0:00:07 > 0:00:10Our valuation day venue is home to some of Britain's finest
0:00:10 > 0:00:12horticultural displays.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17With 50 acres of landscape gardens spanning 200 years in their design,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20a 1,000-acre deer park and a rare breeds farm,
0:00:20 > 0:00:22it's certainly a sight to behold.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24This is Tatton Park. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52For over 300 years, Tatton Park was owned by the Egerton family.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56But in 1958, it was donated to the National Trust for our enjoyment.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And we're certainly enjoying the stunning views and fresh air today.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Today's Flog It! comes from one
0:01:03 > 0:01:05of the most complete historic estates in Britain.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Nestled in the Cheshire countryside,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Tatton Park has been home to farming ever since the Bronze Age.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14But today, it's home to a whole host of people who have brought along
0:01:14 > 0:01:18their unwanted antiques and collectables for our experts to value.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And, of course, there's one question on everybody's lips, which is...
0:01:21 > 0:01:22THEY SHOUT: What's it worth?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26And if they're happy with that valuation, what are you going to do?
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Flog it!
0:01:31 > 0:01:36And on the lookout for us today are three trusty experts.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38We've got hawk-eyed Mark Stacey...
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Don't look so surprised. I haven't scared you that much, surely?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45..Anita Manning is on the prowl, as ever...
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Is he your grandad? He's quite a good-looking bloke, isn't he?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51THEY LAUGH
0:01:51 > 0:01:53..and seeing as we've got such a lot to get
0:01:53 > 0:01:56through at Tatton, David Fletcher is lending a helping hand.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57You hold that.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02It's always a bit dangerous trying to hold two things at the same time.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04With the history here at Tatton Park spanning
0:02:04 > 0:02:08the ages of the Stone Age right through to the present day, I think
0:02:08 > 0:02:12it's about time we started looking for a few historic gems of our own.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And it looks like Mark Stacey has something rather special in the mix.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Carol, we're in the most wonderful setting.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26I feel I've been transported back to the jazz age, 1920s. Absolutely.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27It's wonderful, isn't it?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Tell me, where did you get this cocktail shaker from?
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Well, I bought it about 30 years ago at a local auction house.
0:02:33 > 0:02:40It was part of a job lot of various nice '20s cocktail glasses
0:02:40 > 0:02:42and some crystal.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45But it was that that caught my eye and I just liked it.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46I've never used it, really.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Well, we don't, sadly, live that sort of lifestyle any more, do we?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Sadly not.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51It dates from the 1930s, and it's got this,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55what looks like an ivory body, but it's actually a form of Bakelite.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Yeah, I thought so.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58And they made them, funnily enough, in a range of colours.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And I like the fact that, in the front here, you can
0:03:01 > 0:03:03create your own cocktail.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09You've got the various names of the cocktail,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And you do that by turning that.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14And, of course, when you take this out,
0:03:14 > 0:03:15that's where you put the measurements in,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17and it's got one gin in there.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20And can you remember how much you paid for it?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23About ?25. Well, that was quite a lot of money 30 years ago. Possibly.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Obviously somebody wanted it. Mm.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29What would you like to get for it, do you think?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I think...?50 would be... It doesn't sound a lot of money, does it, ?50?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37I think, sensibly, we should pitch it at around 40-60. OK.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39So it sort of straddles your hope.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42And if we put a reserve of ?40 on it, fixed.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Cos it'd be a shame to let it go for ?20. Yes, I wouldn't want it to.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48No, no. I mean, we'd hate that to happen.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51What would you do with the money? Well, I know I'm having a pamper day.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53A pamper day? Ooh.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Now tell me about this pamper day.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Gosh, we'd better get you a lot of money then. Hopefully.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Will you have a cocktail while you're being pampered?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I think I will. Well, I think that's very fitting, isn't it?
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Very fitting.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Steady on, Mark. It's still early in the morning.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Now Anita is enjoying the scenery too.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And they have just found the ideal accessory
0:04:15 > 0:04:17to go with Mark's cocktail shaker.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21This is a lovely wee watch. It's a cocktail watch.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Swiss make - Certina.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28And it's in 18-carat white gold with diamonds round the bezel.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Tell me, where did you get it?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33It has been handed down to me. It's in my family.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38Have you worn it at all? I've worn it once or twice but hardly.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Hardly, uh-huh.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Are you telling me that you don't go to cocktail parties?
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Very rarely.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44THEY LAUGH
0:04:44 > 0:04:46OK.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50It's from the 1970s, '80s, and it definitely has that
0:04:50 > 0:04:55'70s look about it, which is maybe not to today's taste in jewellery.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56One of the most important
0:04:56 > 0:05:07things about it is the fact that it is 18-carat gold, and
0:05:07 > 0:05:21which is the mark or the proportion for 18-carat gold.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25It's had a little knock and that makes a wee bit of difference. Ah.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Myra, do you have an idea of value? Yes, I believe...
0:05:30 > 0:05:34A friend of a friend actually thought it was probably worth about 500.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Mm-hmm. Maybe a little bit more.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41Myra, I would estimate this in the region of ?400-?600.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48And with reserve, I would advise ?400. Are you happy with that?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51No, I would happier with a reserve of ?500.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56?500. In the end, Myra, you have to be happy with the result.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I feel that estimating low sometimes invites the bidding
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and it doesn't mean that it's going to stop at that, it can go on.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08But let's put it in with an estimate of 500-700 and a reserve of 500.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Would you be happy with that? I'd be very happy with that.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Right, let's go for it. Let's put it to auction and see what happens.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Absolutely. Thank you.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27And one of Flog It's best friends, David Fletcher,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29has been enjoying the gardens here at Tatton
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and has found something rather dazzling from the East.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Heather, we've come to this amazing Japanese garden
0:06:38 > 0:06:42here at Tatton Park because it is just the right setting
0:06:42 > 0:06:45in which to discuss this lovely brooch you've brought in with you.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48We can see here three figures,
0:06:48 > 0:06:52one of whom is being carried in this sedan chair.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I think she's obviously really quite a wealthy lady
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and these gentlemen at either end are her servants, presumably.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01And she has been brought, for a bit of fresh air,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05into a garden almost identical to the garden we find ourselves in now.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It's worked in various metals.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10The background is a base metal.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13But, and this is the most important part about it, you find
0:07:13 > 0:07:18that the decoration on top of that base metal is in precious metals.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20So we've got gold - not a huge amount of gold -
0:07:20 > 0:07:23some silver and a little bit of copper and brass as well,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26just to give the thing a bit of depth.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31The person that made this would probably have trained as a man
0:07:31 > 0:07:34who decorated Japanese arms and armour
0:07:34 > 0:07:36in the 1870s and 1880s.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42But by the time this came to be made, fortunately, at least
0:07:42 > 0:07:46for the time being, the market for arms and armour had vanished.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49So they turned their skills to other media
0:07:49 > 0:07:53and manufactured brooches just like this.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And this would have been made for export.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58A Japanese lady would never have worn a brooch like this.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It was made for Europe.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So that's a little bit of background.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I think it's absolutely charming.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Because I can't say to you it's made of solid gold, and equally, it's
0:08:09 > 0:08:13not set with precious stones, we're not talking fine jewellery money.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18But nevertheless, I think this will probably make between ?60 and ?100.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Really? Yeah. Gosh.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I would be inclined to put a covering reserve of ?50 on it.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Ideal. Good. Well, enjoy spending the money.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30I'm really thrilled that you brought it in, and I'm really,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34really chuffed that we can discuss it in this fabulous setting.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Thank you very much, Helen. Thank you.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41So here we are at the sale room,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43where Flog It! auctioneer Adam Partridge
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and his right-hand man, Nick Bray,
0:08:45 > 0:08:46are already getting excited
0:08:46 > 0:08:48about that Art Deco cocktail shaker.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52This is really, really smart. Do you like it?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56There's been quite a few telephone enquiries about it already and the
0:08:56 > 0:09:00questions that they're asking are, "What are the cocktails?" Are they?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02So I don't know whether there are different cocktails
0:09:02 > 0:09:04that they have on each sort of spinner.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Cos you've got Manhattan, Orange Blossom, Sidecar, Whisky Sour Bronx,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Clover Club, Dry Martini and Tom Collins.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Now then, this has got an estimate of ?40-?60.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17That seems really, really buyable for a good Deco cocktail shaker.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It's very, very commercial at the moment, this look.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Definitely. I think we've already got a few interested on the books
0:09:22 > 0:09:24already with it. So I think... I think we're away.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I'd like to own it for 40-60. Yeah, I wouldn't mind as well.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31But I think it's going to be closer to 200 or ?300. Really? Yeah.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33OK. I was going to say 150 but, yeah, you could be right.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I certainly think it's going to stir a few bidders
0:09:35 > 0:09:37and leave our owner today shaken.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I like it.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Ha-ha, very good, Adam. I think the drinks are on you.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Well, it look like we've got a busy day on our hands today, doesn't it?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48A room packed full of bidders,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50some wonderful antiques up for grabs here.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54All the ingredients of a classic auction, so don't go away.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Let's hope our sellers go home with some fabulous results.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And there's only one way to find out.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Let's put those valuations to the test.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Right now, a touch of the Orient comes to Liverpool
0:10:06 > 0:10:09in the form of a Japanese brooch belonging to Heather.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Hi there. And who have you brought along with you?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14I've brought Jenny, my friend. Hello. Jenny, hello there.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Do you like this brooch?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I love it. The quality is phenomenal, really.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And there's a lot going on in a very small space.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24The Japanese have always been very good at working in miniature. Mm.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It's a little bit different, isn't it? Yeah.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30But we don't want miniature right now, we want a big figure for this.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33We do. We do. We want lots of money.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's going under the hammer right now.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Next up, 536, is a Japanese Meiji period,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42three-coloured bronze brooch there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45A lovely little brooch, and I' bid 60 already, I'll take five.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Five. 70. Five. 80.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Five. 90. Five.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50100. And ten. 120.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51In the room, 120.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52I'll take 130.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54At ?120, are you all done now?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Selling in the room at 120.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01It's gone. That's good, isn't it? ?120. Well done.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Pleased with that? Oh, yes, very pleased.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It's a great little thing. You have to go out and celebrate now.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Yeah, we will. We've already had lunch. A girls' day out.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15This is lunch out, visit the auction room in the afternoon, have a
0:11:15 > 0:11:16bit of fun and go home with some money.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18We'll be able to have an ice cream.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19THEY LAUGH
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I'd have a gin and tonic. Oh, yes, yes. Even better.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Well, the ladies were happy with that result.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29But will Myra's cocktail watch create such a stir?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Coming up right now, we've got the white gold cocktail watch
0:11:35 > 0:11:37belonging to Myra, just about to go under the hammer.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Now, this has been in the family for a few years, hasn't it? Yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Do you have any daughters at all? I do.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Are they not thinking about inheriting this?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47No, no, they're not really into jewellery that much.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Did you ever wear it?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Occasionally. Not all the time. But it does work and it keeps good time?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Oh, yes, it does.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57We're going to put it to the test right now. Here we go.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Next lot, 636, is a very nice
0:12:00 > 0:12:03ladies' 18-carat white gold cocktail watch.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Start me at ?500.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09500? Very elegant 18-carat watch. Three bid. And 300 I have.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12At 300, take 20 next. 20.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15340. 360. 380.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18400 then. At ?400. 20.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21420 I have. 440. 440, 460.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24All done... 80. 500.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30520? ?500, bang on 500, here we are.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Sold it, ?500.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Just right on that reserve.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41We got it just absolutely right there, didn't we?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Absolutely, very good. Excellent. Well done.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47And the cocktail party continues
0:12:47 > 0:12:49with Carol's Art Deco shaker up next.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Carol, your 1930s cocktail shaker.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58It's a looker and that attracted you, didn't it? It did.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02How many years ago? 30 years ago.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04or just admiring it? Probably.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07What was your favourite one? Well, anything with gin in.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10That's quite safe, actually, isn't it? It's drinkable.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Cos I don't like mixing my drinks. Oh, no. No, no.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Gin and tonic for me, really. It's a bit boring but it's refreshing.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18What about you?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Oh, anything with alcohol in it. Anything goes.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Anything with alcohol. Hey, you are our Art Deco king.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27You're our 20th century modern man
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and I'm not surprised you focused on this. Well, it ticks all my boxes.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35It's Art Deco, it's stylish and it's to do with cocktails.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36476.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40There you go, it's the Art Deco cocktail shaker,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42and I've got six bids.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Ooh. There you go.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Shall we make it exciting or should we start straight in at 300?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51310, 320. 320, see? 320?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54At 320. At ?340.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59I don't believe this!
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Are you all done at 340?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Brilliant. How about that? Brilliant.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Yeah, it was worth every penny of that, wasn't it? What can you say?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09What can you say? That was a big cocktail. It was.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10THEY LAUGH
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I thought you were going to say, "That was a big cock-up!"
0:14:13 > 0:14:19Paul, please. I never make a cock-up.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22another small fortune in a few years' time. Well, I'm going to...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Probably will now. I was going to have a pamper day
0:14:25 > 0:14:26but I think might be seeing a bit more now.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Yeah, pamper yourself buying antiques.
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0:15:10 > 0:15:13Next up, Anita is sitting pretty.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Mike and Jean, aren't we the luckiest people in the world to be
0:15:18 > 0:15:24sitting in this wonderful Italian garden, looking down over
0:15:24 > 0:15:26the lake, past the rhododendrons?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28They're beautiful. It's absolutely exquisite.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33I love this vase. Do you have any idea why I love it?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Would it be Scottish, do you think?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36THEY LAUGH
0:15:36 > 0:15:38You're absolutely right, you're absolutely right.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42This is a piece of Monart glass.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Now, Monart is an interesting name.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47It's a combination of the people who were
0:15:47 > 0:15:52involved in the production of this glass in the 1920s and the 1930s.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59There was a firm in Scotland that made laboratory glass and it was
0:15:59 > 0:16:03called the North British Glassworks and run by a chap called Moncrieff.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11At that time, he brought over a Spanish family from Barcelona
0:16:11 > 0:16:16to help with the production of this laboratory glass.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20They were artistic, they were fiery,
0:16:20 > 0:16:26they had worked in the wonderful glassworks of France and Germany.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And they brought their skills to Scotland
0:16:29 > 0:16:34and they started to make this type of colourful and beautiful glass.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Mr Moncrieff's wife was an artistic woman
0:16:39 > 0:16:43and she could see the beauty of the glass that they were making
0:16:43 > 0:16:47and he could see the commercial possibilities of it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50So they developed Monart glass.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Their name was Ysart and that's the...
0:16:52 > 0:16:56The name Monart comes from a combination of Moncrieff and Ysart.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01And I see it as a combination of Scotland and Spain.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04This is a green one here, as we can see.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08But in the green, we have these wonderful gold flecks,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10and this is called aventurine.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15So we have the sort of coolness of Scotland and the fire of Spain.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19To be honest with you, we've never noticed the gold flecks in it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23It's been in a dark room, it was a green, boring vase.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27And we thought, "It's got some age to it, let's take it to Flog It!"
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Do you like it any better now? Oh, yes.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34With the light on it, yes, certainly. We could spotlight it.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Now, value.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Have I talked this little vase up so much that you're going to be
0:17:40 > 0:17:43expecting in the region of four figures?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Well, a cruise sounds quite...exquisite.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50This is a modest little vase. Beautiful but modest.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I would put an auction estimate of ?60-?80
0:17:53 > 0:17:58and I would recommend a reserve of ?50.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Would you be happy with that? That sounds fine.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05I'm hoping that our Cheshire crowd will like it as much
0:18:05 > 0:18:07as our Scottish crowd might.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09So thank you so much for bringing it along.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Thank you very much. Thank you for you time.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Next up, it looks like Mark Stacey is getting
0:18:15 > 0:18:16dressed for success.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Marion, what on earth have you brought in to show us?
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Well, Mark, I have brought a magnificent Victorian shawl or cape.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33It would have been made around 1880s. All handmade lace.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36And, as you can see, it's absolutely vast,
0:18:36 > 0:18:37and it would have needed to have been
0:18:37 > 0:18:42because it would have needed to go round a magnificently huge dress.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45And I presume, as it's black, it's a mourning cape.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47I would have thought a mourning cape, yes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50And the Victorians, of course, went into mourning after 1860
0:18:50 > 0:18:52when Prince Albert died.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55And Queen Victoria actually remained in mourning the rest of her life.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58And you've brought it in to sell. I have, yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02You've been collecting for 30 years, you've got a bit of knowledge.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Tell me how much it's worth.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Well, I think it varies. It depends, really, where it's sold.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11If the collectors get to have a look at it, I think
0:19:11 > 0:19:13it could do quite well.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17But minimum, really, I think about ?50.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20But it could even get up to a couple of hundred.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24I've had a little word with one of my colleagues who's a little
0:19:24 > 0:19:27bit more in tune with these items than I am.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31And they think around about ?70-?90.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34So that fits in with your feeling of a minimum of 50.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37So shall we try it at that, ?70-?90?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40We'll put a reserve. What would you be happy with a reserve?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45?40? Well, let's say 50, shall we?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Oh, go on. That was your original figure. Let's go for 50.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Let's push that boat out, all right?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52?50, fixed.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54So if it doesn't sell for that, you can take it home
0:19:54 > 0:19:56and keep it in your collection.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Yeah.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Are you excited? I'm very excited. Me too, I know,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02cos I've never sold one of these before. Oh, right.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05So I'm just waiting for the people of Cheshire to
0:20:05 > 0:20:07rush into the sale and buy it. So it'll be a first.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'm a cape virgin. Oh, wow.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Anita has found something very dapper.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Tell me about them.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I bought them for my husband for a special anniversary.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Probably in the '80s some time.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Were you madly in love with him at the time? Oh, I think so.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Are you still madly in love with him? LAUGHING: Yes.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31These are gorgeous.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Why are you selling them if you bought them for your husband?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Yes, because he doesn't wear them and they're in the drawer
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and it's such a waste and they're very pretty.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I'm sure someone would love them.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Do you know, men are very difficult to buy presents for. Yes, they are.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48What do you buy a guy?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Well, yes, but I mean, these... It's such a pity, isn't it?
0:20:51 > 0:20:56You buy something like this and then they're not appreciated. I know.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Maybe if we sell these, you can
0:20:58 > 0:21:02use the money to buy something for yourself this time. Yes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Now, they are 18-carat gold, so they're high carat,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07so you bought him the best. Yes.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11We have this we have this lovely central panel of lapis lazuli,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16which is a wonderful exotic stone. Really nice.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20And each of them is set off with two little diamonds on each side.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24So what we've got is high carat gold, a beautiful stone
0:21:24 > 0:21:25and lovely diamonds.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28So I like these very, very, very, very much.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33And if I had some lovely chap that wore cufflinks,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I would buy them as a present as well.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37But I haven't, so I won't bother.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Now, price on them. Did you spend a lot of money on them?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Erm...a few hundred.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45But you bought them retail, probably,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49in a very prestigious jewellers.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52So you would have bought them at the top price. Yes.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57I would put a value on these of 250-350. Yes.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Would you be happy to put them into auction at that price?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Oh, yes, I would. Yeah? Yes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06We'll put a reserve on the bottom estimate, if that's fine with you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09You might, at the auction, see something that YOU fancy.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Yes, absolutely. Yes.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Well, thank you again for bringing them along
0:22:13 > 0:22:14and I'll see you at the auction.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17OK, thank you, Anita. Thank you very much.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Well, we're literally suited and booted with our final three items,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27so let's get this fashion show on the road.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Coming up right now, we've got some vintage clothing.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32In fact, it's Victorian, a shawl.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33And I have to say, Marion,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37you're the perfect person to display vintage clothing, aren't you?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I love what you're wearing. Thank you. Is this 1960s or '50s?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41It's '50s.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44You're a big collector of vintage clothing, aren't you?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Yes, I've got a lot of wardrobes full of the stuff.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50What do you do for a living? I'm an occupational therapist with the NHS.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Are you really? Right, OK.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54But one day... You know what happens to collectors
0:22:54 > 0:22:56when they get so much stuff?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58They become dealers, don't they? They do.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59That's a natural progression.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03You have a passion, you collect all of your life, you have a lot of it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05So then you start to do fairs.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Good luck. And hopefully, we'll get this away.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Here we go, it's going under the hammer now. Thank you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Lot 211. It's on your screen there
0:23:14 > 0:23:16with the intricate floral design.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Lot 211 - Victorian black lace shawl.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20What about ?70 the shawl? 70?
0:23:22 > 0:23:2350 then, 50?
0:23:24 > 0:23:29?50 the shawl. I see 50.
0:23:29 > 0:23:42Oh, dear. Doesn't look good at the moment, does it?
0:23:42 > 0:23:48Is that it?
0:23:48 > 0:23:56It didn't go. I don't mind, I'm happy to keep it.
0:23:56 > 0:24:03and you might want to start trading at a few fairs, sell it
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Well, I'll enjoy looking at it. Not only that.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Marion is the most fabulous advert for her own stall
0:24:09 > 0:24:11or market stand or shop.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Look, you can wear what you're selling.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Well, Marion's going home without a sale but with a smile on her face.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25You just never know what's going to happen at auction.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Up next, Anita's favourite Monart vase.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33Going under the hammer right now,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35and I know you have a little passion for Monart glass.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Lovely Scottish glass. You gravitate towards it everywhere we go.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Well, it's beautiful, it's fine and it's colourful, which I love.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47So, Jean and Mike, you're downsizing. We are indeed.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49So I gather that's why you're selling. Yes.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Is it not going to suit... We have got no room for it. Really?
0:24:53 > 0:24:59We've got so much. And how's the renovation going on the...
0:24:59 > 0:25:01The builders still there? Still there.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05We can see a little chink of daylight but not a lot yet.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Cos it was bad. You had to move into a caravan. We did.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10There's nothing worse than builders in your house.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12You probably like a load of builders in your house!
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Depends on how good-looking they are. Some of them were.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16THEY LAUGH
0:25:17 > 0:25:23On to 393, which is a Monart green, yellow and gold fleck vase there.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Lovely piece of Scottish glass... Gold and green work well together.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28?50, please.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30SCOTTISH ACCENT: ?30 is bid.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3540 bid. Five. 50. 50 bid.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37SCOTTISH ACCENT: At ?50.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38ANITA LAUGHS
0:25:38 > 0:25:41At ?50. Five. 60.
0:25:41 > 0:25:4455 only. At ?55.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48At 55, are you all done at ?55, then?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Oh, well, it's gone. That's the start of some decluttering.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I liked Adam's Scottish accent. Oh, poonds.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Poonds.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Job done, I say. Job done.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Next up, we've got something for the gentlemen,
0:26:12 > 0:26:13a pair of diamond cufflinks.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16They belong to Margot right now, well, your husband.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18This is your daughter. Hello, pleased to meet you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21What's your name? Rebecca. Rebecca, right, OK.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25?250-?350. Yes. And he doesn't wear them? No.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Doesn't want to show them off? No. Why's that, just doesn't like them?
0:26:29 > 0:26:35No. They are, they are... I mean, they'd suit me rather than these.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38They'd suit you better than those ones. Are they a fiver?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41A fiver, they were a fiver. Look, they're bits of, sort of, elastic.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42I mean... There you go, look.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45You need some new ones, Paul.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49They're really difficult to put on by yourself. Thank you. Wardrobe!
0:26:50 > 0:26:52A woman of many talents.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56The room's packed full of guys that could do with
0:26:56 > 0:26:59a pair of diamond cufflinks, so let's put them to the test.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Here we go. They're going under the hammer now.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06620 is a pair of 18-carat gold lapis lazuli and diamond cufflinks.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Start me 250 on the cufflinks. 250.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14200 then, surely? 200. Oh, straight in at 200.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Where's the ten? At 210.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18220. 230.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21240. Any more? 250. Bid, 260.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24At 260. At 270, 280.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Bid 280. At 280.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28At 280 and 290.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29300. 300's bid.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32At ?300. At 320.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34340, no. 320's online.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39At 320. It's 340 in the corner. 360.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41380. 400.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43420. 440.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Online, 440.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Are you done at ?440?
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Yes, the hammer's gone down. Good result. Isn't that wonderful?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56And as you bought them, do you get the money back?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58LAUGHING: I don't know.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I think I'll treat him to something.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Not another pair of cufflinks, though. No, Paul.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Well, I think Margot's off to treat herself to a bit of jewellery.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Well, that's it. It's all over.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Another jam-packed day in a sale room for our Flog It! owners.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19And I must say, we've had one or two surprises there,
0:28:19 > 0:28:23which I'm really pleased about, and everybody has gone home happy.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Not everything sold but maybe they weren't supposed to sell.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28There's always another day in an auction room.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30And I hope you can join us as well.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Until then, from Liverpool, it's goodbye.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03You look lovely, Mum. Go on, do a twirl.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Ooh, cake! Mm. Oh, it looks great.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Yeah, I made it myself.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11You got fat! Thanks, Maureen.