0:00:02 > 0:00:06We're on the border of Shropshire, a county rich in heritage - be it industrial, stately, rural or urban.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Over there, in that direction, is the Ironbridge Gorge,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12a place that kick-started the Industrial Revolution.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It's now a World Heritage site.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17We're surrounded by the magnificent grounds of Weston Park here,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20once the family seat to the Bradfords,
0:00:20 > 0:00:24and for one day only, it's our venue for our valuation day.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Weston Park's history dates back to the Domesday Book,
0:00:49 > 0:00:53but the house as we see it today was built in 1651.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Over the years, it has been modified and added to,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00as and when the family who lived here wanted.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Today, any changes need to be given the approval of English Heritage.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05But more about that later.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09And around the side of this classical-style, Grade I listed
0:01:09 > 0:01:12architectural delight, we have the most wonderful group of people!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- Good morning, everyone! - CROWD: Good morning!
0:01:15 > 0:01:18They're all here to have their antiques and collectables valued.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23And to do that for them, we have our very own Grade I listed experts!
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Mr David Barby...
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I like that one, I really like that one.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29And Michael Baggott.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34- You want the jewellery?- Yes. If you're giving it away, who am I to say no?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Here's one for you antique connoisseurs at home.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43Which of these items is valued at around £1,000 in today's sale?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Is it this Victorian corkscrew?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50A First World War retractable telescope?
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Or this mid-20th-century Moorcroft vase?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58This is the exciting part of the show because you never know
0:01:58 > 0:02:00what's going to turn up in the queue.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Anything can happen! We could have something so spectacular
0:02:03 > 0:02:05to take off to auction, it could be worth a fortune later on.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Whatever you do, don't go away. If you like surprises,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10you're definitely going to get one.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I think we should get everyone inside now and get on with our work. Come on!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Today, our team of experts, both on-screen and off-screen,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21will give their valuations to our crowd of hundreds.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And now, as everybody has made themselves comfortable,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I think it's time we got on with some work.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Let's take a closer look at what Michael Baggott is up to, shall we?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Grace, Sophia, you're both friends, aren't you?- Yes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43You've come along to "Flog It!" today.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46You've brought this funny, rusty old thing.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48What can you tell me about it?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50It was, er, my granddad's.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53My dad says he remembers using it as a child.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57But other than that, it's been in a box for probably 20 or 30 years.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Using it as a child to open a bottle of alcohol
0:02:59 > 0:03:03or...or just having a play with it?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Probably just playing with it, yeah.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Now, if we open this up, we've got everything we need to know.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14We've got Wier's Patent, which is 1884,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16so we can date this pretty accurately.
0:03:16 > 0:03:23And we've got J-H-S and a B. That's J Heeley And Sons.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- I think they were working in Birmingham...- Yeah, I think it was. - ..which is why you've got the B.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29It's what we call a lever action.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33A lot of corkscrews were developed with a lever action.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37This is basically where you're screwing it in...
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and then that grips the top of the bottle,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and then you pull. But what's very nice about this
0:03:43 > 0:03:46is it's a double lever. This basically means
0:03:46 > 0:03:49it's more complicated to make.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51It's more expensive to make.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55But it is not more effective as a corkscrew!
0:03:55 > 0:04:00And they are rarer. What, of course, that translates to today is money.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02What would you think something like that was worth,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05a bit of metal old corkscrew?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I'd have probably said about £50?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10They don't look like what they're worth.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15And many corkscrews are £50, £80, £100.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Once you get collectors involved,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21and to be fair, this is wine-related antique,
0:04:21 > 0:04:22and they're wealthy collectors,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26then they start to get very competitive
0:04:26 > 0:04:27and prices go up.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Let's put £800-£1,200 on it.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Right.- And let's put a fixed reserve of £800.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Wow!
0:04:36 > 0:04:40We might give the auctioneer a little bit of discretion on that,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42but let's stick with that.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46They have made £1,000, £1,100 before.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Wow.- Like every market, it goes up and down.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55But I think it's been sufficiently long since one of these was offered for auction.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57So that was a fantastic gift from your granddad!
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Yeah! We only found it last week, we didn't really know what it was...
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- You're kidding?- No!- You're kidding! - We've been clearing out his room and we found it last week
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- and we thought it might be worth getting checked out.- Have you cleared it all out?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Yeah, there's a few other bits and bobs in there.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15We must see you at another "Flog It!" then.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17If there's any more of these, do let me know.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- That's fantastic, thank you both for coming along.- Thank you.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25While our "Flog It!" queue is expanding,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28let's see what David's found in the library.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Mike, this is such a wonderful instrument
0:05:32 > 0:05:34and in marvellous condition.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Where's it been?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- Er, in the top of the wardrobe. - Top of the wardrobe.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44- For 30 years.- It's First World War, 1918 issue.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Yes.- And we've got a little stamp detail at the bottom here,
0:05:48 > 0:05:52that refers to the fact that it is a War Office issue.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Yep.- And also, it was for the signals.- Yep.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59And all that information is stamped on to that particular section.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03This is lovely. It's what we term as a four-section telescope.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08And this is extended. So if it was very sunny,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11you could create shade so you could see some distance
0:06:11 > 0:06:15without the light shining direct into the lens.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19This is a wonderful piece, and very expensive to produce.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22This, I think, would have been an officer's,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24because of the sheer quality of this instrument.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Not only that, we also have an additional lens,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31which would have unscrewed that section and you just insert that in.
0:06:31 > 0:06:38- Yep.- You've also got the original straps that held the whole thing in place.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- Yep.- And it's survived. The leatherwork is marvellous.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I note, with great interest, little spots of paint
0:06:46 > 0:06:50on the leather, so it must have been out some time
0:06:50 > 0:06:52when people were distempering or doing the ceiling.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Maybe guilty!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Really?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Well, this is marvellous. I'm just going to condense the whole thing.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- It's very smooth, isn't it? - Yes, it is.
0:07:05 > 0:07:11Gosh, that is really very smooth and that's the lens to go with it as well.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14That is a lovely, lovely piece. Have you polished the leather?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- WD-40, this morning?- The leather? - The leather and the brass, yes.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I can smell it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25It's almost as bad as diesel fuel!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29This stitching here is incredible.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- If it's been tucked away, you've preserved it for posterity.- Good.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- This will appeal to collectors of militaria.- Yep.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41The collectors of militaria will pay something in the region,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- I would hope, of 120-150, if not more...- Good.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48..because of its condition and the fact you've got your straps to go with it as well.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49So it's going up for auction.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53I think we should put the reserve round about 100 on it.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Lovely.- If that's agreeable.- Yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- I think this is good. I hope somebody's going to appreciate it as much as I have!- Excellent.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- Excellent, thank you. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07When I saw Alison with this next item, I just had to stop her
0:08:07 > 0:08:09and take a look.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Alison, I think this little spice cupboard is absolutely fabulous.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's got charm and personality.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17How did you come by this?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Er, it was my mother-in-law's. Well, it is my mother-in-law's.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22She gave it to my husband.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26I believe it was her mother that gave it to her.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Beyond that I know nothing more.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31This has not been made in a city by a master craftsman.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33You can tell that by the joint construction
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and the way it's almost sort of cobbled together.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Looking at the hinges, you can see they've been hand-forged...
0:08:40 > 0:08:44by a blacksmith on an anvil. And they're not quite the same size.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- No.- They're not uniform. That all adds to the quirky charm of this.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50That inset geometric pattern is so typically popular.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52This is late 17th century, did you know that?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54No, I didn't know it was that early.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Yes. I'd say 1680s, 1690s.- Goodness.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00And spice, back then, was incredibly rare,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04when this little cupboard was made with its enclosed fitted drawers
0:09:04 > 0:09:05there for different spices.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08A spice cupboard, like this, full of spice,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11would be incredibly valuable.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Only the well-to-do, the nobility, the landed gentry
0:09:16 > 0:09:19would be able to afford spices back then, in the early 1600s.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22The contents of this cupboard, if it was full,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26would equate to working out to be the same price
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- as a small, little terraced house in Bristol.- Gosh.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32It's a shame about the damage,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- but nevertheless it's still worth about £500-£700.- Gosh!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- And I know you don't want to sell it.- No, no.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Which is such a shame because I would love to see this,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I would love to see this go to auction, it's absolutely charming.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Thank you so much for brightening up my day.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's all right, a pleasure.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53On "Flog It!", not everyone wants to sell their items
0:09:53 > 0:09:57but it's always wonderful to see unusual pieces like this,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59even if they don't make it into the auction room.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Our experts are working flat out today.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And here is another valuation by Michael Baggott.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08John, Frances, thank you for coming along today
0:10:08 > 0:10:10and bringing this lovely selection of jewellery.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Now, I take it, John, it's not your jewellery?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- No, I haven't worn it before, no. - And not intending to!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Frances, it's yours. - It is mine, yes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23They're two lovely pieces. That, of course, is a gate bracelet,
0:10:23 > 0:10:24so we've got all the different bars in it.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30The good thing about that is, there is, sad to say, a quantity of gold in it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32And the gold price has gone up.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37And that will actually outstrip its value as a wearable bracelet.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Really?- That is, for better or worse,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- a piece of bullion now.- Right.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46This is a different kettle of fish.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49This actually shows the contrast up to, well...
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The weight of gold in that is negligible.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55It's inset with little seed pearls that have no value.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01And it's got, very attractively set, a central and a drop opal,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03little cabochon opal.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07You can probably go down the jewellery quarter and buy all the constituent parts of that
0:11:07 > 0:11:11for very little money indeed. But what makes it is the design
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and the workmanship.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17It's basically late Victorian, early Edwardian,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- so that's about 1900, 1905.- Really?
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- This is considerably later.- Yes. - That's a more modern fashion
0:11:26 > 0:11:28of bracelet.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Any idea of what the values might be?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Not at all, no.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Surprisingly similar for two very different objects.
0:11:36 > 0:11:43The bracelet we would put into auction at £150-£250.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Is that good shock, bad shock?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- It's good shock.- Good shock.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Phew, close shave!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And we'll put a fixed reserve of £150 on it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57And it will make that.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Really, wow.- This is just lovely.
0:12:01 > 0:12:07Just so pretty. Let's put that in at £150-£250.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Let's put a fixed reserve of £150 on that.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12If they both do particularly well at auction,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15have you got any plans for what you might do with the money?
0:12:15 > 0:12:21Well, John and I are both celebrating our 65th birthday this year, if I'm allowed to say that,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24so any money from that will help towards our party
0:12:24 > 0:12:26or our little holiday that we hope to have.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Well, that's fantastic timing on Flog It's part, isn't it?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Fingers crossed for the day. - Thank you so much.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43We are midway through our day and our experts have been working flat out.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48It's time we went over to the auction room for the first time and here's a recap of what we're taking.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52We really have found a lovely collection of items here today.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55A late 19th-century corkscrew, made right here in the Midlands.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59An officer's stylish First World War telescope.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And Frances' nine-carat gold bracelet
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and her elegant Edwardian seed-pearl pendant.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09From a Grade I listed country estate,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11we're off to a town with an industrial heritage
0:13:11 > 0:13:15for today's auction. The West Midland town of Stourbridge
0:13:15 > 0:13:18has a 400-year-old glass manufacturing industry,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21still a vibrant part of life here today.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24And it's the industrial quarter where we're heading for.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Well, let's hope today's auctions will be a cause for celebration.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38The buyers are certainly eyeing up the items on sale here today
0:13:38 > 0:13:41but will their bids be high enough to see our "Flog It!" sellers
0:13:41 > 0:13:44leaving with a big smile on their faces?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47It looks like we're just about ready, standing up for a photograph of a family group shot.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51In fact, it is! Grace, it's good to see you again. That's Gran,
0:13:51 > 0:13:52- and this is Dad!- Indeed.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And we are talking about selling that marvellous corkscrew
0:13:55 > 0:13:57that Michael put a value of £800-£1,200 on.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Really, whose is it in the family then?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Er, it was my granddad's, I've been helping my grandma clear out his room.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Having a clear-out. OK, this is pretty special, isn't it?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11It's helping to put Grace through university.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16Ah, that's it. Can you tell us about Granddad, when he picked this up originally?
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Do you know, I can't remember where we had it from.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24It could have been my father's but I'm not sure.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- It's been around forever.- It's real quality, it caught your eye.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32It's a rare patent, we need the corkscrew collectors here
0:14:32 > 0:14:33so let's see if they've come along.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37It's going under the hammer right now, so let's put it to the test.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41There we are. Where do you start me on this corkscrew?
0:14:41 > 0:14:47I'll have to open bids at 750, I look for 760 in the room.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49750, 760, 770, 780.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54780, I'm out of the mix, it's in the room at £780.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Do I see 790 anywhere else?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59At £780, I will sell at £780.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00He's going to sell it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Are you sure I'm done at £780? Just shy of estimate.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04At £780, I'm selling.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Are you sure?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12It's gone at £780, he's used his discretion, got that away,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15which means that pays for a lot more things at university, doesn't it?
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Yes, definitely.- And the money's going to come in handy.- It will do. I'm a student at the minute
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- so every penny counts!- And students can blow £100 a night, easily,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- when they go out! - They could do, yeah.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27What do you mean, Paul, 780's a good weekend!
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Going under the hammer right now, we've got a World War I three-drawer brass telescope.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43We've seen them on the show before but this one is in mint condition,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- with leather carrying case. Absolutely lovely, Mike.- It is.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Proper gentleman's toy!
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Well, it is, really, let's face it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54You want to get that out and go...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57And actually use it, you know. And it's a tangible thing, it's tactile.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Beautifully made.- Yes, would have been.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Why do you want to sell this?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Well, it's the first time it's come out for 40 years, out of the wardrobe!
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- No, you're joking me!- I'm not.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Oh, you should have used it on a daily basis!
0:16:09 > 0:16:10- No!- You should have done.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16It's not... It's not that powerful as far as telescopes go these days.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19But as an object to look at, it's lovely.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It really is. You know, these were made for officers and gentlemen.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24The other interest is a point of militaria.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27It comes in just at the end of the First World War.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30So it has got a lovely, lovely pedigree to it as well,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33with all the stamps that you would want on it.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Yeah.- And the spare lens.- And the spare lens and the strap!
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Oh, the strap.- Everything's there, isn't it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Everything's there, so it's ready to go...- Ready to go.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- ..to a top-end collection!- We hope.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Hopefully the collectors are here today. Let's put it to the test.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53Lot 810, the First World War brass and leather three-drawer telescope.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56There it is, the telescope's coming out and where do you start me?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58£100 for it? 100, quickly?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00100, I've got you, madam, thank you.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04100 I'm bid, 110 anywhere else, seems cheap at £100.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Lady's bid at 100, 110 anywhere else?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Come on, it is cheap!
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I can't go any further if nobody's bidding. £100 I've got.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14At £100, I'm selling it, first and last at 100.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18The hammer's gone down at £100, that's gone.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Only just, that was disappointing.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Because with that case complete like that,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24it should have done more than that.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Anyway, it's gone.- I'm pleased.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29You don't mind, it doesn't go back in the wardrobe.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32It's better that it's gone than going back into your wardrobe.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Correct.- And it's gone to somebody that wants it.- Yep.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Don't forget, when you buy or sell at auction,
0:17:38 > 0:17:39there's always commission to pay.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Here today, it's 15% plus VAT.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Frances and John, good luck. OK? Good luck.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Gold is selling well here today, we've seen a lot go through
0:17:49 > 0:17:52under the hammer, so hopefully yours will be no exception.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Hopefully.- Why are you selling this bracelet?
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Because John and I are both celebrating a nice birthday this year,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03and we're hoping to get a little bit of money for some spends.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05OK, good luck.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Since the valuation day, when Michael put the value on,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- we've now found another link to add to that.- Have we?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So the gold value goes up, because it gets heavier!
0:18:14 > 0:18:18The weight increases. That's a good thing, apart from when you're trying to diet!
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Well, I know that!
0:18:20 > 0:18:24I tell you, it will go for its gold weight anyway,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- but there are a couple... - For the scrap rate.- For the scrap.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28But there are a couple of ladies bidding
0:18:28 > 0:18:32who have come to the auction because they know it's a good place to buy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Right, let's put it to the test, shall we?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Here we go, it's going under the hammer right now.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Lot 545 is the gate bracelet.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41There we are.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Er, 21.5, where do we start that one?- 150.- 150 straight off.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46There we go.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Do I see 160 anywhere else in the room?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- 160, the lady, 170?- Yes.- 180?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- 190?- Yes.- 200?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55When private people battle against dealers,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- that's when you get the best result. - Ooh, there's no stopping!
0:18:57 > 0:19:00200, the cap first. 200, 210?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- 220, 230?- I'm done.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05220 in the room, 230 anywhere else?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09At £220, I'm selling. 230 anywhere else? Last chance.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12At £220, it goes out at 220. All done.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18- There you go, Frances. £220! The hammer's gone down.- My word!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20That extra link made all the difference.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23That was the extra weight. A lot of difference, in fact.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Well done, that's one down. 220 for the first lot,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28second lot is coming up right now.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Something for you art-nouveau lovers.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Let's see if we can get about the same price, it's stylistically brilliant.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Lot 548, open-work pendant, this is a rather nice example, Edwardian.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I thought you'd want to keep this.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42150 on a commission bid.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Straight in again!
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- ..150, do I see 160, 170?- I'm out.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50You're out but we've got 160, we're in the room now. 170 behind,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52180, madam? 190, sir? 190.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55The ladies are going mad, it's a good sign.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58230. 240. 250.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03260. 270. No, 260 the lady seated in the crowd.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08270 anywhere else? At £260, are we all sure and done at £260?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Done and finished at 260.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11£260!
0:20:11 > 0:20:15That is fabulous! That is a combined total of £480.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Very good.- Fantastic!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20So, less commission, what are you going to do with that?
0:20:20 > 0:20:24We're going to take two of our grandchildren to France for a holiday.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25How's your French, is it good?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Mais non...- Un peu, un peu!
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- Very poor.- What are your grandchildren's names?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- What are their names?- Megan and Rhys.- Enjoy it, won't you?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Thank you so much.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Well, after all that excitement, this statue is Diana,
0:20:44 > 0:20:45the goddess of hunting.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49She's coming up for sale later on in the programme, lot 736.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Now, our site for our valuation day, Weston Park,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55also has another connection to Diana, the goddess of hunting.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58There's a Grade I listed temple, named after her.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01So not all the treasures of Weston Park are on the inside,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05there's plenty on the outside, with many graded listed buildings,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08as I found out. Take a look at this.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14We're all familiar with the term "listed building" these days
0:21:14 > 0:21:16but what exactly does it mean?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20And what's the difference between Grade I, Grade II and Grade II star?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24And when exactly did the whole process of listing our cherished sites begin?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30I'm back at our valuation day location to find the answers.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Looking around from up here, it's quite sobering to think
0:21:35 > 0:21:39that within this vast space, Weston Park looks after 36 listed buildings and monuments.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Over there ahead of me is the Grade I listed temple of Diana.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48In the country as a whole, there are 400,000.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And one of them is right beneath me, the building itself.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53That's Grade I listed.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57But it's only relatively recently that we began to document
0:21:57 > 0:21:59our historic sites.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Unsurprisingly, it was at a time when they were most at risk
0:22:03 > 0:22:05of being destroyed.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08ANNOUNCER: 'Here comes the Luftwaffe, in dozens of flights...'
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Unlike the First World War, the Second World War was a war predominantly fought from the air.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18'Hundreds of planes, bombers, fighters,
0:22:18 > 0:22:19'dive-bombers...'
0:22:22 > 0:22:27Millions of tonnes of bombs and rockets destroyed thousands of buildings.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31LOUD EXPLOSION
0:22:31 > 0:22:33'From September 7th to October 5th,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37'the Nazis dropped 50 million pounds of bombs on the city.'
0:22:41 > 0:22:45So, it was during the war that the government, and what became English Heritage,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48started to draw up lists of buildings they thought
0:22:48 > 0:22:51should be rebuilt if they were destroyed by the bombing.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53And shortly after the war finished,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57the Town And Country Planning Act of 1947 led to the very first list
0:22:57 > 0:23:01of buildings of historical and architectural significance.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Weston Park certainly falls into that category,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08with its ground designed by the renowned landscape gardener
0:23:08 > 0:23:14Capability Brown, and outstanding buildings by the architect James Paine.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I want to find out how you go about making a building listed
0:23:17 > 0:23:19and also what happens if you modify one.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I've arranged to meet Nick Molyneux from English Heritage,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25the body behind the listing.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Tell me, what is the difference between Grade I listed,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Grade II and Grade II star?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33There are about 400,000 listed buildings.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36It's the top 1.5% that are in Grade I.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- They tend to be...- What means Grade I?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Cathedrals, great country houses, those kind of buildings tend to...
0:23:42 > 0:23:46- Big iconic landmarks.- Iconic is a good work.- Clifton Suspension Bridge.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Clifton Suspension Bridge.- Royal Albert Hall.- Westminster Abbey.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- The ones everybody will know. - OK, Grade II listed?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Grade II, that's the vast mass of listed buildings,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- that's the little thatched cottage down the road...- A townhouse.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00A townhouse in Bath and that kind of thing.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03And Grade II star, what does that mean?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06That's an intermediate grade, about 4% of buildings fall into that.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- What are you looking at? - Lesser country houses,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13buildings which have been altered a bit but are still highly significant.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Let's talk about the specific process of getting a building listed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18How do you go about doing that?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21There's a form. Inevitably, it's electronic now,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24you can fill it in on paper if you want to. So you go online,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26on our website, that's the English Heritage website,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and fill it out.
0:24:28 > 0:24:322% of buildings in this country are listed.
0:24:32 > 0:24:3550% of these are places of worship.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Listed sites are hugely diverse,
0:24:38 > 0:24:44with The Beatles' Abbey Road crossing and even urinals making it into the categorisation.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Now, this particular sundial is Grade II listed.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54It's thought that there are only three other surviving examples
0:24:54 > 0:24:57of this particular design left in the country,
0:24:57 > 0:25:01hence the need for it to be protected and listed.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It's got the most wonderful architectural quality about it,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07and lots of classical motifs, which were so popular at the time.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10This was made at the Coade factory in Lambeth in London,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14in 1769, using Coade stone.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18What that is, is clay fired at an extremely high temperature,
0:25:18 > 0:25:22which gives you this wonderful, durable, almost sculptural quality to it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26And it really does look like real stone.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28The factory shut in 1840 and with it,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31the recipe and methods were lost.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Until recently, that is, when after extensive research
0:25:34 > 0:25:37and experimentation, a man called Stephen Pettifer
0:25:37 > 0:25:39rediscovered the formula.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Now, if Weston Park wanted to do any restoration work
0:25:43 > 0:25:44to this beautiful sundial,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48they would need to get permission from English Heritage first.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51But with Coade stone now back in production,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54that might prove a lot easier than it would have been in the past.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59'I was interested to know what Nick would say about the building here
0:25:59 > 0:26:03'at Weston Park that has been considerably renovated.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05'The granary was originally known as the Great Barn.'
0:26:05 > 0:26:08It was designed by the renowned architect James Paine,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10who also designed the Temple of Diana.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14It has two towers. The left-hand tower was used as a dovecot,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17and the right tower was purely decorative.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Its primary role was to house grain from the fields.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26The granary that we're sitting in now, this is Grade II.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Yes, this is classic Grade II in the sense it's undergone some change
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- but it still retains...- A great deal of change.- Yes, quite a lot internally.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Externally, it's still preserved. - It's still got the facade.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- You've worked within the arches. - Yes, exactly.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43What we're about is preserving all the different phases of a building
0:26:43 > 0:26:48so mostly we would expect, not to be obviously modern and contrasting,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51but to be in keeping, rather than starkly modern.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53The other issue is keeping buildings in use.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57We actually want to keep buildings working so they carry on into the future.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59There's always that compromise between some change
0:26:59 > 0:27:01to enable something to keep going,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05and not too much change as to destroy the character of the place.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I think it's a marvellous thing, I really do.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I'm so pleased it's been introduced.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12It does stop anybody from getting carried away on a building.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16That's the theory, it usually works as well!
0:27:16 > 0:27:19'Nick has definitely helped me understand the complex system
0:27:19 > 0:27:22'of listing our historic sites.'
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Here at Weston Park, it's astonishing how many listed treasures there are.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31At every head turn, there's always something different to see.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46And let's find out what other treasures our experts have unearthed
0:27:46 > 0:27:48inside the house here at Weston Park.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51It's over to Mr Barby in the library.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, the AA have arrived.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Not Alcoholics Anonymous, but Alison and Anne!
0:27:58 > 0:28:02And how are you related to this delightful little piece of ivory?
0:28:02 > 0:28:07My mother gave it to me and she inherited it from a cousin,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09about 26 years ago.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Where's it been in your house? - Sitting in a little cabinet
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- up on the landing.- Unloved, unadmired.- Yes.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Until you brought it here. - Until I brought it here.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I think this is absolutely exquisite.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26It's Japanese, it's of a period that we call Meiji
0:28:26 > 0:28:29and that's towards the end of the 19th century,
0:28:29 > 0:28:33when the Japanese influence had such effect on English and European design.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38So much so, this design, everything became Japanese.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42This is not in its original format, this has been altered.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46And this would have been a parasol handle.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50So this was a fashionable piece of ladies' accessories,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54during the 1870s, that sort of period.
0:28:54 > 0:28:561870, 1880s.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59It has all the elements that you find on Japanese netsuke.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04It's intricate, it's undercut and and it's beautifully modelled.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09The subject matter is a fruit bat, nibbling at a fruit.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13And then just round the corner, we have a little fledgling,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16who is nibbling at the fruit bat's tail.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Yeah.- So this is a lovely little piece
0:29:19 > 0:29:24that was there to amuse, and also captivate the imagination.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Now, it has suffered.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30And we've got whacking great dark, stained cracks down there
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and also there. But it is exquisite carving.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39If it goes up for auction, we've got to think in terms of it is altered and not in its original state.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43So people are going to buy this as a work of art.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- It could go for over £150.- Wow.
0:29:45 > 0:29:51But because of the damage, I think we've got to box rather carefully
0:29:51 > 0:29:53and bring it under £100.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58- Right.- I think we should put it round about 80 to 120?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Yep.- That sort of price range, if that's agreeable.- Yes, that's fine.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04- No regrets?- No, I don't think so.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- You're not going to miss it in a cabinet, are you?- No, no.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11That poor little insignificant thing, which has so much beauty!
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- I think we should be sensible with the reserve and put 65 on it. - OK, that's fine.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16That's absolutely fine.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- The reserve's 65 and I hope it goes over the £100 mark.- OK, that's fine.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24- If it gets more, I shall be delighted.- So will I!
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Because this ivory item was made before 1947,
0:30:28 > 0:30:33current legislation allows us to take it off to auction and sell it.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37There's no shortage of classical items here at Weston Park.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41In the music room, our "Flog It!" fans are being treated to a piece
0:30:41 > 0:30:47by one of the world's most loved classical composers, Mozart.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52THEY PLAY A LIVELY STRING QUARTET
0:30:56 > 0:31:01And now it's my turn to do a valuation and I've found a lovely corridor
0:31:01 > 0:31:03to look at our next item in.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Wendy and John, tell me a little bit about this very early typewriter.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11My gran passed away and we were cleaning the loft out,
0:31:11 > 0:31:12and it was in the loft.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15I thought it was too quirky to throw away,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17so I took it and put it in our loft!
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- So it's gone from one loft to another!- Yes, yes.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- Did your gran ever use this? - No, no, I don't think so.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25It predates her generation.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29This is sort of circa 1893.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33I think this is lovely, I think this is now a piece of sculpture.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- This was early technology, wasn't it?- Yes, yes.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40I mean, it really was. Made by the Garvin Machine Company in New York,
0:31:40 > 0:31:42so this is an American typewriter.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45You can imagine all those early journalists and hacks
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- using something like this. - Moving it one word at a time.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53Exactly. And this was, if I'm right, one of the very earliest
0:31:53 > 0:31:57ribbon typewriters. One of the very first.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- First ones.- Yes.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Here is the letter selection.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04But look how it's wonderfully cast!
0:32:04 > 0:32:05And obviously...
0:32:05 > 0:32:10If we had some paper to roll onto that, do you know what,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I think we could tap out "Flog It!"
0:32:13 > 0:32:14THEY ALL LAUGH
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Just.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18To put your name, we'd be here till six o'clock!
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Oh gosh, we would be.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22Do you know what, I think that's fabulous.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24That is now a desktop toy...
0:32:24 > 0:32:25- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30..for...for a city boy, or just anybody, really, isn't it?
0:32:30 > 0:32:31I can see that on a desk in a stately home
0:32:31 > 0:32:34or in a contemporary flat as a piece of sculpture.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- It's a talking point. - It's definitely a talking point.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39And there are typewriter collectors out there.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Have you any idea what this might be worth?
0:32:43 > 0:32:44No, we haven't a clue, honestly.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I think we easily start with a reserve at £100.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Yes.- And hopefully...
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- I'd like to put £100-£200 on this. - Fantastic.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- And hopefully, we will get that £200 mark.- Lovely.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02It is a real curio. It is for, I don't want to be rude, but for the anorak collectors, isn't it?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06For people that are into typewriters, they will want
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- to own this. Shall we sell it? Do you want to sell it?- Yes, yes.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Fixed reserve at £100, and we'll call it £100-£200.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I know it's a broad margin but I want that £200 mark.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21'So do Wendy and John, as they're off on holiday to Las Vegas.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24'And daughter Joanne will be joining us at the auction.'
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Our next item is part of a tradition of decorative pieces
0:33:28 > 0:33:33that have been adorning our homes since 1897.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Congratulations, John.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41Every programme that we do for "Flog It!" has a piece of Moorcroft.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44You're the one today that's brought a piece of Moorcroft.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- Only one.- Only one piece of Moorcroft but what a lovely piece.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Why are you selling this?
0:33:50 > 0:33:55We've recently moved and we've got to have money for decorating the house
0:33:55 > 0:33:57so we thought we'd sell it.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It's not going to realise that amount of money.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02No, but it will help. It'll all help.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Pat, do you like it? Or is it something you can say,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07"Oh well, it's going to be sold and that's it."
0:34:07 > 0:34:13I do like it but we need the money for other things anyway, so...
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Where did it come from? Is it a family heirloom you've inherited?
0:34:17 > 0:34:21- No, it was given to me.- It was given to you?- Yes.- How long ago?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- About four or five years ago. - Somebody gave you this piece of Moorcroft?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- Yes.- They must have thought a lot of you.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- He gave it to me for a boot sale. - He didn't think a lot of you.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33No...and I knew what it was, straight away,
0:34:33 > 0:34:38when I opened the box. I offered it him back, he said, "No, I've given it to you, you keep it."
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Goodness me. Did you do the car boot?- No!
0:34:41 > 0:34:46- You just kept the vase instead.- Yes. - I love Moorcroft.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49When my wife and I were much younger,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52we used to collect Moorcroft, we had a huge collection
0:34:52 > 0:34:56going right back to the earlier part of the 20th century.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00This one dates from the middle of the 20th century.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04The decoration is typical of Moorcroft.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07It's tube lining and then it's filled in with colour
0:35:07 > 0:35:09on this dark-blue ground.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14What I love about Moorcroft is that no one piece is identical.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19Each piece is unique because they can't judge how the glaze is going to run,
0:35:19 > 0:35:23or how it's going to react from one colour to another.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26That is a nice, nice piece.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Now, any regrets about selling? No, you want the money.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Next question is price.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Have you got any indication, John, as regards price?
0:35:35 > 0:35:39Typically, auctioneer's estimate, 80-120.
0:35:39 > 0:35:4080-120.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45You're right!
0:35:45 > 0:35:48I think 80-120, hopefully a little bit more.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50It's a large piece.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52But I think you've hit the nail on the head,
0:35:52 > 0:35:57that sort of price range. I think we should fix a reserve at £80,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59with discretion.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- OK.- Are you quite happy with that? - Yes.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05- How many rolls of wallpaper is that going to buy?- I don't know!
0:36:05 > 0:36:08I look forward to seeing you both at the auction.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18I must say, we've had a fabulous time here.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Everybody's enjoyed themselves and we are now going off to auction
0:36:21 > 0:36:24for the very last time, so it's time to say goodbye to this marvellous venue.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Surrounded by the most wonderful works of art everywhere you look,
0:36:28 > 0:36:31you can see Thomas Gainsborough, you can see van Dyck, George Stubbs,
0:36:31 > 0:36:35but right now, we're going to put our valuations to the test
0:36:35 > 0:36:37and hopefully, one or two things will fly away.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Here's a quick recap of what's going under the hammer.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43That intricately sculpted ivory parasol handle,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46from the Japanese Meiji period.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48A predecessor to today's laptops,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51this late 19th-century typewriter.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54And finally, that classical little number,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57John and Pat's Moorcroft vase.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Here, back at the auction house in Stourbridge,
0:37:00 > 0:37:04the room is packed for today's antique and fine art sale.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06First up, it's the A-team.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Alison and Anne, it's great to see you both again.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13I think this is the most exquisite piece of ivory we've had on the show for a long time.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- It's lovely.- It really, really is.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Why are you selling it?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19We've not got a lot of value, 80-120, surely.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23It's in a cupboard with a lot of other little bits.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Unless I'm going to display it, I just think, well,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- might as well go.- Nice thing. - 26 years.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- It has to be obtained by a collector...- Yes.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34..of Japanese ivory.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Let's put the value to the test.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38It's going under the hammer right now, this is it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43800 is the lovely Japanese ivory carved parasol handle.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46800 we are on. There we are, as showing on your screens,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48lovely example, and the bids tell me...
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- 160.- £160 takes all the...
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Straight in, 160.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58We open at £160. Do I see 170 in the room anywhere?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Or it's going to be first and last at £160, on a commission
0:38:03 > 0:38:07with Mark. 170 anywhere else? At 160 then, first and last,
0:38:07 > 0:38:08on a commission, all done.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11That was a good result, straight in, straight out.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- Goodness!- That was good, wasn't it? - Quality always sells.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Goodness.- And that was up there with the best.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Gosh! I am surprised, I am.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21We thought about £80.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Well...- Oh ye of little faith!
0:38:24 > 0:38:25I know!
0:38:25 > 0:38:30That was very good. Quality, as Paul said, always will come out top.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Yes, it was nicely carved.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35It's good to see you again, I know that was short and sweet
0:38:35 > 0:38:38but I tell you what, David was able to wax lyrical on the valuation day,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- he fell in love with that. We've all learnt something from that. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43A pleasure.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52My turn to be the expert now. Going under the hammer
0:38:52 > 0:38:54we've got that gorgeous little Champion typewriter,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56belonging to John and Wendy.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00We have the typewriter and as you know, John and Wendy are on holiday in Las Vegas!
0:39:00 > 0:39:03They told me you'd be coming along, Joanne, it's great to meet you.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05So now I've met the whole family.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Feel like I know you all!
0:39:07 > 0:39:09What did Dad do with this over the years?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- He's just kept it hidden away, hasn't he?- It's been in the loft,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15and when we were little, we weren't allowed to play with it.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17I remember him saying that, yes.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21It's been in the loft. We used to move it every Christmas
0:39:21 > 0:39:23to get the Christmas decorations out!
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- And that's when you saw it.- Yes. That's when we weren't allowed to touch it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Have you talked to them whilst they're on holiday?- I have, yes.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33But they weren't sober!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Oh dear! Having a good time then.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39It's going under the hammer now.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Let's put it to the test.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Lot 780 which is the Champion wheel typewriter,
0:39:45 > 0:39:48lacking spools but it's on its walnut plinth. A nice early one.
0:39:48 > 0:39:54- 175.- £175. We're straight in at £175.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- We're straight in at £175.- Wow!
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Is that a bid at 180, sir? 180. 190?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03You're out. 180 standing. 190 anywhere else for the typewriter?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06At £180, standing in the room.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08£180, straight in.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Are we sure I'm done at 180?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12180 and the hammer's gone down!
0:40:12 > 0:40:16You've got to get on the phone and hopefully they'll be sober!
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- And awake.- Well, they're going to gamble it, so...
0:40:20 > 0:40:24What a holiday! I bet you wish you were there, don't you?
0:40:24 > 0:40:25- No.- No.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Well, it sounds like they're having a brilliant holiday so far!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30What do you think they'll put the money towards?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Gambling.- They're going to put it on red or black.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38While some sellers gamble it away, others use their takings
0:40:38 > 0:40:40to slap a fresh coat of paint on the walls.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44After this next lot, Pat and John have got their work cut out
0:40:44 > 0:40:46because you're going home to your new house
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- and you've got to start decorating. - I've done some.- A little bit but you've got to do a lot more.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54And we need some more money. We're looking at £80-£120
0:40:54 > 0:40:55for this Moorcroft vase.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Quality always sells. It's a great name, Moorcroft.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- Walter Moorcroft. - It's a standard design
0:41:01 > 0:41:03but it's still very much desirable.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- People like the dark blues and the...- I like that blue, that's really nice.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- That's the colour...- Especially when you get it for nothing.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Remind us of the story!
0:41:12 > 0:41:16I was collecting for a boot sale, right?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19My friend gave me five boxes and it was in there.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22The last box we come to, I knew what it was straight away.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26- You recognised it as Moorcroft. - Yeah, through watching "Flog It!"
0:41:26 > 0:41:28See, quality shines through and you watch "Flog It!"
0:41:28 > 0:41:32you can pick up little bits of information, especially from the master here, Mr B.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Good luck. This is it, it's going under the hammer now.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Walter Moorcroft, anemone pattern vase is lot 160.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Lovely example, there it is, showing on your screens.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Who's going to start me at £70 for it?
0:41:44 > 0:41:4670, thank you. Five anywhere else?
0:41:46 > 0:41:5075, everywhere. 80, 5, 90, 5,
0:41:50 > 0:41:53100, 110, 120, 130, 140...
0:41:53 > 0:41:55This is great.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57140 anywhere else? 140, fresh bidder.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58150, madam?
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Great name in ceramics.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01170.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Thank you. 160 the gentleman's bid,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05170 anywhere else. At £160, I'm selling the Moorcroft.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08At 160, are we all sure and done at 160?
0:42:08 > 0:42:09That's a good result.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- £160.- Way above estimate!
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- Yes.- There's no need to say that, John.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16THEY ALL LAUGH
0:42:16 > 0:42:19It is really, really hard putting a value on something.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22If two people really want it, they will pay well over the top in a saleroom,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25that's the beauty of selling in an auction room.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I'm delighted for you. Thank you very much for bringing it in.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Thank you.- Yes. Best of luck in the new house as well.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47That's it, it's all over for our owners.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Another day in another auction room.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I tell you what, this one was sizzling.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Everybody's gone home happy, all credit to our experts.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58It's not easy putting a value on a priceless piece of art
0:42:58 > 0:42:59and today, we've been surrounded by them.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01If you've got anything you want to sell,
0:43:01 > 0:43:02we would love to see you.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Bring it along to one of our valuation days.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07You can pick up details on our website, log on to...
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0:43:10 > 0:43:13Follow the links, all the information is there.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15If you don't have a computer, check the details in your local press.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17We're coming to somewhere close to you soon
0:43:17 > 0:43:19so come on, dust 'em down and bring 'em in.
0:43:19 > 0:43:24For now, from Stourbridge here, from all of us, it's goodbye.
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