follow the same pattern, starting with broad slates that get smaller as they reach the top.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13There are various sizes and they all have lovely names,
0:23:13 > 0:23:19like outlaw, inlaw, mope, wibbits, tant, and the very smallest, pinchsome.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Well, that concludes the end of my little tour of Stamford,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and I've thoroughly enjoyed myself,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32and hopefully it's inspired you to check out your local town,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35because there's so much you can learn, but you've got to do it on foot.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Welcome back to Peterborough Cathedral.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55I'm still surrounded by people that haven't had their antiques and collectables valued yet,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- but you're still in good spirits, aren't you?- Yes.- All happy?- Yes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Well, keep smiling because you're on TV. Give them a wave up there. There you go.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07So as we crack on with more valuations, I can guarantee no-one will glaze over
0:24:07 > 0:24:10with what Anne's brought along to Philip's table.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Anne, you don't even need to turn this up to tell you what it is, do you?
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- No, it shouts it. - It shouts it, it screams it, it kicks you in the shins it,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22it pulls your hair out that it's it.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25We'll talk about it in a minute, but what about you? Where do you live? Locally?
0:24:25 > 0:24:31I do. I live about 20 miles south of here in Buckton, a lovely little village, full of history.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35And has this little beauty followed you around, or how long have you had it?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38No, actually, I got that from my parents who are both now dead,
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- but I've known it all my life.- Yeah?
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- I suppose I...- Did they buy it? - I think it was a wedding present.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49They never told me that's what it was. I just assumed that's what it was.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Did they hold it any regard?
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Well, my mother loved it. Yes, she did. My father was a bit ambivalent about it,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59but she quite enjoyed it. I don't think she knew it was worth anything.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04- She certainly never mentioned it to me.- Do you think it's worth anything? - I think so, I know who it's made by.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Shall we tell everybody else who it's made by?- Go on.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Do they need to be told?- They might, because it's a bit unusual in colouring.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16- Well, you tell me why. - Well, it's William Moorcroft and you don't often...
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Well, I didn't often see the flambe of style, the colour.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Usually, blues seem to be the thing that appeared most often. - And it dates to...?
0:25:24 > 0:25:30- The '30s sometime, I think.- Do you want to swap seats or are you quite happy to keep dispensing...?
0:25:30 > 0:25:36- No, no, you just finish off for me. - There's only one thing left now. You've only left me with one thing.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41- And that's how much it's worth. - Sorry. How much is it worth, Philip?
0:25:41 > 0:25:46You're the smart beggar, you tell me! No... Truthfully, look, I think this is a really lovely thing.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- You're absolutely spot on, it's Moorcroft.- Yeah.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- And it dates from 1930 to 1938.- Oh, so it's quite a short period, then?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55But the crucial thing are these fish here.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- Yeah.- And that just... You're right, it does lift it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05This flambe period, you see lots of those blue ground ones, but I think this is truly lovely.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10In terms of value, have you got a secret hope for what it might make?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- I'd love it to make over a thousand. Is that...?- Yeah...
0:26:14 > 0:26:20I think we've got to temper our secret hopes with a bit of sense and sensibility.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21- Right.- All right?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I think it should do over £1,000, I really do.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28But I think you need to put a sensible estimate, 500-800...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30you could perhaps even go 600-900, if you wanted to.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- I would rather do that one.- OK. - 600-900.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- We'll put the 600-900 on. - With a fixed reserve of 600.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- What?- 600.- Go on, then. Fixed reserve at £600.- Yes, please.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45I really truly think that you could sell this in your pyjamas on a Sunday afternoon
0:26:45 > 0:26:48and it will make its money. It'll be on the net. Are you happy with that?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Yes, providing that internet connection is there, that's great.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53It'll be fine. And the way you've got to look at this
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- is that you own these things for a short period in life.- Yes. - And you've had your turn
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- and it's up to someone else now to...- It is, yeah.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05I hope they thoroughly enjoy it, and perhaps they won't break it and I might!
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Well... Oh, no!
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Hands off, Philip! I think that Moorcroft's going to fly.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- There you are.- Lovely. Thank you.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I don't believe how many people have turned up today.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Aw!- There you go.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23- Thank you.- We can't have you outside in the cold for a few hours, can we?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Why don't you tell me...? - I've kidnapped her!
0:27:31 > 0:27:35We're having a great day in Peterborough and there's still more people coming through the door.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Charlie's spotted a lovely Cuban mahogany table. I'm quite jealous. Let's take a closer look.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48John, doesn't everything look so much better in these wonderful surroundings?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- It's a beautiful building, isn't it? - It's absolutely wonderful.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Now, I'm so thrilled because you've brought a bit of furniture along today.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00We see very little furniture on Flog It! And when we get furniture Paul normally swipes it!
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- Ah?- So I'm thrilled to do the furniture.- Good, excellent.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10- Has this been at home for a while? - It's been at home, oh...30-odd years.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15- It was given to me with quite a few other bits and pieces...- Yes? - ..Of an old gentleman I knew.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21He was no longer using them, so he said, "Would you like them?" And I've had them ever since.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26- It's a beautifully rich, rich mahogany. - This would be the original colour?
0:28:26 > 0:28:31Yes, that's natural wood with a lot of care and polish. It's mid-19th century.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36It's Victorian, it's the first part of Victoria's reign...
0:28:36 > 0:28:40I just wondered why it would have a drawer and a false drawer. Is it...?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- Because it can go in the centre of a room.- Ah, right.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- Any bit of furniture that is what we call freestanding...- Right.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50..Is more valuable than otherwise.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Quite often you see a piece of furniture and it's beautifully finished on one side,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- and it's a bit of old pine on the back.- It's stuck against the wall. - Exactly.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00So it can go against the wall. Whereas this would go in the middle of a big drawing-room
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- and from wherever you viewed it, it would look equally splendid. - Nice, yeah.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10I'm opening this up and hoping... and indeed finding oak linings,
0:29:10 > 0:29:15- as opposed to a bit of pine or something.- Yes. - The cabinet maker that made this
0:29:15 > 0:29:20has gone the extra yard. And it slides in and out. It's a bit like closing a door on a Rolls-Royce.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I've never had a Rolls-Royce, so I wouldn't know.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Well, I have to say neither have I, but it's lovely.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30I love the original knobs. I think they're superb. So what do you reckon it's worth?
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I hope you're not going to be disappointed here.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38- I would think 100-120.- Yeah. I think it's worth a bit more than that.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42I think, expect the saleroom estimate to be 100-200.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47- Right you are.- I'd be very... well, pleasantly surprised if it made more than 200.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- I would like however to see it make 150-160.- That's fine.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- OK?- That's OK, Charles, yes. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56- A pleasure to see a bit of furniture. - Good. Thank you very much.
0:29:56 > 0:30:02I second that! I love my furniture. Our next story takes us back to World War II.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Pat's brought in some trench art which her husband inherited from a war veteran.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12I like to see different interesting things, Pat. And this is different and interesting.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15This could almost be passed off as trench art.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20And trench art is very poignant memories of Second World War experiences.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It's very difficult to see, but we've got France, Dunkirk...
0:30:24 > 0:30:30then we've got Normandy, Germany, Holland, France, Belgium...
0:30:30 > 0:30:36and then at the bottom we've got "Victory 8 May 1945".
0:30:36 > 0:30:41And we've got a Royal Engineers badge at the top. Who was the man that it belonged to?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- It belonged to a man called Bert Dean.- Bert Dean?- Yes.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46And he was in the Royal Engineers. Obviously, it was his.
0:30:46 > 0:30:53- He probably made it from his experiences, you know. - And was he at Dunkirk?- Yes, he was.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Yes, he was on the beaches. He got his legs all shot up
0:30:57 > 0:31:02and he had trouble with his legs right through until he died.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07I just think that's absolutely fascinating. You know, I keep using the word poignant, but it is.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11It's just a massive piece of history,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15and I think my generation and the generations that follow me, you were so lucky
0:31:15 > 0:31:18that you don't have to experience the war
0:31:18 > 0:31:23- and the real, terrible things that happened during that time now. - It must've have been bad.- Awful,
0:31:23 > 0:31:30- absolutely truly awful. But in terms of value, we've got to get a bit hardnosed about it...- Yeah.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35- This is not silver...- No. - It's not the most expensive bit of wood in the world...- No.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- I think that you need to put an estimate on it of sort of £30-£50. - Yeah.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- And how many memories are there in this?- A lot, isn't there?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- And we're going to sell them for £30.- I know, but there you go.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Thank you so much for bringing it along. I think it's just a really evocative thing, isn't it?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Yeah, that's all right, Philip. Thank you. It's just been in my loft, you know.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- It deserves a better space than that, doesn't it?- It does, yes.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Well, our experts have now made their final choices of the day,
0:32:15 > 0:32:18so we're going over to the auction rooms in Stamford for the very last time.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22While I leave you with a quick recap of what's going under the hammer from our experts,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25I'm just going to marvel at this wonderful, wonderful piece of architecture.
0:32:25 > 0:32:31Isn't that amazing? Peterborough Cathedral, one of the best valuation days we've ever had.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36This isn't worth a great deal of money, but you can't put a price on memories.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38I just hope it really does well at the auction.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43Well, it's not often on "Flog It!" that I get to value a nice piece of furniture,
0:32:43 > 0:32:50and I am thrilled with this. It's simple, but it's old enough to be valuable,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53and I just hope that the auctioneer is not going to let me down.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Do you know, I'm not actually a great lover of Moorcroft.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00But this is just absolutely...
0:33:00 > 0:33:05I mean, it just... It does something to you. I think those fish are absolutely stunning.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09And I've no doubt at auction, this is going to cause something of a stir.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15So we're back in Stamford at Batemans Auction Rooms
0:33:15 > 0:33:18where auctioneer David Palmer is warming up the saleroom.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- 120.- I'm glad you're here because no-one else seems to be alive.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Remember if you are buying or selling at auction, there is commission to pay.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Here at Batemans in Stamford
0:33:28 > 0:33:30it is 15% plus the dreaded VAT,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32so factor those costs into the hammer price.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- Check the details in the catalogue. It's all printed there like these... - Excuse me.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39I was just going to say like these ladies have here at Batemans.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- Could you sign my catalogue? Thanks very much.- Of course I can.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Are you buying or selling, madam? - I'm buying.- Are you? Good luck.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Thanks very much.- I can recommend some Moorcroft coming up later.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53And it's the Moorcroft that I asked our friend and valuer Kate Bateman
0:33:53 > 0:33:55to take a look at on the preview day.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Well, I've been looking forward to talking about this one with Kate
0:33:58 > 0:34:02because we see a lot of Moorcroft on this show, but I think this one's a little bit special.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04This is the one to watch, I think.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07It's a really nice example. It's a proper William Moorcroft one,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09it's an early design,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12it's quite a rare design, this fish and jellyfish one,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16and the condition's brilliant. This is the stuff that auctioneers clap their hands over.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21Philip's put a value of around £600-900 on it. He thinks it'll fly away.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Yeah. He's being fairly cautious on that.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Recent results for this kind of design and this particular one are a lot higher than that.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33I'd put 1,000-1,500. That's purely because people want to think they can get a bargain,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35but you have to price it properly in the market.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38If it looks too cheap they will assume that something's wrong with it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42We've kept the reserve the same at 600, but we've put 1,000-1,500 in the catalogue.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45And actually I'm hoping it will do better than that. We've had lots of interest,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49so, fingers crossed. The condition's excellent. It's going to go.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50All done. 30.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54I can't wait to see that go later, but first a piece of social history
0:34:54 > 0:34:57that Pat wants to see go to a good home.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03It's a bit of trench art. It was made by a veteran who was serving in Dunkirk.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- There's lots to talk about here, isn't there?- There is.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09It's a really hard thing to put a price on. We're looking at £30-£50.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12These things are popular at the moment, so I hope it'll do well.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17I've seen prisoner-of-war art fly through the roofs of salerooms.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- We put silly prices on of £100 and it made 1,000.- I know.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Anyway, let's find out what the bidders think of this, cos this is quite unusual.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Militaria, old trench art. A trench art shield.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32There we are. They made these shields for the soldiers.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Really rather nice. 10 for it? £10 I'm bid.
0:35:35 > 0:35:3710. 12. 15.
0:35:37 > 0:35:3918. 20. 22.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Here done at 22 now. Is that it? At £22 only. All done at 22.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Finished and done at £22. All done, then, at 22.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I'm sorry, that's not sold.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- It's going home.- Oh, well. - It's a cheap memory that, isn't it?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59I'm not putting it back in the loft, I don't feed the loft.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00It is a cheap memory, yeah.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04That sort of memorabilia is so difficult to put a price on.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08But I'm glad it's going home with Pat and it lives to fight another battle.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Next it's John with a piece of furniture that I've fallen in love with.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18I can find a home for this in every single bedroom I've got, in a hallway, on the landing...
0:36:18 > 0:36:21it would look great by the side of the bed with a table lamp on it,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25it would look nice underneath the window... There's plenty of places for a table like this.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- John, I think we've got a buyer. - I'm not allowed to buy!
0:36:28 > 0:36:32But I tell you what, if I'm getting excited about it, you are and so are this lot.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Let's find out what they think, shall we? Here we go.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40The Victorian mahogany occasional table with a single drawer.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Showing now, rather nice one. £50 for that?
0:36:43 > 0:36:4650 I'm bid. 55. 60. 65. 70.
0:36:46 > 0:36:5075. 80. 85. 90. 95.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- 100 now. A standing bid of 100. - We've sold it.- Yeah.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54110. 120. 130.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- There's more interest as well. - 140. 150. 160.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59170. 170 here.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04This side at 170. Is that it? At 170. 180 on the phone.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06190. Phone go again.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07200.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- 210.- Oh!- Not bad.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12220.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19- 230.- This is good.- 240. Here on the phone at 240.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Still on the phone.- Over the top end now, John.- Down here at 240.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- All done.- Got to be happy with that.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27It would look good sitting next to a commode.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Here on the phone at £240. Done at 240.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Yes! That's a sold sale!- Good stuff! - Excellent.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- You see, everyone needs an occasional table.- They do!
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Especially if you're kitting out a small hotel
0:37:41 > 0:37:43or something like that or you've just bought a house.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48That's great furniture, it's a good investment. You'll always get your money back. But it looks beautiful!
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- So there you go.- Excellent, Paul. - We did the business for you.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- John can go home happy. - Congratulations, well done.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58And I must say, if you've got any furniture, we would love to see it.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Bring it along to one of our valuation days because the experts absolutely love it!
0:38:03 > 0:38:10And so do I! Now it's Anne's Moorcroft vase, and I've got butterflies already.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Well, I've been waiting for this moment. I know you have.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16We can't get this Moorcroft out of our minds, ever since the valuation day.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20We've all been thinking about it, especially Anne here, who's sort of been left...
0:38:20 > 0:38:26- well, not knowing what to do!- Yes. - We had an original valuation by Philip, £600-£900,
0:38:26 > 0:38:30but you did say this is going to fly. This is going to do well over £1,000.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Obviously, a few weeks have gone by, the auction catalogue's been published, it's gone out,
0:38:35 > 0:38:41and they're revised that valuation to £1,000-£1,500. You know that as well, don't you?
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- It was a bit of a shock!- I think they might have to revise it again in a minute!- Oh, dear!
0:38:45 > 0:38:51There are serious collectors out there that know certain patterns and certain patterns are very rare.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53I think this could fly away,
0:38:53 > 0:38:59but I don't know what "fly away" means. I mean, you'd be happy with 2,000, wouldn't you?
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- I would be delighted with 2,000. - Would you settle for 2,500?- Yes. - You would, wouldn't you?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06LAUGHTER
0:39:06 > 0:39:10You just need two bidders that get stuck in like a Jack Russell wrestling with an old sock
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- and not one of them's going to let go.- OK.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Happy?- Yes.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Anyway, we've got a cracking piece going under the hammer right now, and I'm so excited!
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Here's hoping! Here we go!
0:39:21 > 0:39:25William Moorcroft fish and jellyfish vase.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27There's the vase showing up there.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Start me at £400. 400 I'm bid. 420.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36- Anne, fingers crossed. - Yeah, absolutely.- 520.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40550. 600 in the room. 650. 700 on you?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43700 this phone.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Phone at 700. 750 in the room.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Sort yourselves out, phones. 800.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49800. 850.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51900 on one of these phones.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53950, sir? 950. 1,000 on the phone.
0:39:55 > 0:39:581,000 this phone. 1,050 on you? 1,050.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Oh.
0:39:59 > 0:40:011,100.
0:40:01 > 0:40:041,150. Room at 1,150.
0:40:05 > 0:40:081,200 net. 1,250 room.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Room at 1,250. 1,300 here. 1,350 room.
0:40:12 > 0:40:151,400 over there. 1,450.
0:40:15 > 0:40:181,500 net. 1,550 room. 1,600.
0:40:18 > 0:40:211,650. 1,700.
0:40:21 > 0:40:231,750. 1,800 here.
0:40:23 > 0:40:241,850.
0:40:25 > 0:40:281,900 this one. 1,950.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33- 2,000?- Well, there we got to 2,000 so far!- We did.
0:40:33 > 0:40:362,000 here. 2,100. Room at 2,100.
0:40:38 > 0:40:392,200.
0:40:39 > 0:40:412,300.
0:40:43 > 0:40:442,400.
0:40:44 > 0:40:452,500.
0:40:45 > 0:40:472,600. 2,700.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50In the room at 2,700.
0:40:50 > 0:40:512,800. 2,900.
0:40:51 > 0:40:533,000.
0:40:53 > 0:40:553,100.
0:40:55 > 0:40:573,200 here. 3,250 off you?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- 3,250.- Oh, think of all that money!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- 3,300.- And what you're going to do with it.- This phone at 3,300.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06At 3,300.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- What? 3,400. New money at 3,400. - I don't believe this!- 3,400.
0:41:12 > 0:41:123,400.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15At 3,400.
0:41:15 > 0:41:183,500. That phone at 3,500. Either of you two 3,600?
0:41:20 > 0:41:223,600.
0:41:22 > 0:41:233,700.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Oh, my word!
0:41:25 > 0:41:273,800.
0:41:29 > 0:41:303,900.
0:41:32 > 0:41:334,000.
0:41:35 > 0:41:374,100? 4,100.
0:41:38 > 0:41:394,200.
0:41:41 > 0:41:434,300.
0:41:44 > 0:41:454,400.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Goodness me!
0:41:47 > 0:41:49No, we are at 4,400.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- 4,400.- 4,500's next.
0:41:52 > 0:41:544,500.
0:41:56 > 0:41:594,500. Down here at 4,500. Anybody else?
0:41:59 > 0:42:03At £4,500, the bid is in at 4,500.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05I'll take a 50.
0:42:09 > 0:42:114,550.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14The phone above you at 4,550. 4,600?
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- Yes.- 4,600.
0:42:16 > 0:42:184,650?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Go to 4,700?
0:42:20 > 0:42:244,600. The bid's here at 4,600. All yours.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29- What a lovely moment! - Selling, then, at £4,600.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34- The hammer's going down now. - Unbelievable!- 4,600!
0:42:34 > 0:42:37You've got a round of applause. Deservedly so as well.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Oh, is there a tear in the eye?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Yeah, there is, isn't there? Bless, bless, bless! Think of...
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- That's really nice.- Oh, it's lovely. - What a wonderful way to end a brilliant day
0:42:48 > 0:42:52here in Stamford, this wonderful old historic town.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- And thank you so much...- Thank you as well.- ..For coming along to Peterborough Cathedral.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58All the gems came out when it mattered.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03Join us next time, won't you, for many more surprises when lots of antiques go under the hammer.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06But until then it's goodbye from all of us.
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