0:00:06 > 0:00:10The red telephone box is a great British icon. You could say it's a national treasure
0:00:10 > 0:00:14but they are disappearing fast, but not here on the streets of Preston.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18There's not just one, there's two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and there's one more further down.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There's nine in such a short section of pavement.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28You could say here in Preston the street are literally lined with antiques.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54This part of south Lancashire
0:00:54 > 0:00:57is one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59So we should have a full house here today.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Judging by the size of this magnificent queue, we're halfway there.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Of course, all of these wonderful people have turned out to ask our experts that all-important question.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- Which is?- What's it worth?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- And if you're happy with the valuation, what are you going to do?- Flog it!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19The experts charged with valuing today's valuables are the jubilant, James Lewis.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22That's quite nice. 1895, 1910.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24And the dapper, David Fletcher.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27This could be worth £80 to £100.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Items are coming in two by two today.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35In each case, one is worth considerably more than the other.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42These clocks may look pretty similar, but when it comes to value they're in different leagues.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47Both 19th-century, both French but for every 40 or 50 of those,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49you will see one of these.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Of these three miniatures,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55one is worth twice as much as the other two.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And do two diamonds equal twice the profit?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04That is one heck of a size. It even fits me!
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Stay tuned and all will be revealed.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Everybody is safely seated inside and in wonderful spirits.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21You see this chap grinning away. I think you've got a real treasure in there.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- What have you brought? - I've got the wife!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25He's got his wife!
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Let's find out who are the lucky ones going through to auction.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33I'm going to grab this spare seat and watch our experts do the work
0:02:33 > 0:02:36and it looks like David Fletcher's first at the blue Flog It tables.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Let's take a closer look at what he's spotted.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Well, he spotted Joan.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- You look to me as if you are someone about to give up smoking.- No.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I've never smoked in my life. They certainly have no relation to me.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Nothing to do with me, guv. - No, no, no.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54They come from a great aunt
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- and I believe they were given to her by a gentleman friend.- Really?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01But we really don't know any more than that.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04This is a Vesta case, as I'm sure you know.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Designed to store red-headed matches, which were called Vestas.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10This, of course, is a cigarette case.
0:03:10 > 0:03:16This little star, this gilt metal pendant is not really related
0:03:16 > 0:03:22to the other two items, except it has the same monogram
0:03:22 > 0:03:24as the cigarette case does.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Which is the fascinating thing about it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30There's something here, isn't there? Something going on here.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33This Vesta case was hallmarked in Birmingham.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37There's a little X, which is the date letter, which tells us that
0:03:37 > 0:03:39it was assayed in 1897.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- We have a date on the badge of 1889.- Yes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47They're very closely related.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- But, this cigarette case wasn't assayed until 1925.- No.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Nearly 30 years later.- Yes. - Grandly chased in the Rococo manner.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Very strange, something that was made in the 20th century,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- should have Georgian style decoration, but it does.- Yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05Let's put two and two together and hope that we don't come up with 15.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09The gilt metal pendant, "presented to Dr Spencer
0:04:09 > 0:04:14- "by the inhabitants of Medomsley Parish, County Durham."- Mmm.
0:04:14 > 0:04:21Let's say that Dr Spencer arrives in that village in 1889
0:04:21 > 0:04:23and he is presented that by the villagers.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Let's assume that he retires in 1925
0:04:27 > 0:04:31and is presented with this as a retirement present.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37Not good that a doctor should be smoking but in those days they didn't worry about things like that!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39And, this maybe was something that he wore
0:04:39 > 0:04:43when he arrived in the parish, on his watch chain at that time.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48I think, we've come up with some sort of relationship between these three items.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53It fascinates me what the history of that is. There seems to be no way of finding out.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59The monogram clearly says HC. That's not in dispute.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- The monogram on these two items is the same. They must belong to the same family.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- We have three items here, I think, with the total value of at least £40.- Right.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10And, depending on whether that tests as gold,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13or depending on whether it comes up possibly as silver gilt,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I think it's just a gilt base metal, myself.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- We're going to be looking something in the region of £60.- Right.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- We're not going to set the world alight.- No. - I think an estimate of £40 to £60.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I think we should put a reserve on them, say £40.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- That's absolutely fine.- Good. OK, we'll go ahead on that. - Thank you very much.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37That's one down and several more to go.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42It's that man again.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47James is next with the golden clocks.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Graham, you've brought along two totally contrasting examples of carriage clocks.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Do you know the difference between a carriage clock
0:05:56 > 0:06:01- and a carriage timepiece?- I don't. - It's only a clock if it strikes or if it chimes.- OK.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04If it doesn't strike or chime, it's a timepiece.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09These have got gongs on the back. Normally they have a gong or a bell.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Both are 19th-century, about 1870-ish, for this one,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19and 1890-ish, for that one.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24Both French. However, that one seems to have gone through the wars a little bit more.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27This case is as good as I've ever seen.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32A little button to push there on the side. That opens that up.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38The clock itself just sits in the velvet-lined interior.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44If you didn't want to have it out, you would literally just remove
0:06:44 > 0:06:47the sliding leather panel from the front,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50put it in the back and there we go.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Nice and safe.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57The thing that makes this one so much better than that
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- is simply this little tiny button on the top.- OK.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06That's known as the repeater. That is a lovely quality clock.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Where did they come from? - They were passed down to me by my late father,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- who by trade was an horologist.- OK.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16He had a passion for fixing clocks.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Was this his favourite clock?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I think he placed more value on that one, over that one.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Why sell them?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28It's something, to be honest, that's neither my brother or myself are interested in.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- They don't really hold sentiment. We've got lots of clocks in the house.- Yes.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Basically, he said when I pass on, just sell the pair of them
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- and make use of the money the best you can.- Well...
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- When it comes to value, I would expect that to make somewhere between 70 and £100.- OK.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45This one, very different.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50I would say an auction estimate of £400 to £600
0:07:50 > 0:07:52and we ought to protect it with a reserve.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57- A reserve of 380.- OK.- It won't make that, it'll make more, I'm sure.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Oh, James, you're putting your neck on the line there.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Now, let's see what David's turned up or should I say, "tuned up".
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Have you been busking to the queue outside?- I haven't, no.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- Are you a banjo player?- I would like to learn to play the banjo.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- I got that as a gift off a friend of mine to learn to play it.- Right.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21But, I never got around to it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I have since bought a new one, a five string one.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- OK, how are you getting on now? - I'm still trying.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- You say this was given to you by a mate?- Yes, by an old friend of mine, yes.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40He was given it by a man that used to play it in an orchestra in New York, back in 1924.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Really? It's got quite a pedigree then.- It's quite an old one, yes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:50I won't attempt to play it because I'm absolute rubbish, I'm afraid, at anything musical.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56It was evidently made by a firm called Souza
0:08:56 > 0:09:00and made expressly for Oliver Ditson,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02who clearly were the retailers.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Now, Souza was a factory, I think, established, or a workshop I suppose,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12rather than a factory in the late 19th century.
0:09:12 > 0:09:19Of course, in the late 19th century into the early 20th century banjo bands were a big thing.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Popular entertainment in the days before TV.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26There are many recordings that exist of banjo bands.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Sometimes, I think, making the most awful racket.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Do you have any idea what it might be worth, or do you want to sell it anyway?
0:09:34 > 0:09:39- I just want to sell it really. I haven't a clue what it's worth, to be honest with you.- OK.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45I think that we could expect to get £50 or £60 for this.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51I think we should estimate it at a bit less than that, £30 to £50.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I would really like to sell it without reserve,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55if you are happy with that.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Yes.- If that's OK with you.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01A rare bit of downtown New York, Speakeasy time.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Everybody has been working flat out, we have now found our first items to take off to auction.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Let's put those valuations to the test.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14While we make our way over to the saleroom, here's a recap
0:10:14 > 0:10:17just to jog your memory of the items going under the hammer.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25David valued Joan's mixed silver at a good starter price of £40 to £60.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Graham's cashing in his clocks. James has split them into two lots
0:10:30 > 0:10:33valuing the first at £70 to £100
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and the earlier one at £400 to £600.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45Tony's banjo is a bargain at David's estimate of £30 to £50.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Today's auction comes from the heart of Knutsford,
0:10:49 > 0:10:54courtesy of Frank Marshall in this lovely old Victorian school building.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Now, it looks pretty deserted outside, where are all the people?
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Let's hope it's rammed and packed inside, full of bidders, wanting our items.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Let's go inside and catch up with our owners.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06# They call it Nutbush City limits... #
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Our auctioneer today is Mr Nick Hall.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14..at 95. Come on, make 100.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The room is packed waiting for the auction to begin.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Seller's commission here is 15%, including VAT.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And, going under the hammer right now,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26a mixed lot of silver belonging to Joan.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Not a great deal of value, £40 to £60.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32But, curios, interesting things. I like the Vesta.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- It's a classic collector's lot.- Yes.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Going under the hammer, right now.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Lot number 555, the late Victorian hallmarked silver Vesta case
0:11:40 > 0:11:43and two other items, nice little silverware.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Where are we going to go? £50? 45? 40, then.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Thank you, sir, 40 I'm bid. 45?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Well, they are sold.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55I've got bids in the room, 50 here. 50 online and 5. 55, now.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- 60, new bidder.- That's good. - Top estimate.
0:11:58 > 0:12:0070 now. 70 bid. 75?
0:12:00 > 0:12:0375, I've got. The final bidder at 75, on the left. Anyone else?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07At £75, all done, if you're sure. Sold!
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- We're very happy with that.- That's brilliant. I didn't expect that.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- It's a nice starter lot for someone.- It is.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And a nice little profit for Joan.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Now it's Graham's carriage clocks which has been split into two lots.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Any surprises coming up for us, James, do you think?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I don't think so, they're fairly standard auction fodder.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Obviously, the second one is much better than the first.- Yes.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33If the second one makes anything over £400, I think that's a great result.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34- Yes.- He'll be happy as well.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Right now, it is down to this lot in this packed room. Watch this.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Lot 25 is the early to mid-20th century carriage clock.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47A lot of interest in this. Where are we going to start, 80?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Surely at £80. 70, 60, 50... Where is 50? Thank you, online at 50.
0:12:51 > 0:12:535, 60. We're climbing online.
0:12:53 > 0:12:5865, 70, 5, 80 now. 85, 90.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01All online at 90. 5, 100 110.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04We're getting there. Look the smile has come.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08120 online. At 125, 130 online.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- We are there, we're done, at 130, I sell.- Gone!
0:13:11 > 0:13:15£130. We're happy with that result. Here is the second one.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Hopefully, £400 plus.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20A nice little clock again, late 19th century, French.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Brass, bamboo effect case.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25By Henri Jacot, this one, a good maker as well.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I've got commission interest and starting at 280.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32280 only bid on the book. For 280. 290 is online. I've got 300.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35320, 340, 360, now.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41380. 400. 420... Phone bidder and Internet.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43We've got two people fighting it out at home.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47You can buy from the comfort of your sitting room.
0:13:47 > 0:13:54On the phone at 480, now. 500 here. 500. I have 500. Are you in?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58No, you're out. It 500 back online. Fresh blood at 520 now.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01A nice little clock, don't let it go for the sake of a bid. 540.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- 560. It's a good one. - Graham is enjoying this.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- You are, aren't you?- Are you finished? It's 560 in the room.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11All done, last call at 560. I sell. Yours sir, 560.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15You got to be happy. There is commission to pay, don't forget.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It's 15%.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Great result. - It was a good result.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26If you got anything like that and you want to sell it, we would love to see you.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Bring it into one of our valuation days.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31You can pick up details on the website.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Log onto bbc.co.uk/flogit.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Follow the links, all the information will be there.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Come on, dust it down and bring it in.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46James was spot-on there, let's see how David fares with Tony's banjo.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- Tell me, you did play this, didn't you?- I did.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- I used to tinker about with it.- It's been loved, it's been used a lot.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57- Let's face it, hasn't it?- Yes.- We'll find out what it makes. There's no reserve, so fingers crossed.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Lot 145 is the 20th century Souza's make four-string banjo.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06A nice little lot, an unusual lot. Fairly rare as well.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I'd like to start the bidding at £50. Straight in at £50.
0:15:09 > 0:15:1250 bid, thank you. And five against you.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Still in, sir. 60. 5. 70. 5.
0:15:14 > 0:15:1980. 5. 90. 5. 100. 5.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21110 with you, sir, right at the back.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26I've got a £120 online bidder. 130. Still climbing online at 130.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28This has surprised me.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Don't stop now. At 140. Come on,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31pluck another string, keep going at 140.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Very, very good.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35160 online. Could go busking
0:15:35 > 0:15:37at lunchtime and get your money back.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- 160.- 160 against you.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43If you're sure. Online. I'm selling. At £160.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Yes! How about that?! What a crescendo at the end. £160.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Gosh, that was sweet music, wasn't it?- Lovely.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Somebody, well, three or four people, really, really wanted that.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Duelling bidders bring us to the end of our first group of items.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03We'll be back at Frank Marshall's later on in the program.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05You know I love my fine art,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and the sign of a good painting is how long it grabs your attention for.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10That's exactly what happened to me.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13When I was up here filming, we went to a local country estate
0:16:13 > 0:16:16and I came across one of the Great British Masters' works.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19It literally had me staring for hours.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Transported me to the most beautiful places.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Take a look at this.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33For the bright young dandies of the 18th century,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36the Grand Tour was the highlight of their cultural education.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And if they were lucky enough they would bring home a painting
0:16:39 > 0:16:42by one of the Grand European Masters.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44But we had our own Masters, too.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48And one of them stood right here where I am some 200 years ago
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and painted that scene behind me.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55The building in the distance is Tabley House,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59and the artist who captured the scene was Joseph Mallord William Turner.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Painted in 1808, and titled "Tabley, A Windy Day",
0:17:05 > 0:17:08It's the highlight of a unique collection of British art
0:17:08 > 0:17:13created by Sir John Fleming Leicester in the early 1800s.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16In a moment we'll be taking a closer look at it,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19plus a lot of other hidden masterpieces,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23hung here in the original rooms they were purchased for.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Turner's prodigious talent was becoming the talk of the town,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30and his vigorous, romantic paintings were creating a real buzz.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Back then, the current owner of Tabley House was a chap called Sir John Leicester.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40He was fast establishing himself as a collector and patron of British art.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45He was keen to nab himself a Turner or two for his collection.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49It was Sir John's father, Sir Peter Leicester,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51who built Tabley in the 1760s.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56He designed the house in the fashionable neo-Palladian style,
0:17:56 > 0:18:01with its impressive Doric portico and its elegant curved stairs.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05The local red sandstone of the columns and the stonework
0:18:05 > 0:18:11was originally painted a pale grey, giving a pleasing contrast to the brickwork.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18But it's Sir John's gallery of British art that is its unique legacy.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Turner may be the most famous painter represented here,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25but there are many other paintings worth coming to see.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31To show me the highlights of this collection is art historian
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Peter Cannon Brookes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Peter, I've just walked around The Mere, but I couldn't quite make the view Turner had,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40so I think he's used artistic licence.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43He has indeed. He's moved the tower very substantially indeed.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46He's also made it rather grander than it is.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48But what a marvellous painting.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Talk me through it. This is early, mature Turner.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53This is the early, mature Turner, yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56He is arguably our greatest English painter.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00And this wonderful response to the atmospheric conditions,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04to the park and the house in the background and the water,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06it's very remarkable indeed.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09He started off his life as a topographical watercolourist.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12But he really comes into his own just before 1800.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15There's a lot of foreground interest. I just love that choppiness.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- I love the figures in the boat. - It includes the painter himself.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20And he has painted himself in there.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- Because Turner came here basically to fish.- Did he really?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Not to paint, yes.- So obviously he was a client to start with.- Yes.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- Was he a good friend of Sir John's or was it a working relationship? - It's a working relationship.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37I think that he was the best client of Sir John Leicester
0:19:37 > 0:19:39in the second decade of the 19th century.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41And at the peak period
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Turner had sold 11 paintings to Sir John Leicester.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- That is a fine painting. - One of my favourites, certainly.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49And mine, I think.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Talk to me about this one above the fireplace.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57This sumptuous painting is by William Dobson,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Britain's finest baroque portraitist.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05This is one of his best and most ambitious portraits.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09It's powerful brushwork, strong colours.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It's the English baroque as against Flemish baroque.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Exactly. Talk me through the picture. What's going on and who is it?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Here is the military commander, the first Lord Byron.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21He was the victor of the Battle of Roundway Down,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24one of the very few that the Royalists won in the early stages of the Civil War,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27holding his commander's staff.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28What's he pointing at?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32He's not really pointing at anything. This is a rhetorical gesture of command.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34And it goes with the costume.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38He's wearing his buff coat with his steel cuirass over it
0:20:38 > 0:20:41because he is a military man in command.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43His cavalry in the bottom right-hand corner,
0:20:43 > 0:20:49this is the notoriously ill-disciplined English Royalist cavalry
0:20:49 > 0:20:51commanded by Prince Rupert.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- They tended to treat the cavalry charge like a fox hunt.- Did they?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56They were off!
0:20:56 > 0:20:59There's a bit of a double take then!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04With a growing collection of fine British art,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Sir John needed somewhere equally impressive to display it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Very nice space.- Generous space.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Created out of three rooms.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19That was the drawing room. This was the octagonal library.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22And that was the bedroom with a little bit of closet alongside.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- It's got a good feel about it, hasn't it?- Hmm.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- Is that Sir John above the fireplace?- It is indeed.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32But thereby hangs a tale.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Because Sir John's face was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38but the rest of the portrait was an absolute disaster area
0:21:38 > 0:21:42because Reynolds was going blind and he refused to take delivery of it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43- Did he really?- Yes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47When Reynolds died he bought it from the state sale
0:21:47 > 0:21:52and handed it over to James Northcote, who one of Reynolds' assistants.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54But within a few months before his death
0:21:54 > 0:21:57he was created the first Lord of Tabley
0:21:57 > 0:21:58and so he had repainted again.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01This time in his peers robes,
0:22:01 > 0:22:06by the studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence and by Simpson.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07What a lovely tale.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12And of course, facing him here at the other end of the room, that's his wife, isn't it?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15That's his wife. That's Georgiana, painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Absolutely marvellous example of his work.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21There she is floating in the clouds as hope.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23She was the granddaughter of Sir William Chambers.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28She was a member of the royal circle because Chambers was George III's favourite architect.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- And one of Lawrence's masterpieces. - She's a beautiful lady.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Yes, she was very young. - Was she?- She was only 16.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39But then Sir John Leicester had a taste for young ladies.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- Was that socially acceptable? - Amongst Regency rakes, yes.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47But this house was not a respectable house
0:22:47 > 0:22:50for about 10 years in the beginning of the 19th century.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Is that because respectable ladies wouldn't visit here...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Because he had a string of mistresses residing.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- And there wasn't a respectable lady to receive them.- Exactly.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Thank you so much for talking to me. It's been a pleasure meeting you and showing me around.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07This is definitely well worth several more visits.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Indeed, yes. There are many treasures to be found and enjoyed.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12The main thing is to enjoy them.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15And I certainly have.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Do you know, I can just imagine some of the soirees
0:23:24 > 0:23:28that would have taken place in this magnificent building.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Artists, patrons and poets all enjoying themselves
0:23:31 > 0:23:35to the sound of this wonderful early keyboard music,
0:23:35 > 0:23:40played here on this virginal beautifully by Charlotte Turner.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Tabley House and its contents are a testament
0:23:42 > 0:23:46to home-grown creativity and the talent of our forbearers.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50And it shouts out loud and clear that Brit art is not a recent phenomenon.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53If you're serious about British art and British history,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56this place is definitely well worth a visit.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Welcome back to our valuation day and to St John's Minster.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Let's now catch up with our experts and see what else they can find.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17And continuing with our art theme, David's discovered some mini masterpieces.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Hello, Aideen.- Hello, David. - That's a lovely name.- Thank you.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Which part of the world are you from? - I come from County Tipperary in Ireland,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30but I've been in England about 53 years.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35- Have you? But you haven't lost that lovely accent. - No, we don't, thank you.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Now, three lovely items here. They are all of wonderful quality.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Particularly the largest of the three.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48A portrait of a young lady painted, I would have said, in about 1820,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50at the beginning of the 19th century.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- There is something of Jane Austen about it.- There is.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59If we look at the back we can see two locks of hair beautifully arranged,
0:24:59 > 0:25:05tied with simulated pearls and gold threads.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09And I suspect that those will be locks of hair
0:25:09 > 0:25:12taken from the subjects.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14We can't be certain of that, of course,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16but she has got lovely curly hair,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18so it would make sense, wouldn't it?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Now, we don't know who this lady is,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24but we do know who one of these chaps is.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29And this is Colonel John Montgomery, MP.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- Ballyleck, is that? - Yes, that's right.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- County Monaghan.- Correct.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37So, he would have come from Northern Ireland?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Unlike you?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- And he looks a very self-important man, doesn't he?- He does.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44As you'd expect.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47He's an MP, so he is important.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Scowling just a little bit.- Yes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52But wearing a beautiful red coat,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and I think that is something which makes this picture very commercial.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57This chap...
0:25:57 > 0:25:59We don't know who he is, either.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02But he appears to be an Army officer.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Again, resplendent in red, gold...
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Hair just sort of slicked back a bit.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Very sophisticated young man.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14These, I think, are both a little bit later than the female...
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Oh, are they? - ..Than the female portrait.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Tell me why, if your mother gave them to you, are you thinking of selling them?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Well, it's just tucked away, and nobody sees them.- No.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26And I think she's absolutely beautiful,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29and I think perhaps to sell it on,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32because somebody else can appreciate that beauty.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- Yes, yes.- And the military ones, again, I'm not a collector.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39It would be lovely to think it went back to a member of the family.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I'd love to see that.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Let's think about values.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46I would be inclined to place an estimate on this of £4,600.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Oh, right.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51OK? And a reserve of 400.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Right, thank you.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Now, the auctioneers, I think,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58should be asked to sell these as a separate lot,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and I would be inclined to go for
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- £200-300...- Yes.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05..With a reserve of £200 on those.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10And they're going to sell well, I'm sure.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14These highly-valued miniature portraits allowed people
0:27:14 > 0:27:17to keep images of loved ones on them at all times,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and they were popular right up until the late 19th century,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23with the invention of photography.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Now over to James, who's found a box.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Let me take you back to the 19th century, when this was made.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Imagine you were a middle-class gentleman
0:27:33 > 0:27:36in the 1860s, 1870s,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39no television, no electricity.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44This is the sort of thing that would have been the video player
0:27:44 > 0:27:45or CD player of its day.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49And it is a wonderful quality musical box,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52made in Switzerland around 1860, 1870.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Is it something that's been in the family a long time?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Well, I've had it for about...
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Getting on for 30 years.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- It was left to me from an uncle.- OK.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04He was a very Victorian-type person.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- He actually collected musical boxes like this...- Ah, did he?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09..Polythons, grandfather clocks.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11In fact, he was so Victorian,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13he wouldn't have an electric clock in the house!
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Really?!
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- He used to call them "slaves". - Oh, really?!
0:28:17 > 0:28:22So those were banned from the house. When he died, he left me two articles. This is one of them.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Is this something you've played and enjoyed?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27No, not really. It's just stuck away in an attic.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30If you look just in there,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32you see there's a section of the steel comb
0:28:32 > 0:28:34with those little teeth missing?
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Yeah, at the top.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37And, at some point, that's been damaged,
0:28:37 > 0:28:39and that's not a cheap thing to put right.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41It can be done, though.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44So, whenever we're looking at one of these musical boxes,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47the first thing is the more airs - or the more tunes - it plays,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49the better.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51So, here we have the list of airs,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53and we can see that this plays eight.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Sometimes you get 12 or more.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57So, it's not bad,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59but it's not the very best.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01This top is veneered in rosewood.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04The crossbranding is in kingwood,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and then we have little boxwood stringing
0:29:06 > 0:29:09flanking either side of the kingwood,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12and that's what we call a "musical trophy".
0:29:12 > 0:29:16And that would have been vibrant when it was new.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18It would have been bright colours.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It would have been greens and reds, and browns as well.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Because the front isn't looked at quite so much as the top,
0:29:25 > 0:29:26they've kept the rosewood,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29but they've transfer printed instead of inlaid,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32made it a bit cheaper. So, why do you want to sell it?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Basically, because it's just stored away.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38I'm a bit afraid that it will deteriorate over the years,
0:29:38 > 0:29:40and I would rather let it go to somebody
0:29:40 > 0:29:44that's actually going to appreciate it or even do it up.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45When it comes to value,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47I would say an auction estimate of...
0:29:48 > 0:29:52..250-£350...
0:29:52 > 0:29:53and a reserve of 200.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58- How does that strike you? - I'd be happy with that, yes.- Yeah?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Should have done this before I valued it, really!
0:30:02 > 0:30:04MUSICAL BOX PLAYS
0:30:06 > 0:30:08That's not bad.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12As long as it strikes the right tone at the auction, I think we'll do well.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13# I can hear music... #
0:30:14 > 0:30:19And now, Husnain has come along with a very British past time.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21You are far too young to have collected these.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Yep, definitely.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I found these when I moved house.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29And are you interested in this collection, or not?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Umm... not really, cos I don't know much about trains,
0:30:32 > 0:30:35and I don't really know to put them all together as well.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39When you say you found them in a house, what does that mean?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- We decided to buy a new house.- OK.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44And we were cleaning out the attic and everything,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46and we found a train set.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I asked the owner if he wanted it, if it belonged to him.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52He said it didn't belong to him, probably the person that had it before.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Exactly.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- And he goes, "You can keep it".- Yep.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Just left it in the garage, and it's just been gathering dust.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Right. It's not really a set.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04But we'll think of it in terms of being a group or a collection,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06really, of individual items,
0:31:06 > 0:31:09all of which were made by Meccano,
0:31:09 > 0:31:11using the brand name
0:31:11 > 0:31:14which everyone will be familiar with, I'm sure - "Hornby".
0:31:14 > 0:31:16The doyenne of British toymakers...
0:31:16 > 0:31:17Right, OK.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21..Really through the 20s and 30s, and up until the 1950s.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24This group would have been manufactured, probably,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27just before - or just after - the Second World War.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31We're looking at something which is 60, 70 years old.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33It's good to have two locomotives.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- They're always worth more than the... - The carriages.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38..The carriages, exactly.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41This locomotive has a tender with it as well.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43It's good to have the buffers,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46and it's rather nice to have the signal here.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49But the item I like most, I think, really, is the carriage here,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52which is working in the sense that it tilts
0:31:52 > 0:31:54either way like that,
0:31:54 > 0:31:55and it has, best of all,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58the name "McAlpine" printed along the side.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02It's going to appeal to people who are interested in advertising items,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05as well as people who are interested in, you know,
0:32:05 > 0:32:06locomotives and rolling stock.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Have you any idea what it might be worth?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Umm... I was thinking about...
0:32:12 > 0:32:14..50-100 or something.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I think it's worth a bit more than that, really.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20I think we're going to get the best part of 100,
0:32:20 > 0:32:21maybe even £150 for this.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Yeah, yeah.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Well, they can only make a profit.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Finally, James has been lured by some glittering rocks.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Well, Enid, they say that the diamonds are a girl's best friend,
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- don't they?- They do!
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- Are you coming to sell your best friends?- 'Fraid so, yes.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42What's the history behind this?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45It was my aunt's, my mother's sister's.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48It wasn't her original engagement ring.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50They did get robbed,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52and her husband bought her that to replace
0:32:52 > 0:32:53her original engagement ring.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- Ah, OK. I bet it was nicer than the original!- Yes.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00There's not many first newlyweds can afford a ring like that!
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I've always loved it. I think it's a beautiful ring,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05but I've perhaps worn it once.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07I'm always frightened of losing it,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11so I've always kept it in a safe place, really.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13It's a lovely ring.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Whenever we're looking at a diamond ring,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18you look for the clarity of the stone,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22the colour of the stone, and the size of the stone.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25And those three things combine to make the value.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27The colour is good.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28It's nice and white.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It needs a bit of a clean, but not too bad.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33A little bit of washing-up fluid,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35and a very soft toothbrush would do that.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Gently, gently, gently.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40- You see the little teeth there?- That's right, yes.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Some of them are right over the diamond,
0:33:42 > 0:33:45others are just wearing a little bit thin.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48And sometimes you see a ring that's just held in by the grime,
0:33:48 > 0:33:52and the teeth over the diamond have actually worn away completely.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Now, that one, look,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56all the claws are really nice and proud,
0:33:56 > 0:33:58and hold it in place,
0:33:58 > 0:33:59but here,
0:33:59 > 0:34:02only just touching the edge of the diamond.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05So, that's been worn away quite a lot. But, my goodness!
0:34:05 > 0:34:10I've got fingers like big, fat pork sausages and it even fits me!
0:34:10 > 0:34:13That's one heck of a size.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Yes, she was a big lady when she was younger.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Now, there's a very basic... Now, where is it?
0:34:18 > 0:34:24Somewhere here in one of my pockets is that. A very basic gauge.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27You hold that over the stone.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30It tells you that stone is over half a carat
0:34:30 > 0:34:33but less than three quarters of a carat.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37So, the two of them are about 1.25 carats.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Age wise, 1930s.
0:34:40 > 0:34:46And a ring like that with good-sized diamonds, fashionable, made in platinum,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48£600-£1000.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Are you happy with that?
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Well, I'm really reluctant to see it go but I've decided. So, yes.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59I wouldn't be 100% happy to see that sell at 600, I have to say.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- Why don't we up it a bit? Let's stick 800 on it.- Right.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10- A firm reserve, no discretion because when it's gone, it's gone. You know?- Yes.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14So, 800 reserve, 800-1,000 estimate so if it doesn't make 800 you have it back.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- That's fine.- Brilliant!
0:35:16 > 0:35:22So, it's off to auction we go and here's a quick rundown of what we're taking with us.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28David split Aideen's miniatures into two lots
0:35:28 > 0:35:32valuing the military men at £200-£300
0:35:32 > 0:35:36and the unknown beauty at £400-£600.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43James has put an estimate of £250-£350 on Alan's music box.
0:35:43 > 0:35:50Husnain's train set was valued at £100-£150 and finally,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Enid's double diamond ring attracted an estimate
0:35:53 > 0:35:57of £800-£1000 from James.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Let's find out what auctioneer Nick Hall thinks of Enid's ring.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08This platinum diamond ring belongs to Enid. It was her aunt's.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10It's too big for her.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15She wants to sell it and we've got a valuation of £800-£1000.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18It's a nice thing and we do very well with good jewellery here.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22We're in the so-called Golden Triangle, a very wealthy area.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Our jewellery sales do exceptionally well. We have tweaked the estimate slightly.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30We haven't changed the lower figure, just expanded the upper figure.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- We've put 800 -1,200 on it. - You're expecting a bit more?
0:36:33 > 0:36:37My feeling from selling a lot of rings of this type,
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- it should just push over the thousand mark so we've reflected that in the estimate.- That's good.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Two good-sized stones as well,
0:36:44 > 0:36:48about a three quarter carat on each stone so that's what I would expect.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- Fingers crossed.- Absolutely. - We'll find out in a moment.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Whatever you're doing, don't go away. There could be one or two surprises.
0:36:56 > 0:36:5855. Any online?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00I can't bear the suspense.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Neither can Enid. It's coming up right now.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- Enid, are you getting excited? - Very.- So am I.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- It's been a long wait.- It has. - But it is now your moment.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14We're about to put the diamond ring under the hammer. Who've you got with you?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- This is Tony, my husband. - Pleased to meet you. - How do you do.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21The auctioneer agrees with your valuation and said we could get the top end
0:37:21 > 0:37:25plus a little more and that's what it's about. A bit of sparkle in the sale room!
0:37:25 > 0:37:30Lot 702, the diamond and platinum set two-stone crossover ring.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I'll start the bidding at it £800.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38800 I have. The bid is with me. 850?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Thank you. 900, 950, 1,000.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43This is exciting, it really is!
0:37:43 > 0:37:471,100. At £1,100. The bid's with me.
0:37:47 > 0:37:501,150, 1,200, 1,250.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53At 1,250. 1,300.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54At £1,300. The bid is online.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- That dazzling!- At £1,300.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Make no mistake, selling online at 1,300.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- Yes! £1,300!- That's wonderful!
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- What do you think?- Fantastic! - That is fabulous, isn't it?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09A great result. There is commission to pay.
0:38:09 > 0:38:1315 %, OK? Nevertheless, there's still a lot of money to spend.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Are you going to treat yourselves?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18A meal for the family, hopefully, yes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22The rest I will put towards my Graceland fund.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Are you an Elvis fan? I'm a big Elvis fan. You as well?- Yes.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28# I'm all shook up ...#
0:38:28 > 0:38:30And who isn't?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Husnain's turn now with his lucky find.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38We're just about to put the train set under the hammer which was inherited, basically.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Found in a house that you moved into.- Yes.- A lovely story.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- You're a student. What are you studying?- Accountancy at the University of Bradford.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- So you have a good head for figures?- Hopefully.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51What did you think about David's figures of 100 and £150? Happy?
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Yes, I'm happy with that valuation. It's a reasonable price.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57It's not bad for finding something, let's face it!
0:38:57 > 0:38:58We'd all like that.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Good luck.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06Lot 121 is a quantity of Hornby 'O' gauge clockwork railway items.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Where can we start? £100?
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Surely £100. 80? 50? Where's 50?
0:39:12 > 0:39:17At 40, bid. 45, 50, 60, 60 I have.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20At £60. And five, 70.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22At £70. I need a bit more.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Not quite there yet. I need more. At £70 only. Online has gone, OK.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31At £70, the highest we've got. I can't let it go at £70.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32All sure?
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Last chance.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36I'm afraid that's unsold, that lot, sorry.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- No! That's it! It didn't sell. - Close but not close enough though.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43It lives for another day and another saleroom.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Where are the train spotters when you want them, eh?
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Oh, well. Let's see if Alan's music box has more luck.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57We've seen these on the show before. I'm talking to Alan and it's the lovely cylindrical musical box.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59There are lots of collectors.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Mechanical music always sells well, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07- They've got a few in the sale today so fingers crossed.- Good luck.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10It's going under the hammer. What do the bidders think?
0:40:10 > 0:40:16Lot number 134 is the 19th century, Swiss eight air music box.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21A pretty one, this. I can start the commission at a low 145.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22At 145.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27- That's a bad start.- Where is more? 150, 160 now. You bidding online?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29170.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31I have 190 against you. 200.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- The bid is online, commissions are out.- 200 is just sold.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Yes, just made it.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I'm selling at £200. It's going.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- At least it sold. - No one in the room.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46That's a shame but anyway, it's gone and we've sold it for £200.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49There's commission to pay but it's a bit of spending money.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- It is.- Good job we put that reserve on, wasn't it?- It was.- Yeah.
0:40:53 > 0:41:00And that's just what they're for. A reserve protects your items from going for less than they're worth.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Now, who's this vision in pink?
0:41:03 > 0:41:09Love what you're wearing. Love the colours. Look at this! All this season's, isn't it?!
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Aideen, it's great to see you. - And you. Thank you.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17We've got the miniatures coming up now. We split them into two lots.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20The group of gentlemen going under the hammer first at £200-£400.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Then that beautiful lady, £400-£600.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26You are in the right place at the right time to be selling miniatures
0:41:26 > 0:41:28because they are in vogue right now.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31The auctioneers have done some research and it turns out
0:41:31 > 0:41:35that John Montgomery inherited his father's estate because
0:41:35 > 0:41:40his brother was disinherited because he married an Englishwoman.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45It so happens that that Englishwoman was Lady in Waiting to George II's wife.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- So, there's a lovely story there. - I'm very excited.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Let's enjoy this moment, shall we? Here it is.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- Lot 101. Online interest and commission interest.- That's great.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59I can start straight in here at £200.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Thank you, 220, 240, 260, 280.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08300, 320, 340, now.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Got 360 online. 380, 400.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- We're nearly at that top end. - 410 I have. 420 back online.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19It's online at £420. Commission's out, you're out.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Online bidder it is selling, if you're all done, at £420.
0:42:23 > 0:42:29Well done. Top end of the valuation. OK, that's the first one down.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Now the second one. We're looking at £400-£600.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Number 102. A nice little portrait miniature.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36More commission interest.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39I'll come in straight mid-estimate in at 500 with me here.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Where's the room? At 500,
0:42:41 > 0:42:4520, I'll take. 540, 560. I've got 580.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Another online at 600 now.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Yeah!- We got the top end!
0:42:48 > 0:42:52620, 640, 660.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54She is worth it!
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Online bidding at the moment at 680. 700. Still climbing.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Don't let it go.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03At £700. Last chance.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07I'm selling at £700. All done and dusted?
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- It's yours!- Wow! How about that?
0:43:09 > 0:43:11£700. I knew we'd have a surprise today.
0:43:11 > 0:43:17- That's a grand total of £1,120. - I am amazed.- Yes, so am I.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19We knew there'd be a surprise! I hope you enjoyed it.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Sadly, that's the end of the show. I know you've had a wonderful day.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25- Absolutely.- I hope you enjoyed watching.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28There's always something to learn in an auction room.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Join us next time. Until then, goodbye.
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