0:00:05 > 0:00:08Stockport, a good northern industrial town.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11But it doesn't get much more opulent than this.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14This gorgeous beautiful backdrop is Stockport Town Hall,
0:00:14 > 0:00:15it's our venue for today
0:00:15 > 0:00:19and a fitting setting for the splendid items I'm hoping to see on the show.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48We're seven miles outside Manchester in the heart of Stockport,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52which was once centre of the country's hatting industry and exported
0:00:52 > 0:00:56more than 6 million hats a year. Today, it's the local antiques
0:00:56 > 0:00:58we're all interested in.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05The good people of Stockport have turned up in their droves,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08hundreds of them here all laden with antiques and collectables,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11hoping that their little lot will be worth a princely sum at auction.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14And we have to take our hats off
0:01:14 > 0:01:17to our experts as they are already in the queue
0:01:17 > 0:01:21trying to find hidden treasures. Sorting the fakes from the Faberge,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23it's the resplendent Philip Serrell.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27That signature, for me, doesn't look quite right.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And positively posh, Mark Stacey.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I look as though I've come from the House of Eliott.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37So, let's get the doors open and get the show under way.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We found a great selection of objects from our day
0:01:44 > 0:01:47at Stockport, but which of these exquisite items
0:01:47 > 0:01:49makes the most impressive sum at auction?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Is it the ivory Cantonese cardholder?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Or the blue and white George V Staffordshire plate? Or maybe...
0:01:57 > 0:02:01the mahogany biplane propeller? Make sure you stay tuned to find out...
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Everyone is safely seated inside. Are you all enjoying ourselves?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- ALL: Yes.- Yes, that's what we like.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13It's one thing to have opulence and splendour,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15but of course, this is Flog It!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19And what this lot want to know is, exactly what's it worth?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22So, let's find out, shall we? Here's our first valuation.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26David. You've brought...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29a touch of quality and a touch of the Far East
0:02:29 > 0:02:32in to show us today. Where on earth did you get it from?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36This belonged to my aunt, who passed this on to my father
0:02:36 > 0:02:41in 1984 and since then it's been sitting in a drawer at home.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Unappreciated. - You know of course what it is?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47It's a Chinese card case, a business card case.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Exactly right, exactly right. It's what we call Cantonese,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53so it would have been carved in China and exported.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Date wise, you might be shocked, we're looking at around 1870.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I love the decoration, all this intricate carved...
0:03:01 > 0:03:04gateways and buildings, it's really marvellous,
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- all around the edges there. - I really appreciate the way it looks,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I'm amazed at how they can carve so intricately.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14This would have been made for the European market.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's not something a Chinese person would have wanted.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21They wouldn't have carried business cards, this was a Western thing.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26You would have had to have been a member of the middle class or more
0:03:26 > 0:03:29to have something like this in your pocket.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- On one side, it's fully carved... - That's right.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34..and on the side it's got this little roundel
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- and I've always wondered what that was for.- Well, imagine,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- that you were the Duke of Warrington.- Right.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And you wanted your cipher and your coat of arms
0:03:43 > 0:03:46or your monogram, that's where they would have carved it.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50You would have shown them your coat of arms or your coronet
0:03:50 > 0:03:53and your initials and they'd carve it in there for you.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Remarkably, this one isn't carved. I don't know if you've thought about the value.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I had a look on the internet and I found it might be worth a little bit,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03but I'm not entirely sure.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I think you're right, I'm going to be cautious, I hope
0:04:06 > 0:04:08and say £200 to £300,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12with a £200 fixed reserve, but it wouldn't surprise me on the day
0:04:12 > 0:04:15if we pushed up to £300 or £400,
0:04:15 > 0:04:19or maybe a bit more. These can do extremely well in the saleroom.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- So, if you're happy to leave it with us.- Yes, please.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25We'll put it into the sale. Thank you very much, David.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Thank you. It's been a pleasure.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31There are strict laws governing the trade of ivory
0:04:31 > 0:04:34but David's allowed to sell this cardholder
0:04:34 > 0:04:39because it predates 1947 and is classified as a worked item.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Now, from one decorative item to a rather more practical one.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Chris, how are you, all right? - I'm well, Phil, how are you?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I just love this, I really do. Why have you got a propeller?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53It's my wife, she's a big aviation geek.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Really?- Yeah.- In what way.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- She was looking at doing a PPL for a while?- What's a PPL?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Private pilot's licence.- Right.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05This was my father-in-law's father,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- who was in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, I think.- Yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Because that's before the Royal Flying Corps
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- became the RAF, didn't it? - Yes, that's right.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21And my father-in-law, he handed this down to her as a gift.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Your wife's got a propeller, what exactly did she do with it?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28We just stashed it in a corner of the living room
0:05:28 > 0:05:31and it sat there for a few years.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34They are what I call great study accessories,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38you know, for people who've got the gentleman's study.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40You find a lot of them that are cut off here and here,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44you have barometers or you have clocks
0:05:44 > 0:05:48that are inset into here and they make quite a nice mantel clock.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I think that ruins them. I think this is just such a fabulous thing.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55What I love about it is, it's such a fantastic piece of sculpture
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and it's got this copper sheath on there
0:05:58 > 0:06:02that protects the leading edge as this goes round and round.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03- These markings here...- Yeah.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09..R3 and... Is that the way that you crank it to the right?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The truthful answer is I don't know. It's something... I don't think
0:06:12 > 0:06:17that they're hugely going to affect what it does and what it's worth.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20What will affect it is what it's off
0:06:20 > 0:06:22and that, I don't know. Can we turn it over?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Very often, you will find...
0:06:26 > 0:06:30impressed into it...
0:06:30 > 0:06:33either a manufacturers' stamp or what it's of,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- and this is really helpful because there's nothing here at all.- No.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Have you done some research on it?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43I was told that it was from either a Tiger Moth or a Gypsy Moth
0:06:43 > 0:06:47and I think the Gypsy Moth preceded the Tiger Moth.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52- Were they 1930s biplanes? - Yeah, 1930, 1931 biplane.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56If you'd come in with no aspirations or this came into my saleroom,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59if we were clearing a house and found it, I'd probably put this in,
0:06:59 > 0:07:03either with a £500 reserve and a £600-£900 estimate,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05or I'd put £800-£1,200 on it with a £600 reserve,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09that is where I'd come from with it. I'm comfortable with £800-£1,200
0:07:09 > 0:07:13with a reserve of £600, if you want to do that?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Yeah, possibly, I was thinking probably about £800 reserve.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Well, if we put £800 - £1,200 as an estimate,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22how do you feel about a £750 reserve on it?
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- Yeah, that's fine.- OK.- Yeah.- We'll have a fixed reserve of £750
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- and an estimate of £800-£1,200, OK? - Yeah.- So tell me,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33your wife was interested in getting her PPL,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35did she ever actually qualify as a pilot?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- No. She didn't actually.- Oh, wow!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41It was just too expensive, £100 per lesson.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- So, might this go towards getting her licence?- Possibly, yeah.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- That would be fantastic. - Be a nice story, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I must talk to you because you've got a doggy here.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- What's your name?- Stephanie.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Stephanie, pleased to meet you. Was this yours as a kid?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- It was my husband's.- Was it? - Yes, Jock is almost 80 years old.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Jock, that's his name, is it? Can I hold Jock?
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Oh, look at Jock! Oh, that's good, look at that!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's got his makers label, Merry Thought,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- this is great, English company, and see that button?- Yes.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21That predates this before World War II.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24He's one of the firm's first.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Have you any idea what Jock's worth?
0:08:26 > 0:08:32No idea, maybe £10, it's difficult to tell.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- I think you're right.- It's the sentimental...- Is he worth selling?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Who says yes? - ALL: Yes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Who says no?- ALL: No.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42There you go, there's the answer.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45He's going to be saved, he's not going under the hammer!
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- The sentimental value outstrips the monetary value.- Yes.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Love him, Steph, love him. Take him home.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Cuddle him up, keep him warm.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Here at Flog It! we have a whole team
0:08:59 > 0:09:02of experts researching behind-the-scenes and they've been working hard
0:09:02 > 0:09:07to put together background information on Mark's next valuation...
0:09:11 > 0:09:16- Carol. You're quite nervous, aren't you?- Terrible. I'll try my best.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Well, thank you for bringing in a very interesting group of medals
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- and a photograph which has been painted.- Yeah.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30- Tell me a about the history. - All I can tell you is, a great-uncle of my husband's
0:09:30 > 0:09:35and my husband and my father-in-law went down to his wife's funeral
0:09:35 > 0:09:38probably 30 years ago and then when my father-in-law died,
0:09:38 > 0:09:4218 years ago, that's when my husband acquired it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44And they've been in a box in the attic.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Really, they've been on top of the wardrobe in a bag.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48It's never been on show, no.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- And your husband's happy to sell them?- He's happy to sell them, yes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56It's an interesting group of medals and it's lovely to have a personal photograph as well,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58to tie in with them.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I have got a cheat, I'm afraid. I have my little crib sheet here.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03You don't know anything about this, do you?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06All I know is what I have told you. Yes.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Well, it is Sergeant A Grice.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12He was in the Durham Light Infantry as a band member.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16He has a war medal, which is a general medal, from 1914 to 1918.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20He has got an India Service, general service medal.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- 1930-1931 bar, which is this one. - Right.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28He has a good conduct medal as well, plus a long service medal
0:10:28 > 0:10:29and a meritorious medal.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Now, the meritorious medal you do not get
0:10:32 > 0:10:36unless you have the good service medal and long service medal.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- Right.- So he's obviously been a very good soldier in his time.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41He also, believe it or not,
0:10:41 > 0:10:46served in Shanghai in 1927 as part of the Shanghai Defence Force.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51- Oh.- You might be wondering, Carol, where I got all this information.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Well, one of my colleagues has done some research and quite simply,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58because we have the information of the Durham Light Infantry
0:10:58 > 0:11:01and his name, just type that into the internet
0:11:01 > 0:11:02and a lot of this came up.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- Right.- It is amazing, really, what we can find out these days.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Marvellous that, yes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13And I think, all in all, it is quite a nice little group.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- You have also got two small medals here.- Right.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19These are the miniatures for these medals.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21When you went to a regimental dinner
0:11:21 > 0:11:25and you had your posh jacket on, you could put these miniature medals on,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27rather than wearing the full...
0:11:27 > 0:11:29So these are dress medals.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Obviously, these ones are missing.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Only those two are there, which is a shame.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Yes.- I find it quite a personal thing to value
0:11:37 > 0:11:40because anybody who serves in the Armed Forces
0:11:40 > 0:11:42has been through so much,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45so it's very difficult to come to a monetary value
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- but we have to try and have a guess at it.- Right, OK.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- I think we should put something like £300-£400 on them.- Right.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- As a group. That is the medals and the picture.- Right.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And we will put a reserve of £300 with 10% discretion.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I hope that, you know,
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- everyone will enjoy them and we will have a good result at the auction.- Very good. Thank you.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09So that concludes our first set of valuations
0:12:09 > 0:12:12and it is time to take them over to the auction room
0:12:12 > 0:12:16and here is a quick reminder of what we are taking with us.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19That ivory cardholder may not be to everybody's taste
0:12:19 > 0:12:22but there is certainly a market for it.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I just love this. I really love it.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Philip hopes Christopher's mahogany propeller will fly under the hammer.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Carol...- And Mark was bowled over by these wonderful war medals.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49We have travelled across the Cheshire countryside
0:12:49 > 0:12:53to sell our items at Adam Partridge saleroom, just outside Macclesfield.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55It's the sale preview day
0:12:55 > 0:12:59and these early birds have come along to view the lots in advance.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Remember, if you want to bid in an auction,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05you will probably need to register before the sale.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07You might need to bring along some identification
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and then you are good to go.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I caught up with Adam in a rare quiet moment and asked him
0:13:16 > 0:13:18what he thought about one of our lots.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Adam, a wonderful atmosphere for auction preview day.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- I can't wait for tomorrow for the buzz.- Should be exciting.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Let us talk about the propeller. It belongs to Christopher and is hanging up over there.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Yes, we thought it would be noticeable hanging from the ceiling.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Wonderfully laminated mahogany. We have £800-£1,200.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Yes, when I saw we had a propeller I thought it was great.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I sell them really well.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I have handled loads of them and £400-£600 we normally put on them.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47They usually make £600-£800. I don't know if it will make it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50The trouble with that one is there are no markings to help
0:13:50 > 0:13:52distinguish what aeroplane it came from
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and I think it is a later one than and World War I propeller.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I would like to see it sell but I think £800
0:13:58 > 0:14:01is absolutely right on the top of what it is worth.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- If we get that, yes. - It is a good price.- Yes.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Just asking too much.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Yes, I think so. But you never know. - You never know.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10That is the beauty of an auction.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15If you get two people who fall in love with that and want to buy it, who knows?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Who knows? Good luck.- Thank you.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22We are about to find out if Adam's prediction is right
0:14:22 > 0:14:24because sale day is now upon us.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Adam Partridge has just taken to the rostrum.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32The bidders are all in their places. Let's get the show on the road.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37It is chocks away!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40We are just about to put the propeller under the hammer.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Chris, thanks for bringing that in.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43You have put £800-£1,200 on it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I had a chat to Adam and he said it might be a little bit punchy
0:14:46 > 0:14:50and he is not sure really if it is from a gypsy moth.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51It could be a tiger moth.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Without any further history or provenance,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57we can't really build up a picture to build up the value.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Fingers crossed, we'll just about get it away.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01I think I said at the valuation
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- that in an ideal world I would like to see £600-£900.- This is quality.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07It is period and it is right.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11We just need to find somebody who wants a propeller on their wall.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12It is going under the hammer now.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16540 is the wooden propeller there. Start me at £800, will you?
0:15:17 > 0:15:21800? £500 then. Always make that.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23500 is bid. 20 here, Sir? 540.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27560, 580, 600,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30620, 640,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34660, 680, 700.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36We're getting there. Getting there.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41740. 760. 780.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46760 is the bid. At £760.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51Any further interest on this at 760?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54The propeller is away now at 760. All done?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Yes! He has sold it. Only just. £10 over the reserve.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It had a fixed reserve of £750.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Look, it's gone. OK. It has gone. I think that is a few flying lessons.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Well, it begs the question,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11who would buy an old propeller?
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Well, we caught up with the buyer after the sale to find out just that.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I bought the propeller on behalf of a colleague, actually.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22An ex-RAF colleague. I am RAF myself.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25So we have a great interest in militaria
0:16:25 > 0:16:28and it looked like a very fine propeller.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Now, remember those war medals?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Carol, fingers crossed and don't be nervous. We will look after you.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- OK.- Auction rooms are very intimidating, aren't they?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Especially if you're not used to them.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Move and you might buy something!
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Yes. I hope I don't sneeze!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47We won't be buying your medals
0:16:47 > 0:16:49because I think these will go to a collector.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51You have added something else to the mix, haven't you?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53You have the death certificate.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Death and marriage certificates. - How did you find those?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Top of the wardrobe in a bag. - Did you?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01They asked if we found anything else and we had a look.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03That is really good because that is provenance.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Provenance puts the value up.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I am not an expert on medals but you are right.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11The collectors love anything that can trace back to the person.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- To the First World War.- Exactly. And add to his life.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Fingers crossed we get £300 plus. - Fingers crossed.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Lot 501.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23A group of four medals, two World War I medals,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25to Sergeant Grace of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26A long service and good conduct.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31Two later medals there and interest here starts with me at £300.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Take 20. £300.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I'll take 20 next for this group here. At 300.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Where is 20? 320, 340, 360,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41380, 380 still with me.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45At 380. Any more on this one?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48400, 420, 440. 420 then away. At £420.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53Are you all done? At 420?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- £420!- Absolutely brilliant!
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You can't put a value or a price on what those young men
0:17:58 > 0:18:00did for us during the First World War,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03fighting for the country and their lives, you really can't.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- But we are pleased with that. - Absolutely brilliant.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08That will have gone to a collector
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- who will keep that whole package together.- Super.- Good home.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18There are usually a few different ways you can bid at auction.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20If you can't make it to the sale itself,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23it may be possible to bid live on the internet,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26or on the telephone, or what is called a commission bid, where you
0:18:26 > 0:18:30leave a written price with the staff and they bid on your behalf.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34And don't forget there is a buyer's commission to take into account.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Here it is 18 percent including VAT.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39What ever you are doing right now,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41don't disappear into the kitchen or put the kettle on.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Stay tuned because this next item could be a real flyer.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I have just been joined by David and Mark, our expert.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Can you guess which item we are talking about?
0:18:50 > 0:18:54It is that Cantonese ivory card case.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57That wonderful, wonderful thing. Condition is very good.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I love that carved Chinese village scene on it.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Did Mark explain to you that Chinese artefacts right now,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04because there are so many millionaires in China,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06their economy is booming
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and they are buying back all these wonderful artefacts.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- He certainly did.- It is going back there, isn't it?- You are right.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15And it is so hard to put a value on anything Chinese now.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- It is good condition.- We have 200-300 on it, haven't we?- I know.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21It is a little bit of a come-and-get-me, I think.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It should make a lot more than that.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Let us find out. Who is going to buy it?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Is it on the phone, is it online, or in the room? This is it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34365 another Canton ivory card case. Start me at £200 again.
0:19:34 > 0:19:41Come on, phones, let us see 200. 200 here. 20 now. At £200. 210, then.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45220. 220. 240?
0:19:45 > 0:19:51260. 280. 300.
0:19:52 > 0:19:59320. 340. 360. 380.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04400. 420.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06440.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10460. 480.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12500.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15520. 540.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20It is just when it will stop, isn't it? We know it is going to do well.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23At 520 on this phone.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Is there 540 anywhere? 520 on the phone.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30At 520, are you all done now?
0:20:30 > 0:20:35At £520, last chance to bid. We sell then at 520. Thank you.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- £520. Top end of the estimate. - And above.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Well, what I'm going to do with it...
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- I don't collect ivory but I do collect glass.- OK.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I have never been able to afford anything really nice,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49just little pieces, so I am hoping to find something.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Mark will put you in the right direction. He loves glass as well.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53That is great, actually.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56It is nice to put the money into something else.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Put it back into the trade.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Well, there you are, that is the end of our first visit to the auction room today.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11We are coming back here later on in the programme.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I hope you enjoyed that little bit of tension.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16In the sale room there is around 40 or 50 books for sale.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19All different kinds of books, different sizes,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21different values, different genres.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24With collections starting from as little as £15 for half a dozen.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28But, as I found out when we were filming up here,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30books were not always that accessible or affordable.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Take a look at this.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42In the 17th century, public libraries didn't exist.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Only a select few,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47such as those studying at Oxford or Cambridge, or the very rich,
0:21:47 > 0:21:52could benefit from using institutional or private libraries.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Manchester, like many industrial cities of that period,
0:21:56 > 0:21:57had poor living conditions
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and offered very little in the way of education
0:22:00 > 0:22:02for the average working-class family.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Humphrey Chetham was a very successful
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Manchester textiles merchant who wanted to change all this
0:22:08 > 0:22:13and he believed the way to overcome poverty was to cure ignorance.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15So, in the years leading up to his death,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18he set aside provisions for a charitable trust
0:22:18 > 0:22:21which included a school and five small libraries
0:22:21 > 0:22:24which would be sited in local churches and of course, this,
0:22:24 > 0:22:29his Great Library which has become known to all as Chetham's Library.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38After his death in 1653, the governors appointed by Chetham
0:22:38 > 0:22:42set out to acquire a major collection of books and manuscripts
0:22:42 > 0:22:46that would rival the college libraries of Oxford and Cambridge.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49And they certainly didn't disappoint.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Founded in 1653,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Chetham's is the oldest public library in England
0:23:00 > 0:23:05and holds over 100,000 volumes in printed books.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The book cases, or book presses as they were known back then,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13were all labelled alphabetically so you knew which section you were in.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15And 24 oak boarded stools
0:23:15 > 0:23:18were provided to use as portable seats for the readers
0:23:18 > 0:23:22and they have this lovely S shape cut out of the seats,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25so you can actually pick them up and walk with them.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28It wasn't just seats that were specially designed for the library.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31The chests the books were in were unique too.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34As you can see, all the books are chained up.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39They were like that right up until the middle of the 18th century. Why?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Well, because books were an expensive commodity.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And let me give you an idea, OK?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48The books there, they cost £25.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51This wonderful oak cabinet that was made for them,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55in 1655, we know that, it is beautifully carved there,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57well, that cost £9.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Doesn't sound like a lot of money today, does it?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04But back then the librarian's annual wage was £10.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08So you can see how expensive it was to put that collection together.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It is incredible to think such extortionately-priced books
0:24:13 > 0:24:15were made available for anyone to enjoy.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18The general public made use of the library over the centuries,
0:24:18 > 0:24:22as well as a couple of notable figures.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26In the summer of 1845,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Engels and Marx developed the habit of studying together
0:24:29 > 0:24:32here at this very desk in the alcove of the reading room.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35And it is thought that some of the texts in front of me
0:24:35 > 0:24:41influenced their writing of the pamphlet The Communist Manifesto in 1848.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Nowadays, the library specialises in the history and topography
0:24:44 > 0:24:49of Greater Manchester and Lancashire over the last 350 years.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Chief Librarian Dr Michael Powell is going to show me
0:24:52 > 0:24:56a couple of examples that give us an insight into the lives of the local people
0:24:56 > 0:24:59during the 18th and 19th century.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05This is a sexton's register.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07This is 18th century.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10The sextons are the people who ring the bell,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12dig the graves and clean churches.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15These are the people who are buried
0:25:15 > 0:25:17and the sextons have been asked
0:25:17 > 0:25:20to do other information, to record the cause of death.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23OK, "fever", things like that.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27So what you've got "weakness", that's TB. That is the biggest killer.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29What they do is put them all out in age.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32You have got a massive number dying before the age of five,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35a few making it into their 60s.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37What does this tell us about the local area?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41It tells us that, really, I think, even in the 18th century -
0:25:41 > 0:25:43and this is before the horrors of Engels
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and Victorian Manchester -
0:25:46 > 0:25:50that if you want a long life, don't live in a city.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53This one is a little bit later
0:25:53 > 0:25:57and this is more horrible when we hit 1832.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00They start to record cholera.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05- This is the first outbreak of cholera in Manchester.- There is a lot of it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09There are 900-and-odd names of people within a few months.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14This is going from misery and horror to something more entertaining.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17This is a collection of posters.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20A rather large book, that one.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24This is really taking posters that you get from the streets.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- Someone has collected all of these? - From the 1760s.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33- This is one of the posters for a circus.- That is lovely, isn't it?
0:26:33 > 0:26:34This is remarkable social history.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39And it is all about entertainment and what is available to the people.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Yes.- Are you still adding to the library today?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Do you buy books for the library?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Yes, we still buy new books
0:26:45 > 0:26:48on the history of the North West, on the region,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and we try and fall in gaps every so often, if we can.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53- With period books?- Yes.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58There are many ancient and valuable books here
0:26:58 > 0:27:00but I have found one that stands out
0:27:00 > 0:27:03because of its rather special former owner.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09This book was purchased in 1674 for eight shillings,
0:27:09 > 0:27:10that is around 40p.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12It is the folio edition
0:27:12 > 0:27:16by fifth-century theologian St Prosper of Aquitaine.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Now, when it was first purchased,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21it was thought that it wasn't that valuable.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24However, after extensive research,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28it proves it is rather valuable. I can tell you why.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34The clues aren't really inside but on the white doe-skin cover.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39And here, on the front, you have the coat of arms of England and France.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42There is also the "HR".
0:27:42 > 0:27:46This book was bound for Henry VIII.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48So how it came from the Royal Courts
0:27:48 > 0:27:51to the library booksellers we don't know.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53But it is rather special
0:27:53 > 0:27:56and the condition, for its age,
0:27:56 > 0:28:00is absolutely extraordinary.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15At a time when our libraries are under threat,
0:28:15 > 0:28:20it is a real honour to visit one of the finest in the country.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22It is also important to remember
0:28:22 > 0:28:24what a valuable resource our libraries are,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28offering knowledge and entertainment free of charge
0:28:28 > 0:28:30to the people who need it most.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38From one outstanding building to another,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42we are back at Stockport Town Hall It's packed with over 800 people,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45all here to have their items valued.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47But before we get back to the tables,
0:28:47 > 0:28:52I am going to catch up with Sue Lear, from Hat Works Hat Museum,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54and milliner Julia Walker.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59They will tell me more about the town's fascinating heritage.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Stockport has had a long association with hats,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03dating right back to the 1500s.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05The heyday was the 1800s
0:29:05 > 0:29:08and many factories were working here making hats.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09What I didn't know was
0:29:09 > 0:29:14John Wayne's famous Stetson hat was, more than likely, made in Stockport.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17So, Sue, tell me more about the Stetson.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22We have got pictures here of a lovely group of trimmers in the factory.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25They have got the picture of John Wayne
0:29:25 > 0:29:29and then this is another picture of people wearing the Stetsons
0:29:29 > 0:29:33and this was from another company in Stockport called Lee's Hat Factory.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38- Right, OK.- So you can see with this how many we did make and sell
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- and ship out to America. - And shipped to the States.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43And we have one here, look. This is incredible.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46I need to put gloves on because this is part of our collection.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- That is a big hat, isn't it?- It is.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Julia, you are keeping this industry alive today
0:29:53 > 0:29:55using traditional skills and methods.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Has it changed much? - No. No, not much.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Obviously, manufactured hats are one thing
0:30:01 > 0:30:04but when I make hats, I make everything by hand.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Talk me through who we have here. What is your name?
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- Jordan.- Jordan, that looks fabulous. Tell me about Jordan's hat.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Jordan is wearing the market charter hat
0:30:12 > 0:30:17which was made for The Hat Works ten-year anniversary competition.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20That is lovely. There is a lot of history on your head.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- And what is your name?- Alice.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I think what this looks like, my interpretation is,
0:30:24 > 0:30:29like the funnel of SS Great Britain and the big wheels of industry.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Is that right?- Yes.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34It was a competition based on steam and Victoriana.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36That is the keyword.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Pre-electricity and obviously the colours are all sepia photographs.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- And what is your name?- Ashley.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45That was commissioned by The Hat Works for the anniversary
0:30:45 > 0:30:47of 300 years of Ascot.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52- How fabulous!- It was on display at Hat Works.- Well, Julia, thank you.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Sue, and of course, our lovely models there.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Thank you so much for turning out today.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00That is what Stockport is all about.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03And as Flog It! is finding out, it is also about wonderful antiques
0:31:03 > 0:31:06and collectables and this one fits in rather nicely
0:31:06 > 0:31:09with that propeller we saw earlier.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14- Ron, how are you?- OK.- Good friend of yours?- Yes.- Go out often together?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Now and again.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19It is clearly Sir Francis Chichester and I can tell that
0:31:19 > 0:31:22because it says here, "Sir Francis Chichester".
0:31:22 > 0:31:27And he was the man who navigated Gypsy Moth around the world.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- That is right, single-handed. - It is a bronze model.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Bronze, yes.- It is by a man called John Worsley, isn't it?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36And it was made in 1979.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40We can see that here. It is number nine from a limited edition.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45- When did you buy it?- I bought it in a shop in Greenwich, London.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- Big maritime collection.- Yes. - Why did you buy it?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51I went down to see Gypsy Moth. I had read the book
0:31:51 > 0:31:54and when I saw that, I thought it was brilliant.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59- So I decided to buy it. - And, Ron, how long ago was that?
0:31:59 > 0:32:0120 years it was.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- What did you pay for it?- £500.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- I am anxious about the estimate, right?- Yes.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Because you paid 500.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12I know that one sold for 1,100.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16In an ideal world, I would like to put £600-£900 as an estimate
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and a reserve of 500 but that is not going to suit you, is it?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- No, it is too low, that.- Too low.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26If we put 800 to 1,200 as an estimate...
0:32:26 > 0:32:29and we say to Adam, "The reserve is £800,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32"but you have 10% discretion if you need it"?
0:32:32 > 0:32:33- OK.- OK?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36The beauty of this business is,
0:32:36 > 0:32:37I don't know if it will sell for you or not.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39There's other things I've seen today
0:32:39 > 0:32:42I can be 100% sure they'll sell.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44With old Sir Francis here, I'm not sure.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46I'm not sure.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50He might be bought in at around the 500/550 mark.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Or he might go and make £1,200.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56It will be a real voyage of discovery for both of us.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57HE LAUGHS
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Now, I've been on a bit of an adventure myself
0:33:00 > 0:33:03and had a good look around all the items in the ballroom here today,
0:33:03 > 0:33:06but there's something in particular that's caught my eye.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Kerry, what have we in here?
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Railway posters.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Do you collect railway posters?- No.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14So how did you come by these?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16We was having the loft boarded down,
0:33:16 > 0:33:19and Steven
0:33:19 > 0:33:23brought 'em down in a plastic bag,
0:33:23 > 0:33:24and he said,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26"I think that's a bit of the wallpaper."
0:33:26 > 0:33:30I just left 'em and then I got round to 'em about an hour earlier,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32and I just peeked in.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- How many have you got?- About 40.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- But they're not railway posters, are they?- All of them, yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- All of them railway posters?!- Yeah.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42My gosh!
0:33:42 > 0:33:44These have got ships on.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Ships?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48The condition is exceptional on this one.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Yeah. Nice straight lines.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I just like that one,
0:33:52 > 0:33:53cos of the straight lines.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- I don't know how old it is. - Very nice.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57It's iconic, isn't it?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59It really is.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Kerry, these are fabulous. What a lucky find.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06The interesting thing is, a lot of these graphic illustrators
0:34:06 > 0:34:08have become well-known and collectable artists
0:34:08 > 0:34:10in their own right,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12as time's moved on.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14So, we'll source
0:34:14 > 0:34:17what artist is responsible for what posters, as well.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Just looking at these, even if we're looking at £30 to £50,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24maybe £60 to £70 for some of them,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26I'm sure some of the images
0:34:26 > 0:34:27will be highly sought-after,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29and will be worth maybe £100 each.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Ooh! Do you think the condition's...?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Condition does let them down a little bit.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Obviously, collectors are really fussy,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38but I'm sure, once these are rolled out and pressed,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41under a good press...
0:34:41 > 0:34:42and framed,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45I think we'll let Adam Partridge put a valuation on these.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47He knows his market,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49and I'm sure he's going to find it, as well.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Railway posters first appeared in the mid 19th century,
0:34:55 > 0:34:56but few contained images -
0:34:56 > 0:34:59just information to help publicise train travel.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Then improvements in the printing process
0:35:01 > 0:35:05meant illustrated ones started being produced around 1890.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Production continued to peak until around the 1960s,
0:35:08 > 0:35:12as trains continued to be the most popular form of transport.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13The most collectable posters
0:35:13 > 0:35:16usually feature more than one subject -
0:35:16 > 0:35:18like this one that promotes train travel, the beach
0:35:18 > 0:35:22and Teignmouth, which we saw go under the hammer in 2008...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24for £300.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Yeah, we're on the right tracks there.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31And if the poster is rare and in great condition.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35it can fetch thousands, like this example, which sold for a whopping
0:35:35 > 0:35:38£6,200.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I can't wait to see how Kerry's do.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Time to squeeze in just one more valuation
0:35:44 > 0:35:46before we return to the auction room.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47John, hello.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too!
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I'm thrilled...
0:35:52 > 0:35:54to meet your plate.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56It ticks all the boxes for me, John.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58I love this type of pottery.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01It's Staffordshire, transfer-printed, blue and white.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- It commemorates Caroline...- Yes.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06..The wife of George IV.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07It would have been made in a mould.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Then the transfer print would have been put on.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12It says there,
0:36:12 > 0:36:14"Her Majesty, Queen Caroline of England."
0:36:14 > 0:36:17And yet, she was never "Her Majesty", was she?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Never crowned, was she?- No.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21They didn't get on, did they?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24No, he actually locked her out of the Abbey
0:36:24 > 0:36:25during his coronation.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28He did. He wouldn't let her in the Abbey,
0:36:28 > 0:36:29and that gained her
0:36:29 > 0:36:32wonderful support with the British public.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34I think this is probably when this was made.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36There would have been, I think,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38one with George IV on it, as well,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41looking as prim and proper as he usually does.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44But I have to say...
0:36:44 > 0:36:47there's another connection on a lighter note.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50She's wearing the most fantastic hat, there.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51As you are, John.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Why are you wearing such a lovely hat?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Because I've been a hat manufacturer all my life.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- No, really?- Yes.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59In Manchester.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- No, Denton.- Denton?
0:37:01 > 0:37:02- Yes.- Is this one of yours?
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Yes.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Back to your plate. How long have you had it? Where did it come from?
0:37:06 > 0:37:0850 or 60 years.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10It was my grandmother's plate,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12and, er...
0:37:12 > 0:37:16my auntie was putting it in the dustbin,
0:37:16 > 0:37:18and my mother picked it out.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Thank goodness she did!
0:37:20 > 0:37:22A few years ago,
0:37:22 > 0:37:242004/2005,
0:37:24 > 0:37:27at auction, these plates would have made
0:37:27 > 0:37:30£250/£300.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34They would have retailed for probably £500 or more.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- But we're in a different marketplace now.- Yeah.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38If we're putting it in for sale now,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41we'd be looking at £120 to £150.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Well, that's OK. - Is that all right?- Yes.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Maybe a collector would go for it.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47We'll put a reserve, of course.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I think we should put a reserve at 120.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Is that all right?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53That's OK with me.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54OK, we'll put a fixed reserve.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58And let's hope someone who buys it
0:37:58 > 0:38:00will appreciate it and want to put it in a collection
0:38:00 > 0:38:01of other plates.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05So we're off to the saleroom for the very last time,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08and here's what we're taking with us.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12It's rather unusual, but let's hope that Francis Chichester bust
0:38:12 > 0:38:14turns some heads in the saleroom.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Fingers crossed, it's full stream ahead
0:38:21 > 0:38:23for Kerry's vintage railway posters.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27And John's charming Staffordshire plate
0:38:27 > 0:38:30is sure to attract the bidders.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40We've travelled back over to the auction house,
0:38:40 > 0:38:42where the seller's commission rate is 15%,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44including VAT.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46All manner of items are being sold here today,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49but now it's time to concentrate on our Flog It! lots,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52because our next one is up right now.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Going under the hammer right now, a lovely bit of blue and white.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59It's a Staffordshire plate. It belongs to John,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01who has also brought his hat along.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Did you make that hat?- Yes.- You were a hatter, weren't you?- Yeah.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Very nice, as well.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Why are you selling your Staffordshire plate?
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Erm, well...
0:39:10 > 0:39:14it's one that I got from my grandmother,
0:39:14 > 0:39:18and my wife wasn't very keen on it,
0:39:18 > 0:39:22and when Flog It! was on, said, "What about taking your old plate -
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- "see what it's worth?" - See what Mark says.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I loved it.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Will we get the top end?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I would love to think we'd get over the top end.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31It's a rare plate.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Fingers crossed,
0:39:33 > 0:39:34it could just fly away.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- Here we go.- I hope so.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Plate 22, now,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41is an early Staffordshire pottery commemorative plate,
0:39:41 > 0:39:43for Her Majesty, Queen Caroline.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45I'm bid 100, 110, 130,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47140, take 150.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- At 140.- He's got 140.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51150, 160.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- Sounds very good.- Sounds good.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Anyone else want this? Now selling at £160.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59At one 160, within estimate
0:39:59 > 0:40:01and away now, at £160...
0:40:01 > 0:40:02Thank you.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03£160.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- I think that's a reasonable price in today's market actually.- Yeah.- I do.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- I don't think I'll order my Aston Martin yet!- No!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I've just been joined by Ron and Philip.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Going under the hammer now,
0:40:18 > 0:40:22we've got that wonderful bronze bust of Sir Francis Chichester.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- We've got £800-1,200 on this.- Yep.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Our reserve was really governed by what you wanted to place on it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32It's the one lot that might have just benefited from a really specialist knowledgeable sale.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- Like selling on the Isle of Wight in Cowes Week or something in an auction there maybe.- That's right.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Hopefully as Philip said, someone's on the internet or the phone.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47205 is the John Worsley bronze bust of the famous sailor
0:40:47 > 0:40:49and aviator, Sir Francis Chichester.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52The first person to sail single-handed around the world,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54we have a bronze bust of him.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Have we got any Francis Chichester fans in?
0:40:56 > 0:41:01Start me where, £800? Start me, £800, please.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02600.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05400.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- Any interest at 400?- I think we're about to hit some very stormy water.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11- Mm.- Yes.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15£300?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17£200?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Yeah, no interest at £200?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25I think rather optimistic, that one. It's passed on.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- We moved on, lot 206. - Sorry about that, Ron.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- OK, well, that's how it goes. Try again.- Yep.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Sell it by the sea somewhere. We're a bit landlocked here.- OK.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38What a shame, but I think Philip's right.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41On this occasion it should benefit from a specialist sale
0:41:41 > 0:41:45and no harm done because we protected it with a reserve.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Now, remember that super railway poster collection
0:41:48 > 0:41:50that Kerry found discarded in her loft?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I left it up to Adam as we suggested at the valuation day.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57He split them into lots of different lots.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Groups of five, maybe groups of four.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Different variations, like I said, on valuations.
0:42:02 > 0:42:09There's quite a few £80-120s, quite a few 30-40s, quite a few £20-30s.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- Right.- He also endorsed what I said.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15- We're aren't talking high hundreds. - No.- You know that.- Yep. - Which is good.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21- I think we could top £1,000, I'm hoping we just go over that. - Fingers crossed.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27Adam's selling all 40 today but it's that Liverpool to Belfast poster that I'm most interested in.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31It's been grouped together with three similar ones
0:42:31 > 0:42:34and Adam's given them an estimate of £80-120 collectively.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40Four more posters there. Liverpool ones there. All Liverpool-related.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44I'm bid 130, 140, 150. At 160, I'll take 170.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- 160 for these.- This is going to be great.- I love this one.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51190, 200, 210. 220, 230, 240, 250.
0:42:51 > 0:42:58260, 270, 280, 290. 320 here, 340. Your bid at 340 this time.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02At 340, it's in the room, 340. All done at 340?
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- GAVEL BANGS - Thank you.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Give us high-five already. Look at that.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12And it looks like we're heading towards a great result here today
0:43:12 > 0:43:15as Adam sells the rest of the collection.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Yes! The hammer's gone down. Gosh, good for you!
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Thank you so much for bringing them in.- It's fine.- £2,305.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28That's the grand total. What a way to end the show!
0:43:28 > 0:43:31That's what we love, wonderful surprises. I hope you've enjoyed it.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33All credit to Adam Partridge and our experts.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34We've had a fabulous time here.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Keep watching, there's more surprises to come, but from us,
0:43:37 > 0:43:39- well, it's goodbye, isn't it? - Goodbye.
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