0:00:02 > 0:00:06Sandwiched between the tranquil Tavy Valley and Dartmoor National Park
0:00:06 > 0:00:09is this magnificent building, dating back to the 13th century.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Welcome to Buckland Abbey, welcome to 'Flog It!'
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Founded by the Cistercian order of monks,
0:00:35 > 0:00:40the monastery was disbanded by Henry VIII in the English Reformation.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41The mid-16th century
0:00:41 > 0:00:45saw the Abbey converted into a comfortable house and,
0:00:45 > 0:00:50for nearly 400 years, it passed through the centuries as a private residence.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51In the 1940s,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54the National Trust and Plymouth City Council took over the running
0:00:54 > 0:00:56of Buckland Abbey and opened it up to the public.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I'm rather pleased to say, for one day only,
0:00:59 > 0:01:00it's our nerve centre.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04We've got a magnificent queue here, it snakes all around the Abbey.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08The sun is shining, everybody is in a great mood. Somebody is going home with a lot of money
0:01:08 > 0:01:09and it could be you.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Could be your mum, fingers crossed, high five.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Our experts today are the lovable,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and maybe just a little eccentric, David Barby.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- Does it feel funny someone writing on your back?- It's very nice, actually.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- Is it?- Yeah.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And the utterly outraged Catherine Southon.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Why on earth did your mother put him in the dishwasher?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Because she's a clean freak.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- So tell the camera, go on. - I just love his suit.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Among the heirlooms is a classic car boot find
0:01:51 > 0:01:57and at auction it makes 20,000 percent profit for its lucky owners.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59But which one is it?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02This quirky necklace?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05This Grecian cameo brooch?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Or this pair of English Delft plates?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13The crowds have descended on our little corner of Dartmoor,
0:02:13 > 0:02:18so, without further ado, let's herald the beginning of this beautiful day
0:02:18 > 0:02:19and get the show on the road.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23PLAYS BUGLE
0:02:23 > 0:02:24That's it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28David likes his bling and he's found a classic piece.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I simply adore cameos and, June, you've brought a lovely example.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Is this a family heirloom? - Yes, it is.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Why are you contemplating selling?
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- It's a little heavy to wear. - Really?- Really.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Have you tried pinning it on your lapel?- Yes.- It just droops forward?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46It does, yes.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- It is rather a large one, isn't it? - It's a big piece.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Now, most cameos you find have a portrait head.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55So it's unusual when you get a scene like this
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and do you know what the scene is?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02I have tried to find out but perhaps you can tell me.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Well, I think you've got Mars and Venus,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08and I think the offspring was Cupid?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12So here we have Cupid and he's being handed some arrows,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16which are being sharpened by this blacksmith in the background.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It's a very nice classical scene.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21If there's any fault with the brooch,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24it's the fact that the detail on the carving has been worn.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28So it's what we would term as a little tired.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31A lot of the facial features are lost.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37The date of this probably is of the mid-to-late Victorian period
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and it's mounted in nine carat gold.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45It was considered of such value, that somebody put a little safety chain on the side there
0:03:45 > 0:03:48so it wouldn't fall off, even if it drooped forward.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Yes. Certainly my great-grandmother is photographed wearing it there.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Oh, right, on those high necked...
0:03:55 > 0:03:56On a very high necked, frilled blouse.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Yes, rather like, was it not Queen Alexandra that set the fashion for that?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Yes.- Yes. So this is a handsome piece.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- I would think the value is probably round about £100-£150.- That's nice.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11And I think we've got to play a little bit of a canny game
0:04:11 > 0:04:14and tuck the reserve under the £100.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17So I am saying we should put a £90 reserve on it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Super.- June, I shall be at the auction, I shall be standing next to you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- I hope it sells for a darn sight more than I suggested.- Thank you very much.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Thank you very much, indeed.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29And so do we. Hail the drama of the saleroom, I love it.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Now, Catherine has got a double act on her hands.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Lovely to see you both, thank you for coming along to 'Flog It!' today
0:04:37 > 0:04:41and bringing along something I feel very passionate about,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45even though I'm not quite ready to use them, walking sticks.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Where did you get these from?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49My mother gave them to me about 20 years ago.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51She said one day, "I've got a couple of walking sticks,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53"are you interested?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56"Would you like them?" and I said, "Yes, please."
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I really don't know where she got them from
0:04:59 > 0:05:01or how long she'd had them.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Never seen them as a child or anything like that?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Not that I'm aware of.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08You've brought your friend along, Trevor. Nice to meet you, Trevor.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Hello.- Hi, there. Are you interested in walking sticks?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Not really, shall I tell the truth?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Tell the truth, do you like them?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20No, it's not my sort of cup of tea, I might need one shortly, you never know.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Well, I hope not. Let's just have a look at them, individually.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28I like this because it's got this nice little carved figure of a man.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32He is, may I say, quite crudely carved,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36and I wouldn't say of the finest quality.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Nevertheless, a nice novel figure
0:05:40 > 0:05:44and something that's a little bit quirky and a little bit unusual
0:05:44 > 0:05:47but, for me, this is the number one.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- It is superb quality.- It is.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55You probably know that the handle is ivory.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Sometimes these are bone,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and the way to tell if it's bone or ivory,
0:06:01 > 0:06:05the bone would often have the little flecks in it, to show that that is bone.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08This has just got this wonderful patina,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11this is something, you just can't fake that.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Yes.- I mean, it is absolutely beautiful.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16It's got a lovely feel to it and it really does tell me
0:06:16 > 0:06:19this is probably late 19th century.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24Pre-1947, and therefore it is something we are able to sell.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29And, to top it all, it has been inlaid all around with what looks like, to me,
0:06:29 > 0:06:34little lignum vitae, which is a type of hardwood, flowers.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Right.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40Sadly, it has got a bit of a crack going round it
0:06:40 > 0:06:45but, just lifting it up, you can tell that that is a lovely quality piece.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The thing is, where do you display them in your house?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50This is it, they are in a cupboard, I'm afraid.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Never had them out so, you know,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57at least if somebody buys it, who's a collector,
0:06:57 > 0:07:02at least they'll appreciate it and it will be added to their collection.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04This is by far my favourite,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07and I think this is really where the money is,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11but I would certainly sell them together
0:07:11 > 0:07:13because I think they belong together.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Right.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19I'm going to suggest that we put an estimate on of £150-£200
0:07:19 > 0:07:23with a reserve of £100.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- How does that sound to you?- That sounds fine.- Are you happy with that?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- I am, yes.- Now, are you going to be coming along to the auction?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- No, unfortunately I am on holiday that week.- Oh, right, OK.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38I hope they do very well at auction and I hope, for both of you,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40that you'll be able to have some money and perhaps go out
0:07:40 > 0:07:42and have a good celebratory drink together.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Thank you.- How does that sound? - That sounds good.- That's good.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Sounds good.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51I'm sure they'll do well enough for Pete and Trev to enjoy a night out.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Possibly.- If the price is right. - That's right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Everyone wants to know, in this queue, what's it worth
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and that's what it's all about really, isn't it?
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Meanwhile, David's deep in conversation with Martin and Vicky.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Have you come far, do you live locally?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Fairly locally, from Torpoint.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Torpoint. It's very much in a sort of naval area, isn't it?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Yes.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- Are you involved in the Navy, or what?- I'm in the Navy, yes.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Yes, I thought you were, actually, you looked far too fit.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Thank you.- It's all that good eating.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Do you collect teapots?- No.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33My mother went to Australia to live, for a short period of time,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37and there wasn't enough room, basically, to take it with what she was taking,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40so she left a few items behind with myself.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46I think this is very nice, I love the period, which is the late Georgian period,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49and, in particular, you mentioned your mother
0:08:49 > 0:08:53and she had an idea that it was, what, a...?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54A Nelson teapot.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Why did she say Nelson? - I don't know.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01You obviously haven't looked at this teapot in great detail, have you?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- No.- No.- You obviously haven't.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Because, right on the front panel there,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11there's a little banner that says Trafalgar.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- So you can date that, to what date? - The Battle of Trafalgar?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Yes, what date?- I don't know, to be honest.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Martin, you're in the Navy.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Oh, no, cut that one out. Don't even go there.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Don't embarrass me like that.
0:09:28 > 0:09:351805, yes. So all this is very much in the style prevalent at that period, which was neoclassicism.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38What I like are these panels
0:09:38 > 0:09:42and the sort of irregular shape of the object itself.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Where it was made? Castleford, Yorkshire.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49They specialised in this sort of stoneware teapot.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52You also get black versions which we call black basalt.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57This is in a white with this wonderful blue enamel.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It's absolutely a superb example.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01We've got a little bit of damage.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03There's nibbling on the spout there
0:10:03 > 0:10:08but I think we can forget about that because of the Trafalgar banner.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Anything to do with Nelson is very, very desirable.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13So, allowing for the nibble,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I'm going to put this teapot at about £80-£120.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20It could do more but it's a nice collector's item, I like it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24I would covet it, if it was mine.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28This is part of your naval history going, Martin, Battle of Trafalgar.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- You're getting rid of it, it's your heritage.- But I wasn't there.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I can let it go.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39OK, so three items found
0:10:39 > 0:10:42and ready to go off to auction for our lucky owners.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45This is where the journey starts, this is where it gets exciting.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Stay tuned, we're off to auction.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And here's a quick recap of what we're taking.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56June's cameo, with its classic Grecian scene, charmed David.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Peter's walking sticks are on the move
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and should hopefully give the two friends a night on the town.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Ahoy there, all tea drinking naval memorabilia collectors out there.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14This Trafalgar teapot is sure to tempt you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19It's time to put those valuations to the test
0:11:19 > 0:11:21and this is where we're doing it,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24just on the outskirts of Plymouth at Eldreds Auction Rooms.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Let's go inside and catch up with our owners
0:11:26 > 0:11:28because I know they're really nervous.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Fingers crossed we're going to have some good results.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38The auctioneer today is Anthony Eldred.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47First up, it's June's cameo brooch which would complement any outfit.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- June, good luck.- Thank you.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Let's hope the bidders shell out on this cameo brooch.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- It's the neoclassical style, I like it.- So do I.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Let's find out what they think, shall we? Here we go.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04It's a large shell cameo brooch, classical scene.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07There it is, a lot of bids for it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I'm bid £180 for it.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12£180.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18190, 200, £200, against you all.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23210, 220, 230, 240.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28£240, still against you all in the room.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31At £240, bidding's on the book. Are you all done then? At £240.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- That's lovely.- That was great.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Fabulous quality, though.- Thank you.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43I thought, because it was so rubbed, there wouldn't be the interest, but obviously there was.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- Mmm, very nice.- It's amazing.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50What a fantastic result for our first item.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Now, it's up to Catherine and I to urge Peter's walking sticks along
0:12:53 > 0:12:57while Peter is on his holidays.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- There's two of them, I really like the colonial one. - Oh, it's beautiful.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04That should, hopefully, be worth around £100 just on its own.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I hope so. I just love all the inlay, all the way down, it's very pretty,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10very nicely made and because it's got the ivory on the top and the bottom,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I just thought, that's beautiful quality.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's a winner. Will it walk out the saleroom? We're just about find out.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18They're going under the hammer now. Here we go.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23It's an Indian or colonial hardwood walking stick
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- and there's another stick with it. - Buy one, get one free.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28£110 bid, at 110.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31120, 130, 140,
0:13:31 > 0:13:35150, 160, at 160 now.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39170, 180, 190, 200.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- That's good.- And ten, 220, 230.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- We haven't stopped, yet.- 240, 250,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47260, 270, 280,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49at 280, in the doorway.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Last chance then, at £280.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- £280.- Excellent.- Bang.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57That's a sold sound.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58They really liked that.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01He had no idea, he thought they were only worth a few pounds,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- so that's brilliant. - That's a nice surprise.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Hopefully, someone can get in touch with him whilst he is on holiday and give him the good news.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I think Peter will be pleasantly surprised with that result.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Now, all hands on deck. OK, it's now time for tea.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Don't disappear to the kitchen and put the kettle on.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24We're about to sell our Trafalgar teapot, belonging to Vicky and Martin.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Unfortunately, Vicky cannot be with us today but we do have Martin
0:14:27 > 0:14:29and our expert David Barby.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- I know she's at work, isn't she? - She is, yes.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- What does she do for a living? - She's a teaching assistant.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Great job, great job. OK, at least you're here.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41You can say goodbye to the teapot. We are looking at around £80-£120.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Here we are.- Here we go.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Mid-19th century Trafalgar teapot
0:14:47 > 0:14:49and I'm bid £85 for it, against you all at 85.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Straight in there, first bid.
0:14:51 > 0:14:5490, 95, 100, and five, 110,
0:14:54 > 0:14:5715, 120, five, 130,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00at 130, five, 140.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02They do like this, you see.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03160, 170.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05They've picked up on it all day.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Thank you, Paul, for the encouragement.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10200, 210, 220,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13£230 here, on the right.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15At £230, finished at 230.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19What a great result. £230.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20That was good.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22You've got to be happy, you're smiling?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I am happy, yes, I was worried that it wouldn't make...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26The reserve.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Yeah. Well, it certainly exceeded that, didn't it?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31You see, anything can happen in a saleroom.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34It certainly can, you've proved that.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38That concludes the first visit to our auction today.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41We are coming back here later on in the show,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45so don't go away, there could be one or two surprises.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Now, whilst we're here in Devon, I took the opportunity to get out on to the rugged moors
0:15:49 > 0:15:54because there's a rather unusual hobby that's been played out since Victorian times.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58And I got to have a go. Take a look at this.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05More than two centuries ago,
0:16:05 > 0:16:10the wild lands of Dartmoor were seen by outsiders as mysterious and impenetrable.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13No thanks to its changeable microclimate
0:16:13 > 0:16:16that would bring the mists and fog across the moors.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Stagecoaches kept their curtains closed during the journey
0:16:19 > 0:16:20through the mists.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23The eerie atmosphere was increased by the construction of a prison
0:16:23 > 0:16:26in 1806, at nearby Princetown.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was so inspired, or spooked, by the wilderness
0:16:31 > 0:16:35that this was the setting for The Hounds Of The Baskervilles.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46By the late 18th century, attitudes began to change
0:16:46 > 0:16:50and that's thanks to the popularity of the romantic poets,
0:16:50 > 0:16:55who eulogised and waxed lyrical over the beauty of this untamed landscape.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58That, coupled together with the advent of the railways
0:16:58 > 0:17:01and turnpike roads opening up the region,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04it made the moor accessible to visitors from nearby towns.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09It made the place a destination rather than a place to avoid.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12But I'm here today, to try out something a little bit different,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16something I've not really come across before,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19and that's the unusual hobby of letterboxing.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Letterboxing was developed for the very first tourists on Dartmoor
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and it's basically a giant treasure hunt.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28You follow the clues to find the hidden letterboxes
0:17:28 > 0:17:33and it takes in all the 1,000 square kilometres of The National Park.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37I'm here on an orienteering-style treasure hunt which is, basically, a hunt all over Dartmoor,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40as far as you can see here,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43using map references and clues looking for hidden boxes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Now, traditionally, once you'd found one of these boxes
0:17:46 > 0:17:49you would leave your calling card with your details on it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51So the next person to find that box would see your card
0:17:51 > 0:17:53and send it to you in the post.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55He would leave his card and the next person would find that
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and it goes on and on and on.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Some traditional aspects of letterboxing have been kept alive
0:18:01 > 0:18:05but it's not necessary to leave your personal details today.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08What you have now is an individual stamp which you find in each box,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12you collect the stamps and that's exactly what I'm going to do.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18It all started here in 1854, with James Perrott,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23a local guide from Chagford, who took early tourists deep into the moor.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26He built a small cairn of rocks at Cranmere Pool,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28a popular walking destination,
0:18:28 > 0:18:34where he placed a stone jar which has been recognised as the very first letterbox.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40150 years later it's still going strong and Roger Paul,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44co-chair of the prestigious Dartmoor 100 Club,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48is going to initiate me into the secrets of this historic pastime.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I've been given all I need in my rucksack,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54so where do we go first, what do we do?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Well, we need some clues and a map. - Right.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Fortunately, I've got the clue book, I've also got the map of the area.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03And, where are we? What are we looking at?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- We're at Shilstone Tor, in grid 65. - OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10We look in the book and it gives us a clue for the tor.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14So the tor's 172 degrees and the white chimney is 86.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Is that that white chimney over there?- So that's the white chimney
0:19:18 > 0:19:19that you can see in the trees.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Yeah.- So if you look through the compass.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25That's dead on, oh, it's just under 80 degrees.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Right, now take a bearing on the tor.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- That's the tor, there?- That's the tor which we're working on.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34That says 150 degrees.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37So we've got to move over that way at least 25 degrees, haven't we?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- I see how this works now.- So if we walk towards the chimney.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- Yeah.- Now.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47If we head up towards that way.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50By keeping two landmarks in constant view,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54we can calculate our route to the letterbox.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- There's our chimney again.- Is that about right?- It's about 83, I think we needed...- 86.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00And we need 172 on the tor.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Virtually 172, 173.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- So we're spot on.- So we're spot on.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07So if we keep tracking this way. OK?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Continually adjusting our route, we can hone in on our target.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- That's about right still, isn't it? - We're OK.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Just double check that for me. COWS MOO
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Oh, the cows know.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Do you know what? That is spot on, I'm not going to argue with that.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- So it's got be just about here. - It's got to be around here somewhere.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Right, now the rest of the clue says the box is under a boulder,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34a backward L-shaped.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35That's a boulder.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38That's a boulder but what is it? To me that's a triangle.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Yeah, it is a triangle. So that's not the boulder.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- That's not the boulder.- There's one there, look.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Actually, look, the ground's been well trodden around here.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- That's L-shaped.- That's a backward L.- There you go.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Do you want to have a look underneath?- Yeah.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00- I can't see a box.- Hands and knees.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Where's the gloves?- Hands and knees.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13You're like a schoolboy running around a playground, aren't you?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- How big is this box, Roger?- It's a little white pill pot.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Ah, right, OK, I was expecting Tupperware.- No.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24There it is. I didn't know what I was looking for.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27If you had told me it was going to be a little box, I'd have found it.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Right, come on then.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35See if it's the right one.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39There's the stamp.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43So, what you need to do is get your stamping gear out,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45which is probably hidden away.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- I've got a special rubber stamp that we've had made.- Well done.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53A bit of blue 'Flog It!' ink.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56You want to put your 'Flog It!' stamp on here.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- There we go.- Yeah, that's very good. - Brilliant.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09So we leave and take a stamp. Mission accomplished.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12How did you get involved in this and when did you start?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Well, we started over 25 years ago now, with a school walk,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18with our children.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21We found a couple of letterboxes, thought, "This is good."
0:22:21 > 0:22:24It kept the children active,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27they didn't get bored and we just went on from there.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31What advice can you give anybody that wants to take up letterboxing,
0:22:31 > 0:22:32if they want to come to Dartmoor
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and they want to find boxes like we found today?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37The thing to do is to buy a charity walk.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40These are accessible in shops around the area, are they?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Charity walks are generally sold through the 100 Club,
0:22:43 > 0:22:48or through a website or through the charity's own website, which you can buy for £2 or £3.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50You've got to get one of those.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Get one of those and it will give you a trail of say ten or 12 letterboxes,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55over about two or three miles, which will take you
0:22:55 > 0:22:58anywhere between two and six hours to do.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03And because you are searching all the time for a letterbox you invariably come across some more.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06So you might have clues for 12
0:23:06 > 0:23:09but you might go home with 16, 18, or 22 letterboxes.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Wow, a lot of ground to cover. - That's right.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- It's going to keep you fit, isn't it?- Put these away now.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- 99 to go and I get one of these? - That's right.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Not before, and you can have a badge.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29And now it's time for 'Flog It!' to add to the 150-year tradition.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33This is where we can place our 'Flog It!' letterbox, isn't it?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35What do you want me to do, Roger?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38If you give me the letterbox,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40check that everything's in it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- You've got it in a nice watertight container.- Yes.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Perfect container for this.- Right. - That's for you.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- So you're going to go off now. - I shall go away and site it.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54And site it and then, I guess, log co-ordinates and the bearings.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- That's correct.- There you go. OK.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Then, I'll put that on our website.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Right and we'll put it on the 'Flog It!' website.- Great.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02- That's it.- Thank you very much.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Thank you, what a wonderful day out. - Away we go, bye. I'll see you again.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09And even I don't know where he's going to hide that.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I've got to look up all the bearings as well, just like you have.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14That's the way it works.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Well, this is certainly no outdated tradition, I can tell you.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25It started as one Victorian man's initiative to get people out and about,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28to explore the moors, get them out in the fresh air,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32and 150 years later it's still fulfilling its aim.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36I bet James Perrott never expected the popularity to grow
0:24:36 > 0:24:41to the extent where there are now some 3,000 letterboxes dotted all around these moors.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Wherever you look you're going to find one,
0:24:44 > 0:24:48if you've got the coordinates, and today I got my first stamp so it's a start.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Are you tempted?
0:24:56 > 0:25:01The crowds are out in force at our glorious venue Buckland Abbey.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Let's see what David's found, or has he?
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Diane, I'm sitting in front of an empty table, now what's the reason.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Well, David, I was wearing it.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11This is what caught your eye in the queue.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- That is absolutely fantastic and you want to sell that, don't you?- Yes, I do.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18I'm going to have great pleasure in submitting that to auction for you.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Let's have a look at it in detail.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- There you are.- Oh, dear, that is an absolute knockout.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29To get the full insect,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the original cord, with all these beads as well, is remarkable.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Where's it been?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It's been probably in my grandmother's jewellery box for years.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42She died about 15 years ago and left it to me,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and it's been in mine since then
0:25:44 > 0:25:48because it's so fragile I've been worried about wearing it.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- So you've worn this specially for today?- Yes I have, I was showing off.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Well, I think it's fantastic.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Now, what date do you think it comes from?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Well, I always think of the flapper girls,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02the 1920s, myself but I don't really know.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Go back a little bit earlier.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Go back to the Grande Epoch, right,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13the sort of late 19th coming into the early 20th century, France.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- Think in terms of the actress Sarah Bernhardt.- Yes.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22- Think in terms of the posters of Alphonse Mucha.- Yes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Wayward girls with hair all over the place.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28This is very much part and parcel of that period.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32So it's carved horn for the main structure of the beastie here
0:26:32 > 0:26:35and the actual framework is also horn.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38We have two horn beads, as well,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42and these are glass beads that looked like jade.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47So all the elements there are for lesser value components,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50people looked at it from the artistic point of view.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52This is so lovely.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57To survive in its original form, with the original cord and beads here,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01makes it a rare item.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06They may pay up to £400 or £500 for this at auction
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- but I would want to protect it with a reserve roundabout £350. - Marvellous.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Now, Diane, it's a lot of money,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16what are you going to do with it, what are you going to buy?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20I shall probably buy myself a gold necklace
0:27:20 > 0:27:23and, if it runs enough money, some earrings as well.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26You never know the auction we are going to,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29in the jewellery section they might have a gold necklace and earrings.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30Yes, that's true.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34If you buy at auction you'll buy at the wholesaler.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I'll keep my eyes open on the day, David.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39OK, I wish you the best of luck on two counts, first of all,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42we sell this for a good price and you get what you wanted.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Thank you very much.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Top tip, David,
0:27:46 > 0:27:51and here's another unique item that will be going under the hammer later.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Sue, thank you very much for bringing this today.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55As soon as I see this lovely green velvet
0:27:55 > 0:27:57I know that we are going to have something of quality.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59So shall we take a look inside?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Straight away we see a little set of shamrock buttons.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Now, we're an extremely long way away from Ireland here,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12where did you get these from?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14My mother originated from Ireland
0:28:14 > 0:28:17and they were given to her as a present by her boyfriend in
0:28:17 > 0:28:19what I believe is the 1930s.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21So your mother lived in Ireland?
0:28:21 > 0:28:22My mother was born in Ireland,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26spent the first 18 years of her life in Ireland, and then came to London to work.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29So a boyfriend gave them to her as a present or something?
0:28:29 > 0:28:33So I'm told, yes. The boyfriend disappeared and she met my father.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- Oh, right.- That was history, so they say.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Did your father know about them, did he have an interest in them,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42or were they always...
0:28:42 > 0:28:46No, they were always in the drawer, they didn't get paraded, I don't think.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48I would like to have a look at these, individually,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52because I am guessing, yes, that they are probably silver and indeed they are.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Can you see there, the marks?- Yes.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Now, we've got the anchor that tells me they've been assayed in Birmingham.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Then, we have got the date letter C,
0:29:02 > 0:29:06which tells us they were made, or assayed, around 1902.
0:29:06 > 0:29:12For me, what is just the icing on the cake is this lovely little shamrock pattern
0:29:12 > 0:29:15and it's actually Connemara marble,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18which is a type of marble which comes from Ireland.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23I think they are so pretty and so delightful.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I can't believe that you don't want to keep them any more.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- I can see you like green.- I do like green.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31From your lovely outfit and your earrings.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32It's just that they have no use.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I can't imagine me ever sewing them on anything and wearing them
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and they are just sat in the drawer.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Well, I hope that, if we take them to auction,
0:29:38 > 0:29:43people will love them just as much as I have because they certainly caught my eye today.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- I hope so too.- Very, very pretty.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49I must admit they are rather tricky to put a price on
0:29:49 > 0:29:51but I would imagine in the region of about £80-£120.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53How does that sound to you?
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- That sounds fine to me.- Does that sound OK?- That sounds fine.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- Would you be happy?- The reserve.- The reserve, now.
0:30:02 > 0:30:08I would quite like to put £60 on.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- I was hoping it might be a little higher.- What were you hoping for?
0:30:12 > 0:30:18- I was hoping £80 as a minimum. - £80, erm...
0:30:18 > 0:30:22do you definitely want £80, because I'd rather put it at £60 just to give them that little...
0:30:22 > 0:30:23I would like the £80.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Well, if you would like the £80, I'm very happy to do that.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Shall we say £80-£120 and £80
0:30:29 > 0:30:33and let's hope everyone gets just as excited as we have today.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Thank you.- Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you very much.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Thank you for coming along to beautiful Buckland Abbey.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Catherine is queen of the barterers but June stood firm.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Everyone's having so much fun I think it's time I had a go.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I'm rather fascinated by this.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- I recognise the profile of the Duke of Wellington.- Yes.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Look at that, there he is.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Now, this commemorates all the campaigns that he fought in,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02from 1808 right up to 1815, the Battle of Waterloo.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Which I, when I was a little lad, used to paint up the lead soldiers
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- and used to do military modelling campaigns and wargaming.- Did you?
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Yes, with all the old chaps that were in Kingston-on-Thames,
0:31:12 > 0:31:14in the Military Modelling Society.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18We actually re-enacted the whole of the Battle of Waterloo.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22This is wonderful, you know this is bronze, don't you?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- No, I didn't know what it was.- With brass around the edges.
0:31:25 > 0:31:31If I open this up, inside, hopefully, is it complete, do you know?
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- As far as I know it's complete. - All of his British victories.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Look at this, Victoria June 21, 1813.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41You know what I'm looking for, straightaway.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45- For Waterloo, I expect.- For Waterloo, yes.- It's there.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47How did you come by this, how did your husband come by it?
0:31:47 > 0:31:52- He didn't come by it, it's my uncle. - Oh, it's your uncle's, is it?- Yes.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57There we are, look, Waterloo June 18, 1815. Isn't that special?
0:31:58 > 0:32:01There's a bit of history here and it's very, very collectable.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Well, for people who are interested in battles and things
0:32:05 > 0:32:08but I'm afraid that's not my liking.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09It's a bit of the boys thing, isn't it really?
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- It is.- Any idea of value? - No, none at all.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19I was told that if I contacted some museum or other,
0:32:19 > 0:32:22that was interested in that way, the Duke of Wellington's things...
0:32:22 > 0:32:24The Duke of Wellington does have a museum.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28They said they would probably be interested in it but I didn't do anything about it.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32It's Apsley House, and it's called Number One, London, the most beautiful mansion house.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36It's full of memorabilia from the Duke of Wellington.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39I think, if we put this into auction,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42it will realise somewhere in the region of £50-£100.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Fine.- I think that's a sensible price.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47The condition is superb on this, it's museum quality.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52Of course, if you hung onto it for another three or four years,
0:32:52 > 0:32:57we've got the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo coming up in 2015.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- I probably won't be around them.- Oh, don't say that, of course you will.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03I can make more use of the money now.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08I can give it to the grandchildren now.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- 0K, let's put it in auction, shall we? At £50-£100.- OK.- All right.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Thank you, Doris, you have made my day.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19And that brings us to our final valuation.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Of all the objects that have come along today,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I think these will be my favourite.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29- Really?- Are these some very precious family heirlooms?
0:33:29 > 0:33:30Not really, no.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33They came from a car boot sale.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34From a car boot sale, how recent?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Two to three years.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Two to three years.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- How much did you pay for them?- 20p each.
0:33:40 > 0:33:4220p each?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Yes, I'm afraid so.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45I can't believe that.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Rather expensive, don't you think?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Where was I? I never get these bargains.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55These are English Delft and we call them English Delft
0:33:55 > 0:33:59because they are tin-glazed enamel
0:33:59 > 0:34:05based on the process developed at Delft, in Holland.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08First of all, they made their appearance in England
0:34:08 > 0:34:12way back in the 17th century.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Then, they were taken over by English potters
0:34:15 > 0:34:18who learned how to produce these tin-glazed wares.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24These are interesting because they have a sort of Chinese element.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25Yes.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Now, if you think in terms of the early part of the 18th century, when these were made,
0:34:29 > 0:34:34the influence came from Chinese porcelains
0:34:34 > 0:34:37which were brought into Europe by the East India Company.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42So a lot of potters realised that the very expensive porcelains
0:34:42 > 0:34:45were fetching vast amounts of money in London.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49So they tried to emulate those Oriental porcelains
0:34:49 > 0:34:54by decorating these pots in a Chinese style.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58So from a distance they would look like very expensive Oriental porcelain
0:34:58 > 0:35:02but these are quite simple pieces of pottery.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07Now, often people are put off because of the damage to the edge,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09which often is referred to as...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Nibbling.- Nibbling.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14This is only natural because the glaze,
0:35:14 > 0:35:20which is very brittle on the edge, would be knocked.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21So it just splintered off.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22I think they're lovely
0:35:22 > 0:35:27and at 20p each I will give you a profit now at 40 pence each.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Oh. I don't think so.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Shall I had two more noughts on
0:35:31 > 0:35:34and I think they ought to be around about £40 each.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Right.- Right.- That sort of price range.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39So, if they go up for sale, we'll put, I think,
0:35:39 > 0:35:43a reserve of £60 on them, let's not be greedy.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- No. We don't want to be greedy.- And hope we get up to about £80, if not more.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51What a good eye you've got. What a good eye.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Oh, good.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Well, that's our final four items
0:35:56 > 0:36:00and here's a quick reminder of what we're taking to auction.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03That's unlike any hornet I have ever seen but Diane's bug necklace
0:36:03 > 0:36:05certainly caught David's eye.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Fashionistas, stand out from the crowd and accessorise your outfit
0:36:11 > 0:36:13with these beautiful shamrock buttons.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Doris's memorabilia of the Duke of Wellington brought the memories flooding back to me
0:36:20 > 0:36:24and I'm sure they'll do well.
0:36:24 > 0:36:2720 pence each, that's alarming.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Well over 200 years old,
0:36:29 > 0:36:33this pair of Delft plates are an important relic of England's ceramic history.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41Back at the saleroom in Plymouth, let's see if auctioneer Anthony Eldred
0:36:41 > 0:36:45is as entranced as David by Diane's necklace.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- We've got £400-£500 on this.- Mmm.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Is it a hornet, because I think it looks more like a fly?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- Well, we think it looks more like a fly.- Do you?- Yes.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56- Have you catalogued it is a fly? - We have.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59But then having a fly around your neck as a necklace.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02I don't think you would want hornet around your neck either.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Would a fly sell well?- I think it will be fine.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08It's not the fact it's a fly, I think.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- Estimate is probably all of the money I think.- OK.- About right.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14It's horn and glass, so it's basically...
0:37:14 > 0:37:18I think what'll sell it is possibly if somebody takes the view it is by George Pierre,
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- who we think it might be by, certainly his style.- OK.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I think it's the right money, I don't think it's worth a lot more.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- No.- Hope I'm wrong.- OK.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Let's see if there's a sting in the tail, or it might just fly away.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- Oh, dear, now that was dreadful, wasn't it?- Terrible.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Right, now it's the car boot find of the century.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43This is a cracking lot, Julie and Phil, I must say.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45A proper, proper antique.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49A dealer's lot, in fact, a pair of 18th-century Delft plates.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Chinese ceramics have gone through the roof, you can't afford to invest in them now,
0:37:53 > 0:37:55especially if you want to start a collection.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- Oh.- Definitely this kind of thing you can.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00A pair of little Delft plates
0:38:00 > 0:38:02and I'm bid £65,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04against you all in the room at £65.
0:38:04 > 0:38:0970, five, 80, five. At £85, then.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At £85, against you all. Done at £85.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20You see, it is the right time to buy.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Very affordable.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Someone did get a bargain there because they're 18th century and they're a pair
0:38:26 > 0:38:29but, I tell you what, that is the thing to look out for in future.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Yes, but you got a better bargain, didn't you?- Yeah, absolutely.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Believe it or not, that's a 20,000 percent profit.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Absolutely extraordinary.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Now, it's Susan's shamrock buttons.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Classic auction lot, six shamrock buttons, beautiful,
0:38:45 > 0:38:47hallmarked Birmingham 1902.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Quality, quality, quality.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Why are you selling them, you should be wearing them.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Well, no, my mother was given them by a boyfriend before she met my father.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- They were always in the drawer. - They are stunning.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- They're too good to be hidden away. - Yes.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02They should be on a jacket somewhere, you know, three a side.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Nice green jacket.- Exactly.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Well, let's find out what the bidders think, shall we? Here we go.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10A set of six silver buttons,
0:39:10 > 0:39:13inlaid with green hard stone, shamrock motifs.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14There they are.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I'm bid £60 for them,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19against you all at 60, five, 70, five,
0:39:19 > 0:39:2380, five, 90, five, at £95,
0:39:23 > 0:39:28100, and five, 110, 15, at £115, 120 now.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Fresh bidding. At £120, at 120,
0:39:31 > 0:39:36have you all finished then? At £120.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- £120. Well done.- Well done.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Well, thank you for bringing those in.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44I hope they go to a good home and, do you know what?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47I hope they get sewn onto something.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50And then your antiques can go wherever you go.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54It is my turn now with Doris's military memorabilia.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Going under the hammer, we've the 19th-century printed paper tokens
0:39:58 > 0:40:01commemorating Wellington's victories.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06- It's a lovely little lot and I think we should do £100, Doris, I hope so. - Do you?
0:40:06 > 0:40:11Yeah, it's great to see you again, look we are all in purple or mauve today, it's quite nice, isn't it?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Right, let's find out what this lot here in the auction room
0:40:13 > 0:40:16think of our Wellington memorabilia.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Here we go.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24A little set of 12 19th-century Napoleonic printed paper tokens.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27They all seem to be there. There it is, and several bids for it.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30I'm bit £80 to start, at 80, five, 90, five.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32- Straight in.- That's good.- 100.
0:40:32 > 0:40:39At £100 then still against you all 105, 110, 15, 120, five, 130,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42five, 140, and five, at 145 here.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45That's a lot more.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Finished then, 145.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51£145.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- The old Iron Duke will be happy with that one.- He will.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Isn't that good?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Yeah, well done and thank you for bringing that in
0:40:57 > 0:40:59because that brought lots of memories for me.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I can crow to my husband because he said it was not worth bringing it in.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Not worth bringing in, he said, well, there you go.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08If you've got anything like that, any old curio, we want to see it.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- You just don't know what things are worth.- Can be surprising.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Don't throw them out, bring them to 'Flog It!'
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Just like Diane did with her granny's necklace
0:41:16 > 0:41:21which is about to go under the hammer, now.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- Diane, good luck.- Thank you very much, Paul.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25This is a stunning necklace.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I had a chat to the auctioneer earlier, at the preview day
0:41:28 > 0:41:30when it was nice and quiet.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33He couldn't make his mind up if it was a hornet or a fly.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37I kind of looked at it and thought it could be a fly,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39but we don't know, there could be a sting in the tail,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42but he's catalogued it as a fly. Did you know that?
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Yes, I did know that, he actually sent us a catalogue.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Will that put people off, do you think?- I'm not sure. Hopefully not.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49- Hopefully not, fingers crossed. - Fingers crossed.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52You've got another nice necklace on, haven't you?
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Yes, I don't think it's very special.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Why are you selling this one, this one's so unique?
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Well, I've had it in the drawer, it was my grandmother's, for 15 years,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02never wore it until the day of 'Flog It!', showing off, wearing it,
0:42:02 > 0:42:04and David spied it.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06So there.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- Well, we are going to find out if this lot get carried away right now. Good luck.- Thank you very much.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Nouveau circular pendant,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17in the style of George Pierre, several bids for it.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22I'm bid £390, against you at £390.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25400, 10, 420, 430, at 430 then.
0:42:27 > 0:42:33440, 450, 460, 470, at 470,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36480, bid 500, 10,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39at 510 there.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43£510, any more at 510?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Quite sure?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48£510 the hammer's gone down.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Well done, you, thank you for bringing quality along.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- Thank you so much.- That was good, wasn't it?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Good job you spied it, David.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Well, that's it, it's all over for our owners.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05As you can see,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08the auction is still going on but it's thinning out as I speak.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12In fact, that's coming to an end. What a day we have had.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Lots of surprises there. I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17If you've got anything you want to sell we would love to see you,
0:43:17 > 0:43:20bring it along to one of our valuation days.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Who knows, it could be you in an auction room the next time.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26But until then, from Plymouth, it's goodbye.
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