0:00:02 > 0:00:09The wide open skies and the flat landscapes of East Anglia are perfect locations for airfields...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11and racecourses.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16So from the giants of the sky at Duxford's Imperial War Museum
0:00:16 > 0:00:21to one of the oldest salerooms in the country, they're all here. Welcome to "Flog It!"!
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Duxford displays some of the finest examples of historic aircraft in the country,
0:00:45 > 0:00:50including the iconic Spitfire, legendary Lancaster...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53..and the fastest ever - Concorde.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56All that and it's a working airfield,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58regularly hosting spectacular air shows.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04And it's no wonder the crowd are so excited because today's valuations are taking place
0:01:04 > 0:01:06right in the heart of the museum.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Everyone has come laden with bags and boxes full of antiques, collectables and curios,
0:01:12 > 0:01:17- all wanting to know the answer to that very important question which is...- What's it worth?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26'Answering the question is our elite force, expert Christina Trevanion and auctioneer James Lewis.'
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- That is a candlestick. - I realise that.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34'Christina gets to grips with some eccentric items.'
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Where did that come from? - A car boot.- Did it?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41'Not everyone is content with James's valuations.'
0:01:41 > 0:01:44'And coming up in today's show, Christina has a moment of madness.'
0:01:44 > 0:01:48You've got this locket where you'd have a photograph.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- In my case, my dog.- Or your baby. - Oh, yeah, my baby!
0:01:52 > 0:01:55'Appropriately, for horse-racing country, the bets are on.'
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Good. We'll hold it to you. Let's have a gentlemen's bet, shall we?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- 1,150.- OK, I say 1,800. Here we go.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'But which of these items gallops into first place at auction?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- What's your name?- Marian.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21My mum has a collection of women's magazines like this with knitting patterns in a great big box, OK?
0:02:21 > 0:02:26And that's the kind of thing my mum would knit me in the '70s.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30That, and probably that sort of orange colour as well!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37'While we're reminiscing, here's another vintage model.'
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Lesley, they say time flies.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Well, it certainly does.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- This is my late husband's watch. - Right.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52It's amazing it survived because my Fred was a motorcycle racer
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and he did grass track, he did speedway,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57and then we did road-racing together.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02We've done 17 Isle of Man TT races. He was the driver.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- No?- And I was the sidecar passenger.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10And we've been off the bike, slid down the road, crashed into barriers.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- My goodness! And he was wearing this watch?- He's been wearing the watch all the time.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19What a life it's had! That's phenomenal. It's done 17 TT...
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- What have you got there? - That was us in the Isle of Man
0:03:22 > 0:03:25at a place called Braddan Bridge.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- That's Fred. - That's me hanging out the side.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33A complete idiot! You can't see him wearing the watch, but he always had his watch on.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- That's amazing!- Yeah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41- Look at you in the skin-tight leathers!- Young and fit and stupid, yes.- What year was this?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43About 1970, '71, something like that.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47So it's had such an exciting life. If only it could talk!
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- I wish it could write a book.- Yes.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55- It would save me doing it.- Yeah. - We had a great time.- Thank you so much for bringing that in.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Longines is synonymous with quality.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02This particular model was introduced in the 1930s.
0:04:02 > 0:04:08- I think this is slightly later than that. I think it's probably end of the '30s, early '40s.- Yes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12It is wonderful. I love the fact that it's got the gold dial.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It's got what looks to be the original bevelled glass
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and it's got an 18-carat gold case to it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23We know all that because it's stamped with its original serial number on the back
0:04:23 > 0:04:27and it's just heaven to a Longines collector.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Value-wise, they do have a ceiling that we can't really cross.- Right.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Otherwise, it would be a waste of time.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39But I think at auction, we would be looking somewhere in the region of £300 to £500.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I wouldn't like it to go for less than four.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47I don't want you to regret selling it as it's had so many wonderful memories attached to it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50I think for that very reason, and in Fred's memory...
0:04:50 > 0:04:55- Yes.- Let's say 400 to 600.- The wheeler-dealer part comes in, yes.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00Let's hope he's watching us on the auction day
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- and getting people to put their cards up in the air.- Absolutely.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08'Lesley certainly was a thrill-seeker in her day.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11'And talking of thrill-seekers, while we're here at Duxford,
0:05:11 > 0:05:17'I slipped away to see some artefacts from the courageous World War II pilot Douglas Bader
0:05:17 > 0:05:22'who famously continued flying after losing both legs in a flying accident during the 1930s.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26'Martin Boswell, the curator of uniforms, is going to tell me more.'
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- Hello.- I know you've got something rather iconic to show me and I'd like to start with this one
0:05:31 > 0:05:37- because during the Second World War some very famous RAF personnel were based here.- That's absolutely true.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- This one intrigues me. - We've all heard of Douglas Bader, the pilot with the tin legs.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44This belonged to him.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48This was actually commissioned by him in 1939
0:05:48 > 0:05:54and worn throughout his Royal Air Force service, excluding the period when he was a POW in Colditz.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- You can trace his career through this...?- Very much so.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03If you look at the medal ribbons and the rank here, this is a veritable map of this man's personal career.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08We have the Distinguished Service Order awarded to him during the Second World War
0:06:08 > 0:06:14and the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was awarded two of those, indicating personal courage.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And we've got Douglas Bader's service cap as well.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22- Who does this one belong to? - This one belonged to Grumpy Unwin.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24I don't know that name.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Grumpy Unwin famously was one of the very first Spitfire pilots stationed here at Duxford.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32He joined the Royal Air Force in 1929 as an apprentice
0:06:32 > 0:06:37and by the end of the Battle of Britain had got his first Distinguished Flying Medal.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43He was called Grumpy allegedly because Flight-Lieutenant Lane, his officer commanding,
0:06:43 > 0:06:49mentioned to the pilots under his command that they were about to go and cover the retreat at Dunkirk.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54There were not enough aircraft to go round and Sergeant Unwin was told to remain at Duxford.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- He was rather deflated. - So he was quite deflated.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Lane is famous for saying, "You can cheer up, Grumpy."
0:07:00 > 0:07:03That nickname went with him for the rest of his days.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- A lovely story and two very iconic uniforms.- Oh, absolutely.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13'And from a hero of the skies to our hero of the tables.'
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- My friend over there, she thinks you're wonderful.- Oh, that's kind.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25John, a dealer once told me that a bloke has a walking stick,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28a gentleman has a cane,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31so tell me, is this a walking stick or a cane?
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- It's a cane.- Do you know very much about it? Is it a family thing?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39No, I used to run a drop-in centre for the mentally ill
0:07:39 > 0:07:45and we used to have jumble sales to raise cash and this came in a bundle of walking sticks.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50I fell in love with it and I said to the chairman, "How much?" He said, "Give me a fiver and it's yours."
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- A fiver?- Yeah.- Right.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- And how long ago was that? - 20 years ago.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It was a fair amount of money 20 years ago, I guess.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Do you know anything about what it is?
0:08:01 > 0:08:06No, I was told it was ivory, but I don't think it is.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10No, it's not ivory. If you have a look down at this end,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14in fact, all the way through, you see lots of little black flecks.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20- Yeah.- It's a blood vessel running all the way through. It's a bone.- I see, yeah.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Now, I think this is from a narwhal.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Do you know much about narwhals? - Yeah, the unicorn of the sea.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32If you can imagine this great whale swimming around in the sea with that on their nose...
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It's a funny old thing. I always wanted to see a narwhal.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41- Here, on the end, we have what would have been four sections. We've got one missing.- Yeah.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45We have three little, navette-shaped sections of tortoiseshell.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- That's what it is?- Yeah. The other thing so impressive about this
0:08:49 > 0:08:54is the different types of turning down its shaft.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57We've got a little draught turning at the end,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00then a long, spirally fluted section,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03another draught turning here,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07and then almost like a hobnail...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Yeah.- ..cut section,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12then this wonderful pommel on the end.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18So you're really seeing so many different skills of the craftsman in there.
0:09:18 > 0:09:25With current legislation, whaling for narwhal, I'm sure, is actually illegal, thank goodness!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- But this is about 200 years old. - Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:35It was in the time when whaling was something that went on and was accepted. Today, it's not.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37But it's a really interesting thing.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43When it comes to this, I think it will do very well at auction. Any ideas what your £5 is worth?
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- None at all.- Well, I think it's worth 100 times that.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I think it's worth £500.
0:09:50 > 0:09:56- Jeez...- It's a great thing. - I could always give some of the money to my son who's handicapped.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00It's always nice to know where the money ends up. Fantastic.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06'Any gentleman would be proud of John's cane and the money is going to a good cause.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12'Lesley's watch has done a few laps, but will it break the speed barrier in the saleroom?
0:10:14 > 0:10:20'And speaking of salerooms, I've travelled to historic Newmarket, home to the famous racecourse,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23'but today, we're dealing in antiques, not horses.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28'Before we head into the saleroom, I've sniffed out something fantastic in the grounds.'
0:10:28 > 0:10:34I expect you're wondering why there's a classical rotunda here with a fox as a centre piece.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39Well, I can tell you. This was originally at their site in London
0:10:39 > 0:10:44where Tattersalls made a name for auctioneering hunting horses and hounds.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46There we have it - the Fox in the Middle.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I have a good feeling about today. We're in a cracking auction room.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01We've got some wonderful lots, all the ingredients of a superb sale.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05The sun is shining, I've got a smile on my face and hopefully the bidders have too.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Let's hope we push some of those estimates through the roof here at Tattersalls in Newmarket.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16Let's go inside and catch up with our owners. They're really nervous. And hopefully get things under way.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21'Will Axon is our auctioneer today, but before the sale,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25'he's got some doubts about the origin of the gentleman's cane.'
0:11:27 > 0:11:31James has called it a narwhal tusk. I'm not so sure about that.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37A narwhal tusk, it's similar to an elephant, is just an extension of an incisor tooth.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43They're incisors that project from the top left-hand side of the jaw and they always spiral to the left.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49- And this doesn't spiral to the left. - It spirals to the right. That should have set the alarm bells ringing.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- And it spirals the whole length of the...- From start to finish. You don't get this alternating pattern.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00- You would never re-work that. - Narwhal tusks are generally left as they are.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- And also these flecks, it's bone. - It's bone.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07The marine ivory has more of that elephant ivory look about it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Hopefully, it will walk out the saleroom at £1,200. That's my gut feeling.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Good. We'll hold it to you. Let's have a gentlemen's bet, shall we?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18'While the debate rages about its origin,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21'everyone's agreed it should do well.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26A bit of quality now going under the hammer - a gent's Longines, 18-carat gold watch.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31It belongs to Lesley. It was your late husband's. I know you're quite attached to this.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36We've got a value of £400 to £600. It is a great name in the watch-making world.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Someone told me, if this sells, the money is going towards piano lessons.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- I'm a singer and I'm learning the piano.- You'll be a good piano player.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- So I can...- If you can sing well, you'll be a good piano player.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54- My left hand doesn't know what my right hand's doing at the moment. - That is the tricky bit.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- Yes, yes.- Sometimes it helps!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Here we go.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03The 18-carat gold-cased, Longines gentleman's automatic wrist watch.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Always popular, these. Where do you start me?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I'm bid 320, 350, I'm bid 380 with me.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12400 in the gods. At 400 now.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15In the gods at 400 now. 20 where?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17At £400 I'm bid. I shall sell it.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- In the gods at £400... - We've got £400 straight away.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23420 bid here. At 420. Are you sure?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It's 420 on the phone. No? Shakes the head.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30At 420. All done on the telephone? At 420. Are you all done then?
0:13:30 > 0:13:34At 420. All done then at 420...
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- £420.- Well done.- Well done. - That's good.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41You pushed me on that estimate and I was a bit reluctant
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- as to whether it would sell, so I'm really pleased.- I didn't mind.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50- That's what it's worth to me which is what it's all about. - Exactly.- So that's fine.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55'That will pay for more than a few piano lessons. Are you in a gambling mood?'
0:13:55 > 0:14:01Going under the hammer now is John's walking cane. Sadly, John cannot be with us. His car's broken down.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07I had a chat to Will at the auction preview. He said it's not narwhal. It is in fact whalebone.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11What he told me was that narwhal naturally curls and twists to the left.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- It does.- This has been fashioned and carved and it twists to the right.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22- But that's hand-carved.- Yeah. - It's nothing to do with the natural turning of the narwhal tusk.- No.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28The original tusk would have been sectioned and four sections made from one, then that's hand-carved.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33The fact that it turns the other way is totally irrelevant to the turning of a narwhal tusk.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- He thinks it's a whale backbone. - I won't argue because we don't know.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42This is really good, a difference of opinion, one expert against another.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- But I have a feeling this should be £1,000 to £2,000.- Yes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52- I'd like to see it do two grand. Let's find out what happens.- 1,150. - I say 1,800. Here we go.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57The 19th century, spiral-carved, whalebone walking stick.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00A heap of bids on this, ladies and gentlemen.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04We'll start where? £300 I'm bid. At 300, 400, 500.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08600, 700, 800, 900 I'm bid with me. 1,000.
0:15:08 > 0:15:101,100. 12. 13.
0:15:10 > 0:15:1214. 15.
0:15:12 > 0:15:151,500. My bidder still at 1,500.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Join me again, at 1,500.
0:15:17 > 0:15:201,600. 1,700.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- You're closer.- Yeah. - Yes? At 1,700, my bidder.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27At 1,700. 1,800. And 50.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I'll come to you. At 1,850. It's my bidder.
0:15:30 > 0:15:321,900? Bid. At 1,900.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Shout at me now. 1,900 I'm bid.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38With Roddy. I'm out by 50. At 1,900.
0:15:38 > 0:15:422,000 bid, fresh blood. At £2,000. I'm bid at 2,000.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46You can't lose it now. At £2,000. Shake it the other way, Roddy.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- It's £2,000 in the room.- Will is fabulous. He's like lightning.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- 2,100, thank you. At 2,100. - Teasing and tempting the bidders.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Shakes the head at 2,100. Steals it at 2,100.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00You've been with it all this way. All done then...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03£2,100...
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Smack! John, where are you?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09That was fabulous, absolutely fabulous.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14- Well spotted, James. I was very jealous when I saw you walking around with that.- Sorry.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23'I can't wait to come back, but first, we're travelling back in time to a golden age of style.'
0:16:31 > 0:16:35As you'd expect from a house that's nearly 400 years old,
0:16:35 > 0:16:40the interiors at Audley End are the result of many years of rebuilding and remodelling,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44reflecting the styles and the tastes of succeeding generations.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48At one end of the Great Hall, you've got this heavy, carved oak screen.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51It's wonderfully fanciful. It's typical Jacobean fantasy.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55And at the other end, you've got a stone screen,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58reflecting a 17th century style
0:16:58 > 0:17:01of the classical arches of the Baroque period.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07But tucked away in this enormous house are a suite of rooms that are pure 18th century.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12This room is pure theatre. I feel like I'm on stage here.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Originally, these Corinthian columns here, these fluted columns, were closer together,
0:17:17 > 0:17:23but Lady Griffin had them moved apart because she couldn't get on and off there in her ball gown.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25That's why they're that far apart.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31There is the most wonderful barrelled ceiling in there. Beautifully decorated.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36It's absolutely stunning, as is the whole room. This is a perfect cube.
0:17:36 > 0:17:43Architecturally, it's been broken up with the most wonderful gilded framing all around the room,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45depicting Greek mythology.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51A visit here not only gives you a masterclass in miniature on the genius of Robert Adam,
0:17:51 > 0:17:57but it also gives you a unique glimpse into the rarefied lifestyles of the aristocracy
0:17:57 > 0:18:02in Georgian society and how their tastes and fashions have changed.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06It's well worth a visit. It's a fun day out and you can gather a lot of inspiration.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16We're back at our valuation day at Duxford
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Christina's in her element.
0:18:19 > 0:18:25Thank you so much for bringing these in today. I love jewellery, so tell me about them.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Where have they come from? - From my mother and her mother.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35- That's probably my favourite piece. - Is it? And do you think that was Mum's maybe?
0:18:35 > 0:18:42- She was quite stylish.- Yes, she was. It may have been. I don't really know how old they are.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I don't know any history, except that they are family pieces.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- OK.- We don't wear them.- Why not? - I don't go anywhere to wear something like that.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56- You could wear that to the supermarket.- Not where I live!
0:18:56 > 0:19:00OK, so you've got quite a good spread of ages here.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04And they're quite representative of very different periods.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10Starting with this one over here, which is split seed pearls, set in gold.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- Right.- Date-wise, this is probably late Victorian, maybe 1880, 1890.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- Oh, right, OK.- Unfortunately, if we turn it over, it's not marked.
0:19:20 > 0:19:26- Somebody at some point has acid-tested it, which involves scratching the metal.- Right.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32And putting acid onto the gold so it turns a different colour depending on what carat it is.
0:19:32 > 0:19:39- But it is a destructive test and it takes off the patina of the gold. - Is there another way to test it?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Sadly not. Not that I'm aware of.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47To be perfectly honest, this sort of era and this sort of colour,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I would expect this to be 15 carat and I wouldn't have to test it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Any experienced jeweller should be able to tell that.- Right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Moving on to these two pieces, this is nice. A bit mass-produced.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04- Very much Art Nouveau. You see these wonderful sinuous lines.- Yes.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Set with amethyst coloured stones. I'm not sure if they're genuine.
0:20:08 > 0:20:15And again you've got some pearls. This would have been a fairly standard, nine-carat-gold,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19readily-available pendant in the early 20th century.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24- Not as much care and attention as has gone into that.- And later?
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Exactly. And then we move on to this beauty,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31which I love. Absolutely beautiful.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35A very Belle Epoque, French influence.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Almost transitional Art Deco.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43The use of platinum here, which was a new substance at that time.
0:20:43 > 0:20:50We've got this wonderful what we call guilloche enamel, on the back here.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56And then set with some little rose-cut diamonds in a little floral design there.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00And if we turn it over,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02again beautifully enamelled on the back.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- We have got some slight damage, just there.- Yes. - But you've this little locket,
0:21:08 > 0:21:14- where you'd either have a piece of your loved one's hair or a photo, which would be put in now.- Yes.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- In my case, my dog.- Or your baby. - Oh, yes, my baby!
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I should remember that!
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- So I would suggest that we sell them in two lots.- Yes, OK.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32And I think, at auction, we're probably looking somewhere in the region of maybe £150 for this one.
0:21:32 > 0:21:39- Right.- I think I'll hedge my bets, but something similar for these two, the main value in this one.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- So I think, again, £150-£200. - I'm quite surprised, actually.
0:21:44 > 0:21:51I don't know why. It just seems like old junk you've had in the cupboard forever. That's what I think of it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- Have you got any more old junk? - There was another piece I couldn't find.
0:21:56 > 0:22:03- It'll turn up.- Thanks for bringing them in and we'll keep our fingers crossed for the auction.- Excellent.
0:22:03 > 0:22:10'There are so many people here today and I'm hoping to dig out a real treasure. Eureka!'
0:22:10 > 0:22:14We're surrounded by metal and flying machines,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17yet in front of us we have the most beautiful piece of tactile wood.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Do you know much about this at all?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Yes, yes. Myself, I'm a wood specialist.
0:22:22 > 0:22:28- I've worked with wood for over 30 years. I did a PhD in wood. - You can tell me a few things, then!
0:22:28 > 0:22:34- Why do you want to sell this? - It was given to me by a work colleague 30 years ago
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- when I was doing that PhD research. - He must have thought highly of you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45- Yes, he actually told me he found it in the garden shed when they moved into his house.- No!
0:22:45 > 0:22:52- He didn't realise its value! Have you done much research on this? - Yes. I didn't think it was valuable.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- You know it's Norwegian.- I do, yes.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- And it's made of birch, burr wood. - It's a burr, yeah.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05- And that it's a Norwegian ale bowl. - A drinking vessel, really.- Yes.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09You can have smaller versions which are cups to drink from.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14- This is a bowl, but it's made from one great big lump of burr.- Yes.
0:23:14 > 0:23:21This is highly desirable because a burr is a freak of nature or an accident that happened to the tree.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26During its life, a 200-year-old tree, a mature tree, a branch would be struck by lightning.
0:23:26 > 0:23:33And the branch end would gnarl over. It would have all this fungus on it and gradually that would get harder.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38And this burr would grow out in a stunted growth. Here's the burr.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42And that's the trunk of the tree coming down there.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46So that would be sawn off like that and then hollowed out,
0:23:46 > 0:23:52fashioned out from one great, big lump of burr. So all of this is made in one piece.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Always had two handles because of the weight of the liquid. You couldn't pick it up with one
0:23:56 > 0:24:02it would break. So you even the weight with two handles.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05To buy one of those burrs today would cost around £150,
0:24:05 > 0:24:12- if you can find one large enough. - Yes.- I'd say this is in the first quarter of the 19th century.- Yes.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17It's beautiful. It's got its original paint, not been repainted.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Wonderful detail, incredibly tactile and a lovely piece of folk art.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25I'd like to see that do, in auction, around £800.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- That's my gut feeling because I'm really passionate about this. - Me, too.- We need two collectors
0:24:30 > 0:24:32to bid each other for that particular piece.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38- In order to get £800, we need to pitch it at, let's say, £500-£800. - Yes.- If that's OK.- That's fine.
0:24:38 > 0:24:44- Yeah? And we'll put a discretion on the reserve of 10%. - OK. What reserve are we having?
0:24:44 > 0:24:49- Well, I think we'll go for a 10% discretion on £500.- OK.
0:24:49 > 0:24:55- That's fine. - If that's all right.- Yeah.- So it could go for 10% less than £500.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01- And if it doesn't go, I'll take it home and love it some more. - Thank you for bringing that in.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05- It's made my day.- Thank you. - I'm having a fabulous time here.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11Aircraft all around me and my passion in front of me. Bits of wood. Isn't that lovely?
0:25:15 > 0:25:20What a marvellous day we've had here at Duxford. Everybody's thoroughly enjoyed it.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25If you want to take part in "Flog It!", you have to attend a valuation day.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Details of up and coming dates and venues are on our BBC website.
0:25:29 > 0:25:36If you don't have a computer, check your local press. Come on - dust down those unwanted antiques.
0:25:36 > 0:25:43But right now it's time to say farewell to this magnificent venue as we head off to auction.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Here's what we're taking with us.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Christina's eyes lit up with these glittering jewels.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I was pretty excited by this exquisite Norwegian drinking bowl.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00There's no time to waste. Will is on the rostrum, waiting to start.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06Going under the hammer right now are some wonderful pendants in two lots. They belong to Cathy,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10but we don't have Sarah with us. Where is she? At school, I bet?
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- No, she's at work. - Is she? I thought she was at school.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- No.- She's working? - I'm older than I look, obviously!
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- That's a compliment.- Lovely things. Why have you decided to sell these?
0:26:25 > 0:26:31They've been in a box for as long as I can remember. We'll invest in something we WILL wear.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Good luck, anyway. - Thank you.- Here we go.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41The Edwardian 9-carat gold Art Nouveau pendant together with the enamelled piece also.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Nice little lot here for you.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Interest accordingly. 120. 130. 140.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49At 140 bid. 150, will you?
0:26:49 > 0:26:54At £140. Looking round. At £140.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Are you bidding? At £140. 50. See you now. Right in the gods.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- Do you want 160?- We've done it. We're looking at £150-£200.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06190. It's quite hard to see you.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11Gentleman's bid at the back is 190. At £190, right in the gods.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Selling this time at £190.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- Well, that was good. I was happy. - Absolutely.- £190.- Well done.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20OK, describe the next one.
0:27:20 > 0:27:26- It's much more of a traditional form. Quite Victorian. Yellow gold, seed pearls.- Right.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Hope we have traditional ladies in!
0:27:28 > 0:27:32The Edwardian seed pearl set, yellow metal, flower head pendant.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Nicely presented, isn't it? A good-looking lot.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41I have bids at 120. 140. 160. 180.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- I'm bid 180 here with me.- Good!
0:27:43 > 0:27:48- £180. 200. 220. 240. - Here we go.- In the room at 240.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51260? Bidding? No. At 240 I have.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54260? No, thank you, anyway. At 260.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57280. Fresh blood. 300?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Shakes the head at 300. Right in the gods at 300.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- Are you sure? - You had your fingers crossed.- £300!
0:28:04 > 0:28:09£300. Now that's more like it. That's the auction reaction we want.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Are you OK?- Yes! I'm all right.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17I'm with you on that one. That was a surprise for me as well.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- I'm amazed.- Ah, that's good. - Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- £490.- Grand total of.- Brilliant. - Wow.- Now you can go shopping!
0:28:25 > 0:28:30- I can, can't I? WE can! - Yes, exactly. A joint decision.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35- That's it, yes.- Well done. - Thank you very much.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40From tears to fears. I'm up next with Carol's Norwegian kasa.
0:28:40 > 0:28:47- This is the moment of truth.- Yes! - Your kasa. We're looking at £500 as a reserve, which you wanted.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51An early-19th century Norwegian kasa there.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Typical one, horse-head handles.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58Rather nice lot. Where do you start me? Interest here. 300. 350.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00400. 450. 500 I'm bid here.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- At 500 bid now.- On the reserve.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Are you bidding? 550. 600. No?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Still my bidder. At £600 with me.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Last chance. All done at 600?
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- I'm happy.- Excellent. - I think you're happy as well.- Yes.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18I'm rather relieved as well.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Thank you for bringing that in. It's so tactile and special.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25'Great result for a great item.'
0:29:25 > 0:29:28So until the next time with many, many more surprises,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30it's goodbye from Newmarket.