0:00:03 > 0:00:07Today we're on the south coast in Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11apparently renowned for its health-giving air since Victorian times,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13and I can certainly vouch for that.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15And the views from up here are stunning, and I hope
0:00:15 > 0:00:19we can find some antiques to take your breath away as well. Welcome to Flog It.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47This is the De La Warr Pavilion and not only is it the most famous building in Bexhill-on-Sea,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I'm pleased say it's our valuation venue.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53It was opened in 1935 and it's a Grade I listed building.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55It's also a modernist icon and a real gem.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59But talking about gems today, it's all about this lot down here.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Amongst all of those bags and boxes,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04there are some unwanted gems we're taking off to auction.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08I'm sure there is one question on everyone's lips, which is...
0:01:08 > 0:01:09What's it worth?!
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Today's lead experts are already digging and delving, looking for their star items.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- They're the familiar faces of Michael Baggott... - Hello, hello, bag inspector!
0:01:22 > 0:01:23..and David Fletcher.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- It's worth quite a lot of money I think.- Is it?- Yeah.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Thank you very much. - I've been stickered!
0:01:35 > 0:01:40We see so many treasures on a valuation day and they range in age through the centuries.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44But can you guess which of the following is 18th-century and the oldest item on today's programme?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Is it this gold sovereign?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Or is it this Christopher Dresser Linthorpe jug?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Or maybe this Chinese porcelain tankard?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Well, all will be revealed later on in the programme,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03but it's Michael who's forecasting great things with our opening valuation.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Anne and John, thank you for coming in.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10This morning it was overcast and rainy. Now the sun's crept through.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I could have done with one of these, couldn't I?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Now, where on earth did you get something
0:02:16 > 0:02:19as peculiar as a weather forecaster from?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Well, it was my father's.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25It was given to him by Sir Percy Hunting of the Hunting aeroplane.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27And he said to him, "Oh, Les,"
0:02:27 > 0:02:30cos he was head gardener, my mother was housekeeper,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33"put it in your potting shed."
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- In the potting shed?- Yeah.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40When my father died, my mother said, "Oh, you have that, John," so it was given to John.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- And do you like it?- He loves it. - It fascinates me, absolutely.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48It fascinates ME. I've never seen one before!
0:02:48 > 0:02:52It's something we've kept, sometimes it's been stored, other times I've had it on the desk,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55used it very often.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- So you need a barometer reading? - Yes.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- So have you got a barometer at home? - Two at home.- You've got two?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- To get the minutes.- So you've got the accurate reading for it.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10There are probably barometer collectors that will go, "Oh, it's another one of those,"
0:03:10 > 0:03:12but I've never seen one of these before.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13The very good thing
0:03:13 > 0:03:16and the thing I noticed when I first saw it this morning,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18was the name Negretti and Zambra,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22and they really are the best makers of barometer.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24They are the Rolls-Royce name.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26If you didn't know what it was
0:03:26 > 0:03:29by looking at it, you've got all the paperwork.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Very fortunately.- There we go.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34You basically get your barometer reading
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and then you get where the wind is coming from.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Set it on the wind strength and the minutes and just read it off.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45And then as you go down, there we go, settled fine weather.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- That will do for today.- Absolutely.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Stormy, much rain. I do hope not for this evening.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55The last couple of days we've had rain and that forecast it absolutely accurately.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00- So you use this?- From time to time. We have a weather vane at home, so I know the direction of the wind.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05You do need other utensils and scientific instruments to use it,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07but when you do put it into action...
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It is very accurate.
0:04:10 > 0:04:16- It does what it was supposed to do when it was made 90 years ago.- Yeah.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21I mean, it was not cheap. I think we've got on here 45 shillings.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27That was a heck of a lot of money. It was over £2, when £2 was more than a week's wages.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33I mean, it is a valuable instrument.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39So I think we would be sensible at saying £300 to £500 as an estimate,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42a fixed reserve of £300, and then you'll have to look up
0:04:42 > 0:04:46the weather in the newspaper or online like everybody else!
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- I know!- Yes.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Thank you very much.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54I think it's one of the most interesting things I've seen on Flog It! for a very long time.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Thank you.- Thank you both for bringing it in.- Thank you very much.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59And a cracking start to our valuation day.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04But I've been keeping my eyes peeled too. Take a look at this wonderful jug I've spotted.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Thank you for bringing this in, because this is a Dr Christopher Dresser, and it sings good design.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Not a lot of people have heard of Christopher Dresser.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17How did you come by this?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22It belonged to my husband, my late husband, who I married in 1971.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25And he brought it with him, so I think it may have been his mother's.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Have you enjoyed looking at this in the house?- I love it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It begs the question really, have you just come here for a valuation,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33or are you thinking of selling it?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I'm thinking of selling it, because I don't know anyone who likes it in my family.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I don't want it to go to the wrong place when I go.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45OK. What's the general opinion here, do we like this shape?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Quirky looking. I find it quite sexy and sensual.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It's very different and it's so typical of that aesthetic movement.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- It makes you want to feel it. - Exactly!- Yes, it is very tactile.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57He designed many things
0:05:57 > 0:06:02like wallpaper, glass, ceramics, furniture.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Just to make the home beautiful. - Yes, and it does.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yeah. Let's just look underneath here,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10because there you can see the give-away signs.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11It does say Linthorpe Pottery
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and you can see underneath the signature,
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Dr Christopher Dresser.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And you see that little H there?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Just there. That is an H and a T. - Oh, is that Henry Tooth?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- That is Henry Tooth. - I've never seen the H.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26The T's muddled in with the H.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32So you know Henry Tooth was manager at Linthorpe between 1879 and 1882.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36So you can actually date it to those three years.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41What I like about this, when you turn this around, it's...
0:06:41 > 0:06:43It looks quite odd, but Christopher Dresser
0:06:43 > 0:06:46was inspired by Japanese pottery, Japanese artefacts,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50but also by pre-Columbian things and you can see that there.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51It's beautiful.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- It is the colourway, it's earthy. - It goes with everything.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00- Those colours are coming back in fashion.- They're my colours.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03It's not too pretty-pretty, is it? It's just right.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Who wants to own this, then?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Would you like this? - If it's worth a lot!
0:07:10 > 0:07:13That does beg the question, what is it worth?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I think this could be worth around about -
0:07:17 > 0:07:20on a very good day with two people really wanting this -
0:07:20 > 0:07:22you might clinch £400 to £500.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29But you need a starting point in auction. You can't just start at £400.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Come and buy me.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It's a risk.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37If you'd like to put this at £250, with a fixed reserve of £250,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40it will fly out of the room.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44I'd sooner put it at £300 fixed reserve.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- OK, that's OK. - Would that spoil its chances?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51No, I think the auctioneer will start around 280
0:07:51 > 0:07:55and hopefully take a bid in the room to get it to £300.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Let's call the valuation, then, £300 to £400.- Fine.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03And hopefully, I know it's going to do that every day of the week, but you never know,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07we love surprises in auction rooms and it just might do the £500 mark.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Which I know you'd be really pleased.- Fingers crossed.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15We'd all be pleased with that, so that's one valuation for Michael and one for me.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Which leaves one expert to go.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18David Fletcher.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23- Hello, Gina.- Hello.- It's a sovereign, as I'm sure you know.- Yes.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- How did you come by it? - I just bought it for myself,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29probably about 35 years ago, I think.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32When at the time they were quite fashionable to wear
0:08:32 > 0:08:34on a chain round your neck.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- So you bought it as a piece of jewellery?- Yes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40When you bought it 35 years ago, did you buy it with your own money?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Yes, I did, yeah, and I probably saved up,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48because even then it was probably quite a bit.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49It would have been.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I'm not going to ask how old you were 35 years ago,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55but to go out and buy a piece of gold jewellery
0:08:55 > 0:08:56for a young lady like you were then,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59it's quite a significant thing to do, really.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Anyway, let's have a look at it under my glass.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08The first thing we should say is it bears the head of Queen Victoria.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Which is not surprising, because it was actually minted in 1893,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17right towards the end of her reign.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Now, gold sovereigns originally were pound coins.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25And it was worth a pound, it was as simple as that.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27In those days, a nation's wealth
0:09:27 > 0:09:31was valued by the amount of gold it had in stock
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and it's currency was based on that total value.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Those considerations no longer apply,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41and quite clearly, a sovereign today is worth far more than a pound.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45For two reasons - firstly, it has a melt value
0:09:45 > 0:09:48and then it has an additional value as a coin.
0:09:48 > 0:09:54This particular year is not especially rare.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56So its value as a coin
0:09:56 > 0:10:03is worth no more than perhaps £10 over and above its melt value.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08And a sovereign is eight grammes of 22-carat gold.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13So I'd be inclined to think of it in terms of having a value of £200
0:10:13 > 0:10:19in terms of its melt and you can add an extra tenner for it as a coin.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23So we're are looking at something around about £210 on that basis.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24That's fine.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27No sentimental associations?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28No.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34I mean, I have got a sovereign that my parents bought me for my 21st,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38which is in a ring, which even though I never wear it,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I would never sell that,
0:10:40 > 0:10:45but this has got no sentimental value or anything so...
0:10:45 > 0:10:47You're happy to see it go?
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Yes. Definitely.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- All right, good luck and I'll see you at the sale.- Thank you.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I predict that's going to do well.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Now it's Michael who's getting fired up with his next item.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Helen.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02What a lovely mug!
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- I like it, yes. - What do you know about it?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- I don't know anything! - Nothing at all?!
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Well, not really.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I don't even know whether it's Chinese or English.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13I've often wondered.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Let's start off, where did you get it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18It was left to me by an elderly lady.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21We looked after her as she got older.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24So there was no indication of what it was?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25No! No!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Go on, have a guess.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29How old do you think it might be?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I don't know.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I would think 19th century, mid-19th century?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- So 1850?- Something like that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38That's a fairly reasonable guess.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- But we can push it back a little bit further than that.- Really?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It's basically from the period of the Emperor Qianlong.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Oh, it is Chinese?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It's Chinese and it's export ware
0:11:48 > 0:11:53and it would've been made anywhere between 1750 up to about 1770.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Really?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57It would've been made in an area that was specifically designated
0:11:57 > 0:12:01for pottery kilns at Jingdezhen.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'll never remember that!
0:12:04 > 0:12:07It's a lot to grasp! But if we turn him around.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12It isn't a giveaway that it's a Chinese object to have a dragon there
0:12:12 > 0:12:16because it's a motif you see on European ceramics as well,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18but in this case it does confirm it.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19I see, yes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23There is a measure of confusion between these and English examples,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27but the English examples very rarely have these very thin,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30finely modelled handles.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Oh!
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Not quite like this.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37If we turn it upside down, this base, very rough,
0:12:37 > 0:12:38no marks on it, no glaze.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Again, that's typically Chinese.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44But really, the main thing is,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48the superior quality of the blue and white painting.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52This is what the factories at Worcester and Caughley and Lowestoft,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55all the English factories, were trying to imitate.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Yes.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58And they couldn't get it quite right.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Sadly, these now, even though the Chinese market is going through
0:13:04 > 0:13:08a superb restoration in terms of prices and demand,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the one thing they don't want at the moment is those wares
0:13:11 > 0:13:13that were made for export.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Oh, no.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18The good thing is it's in almost perfect condition, which is great.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Considering it's so old.
0:13:19 > 0:13:26250 years to have survived without really a chip or a crack is fantastic.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31I think we'll be safe in saying £60 to £100 for it.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Oh, fancy!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- And put a fixed reserve of £60.- Yes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Happy for us to put it to auction?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40I think so, yes. I'd like more obviously, but then...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Wouldn't we all!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45What a beautiful tankard!
0:13:45 > 0:13:48So we've got our items for the saleroom,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51but before we sell them, here's a quick reminder of what they are.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Michael thought the conditions were right to value
0:13:56 > 0:13:58this brass weather forecaster.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03I spotted a fabulous Linthorpe ewer by Dr Christopher Dresser.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07David had the Midas touch
0:14:07 > 0:14:09discovering this Victorian gold sovereign.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15And finally, Michael loved this 18th-century Chinese tankard.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22So we've travelled a few miles up the coast to another seaside town -
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Eastbourne.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27And this is where we're putting all our lots under the hammer today.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Eastbourne Auction Rooms. I've just spotted our two experts there.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35I love the socks, David! You've got to see those! Look at that!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Look at that, so relaxed before the sale.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41But someone who can't afford to take it easy is today's auctioneer,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Paul Akillios.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46So at the packed saleroom, let's get this show on the road.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Going under the hammer right now possibly the oldest thing in the sale for us today.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Early 18th-century, it's the Chinese export market
0:14:53 > 0:14:57and it belongs to Helen, who's just joined me with your grandson,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59your mascot for today,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and you've got a fabulous name, tell us what it is.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03- Taliesin.- Taliesin.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- Or Tali for short.- Your mates call you Tali. It's an unusual name.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- Yes, it's Welsh.- I was just about to say, where were its origins?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I've not heard that name before. Have you met any other Taliesins?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- There was one in our school, but he moved as I came in.- Gosh.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21What a popular boy you must be! Have you heard that name before?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Never.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- Never. No, no. - You learn something new every day.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Yeah! What do you think of Grandma's mug?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It's quite nice. I like the colour scheme.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I do as well. A bit of blue and white.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35It's flavour of the month. Everybody wants Chinese now.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37It's great value for money.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40It's perfect and if you want to buy something Chinese,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42forget made for China, you can't afford it.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44This is the stuff, buy the export now.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46£60 for a mug that's 250 years old.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- You can't go wrong, can you? - Not really.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I hope it goes for a lot more.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52I have seen Chinese people viewing it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56I so hope you're wrong for once! But I think you're right.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Let's see what the bidders think.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01It's going under the hammer right now.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05We have the 18th-century Chinese export porcelain tankard
0:16:05 > 0:16:08with the Dragon handle and under-glaze,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10blue painted landscape decoration.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Who's in at £60? Who's in at 60? Bid me 60.
0:16:13 > 0:16:1560 I've taken.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Five on commission. 70 I'm out. At £70.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Gentleman seated at 70. I'll take five elsewhere. At £70, then.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Any further bids? At 70 and you see it sell on that bid of £70 only.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30It's gone, Tali. £70. Is this your first auction?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Erm, I've been here before.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Oh, right. OK.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Hey, I think you've got a career in this business
0:16:37 > 0:16:39somewhere along the line in the future.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Stick at it, because it's great to get in at an early age.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Yeah.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Flog It! presenter in the making!
0:16:46 > 0:16:50But while I've still got the job, I'd better hope our next lot makes its money
0:16:50 > 0:16:53because it's my turn to be the expert.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56We're talking about that wonderful Linthorpe ewer
0:16:56 > 0:16:58designed by Dr Christopher Dresser.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00As I said to you at the valuation day,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04this is in cracking condition, it's very, very good,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06and it's great entry-level, for his work.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09So, will we get that three to four?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11We're going to find out right now.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16..Green glaze onto a brown branding.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Facsimile signature to the base.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And who'll put me in at 200 to start with? 200 to start it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25We've got 200. 200 is bid. At £200 only.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30At £200 I'm showing a phone bid. 220, 240, 260. At 260.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36I'll take 70, if it helps. At 260. 270. 280, is it?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Gosh, I'm worried.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39280. 290. 300, is it?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41We've done it.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45300 bid on the phone. 310 I'll take. At £300, telephone has it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48At £300 only. Anybody else coming in?
0:17:48 > 0:17:53At £300 only, and I'll sell it to the telephone then at 300.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We did it, we just did it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57That's a relief! I didn't think it was going to go.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58- It was close.- Yes.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- No internet interest.- No.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- That surprised me.- And me as well.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05But it's gone. Happy?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06- Yes.- Good.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Phew, I get to keep my job.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Going under the hammer now, we've got a gold Victorian sovereign.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Unfortunately we don't have its owner, Gina, she can't make it,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22but we do have our expert David and we're looking at £200-£300.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26We forget, Paul, that these sovereigns used to be in everyday use
0:18:26 > 0:18:30as currency. They've become precious items now.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Let's find out what it's worth, shall we? Here we go.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38The Victorian 1893 gold sovereign in a nine-carat gold mount.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42There it is. Who'll start me at 200 for that lot?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45200 bid on the net. Do you want ten? 210 bid. At 210.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47220 I've taken.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50230. 220 it is then. At 220.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53230's bid on the net now. At 230.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55240's bid on the net. At 240. 250, is it?.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59At £240. The internet has it at 240.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Are we all done on that bid? For £240, then?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Selling.- Yes, we've sold!
0:19:04 > 0:19:06He's put the hammer down. Bang! £240.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Above top end of the estimate. She'll be pleased with that.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It just goes to show, gold is still creeping up.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14When's it going to stop?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17If only we had a crystal ball.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21However is it the right climate to sell a weather forecaster?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I hope the money comes pouring in for this next lot.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27It's the best name, it's the best example and it's got everything.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30It's in its fitted case and it's with the original instructions,
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- so if you're going to buy one... - It doesn't get better than that.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Are you excited? Oh, come on! Are you nervous?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Yes!
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Is this your first auction?- Yeah.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Hopefully we'll get the top end and you'll be going out
0:19:43 > 0:19:46for a slap-up meal tonight, finish off the day in style.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Here we go, it's going under the hammer. This is it. Good luck.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55We move to the Negretti and Zambra patent weather forecaster.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Has the benefit of the original instructions, and bid me on that lot.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04We've had a bit of interest and we start this at £210. At 210.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I'll take 20s from you. At £210 only. Is there 20 anywhere?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10At £210. Do I see 20 anywhere else?
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Anyone else coming in. All done on that bid of 210?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Not sold.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18At least we protected that with the reserve.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Yeah.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22That's the good thing about the reserve.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I might've got carried away with the quality and the fact that I love it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27But I do think it's worth that,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30so maybe if it goes into a sale with other barometers,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32somebody will see the immediate appeal.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35It's a quality scientific instrument.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Have another go at it some other time.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Maybe on another day there'd be a brighter outlook,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45but John and Anne get to treasure it for a bit longer.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48That concludes our first visit to the auctions today.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51It was a bit touch and go, but we are coming back later on.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55But first I'm off up the road to the home of one of our greatest storytellers,
0:20:55 > 0:20:59where all you need to read his tales is a bit of imagination.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12He penned one of the nation's most popular poems
0:21:12 > 0:21:16and his stories have entertained children ever since 1894,
0:21:16 > 0:21:20and today he remains the youngest person ever to be awarded
0:21:20 > 0:21:22the Nobel Prize for Literature.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24And this was his home.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27This delightful, charming, 17th-century cottage,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31called Batemans, lays claim to being the place where Rudyard Kipling
0:21:31 > 0:21:34wrote many of his most famous works
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and today I've got the opportunity to look around
0:21:36 > 0:21:41to see what inspired him to write such magical pieces.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Kipling's popularity was huge,
0:21:48 > 0:21:53considered to be one of the first in the modern cult of celebrity.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55His audience was enormous.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Best known for his poems and tales set in India,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02he created unforgettable characters such as Mowgli the man cub
0:22:02 > 0:22:06and Baloo the bear, which bring back such wonderful childhood memories
0:22:06 > 0:22:09for me and possibly for millions of other people.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories were undoubtedly
0:22:13 > 0:22:16his best-known and best selling works.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19But he was a prolific writer.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24He penned in excess of 1,000 poems and around 42 books,
0:22:24 > 0:22:29many of which contain short stories which he was regarded as the master of.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Much of his writing was influenced by his travels.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46He journeyed around the globe visiting Malaya, Burma, China,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Hong Kong, America, Europe and Africa.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52He loved visiting new and exotic countries
0:22:52 > 0:22:57and coupled with him being born and raised in India until he was six,
0:22:57 > 0:23:02all of these foreign visits and experiences undoubtedly nourished his rich imagination.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14There are a few countries around the world that Kipling hadn't visited
0:23:14 > 0:23:16but as his celebrity grew,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19and especially after the tragic death of his eldest child,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21he craved a sanctuary.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24He shied away from public life and harked after a place where
0:23:24 > 0:23:28he could be private and inspired and allowed to write,
0:23:28 > 0:23:33and this charming, delightful house became that place.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36The family moved here in 1902 and Rudyard Kipling
0:23:36 > 0:23:38described Batemans as
0:23:38 > 0:23:42a real house in which to settle down for keeps
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and he wrote, "We loved it ever since our first sight of it".
0:23:51 > 0:23:56The rooms, described by him as untouched and unfaked,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58remain much as he left them,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02and the cabinets are still chock-a-block with knick-knacks from his travels
0:24:02 > 0:24:05including the most important room in the house.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11The room's laid out exactly how he left it,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14giving us a fascinating insight into how he worked
0:24:14 > 0:24:17and we know he worked mainly in the mornings, a solitary writer,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20and when he wasn't sitting at this desk writing,
0:24:20 > 0:24:25he'd be pacing up and down the room, humming to himself,
0:24:25 > 0:24:31or he might be laying on this oak day-bed in a trance-like state!
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Presumably searching for inspiration.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38And we also know he was a messy writer.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41The room had to be cleaned two or three times a day.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Just take a look at this Algerian wastepaper basket.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49It would be full to the brim, in fact, overflowing,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53with screwed up drafts that didn't make it
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and just literally thrown into that litter bin.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Two walls are lined with an extraordinary
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and eclectic collection of books.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09There are history books, novels, Bibles, maps, beekeeping,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12rat-catching, agriculture and a number of magic books.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Used as tools and certainly not treated as sacred objects,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19he'd rip out pages and write in the margins,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22all to help his creative process
0:25:22 > 0:25:25and to squirrel away ideas for another time.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32His earlier hits, classics like the Jungle Book, the Just So Stories and Kim,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35were written before he moved here to Batemans,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38but he did write some classics right here at this very desk
0:25:38 > 0:25:39for 30-odd years.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Things like Puck of Pook's Hill and If.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46This whole place is one big time capsule.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49It really is, it's as if he were still here
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and I can imagine him pacing up and down this room,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54searching for inspiration.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06"The children looked and gasped.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09"The small thing, he was no taller than Dan's shoulder,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12"stepped quietly into the Ring.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15"He pointed to the bare, fern-covered slope of Pook's Hill
0:26:15 > 0:26:20"that runs up from the far side of the mill-stream to a dark wood.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25"Beyond that wood, the ground rises and rises for 500 feet,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29"till at last you climb out at the bare top of Beacon Hill, to look over
0:26:29 > 0:26:33"the Pevensey Levels and the Channel and half the naked South Downs."
0:26:36 > 0:26:40It's difficult to overstate Kipling's popularity and fame,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42the Paul McCartney of his day.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46If he were alive, his celebrity would dwarf the likes of JK Rowling.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51But for someone so famous, there's surprisingly little film of him surviving
0:26:51 > 0:26:56and this footage of him addressing the Canadian Authors Association in the 1930s
0:26:56 > 0:26:59is the only known recording to include his voice.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05For it is with us as it is with timber -
0:27:05 > 0:27:11every knot and shake in a board reveals some disease or injury
0:27:11 > 0:27:14that overtook the log while it was growing.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Many of Kipling's works are still in print.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26If you've got a spare £50,000 and you'd like to spend it,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30maybe you should buy his anthology.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32These were published posthumously but remarkably,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35he signed the pages before he died.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40Only 525 sets were published, each containing 35 volumes,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43and the leather-bound edition, like these ones,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46are known as the Sussex edition.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51In 1936, at the age of 70, Rudyard Kipling sadly passed away.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52He was a global name.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56He amassed ten times more money than Charles Dickens.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59He rubbed shoulders with the great and the good,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
0:28:02 > 0:28:06but more importantly, he'd left a legacy of tales and stories
0:28:06 > 0:28:11and poems which are just as popular today as they were 100 years ago.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Our valuation story isn't over just yet, as we return
0:28:21 > 0:28:27to the Deco splendour of the De La Warr Pavilion, just up the road in Bexhill-on-Sea,
0:28:27 > 0:28:31and the opener for our second innings is David Fletcher.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32- Hello, June.- Hello.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Are you a cricketer yourself?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37No. I support cricket, though.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Which county do you support?
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Kent and Sussex.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I suppose living here, you have to support both.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Yes, I've lived in both counties.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Both counties. Right. OK.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51I love cricket. I played a bit. Not terribly successfully.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55I've scored two half centuries in my life.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59At my last innings in the summer, I was bowled by my nephew for one.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I think it's time to hang my pads up.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Enough of me. Let's talk about some great cricketers.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Tell me how you came by this bat.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11My husband did a paper round in his youth in a village,
0:29:11 > 0:29:15and the lady's husband had died
0:29:15 > 0:29:19and she knew he played cricket all his life so she gave it to him.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Fantastic. What a wonderful present.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Yes.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I mean, this is a galaxy of stars here.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30It's been signed by what are simply some of the greatest names in cricket
0:29:30 > 0:29:32as I'm sure you know.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38On the face, we have the autographs of the Australian 1938 side.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Captained by Don Bradman.
0:29:42 > 0:29:48In that season, he scored 13 centuries and scored 1,000 runs.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53Beneath him, Stan McCabe, and beneath him, Bill O'Reilly,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- who, as I'm sure you know, was a bowler.- Yes.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01On the reverse side, we have even more autographs.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Gloucestershire captained by Wally Hammond.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09And here we have Yorkshire captained by Herbert Sutcliffe.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12So...
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- You're a cricket fan.- Yes.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20And this is a wonderful cricket bat. You'll probably not see a better one.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Why are you thinking of selling it?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- Well, my children don't want it. - Right.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28And I thought, well, it will just lie around
0:30:28 > 0:30:31so somebody who appreciates cricket
0:30:31 > 0:30:35and would like to have it might as well have it.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38How old are your children?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- 50, 48, 47...- So they're grown up!
0:30:41 > 0:30:43OK!
0:30:44 > 0:30:50Cricketing memorabilia generally is collected, as you might imagine, very avidly.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53I think this is going to make between £300 and £500.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58I would like to suggest a reserve, really, just to be on the safe side
0:30:58 > 0:31:00of, say, 270.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Shall we make that fixed?- Yeah.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Jolly good. OK. And I'll see you at the sale.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Right.- Howzat?- Very good!
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I think we have used all the cricketing puns
0:31:13 > 0:31:15so next at the wicket, it's Michael.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20Nigel, thank you for bringing along this lovely little candelabrum,
0:31:20 > 0:31:24as I was told many years ago at an auction house I worked for
0:31:24 > 0:31:28that the singular of candelabra is candelabrum,
0:31:28 > 0:31:31as I went through my Latin tables.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32Just the one?
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Just the one. I'm afraid that's all we were given.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39That you were given? So how did you come by this?
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Well, I actually work for the Salvation Army and I'm the driver,
0:31:44 > 0:31:48I go round to people's houses and either collect furniture or
0:31:48 > 0:31:51deliver furniture to people who have been homeless
0:31:51 > 0:31:53and that sort of thing.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- Marvellous. And this was a donation? - Yes.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59So rather than put it straight in the shop,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02what prompted you to bring it to Flog It! today?
0:32:02 > 0:32:07To me it looked quite nice, and I thought it might be of some value,
0:32:07 > 0:32:12and if we could make more money for the homeless by selling it,
0:32:12 > 0:32:13it's worthwhile.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18Let's have a look. Although it is very dirty, it is silver.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23We've got the full sets of hallmarks there for London 1912.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26And we've got the maker's mark of a very good company,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Edward Barnard and Sons Ltd.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30The most important thing as well
0:32:30 > 0:32:35is that we've got the corresponding part marks on the detachable branches
0:32:35 > 0:32:38so you could have that as a single candlestick
0:32:38 > 0:32:41or if you're feeling fancy, you could pop that in
0:32:41 > 0:32:45and it's an Italian restaurant night in.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Originally, I'm sure they would have been a pair.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54Not necessarily with the detachable branches, that's a nice feature.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Both of the arms sweep out
0:32:57 > 0:33:00and I don't think originally they did.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I think at some stage in their life someone's thought it might look
0:33:04 > 0:33:09a bit better if one went one way and one went the other,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12so there has been a bit of manipulation, but it's still
0:33:12 > 0:33:18a late Edwardian, early George V silver usable piece of plate
0:33:18 > 0:33:21that's in relatively good order
0:33:21 > 0:33:23apart from a little bit of cleaning up.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Any idea of what it might be worth?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Erm... Not really.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34Maybe £100 or £150. I'm not really sure, to be honest.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I think you're almost spot-on.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- I'd cast it a bit wider and say £100-£200.- Right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44And I'd put the reserve under that of 90 fixed.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49But its real value would've been as a pair and had you got a pair of these,
0:33:49 > 0:33:52you might be in the region of 300-500, 400-600.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Right.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- But it's better than it going in the charity shop for £10.- Yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00It's all to its worth to go in the sale.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I'm really glad I brought it in, because that's certainly
0:34:03 > 0:34:07a lot more than we'd get in the shop for it.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11That makes two of us, glad you brought it in. Thanks very much.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Are you going to do some research on that?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23They're one of the great London retailers, an early version of Liberty.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Hello, John.- All right.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31What a lovely thing. Absolutely stunning.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33How did you come by it?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- My wife bought it at a jumble sale about six months ago.- Right.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38And she paid 50p.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- 50 pence!- She liked the design and she brought it home.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44We looked through what we'd bought during that day
0:34:44 > 0:34:46and I looked at the back and saw the Liberty
0:34:46 > 0:34:48and I thought, "God, this looks different."
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Do you go to many jumble sales?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53We have been to quite a few jumble sales in our time!
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Have you made many finds like this?
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Never. This was a golden one, this one!
0:34:58 > 0:35:03- This was a once-in-a-lifetime. - This was a retirement jumble!
0:35:03 > 0:35:04OK!
0:35:04 > 0:35:09What's the difference between a jumble sale and a car-boot sale?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- A jumble sale is rock-bottom prices, really.- OK.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- It's the ones that I can afford to go to and buy stuff!- OK.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Let's talk about it for a moment, John.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21It's a butter dish with a glass lining.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Let's turn it over. The mark tells us so much about it.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29As you rightly say, it was made for Liberty & Co.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36Liberty & Co were at the forefront of modern design
0:35:36 > 0:35:41as it was in the late 19th, early 20th century.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45They pioneered the Art Nouveau style in Britain.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49So much so that the Art Nouveau style in France
0:35:49 > 0:35:52was called the "style of Liberty".
0:35:52 > 0:35:54They really were an incredibly important firm.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58It's made of pewter
0:35:58 > 0:36:04and Liberty & Co gave the brand name Tudric to their pewter-wares.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10The art nouveau style is characterised by whiplash designs,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14you know, it's characterised by these tendril forms.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19I think this is probably a stylised honesty. Do you like it?
0:36:19 > 0:36:22I like the design. Yeah, I do. I do like the design, yeah.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27Now, you paid 50p for it, so if I told you it was worth £10,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29you'd be delighted.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Not £10, I wouldn't, but I'd be happy.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34If it's only worth £10, I'd take it, no bother.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36You'd be happy, but not delighted. If I said £50.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Better.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42Well, I tell you what, I reckon it will make between £200 and £300.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- I can't believe it!- I really do.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- I think it's fantastic.- How much?
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Between £200 and £300.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Dear, oh, dear.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53My maths is terrible, but that's a 400 times profit.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55What's that, a 40,000% profit?
0:36:55 > 0:36:58That'll do me. That'll do me lovely!
0:36:58 > 0:37:01That'll do you. Don't forget half of that's your wife's.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Whatever. Yeah!
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Anyway, that's what we'll do. We'll take it off to the auction.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11We'll estimate it at £200-£300 and we'll put a £200 reserve on it.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Brilliant.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And will your wife come to the auction?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18I won't be able to keep her away. She'll certainly want to be there.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20She'll be there, I look forward to seeing her
0:37:20 > 0:37:24and you'll have to remind her that she owes you 50p.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27I don't think she'll need much reminding!
0:37:27 > 0:37:29And then she can have the rest!
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Our experts have now made their final choice for items to go off
0:37:35 > 0:37:36to auction for the very last time,
0:37:36 > 0:37:40so it is time for us to say farewell to this magnificent host location,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45See you in the auction room.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48David was bowled over with this autographed cricket bat.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Michael waxed lyrical with his George V silver candelabrum.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58Finally, David served up something we'd all like to find for 50p.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00A Liberty Tudric butter dish.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07So we've travelled back to Eastbourne where auctioneer
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Paul Akillios is still on the rostrum
0:38:09 > 0:38:12and it's time to put our valuations to the test.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15And we start with June. Something for all you cricketing fans.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Going under the hammer right now, an autographed cricket bat
0:38:19 > 0:38:22with a value of £300-£500 belonging to June.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24I love the story involved in this.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Your husband did a paper round and he was given this cos he was a great cricket fan.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31You've had it all these years.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34There's not a lot of other sporting memorabilia here, so fingers crossed.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- Fingers crossed.- I think this has universal enough appeal.- OK.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Is it touch and go, or is there a boundary?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44We'll find out what the bidders think
0:38:44 > 0:38:46because it's down to them, and here we go.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Now we move to the autographed cricket bat.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56And due to conflicting bids, we'll start this at £270.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00270, 280, 290. 300 I'm bid. At £300.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03310 bid. 320. At £320.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Commission bidder has it at 320. You're out in front.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09At 320, 340, 350, 360, is it?
0:39:09 > 0:39:14350. No, 340. 340. 340 holds the bid.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19I'll take 50. 340 it is. At 340. On commission at 340.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21You're out in front now at 340. All done?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23£340.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26It knocked someone for six!
0:39:26 > 0:39:30I'm not very good at puns, I'm afraid, but I had to get one in.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35I don't know, you've not done badly. Next it's Nigel's candelabrum.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- So all the money will be going back to the Salvation Army?- Yeah.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Great call.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- It's a worthy cause, isn't it? - It's a worthy, worthy cause.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Will we get a good price for this? It has dipped slightly.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50It's a little quiet today, but I still think a silver candelabrum,
0:39:50 > 0:39:55just for your table, at £90 to £100, eminently buyable.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- I think it's got to fly off.- Yes. And everybody likes to entertain,
0:39:59 > 0:40:00and that really is the centrepiece,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03so let's see if we can light up the saleroom.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Here we go. Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Silver two-branch candelabrum.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Who'll start me at £100 on this lot?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14I want to see 100. 100 is bid on the net.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17On the net at 100. 110. 120. Is it on the net?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20130 is in the room. At 120 only.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The internet has it at 120. Quite a stylish one.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26130, new place. 140 anywhere?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29At 130 only. The bid's at 130. Room bidder has it then.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32All done at 130.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Big smile from Nigel. I saw the big grin. £130.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38The hammer has gone down. Well done.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Thank you so much for bringing that in. Great cause as well.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44How long have you been working for the charity?
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- Only six months.- Well done, you.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Let's hope you carry on that way.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55And now it's our final lot, and time to meet a lady with the eye for a bargain.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57John's wife, Ruth.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Pleased to meet you, Ruth.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I guess was this your butter dish?
0:41:00 > 0:41:01I bought it.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- So who'll get all the money, then? - I give her the money!
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Did you give him permission to take it along to sell it?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Yes, I did.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- How much did you pay for it?- 50p.
0:41:12 > 0:41:1350p?!
0:41:13 > 0:41:17And we are hoping for £200-£300? 50p!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I can't believe that! No, I can't, actually!
0:41:20 > 0:41:2250 pence! You see, it is all out there.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25You just have to get up early in the morning,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28get to those jumble sales or car-boot sales and get there first!
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Did you knock them down?- No!
0:41:31 > 0:41:33That would be being cheeky!
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I would think it would be a bit rude!
0:41:35 > 0:41:38You bought really well, and you've looked after it, all credit to you.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Let's see what the bidders of Eastbourne think.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43It's going under the hammer right now.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48We have the Liberty & Co Art Nouveau Tudric rectangular dish
0:41:48 > 0:41:50with the Knox-style declaration.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57And again due to conflicting bids, 240 and 250 is bid. 250.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00I'll take 260. At £250 only.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02260's bid on the internet.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06270 on commission. 280's on the net. 280 is an internet bidder.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10At 280, internet has it. At 280.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11Is there 90?
0:42:11 > 0:42:16290 on the phone. 300. 320 on the phone, if you like.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Nice to see 300.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20At 320. 340.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26Is it on the internet? 360, is it? At 340 on the internet.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30360 on the phone if you like. At 340. 340.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33350, yes or no? 340 it is, then.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36It's on the internet. Trying to get you one more on the phone.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39340 it is. 340.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41£340!
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Excellent! Can't be bad!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Big smiles all round!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47I'm pleased you witnessed that!
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Oh, well done, John. Thank you for bringing that in.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Well, that's it. It's all over for our owners.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59The auction is still going on, but it has been a bit of a mixed day.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03If you've got any antiques you want to sell, we would love to see you.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07It could be you the next time standing in an auction room just like this.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11But for now from Eastbourne, from all of us, it's goodbye.
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