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Stockport, a good northern industrial town. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
But it doesn't get much more opulent than this. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
This gorgeous beautiful backdrop is Stockport Town Hall, | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
it's our venue for today | 0:00:14 | 0:00:15 | |
and a fitting setting for the splendid items I'm hoping to see on the show. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
Welcome to Flog It! | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
We're seven miles outside Manchester in the heart of Stockport, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
which was once centre of the country's hatting industry and exported | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
more than 6 million hats a year. Today, it's the local antiques | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
we're all interested in. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
The good people of Stockport have turned up in their droves, | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
hundreds of them here all laden with antiques and collectables, | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
hoping that their little lot will be worth a princely sum at auction. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
And we have to take our hats off | 0:01:13 | 0:01:14 | |
to our experts as they are already in the queue | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
trying to find hidden treasures. Sorting the fakes from the Faberge, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
it's the resplendent Philip Serrell. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
That signature, for me, doesn't look quite right. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
And positively posh, Mark Stacey. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
I look as though I've come from the House of Eliott. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
So, let's get the doors open and get the show under way. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
We found a great selection of objects from our day | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
at Stockport, but which of these exquisite items | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
makes the most impressive sum at auction? | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
Is it the ivory Cantonese cardholder? | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
Or the blue and white George V Staffordshire plate? Or maybe... | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
the mahogany biplane propeller? Make sure you stay tuned to find out... | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
Everyone is safely seated inside. Are you all enjoying ourselves? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
-ALL: Yes. -Yes, that's what we like. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
It's one thing to have opulence and splendour, | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
but of course, this is Flog It! | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
And what this lot want to know is, exactly what's it worth? | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
So, let's find out, shall we? Here's our first valuation. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
David. You've brought... | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
a touch of quality and a touch of the Far East | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
in to show us today. Where on earth did you get it from? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
This belonged to my aunt, who passed this on to my father | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
in 1984 and since then it's been sitting in a drawer at home. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:41 | |
-Unappreciated. -You know of course what it is? | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
It's a Chinese card case, a business card case. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
Exactly right, exactly right. It's what we call Cantonese, | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
so it would have been carved in China and exported. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
Date wise, you might be shocked, we're looking at around 1870. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:58 | |
I love the decoration, all this intricate carved... | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
gateways and buildings, it's really marvellous, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
-all around the edges there. -I really appreciate the way it looks, | 0:03:04 | 0:03:09 | |
I'm amazed at how they can carve so intricately. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
This would have been made for the European market. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
It's not something a Chinese person would have wanted. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
They wouldn't have carried business cards, this was a Western thing. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
You would have had to have been a member of the middle class or more | 0:03:21 | 0:03:26 | |
to have something like this in your pocket. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
-On one side, it's fully carved... -That's right. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
..and on the side it's got this little roundel | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
-and I've always wondered what that was for. -Well, imagine, | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
-that you were the Duke of Warrington. -Right. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
And you wanted your cipher and your coat of arms | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
or your monogram, that's where they would have carved it. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
You would have shown them your coat of arms or your coronet | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
and your initials and they'd carve it in there for you. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
Remarkably, this one isn't carved. I don't know if you've thought about the value. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
I had a look on the internet and I found it might be worth a little bit, | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
but I'm not entirely sure. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
I think you're right, I'm going to be cautious, I hope | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
and say £200 to £300, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
with a £200 fixed reserve, but it wouldn't surprise me on the day | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
if we pushed up to £300 or £400, | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
or maybe a bit more. These can do extremely well in the saleroom. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
-So, if you're happy to leave it with us. -Yes, please. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
We'll put it into the sale. Thank you very much, David. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
Thank you. It's been a pleasure. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:26 | |
There are strict laws governing the trade of ivory | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
but David's allowed to sell this cardholder | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
because it predates 1947 and is classified as a worked item. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:39 | |
Now, from one decorative item to a rather more practical one. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
-Chris, how are you, all right? -I'm well, Phil, how are you? | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
I just love this, I really do. Why have you got a propeller? | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
It's my wife, she's a big aviation geek. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
-Really? -Yeah. -In what way. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
-She was looking at doing a PPL for a while? -What's a PPL? | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
-Private pilot's licence. -Right. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
This was my father-in-law's father, | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
-who was in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, I think. -Yeah. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
Because that's before the Royal Flying Corps | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
-became the RAF, didn't it? -Yes, that's right. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
And my father-in-law, he handed this down to her as a gift. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:21 | |
Your wife's got a propeller, what exactly did she do with it? | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
We just stashed it in a corner of the living room | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
and it sat there for a few years. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
They are what I call great study accessories, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
you know, for people who've got the gentleman's study. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
You find a lot of them that are cut off here and here, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
you have barometers or you have clocks | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
that are inset into here and they make quite a nice mantel clock. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
I think that ruins them. I think this is just such a fabulous thing. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
What I love about it is, it's such a fantastic piece of sculpture | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
and it's got this copper sheath on there | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
that protects the leading edge as this goes round and round. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
-These markings here... -Yeah. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
..R3 and... Is that the way that you crank it to the right? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:09 | |
The truthful answer is I don't know. It's something... I don't think | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
that they're hugely going to affect what it does and what it's worth. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:17 | |
What will affect it is what it's off | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
and that, I don't know. Can we turn it over? | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
Very often, you will find... | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
impressed into it... | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
either a manufacturers' stamp or what it's of, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
-and this is really helpful because there's nothing here at all. -No. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
Have you done some research on it? | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
I was told that it was from either a Tiger Moth or a Gypsy Moth | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
and I think the Gypsy Moth preceded the Tiger Moth. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
-Were they 1930s biplanes? -Yeah, 1930, 1931 biplane. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
If you'd come in with no aspirations or this came into my saleroom, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
if we were clearing a house and found it, I'd probably put this in, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
either with a £500 reserve and a £600-£900 estimate, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
or I'd put £800-£1,200 on it with a £600 reserve, | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
that is where I'd come from with it. I'm comfortable with £800-£1,200 | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
with a reserve of £600, if you want to do that? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
Yeah, possibly, I was thinking probably about £800 reserve. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
Well, if we put £800 - £1,200 as an estimate, | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
how do you feel about a £750 reserve on it? | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
-Yeah, that's fine. -OK. -Yeah. -We'll have a fixed reserve of £750 | 0:07:22 | 0:07:27 | |
-and an estimate of £800-£1,200, OK? -Yeah. -So tell me, | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
your wife was interested in getting her PPL, | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
did she ever actually qualify as a pilot? | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
-No. She didn't actually. -Oh, wow! | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
It was just too expensive, £100 per lesson. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
-So, might this go towards getting her licence? -Possibly, yeah. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
-That would be fantastic. -Be a nice story, wouldn't it? -Yeah. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
I must talk to you because you've got a doggy here. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
-What's your name? -Stephanie. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
Stephanie, pleased to meet you. Was this yours as a kid? | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
-It was my husband's. -Was it? -Yes, Jock is almost 80 years old. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
Jock, that's his name, is it? Can I hold Jock? | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
Oh, look at Jock! Oh, that's good, look at that! | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
It's got his makers label, Merry Thought, | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
-this is great, English company, and see that button? -Yes. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
That predates this before World War II. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
He's one of the firm's first. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
Have you any idea what Jock's worth? | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
No idea, maybe £10, it's difficult to tell. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:32 | |
-I think you're right. -It's the sentimental... -Is he worth selling? | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
-Who says yes? -ALL: Yes. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
-Who says no? -ALL: No. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
There you go, there's the answer. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
He's going to be saved, he's not going under the hammer! | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
-The sentimental value outstrips the monetary value. -Yes. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
Love him, Steph, love him. Take him home. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
Cuddle him up, keep him warm. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
Here at Flog It! we have a whole team | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
of experts researching behind-the-scenes and they've been working hard | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
to put together background information on Mark's next valuation... | 0:09:02 | 0:09:07 | |
-Carol. You're quite nervous, aren't you? -Terrible. I'll try my best. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
Well, thank you for bringing in a very interesting group of medals | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
-and a photograph which has been painted. -Yeah. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
-Tell me a about the history. -All I can tell you is, a great-uncle of my husband's | 0:09:24 | 0:09:30 | |
and my husband and my father-in-law went down to his wife's funeral | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
probably 30 years ago and then when my father-in-law died, | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
18 years ago, that's when my husband acquired it. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
And they've been in a box in the attic. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
Really, they've been on top of the wardrobe in a bag. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
It's never been on show, no. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
-And your husband's happy to sell them? -He's happy to sell them, yes. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
It's an interesting group of medals and it's lovely to have a personal photograph as well, | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
to tie in with them. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
I have got a cheat, I'm afraid. I have my little crib sheet here. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
You don't know anything about this, do you? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
All I know is what I have told you. Yes. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
Well, it is Sergeant A Grice. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
He was in the Durham Light Infantry as a band member. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
He has a war medal, which is a general medal, from 1914 to 1918. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
He has got an India Service, general service medal. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
-1930-1931 bar, which is this one. -Right. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
He has a good conduct medal as well, plus a long service medal | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
and a meritorious medal. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:29 | |
Now, the meritorious medal you do not get | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
unless you have the good service medal and long service medal. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
-Right. -So he's obviously been a very good soldier in his time. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
He also, believe it or not, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:41 | |
served in Shanghai in 1927 as part of the Shanghai Defence Force. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:46 | |
-Oh. -You might be wondering, Carol, where I got all this information. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
Well, one of my colleagues has done some research and quite simply, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
because we have the information of the Durham Light Infantry | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
and his name, just type that into the internet | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
and a lot of this came up. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
-Right. -It is amazing, really, what we can find out these days. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:07 | |
Marvellous that, yes. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
And I think, all in all, it is quite a nice little group. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
-You have also got two small medals here. -Right. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
These are the miniatures for these medals. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
When you went to a regimental dinner | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
and you had your posh jacket on, you could put these miniature medals on, | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
rather than wearing the full... | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
So these are dress medals. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
Obviously, these ones are missing. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
Only those two are there, which is a shame. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
-Yes. -I find it quite a personal thing to value | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
because anybody who serves in the Armed Forces | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
has been through so much, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
so it's very difficult to come to a monetary value | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
-but we have to try and have a guess at it. -Right, OK. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
-I think we should put something like £300-£400 on them. -Right. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:54 | |
-As a group. That is the medals and the picture. -Right. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
And we will put a reserve of £300 with 10% discretion. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
I hope that, you know, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
-everyone will enjoy them and we will have a good result at the auction. -Very good. Thank you. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:07 | |
So that concludes our first set of valuations | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
and it is time to take them over to the auction room | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
and here is a quick reminder of what we are taking with us. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
That ivory cardholder may not be to everybody's taste | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
but there is certainly a market for it. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
I just love this. I really love it. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
Philip hopes Christopher's mahogany propeller will fly under the hammer. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
-Carol... -And Mark was bowled over by these wonderful war medals. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:36 | |
We have travelled across the Cheshire countryside | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
to sell our items at Adam Partridge saleroom, just outside Macclesfield. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
It's the sale preview day | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
and these early birds have come along to view the lots in advance. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
Remember, if you want to bid in an auction, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
you will probably need to register before the sale. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
You might need to bring along some identification | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
and then you are good to go. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
I caught up with Adam in a rare quiet moment and asked him | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
what he thought about one of our lots. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
Adam, a wonderful atmosphere for auction preview day. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
-I can't wait for tomorrow for the buzz. -Should be exciting. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
Let us talk about the propeller. It belongs to Christopher and is hanging up over there. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
Yes, we thought it would be noticeable hanging from the ceiling. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
Wonderfully laminated mahogany. We have £800-£1,200. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
Yes, when I saw we had a propeller I thought it was great. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
I sell them really well. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
I have handled loads of them and £400-£600 we normally put on them. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
They usually make £600-£800. I don't know if it will make it. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
The trouble with that one is there are no markings to help | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
distinguish what aeroplane it came from | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
and I think it is a later one than and World War I propeller. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
I would like to see it sell but I think £800 | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
is absolutely right on the top of what it is worth. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
-If we get that, yes. -It is a good price. -Yes. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
Just asking too much. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:06 | |
-Yes, I think so. But you never know. -You never know. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
That is the beauty of an auction. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:10 | |
If you get two people who fall in love with that and want to buy it, who knows? | 0:14:10 | 0:14:15 | |
-Who knows? Good luck. -Thank you. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
We are about to find out if Adam's prediction is right | 0:14:17 | 0:14:22 | |
because sale day is now upon us. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
Adam Partridge has just taken to the rostrum. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
The bidders are all in their places. Let's get the show on the road. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
It is chocks away! | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
We are just about to put the propeller under the hammer. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
Chris, thanks for bringing that in. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
You have put £800-£1,200 on it. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:43 | |
I had a chat to Adam and he said it might be a little bit punchy | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
and he is not sure really if it is from a gypsy moth. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
It could be a tiger moth. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:51 | |
Without any further history or provenance, | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
we can't really build up a picture to build up the value. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
Fingers crossed, we'll just about get it away. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
I think I said at the valuation | 0:15:00 | 0:15:01 | |
-that in an ideal world I would like to see £600-£900. -This is quality. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
It is period and it is right. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
We just need to find somebody who wants a propeller on their wall. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
It is going under the hammer now. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:12 | |
540 is the wooden propeller there. Start me at £800, will you? | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
800? £500 then. Always make that. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
500 is bid. 20 here, Sir? 540. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
560, 580, 600, | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
620, 640, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
660, 680, 700. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
We're getting there. Getting there. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
740. 760. 780. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:41 | |
760 is the bid. At £760. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:46 | |
Any further interest on this at 760? | 0:15:46 | 0:15:51 | |
The propeller is away now at 760. All done? | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
Yes! He has sold it. Only just. £10 over the reserve. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
It had a fixed reserve of £750. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
Look, it's gone. OK. It has gone. I think that is a few flying lessons. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:07 | |
Well, it begs the question, | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
who would buy an old propeller? | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
Well, we caught up with the buyer after the sale to find out just that. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:16 | |
I bought the propeller on behalf of a colleague, actually. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
An ex-RAF colleague. I am RAF myself. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
So we have a great interest in militaria | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
and it looked like a very fine propeller. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
Now, remember those war medals? | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
Carol, fingers crossed and don't be nervous. We will look after you. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
-OK. -Auction rooms are very intimidating, aren't they? | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
Especially if you're not used to them. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
Move and you might buy something! | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
Yes. I hope I don't sneeze! | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
We won't be buying your medals | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
because I think these will go to a collector. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:49 | |
You have added something else to the mix, haven't you? | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
You have the death certificate. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
-Death and marriage certificates. -How did you find those? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
-Top of the wardrobe in a bag. -Did you? | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
They asked if we found anything else and we had a look. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
That is really good because that is provenance. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
Provenance puts the value up. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:04 | |
I am not an expert on medals but you are right. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
The collectors love anything that can trace back to the person. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
-To the First World War. -Exactly. And add to his life. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
-Fingers crossed we get £300 plus. -Fingers crossed. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Lot 501. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
A group of four medals, two World War I medals, | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
to Sergeant Grace of the Lancashire Fusiliers. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
A long service and good conduct. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:26 | |
Two later medals there and interest here starts with me at £300. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
Take 20. £300. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
I'll take 20 next for this group here. At 300. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
Where is 20? 320, 340, 360, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
380, 380 still with me. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
At 380. Any more on this one? | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
400, 420, 440. 420 then away. At £420. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Are you all done? At 420? | 0:17:48 | 0:17:53 | |
-£420! -Absolutely brilliant! | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
You can't put a value or a price on what those young men | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
did for us during the First World War, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
fighting for the country and their lives, you really can't. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
-But we are pleased with that. -Absolutely brilliant. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
That will have gone to a collector | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
-who will keep that whole package together. -Super. -Good home. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
There are usually a few different ways you can bid at auction. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:18 | |
If you can't make it to the sale itself, | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
it may be possible to bid live on the internet, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
or on the telephone, or what is called a commission bid, where you | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
leave a written price with the staff and they bid on your behalf. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
And don't forget there is a buyer's commission to take into account. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
Here it is 18 percent including VAT. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
What ever you are doing right now, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
don't disappear into the kitchen or put the kettle on. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
Stay tuned because this next item could be a real flyer. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
I have just been joined by David and Mark, our expert. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
Can you guess which item we are talking about? | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
It is that Cantonese ivory card case. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
That wonderful, wonderful thing. Condition is very good. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
I love that carved Chinese village scene on it. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
Did Mark explain to you that Chinese artefacts right now, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
because there are so many millionaires in China, | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
their economy is booming | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
and they are buying back all these wonderful artefacts. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
-He certainly did. -It is going back there, isn't it? -You are right. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
And it is so hard to put a value on anything Chinese now. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
-It is good condition. -We have 200-300 on it, haven't we? -I know. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
It is a little bit of a come-and-get-me, I think. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
It should make a lot more than that. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
Let us find out. Who is going to buy it? | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
Is it on the phone, is it online, or in the room? This is it. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
365 another Canton ivory card case. Start me at £200 again. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:34 | |
Come on, phones, let us see 200. 200 here. 20 now. At £200. 210, then. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:41 | |
220. 220. 240? | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
260. 280. 300. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:51 | |
320. 340. 360. 380. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:59 | |
400. 420. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
440. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
460. 480. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
500. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
520. 540. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
It is just when it will stop, isn't it? We know it is going to do well. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:20 | |
At 520 on this phone. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
Is there 540 anywhere? 520 on the phone. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
At 520, are you all done now? | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
At £520, last chance to bid. We sell then at 520. Thank you. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:35 | |
-£520. Top end of the estimate. -And above. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
Well, what I'm going to do with it... | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
-I don't collect ivory but I do collect glass. -OK. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
I have never been able to afford anything really nice, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
just little pieces, so I am hoping to find something. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
Mark will put you in the right direction. He loves glass as well. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
That is great, actually. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:53 | |
It is nice to put the money into something else. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
Put it back into the trade. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:57 | |
Well, there you are, that is the end of our first visit to the auction room today. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
We are coming back here later on in the programme. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
I hope you enjoyed that little bit of tension. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
In the sale room there is around 40 or 50 books for sale. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
All different kinds of books, different sizes, | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
different values, different genres. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
With collections starting from as little as £15 for half a dozen. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
But, as I found out when we were filming up here, | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
books were not always that accessible or affordable. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
Take a look at this. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
In the 17th century, public libraries didn't exist. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
Only a select few, | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
such as those studying at Oxford or Cambridge, or the very rich, | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
could benefit from using institutional or private libraries. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:52 | |
Manchester, like many industrial cities of that period, | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
had poor living conditions | 0:21:56 | 0:21:57 | |
and offered very little in the way of education | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
for the average working-class family. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:02 | |
Humphrey Chetham was a very successful | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
Manchester textiles merchant who wanted to change all this | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
and he believed the way to overcome poverty was to cure ignorance. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:13 | |
So, in the years leading up to his death, | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
he set aside provisions for a charitable trust | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
which included a school and five small libraries | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
which would be sited in local churches and of course, this, | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
his Great Library which has become known to all as Chetham's Library. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
After his death in 1653, the governors appointed by Chetham | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
set out to acquire a major collection of books and manuscripts | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
that would rival the college libraries of Oxford and Cambridge. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
And they certainly didn't disappoint. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Founded in 1653, | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
Chetham's is the oldest public library in England | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
and holds over 100,000 volumes in printed books. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:05 | |
The book cases, or book presses as they were known back then, | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
were all labelled alphabetically so you knew which section you were in. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
And 24 oak boarded stools | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
were provided to use as portable seats for the readers | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
and they have this lovely S shape cut out of the seats, | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
so you can actually pick them up and walk with them. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
It wasn't just seats that were specially designed for the library. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
The chests the books were in were unique too. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
As you can see, all the books are chained up. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
They were like that right up until the middle of the 18th century. Why? | 0:23:34 | 0:23:39 | |
Well, because books were an expensive commodity. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
And let me give you an idea, OK? | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
The books there, they cost £25. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
This wonderful oak cabinet that was made for them, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
in 1655, we know that, it is beautifully carved there, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
well, that cost £9. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
Doesn't sound like a lot of money today, does it? | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
But back then the librarian's annual wage was £10. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
So you can see how expensive it was to put that collection together. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
It is incredible to think such extortionately-priced books | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
were made available for anyone to enjoy. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
The general public made use of the library over the centuries, | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
as well as a couple of notable figures. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
In the summer of 1845, | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
Engels and Marx developed the habit of studying together | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
here at this very desk in the alcove of the reading room. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
And it is thought that some of the texts in front of me | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
influenced their writing of the pamphlet The Communist Manifesto in 1848. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:41 | |
Nowadays, the library specialises in the history and topography | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
of Greater Manchester and Lancashire over the last 350 years. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
Chief Librarian Dr Michael Powell is going to show me | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
a couple of examples that give us an insight into the lives of the local people | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
during the 18th and 19th century. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
This is a sexton's register. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
This is 18th century. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
The sextons are the people who ring the bell, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
dig the graves and clean churches. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
These are the people who are buried | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
and the sextons have been asked | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
to do other information, to record the cause of death. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
OK, "fever", things like that. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
So what you've got "weakness", that's TB. That is the biggest killer. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
What they do is put them all out in age. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
You have got a massive number dying before the age of five, | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
a few making it into their 60s. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
What does this tell us about the local area? | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
It tells us that, really, I think, even in the 18th century - | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
and this is before the horrors of Engels | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
and Victorian Manchester - | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
that if you want a long life, don't live in a city. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
This one is a little bit later | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
and this is more horrible when we hit 1832. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
They start to record cholera. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
-This is the first outbreak of cholera in Manchester. -There is a lot of it. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
There are 900-and-odd names of people within a few months. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
This is going from misery and horror to something more entertaining. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:14 | |
This is a collection of posters. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:17 | |
A rather large book, that one. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
This is really taking posters that you get from the streets. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
-Someone has collected all of these? -From the 1760s. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
-This is one of the posters for a circus. -That is lovely, isn't it? | 0:26:28 | 0:26:33 | |
This is remarkable social history. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:34 | |
And it is all about entertainment and what is available to the people. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:39 | |
-Yes. -Are you still adding to the library today? | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
Do you buy books for the library? | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Yes, we still buy new books | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
on the history of the North West, on the region, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
and we try and fall in gaps every so often, if we can. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:52 | |
-With period books? -Yes. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:53 | |
There are many ancient and valuable books here | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
but I have found one that stands out | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
because of its rather special former owner. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
This book was purchased in 1674 for eight shillings, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
that is around 40p. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:10 | |
It is the folio edition | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
by fifth-century theologian St Prosper of Aquitaine. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
Now, when it was first purchased, | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
it was thought that it wasn't that valuable. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
However, after extensive research, | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
it proves it is rather valuable. I can tell you why. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
The clues aren't really inside but on the white doe-skin cover. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:34 | |
And here, on the front, you have the coat of arms of England and France. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:39 | |
There is also the "HR". | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
This book was bound for Henry VIII. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
So how it came from the Royal Courts | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
to the library booksellers we don't know. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
But it is rather special | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
and the condition, for its age, | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
is absolutely extraordinary. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:00 | |
At a time when our libraries are under threat, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
it is a real honour to visit one of the finest in the country. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:20 | |
It is also important to remember | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
what a valuable resource our libraries are, | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
offering knowledge and entertainment free of charge | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
to the people who need it most. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
From one outstanding building to another, | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
we are back at Stockport Town Hall It's packed with over 800 people, | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
all here to have their items valued. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
But before we get back to the tables, | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
I am going to catch up with Sue Lear, from Hat Works Hat Museum, | 0:28:47 | 0:28:52 | |
and milliner Julia Walker. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:54 | |
They will tell me more about the town's fascinating heritage. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:59 | |
Stockport has had a long association with hats, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:01 | |
dating right back to the 1500s. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
The heyday was the 1800s | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
and many factories were working here making hats. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
What I didn't know was | 0:29:08 | 0:29:09 | |
John Wayne's famous Stetson hat was, more than likely, made in Stockport. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:14 | |
So, Sue, tell me more about the Stetson. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
We have got pictures here of a lovely group of trimmers in the factory. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:22 | |
They have got the picture of John Wayne | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
and then this is another picture of people wearing the Stetsons | 0:29:25 | 0:29:29 | |
and this was from another company in Stockport called Lee's Hat Factory. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:33 | |
-Right, OK. -So you can see with this how many we did make and sell | 0:29:33 | 0:29:38 | |
-and ship out to America. -And shipped to the States. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
And we have one here, look. This is incredible. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:43 | |
I need to put gloves on because this is part of our collection. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
-That is a big hat, isn't it? -It is. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
Julia, you are keeping this industry alive today | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
using traditional skills and methods. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
-Has it changed much? -No. No, not much. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
Obviously, manufactured hats are one thing | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
but when I make hats, I make everything by hand. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Talk me through who we have here. What is your name? | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
-Jordan. -Jordan, that looks fabulous. Tell me about Jordan's hat. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
Jordan is wearing the market charter hat | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
which was made for The Hat Works ten-year anniversary competition. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:17 | |
That is lovely. There is a lot of history on your head. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
-And what is your name? -Alice. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
I think what this looks like, my interpretation is, | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
like the funnel of SS Great Britain and the big wheels of industry. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:29 | |
-Is that right? -Yes. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:31 | |
It was a competition based on steam and Victoriana. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
That is the keyword. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
Pre-electricity and obviously the colours are all sepia photographs. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:41 | |
-And what is your name? -Ashley. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:43 | |
That was commissioned by The Hat Works for the anniversary | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
of 300 years of Ascot. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
-How fabulous! -It was on display at Hat Works. -Well, Julia, thank you. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:52 | |
Sue, and of course, our lovely models there. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
Thank you so much for turning out today. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
That is what Stockport is all about. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
And as Flog It! is finding out, it is also about wonderful antiques | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
and collectables and this one fits in rather nicely | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
with that propeller we saw earlier. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
-Ron, how are you? -OK. -Good friend of yours? -Yes. -Go out often together? | 0:31:09 | 0:31:14 | |
Now and again. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:16 | |
It is clearly Sir Francis Chichester and I can tell that | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
because it says here, "Sir Francis Chichester". | 0:31:19 | 0:31:22 | |
And he was the man who navigated Gypsy Moth around the world. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:27 | |
-That is right, single-handed. -It is a bronze model. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
-Bronze, yes. -It is by a man called John Worsley, isn't it? | 0:31:30 | 0:31:33 | |
And it was made in 1979. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
We can see that here. It is number nine from a limited edition. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:40 | |
-When did you buy it? -I bought it in a shop in Greenwich, London. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:45 | |
-Big maritime collection. -Yes. -Why did you buy it? | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
I went down to see Gypsy Moth. I had read the book | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
and when I saw that, I thought it was brilliant. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
-So I decided to buy it. -And, Ron, how long ago was that? | 0:31:54 | 0:31:59 | |
20 years it was. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:01 | |
-What did you pay for it? -£500. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
-I am anxious about the estimate, right? -Yes. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:08 | |
Because you paid 500. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:10 | |
I know that one sold for 1,100. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
In an ideal world, I would like to put £600-£900 as an estimate | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
and a reserve of 500 but that is not going to suit you, is it? | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
-No, it is too low, that. -Too low. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
If we put 800 to 1,200 as an estimate... | 0:32:22 | 0:32:26 | |
and we say to Adam, "The reserve is £800, | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
"but you have 10% discretion if you need it"? | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
-OK. -OK? | 0:32:32 | 0:32:33 | |
The beauty of this business is, | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
I don't know if it will sell for you or not. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:37 | |
There's other things I've seen today | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
I can be 100% sure they'll sell. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
With old Sir Francis here, I'm not sure. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
I'm not sure. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
He might be bought in at around the 500/550 mark. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:50 | |
Or he might go and make £1,200. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
It will be a real voyage of discovery for both of us. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:56 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:32:56 | 0:32:57 | |
Now, I've been on a bit of an adventure myself | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
and had a good look around all the items in the ballroom here today, | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
but there's something in particular that's caught my eye. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
Kerry, what have we in here? | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
Railway posters. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
-Do you collect railway posters? -No. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:12 | |
So how did you come by these? | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
We was having the loft boarded down, | 0:33:14 | 0:33:16 | |
and Steven | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
brought 'em down in a plastic bag, | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
and he said, | 0:33:23 | 0:33:24 | |
"I think that's a bit of the wallpaper." | 0:33:24 | 0:33:26 | |
I just left 'em and then I got round to 'em about an hour earlier, | 0:33:26 | 0:33:30 | |
and I just peeked in. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
-How many have you got? -About 40. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:35 | |
-But they're not railway posters, are they? -All of them, yeah. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:37 | |
-All of them railway posters?! -Yeah. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
My gosh! | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
These have got ships on. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
Ships? | 0:33:44 | 0:33:46 | |
The condition is exceptional on this one. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
Yeah. Nice straight lines. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
I just like that one, | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
cos of the straight lines. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:53 | |
-I don't know how old it is. -Very nice. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:56 | |
It's iconic, isn't it? | 0:33:56 | 0:33:57 | |
It really is. | 0:33:57 | 0:33:59 | |
Kerry, these are fabulous. What a lucky find. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:02 | |
The interesting thing is, a lot of these graphic illustrators | 0:34:02 | 0:34:06 | |
have become well-known and collectable artists | 0:34:06 | 0:34:08 | |
in their own right, | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
as time's moved on. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
So, we'll source | 0:34:12 | 0:34:14 | |
what artist is responsible for what posters, as well. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
Just looking at these, even if we're looking at £30 to £50, | 0:34:17 | 0:34:21 | |
maybe £60 to £70 for some of them, | 0:34:21 | 0:34:24 | |
I'm sure some of the images | 0:34:24 | 0:34:26 | |
will be highly sought-after, | 0:34:26 | 0:34:27 | |
and will be worth maybe £100 each. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
Ooh! Do you think the condition's...? | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
Condition does let them down a little bit. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
Obviously, collectors are really fussy, | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
but I'm sure, once these are rolled out and pressed, | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
under a good press... | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
and framed, | 0:34:41 | 0:34:42 | |
I think we'll let Adam Partridge put a valuation on these. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
He knows his market, | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
and I'm sure he's going to find it, as well. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
Railway posters first appeared in the mid 19th century, | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
but few contained images - | 0:34:55 | 0:34:56 | |
just information to help publicise train travel. | 0:34:56 | 0:34:59 | |
Then improvements in the printing process | 0:34:59 | 0:35:01 | |
meant illustrated ones started being produced around 1890. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:05 | |
Production continued to peak until around the 1960s, | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
as trains continued to be the most popular form of transport. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:12 | |
The most collectable posters | 0:35:12 | 0:35:13 | |
usually feature more than one subject - | 0:35:13 | 0:35:16 | |
like this one that promotes train travel, the beach | 0:35:16 | 0:35:18 | |
and Teignmouth, which we saw go under the hammer in 2008... | 0:35:18 | 0:35:22 | |
for £300. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:24 | |
Yeah, we're on the right tracks there. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
And if the poster is rare and in great condition. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
it can fetch thousands, like this example, which sold for a whopping | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
£6,200. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
I can't wait to see how Kerry's do. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
Time to squeeze in just one more valuation | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
before we return to the auction room. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:46 | |
John, hello. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:47 | |
-Pleased to meet you. -Nice to meet you, too! | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
I'm thrilled... | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
to meet your plate. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:54 | |
It ticks all the boxes for me, John. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
I love this type of pottery. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:58 | |
It's Staffordshire, transfer-printed, blue and white. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
-It commemorates Caroline... -Yes. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
..The wife of George IV. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
It would have been made in a mould. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:07 | |
Then the transfer print would have been put on. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
It says there, | 0:36:11 | 0:36:12 | |
"Her Majesty, Queen Caroline of England." | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
And yet, she was never "Her Majesty", was she? | 0:36:14 | 0:36:17 | |
-Never crowned, was she? -No. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:19 | |
They didn't get on, did they? | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
No, he actually locked her out of the Abbey | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
during his coronation. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:25 | |
He did. He wouldn't let her in the Abbey, | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
and that gained her | 0:36:28 | 0:36:29 | |
wonderful support with the British public. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
I think this is probably when this was made. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:34 | |
There would have been, I think, | 0:36:34 | 0:36:36 | |
one with George IV on it, as well, | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
looking as prim and proper as he usually does. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
But I have to say... | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
there's another connection on a lighter note. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
She's wearing the most fantastic hat, there. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
As you are, John. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:51 | |
Why are you wearing such a lovely hat? | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
Because I've been a hat manufacturer all my life. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
-No, really? -Yes. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
In Manchester. | 0:36:58 | 0:36:59 | |
-No, Denton. -Denton? | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
-Yes. -Is this one of yours? | 0:37:01 | 0:37:02 | |
Yes. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:03 | |
Back to your plate. How long have you had it? Where did it come from? | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
50 or 60 years. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:08 | |
It was my grandmother's plate, | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
and, er... | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
my auntie was putting it in the dustbin, | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
and my mother picked it out. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:18 | |
Thank goodness she did! | 0:37:18 | 0:37:20 | |
A few years ago, | 0:37:20 | 0:37:22 | |
2004/2005, | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
at auction, these plates would have made | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
£250/£300. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
They would have retailed for probably £500 or more. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
-But we're in a different marketplace now. -Yeah. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:36 | |
If we're putting it in for sale now, | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
we'd be looking at £120 to £150. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
-Well, that's OK. -Is that all right? -Yes. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:43 | |
Maybe a collector would go for it. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:45 | |
We'll put a reserve, of course. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
I think we should put a reserve at 120. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
Is that all right? | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
That's OK with me. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
OK, we'll put a fixed reserve. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:54 | |
And let's hope someone who buys it | 0:37:54 | 0:37:58 | |
will appreciate it and want to put it in a collection | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
of other plates. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:01 | |
So we're off to the saleroom for the very last time, | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
and here's what we're taking with us. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
It's rather unusual, but let's hope that Francis Chichester bust | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
turns some heads in the saleroom. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:14 | |
Fingers crossed, it's full stream ahead | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
for Kerry's vintage railway posters. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
And John's charming Staffordshire plate | 0:38:25 | 0:38:27 | |
is sure to attract the bidders. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
We've travelled back over to the auction house, | 0:38:37 | 0:38:40 | |
where the seller's commission rate is 15%, | 0:38:40 | 0:38:42 | |
including VAT. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
All manner of items are being sold here today, | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
but now it's time to concentrate on our Flog It! lots, | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
because our next one is up right now. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
Going under the hammer right now, a lovely bit of blue and white. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:57 | |
It's a Staffordshire plate. It belongs to John, | 0:38:57 | 0:38:59 | |
who has also brought his hat along. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
-Did you make that hat? -Yes. -You were a hatter, weren't you? -Yeah. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
Very nice, as well. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:05 | |
Why are you selling your Staffordshire plate? | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
Erm, well... | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
it's one that I got from my grandmother, | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
and my wife wasn't very keen on it, | 0:39:14 | 0:39:18 | |
and when Flog It! was on, said, "What about taking your old plate - | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
-"see what it's worth?" -See what Mark says. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
I loved it. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
Will we get the top end? | 0:39:26 | 0:39:27 | |
I would love to think we'd get over the top end. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:30 | |
It's a rare plate. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:31 | |
Fingers crossed, | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
it could just fly away. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:34 | |
-Here we go. -I hope so. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
Plate 22, now, | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
is an early Staffordshire pottery commemorative plate, | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
for Her Majesty, Queen Caroline. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:43 | |
I'm bid 100, 110, 130, | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
140, take 150. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
-At 140. -He's got 140. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
150, 160. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:51 | |
-Sounds very good. -Sounds good. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:53 | |
Anyone else want this? Now selling at £160. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
At one 160, within estimate | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
and away now, at £160... | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
Thank you. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:02 | |
£160. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:03 | |
-I think that's a reasonable price in today's market actually. -Yeah. -I do. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
-I don't think I'll order my Aston Martin yet! -No! | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
I've just been joined by Ron and Philip. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:17 | |
Going under the hammer now, | 0:40:17 | 0:40:18 | |
we've got that wonderful bronze bust of Sir Francis Chichester. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:22 | |
-We've got £800-1,200 on this. -Yep. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:24 | |
Our reserve was really governed by what you wanted to place on it. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:28 | |
It's the one lot that might have just benefited from a really specialist knowledgeable sale. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:32 | |
-Like selling on the Isle of Wight in Cowes Week or something in an auction there maybe. -That's right. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:37 | |
Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:39 | |
Hopefully as Philip said, someone's on the internet or the phone. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
205 is the John Worsley bronze bust of the famous sailor | 0:40:42 | 0:40:47 | |
and aviator, Sir Francis Chichester. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
The first person to sail single-handed around the world, | 0:40:49 | 0:40:52 | |
we have a bronze bust of him. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
Have we got any Francis Chichester fans in? | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
Start me where, £800? Start me, £800, please. | 0:40:56 | 0:41:01 | |
600. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:02 | |
400. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:05 | |
-Any interest at 400? -I think we're about to hit some very stormy water. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
-Mm. -Yes. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:11 | |
£300? | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
£200? | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
Yeah, no interest at £200? | 0:41:20 | 0:41:22 | |
I think rather optimistic, that one. It's passed on. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
-We moved on, lot 206. -Sorry about that, Ron. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
-OK, well, that's how it goes. Try again. -Yep. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-Sell it by the sea somewhere. We're a bit landlocked here. -OK. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
What a shame, but I think Philip's right. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
On this occasion it should benefit from a specialist sale | 0:41:38 | 0:41:41 | |
and no harm done because we protected it with a reserve. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:45 | |
Now, remember that super railway poster collection | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
that Kerry found discarded in her loft? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:50 | |
I left it up to Adam as we suggested at the valuation day. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:55 | |
He split them into lots of different lots. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
Groups of five, maybe groups of four. | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
Different variations, like I said, on valuations. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
There's quite a few £80-120s, quite a few 30-40s, quite a few £20-30s. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:09 | |
-Right. -He also endorsed what I said. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:11 | |
-We're aren't talking high hundreds. -No. -You know that. -Yep. -Which is good. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
-I think we could top £1,000, I'm hoping we just go over that. -Fingers crossed. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:21 | |
Adam's selling all 40 today but it's that Liverpool to Belfast poster that I'm most interested in. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:27 | |
It's been grouped together with three similar ones | 0:42:27 | 0:42:31 | |
and Adam's given them an estimate of £80-120 collectively. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
Four more posters there. Liverpool ones there. All Liverpool-related. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:40 | |
I'm bid 130, 140, 150. At 160, I'll take 170. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
-160 for these. -This is going to be great. -I love this one. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
190, 200, 210. 220, 230, 240, 250. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:51 | |
260, 270, 280, 290. 320 here, 340. Your bid at 340 this time. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:58 | |
At 340, it's in the room, 340. All done at 340? | 0:42:58 | 0:43:02 | |
-GAVEL BANGS -Thank you. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:04 | |
Give us high-five already. Look at that. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
And it looks like we're heading towards a great result here today | 0:43:08 | 0:43:12 | |
as Adam sells the rest of the collection. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
Yes! The hammer's gone down. Gosh, good for you! | 0:43:16 | 0:43:21 | |
-Thank you so much for bringing them in. -It's fine. -£2,305. | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
That's the grand total. What a way to end the show! | 0:43:24 | 0:43:28 | |
That's what we love, wonderful surprises. I hope you've enjoyed it. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
All credit to Adam Partridge and our experts. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
We've had a fabulous time here. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:34 | |
Keep watching, there's more surprises to come, but from us, | 0:43:34 | 0:43:37 | |
-well, it's goodbye, isn't it? -Goodbye. | 0:43:37 | 0:43:39 | |
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