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What are the ingredients for a spectacular evaluation day?

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Well, for a start, a wonderful historical setting like this.

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A great crowd of people. Some valued experts.

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And most importantly, a sprinkling of antique treasures.

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Put all that together and what do you get?

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ALL: Flog It!

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This is where the journey starts for our owners today -

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Stapleford Park in Leicestershire.

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We've got a great crowd of people that have turned up.

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It's just started to rain but it won't dampen our spirits.

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There are smiles on everybody's faces because they're all hoping they'll get picked

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to go through to the auction, where they could be going home with a small fortune.

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Who's it going to be? Stay tuned and you'll find out.

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And our mix of experts today is the perfect combination of the very sweet Mark Stacey...

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-Do you pour your champagne out of that?

-Sometimes!

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...and the unusually sour Elizabeth Talbot!

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No. The quality of that is not great.

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The dream valuation day for me

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has a generous dollop of antiques in all shapes and sizes

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and by the look of it, Stapleford Park isn't going to disappoint.

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Items on Flog It! come from all over the world

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and on today's show one of them fetches over £600 at auction.

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But is it the figurines flown in from Ireland?

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The doll made in Germany? Or the Scottish pottery?

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Time for you antique spotters to see if you can calculate the collectables!

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Everybody's now safely seated inside.

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We're all out of the rain and it looks like Elizabeth Talbot

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is our first expert to spot something.

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Let's take a closer look at what she's found.

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You've struggled out of the house with this wonderful large chair.

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-The intention, presumably, is that you wish to sell it.

-I do, yes.

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-Why?

-It was in the kitchen but we bought a larger dining table,

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so it looks a bit squashed in there. So I think it can go.

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So was this your after dinner reclining chair?

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-Yes. It's very pretty, isn't it?

-It's a lovely chair. Is it a family heirloom?

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No, it's not. I found it in an old barn in a very sorry state and I thought I'd rescue it.

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So I had it reupholstered.

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But with the new dining table and chairs, it's just a bit too big.

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-So time to move it on.

-Time to move it on I think.

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-Having found it in a barn, it didn't cost you a great deal?

-No.

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-But you've spent a little bit restoring it?

-Yes.

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This is quite a complicated shape to have reupholstered and so on.

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But I think your choice of fabric is good

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because you've not stamped your personal taste on it overly.

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What you've done is let the chair shape speak for itself.

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I think it's a good choice and it wears well, so that's nice.

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The chair itself is Victorian. A Victorian lady would have sat in this.

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It dates from the early part of Victoria's reign.

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Often, there would be two chairs, one slightly bigger than the other,

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and they were called ladies and gentleman's chairs.

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It's a typical spoon back.

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This wonderful curved spoon with deep buttoning which has been well reproduced.

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Then these lovely scrolls which were popular in the period,

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right down to these wonderful sinewy legs and this is all done in walnut.

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Is it? I was wondering about the wood.

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Do you think the casters are original?

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I think they probably are the original casters.

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So you have the component elements of a chair

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that just needed some TLC to the wood and to the upholstery.

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-Do you bring it with any expectation of value?

-No. No idea.

-No?

-Not a clue.

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Chairs are one of the first things to bounce back

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after the lower value price is achieved at auction for furniture.

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The prettier the chair, or the more evocative of an era the chair stylistically, the better.

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To be fair to you, I think the current market value

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for a chair such as this is round about £120 to £180.

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That's wonderful. That's good.

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Go back 10 years, they were making at least double that.

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So we have in real terms come back quite a way but they are picking up.

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The market is still moving, so it may yet be towards the top end of that rather than the bottom.

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£120 to £180 is a realistic estimate.

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£120 reserve if you'd like a reserve. Would you like a reserve?

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What do you think? £100 reserve.

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£100 reserve. That's fine. We'll put £100 reserve on it and see it fly.

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-Let's hope so.

-And all your hard work will have paid off.

-Thank you.

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-There was nothing else in the barn, was there?

-No!

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Pamela's chair may not be high value

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but there's a big market for some antique chairs.

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This set of George III mahogany dining chairs

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sold at Sotheby's in 2011 for a shocking £67,250!

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And the price of a Chippendale can rocket sky high.

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This arm chair is worth around £30,000!

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Now that is what you call costly cushioning.

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Now over on Mark's table, where Sue's brought in a sweet little pot.

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Sue, how lovely to meet you.

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-And you.

-You've brought a pot. Do you like it?

-Yes, I do.

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-Why are you thinking of selling it?

-It just sits in the cupboard.

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And you've brought it in today to have it looked at and hopefully to sell it?

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Yes. I've had it for over 20 years.

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-Did you buy it or was it inherited?

-No. It was left in the house.

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When we bought the house, this was one of the things that was in the cupboard with a load more pots.

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-That's where it came from.

-What a lucky find.

-We did get the dry rot as well!

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-In that case, not so good luck! What do you think it was used for?

-Honey?

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I thought I was going to trip you up there. I thought you were going to say jam.

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It's honey, because we've got the bee hive and the bees painted on there.

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But the nice thing about this is that it's made by a specific factory in Scotland called Wemyss.

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It's got the mark underneath.

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We've got 'Wemyss' and then 'T. Goode and Son', which is Thomas Goode and they were their London retailers.

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This is a very collectable type of pottery.

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It's quite fragile. It's got a high glaze on it.

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It's very prone to chipping and crazing and this one has been crazed quite a bit

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and there's the odd chip on it as well, which is a bit disappointing.

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But it does happen, I'm afraid.

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The late Queen Mother was a huge collector of Wemyss.

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She had a very big collection. I like it very much.

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-What do we think it's worth?

-You tell me.

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I think we're looking around the £100. What do you think of that?

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-I had looked on the internet.

-What did it say on the internet?

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£50 to £60, but they weren't honey ones, they were jam ones.

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OK. Well, the t'internet is quite good for most things.

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I think £50 to £60 is quite reasonable actually.

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Of course, you don't know the condition of them.

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I think a honey one is slightly more unusual.

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Although, they are well known for producing things with bees and honey pots on them.

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It has got a little bit of crazing. I have to take that into consideration.

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I would be happy putting £80 to £120 on it.

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-I do think it tells people it's there to be sold, if you're agreeable to that?

-Yes, I am.

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Wonderful. Let's hope lots of people buzz in to the auction and want to buy it!

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-That would be good.

-I'll see you on the day. Thanks, Sue.

-Thank you.

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Well, I think that pot is pure nectar,

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but we'll have to wait and see what the bidders think!

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One of the researchers told me there's a great big antique

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outside that I might be interested in.

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And here it is. It belongs to John.

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-Hello, John.

-Hello.

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Thank you for bringing this in. Surely it's not for sale?

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-Absolutely not.

-This has been in your family a long time?

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-It has, since it was two years old.

-Wow.

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My grandfather bought it, and I travelled in it since I was a baby.

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It's an Austin.

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-It is, Austin 10/4.

-So this dates to what?

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-It was first registered on December 25th 1933.

-Gosh.

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Was it ever your father's?

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No, it came straight to me really.

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Does it drive well?

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Beautifully. I've been to Cornwall and Devon this year in it.

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-What does it go to the gallon?

-30mpg.

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-That's not bad.

-Not too bad.

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Bet it took a long time to get to Cornwall!

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Not really, it cruises at 40-50mph.

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I love the colour blue as well. A sort of Oxford blue.

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What are these worth on the open market?

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I would say around £5,000, probably.

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One day somebody is going come along to a valuation day,

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with something like this,

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and they are going to say, "Paul, I want to sell it."

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And if you're that person or you know somebody,

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tell them to bring it along to one of our valuation days,

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because we would love to sell something like this.

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Thank you so much. Motoring history.

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Hello, Jill.

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Hello, Elizabeth.

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Tell me what you've brought to Flog It! today.

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I've bought this really lovely book of miniatures.

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What can you tell me about your lovely book of miniatures?

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I think I bought several books at the same time.

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-So it was a mixed lot.

-Yes.

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Came in with something else. Goodness.

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Why did you buy it?

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I think it speaks for itself. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful book.

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I think this is marvellous.

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I think it's a super book, and I can see why you're so fond of it.

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It's a limited edition book, privately printed.

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This is number 61 of 100.

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It's a sumptuous volume which would have been very expensive originally.

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It comes in its own presentation box, which is looking a bit tatty,

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but these boxes were intended to keep the precious book really well,

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and it's done its job. It is lovely.

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It comes in this gilt-tooled vellum cover,

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and it was printed in 1913.

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-If we open it up, even that is just lovely.

-It's beautiful, isn't it?

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Very Art Nouveau in its influence in terms of decoration,

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but, there are 98 miniatures illustrated here,

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some in colour, and most of them are photographs in black and white.

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Interestingly, the colour ones are at the front, limited number,

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and they're of royalty.

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So, at the front here we've got the signature by Charles Turrell

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and the fact that it's number 61, from 100.

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Now, Charles Turrell is considered to be one of the finest miniaturists

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that the late Victorian and Edwardian period saw.

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And I just want to show some of these pages.

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At the start here, we have Queen Alexandra.

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She had her coloured one in a gilt frame, there.

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Originally exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1884.

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It's full of lovely information there about the painting.

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I like this one. The children of Lord and Lady Warburton.

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I think that's a lovely family portrait.

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And then the other one that I quite like, a childlike one,

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but quite appealing, Percy, son of Mr and Mrs Percy Rivington.

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It's lovely. With his cat. So, Jill, why are you selling?

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I just need the room, to be honest.

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It seems stupid, but I do need the room.

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Really, I've got so many books that I haven't got out.

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-So, to sell one big book makes way for a few more smaller books.

-Yes.

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Now, tell me. Have you any idea what the value might be?

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I haven't any idea, really.

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There was one sold at auction relatively recently.

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And that one made £150.

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So, that helps me to give a fairly current prediction

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that I think, to be fair to you,

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the pre-auction guide price for your one should be

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in the region of £120-£150. So are you happy to sell it at that level

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if we put a reserve on it for you?

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Yes, I should hope so.

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If we put a £120 reserve on it,

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the auctioneer will catalogue it, all the details will be there,

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and we will see what competition comes on the auction day.

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And fingers crossed, we'll have lots to celebrate.

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Thank you very much.

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It's certainly very busy here.

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We have been working flat-out,

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and we have now found three items to take off to auction.

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They are real gems and you've probably got your favourites.

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Let's put those valuations to the test.

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While we make our way over there, here's a quick recap

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to jog your memory of everything that's going under the hammer.

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Pamela's chair may have been discarded in a barn

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but, with the tender loving care she's given it,

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I'm confident it will fetch Elizabeth's estimate.

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Mark's fallen for this lovely little Wemyss pot.

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It hails from Fife in Scotland,

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but what will it reach in Leicestershire?

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And Elizabeth hopes the fact it's a limited edition

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should mean this book of miniatures won't go for a miniature price.

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We'll have to wait and see if she's right.

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The sale is being held at Gilding's Auctioneers in Market Harborough.

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On the sale preview day, I gave auctioneer John a visit

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and he couldn't stop raving about one of our lots that he'd spotted.

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This is exceptionally good. The quality's superb.

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Book of miniatures.

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It belongs to Jill. It's a limited edition. A series of 61 out of 100.

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And we're only looking at £120-£150. Come and buy me.

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Well, yes, I was going to say, would you like to not have

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the excitement of the auction, and I'll have it from you at 110!

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No, it doesn't work like that!

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That's a very come-and-get-me.

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-That's the sort of estimate we love.

-Yes.

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Hopefully, we'll do it justice by working on it, and doubling the estimate?

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I think so. It's fabulous quality, and it deserves that,

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and as you know, quality always sells.

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Yes, it does.

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There is quite a big following on the miniatures.

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I know they're probably prints inside

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They're representative of what's out there, in the flesh.

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And I think that should do extremely well. And limited edition. Only 100.

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-And how many are surviving? We don't know.

-Exactly.

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Looking at the condition of the actual book,

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I doubt that it's, really, hardly been out.

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And that's probably why there's lots of foxing on it,

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because it's been shut in that case

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and stuffed in the attic somewhere, where no air has got to it.

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-Right, but look forward to having that one.

-Great. Great.

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Well, John's certainly confident - but only the gavel will tell

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if he's right to predict double the estimate.

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That would mean a good profit, but you always have to take commission into account

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when buying or selling at auction.

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Rates vary, but here at Gilding's,

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sellers are charged 16% plus VAT, as well as a small lotting fee.

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The saleroom is filling up.

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Our vendors are waiting nervously, so what are we waiting for?

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Are you sitting comfortably?

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Well, you could be, if you had this next lot.

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It's a gorgeous Victorian walnut lady's chair with original castors.

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It belongs to Pamela. And we're hoping for round about £150 plus.

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A little bit more, even. It's quality.

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-Now, you found this in a barn.

-I did.

-Not in this state, though.

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No, I felt sorry for it.

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-Chickens living in it?

-Yes!

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I rang a friend and it was reupholstered after two or three weeks.

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And it's lived in my kitchen for five years.

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-And, you've used it every day?

-Every day.

-Great value for money.

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You can't go wrong with Victorian furniture,

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because you don't have to be precious about it.

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It's built to do a good job

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but this chair, particularly, is a classic up-cycled Victorian chair.

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-Very nice.

-Very pretty chair.

-I like the chair.

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And it's made of walnut, one of the most desirable and collectable woods.

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Let's find out if the connoisseurs are here, right now.

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It's going under the hammer.

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The armchair.

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Ooooh! It's going now.

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THEY LAUGH

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110, I'm bid, 110.

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110 I'm bid, 110, 120, 130, where's 130?

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You're out in the room. At £130, I shall sell, and it'll be all done.

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-All out on the day.

-We're happy with £130. That's good. That's good.

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You're happy, aren't you?

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I am, very. Yes, definitely. Thank you very much.

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You had the enjoyment out of that. Hopefully, someone will use that

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and get another 10 or 15 years out of it.

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You can't go wrong when you invest in good quality,

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mid-priced antique furniture.

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Start shopping in the antique shops and auction rooms.

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Great start! What a brilliant find!

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Now I love the story behind this next lot.

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So, who would leave a Wemyss honeypot in the cupboard when they moved?

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I certainly wouldn't, because I love my country pottery.

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Sue, it's great to see you.

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-Now, this, you inherited with the house you bought.

-Yes.

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Do you think they got fed up with clearing and packing and thought, oh, we'll just leave that?

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What a bonus. And you've used it ever since?

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We haven't used it. It's been in the cupboard.

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Did you realise it would be worth so much?

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Not so much, but I knew it was collectable.

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It's rather nice because it's got the beehive painted on it,

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with the little bees flying around.

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There is a great market for Wemyss. We just need to find the right buyer

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and hope they pay the top end of the estimate. Good luck. Here we go.

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The Wemyss preserve pot.

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Everybody likes the Wemyss preserve pot.

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And what will you say for that? Open the bidding.

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£80 opens the bidding, with me at 80.

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Well, we've got it.

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Five, 90...

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£90, at 90, is that everybody finished?

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At £90 I'm bid. And five.

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And five, 100.

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-Great, he's got a bid on the book, as well.

-£100 I'm bid.

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All out on the net. All out in the room. Commission takes. £100.

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The hammer's gone down. You see?

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Very collectable, yes.

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For me, those little pots sum up living in the countryside in an old house.

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Proper kitchen, all the family round, everyone mucking in.

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That, to me, is brilliant.

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They look great if there is a collection of them,

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with all the different patterns. They're lovely.

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Without little fingers!

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-We're mid-estimate, we're happy with that.

-Yes, we are.

-Jolly good.

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Good work, Mark. Now our next lot is something really unusual.

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Going under the hammer right now, that superb book of miniatures.

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Limited edition, 61 out of 100.

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It belongs to Jill, and not for much longer.

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This is going to sell.

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Why are you selling this?

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Because I can't display it.

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And we've moved, and we haven't got such a big place now, so...

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It's lovely. It shouts "quality",

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and it's one of my favourite pieces in the sale.

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And it's so tactile, as well. You can just sit and look through it. It's lovely.

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And one of John's favourite pieces.

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We had a chat with him yesterday on the preview day.

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He fell in love with it, and he said it smacks quality.

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The Charles Turrell miniatures.

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A lovely book this is, limited edition, 61 of 100.

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What will we say for that? I'm bid 85 on commission.

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90, five, 100, and ten.

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120. We're out on the net. £120.

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He's got commissioned bids now, on the internet.

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On commission now, at £130, I'm bid.

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It's a lovely book, here, at 130, we're all out in the room.

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-Back on the commission bid, the Internet.

-All out on commission.

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-Selling at £130. All finished.

-That's a good result.

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-The hammer's gone down. Are you happy with that?

-Very.

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That was worth a trip, wasn't it?

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to Stapleford Park, and the auction room, today.

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Thank you so much, because it gave us so much to talk about. Quality.

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Well, it might not have doubled the estimate,

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but that's still a great price.

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Now, during my time in Leicestershire,

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I travelled to a place just 15 miles away,

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but it feels like another world entirely. Take a look at this.

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I'm here on the streets of Leicester,

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which is a wonderfully busy and diverse city.

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Now, there's around 240 faith groups

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that run across 14 different religions here,

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and one of them is the ancient Indian religion of Jainism.

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It's estimated there's around 12 million Jains worldwide.

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And, throughout the 1970s, many of them left India

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to come and settle here, in the UK.

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It's estimated there are around 1,000 Jains here in Leicester.

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So, why am I talking about Jains?

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Well, because the only Jain centre in the world is right here.

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And what a building it is!

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You'd never guess, but it was originally a Congregational chapel.

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This striking marble front is typical of traditional Jain style

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and imported from India, where there are over 10,000 Jain monuments and temples.

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CHANTING

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Inside the centre, original church features blend beautifully

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with traditional Indian design.

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The organ was removed, the altar has been lowered

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and the balcony was taken out to create this upper hall.

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The old church ceiling has been preserved

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and the windows are still stained glass, in keeping

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with what was here before - but adapted to show images from Jainism.

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The centre opened in 1988,

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and its aim was to be internationally recognised

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as a hub, for Jain heritage and religion to be shared.

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It's also a place of worship, study and meeting.

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It's also the first place in the Western world

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to have consecrated images, which means senior monks in India

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have performed a ceremony of consecration over the figures,

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allowing them to be worshipped.

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This makes this centre a unique draw for Jains far and wide.

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I want to find out more about the religion itself.

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Smita Shah is the centre's President.

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Tell me a little bit about the fundamentals of Jainism.

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Jainism is an ancient religion,

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and the word "Jain" is derived from Jinnah. Jinnah means

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to have victory over oneself, and to conquer one's desires and passions.

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For example, ego, greed, and so on and so forth.

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And so, Jainism's cardinal principle is non-violence, ahimsa,

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and it's ahimsa in a very subtle form.

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So, it's about interdependence of nature and human life.

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And you're vegetarian?

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Most Jains practice vegetarianism.

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Also, it is very subtle, in the sense that,

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even when I am coming from home to pray here,

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we enter the temple and we say "Nishihi" three times.

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What does that mean?

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It means that, in my journey, if I've harmed anybody

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inadvertently, from the tiniest form of insect, I ask their forgiveness.

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Do Jains worship gods?

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It's a very interesting point, Paul, because Jains worship Tirthankaras.

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Tirthankaras are the ones we revere, and we equate them to God.

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They are the ones who show us, and they are divine,

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spiritual creatures, who show us the path to Nirvana.

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This is the only place in the world that brings together

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the two main sects under one roof -

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the Swetamber sect and the Digamber sect.

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There are actually five individual temples within the centre,

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one for each sub-sect.

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INDIAN MUSIC

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Although Jain art and architecture is breathtakingly beautiful,

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Jains firmly believe their temples are,

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first and foremost, religious buildings,

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and any artistic qualities are subsidiary

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to their spiritual requirements.

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Having said that, you can't ignore this, can you, once you're inside?

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My word! It's spectacular.

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This is as elaborate as you'll find a temple in India,

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with its shimmering glass, tiles everywhere, lots of colour.

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It's a kaleidoscope of colour, and these lovely,

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big, heavy marble shrines with figures dotted around.

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It's incredible.

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But the most striking part of the centre

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has to be the wonderful carvings in the Swetamber temple at the building's heart.

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At first glance, these pillars look like they're made of wood,

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but they're not, they're made from yellow limestone.

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And it took 250,000 man hours

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to carve these 44 columns

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and assemble them all together.

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They were then transported here to the UK, in small sections.

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It then took ten artisans one year,

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to jigsaw the whole thing back together.

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And the carving here, this intricate carving,

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that depicts mythological figures from Indian culture.

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But let me just show you the ceiling above here,

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because it took six craftsmen six months to carve

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this one, circular section of this wonderful repetitive form.

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All this has been done by hand, with mallets and gougers,

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gently, into wood.

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Up there, there's figures of deities,

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and they protect the temple.

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Everything around us, that's inner consciousness.

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The atmosphere here is really calm and peaceful. It's so relaxing.

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Yet, on the other hand, the centre is a vibrant place of worship.

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Not just for the people of Leicester,

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but for everyone from all over the United Kingdom and worldwide.

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It's now a place of pilgrimage, and it's been a real privilege

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for me to come here and admire the outstanding craftsmanship.

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But, also, to gain a little insight into this ancient Indian religion.

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We're back at Stapleford Park just outside Melton Mowbray.

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Our valuation day is in full swing and our experts are raring to go.

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But hang on a minute, where's Mark?

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I thought I'd sneak you away and bring you into the Orangery,

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-because it's such a pretty setting, isn't it?

-Yes.

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You've brought these candlesticks. Can you tell us a little about them?

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I inherited them from my father.

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And I think it was my aunt that won them at the gymkhana.

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-At the Gymkhana?

-Yes, in 1922.

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So, they're quite old, aren't they?

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-Pushing on for 100 years old, here.

-Yes.

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I mean, that's really what I find quite interesting about them.

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The actual candlesticks themselves are quite a regular piece we see.

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I tend to refer to these as dwarf candlesticks,

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-because they're tiny little ones.

-Yes.

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But, the nice inscription here is Long Clawson Gymkhana, 1922.

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"Bending, first prize goes to Merrylegs."

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Which I thought was rather charming.

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Now, could that be related to your aunt?

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Yes, because whole family, my father and my grandfather, they bred horses.

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Oh, right.

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He was also a doctor.

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-They won first prize at this gymkhana.

-Yes, yes.

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Long Clawson is nearby, is it?

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It is, it's about six miles outside of Melton.

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-Oh, wonderful. There's local interest.

-Yes, yes.

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I mean, sometimes it's difficult to predict with these things

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because inscriptions can devalue a piece, as much as increase value.

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These particular candlesticks are what we call filled,

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so, when you pick them up, it isn't the total weight of the silver.

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Oh, I see, yes.

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They've been filled at the base with a material,

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to give them extra weight, so they sit firmly on the table.

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So, the actual silver is like a sheet of silver that's gone on them.

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I didn't know it was silver plate, or...

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No, they are silver, they're hallmarked.

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And they're rather charming. They need a jolly good clean.

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They've been in a cupboard, have they?

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No, I just found them in a box, up in the boxroom last night.

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-You haven't seen them for a long time?

-No.

-Gosh.

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I thought, I'll bring them along -

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I obviously don't want them if I haven't been using them.

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Exactly, you don't need them on your dining room table.

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I think, if we were putting them into auction,

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we'd be looking at something like £60-£80, for the pair, something like that.

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-I didn't think they'd be that much.

-That's a surprise, is it?

-Yes.

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-Well, I'm going to have first prize today, for surprising you.

-Oh, good!

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I think they're great.

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Hopefully, someone locally will want to buy them for a piece of history.

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Do they still have a gymkhana?

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I don't think so. They did until a few years ago,

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but it seems to have gone out of fashion, to what they used to be.

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What I would do is mention this in the cataloguing, to the auctioneer,

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because that could, hopefully, add a little bit to the value.

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And encourage a few extra bids. And we better talk about a reserve.

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I suppose if we put a reserve of around £50 mark.

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-Because you don't want to give them away.

-No.

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And, hopefully, we'll get a bit more.

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Well there you go Ann, you got that straight from the horse's mouth!

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Back in the Grand Hall, Elizabeth's spied a doll.

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But this one's more suited to traders than toddlers.

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Thank you for coming in, Helen. You brought a little friend. Does she have a name?

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No, I actually never got to play with her that much as a child,

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so she didn't get named.

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Oh, dear. What can you tell me about her history?

0:29:420:29:47

When I was a young girl,

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my mum used to help out an old lady called Mrs Hawkins

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who lived up the road, and would get her shopping for her,

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and then, when she passed away, she left a few items to my mum and left her childhood doll to me.

0:29:570:30:02

Oh, how lovely.

0:30:020:30:05

Do you remember Mrs Hawkins?

0:30:050:30:06

-Quite vividly, actually.

-Quite fondly.

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A Dickensian old lady sat in her front room,

0:30:090:30:11

because she didn't get out very much.

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-So, do you remember the doll in her house?

-Yes, I do.

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That's rather nice.

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So you went out to play with her. Where's she been all this time?

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Firstly, my mum, sensibly, decided to put her away

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rather than her being played with or have her hair cut, etc.

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Then when my Mum passed away, we found her again.

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She was brought back into the light again.

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-Do you like her? Some people don't like dolls.

-I do like her.

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There's something slightly scary about the fixed face.

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She's pretty.

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Dolls have a variety of characters

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and a lot of the value is in how amenable the face is.

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That can add pounds or take pounds off the value of her.

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She's got a bisque porcelain head,

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which is typical of dolls made from the late 19th/20th century.

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She's 100 years old or there about.

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That would make sense.

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Her hair is adhered to the back of her neck in a way

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that I can't read the factory marks clearly.

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I would suggest that she is of German origin.

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She has a fabric body that goes down to the shoes

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which have deteriorated.

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For a collector, she's in lovely condition, although she looks tired,

0:31:220:31:25

she looks what she's meant to do, having lived for 100 years.

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Her hair or her wig is made of mohair.

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She's got these lovely hand painted cheeks and a rosebud mouth.

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Really pretty with teeth at the top.

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Little features like that are very important.

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So often... you say you didn't cut her fringe or anything,

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but at least the teeth haven't been pushed in.

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Some children push the teeth in.

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It spoils the aesthetic quality but also the value of the doll.

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You're considering selling her

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because she'd just go back in a box or cupboard?

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Exactly and it does seem a shame.

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She's probably spent the last 40 years in a box

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and perhaps somebody could be enjoying her.

0:32:020:32:04

OK, in that case, looking to sell her,

0:32:040:32:08

I would be surprised if she made much more than £100-£120

0:32:080:32:12

as the markets stands at the moment.

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I would propose that you put an estimate of £70-£100 on her.

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With a reserve of 70, which you can have fixed if you wish.

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I would advocate, from the auctioneer, a bit of discretion.

0:32:230:32:26

I think we should be very happy on the day.

0:32:260:32:29

Thank you very much.

0:32:290:32:30

Thank you for coming in. That's lovely.

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Now this doll might not be to everyone's tastes

0:32:330:32:36

but it's unlikely to put off collectors,

0:32:360:32:38

as antique dolls can fetch a pretty packet in the saleroom.

0:32:380:32:41

Bidders regularly pay up to £1,000 for a good model.

0:32:410:32:45

The most popular types to collect

0:32:450:32:47

are French makes like Jumeau or Bru.

0:32:470:32:49

Bisque 19th Century dolls regularly fly in the saleroom too.

0:32:490:32:53

In fact, back in series nine,

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we saw this one go under the hammer for a whopping £1,600!

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Now, back in the orangery, Mark's found a Flog It! fan

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who's flown in especially for the show.

0:33:040:33:07

Now that's dedication!

0:33:070:33:09

-Hello, Phylis.

-Hello, Mark.

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I'm very impressed with you.

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You've come all the way from Eire to show us your Beswick collection.

0:33:140:33:17

-I have. From County Wicklow.

-You love the show that much?

-Yes.

0:33:170:33:21

Well, I was so pleased that we managed to get you up to it.

0:33:210:33:24

You've brought this collection. Tell me about it.

0:33:240:33:27

You're obviously charmed by them.

0:33:270:33:29

I started collecting about 10 years ago,

0:33:290:33:32

all down to Flog It!

0:33:320:33:33

I thought I'd love to come on the show

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and here I am today with my collection.

0:33:370:33:40

-You obviously love them.

-Some of them.

0:33:400:33:42

I wouldn't be into pigs or cats.

0:33:420:33:44

Why on earth have you built up the collection? I have to ask.

0:33:440:33:48

It was affordable and I had great pleasure collecting them.

0:33:480:33:53

-Did you let that collectors bug bite you?

-Yes.

0:33:530:33:56

-And you went mad?

-Yes.

0:33:560:33:57

-Every time you saw one you thought you had to have it?

-Yes.

0:33:570:34:00

Like all these new collecting areas,

0:34:000:34:02

Beswick figures are a bit of a rollercoaster.

0:34:020:34:05

I remember when the first Duchess, which we have here,

0:34:050:34:08

the black one with the pie, with a bouquet of flowers, was found,

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and it made something like £2,000 or something.

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Then of course as soon as you find one,

0:34:150:34:17

others come out of the woodwork and the prices drop.

0:34:170:34:21

I must admit, I'm never up to speed completely

0:34:210:34:23

with which figure is worth which amount.

0:34:230:34:26

We've had a scurry through the collection,

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and there is one or two good ones, like the Duchess with the pie.

0:34:280:34:34

This piggy here has a different shade of blue that's in the book

0:34:340:34:40

which might turn out to be a different colour variation,

0:34:400:34:43

which might add value as well.

0:34:430:34:47

I'm a bit reluctant to sell them as a group

0:34:470:34:49

and what I was going to suggest to you,

0:34:490:34:51

is maybe separating them into two lots for the collection.

0:34:510:34:54

This little group that I'm moving now,

0:34:540:34:57

are the slightly more regular ones,

0:34:570:34:59

the ones you come across a little bit more regularly.

0:34:590:35:03

Those six figures there are the slightly rarer ones.

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In terms of value, this little group here, around £150-£200 mark,

0:35:070:35:14

and that little figure group there, around 350 to 450.

0:35:140:35:18

We'll put a reserve on them at the low end of the estimate and fixed.

0:35:180:35:23

We won't sell them below that figure.

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I think they should do quite well.

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-Would you be happy to split them like that?

-Yes.

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I have two ask though, you've been collecting them

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and you've loved collecting them.

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What made you now want to change? Have you gone on to something else?

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-No.

-Or have you got so many, you can't house them any more?

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No, that's my collection and I'm happy to sell them now.

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I've had my pleasure.

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-Had your pleasure, time for someone else to enjoy them.

-Yes.

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That's great.

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Thanks for bringing them and making that journey from Ireland.

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-I hope you can make it to the auction as well.

-I hope I can.

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Wonderful to see you again

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and hopefully it'll be the little piggies who run all the way home.

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I've had a lovely day today, anyway.

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-It's been lovely to meet you, Phylis.

-And you too.

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That's our last valuation of the day

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and with such interesting items,

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it's no surprise everyone's in good spirits!

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We've now found our final three items,

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so it's time to head off to the auction for the last time

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and say a fond farewell to our magnificent host location,

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Stapleford Park.

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And here's a reminder of our fabulous items going to auction.

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Ann's candlesticks may not be solid silver

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but Mark's hoping they'll fetch a solid price in the saleroom.

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By today's standards,

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Helen's doll might be more frightening than fun,

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but it should attract doll collectors

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with this playful estimate.

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And Mark's decided to split Phylis' figurine collection into two.

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We'll have to wait and see if that boosts Phylis's profits

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when they hit the auction house.

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We're back at Gildings Auctioneers in Leicestershire.

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Auctioneer, John, has been doing a sterling job

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of seeing our lots away.

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Don't forget the sellers' commission here is 16% plus VAT.

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Next under the hammer, we've got a pair of silver candlesticks

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dating from 1922, belonging to Anne.

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When I first saw this, I thought, gosh,

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a pair of silver candlesticks, with a value of £60-£80.

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That's not a lot of money, is it?

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I was thinking of something that size.

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These are a bit of fun, aren't they? They're tiny.

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And the inscription is fabulous. Why are you selling them?

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Because they were upstairs in the box and I just found them

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and thought I would bring them along and see.

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They're nice being a little dwarf pair.

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I think there's local interest with the gymkhana.

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It's a sensible estimate.

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-I just hope somebody finds them as appealing as I do.

-Good luck.

0:38:000:38:04

They're fun, let's find out what the bidders think.

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Under the hammer right now.

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Little dwarf candlesticks, Long Clawson Gymkhana.

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There you go.

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-What would you say about that? £60. £35 bid.

-Oh, come on.

-40...

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We're going in the right direction. We do need a bit more.

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-45, all done at 45?

-Yes, come on.

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I'm getting excited.

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-I thought someone was putting their hand up.

-£50 I am bid.

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I thought there would be more. At £50, I have to sell.

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Are you all done at £50? All done.

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You placed a fixed reserve of £50, so we just scraped in with it.

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Spot on that lower end of the estimate.

0:38:470:38:49

-Well done, thank you for bringing them in.

-Thank you very much.

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Mark was on the money.

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Let's see how Elizabeth fares with her next item.

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Next up, the bisque faced doll and we're looking at £70-£100

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and it belongs to Helen.

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You can remember this as a little girl

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because it was given to your mother by a next door neighbour.

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-How old were you?

-I was about six.

-So there's memories here for you?

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-Absolutely.

-Where has this been for the rest of your life? In a box?

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Hidden from me by my mother so I didn't play with it.

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Hence why she's stood in one piece.

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Why have you decided to sell now?

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A combination of things.

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It's sitting in a box and nobody is appreciating it

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and I'm going on a trip soon with my friend who's got a Lot here later.

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That's quite exciting, isn't it?

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Put your money together and blow it on a road trip somewhere.

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We've sold them before.

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I think we'll get this one away at that price.

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Under the hammer now.

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The character doll, lovely German doll again here.

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All wrapped up in her own little clothes and 45, £55 bid.

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55, 65, 70, you're out.

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-We've got 70.

-At £70 I'm bid.

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You're out at the door that way. Here at 70, all done.

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-Sold underway at £70.

-It's gone, £70.

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-You're happy with that?

-Very happy, yes.

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It was the only one in the sale,

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so it's a hard thing for people to find.

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If there had been more here, more collectors would've come

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and we'd have got a better price for it.

0:40:230:40:25

-I'm happy with that, so that's fine.

-Job done, I think, Elizabeth.

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Another happy customer!

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Now there's just time to squeeze in that Beatrix Potter collection.

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Phylis, you started collecting your Beatrix Potter figures

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when Flog It! first came out 10 years ago, didn't you?

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10 years now. Was it Flog It! that influenced you?

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In the first year, we had lots of Beatrix Potter figures,

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all of those kind of things were the rage back then.

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10 years later, here we are and you're on Flog It! now.

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A dream come true!

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Why have you decided to sell now after 10 years?

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You were in the area where my daughter lives in England

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and she's close by.

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I came over and she brought me up to Flog It! for valuation day.

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Unfortunately, she can't be with me today, she's working.

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At least you get to come and stay with her again

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and come and see her, which is nice.

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Let's hope it's worth the trip.

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I hope so, it's an interesting bunch.

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We've split them into two lots, so fingers crossed.

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This is it, Phylis, good luck.

0:41:270:41:29

-Let's hope it's worth that long journey.

-OK.

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The first of these Beswick models.

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Telephone in place.

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I start the bidding at £140.

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On commission at 140. £140 I am bid.

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140. 140, me and you on the telephone. 150, on the telephone.

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160 on commission.

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It's on the net at 160. 170 on the telephone.

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180 on the net? 190 on the phone.

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The Internet is quite slow. It does slow the auction

0:42:000:42:03

because people take time to bid online and think about it.

0:42:030:42:06

He's monitoring the screen

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and there's a battle going on with the phone.

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All out in the room, all out on the net.

0:42:100:42:14

The telephone wins at £220.

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Sold.

0:42:160:42:18

Well done, just shy of that £300, but £220 isn't bad.

0:42:180:42:22

It's above the low estimate which is good.

0:42:220:42:24

Very good start.

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One more lot to go now.

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Beswick models, six in this lot. A lot of interest here.

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£200 opening the bidding.

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£200 I am bid, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260,

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270, 280, 290, 300...

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This is good. This is what we like.

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360, on the net.

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380 in the room. 400. £400 on the net.

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Telephone, 420 on the telephone.

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420, I am bid, 420.

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440, on the net. 440, I am bid.

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460, on the telephone.

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460, have you done then?

0:43:070:43:09

I shall close the bidding.

0:43:090:43:11

It's away at 460 to the telephone.

0:43:110:43:14

-Yes.

-Happy there, I think.

-Very good.

0:43:140:43:17

-Very, very good. The other one is a bonus.

-Exactly.

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Thank you for bringing them in

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and enjoy the rest of your time over here.

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Thanks for taking part, it's been lovely to meet you.

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Auctioneers may recommend splitting lots

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like Mark did with this collection,

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if they feel It'll generate a higher combined price.

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Phylis' figurines have fetched a grand total of £680,

0:43:360:43:41

and I think that was a good call by Mark.

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There you are, that's it, it's all over for our owners.

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Another day in an auction room. What a wonderful time we've had.

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We've learned something and so have our owners.

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I hope you have at home and that's what it's all about.

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If you've got antiques and collectables you want to sell,

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we'd love to see you.

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Bring them along to one of our evaluation days.

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For now, from Market Harborough, it's goodbye from all of us.

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