0:00:02 > 0:00:06The town of Cheltenham found fame during the 18th century when it became a spa town,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10and that's thanks to the restorative qualities of its spring water.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12And today it's playing host to Flog It!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42In the early 1900s, a wealthy local banker wanted to create a town that was a rival to Cheltenham
0:00:42 > 0:00:46and name it after himself. And he was called Joseph Pitt.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50He created Pittville which is now a thriving suburb of Cheltenham.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53But its piece de resistance, its landmark
0:00:53 > 0:00:55is this striking piece of Regency architecture,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59the Pittville Pump Room. And it's our venue for our valuation day today.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Well, what a fabulous turnout we've got here today.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13Hundreds of people have turned up. It looks like we've got some valuations to be getting on with!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15So let's get started.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And leading the team with valuations already started in the queue,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21our experts David Fletcher...
0:01:21 > 0:01:26There are both saleable things, but they're not of great value, I'm afraid.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27..and Adam Partridge.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29This is my kind of thing!
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Toilet humour!
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Coming up on today's show, I share my opinion on a beautiful painting.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39If this was mine,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I'd be keeping it.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Adam speaks his mind too.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- It's quite nice to see that lump. - Really?- I suppose...!
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And the people of Cheltenham really make us welcome.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Well, everybody is now safely seated inside this wonderful Grade-1 listed building.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10And it looks like Adam Partridge is first at the tables, so let's take a closer look at what he's up to.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- Can I ask your names? I haven't checked that.- I'm John.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- John.- I'm Erica.- Erica. Very nice to meet you both.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20And it's always interesting to see a musical instrument,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22particularly here at the Pittville Pump Rooms,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26because, as a young man, I was very involved in music here in Cheltenham.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29And I used to play in concerts in this very room...
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- on the violin.- Oh? - So it's very nice to see...
0:02:33 > 0:02:38- We've listened to many concerts here. - Have you?- Oh, yes. We love to come to hear...
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- Well, I may have been here 20 years ago...- Oh, we weren't here then! - Were you not?- No.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- Ten years ago.- But I'm glad you've brought this instrument along.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50It's a curious thing, isn't it? What can you tell me about it yourselves, first of all?
0:02:50 > 0:02:58I was helping clear up an elderly lady's belongings. She was going into an old people's home.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02And she thought perhaps in connection with my teaching... I was teaching craftwork
0:03:02 > 0:03:09- in Germany...- Right.- In Stuttgart. - So this house you were clearing was in Germany as well?- Yes.- Right.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The lady thought it would probably back up my teaching.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17We were doing quite simple musical instruments with some of the pupils.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19And did you take it and show...?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I've used it along the line, yes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Have you ever seen or heard it played?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25No, not this one.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27It's some sort of folk instrument, isn't it?
0:03:27 > 0:03:33- To me, it was simply referred to and called a "Fiedel", a German Fiedel... - Yeah.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- I play the violin too.- Oh, do you?
0:03:35 > 0:03:40- But it being a fretted instrument... - That's it.- That is quite different.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44It has six strings, totally different tuning... I've never been able to...
0:03:44 > 0:03:49And it's going to be easier to play than the violin, of course, with those frets there.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54But to get a meaningful noise out of it, I don't fancy my chances,
0:03:54 > 0:03:59especially with this bow, which is ingenious but very crude really, isn't it?
0:03:59 > 0:04:05It's very crude, but also intended to be used like...what do you call them? A Bach bow.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- The player adjusts the tension themselves...- Can I pick it up? - Of course.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15Er...by tensioning the string with the thumb or fingers,
0:04:15 > 0:04:24you can either play one single string or let it wrap around more strings to play chords,
0:04:24 > 0:04:31- three, four strings even at once. - It's very primitive, yet effective. - Very primitive, but effective.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Exactly. And this is made from pine, isn't it? And the instrument...
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- it's also made of pine here, isn't it?- Yes, pine and maple.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Maple. So very similar to the materials a violin is made from.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- And we have a label in there as well.- There's a label.
0:04:45 > 0:04:53- "Karl Freuth".- Well, I've had a little bit of a research while we've been waiting to film,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56but I can't find any record of a Karl Freuth, instrument maker.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59He wasn't one of your pupils, was he? Way too early, sorry!
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- 1950-something, is it?- 1953.- 1953. - Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05A tricky thing to value.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I've seen many instruments, but nothing particularly like this.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14- I'm tempted to think it won't be an awful lot, but what do you think? - We're not expecting an awful lot.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19We just want it to go somewhere perhaps somebody might be interested.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Yes. I'd be tempted to put a 40-60 estimate.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- That's what I thought. - And then see if it makes any more.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Maybe we can find someone who can play it, but I don't fancy trying to get a note out of it myself, do you?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- It'd be a bit difficult. - A bit difficult.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Thanks for bringing it along. It's really nice to see such an unusual object.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- It does actually have quite a strong resonance, quite a strong tone.- Yeah. Let me give it a...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44TINKLY NOTES
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Just plucked, it's not so great!
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Well, maybe it just needs a good tune.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Over with David, Sue and James have brought in an unusual trio of items.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I like the look of this.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03A plaque which at first sight appears to be ivory,
0:06:03 > 0:06:09but it's too big to be ivory. It's to do with the War Savings campaign of 1944.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Yes.- I know that because it's written on it. And that's about all I do know about it.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16What can you tell me about it?
0:06:16 > 0:06:22- Well, I think it was the War Office trying to raise money for the war effort...- Yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27And local authorities committed to an amount of money they thought they could raise locally...
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- Oh, right?- ..To the fund. And if they achieved that amount that they said,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- then they were awarded one of these plaques.- OK.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42- Very interesting. I love it as a period piece.- It's quite sombre. - It is quite sombre, you're right,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46as you'd expect really. It's respectful and it's thought-provoking.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- This particular image obviously is of a soldier.- Yes.- A British Tommy.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Do you think they had other plaques for the Air Force and the Navy?
0:06:54 > 0:07:01- I think they did, and when I came across this I also found one saluting the airmen.- OK.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05And there was a third, I knew, in the series for the sailors.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08And how did you come by it? They're not common.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13In the 1970s, the company that I was working for moved office...
0:07:13 > 0:07:19- Right.- And the basement was full of all sorts of papers and bits and pieces.- Oh, really? Right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23And in the corner I found two plaques so I asked could I have one,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and they said, certainly, they were just destined for the skip.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Oh, really?- But my colleague had the other one.- Right.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Well done, you, for spotting that and appreciating it.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I mentioned just now that it looked as if it was ivory. If we look at the back...
0:07:37 > 0:07:40and this is really handy...
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- it says, "De La Rue Plastics".- Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- So it's plastic.- Yes. - Just goes to show what you can do with a bit of plastic, doesn't it?
0:07:49 > 0:07:56- So...we need to think about what it might make. Let's go with 100-150. - That's good.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57- With a reserve of £100.- Yes.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01And then we'll turn just quickly to the jewellery.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07I'll move that. The jewellery comprises two watch chains, each one with a fob.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09They both belonged to my father.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12He died 50 years ago.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17- Yeah.- So they've been in the back of a drawer for about the last 20 years.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19They were presumably worn as watch chains?
0:08:19 > 0:08:25- That's right. My father worked in a shipyard...- Right.- So he spent his...
0:08:25 > 0:08:31six days a week in a boiler suit. On the seventh day, on Sunday, he put his suit on.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Wonderful. - Suit, waistcoat and watch and chain.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Fantastic! A real dandy.- Absolutely.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44This one is clearly marked 9 carats, and it suspends a piece of serpentine,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47which is a piece of marble, really.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54This one suspends a medallion which is marked...9 carats.
0:08:54 > 0:09:00The chain itself... doesn't appear to be marked.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05I think I'm going to value that as gold. I think it has to be gold.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Thinking in terms of their melt value...now, that doesn't mean they're going to be melted...
0:09:09 > 0:09:15- No.- Because, of course, whoever buys these, I'm sure, will buy them as objects...
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Yes.- ..as watch chains.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21But the melt value sort of puts the bottom in the market, really.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26If we say, as far as the chains are concerned,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- an estimate of 400-450...- Mm-hm.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33And a reserve preferably just below the lower estimate, 380.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Now, that gives us a total... my maths is terrible...
0:09:36 > 0:09:41- 100 and 380...- Yes.- 480 in all.- Yes.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- And with a bit of luck you'll get £500 or £600.- That'd be great.- OK? - Thank you very much.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Sheila's brought a cracking bit of Moorcroft in to show Adam.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Now, you've brought something that's instantly recognisable to many people,
0:09:58 > 0:10:03even though it's quite a modern piece. But I think it's lovely. What can you tell me about this?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I don't actually know very much of its history,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09although from the bottom of it I can see it's 2001.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- Yes.- And it's 6 out of 250 made, I think.- Yes, a limited edition.
0:10:14 > 0:10:21- Emma Bossons.- Emma Bossons is a very talented designer for Moorcroft Pottery,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24and she designed a lot of these patterns for Moorcroft.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- And this is a particularly nice one, isn't it? - It is, the colours are beautiful.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34We've got these intertwined oak leaves and acorns. And if I just flip it up there,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38we've got all the markings on the bottom...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41the Moorcroft mark, there's Emma Bossons' signature,
0:10:41 > 0:10:46the 2001 date that you mentioned, and the limited series number, 6 of 250.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50And, of course, the WM initials, the Moorcroft initials.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Now, sometimes, these have a silver line through them...
0:10:53 > 0:10:57and that is when they're a second-quality vase.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01So when you're buying Moorcroft, this is for people listening at home as well,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- always look out for the silver line on the bottom, cos that means it's second quality.- I didn't know that.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07How did it come into your possession?
0:11:07 > 0:11:12About the autumn of last year, I have a friend who was desperately in need of raising some cash...
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- Right.- And I could have bought two. The other one was more of a squat vase,
0:11:17 > 0:11:22but the colours were quite pale, I didn't quite take to it. But I wish now I'd bought the two,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- because I had the offer of two for £250.- Right.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31- Whereas I paid 150 for that, but I loved it.- 150 for that. I think that was a fair price for your friend.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37This probably would have cost about £450 when it was bought, I would have thought...
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Oh?- £400 or £500 when it was purchased.
0:11:40 > 0:11:47- If you put it in auction now, it's likely to fetch £150 to £200. - Yes.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50So you've paid your friend a fair amount and you may get a small profit.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Yes.- Can I ask you why you want to sell it?
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Yes. My laptop packed up before Christmas. It's only two years old and the motherboard went in it.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02It's going to cost over 200 and I need to buy a new laptop, so I really do need the money.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- OK, well, that's recycling it, isn't it?- Yes.
0:12:05 > 0:12:12Now you need to raise a few funds for your laptop, so the vase goes under the hammer.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Shall we put a reserve of 150 on it?
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- Oh, I could lose a lot on that, couldn't I?- Well, you could lose the commission.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- And the VAT.- And the VAT.- 180?
0:12:21 > 0:12:26We could do, but it's going to really push it, because we're going to push the estimate right up.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32- Yes.- I think it has a better chance of meeting competitive bidding with a 150-200 estimate.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38- OK.- So I'd suggest a 150 estimate, and fingers crossed it makes 180.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Let's hope so. - Are you all right with that? - All right.- Little bit of a risk.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- Yes, it is a risk. - Worst-case scenario, you're going to lose £20 on it.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50- OK.- Best case, you'll make a profit and hopefully, whatever happens, you'll have your money back on it.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- It'll be interesting on the day. - Thanks for coming today.- Thank you.
0:12:57 > 0:13:04That's what I like to see! Hundreds of happy people enjoying themselves, and our crew's working flat out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Well, we are now halfway through our day. It's time to put our first batch of items into auction.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11This is where it gets exciting. Anything can happen.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's my favourite part of the show. You know what it's like.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18We put those valuations to the test and today we're going to see Mr Philip Serrell.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24He's going to be on the rostrum looking after us. Here's a quick recap of what we're taking and why.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28I've never seen one of these before. I think it's a member of the viol family,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32and if I played it I'm afraid I think it would sound "vile" as well!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Well, I'm not really sure I know what the plaque is worth.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It should be worth £100, and I'll be disappointed if it makes less.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41The jewellery, I hope, speaks for itself.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Two nice gold chains. They should come in at least £400.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48This Moorcroft vase isn't particularly old,
0:13:48 > 0:13:52but it's got all the ingredients for a successful sale at auction.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57It's a limited edition, first quality, and by a very desirable, up-and-coming designer.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Well, the room is packed with potential bidders, so let's see how our items go down.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Let's hope the unusual Fiedel makes sweet music!
0:14:09 > 0:14:12John and Erica, thank you very much for bringing this in.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15And you know you brought your little instrument in to the right expert
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- because there's many strings to this man's bow.- What? - Well, you were a violinist.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Yes, yes, yes...I'm meant to know about musical instruments,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- but this is a little bit out of my...- Did you get it tuned?- No, no. It's not my instrument.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- It's quite funny we didn't know more about it.- Well, you were quite well-informed about it.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31You knew as much as me if not more.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37- It's slightly out of my comfort zone.- OK. Not a lot of money, though.- No.- £40.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Let's hope somebody can pick up on this and hopefully use it and, you know, play a tune.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Somebody will find it quirky or interesting.- Exactly.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45We've never had one on Flog It! before.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47We'll probably never see another one again.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51So let's enjoy this moment, shall we? It's going under the hammer right now.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55There we are. Lot number 316.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Bid me for that lot. I bid £25, start at 25.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01And 30. 35? 40. 40 bid.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03There's someone there for it.
0:15:03 > 0:15:0450. 50 bid.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06And 5. 60.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- 60 bid.- I think there's a bid on the book, isn't there?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Yeah, maybe somebody in Mittelhausen!
0:15:13 > 0:15:16You just don't know, do you?
0:15:16 > 0:15:1875. 80.
0:15:18 > 0:15:2080 bid. At 80. Any more?
0:15:20 > 0:15:24At £80, and I sell then at £80 and done. Thank you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- Ever so pleased with that. £80. - Yeah.- Well done.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Lovely. At least not not sold.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Yeah, that's right. Thank you for bringing in something so quirky.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- That's the unusual, and we love talking about the unusual things. - The things that get interest.- Yeah.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- Thank you so much.- It's reassuring that I wasn't too far out.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47220...
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Sue and James are ready now to see their chains and plaque go up for sale.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52The plaque is up first.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- You found this in your office? - Absolutely, in the basement.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- But time's now up for it. - It's in the loft, absolutely.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Were you happy with the £100-£150, somewhere around there?- Great.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06The plaque is a difficult thing to value for because I've not seen one before.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08You just wonder how widespread the appeal is.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I love it because it speaks of that period in time, you know,
0:16:11 > 0:16:16and it tells us the story both about how important the war effort was,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- and also in stylistic terms. - Absolutely.- Because it speaks to us of the 1940s.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24If it doesn't sell today, I think what we'll probably do is give it to a museum or something.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Well, Philip Serrell's up on the rostrum weaving his magic as we speak,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and it's going under the hammer now. Let's see what he can do for you.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Interesting lot this, actually, a really interesting lot.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40I'm bid £50 to start me. At 50 bid. And 5. 60.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43And 5. 65? 65? 65?
0:16:43 > 0:16:4770. And 5. 75? Is there any more at all?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49At £75.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50No!
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- At £75. Well, I'm sorry, I can't quite...- Not selling.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Not selling, well... - Tricky, tricky thing to value.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Off to the museum maybe.- Yes...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01let's hope it goes to a good home.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Well, all is not lost. They've still got the watch chains to go.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Lots of money here, David. We're looking around £400-£500.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Hopefully we're going to get that and a little bit more! - That should be good.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- It's a good time to sell precious metals.- It is, gold's going up all the time.- Through the roof!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Fingers crossed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Lot number 620. I have two bids the same money.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And I start straightaway at £450.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30- Wow!- Straight in!
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Good grief!- Straight in. - That's amazing.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36450. Is there any more at all? Is there any more?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37460.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I'm so pleased that you came! 460.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42460. Any more at all?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Keep going, keep going!
0:17:44 > 0:17:48£460. And I sell then at £460 and done, thank you.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- That's good! - Someone called out the extra £10!
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Where did that come from?- It's one of those cheeky jolly dealers!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Good. And how are we going to spend the money?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Well, we better get it first. - Get a cheque!
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Great result for the chains and the museum might end up with the plaque.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Let's hope good old Moorcroft is a reliable seller.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Sheila's got her fingers crossed.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14It's not the classic Macintyre, but I tell you what, it is one of the newer designers
0:18:14 > 0:18:17and I think this is a collectible of the future.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Moorcroft is still being made as well, Sheila, so there's going to be a lot of buyers out there for this.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26- We're looking at £150-£200. - Yeah. Even the modern stuff does still sell very well.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31There's a very thriving collectors' club, and you can still tell it's Moorcroft. It's coming up now.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Lot 737, the modern Moorcroft vase.
0:18:35 > 0:18:41And I'm bid £150, on the book bid at 150. 160. 170.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43180. 190. 200. 200 with me. At 200.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45At 210. 220.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Any more at all? At 230. 240. At £240.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Commissioned bid. Are there any more?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54At £240 and done. Thank you.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- That's the sound of a sold sound! £240.- You were right.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00You said up to 250, didn't you?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You see, it had everything going for it. It had a great maker's name, it had great condition,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and quality always sells.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- That's the maxim, really, isn't it? - Oh, I'm so pleased.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- 240!- It's nice to see someone happy.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Big smiles on Flog It! all round today!
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- I could nearly buy a new laptop.- You can. That's what the money's going towards.- I was sure!- Brilliant.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Well, I'm right in the centre of Cheltenham and this is Montpellier Gardens,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34so this is a great place for me to start today,
0:19:34 > 0:19:38because I'm going to set off on a tour of this magnificent Regency town on foot,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and it's surprising what quirky landmarks you can discover,
0:19:41 > 0:19:49and you can learn so much about the place you're in if you bother to stop and take time to look.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51So...here we go!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57The rise of Cheltenham from market town to fashionable spa town
0:19:57 > 0:20:00is in part thanks to a rather unusual source,
0:20:00 > 0:20:05honoured throughout the centre on the top of signposts.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07It was the humble pigeon.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14They were thought to have triggered the discovery of a mineral spring
0:20:14 > 0:20:16in a field in the early 1700s,
0:20:16 > 0:20:21as locals observed the birds pecking at the ground, looking plump and healthy.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Wells were dug and the word spread about the medicinal virtues of the water.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29The town came to be known as Cheltenham Spa.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35The appeal of the town has meant some of its famous residents over the years
0:20:35 > 0:20:39have felt a strong loyalty to it, and here we have a statue of the composer Gustav Holst,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41renowned for his work The Planets.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45MUSIC: Excerpt from "The Planets" by Holst
0:20:45 > 0:20:50And a proud Cheltenham celebrated Holst's music with a festival in his honour
0:20:50 > 0:20:51at the town hall in 1927.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59The town is also known for its elegant look, known as Regency Cheltenham.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02And that style of architectural history is pretty much in evidence
0:21:02 > 0:21:05wherever you walk around this magnificent town.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10The wonderful terraced houses in those lovely crescents with their white-painted facades.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14The Regency period lasted around 30 years at the very beginning of the 19th century.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19It was named after the Prince Regent who later became King George IV.
0:21:21 > 0:21:28And one quirky, well-loved example of this emphasis on design can be seen right here in Montpellier Walk,
0:21:28 > 0:21:35nestled between all the shops and cafes, there are a row of elegant armless women, standing guard.
0:21:35 > 0:21:42They're known as Caryatids, clearly carved with a classical influence, dating from the 1800s.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Well, I think they're absolutely stunning.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Now, would you expect to see something beautiful when you're doing something everyday,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53like going to your local bank?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56This building is known as the Montpellier Rotunda.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02Built in the early 19th century, it once housed one of the town's spas
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and took design ideas from the Pantheon in Rome.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Well, architecturally the town hasn't changed much,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14but, I tell you what, the traffic has got a lot busier.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Further on down the promenade, you come across this striking, magnificent fountain
0:22:19 > 0:22:22and you can see the Italian influence at work here.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27The Trevi Fountain and its horses are clearly inspiration for engineer Joseph Hall
0:22:27 > 0:22:29in the later part of the 19th century.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32It's a shame it's not working, but we're not in the season.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34That's only running in the spring and the summer,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37but when it does gush and flow,
0:22:37 > 0:22:41the water is provided from the River Chelt which runs beneath.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Isn't that just magnificent?
0:22:49 > 0:22:53These streetlamps are known as the dragon and the onion
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and they were also designed by Joseph Hall.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Now, why the dragon and the onion?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Because it's not that immediately apparent.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Well, I'll tell you why. You can see.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07If you look up there, the dragon refers to the overall shape of the metal.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09You can see the dragon's head.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12And the onion, that's the shape of the glass bulb.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17There are eight hexagonal pillar boxes still in use here, known as Penfolds.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23It was in 1866 that the architect and surveyor John Penfold
0:23:23 > 0:23:26designed this now classic shape for the Post Office,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29but, as it was a bit too expensive to produce,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33they only made them for 13 years.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Look out for original Penfolds around the country
0:23:35 > 0:23:37next time you go to post a letter.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Now, a more up-to-date piece to look at here in this magnificent town is where I am right now
0:23:45 > 0:23:47in a popular shopping area,
0:23:47 > 0:23:52and it's this wonderful bronze sculpture by artist Sophie Ryder.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54It's titled The Minotaur And The Hare.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Now, we all know what a hare is, don't we? There's one there, look!
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And this is a minotaur. Now, that's based on Greek mythology,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02part man, part bull.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Why is it here? Well, it was commissioned as part of an exhibition
0:24:06 > 0:24:08for the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The town fell in love with it, they bought it,
0:24:11 > 0:24:16and they've stuck it right here, and it's here because this couple are actually people-watching.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20That's what you do with the cafe society, you watch just the people go by.
0:24:20 > 0:24:27It's great to see the fusion of modern creative art amongst historic Regency design.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31But for the final stop of my tour of Cheltenham's history,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I want to show you something magical.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37It's the fabulous Wishing Fish Clock in the Regent Arcade,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and what a wonderful space to have an art installation.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I know it's not an art gallery, but the footfall you get in here is incredible.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45The more people that see this, the better,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47and it really does keep the kids entertained.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49We've got the goose at the top, it lays eggs.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51As you can see, the golden eggs come down from the goose,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55and as they're coming down towards the face of the clock, little mice pop out
0:24:55 > 0:24:58from the sides of the clock and there's a little snake at the top
0:24:58 > 0:25:00who tries to eat one of the grey mice.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Now, the whole thing was designed by an artist and illustrator called Kit Williams,
0:25:04 > 0:25:09famous for his work in the 1980s, particularly a book called Masquerade.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13The whole mechanical movement of this clock was built by a local chap, a local clockmaker
0:25:13 > 0:25:17called Mike Harding. It took him around nine months to complete,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20and it weighs in at an incredible three tones.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25But this works now on the hour and every half an hour.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30And what happens is the fish starts to blow bubbles. You can see the bubbles coming out now.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35And it's said if you catch one of the bubbles, you can make a wish.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38And you can see why it really does keep the kids entertained. Isn't that brilliant?
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Well, that's it. I hope you've enjoyed my little tour of Cheltenham.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00And what perfect weather for it today. I've certainly been blessed.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04And I hope this has given you inspiration to check out your local town
0:26:04 > 0:26:08and discover some of its hidden history.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18At the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham, lots of people have come along for the valuation day today.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Adam has found a big lump of glass with a good name, Whitefriars,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25brought in by Mary and Richard.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30- Well, it's quite nice to see that lump.- Really?- I suppose...!
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I'm sorry. I don't wish to sound rude. It's not really my thing. Do you like it?
0:26:34 > 0:26:39- No.- Good. - There's no sentimental value to it.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Before today, Adam, I didn't know if it was of any value at all. It was just a doorstop to us.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- It was a doorstop! There's a novel use.- Yes. - Well, where did you get it from?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52It was Mum and Dad's. It was in their flat.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56And, obviously, when they died and left it, then it came to us.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Cleared their flat and just dragged it in and used it as a doorstop.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- And we carried on the tradition. Mary's mum had used it as a doorstop. - Really?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Well, that is... Wow! What a testament to its manufacture, cos there's not a mark on it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08There's nothing wrong with it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10It's in good nick, yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- You wouldn't want to stub your toe on it either!- No! It is a weight. - A hell of a lump!
0:27:15 > 0:27:20And now you're sat here at Flog It! You've realised it's a Whitefriars vase.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- What age will it be? - These were made late '60s...- Right.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Typically late '60s. Geoffrey Baxter, Whitefriars Glass.- Yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32And there's lot of different shapes. They're particularly characterised by this barky finish, you know...
0:27:32 > 0:27:38- And do they usually have all that...? - That thick, clear layer at the bottom. Yeah.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- I didn't realise. - And there's a recessed circular mark on the bottom.- Is there a mark?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44They're not actually marked as such.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- You're not going to see the name Whitefriars on them.- No.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52- They had a range of colours. I think that one's called cinnamon... or pewter.- I don't know.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- It has got the '60s sort of look about it.- It does, doesn't it?
0:27:55 > 0:28:00And I think that's why they sell quite well. The market has been stronger.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05- When I started in this job as a porter, we didn't look at them twice.- No.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09They were just mass-produced moulded glass, you know, and they'd go in a job lot, then suddenly...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- the trend for interiors has gone up...- Yeah.
0:28:12 > 0:28:19- And you could see that as the one item in a minimalist house, couldn't you, on the shelf!- Anywhere!
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Which is why, I think, they make some sort of price.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- So this is the volcano shape.- Right.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- One of the most famous ones was the drunken bricklayer, you know, that zigzag...- Yeah.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Anyway, you've got the volcano one. What do you think it's worth, your doorstop?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I really haven't got a clue.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40I would have thought sort of around 100, something like that, 150.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43For someone who doesn't like it, that's quite optimistic, isn't it?
0:28:43 > 0:28:49- I wouldn't have thought that much at all!- No... I'm tending to side with you on this.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54- Right. OK.- Typically about 50, 60. - Really? OK.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- You want to keep it now? - No, no, not at all! No, not at all!
0:28:57 > 0:29:03I'd normally put 40-60 estimate on that and tend to get 60-70.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- That sounds pretty good to me! - Yeah!
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Doorstop brings wedge.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Yes!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Used as a doorstop. Well, I've heard it all now.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17It's my turn to be the expert, and I've spotted a real gem with Alison.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- Alison, you know who this is, don't you?- Yes.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26- Tell me.- Alfred John Arnesby Brown. - Yes. And it's signed...
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Arnesby Brown here.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32This is the east side of England, isn't it?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34We're talking about Norfolk, the Fens.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37He in fact spent his summers in Norfolk
0:29:37 > 0:29:42and spent his winters in St Ives. What can you tell me about it?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45It's been handed down through the family.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I honestly don't know if it's come from my mother's side of the family,
0:29:48 > 0:29:52because she lived in the Fens before she was married.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Or it might have come from my father's side of the family,
0:29:55 > 0:30:00because I have a very large portrait of my father as a four-year-old eating an apple
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- by the artist's wife.- So your grandparents knew the artist?
0:30:04 > 0:30:10Absolutely, they must have done. Because my grandfather had a property down at Carbis Bay...
0:30:10 > 0:30:16- No, really?- We lived in Cornwall. And he was very interested in the St Ives School...
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Yes, yes.- And the Newlyn... - Well, it's very alert, very impressionistic,
0:30:19 > 0:30:23it's very fresh, it's absolutely everything I love.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26This is definitely not the Southwest, this is definitely the east side,
0:30:26 > 0:30:30because it's so flat, and when you look at all the things from the Norwich School,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- you see very low horizons and lots and lots of sky.- Yes.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38And that's exactly what we've got here. More sky than landscape.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- He's renowned as a landscape artist and that is lovely.- Oh, it is.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47- Yes.- And if you stand back, the more you appreciate that, don't you?
0:30:47 > 0:30:52- It's really hard to get enthusiastic when you're this close, as all I'm looking at is the technique...- Yeah.
0:30:52 > 0:30:58- ..the brush work, the palette-knife work...highlights in white. - When I was a child,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01we used to look at this and we could see shapes in the sky,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03and we made that out to be a tennis racquet,
0:31:03 > 0:31:08and this out to be some sort of animal.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10It was ridiculous!
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Well, that's the funny thing about oil paintings, especially being impressionistic
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- because it's about what the individual looks into it to see. - Yes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20He was born in 1866, he died in 1955.
0:31:20 > 0:31:27And his works have fetched in auction up to £20,000...
0:31:27 > 0:31:32obviously depending on size and subject matter.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34This is oil on canvas, it's very, very nice.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- There's a bit of cracking, you can see a little bit of...- Yes.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39But that's OK, it's not been restored.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- This has not been in sunlight, you've looked after this.- Oh, yes, I have.- You've really looked after it.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47There are stickers on the back, it's been exhibited at the Royal Academy, it's had some other exhibitions,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51so it's had a little bit of provenance, it's had a little bit of life to it.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I'd like to put it into auction with a valuation of £4,000-£6,000,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57a fixed reserve of £4,000,
0:31:57 > 0:32:02and, er, Philip Serrell is going to be putting this under the hammer in Malvern. I'm going to make sure
0:32:02 > 0:32:06it goes on the front page of the catalogue in colour.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11- It goes on all the art buyers' websites so we've alerted everybody. - Excellent.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Happy?- Yes, definitely.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15If this was mine...
0:32:17 > 0:32:19..I'd be keeping it.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Why do you want to sell it?
0:32:22 > 0:32:29Well, it half belongs to me and it half belongs to my sister who lives in Australia.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33- I can't hang my sister's inheritance on the wall, can I?- No. - That's not fair.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- Are you happy?- Yes, I'm happy.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37Thank you.
0:32:37 > 0:32:43Isn't that a magical painting? Watch out for it going under the hammer a little later.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- Hello, Brian.- Hello.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Now, I'm not sure really whether you've brought in a painting
0:32:48 > 0:32:54or a box! I suppose it's a bit of both. What can you tell me about it?
0:32:54 > 0:32:59I understand it's Lord Byron and it's a papier-mache snuffbox.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01And how did you come by it?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05About 15 years ago, I was looking for a wedding anniversary present for my parents...
0:33:05 > 0:33:11- Yeah.- And I went into an antique shop, saw their present, saw that lurking in the corner,
0:33:11 > 0:33:18- and managed to get a good deal.- So it was a sort of buy-two-get-one-free sort of thing?- Yeah, yeah.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Good. OK, I think you did very well.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25As you rightly say it is papier mache. It does depict Lord Byron,
0:33:25 > 0:33:30one of the greatest poets of the 18th and 19th century,
0:33:30 > 0:33:34and beautifully portrayed in this portrait here.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36It's an oil painting...
0:33:36 > 0:33:42as you say, on papier mache and the box is indeed a snuffbox. He died in 1824
0:33:42 > 0:33:46and I think that enables us to date this box pretty accurately, really.
0:33:46 > 0:33:52In some respects, I think this box represents a souvenir of Lord Byron's life.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54He was an interesting-looking man.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57He was known as a romantic, he has this very romantic appearance
0:33:57 > 0:34:00and I think the artist here has captured it incredibly well.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05It's not signed, but he was certainly a competent person.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Why have you decided to sell it?
0:34:06 > 0:34:11Someone else can appreciate it more than I've done. And I could use the money, basically!
0:34:11 > 0:34:12OK.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- I think this is going to make the best part of £100.- Hmm.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21I'd like to estimate it, if I may, at sort of 60-80...
0:34:21 > 0:34:27- Yeah.- And just hope that it runs on a bit, because it is better than your average.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32- Yeah.- We don't often encounter boxes of this type, although they're not uncommon in themselves,
0:34:32 > 0:34:36that have this much quality and depict a famous person like Lord Byron.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- Well, we'll do our best for you, Brian.- Thank you very much. - And I'll see you at the sale.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Our experts have now found their final lots to take off to the saleroom.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53Here's a quick recap just to jog your memory of what they are and why we're taking them.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58This Whitefriars volcano vase has been used as a doorstop for decades.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01I'm hoping that someone at the auction room is going to find a better use for it than that.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07I'm putting this oil on canvas through to the auction because it's simply superb.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11It has a timeless quality about it which will look wonderful on anybody's wall.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16If you're a snuffbox collector you'll love this, because it's more than just a snuffbox.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20It includes a wonderful portrait of Lord Byron, beautifully handled,
0:35:20 > 0:35:25and he is a great person by any standard. I think we'll do well with this.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33I'm going to catch up with our owners because I know they're felling really nervous,
0:35:33 > 0:35:38especially Alison with the wonderful oil painting that I've put £4,000-£6,000 on.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I'm hoping this does 8,000-plus. It'd be a lovely surprise for her.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Yesterday I had a chat with Philip Serrell, today's auctioneer, the man on the rostrum.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49This is what he had to say about the oil painting. Take a look.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Alison's oil painting, John Arnesby Brown. My eyes were on stalks when I saw this!
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I say Alison's, actually it belongs to her sister as well.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01And unfortunately they can't both own it, and she lives in Australia,
0:36:01 > 0:36:06- so Alison's decided to sell and split the money.- I think your estimate's spot-on, 4,000-6,000.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11In my heart of hearts, I think it's going to make 6,000-8,000.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Yeah.- What I love about it, it's just such a terrific sky, isn't it?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- High, yes, high horizons. - A fantastic sky.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22And also, I don't know about you, but I like a painting that stands looking at.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25And if you've got a painting that you look at it once and you've seen it,
0:36:25 > 0:36:29you don't look at it again. But this, there's so much in it,
0:36:29 > 0:36:33and there's so much depth, and that sky and the foreground does that,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37but you can look at it and then you can look at it again and see something different. And so...
0:36:37 > 0:36:40I'm hopeful that it's going to fly to the top estimate.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Fingers crossed.- She'd be ever so pleased, ever so pleased,
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- because this is a hard thing to part with. - I understand why they are, though.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I can't wait for you to get on the rostrum. Whatever you do, don't go away,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53because I think this one is definitely the one to watch,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55and, hopefully, Alison is going to be so happy.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Well, we'll put our expertise to the test when the painting comes up for sale a little bit later.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07But now it's time for the Whitefriars doorstop/vase to meet the bidders.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Nice colour, cinnamon. Collectible...- Doorstop.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16It's been around the family for 30 years.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Well, we're going to find out exactly what it's worth.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- We're hoping for around £50. 40-60 we've got on this.- Yes.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24And, hopefully, we'll get that £60 plus a little bit more.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- We always want the top end plus, don't we?- We do!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29It's Geoffrey Baxter, for goodness' sake! This is it.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Lot number 659 is a Geoffrey Baxter Whitefriars vase.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35I'll start at £60 bid.
0:37:35 > 0:37:375, 70.
0:37:37 > 0:37:4170 bid. 5 on the net. 80 on the net. At £80...
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- This is good.- Is there any more? - Is that it?
0:37:44 > 0:37:48£80. Internet bid for the Whitefriars. 85. Is there any more?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50On the net and done then at 85.
0:37:50 > 0:37:56- Oh!- £85. Good old Geoffrey Baxter! You've got to be happy with that.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- That's great. - That's good, yeah.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Great. Thanks for bringing it. - That's all right, isn't it?
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Well, £85 will go a long way towards a new doorstop.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Up now it's Brian's Byron snuffbox.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Brian, thank you for bringing that in.
0:38:10 > 0:38:16- No problem.- Why are you selling this? - It's at the back of the cupboard. - Not doing anything.- Not loved.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Have you never used it?- No.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22It's not a thing you do nowadays.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26But this isn't to be sneezed at! Hopefully, it's going to go at the top end. We're going to find out.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Lot number 360 is the papier-mache snuffbox. There you are.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Lots of interest.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Lots of interest.- Oh, good.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39£100 I'm starting, at £100 on the book.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41At £100. 100.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43110. 120. 130. 140. 150?
0:38:44 > 0:38:49- It's the Lord Byron thing, isn't it? - It's the subject matter, I think.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52160, is it now? 170. 180?
0:38:52 > 0:38:53180. 190.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57200? 200. 210. 220?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59220. 230. 240?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Bid's with me. 240. 250.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03260?
0:39:03 > 0:39:08At £250 on the book. Is there any more at all?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11And done and sold then at 250 and done, thank you.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13You've got to be happy with that!
0:39:13 > 0:39:16That's a lot better than 60-80 which you could have been expecting.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I've now got to rethink what I'll spend my money on!
0:39:19 > 0:39:23You'll enjoy spending it, won't you? Hopefully, reinvest back in the antiques trade!
0:39:23 > 0:39:25I might be tempted.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Great result for Lord Byron and for Brian!
0:39:29 > 0:39:34But now my valuation-day find, it's Alison's beautiful oil painting.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39This is what auctions are all about. We've got a cracking crowd here.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Things have been going so well, and they're just going to get better. It can only get better.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- I know you're nervous.- I am.- You didn't really want to sell this,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48and I know we talked about it reaching £8,000,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51but this is what Arnesby should be sort of reaching, his works.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55We pitched this at 4,000-6,000, didn't we? We came to an agreement,
0:39:55 > 0:40:00because this is going to be like honey to bees. They all think they've got a chance at 4-6.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Well, I hope so.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06This is the best way to do it. And do you know something? Right now, I am tingling!
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Are you tingling?- No, I'm terrified!
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Well, I'm nervous as well for you,
0:40:11 > 0:40:15- because I want this to do above the top end of the estimate, that's for sure.- Oh!
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Oh...
0:40:16 > 0:40:20I shall be a bit sad if it goes for 4.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23I really will, I...
0:40:23 > 0:40:24It won't.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Lot number 291. There you are.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31The Arnesby Brown, oil on canvas.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34This is it.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Here we go.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37It's all gone quiet.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Here's a lovely thing. Where do you want to start me?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Somebody want to bid me £6,000?
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Silence.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Well, if you don't bid, it doesn't work very well.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52£4,000 I'm bid. Commission bid on the book. 4,200.
0:40:52 > 0:40:544,500.
0:40:54 > 0:40:564,800 now. 4,800.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Do they want to bid or not? Because I will sell it if they don't.
0:41:01 > 0:41:054,800. 5,000, may I? 5,000.
0:41:05 > 0:41:065,200, is it?
0:41:06 > 0:41:075,200. 5,800, is it?
0:41:09 > 0:41:105,800. 6,000.
0:41:10 > 0:41:136,200. May I?
0:41:13 > 0:41:166,000. 200 anywhere?
0:41:17 > 0:41:206,200. 6,500? 6,500.
0:41:20 > 0:41:226,800?
0:41:22 > 0:41:266,800. 7,000, may I? Another telephone bid.
0:41:26 > 0:41:287,000.
0:41:28 > 0:41:327,200. 7,500? 7,500.
0:41:32 > 0:41:337,800, may I? 7,800.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- This is marvellous!- Shh!
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Yes, £8,000. 8,200 now.
0:41:40 > 0:41:448,200. 8,500.
0:41:46 > 0:41:488,800.
0:41:49 > 0:41:539,000. It's getting rather like Wimbledon, this! 9,200, may I?
0:41:53 > 0:41:549,200.
0:41:54 > 0:41:569,500, is it?
0:41:56 > 0:41:589,500. 9,800 now?
0:41:58 > 0:42:019,800. £10,000.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- £10,000. 10,500? - 10,500.
0:42:05 > 0:42:0610,500.
0:42:06 > 0:42:0811,000?
0:42:08 > 0:42:1011,000 anywhere?
0:42:11 > 0:42:1410,500 here. Any more at all?
0:42:16 > 0:42:1810,500 once...
0:42:19 > 0:42:21..twice...
0:42:21 > 0:42:25third and last time, and you're all out and done. On my left. 10,500.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- £10,500! - APPLAUSE
0:42:31 > 0:42:34That is fantastic, isn't it?
0:42:34 > 0:42:39You've got to get on the phone to Jennifer. It's about 1.15 in the afternoon here.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44It's going to be midnight in Australia. Wake her up and get her out of bed and tell her, won't you?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- What a lot of money!- I will. - Oh, I'm ever so pleased.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- I'm ever so pleased. Are you? - Yeah, I am.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56I feel really happy at having sold it, because I didn't want to sell it,
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- but now it's gone for a good price, I feel...- There's a tear in the eye.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Look, we got top money. That's not going to make any more money now.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05That's wonderful. Thank you.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09If you've got anything like that, we would love to see you!
0:43:09 > 0:43:13Bring it along to one of our valuation days. But sadly we've run out of time here in the Malverns.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16We've had a wonderful day. I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Join us again for many more surprises to come on Flog It! in the future.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21But for now, from Alison...
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Oh, what a day!- Thank you. - What a day!
0:43:24 > 0:43:28- Thank you so much for bringing that in. Goodbye from both of us. - Goodbye.
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