0:00:22 > 0:00:25Docks once busy with Glasgow's ship-building industry
0:00:25 > 0:00:28are now home to a thrilling and thriving art scene.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30The city's home to the Scottish Opera, Ballet,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34the National Orchestra and, of course, HQ of BBC Scotland.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Glasgow's cultural excellence was first recognised in 1990,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41when it was named Britain's first City of Culture.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And today's venue couldn't be more fitting.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Purpose built as a museum and art gallery, the magnificent Kelvingrove
0:00:48 > 0:00:51is literally a palace of the arts.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55This magnificent setting has really drawn the crowds.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And on hand to help spot any potential masterpieces
0:00:58 > 0:01:01are our very own double act, James Lewis...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Underwear that she put away for getting married,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- but she never did. - Your aunt's underwear?- Great aunt.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I've got to see this!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10..and Will Axon.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Done well not to drink it. I bet there's been a few late nights
0:01:14 > 0:01:17when the shops are shut and you thought, "Shall we?"
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Will?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Kelvingrove has witnessed many events in the past 100 years,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29but I don't think anything can match the excitement of our Flog It crowd.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33If I could bottle this atmosphere, I'd be a rich man!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Let's dive into our first valuation
0:01:35 > 0:01:39and catch up with James Lewis to see what he's spotted.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Lesley, whenever I see a box like this,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46the first thing is I know it's got silver in it.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51But it's either going to have a three-piece tea service,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54a bachelor's one, a dressing table set
0:01:54 > 0:01:57or silver-mounted coffee cans.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00But when you see that box, it's got to be one of them.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04And what a fantastic set!
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Just so, sort of, modern and fresh.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13And considering that this was made in the 1920s...
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- Right.- ..I think it is remarkably current and remarkably now.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The spoons are solid silver.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25In a way, they tell you instantly what the cups were used for.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30We have these little coffee bean terminals. They look mint.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Have they just stayed in here? - No. Far from it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I think they were very well used in their time.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- They've been in the family since the '30s.- OK.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45I think they were probably a wedding present to my mother's cousin,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48who was married in the '30s.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53They were very hospitable jolly people who entertained a lot.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57And then he passed them to my mother at one time and she used them a lot.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02- Did she?- And I've used them. - Really?- But not recently.
0:03:02 > 0:03:09The porcelain itself is made by Cauldon of Stoke-on-Trent.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- If you hold it up to the light, it's almost transparent.- Yes.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Very, very thin, fine quality porcelain.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21And the silver mounts are made...
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- That one's Chester.- Oh!
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- The spoons are Birmingham.- Really? - Well, it's not where they were made.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31It's where they were assayed.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34As a retailer and a manufacturer of porcelain,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38you would commission the cheapest silver that you could
0:03:38 > 0:03:41so you would increase your profit margins.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44The silver smith that makes these
0:03:44 > 0:03:47might be more expensive to buy the spoons from.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50They'd shop around and get a maker for these
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- and a different maker for the spoons.- Right.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56These are dated 1927.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- So just before the '30s when you know your family had them.- Yes.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- If we put £70 to £100 on them... - Mm-hm.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- ..is that all right? - Yeah. Absolutely.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Let's hope we can celebrate with something stronger than coffee!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14That would be very much appreciated.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16That's a gorgeous little set, and up on the balcony,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Will has also got his hands on a mystery box.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22But what will be in this one?
0:04:22 > 0:04:26June, whose dressing table have you been raiding to come to Flog It?
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- Where's this box come from? - My late mother-in-law's house.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32She passed away last year.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35During clearing, we came across a lot of things. This is one of them.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Let's have a look inside, shall we?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Well, you've got a real mix in here.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Let's get a few pieces out.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We've got a little gold-framed cameo brooch.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50And we've got this interesting
0:04:50 > 0:04:54gold and enamel naturalistic frame,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57which must have had something in the centre at some stage.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00At some point, probably.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Then another little brooch. Again, rather sweet.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Little split seed pearl
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and gold in black enamelling.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10And then we've got...
0:05:10 > 0:05:13We always like to see a fitted box on this show.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Look at that! That's very pretty, isn't it?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Let's put that down there.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22You've got a little split seed pearl brooch and a pendant brooch,
0:05:22 > 0:05:27which could have been worn as either a necklace or a brooch.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We've got another box, a right Aladdin's trove here!
0:05:30 > 0:05:33There's a little selection of brooches.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Some portrait brooches. We've got another mourning brooch.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Typical one with the plaited hair. So it's mounting up.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44We've got one more box. Let's have a look what we can see in here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I see, we've got a little suite
0:05:47 > 0:05:51of typical Victorian nine-carat gold, I'd have thought, jewellery.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56There seems to be a theme running through the jewellery here.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02Brooches and mourning jewellery, such as with the plaited hair.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04And here, with the black enamelling and seed pearls.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08A classic combination of mourning jewellery.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12We've got a couple of photographic portrait brooches here.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Recognise them at all? They're all in the same box.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19He wondered if maybe one of them was possibly his great-gran,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- who he never knew.- Right, OK, yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Then we've got a gentleman here. - Possibly the same family.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28She's got a good Victorian look.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33He looks maybe a little bit later, maybe late Victorian, Edwardian.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37At some stage along the line,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41this is nice quality jewellery, so someone has taken a bit of effort
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- and bought some nice pieces.- Yes.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Most of them are going to be nine-carat gold.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- We'll let Anita go through it and catalogue for her sale.- Yeah.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- And we'll give her a guide price of 100 to 150.- OK, excellent.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59So, June, we'll pack it off to Anita
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and see how her jewellery buyers respond.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Hopefully, by waving their paddles in the air wildly at her.- Yes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- I look forward to seeing you at the sale.- Thank you very much.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Wearing mourning jewellery has been in practice since the 1600s,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17but it became particularly popular in the 19th century,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21mainly because of Queen Victoria and her lengthy period of mourning.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Widows were expected to dress in black,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27only adorned with discreet pieces of jewellery
0:07:27 > 0:07:29with items made from jet being especially popular.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Over the years, we've seen some exceptional pieces
0:07:32 > 0:07:33go under the hammer.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Excellent!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I wish they could have been here!
0:07:39 > 0:07:43So, let's see how this collection goes for June.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48There's plenty of items flooding in of all shapes and sizes.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Gosh! This is quite large to struggle in with, isn't it?- Yes.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Got some other things at home.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I think that's quite cute.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'd put that at about, um...
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- 1830, 1840.- Right.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06I'd say it's Scandinavian. Boxes like this have their virtue.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09You can always keep something in them, you really can.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It's really hard to put a value on traditional things like this,
0:08:12 > 0:08:16which are quite naive pieces of folk art.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18We're showing it at a disadvantage.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It's just straight out the loft into this place.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- It wasn't cleaned up. - Needs a bit of TLC.- Oh, aye.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It needs a bit of beeswax, treating and feeding.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30If I did this...
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You can just get to see, you know?
0:08:33 > 0:08:38It would look like that and you'd fall in love with this little box.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- I never thought of polishing it. - If you spent a few hours waxing it,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46and feeding and treating it, you'd turn it into £80 to £120.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- Would you?- Yes. It's got a lot of charm to it, it really has.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55For our sale today, we're in the West End of Glasgow
0:08:55 > 0:08:57at the Great Western Auction rooms.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58It's an antique and general sale so
0:08:58 > 0:09:01we're in good company and there should be a lot of interest.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Let's go inside and soak up the auction atmosphere. Come on.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Hopefully, it's a packed house.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12It certainly is, and Anita Manning is on the rostrum and raring to go.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16First up, it's Lesley's silver and china coffee set.
0:09:16 > 0:09:201920s, but it looks like it could have been made yesterday.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- It's so contemporary. - Everything going for it.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- I hope so.- Do you like your espressos?- Yes, I do.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- But you don't really use these? - Not any longer.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32It's going under the hammer now.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38A cased set of six Cauldon china coffee cans and saucers
0:09:38 > 0:09:41in original fitted box.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43A bonnie little set.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Can we say 200? 150?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Will you start me at £100? Start me at 100.
0:09:50 > 0:09:5350, then. 50 bid.
0:09:53 > 0:09:5650 with you, sir. Any advance on 50?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- 60. 70. 80. 90. - Three people, look.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04£90. 100 fresh bidder. 110. 120.
0:10:04 > 0:10:11120 with Pat. Any advance on £120? Any advance on 120? 120...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Sold.- Gone.- Fine. - Easy, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Easy when it's quality and looks great.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Going under the hammer now, a jewellery box full of treasure!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- It belongs to June. Hello, June. Who's with you?- My husband, Jim.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Jim, hello. This was your mother's jewellery?- Yes, indeed.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I see, now, why you brought him along.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Right, OK. We need to sell this. We're looking for £100, £150.- Yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- It's mourning jewellery, something you didn't wear.- No.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I think we've priced it at the right level.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- There's a lot there for the money. - Exactly, yeah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Fingers crossed we're going to find a buyer for it now. Here we go.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56It's a superb lot of Victorian jewellery. A lovely lot.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Will you start me at £100? 100 bid.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- 100 bid. Any advance on 100? - Yes, we're in.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- We're on the phone, look. - 120, 130.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10140. 150. 160. 170.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14You're in the money!
0:11:14 > 0:11:17180. Anyone else from the floor? 180.
0:11:18 > 0:11:26190 with me. 200. 210. 220. 225.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32230. I'm out. £230 for all the jewellery. 230.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38240 on the phone. 250. 260.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- They like this a lot.- 270.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43280. 290.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48- Maybe something really shines. - The star brooch is nice quality.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- £310. Any advance on 310? - Fresh to the market.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55All done at 310? 310...
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Yes! That's a sold sound! 310, well done.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Well done.- Good work.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Welcome back to Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15This is a portrait by Vincent Van Gogh,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18one of the greatest ever impressionists.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It's a portrait of a young Glaswegian art dealer,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Alexander Reid, painted in 1887.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26He shared a flat with Van Gogh in Paris.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29It's all about the company you keep to get a portrait painted like that.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I love the use of the greens and the red, not only in the background
0:12:33 > 0:12:35but also all over the face.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's absolutely stunning. Something to remember.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Right now, I think it's time we join up with our experts, don't you?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44See if they paint a pretty picture
0:12:44 > 0:12:48about their next item and give us something to remember.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Ian, let me take you back to the 18th century.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Right. - And you were a pipe smoker.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01You would, without doubt, be smoking a very long-stemmed clay pipe.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- OK.- I don't know if you've ever handled these clay pipes,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07but a bang on the side,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09a knock from a branch or a trip,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- and the pipe stem would snap.- OK.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18So this is your 18th-century equivalent of a mobile phone case.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- BOTH LAUGH I see.- The thing everybody had
0:13:21 > 0:13:25to protect their most treasured possession.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27So the pipe would go inside.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29That answers an awful lot of questions.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It was probably made in Holland,
0:13:32 > 0:13:37although they were made in northern Europe and in the UK.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40The shape of the bowl is quite a tall one.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Normally, the larger the bowl on the clay pipe,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- the later the clay pipe is. - Oh, right.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51The earlier you go back, the more expensive tobacco was.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- Right, OK.- As tobacco became cheaper, the bowls became bigger.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59You look at this, it's a nice big bowl,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02so you can say with pretty much confidence
0:14:02 > 0:14:07- that would date to about 1780 to 1800.- I had no idea it was that old.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Then you look here. Do you know what that emblem's meant to be?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I didn't know it was an emblem!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's an anthemion
0:14:16 > 0:14:19and it's meant, in Greek antiquity,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21to be a stylised honeysuckle.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It was very fashionable.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Josiah Wedgwood used it in his pottery.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Robert Adam used it in his architecture and plaster mouldings.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34And here we have a country pipe case maker
0:14:34 > 0:14:37using it as decoration on there.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- It's a lovely little object. - Thank you.- Where did you find it?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's been in the house and before that my parents' house
0:14:45 > 0:14:48for as long as I can remember, 50 years-plus.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Neither of them knew where it had come from.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I guess the fact that it's on the Flog It table
0:14:54 > 0:14:56means you want to sell it?
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Well, it's been there doing nothing for all these years.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Somebody will love it!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05It is a bit of a classic.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08£80 to £120. It's worth about 100.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12I certainly wouldn't want to see it less than 80.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16If it made more than the 120, it's done very well.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- On that basis, shall we take it to auction?- Definitely.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Over in the natural history section,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Will has a case that does have something inside.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Susan, thanks for coming along.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31You've brought in the smallest thing today and behind us
0:15:31 > 0:15:33is the biggest thing I've seen today.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Let's see what's inside this rather nice small fitted box.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Let's open her up. Look at this!
0:15:41 > 0:15:43A thimble! Not any old thimble.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46We see a lot of thimbles. They're usually in silver.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48This is in solid gold.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Is this something that you've inherited or do you use it?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I don't use it and I didn't inherit it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- It was bought for me by my husband as a present.- Nice gift!
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- Yeah. He does know what I like. - Anything small.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Bijouterie, isn't it?
0:16:04 > 0:16:10The fact that it's gold makes it Premier League in the thimble scene.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13And it's in its fitted case, which must be original.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15We've got a retailer for Dundee.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I've had a look at the marks.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- You wanted an idea of how old it was.- Yeah. The age.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27The marks have been pretty well rubbed, probably through use.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29But referring back to Sir Roger behind us
0:16:29 > 0:16:31who's been here since 1901,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35your thimble's probably not much younger than him, actually.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Edwardian period. It's got a bit of age to it.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Yeah. It's older than I thought.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43A gift from your husband.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48So, obviously, you didn't have to ask him how much he paid for it.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51No, but it wouldn't have been very much at all!
0:16:51 > 0:16:54LAUGHING: Sounds terrible, doesn't it?
0:16:54 > 0:16:59I'm sure a lot of thought went into it. A lot of thought went into it.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02The market for all things gold is good at the moment.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Let's see if we can make him a profit.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09At auction, I think you're going to be looking at around the £100 mark.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- OK.- Is that a nice surprise?- Yes.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- You thought it was worth a bit less than that?- About...20!
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Hang on! I think I've got a 20 in me pocket!
0:17:19 > 0:17:23No, let's put it in at 80-120. Straddle that £100 mark.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26The old Flog It favourite, 80 to 120.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29The only thing left to say is see you at the saleroom.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Finally, James is delivering a colourful history lesson.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Gary, let me take you back 50 years. - OK.- To mainland China.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Being run by Chairman Mao,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47a communist, a hater of the Imperial past.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50If you were an art lover,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54you would not be able to own this 40 or 50 years ago.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58There was a complete rejection of the past,
0:17:58 > 0:18:03but also a denial of the past by the communist regime.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06So you can imagine now that China has opened to the west,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10each businessman that is now in charge
0:18:10 > 0:18:13of a very wealthy successful business,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17is wanting to buy back pieces of Chinese history.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23That's why you have timed this absolutely to perfection.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Good. JAMES LAUGHS
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I can see it's slightly tarnished. It's not polished, which is perfect.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- What's its history? - It was my late father's.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36He bought it, I think, at an antique fair
0:18:36 > 0:18:39and gave it to me to find out a bit about it.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I was quite interested in it,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45simply because how beautiful I thought it was.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47To find out, first of all,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50whether or not it was Chinese or maybe even Japanese.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53That's one of the questions that I thought as well.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59The Japanese symbolism is almost identical to the Chinese.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I don't read Chinese or Japanese scripts so, for me,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06looking at the signature underneath was a bit of a problem.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10But the guys here, we've got six off-screen valuers,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and six out of six said, "We think it's Chinese."
0:19:13 > 0:19:16So, fingers crossed it is.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20The decoration is the three-toed dragon.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25The three-toed dragon is often a Japanese dragon, as well as Chinese.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The Chinese five-toed Imperial Dragon,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30representative of the emperor.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Here we have chrysanthemums and other emblems that, for me,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39would indicate Japanese, not Chinese.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44But I've gone along with the overall view that it's Chinese,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46so we'll see.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Well, I said you'd timed it to perfection.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- Ten years ago, this would have been worth £100, that's all.- OK.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56At the moment, I think, even if it's Japanese,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00it's going to be worth £400 to £600, something like that.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02And if it's definitely Chinese,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05it might even double its money and make £1,000.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08That's a real surprise, I can assure you of that.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Yeah? Is that all right? - Very definitely.- Good.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Let's take it to Anita, get her to translate that mark on the bottom,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20and fingers crossed she comes back with some good results.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- Fingers crossed, indeed. Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Back at the auction rooms, I caught up with Anita Manning,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30who's done some further research into the vase.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Is it Chinese? Is it Japanese? James thinks it's Chinese.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36This little vase is Japanese.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- How could you tell?- There are several things that we look at.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45If we first look at the little band that encircles the neck of the vase,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47we see a band of chrysanthemums.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52This is a very common motif used in Japan.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58It was a sign of prosperity and wealth and good fortune.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- We often see it on Japanese objects. - That's the first clue.- First thing.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Second clue - Japanese dragons, three claws.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Chinese dragons, five claws.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Are you serious about that? I've never heard that before.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15No-one's ever said that to me in my life. I've learned something.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I hope you're listening and learning.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20We all know that Chinese artefacts,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23the market for them is a lot stronger than the Japanese market.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Uh-huh. I've kept it at four to six and I'm hoping there's interest
0:21:27 > 0:21:29because there is quality there
0:21:29 > 0:21:33and we have identified the maker's mark, which is on the base.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36That helps as well. Provenance is key, really.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Watch this space. Let's put those values to the test right here.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And with an auctioneer like Anita, who knows what it could fetch?
0:21:46 > 0:21:52Something I have never seen on this show before in 11 years of Flog It.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It's a walnut pipe case made in the 18th century to protect clay pipes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56I think it's rather clever.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- It belongs to Ian. Thank you very much for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I'm rather jealous that James had the enjoyment of handling this
0:22:04 > 0:22:06and talking about it.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08This is absolutely wonderful!
0:22:08 > 0:22:14£80 to £120, I think that's no money for something so rare.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I've seen a few, but a long, long time ago.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20And I have to say, if that was in an antiques fair
0:22:20 > 0:22:24I wouldn't be valuing it, I'd be buying it. Wouldn't you?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Yeah. And it would be possibly £200 to £300 at an antiques fair.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Good on you for bringing it in.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- We love to see something, well, - I- haven't seen before in my life.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It's a first for me. It's going under the hammer now.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Wish we could buy it, but we can't. Good luck.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44An 18th-century walnut clay pipe case
0:22:44 > 0:22:48with brass onlaid and inlaid wire work.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52This is an early pipe case, ladies and gentlemen.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55It's a rare, rare wee item.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Can we say £150?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01150? 100?
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Will you start me at £50? Start me at £50.
0:23:06 > 0:23:1050 bid. 50 bid. With you, sir, at £50.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I want to put my arm up!
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Any advance on 50? 60. 70...
0:23:17 > 0:23:20This is definitely one for the purists.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25..£90. Any advance on £90? All done at £90?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26£90...
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Sold at 90. Well, it's gone, OK? It's gone.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Well, I would have thought it would have been estimated 20 or 30.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38James was spot-on with his valuation,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40but I really had hoped that the bidders would have fought
0:23:40 > 0:23:43for something so rare and unusual.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Under the hammer right now, a gold thimble hallmarked Chester 1900.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50It's very late Victorian. Belongs to Susan.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Possibly, for not much longer. Boxed as well.- Yeah.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- This was a 30th wedding anniversary present.- Yes.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00You don't really mind selling it, do you?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- No, not at all.- Joint decision?- Yes.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Looking forward to this?- Yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Let's put it under the hammer and see what this lot here think.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It's going under the hammer now.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14A nine-carat gold thimble, ladies and gentlemen.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18What else do you need? It's a lovely, lovely wee thing.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And it's in its fitted case from Dundee.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Can we say £150?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27150.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28100?
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Start me at £50.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- 50 bid.- Hold me back, Paul!
0:24:34 > 0:24:3750 is bid. Any advance on 50 for the thimble?
0:24:37 > 0:24:4060. 70. 80...
0:24:40 > 0:24:44As long as it's not Susan's husband buying it back, we don't mind.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46£100. 100.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48110, fresh bidder. 110.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52It's with you, sir, at £110.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56For the golden thimble. 120, fresh bidder again.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59We've got the top end of the estimate.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04£120. It's the poshest thimble you could get!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Any advance on £120?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- One more over there. - Any advance on 120?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13All done at 120? 120...
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Yes! That's a sold sound! Top end of the estimate. Well done, Will.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21And well done, Susan. A bit of money towards what you want to buy.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Brilliant! That's £100 more than Susan expected.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29A touch of the Orient goes under the hammer now here in Glasgow.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Is it a Chinese vase or Japanese vase? Anita has done her homework.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- It is Japanese and it belongs to Gary.- Yes.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38And you knew that a few days ago.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42You'd done a bit of research online, once the catalogues were printed.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45£400 to £600, that's what we're after.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Will we get that, James?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51We should still get that. The Chinese market is buoyant.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- Stronger.- Much stronger, but it's pulling the Japanese market with it.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Because almost all the Japanese styles were inspired by the Chinese.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- They're linked quite strongly. - Fingers crossed, everyone.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Let's put it to the test.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Lot 170, ladies and gentlemen,
0:26:07 > 0:26:13is this rare Japanese silver baluster vase in high relief.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18It has the signed mark for Mitsuhiro,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21one of the most prestigious Japanese silversmiths.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24She's researched the maker, which is great!
0:26:24 > 0:26:26£600? 600?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29500?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Hopefully, we've got a telephone line booked.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- £300? 300 bid. - In the room, there.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39300 bid. Any adva... 320.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42350. 380. 400.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- 420. 450. 480. 500. - Gary, you are in the money.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53£500. Any ad... 520, fresh bidder. 520.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57550. 580...
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Anita's weaving her magic. - She's very good.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05..650. 680. 700.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10700 at the arch. £700.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- MAN:- Here!- Great. Fresh legs.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Well called.- 720, fresh bidder.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21720. 750. 780...
0:27:21 > 0:27:24It's a fight between two people in the room.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28..900. 950.
0:27:28 > 0:27:321,000. 1,050.
0:27:32 > 0:27:341,100...
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Gary, you are definitely in the money now.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- This is your first auction. - Any advance on £1,100?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Doesn't get any better than that.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Any advance on 1,100?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49All done at 1,100? 1,100...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Yes! The Japanese market is strong! - APPLAUSE
0:27:52 > 0:27:54£1,100.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Put it there! You did the right thing there.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01I would have sold that for £1,100. So would you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Well done.- I'm tingling for you!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06It'll be getting split with my mum.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10- It's what my dad would have wanted. - Aw, bless her. Look after her.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12That's what mums are all about.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Wow! What a wonderful way to end today's show.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18- Thank you for bringing that in. - Thank you very much.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Whoo! We enjoyed that. I told you there was going to be a surprise.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Join us again for many more.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27From Glasgow and the wonderful work of Anita Manning, it's bye-bye.