0:00:02 > 0:00:04MUSIC: Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Today, we've come to a menagerie in the heart of the city,
0:00:09 > 0:00:13London Zoo, home to animals of all shapes and sizes and,
0:00:13 > 0:00:15incredibly, a collection of listed
0:00:15 > 0:00:19buildings by some of Britain's most distinguished architects.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Welcome to Flog It!.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44MUSIC: London Calling by The Clash
0:00:50 > 0:00:53'In almost 200 years of the zoo's history, some of Britain's
0:00:53 > 0:00:56'best-known architects have contributed to its design.'
0:00:56 > 0:01:00The London Zoological Society opened its gardens to members only.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Thankfully, today it's open to everyone.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Hundreds of people have come from far and wide to see our experts today.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Wild-at-heart, Thomas Plant is going on the hunt for some exotic collectables.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- Are you excited about Flog It!?- Yes, I am.- Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Well, I hope we come up with a good valuation for you
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and your five pounds' investment will be marvellous.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22'And just like Noah and the Ark,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'Will Axon's bringing in his items two by two.'
0:01:25 > 0:01:28They're quite nicely done in a way, aren't they?
0:01:28 > 0:01:33'Right, we're all raring to go, so let's see what Thomas has found.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Well, John, I hope my valuation is going to be good enough
0:01:35 > 0:01:38for you to not throw me to the lions.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40They look pretty asleep right now.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- No, they're not ready for food yet. - Not really, no.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Tell me, why did you bring this camera along today?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Well, I've done quite a bit of research with it
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and what I've found out, I can't find another one another one
0:01:52 > 0:01:55to match it up or even to price it up at all.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57So, I thought it would be a good idea to come here.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02So, let's be clear, this is a Ducati 35mm range-view camera.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03It's made in Italy,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and like all things Italian,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08it's extremely compact and actually quite beautiful to look at.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Isn't it?- Yeah.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14And this being a Ducati, it's known as the Italian Leica.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18And Leica are, like, the seminal camera people.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21This company produced this very small camera
0:02:21 > 0:02:24for a very small amount of time.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27That's why you didn't find many on the internet
0:02:27 > 0:02:32or your research of working out have these cameras sold before.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34You type in Leica to a search engine,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36it will come up with reams of them.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Yeah, mostly lenses, I found.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Lots of lenses.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42This is a body, this does have a lens here, which can be changed.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- It does come off.- Yes. Yeah, it does come off completely.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Now, tell me, how have you got it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Well, about four years ago my uncle died and we cleared out his place,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and then what we've done with all his stuff, all in a box, put it in the loft.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And then, in January this year, we've done our loft insulation
0:02:57 > 0:02:58and we came across it again.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03That's when I noticed the name Ducati on it. I decided, hmm, they make motorbikes not cameras,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04so I decided to check them out.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07And, funnily enough, yes, I found that they made cameras as well.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10You know, way back in the 1930s or something.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13'30s, '40s, then we have the war, and from about '46 to about '53,
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- and when this one was made. And this is the Ducati Songo.- Songo, yes.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Songo, which means dream.- Dream? I didn't realise that what it meant.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Now, value. This is why we're here.- Mm-hmm.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28As I said, I've mentioned Leica , you know, the godfather of all
0:03:28 > 0:03:32camera production, and I said this is the Italian Leica.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33It is a rare camera.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37They do not come up very often for auction.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40But, there is a little bit of corrosion on the button here.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43The shutter is not working, but there's a cloth shutter,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45they do deteriorate.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Saying that, I would believe a sensible estimate
0:03:49 > 0:03:51would be £800-£1,200,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and I'd like to fix reserve round about 600.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56What do you think?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59That sounds OK. 600's a good reserve, yeah.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Reserve at six, but we'll put it at £800-£1,200 as the estimate.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Try and build up the interest.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Yes, quite happy with that.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10MUSIC: Girls On Film by Duran Duran
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Next up, Will's been poring over this jug,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16brought in by print artist, Rita.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Rita, I recognise what you brought
0:04:19 > 0:04:21in straight away from across the room.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It's a piece of Dalton Lambeth, isn't it?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Yes, that's right.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Now, the thing I don't know is exactly who it's by, designer-wise.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Now, you're going to tell me, aren't you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32You done a bit of research on this, haven't you?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Well, I have, but already I did know who it was by, because of his name.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39He's got his initials actually on the item itself.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41You're right. The initials on the jug itself.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46It's George Tinworth, probably one of the most famous designers working for Dalton.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Established originally at the Lambeth School of Art,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52alongside those other well-known names like Hannah, Barlow,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- all the Barlow sisters, so, a well-known name in this sort of field.- Yes.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58We've got the Dalton Lambeth stamp there.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01We've also got it dated there, 1880, which is handy.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05And then, actually, Tinworth's mark is actually in the decoration, isn't it?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- Yes, it's very difficult to find.- There it is, there.- Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11So, we've got the interlocked TG.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Tinworth is a good name, very well collected.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15This kind of muted colour
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- and the way it's decorated is quite typical of the time.- Is it?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Dalton were known for these slightly sort of subdued colours,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26whereas other art firms, such as Minton and so on,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- tended to be a bit brighter, a bit brasher.- Yes, yes.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31But that's, again, part of the appeal.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- It doesn't, sort of, necessarily clash terribly.- No.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37You could see that fitting in quite nicely in a, sort of, modern
0:05:37 > 0:05:41contemporary interior without, you know, shouting too loudly at you.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Yes.- Do you have any idea what you think it might be worth?
0:05:43 > 0:05:48No, I didn't and that was... I'm very, very keen to find out.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Er, you know, it can either be almost thousands or nothing.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- Yeah, that gives me a nice wide range to work with.- Absolutely.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I have no idea... I mean, I know it's important, but that's all.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I mean, I see it around that sort of 250 mark.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05250, that sort of figure.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Let's put it in at £200-£300.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Fix that reserve at £200, and I reckon it'll do sort of 250,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13300, that sort of figure. How do you feel at that?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- It's OK.- Yeah?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I hope it goes to somebody who really appreciates Dalton Lambeth.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Well, Rita, it's obvious from talking to you that you
0:06:20 > 0:06:23really appreciate the artistic merit on something like this,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25and I'm hoping there's going to be two or three people
0:06:25 > 0:06:27at the auction that feel the same way.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30It's out of our hands, it's all down to the auctioneer now.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I look forward to it.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36How did you come by them?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39There were given to myself and my late husband 37 years
0:06:39 > 0:06:44ago by a gentleman who was a warden of a National Scout Campsite.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Why did he give you two spears?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I think he was having a bit of a clear-out,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50asked David and I if we would like them,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and we said yes and, er, we used them as
0:06:53 > 0:06:55decoration in our living room.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I had this romantic opinion...
0:06:58 > 0:07:02that Bert, your Scout friend, um,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04these were in the shed, kicking about,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07and these have actually been brought back from South Africa
0:07:07 > 0:07:09by an older scout.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Not Bert himself, but, you know, maybe someone who knew
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Baden Powell.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Maybe, you know, he was at the Siege of Mafeking, you know.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Or had done all those things. Do you know what I mean?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Yes, I do.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Cos these are probably from South Africa
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and they most look like they are going to be from the Zulu tribe.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28They had three weapons. They had their shield.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30They had this, the stabbing spear.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33And they had a throwing spear and sometimes a club.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Because they're so thin, they needed to keep them behind the shield,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- and sometimes you see the shields with the weapons all sticking out, don't you.- Yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42And so, these would come behind the shield
0:07:42 > 0:07:45and they be able to hold it all in one hand, and the other hand
0:07:45 > 0:07:48to do things with, as you know - throw the spear or just carry on.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54What caught my eye, I have to say, is this lovely rushing here.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Putting this blade on to the shaft itself,
0:07:57 > 0:08:02and this rush-work is just absolutely delightful.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Realistically, we've got to think, "What are they worth?"
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Erm, they're not going to make a huge amount,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09but I'd like to set a typical auctioneer's estimate. £80-£120.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- 80-120. That's what I thought you would say, actually.- Do you mind?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14No, not at all.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I know it's a big cop-out.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Erm, regarding reserve, about £40, if that's all right.- Right, OK.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23If we do all right with them, I mean, you know, are going to buy more weapons?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Certainly not.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27We're going to put it towards a house move.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28- Oh, really?- Yes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Where are you moving?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34We love Derbyshire, but we can't go as far as that because my son
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and daughter are expecting my second grandchild today.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- She's in labour now.- Oh, really?! - Yes.- Well, this is very exciting.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- And you're here?- Yes. - And we're here.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Well, that's probably quite a good thing. I mean, they don't, you know...
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- So, erm...- Granny can come later.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52We don't want to go too far away from them and they live in Hatfield.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And are you a granny, grandma, or Nana, or what are you?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- I'm called Nannykins. - Nannykins.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Oh, that's sweet.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Well, I hope we'll do very well for you and good luck with today.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Thank you very much.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05MUSIC: Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf
0:09:18 > 0:09:20We're travelling west across the city for today's
0:09:20 > 0:09:23sale at the Chiswick Auction Rooms.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And the man with the gavel today is auctioneer William Rouse.
0:09:26 > 0:09:2780. 85.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29£100, fresh bidding.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30£100, shaking his head there.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32£100.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33BANGS GAVEL
0:09:33 > 0:09:35First up, let's see if Janet
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and Heather's Zulu spears hit their mark.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Well, we got a fixed reserve of £40 and I know, Thomas,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42you held your hands up at the valuation and said,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45"I don't take anything about spears." I don't blame you, because nor do I.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49But I'll tell you something, they will sell at £40,
0:09:49 > 0:09:51so you don't have to take them back on the tube train.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Which is what I don't want to do.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- No, you do not want to be doing that, do you?- No, no.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I would like them to move on to somebody who would be able to
0:09:58 > 0:09:59appreciate them more now.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- OK, well, tribal art is very collectable.- Right.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Hopefully, we'll find a home for them right now.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Here we go, this is it, look. This is exciting.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Lot 130. Two African spears with the nice polished shafts.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Let's start this one at £20 to get going.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I'm bid 20. 22, 25.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20£25 is all I'm bid. 28.
0:10:21 > 0:10:2330, 32, 35,
0:10:23 > 0:10:2538,
0:10:25 > 0:10:2640,
0:10:26 > 0:10:2742.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28They're gone.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30£42 I'm bid here. At £42.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32In the room, then, it is at £42.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33You all done, finished?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35For the spears, 42, I'm going to sell them.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- There goes. - BANGS GAVEL
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- That's fine, that is fine.- Just, just.- Just, yeah.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41That's good, isn't it? Phew, it was close.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43But, at least they've gone. They've gone, so that's...
0:10:43 > 0:10:46No, the thought of you taking them back on the tube.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48MUSIC: Stuck On You by Elvis Presley
0:10:50 > 0:10:5145.
0:10:51 > 0:10:5250.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- £60. - BANGS GAVEL
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Coming up next, we've got John's Ducati camera,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58which is just about to go under the hammer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01And, John, it's great to see you again. I really like the camera.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04We had a chat to William, our auctioneer, at the preview day.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06He liked it a lot, as well.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I mean, it is quality and they didn't make that many of them.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- No, very rare.- And they didn't sell that well, either.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So, that's why they went into transport, particularly motorbikes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Now, let's find out with the bidders think, shall we?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20It's going under the hammer right now. This is it, good luck. Good luck, John.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Lot 70 is this rare Ducati camera.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Where should we start this?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27£400 to get things going.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28400 I'm bid.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29420.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30440.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31460.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34£460 for the camera. At 460.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36480, thank you. 500.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38We've got 520. 520.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40540.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44£540 it is. At 540, nearly there.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45At £540...
0:11:46 > 0:11:47BANGS GAVEL
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Close.- So close, weren't we? So close.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50So close, so close.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53A couple of bids away, really. You got a couple of options here.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56You can have a word with the auctioneer after the sale,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00see if he can find the underbidder. He might know who he is because of
0:12:00 > 0:12:01his registration number -
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and maybe you could sell it at that price.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07What a shame, but it got just goes to show you can never tell
0:12:07 > 0:12:10what's going to happen when you're in an auction room.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11100 I'm bid.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12110,
0:12:12 > 0:12:13120,
0:12:13 > 0:12:14130,
0:12:14 > 0:12:15140,
0:12:15 > 0:12:16150.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- BANGS GAVEL - Thank you very much.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19MUSIC: My Sharona by The Knack
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Bit of quality going under the hammer right now.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24George Tinworth Dalton jug belonging to Rita,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and has to go because the cat
0:12:27 > 0:12:28might damage it.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I still keep it on the shelf, but behind another vase.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32This sort of high, up there?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So, so the cat can't... It gets up there, though, does he?
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Quite high. Much higher than a door, so, I suppose, about seven foot.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Come on, let's get this sold. Let's get it away from Stripes.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45160 is the George Tinworth jug. Let's start this at £150.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46150.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Someone on the phone there, look.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Maybe he's thinking, to a colleague,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51"Yes, I'm in the room, I'll buy it for you."
0:12:51 > 0:12:52180,
0:12:52 > 0:12:53190,
0:12:53 > 0:12:54200.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57In the doorway, then, it is at £200.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00In the doorway at 200. Anybody else want to come in, then?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'm going to sell it. For £200 it goes.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03BANGS GAVEL
0:13:03 > 0:13:05It's gone. £200. The hammer's gone down, Rita.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Right.- It's gone.- Right. Aw, I'm sad.- Say goodbye...oh!
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I knew you would be. I knew you would be.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11I hope they like it as much as I liked it.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Like we explained at the valuation day, whoever's buying these things
0:13:15 > 0:13:20is buying them because they want them. So, at least you know you know it's going to someone who's made
0:13:20 > 0:13:22a conscious decision that he wants it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24So, it's not like, you know, you're not letting it, sort of,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26go to the dogs, as it were. Whoever bought it...
0:13:26 > 0:13:28No, it'll be safe, at least.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30At £90, it's going.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- BANGS GAVEL - Thank very much.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Marie wants to generate some pocket money for her granddaughter
0:13:37 > 0:13:39and her great-granddaughter.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47You ask any jewellery dealer and they will tell you that brooches are one of the harder pieces to sell,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50because you don't see people out and about wearing brooches.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- You see me.- Really? You wear brooches?- I have, yes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58I got a brooch, I think, on every jacket and coat that I own.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Tell me about these. Do these sit in your jewellery box at home?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Yes, they've sat in that box,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- oh, I should think a good 30 years or more.- No.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Yeah, I've never worn them. - Have you bought them? Were they a gift to you?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12They were a gift from my aunt.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I went to Malta about 30 years ago
0:14:16 > 0:14:20and I had an aunt who lived over there,
0:14:20 > 0:14:25and she said I want to give you something for you to remember me by,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27and she gave me that one,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31and I think those two were my mother's.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- We see a lot of these, what we would call, sweetheart brooches.- Yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Sort of late 19th century, that sort of the period, but a lot of them -
0:14:37 > 0:14:41usually coming out of Birmingham Assay Office - are made in silver.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Really?- What's nice about these is the fact that they're in gold,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48with these, I would imagine, semiprecious stones.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Just makes a little bit, sort of, more special.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53You know why gold is popular at the moment, do you?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Yes, cos when is it still high up in price.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Yeah. The demand across the world and the globe for these
0:14:59 > 0:15:02sort of things is high, so therefore, that's why we can
0:15:02 > 0:15:06put quite a, sort of, generous figure on them, I would've thought.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I think we should put a figure in sort of around the £100 mark.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10How do you feel about that?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Yes. Erm, just 100?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16I'd like to put them in to put them in at, sort of, £80-£120,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18and fix the reserve at £80.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19- 80?- Yeah.- Right.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And I think going to do well, because they're small,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26they got value as per what they're made of - the gold, obviously - and they're pretty enough.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28You know, someone might really take a shine to them
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- and think, "Well, I'll have those and I'll actually use them and wear them."- Right.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- Are you happy at that sort of a figure?- Yes.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Do you think you granddaughter and great-granddaughter will be happy, or are we going to have to
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- phone them up and check?- Oh, I think so.- Yeah? I'll see you there, Marie. - Thank you.- Not at all.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44MUSIC: Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed
0:15:46 > 0:15:50'Next, Thomas takes a view on Mike's pastel landscape.'
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm not great on pastel pictures.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- I have to put that caveat in before we start to look it yours.- OK.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01But I believe you've done a bit of work on this. Is that right?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03A little bit of research.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08I inherited it from my late father and asked my wife
0:16:08 > 0:16:10if she'd like to put on the wall.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12She declined.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14So I thought, "We'll look it up, see if we can find..."
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- And it does have a name...- Umm-hmm
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- ..which we think is Bernard Sickert. - Umm-hmm .
0:16:20 > 0:16:23So, I looked him up and there's not an awful lot of his work,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25but he is the brother of Walter Sickert.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Correct.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Beyond that, I don't know much more.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31No, and there's three years difference between them.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Walter Sickert is 1860, Bernard is 1863.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Walter Sickert is, you know, a famous British artist,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41part of that Camden Town group,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44that sort of British impressionism.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46The genre of people, of life going on.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50This could be his brother. I mean, his father was an artist as well.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52They did work in pastel colours.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55The pastel is in the right palate.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Actually, it's a wonderful picture,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00As in, you look at it from afar,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03you actually get the feeling of the fields, the farmhouse.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06It's been done by quite a confident hand.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08This big, large tree here.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12This outline, the pencil and then the filling in...
0:17:12 > 0:17:14It's not been done by a happy amateur. Do you know what I mean?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I do. Yes, I like it.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20All things being equal, does it make it a valuable picture?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The answer is, being a Bernard Sickert, no.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25If it was Walter, thousands of pounds.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Sure.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29There are records of Bernard's work coming up for sale.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30It's not signed.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I would say £150, £200.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Reserve it at 120.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Sounds good.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Do you think so?- Yes, yes. - You want to give it a go?
0:17:38 > 0:17:43I do want to give it a go. I'd love to flog it, because my wife won't allow it,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and therefore,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I'll use the money to take her out for lunch.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49A good lunch.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Well, you know, if it only gets 50 quid...
0:17:51 > 0:17:54If it doesn't sell...
0:17:54 > 0:17:56It might not...
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Sure.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Can I recommend one thing? That maybe - maybe - it might, sort of,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03get hung in your house.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- I'd get a better mount for it first. - Yes, yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09And actually frame it, and, actually, it would probably look rather good.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I think my wife could be swayed by you.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12- You really think so? - Well, I hope so.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Well, I don't know. Maybe she'll come to the auction?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16I hope so, but, then again, it might sell.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19MUSIC: Jungle Fever by Roy Hamilton
0:18:24 > 0:18:27'Well, I don't know about jungle fever, but when it comes to
0:18:27 > 0:18:30'collecting bargains, Eva here is a terminal case.'
0:18:33 > 0:18:36So, Eva, I understand from talking to you that these
0:18:36 > 0:18:38are something that you've picked up from a car-boot.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Tell me, is that something you do regularly?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Are you always on the look for antiques at the car-boot sales?
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Erm, yes, yes, because interesting,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50and I'm always learning something.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- You're right there.- And because, after, I am checking the internet
0:18:53 > 0:18:57and there's lots of new information.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Exactly. Well, you've obviously brought along here, what we can see
0:19:00 > 0:19:06- in front of us, a Christmas tin here from 1914 and also a selection of medals.- Yeah.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Now, looking at these, can I ask you what you paid for them?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- About- £10. Yes?- And £9.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- OK.- Yeah.- So, you've done all right there, I think, yes.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Well, let's talk about them separately. As you say, Christmas tin.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22These were produced, er, Princess Mary, there was
0:19:22 > 0:19:25an advert in the national press
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and they were asking for donations, cos what they wanted to do
0:19:28 > 0:19:33was to reward people who were in the army fighting overseas,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35just to give them a little something from home.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38And so many donations were given,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40that they had a lot of money to spend.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43So, what they decided to do, was produce these Christmas tins
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- and they used to put little treats them.- Yeah.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Occasionally, you see them and they still have the contents completely intact.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Yeah.- What they had in them depended on who you were.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56If you were a smoker...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Yeah, smoker, if, er, some tobacco or a pipe.- Exactly, right.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You're dead right, yes. Tobacco and a pipe.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04If you were one of the young boys who had signed up...
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Some sweets, biscuits...
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Exactly. And if you were in the Indian Army?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Sweet and spices.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- Yes, yes, yes. - Exactly, sweets and spices.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15So, these were greatly received by the soldiers on the front,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17cos it was a hard battle.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It was a hard battle.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Yeah, and it was nice things.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24So, that's the Christmas tin, and the medals themselves...
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Medals are an interesting area of collecting in antiques.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30They can do very well indeed,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34but what people are buying isn't necessarily just the medals.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36They want a story behind the medals.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41They want to know who were they awarded to, why were they awarded to them,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44at what battle were they awarded and how original are they.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Now, I've had a look at these and the first thing that catches my eye
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- they've done a little sneaky trick here -
0:20:50 > 0:20:52if I turn that one over, you can see they're actually the same medal.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Yes, same medal. Yeah. - So, that's been reproduced.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57So, they wouldn't have been awarded to the same person.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00So, already I'm thinking, "Hang on a minute, I think
0:21:00 > 0:21:03"we may have a little bit of a mismatch here."
0:21:03 > 0:21:04All right.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Also, the ribbons themselves.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Can you see the ribbons here?- Yeah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13These all represent different, er, troops, different battles, erm...
0:21:15 > 0:21:18So, each medal itself has a distinctive ribbon.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Now, this ribbon is the right ribbon.- Yeah.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22That goes with that victory medal.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- This ribbon does not belong with this medal.- All right.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29So, that's something that the serious collector is going to
0:21:29 > 0:21:32pick up on that, and that will devalue them somewhat.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Moving along, we've got a...that's got the right ribbon on it here.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39And if you look on the side here, can you see where we've got an inscription?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Yeah.
0:21:40 > 0:21:432347, Private WSG Insall,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- Hereford Regiment.- Yes.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- And this?- OK.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51So, that should match what's on the side of this one.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53And it doesn't.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56So, they've been awarded to two different people.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58That's very important as well.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01And looking at that one again, that one isn't inscribed at all.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Yeah.- That's a little bit unusual. Usually, they're inscribed.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06So, I mean, they're a reasonable little group
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and if someone was interested in starting a collection,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12this would be a good area to start at, because, you know,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15some groups of medals can make, you know, thousands of pounds.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I mean, if you've got a Victoria Cross, for example, then, you know, the sky's the limit for those,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25because they were awarded for very specific acts of courage in battle and so on.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27So, we know you paid for them.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You've done little bit of research.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31What do you think they're worth now?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32- No idea.- No idea.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Well, I think you're going to have a...I think they're worth
0:22:34 > 0:22:36more than you've paid for them, to be honest.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41- If you would be happy to put them in auction at, say, £40-£60?- Mmm-hmm.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42- How does that sound to you?- Hmmm.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- It's not a bad return on a £9 outlay.- Yeah.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Well, nine and ten, you're 19, so...
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I think I will try the auction.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Excellent. And what's the money going to go towards? Are you going to put it in your pocket
0:22:54 > 0:22:56and head towards the Guildford car-boot again?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Yeah, I will. I will go, yeah. - Excellent.- Yeah, of course.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Well, listen, Eva, I'm pretty sure that at the auction we're going to sell them for you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06MUSIC: Hey Ya! by Outkast
0:23:08 > 0:23:11'We've arrived back at the saleroom in Chiswick in West London.'
0:23:11 > 0:23:12420 there.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- £450 there. 450. - BANGS GAVEL
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Well, going under the hammer right now. We have three gold sweetheart brooches
0:23:18 > 0:23:21that belong to Marie, and it's great to see you again.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22- Thank you.- Did you wear them?
0:23:22 > 0:23:26No. They've always been in my box, because I'd always said that
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- I would give them to my granddaughter.- OK.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Well, let's put that will to the test when its valued, shall we?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Let's see what they're worth in the auction room today.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Here we go, look. They're going under the hammer now.- Can I look happy?- Yeah, go on. Watch this.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Lot 295 is a yellow metal filigree brooch.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It would appear they do test for gold and interest in the lot.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49I've got £60, 65 I'll take. £60, 65, 70.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- 75.- Creeping up.- 80.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55£85 there in the blue. At 85.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- 90 at the doorway. - Ooh, fresh bidder now.- 95.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Lovely.- Are you bidding 100? 100.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Ah, that's nice.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02110.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04120.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Smashing, this is, really.- 120, then. Thank you for the bid. 120.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08130 here.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Oh, dear.- You see! You didn't like them but somebody else did.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12160.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15160 in the gallery, then. At £160. 160.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16BANGS GAVEL
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Sold to someone up in the gallery up there. £160.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21That's great.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28'Now, our penultimate item of the day is this family heirloom.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30'Mike's pastel landscape painting.'
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Why do you want to sell this anyway?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I inherited it from my late father
0:24:36 > 0:24:41and, um, my wife suggested it went auction, because it hadn't
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- been put up and had been lying there for five years unhung, so...- OK.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Framed? Not framed, either. - Well, it's not a question...
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I don't know if she likes it, so, er, hard to get it past the missus.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53OK, it's got to go. Let's put it to the test. Here we go.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Lot 400 is this pastel, attributed to Bernard Sickert. £60 to start it.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01£60 I'm bid. 65. 70.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04With me at £75. I'll take 80, though.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06At £75, not quite enough.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08At 75. Anybody else?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10£75 it is, then.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Not sold, I'm afraid.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- It's going home.- It's going home.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- I think you've got to remount it.- I think so.- I think it's a remount.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Remount, frame it and put on the wall.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22'Well, every cloud has a silver lining,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24'although I'm not sure Mike's wife will agree.'
0:25:25 > 0:25:28'At the preview day, I met up with Will, our auctioneer,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30'to discuss our next lot.'
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Do you know this group of medals
0:25:33 > 0:25:37and this Princess Mary Christmas box Eva got at a car-boot sale?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- Guess how much.- No idea.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39£10.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- That's not bad.- We had a valuation put on by Will of about £40-£60,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45so it's definitely a come-and-buy-me.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Christmas box is worth that alone.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Obviously, if it had its chocolate and its tobacco and cigarettes,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54it would be worth a couple of hundred pounds in better condition, but obviously it's empty.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56But, what about the medals? What I want to know is,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59in the catalogue we've got a revised estimate. Is that right? Of around £100?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01We've put up the estimate just because, like you say,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04the cigarette boxes worth a few pounds on its own
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and then you got this group of medals which,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09even individually, even if you just say they're worth £20 each...
0:26:09 > 0:26:11So, we've now got a revised estimate.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- It's now printed in the catalogue... - 100-200.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16..not at £40-60, but at £100-200.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Well, that's a good start already, isn't it? And they haven't even gone under the hammer.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Whatever you do, keep watching. We're about to put them to the test.
0:26:27 > 0:26:2890 there.
0:26:28 > 0:26:3195. 100. 110 it is, then. At 110.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32BANGS GAVEL
0:26:32 > 0:26:34If you're interested in making money, ask Eva,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- because she knows how to do it.- Yes.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Well, you will do in a moment, won't you?- Yes, I am.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Turning £10, hopefully, into £100-£200.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- I know, originally, Will put on at £40-£60.- That's right.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50The auctioneers had a look at them and thought, "Let's up that estimate to £100-200."
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- Oh!- Did you know that?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- You didn't know that, did you? - No, just fingers crossed.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I think the auctioneer spotted a couple of medals in there.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I think there's an Italian aviation one.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- So, hopefully, that'll be a nice return, won't it?- Very nice.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Did you know what you were looking at at all? Or did you just think,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- "Well, actually, I like the medals. They look decorative and pretty. I'll have them."?- Yeah.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- It was that, really, was it? And the tin?- The tin is, yes.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Well, good luck both of you,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14because I think this is going to be a great result.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Let's find out with the bidders think.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20I'm bid 30 straightaway. 32, 35, 38,
0:27:20 > 0:27:2240, 42, 45...
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Well, we're starting low, but we're getting there.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27..55, 60, 65, 70...
0:27:27 > 0:27:29They can take all day as long as I'm concerned.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32..80, 85, 90...
0:27:32 > 0:27:33..95, 100,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Oh, we're there, look.- Wow! Eva!
0:27:35 > 0:27:36£100, at £100.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40At £100 I'm going to sell it, then.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42£100. It goes at 100.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43BANGS GAVEL
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- That's what we like to see.- Yes. - Well done, you.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- I'm very happy, thank you so much. - Well spotted.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49What's that, are you going to buy some
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- more stuff now at the car-boot? Reinvest?- I will!
0:27:51 > 0:27:55120 there. 130. 140. 150.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56BANGS GAVEL
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Well, that's it. It's all over.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Another day in the office for Flog It!.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03And I tell you what, we had our work cut out there, didn't we.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04It was touch and go in places.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07A few highs and a few lows, but that's what auctions are all about.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11It's not an exact science, putting a value on an antique,
0:28:11 > 0:28:12as you've just seen.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Join us next time for many more surprises,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17but, until then, from all of us here at Chiswick, it's goodbye.