0:00:03 > 0:00:06Today's show comes from just outside Manchester,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10a vibrant region, synonymous with two great football teams.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13And for today only, it's hosting our valuation day.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40We're kicking off proceedings in Stockport,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43just south-east of Manchester itself.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Today we're in the Premier League venue of the splendid town hall,
0:00:47 > 0:00:53opened in 1908 by none other than the Prince and Princess of Wales,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55creating a fabulous fanfare.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And there are many reasons to celebrate here today.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We have the most marvellous queue, and they're all laden
0:01:05 > 0:01:07with unwanted antiques
0:01:07 > 0:01:10and collectables, ready to put our experts through their paces.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16"Flog It!" veteran Mark Stacey has a sporting chance
0:01:16 > 0:01:18at finding some treasure.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Something from Philip's childhood, he's older than me.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Auctioneer Philip Serrell is already on the attack.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29And that's where you come in.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34- Is that you?- No, it's not me!
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I mean, it is!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Kettle and black, I think!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Everybody is here to get a valuation.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45But they're all interested in just one question, which is...
0:01:45 > 0:01:47ALL: What's it worth?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01We're getting ready for some big results today,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05but can you guess which of these items scores a belter
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and goes over four times its estimate?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Is it the Victorian inkwell, shaped like a policeman's helmet?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The Italian shell cameo brooch?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Or this walking cane, with Oriental white metal detail?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Let's get the gameplay under way and Mark's joined by John and Doreen,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27who've brought along a beautiful little vase.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30What do you know about it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Only that it came from my grandmother.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34And is your grandmother Japanese?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36No, no, no.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38She was actually born in Longside,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42and she used to work in Victoria Park...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Oh, yes. ..for several Jewish families,
0:02:45 > 0:02:50as a cleaner. And this was one of the things she was given.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Well, she was given a very nice gift.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58What we're looking at is generally referred to as "earthenware",
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Japanese earthenware or Japanese pottery.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Sometimes "Satsuma", because underneath, when we look at it,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06it's got that creamy tinge to it.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09It's quite late, it's from the Meiji period,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12which roughly started about 1868
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and finished about 1912.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18So this dates to 1900 to 1920.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23It's hand-painted, with this cobalt-blue ground
0:03:23 > 0:03:28and then these lovely little gilding...in gilt and in silver decoration.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33It's decorated, or painted, with beautiful panels of cockerels,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36which are very physically appealing, aren't they?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- They're very colourful, they're very vibrant.- Yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42In terms of value, what are you hoping for?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44As much as possible.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48What do you think it might be worth?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- It's got to be worth at least 100, I'd have thought.- Yes.- At least.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I think so, I think so.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57It is difficult, cos Satsuma goes up and down.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03If you've got the right signature, like Yabu Meizan, who's a very good Japanese painter,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05that can add zeros to things.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09This one hasn't got that mark, I don't think,
0:04:09 > 0:04:10but it is nice quality.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I would...I would be a bit cautious
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and put maybe 120-180 on it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Yeah.- With 120 reserve.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Yes.- What would you feel about that? - That would be fine.- That's fine.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28And hopefully, with the wind behind it, we might push towards the 200,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- which would be rather nice, wouldn't it?- It would.- It would.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33If we did get 200, we could all "crow" about it, couldn't we?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Yes, certainly.- God, yeah!
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- That was a real good pun, that! - I know, I know. I do try!
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Yeah, we know.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47We'll have to wait and see if Mark's right about that one.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Over on Philip's table, he's making a lot of noise about something,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53but what on earth is it?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- Ian.- Hello, Paul.- Call me Phil.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Phil's better than Paul, you can call me Paul if you like, I don't mind.- I'm sorry.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02You're not as good-looking!
0:05:03 > 0:05:08- Ian, I have been dying to do this. Are you ready for this?- Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10HORN HONKS LOUDLY
0:05:10 > 0:05:12It's fantastic. I love that to bits.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- It's an old car klaxon, isn't it?- Used to belong to my father.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Sadly...- Was it off one of his cars?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20No, no, he had motorbikes.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I don't know where it originated from.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28This is a Cowey, C-O-W-E-Y, motor horn.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I would guess that's somewhere between about...
0:05:31 > 0:05:351905 and 1930, as a guess.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39This would have sat on probably the right-hand side of the dashboard.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44And when the driver was going along and he gave it the old "ergh"...
0:05:44 > 0:05:49The Cowey motor horn company is either going to be English or American.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50I'd very much like it to be English,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52but I haven't got a clue, to be really truthful with you.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55But it's something the auction house will pick up
0:05:55 > 0:05:57and hopefully get it in their catalogue.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- So this was your dad's?- It was, yes.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03As far as I know, in the '50s, he went with his three other brothers
0:06:03 > 0:06:07to watch Stockport County and they used to take that with them,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10as a klaxon for cheering the team on,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12when they scored or whatever.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15This is like one of those...this is like a football rattle, really.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Can you imagine going into a football ground with that today?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- They'd throw you out, an offensive weapon!- Yeah.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24It's going to appeal to someone who's got a vintage or veteran car.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27It's also going to appeal to a lunatic like me,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- who just thinks that's the best fun thing in the world, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- I was never allowed to play with it as a kid.- Why?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Cos it made a racket.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38I can understand that, after a time,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40it sort of gets on everybody else's nerves.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42LOUD HONK
0:06:42 > 0:06:43LOUD HONK
0:06:43 > 0:06:44All the time, you know.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Can fetch around 3...
0:06:46 > 0:06:48HONKING CONTINUES
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It would drive you...round the bend, wouldn't it?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Ready? There we go.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56HONKING CONTINUES
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- What's it worth?- I've no idea.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01No, Phil, no idea.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05I think that we can put this into the sale
0:07:05 > 0:07:08with a sensible estimate, not too wild on it,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12and I think that people will pick it up.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13I would put on it, as an estimate,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- I think I'd probably put £50-£80. - Yes.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- And I'd reserve it at £40.- Yes.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24And I think it'll do rather well.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Are you happy with that? - I'm happy with that, yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Can I just have one more go?- Of course you can.- Are you ready?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30HORN HONKS
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- It's fantastic, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Fingers crossed some collectors of automobile memorabilia
0:07:37 > 0:07:38spot that one.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41These are the moments I enjoy at our valuation day,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43saying hello to all the people and shaking their hands,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46but also having a dip in and out of all these bags and boxes,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49having a look at what they've brought along,
0:07:49 > 0:07:50beating our experts to all the finds.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I've just come across this book. What's unusual about it?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Well, it's been signed by the Manchester United football squad
0:07:57 > 0:08:01that won the League Championship in 1967.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05If I look inside here, I can see all the names of the past,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08guys I grew up watching when I was a kid playing,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11trying to copy Bobby Charlton scoring a goal,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15or dribbling like Georgie Best, or tackling like Nobby Stiles.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Football memorabilia is big business.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20If this went under the hammer tomorrow at auction,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24it would command a price of around £100-£150.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Back of the net.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Well, not surprisingly, the owner of that fantastic book
0:08:30 > 0:08:32decided it was too precious to sell.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36But I'm so pleased they brought it in to share with us.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39We've still got a healthy team of supporters waiting for their items to be valued,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41so we'd better crack on.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Jane, I love boxes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51I love seeing a box like this and thinking, "Now, what is inside?"
0:08:51 > 0:08:56You just don't know. Could it be a lovely suite of jewellery?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Could it be some gold items?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Could be.- Shall we have a look?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- Open the box.- Well, we've got a bit of silver and a bit of gold.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09But we haven't really, have we, because they're silver-plated.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- Yes.- But aren't they cracking quality?- Absolutely beautiful.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Wonderful quality.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16And the other thing I love is these boxes here.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20We've got...is it Ollivant?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Ollivant & Botsford, who are now Mappin & Webb.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Aren't they lovely names?- Gorgeous. - Ollivant & Botsford.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Yes.- Sounds like a detective agency! - It does, doesn't it?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I just love it. We do have marks on here for...
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- Martin, Hall & Co, Sheffield. - Sheffield.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40I'm looking at the type of decoration and the shape.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I think we're looking at around 1870, that sort of period.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47We've got something which is completely and utterly useless
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- in the 21st century.- Yes.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54You've got a pair of serving spoons, a cream ladle,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and a strawberry sugar-sifting spoon,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00so when you're having your tea, you can sprinkle your sugar.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Use them every afternoon in the summer.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07- Absolutely, we all do, in the grounds.- On the balcony!
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Jeeves comes over and serves us, doesn't he?- Yes.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Everything about them screams quality.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15The problem is...
0:10:16 > 0:10:20..they're not terribly desirable to use.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I love them, but I think I would have them -
0:10:22 > 0:10:27and I suspect you've had them - in the box, in a drawer tucked away for donkey's years.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Absolutely.- If I had them, they'd be exactly the same.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33What are you hoping they'll be worth?
0:10:33 > 0:10:40I would not want to see them go for less than £50, probably.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I think they're worth at least that.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I think they should be worth a heck of a lot more than that.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47But I think you're right. Unfortunately,
0:10:47 > 0:10:54I think, in auction, I would want to put £50-£80 on them.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- On a good day, I'd love to see them make in excess of £100.- Really?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- We'll keep our fingers crossed.- Yes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02But they really should be worth that. But if you're happy,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05we'll put a fixed reserve of £50 on them.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06I would be very happy with that, yes.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Let's hope the people of Cheshire, where we're going - they've got a bit of money in Cheshire -
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- let's hope they're ready to part with it.- Good. Yes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Thank you for bringing them in. - Thank you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20It's time to say goodbye to our valuation-day venue for now,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23as we head off to auction for the very first time.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Here's what we're taking with us.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Mark's Oriental vase adds a real touch of class.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Philip is hoping this Cowey motor horn will make a blast in the saleroom.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Finally, Mark's fallen for these super silver-plated spoons.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Flog It's auction venue is just outside Congleton, near Macclesfield,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55at Adam Partridge's saleroom. There's over 1,000 lots
0:11:55 > 0:11:59getting sold here today, so Adam does have his work cut out.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03And it looks like our first lot is up any second.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06There we go!
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Going under the hammer right now, there's a family heirloom
0:12:12 > 0:12:16up for grabs. Yes. And it belongs to Jane, who's with me right now.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20A set of spoons in a box, possibly great-grandfather's?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23They might have been a wedding present to my great-grandparents.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- OK, and the date being what, around 1870?- Around 1870.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30I'm sure that's right, the design fits in very well with that.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Martin, Hall & Co Limited, which is the mark on them,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35didn't start until 1866.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41And they went out of business in 1936, so we've got a fairly short time span.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's lovely when people come with their own information!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Exactly.- We can just sit back and put a figure on!
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Well, and learn something as well!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Yes.- Good for you, good for you.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's been really interesting, researching them.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I love the quality and just that lovely fitted box.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Yes.- We've only put £50-£80 on them,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- which I think reflects... - Well, they're only plate, anyway,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05so there's no value in terms of silver.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- So, er... - Nevertheless, a very nice thing.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And, at £50-£80, great value for money.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16They're going under the hammer right now.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18825's a fine set here.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20The electroplated dessert set...
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Very nice.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24..and a ladle with the gilt-embossed bowls,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28by Ollivant & Botsford. Super set, this lot, 825.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31£50, start me 50.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33£50, surely?
0:13:33 > 0:13:3650's bid. At 50, I'll take 5, at 50's bid.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41At 5, and 60, and 5... £60.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43At £60, any more now?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47At £60. Are you done?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50£60, he's putting the hammer down.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52We're selling at £60 in the room now.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- That's good. Well done.- Happy? - Absolutely.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- I didn't expect much more, so... - You were right, silver-plate.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Well done, thank you for bringing them in.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09We've done some more research on that horn and discovered
0:14:09 > 0:14:10it hails from London.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14So let's hope its British roots will make it even more appealing.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15HORN HONKS
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Going under the hammer right now, we've got a bit of automobile memorabilia,
0:14:19 > 0:14:24- it's that brass klaxon horn.- The noisy one.- The noisy one, yes!
0:14:24 > 0:14:26At the valuation day, all you heard was, "Onk! Onk!"
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- That was me.- Through everybody else's valuations.- I'm sorry.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33We'd look up and go, "Yep, that's Philip!"
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I'd love to see it make £100 and I'd love to see it on an old car.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- So would I.- That would be really lovely, wouldn't it? In use, London to Brighton.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Or even in a new car! Wind the window down, "Onk! Onk!"
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Let's find out what the bidders think. It's going under the hammer right now.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51190, the car klaxon, the Cowey motor horn,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55we've seen these before. Bid me £50 for the klaxon,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- bid me £50.- Come on.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Start me £40, then, 40.
0:15:00 > 0:15:0240's at the back of the room, 40.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06At £40, it's here in the air, at £40, it's at the back of the room,
0:15:06 > 0:15:07I take 5 online, 50...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Come on, bit more.
0:15:09 > 0:15:1250 in the room. At £50, 5 now, at £50, 5, and 60.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15No? 55, thanks for coming. 55 online.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Well, it's selling, isn't it?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Anyone else now? £55 on the internet.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I was just about to say, can we hear it one more time!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I have another bid if you sound it, 55.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Are you all done, then?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Internet bid 60, there you go, 60.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29A bit more.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32At £60, always squeeze another one out, I take 5 there, 65,
0:15:32 > 0:15:3570, sir? Don't miss it for a bid.
0:15:35 > 0:15:3965 online. 65, selling now, mid-estimate,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41£65.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Yes, well done.- Nice, right.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Yeah.- Put it there.- Thank you very much.- Well done, Philip, good estimate.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51If you live in Cheshire, listen out for that klaxon horn
0:15:51 > 0:15:53blasting out on the roads.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55The day before the auction, on the preview,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Adam took time out from last-minute preparations
0:15:58 > 0:16:00to have a quick chat about that Japanese vase.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05John and Doreen's Japanese Satsuma vase, that is very, very nice.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08We're looking at £120-£180.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Yes, sensible estimate, I think.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12It's a lovely vase.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15You see a lot of Japanese stuff come through the salerooms,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17and it varies in quality massively.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20That's really nice, the detail in the cobalt blue, it's beautiful.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23May not see it with the naked eye, but if you look under an eyeglass
0:16:23 > 0:16:25at these little dots, they're insects,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27they're actually not just little speckles.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32The detail of the cocks also is very, very good.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Cockerel is a sacred symbol in Japanese culture.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm pretty sure it's from the Kinkozan factory,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42which is one of the major makers of Satsuma pottery,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44the Meiji period, end of the 19th century.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I think that should go on and do a little bit more.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- 400-600?- That might be pushing it,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52but certainly two to three?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Good luck with that.- I really like it.- Hopefully you will get £400.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- It's got poultry on it, you know me. - That's you.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03So, let's find out now how that vase fares in the sale.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06We loved your Japanese vase, this lovely bulbous shape.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09It's beautifully decorated. Mark has waxed lyrical about it.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Adam's done a bit more research, he's found out it's from Kinkozan,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- which is a good maker in Japan. - Very, very decorative.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Really good family of makers. OK? Which does affect the value slightly,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22as Mark would know. He says you can add a nought on.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The more you look at it, the more you look at those cockerels,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29that cobalt blue with that lovely gilt work, it's exquisite.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- It is exquisite.- Hopefully we'll double its estimate,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- that would be nice.- It would be! - Very nice indeed.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Anything else, big bonus.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39We love surprises, get ready for this one,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41it's going under the hammer!
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Lot 450, the Kinkozan vase, the Satsuma vase,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46120 for it, bid me 120.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Straight in, I'll take 130.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50At 130, 140, 150,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52160, 160 this side,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55at 160, I'll take 170,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58at 160, any advance on 160?
0:17:58 > 0:18:0170, 180, 190 back in the room.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Ooh.- See, Adam's got excited now.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08200, 210, 220 in the room, 220 in the room, 220.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10At 220, 230, 240, bid,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13at 240 in the room, 240...
0:18:13 > 0:18:16This has given us a lot of energy.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18250, 260, 260 here.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22At 260, we're in the room again. 70, 280,
0:18:22 > 0:18:27280, still going. At £280, 290, 300,
0:18:27 > 0:18:32300 in the room, take 20, at £300, at £320.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37340 is bid, 340, 340, 360,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40380, 380 bid,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44at 380, super vase, 400, and 20...
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- Well done, Adam. Good work.- Wow! - He's teasing it up, isn't he?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Are you all done now? The final warning here at 420.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Any more on this one at £420?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- It's gone.- Great!- Brilliant.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- That was a nice surprise for you, wasn't it?- Excellent.- It was.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Cock-a-doodle-do!- Cock-a-doodle-do!
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Welcome back to Stockport's town hall.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18As you know, this is a programme of two halves.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20We need some more antiques to take off to auction,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22so let's get busy. Let's join up with our experts
0:19:22 > 0:19:24and see what else they've found.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- Ian.- Hello, Mark.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- We're in a fabulous location, aren't we?- We are.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I've never been here before, have you?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The last time I was here was when we got married last year.
0:19:35 > 0:19:3721st July, Stockport town hall.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41You got married here last year? Well, what a lovely venue for it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Yes.- And you've brought this lovely cameo brooch in.- I have, yes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It belonged to my mum, who I lost two years ago.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I remember her wearing it when I was very young.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It was one of her favourite pieces of jewellery.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55But it's been in a box for a while.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57It's been in a box, I found it last year in a box.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- And your wife doesn't like it?- My wife doesn't want to wear it, no.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04They are considered, that's the problem, a little old-fashioned.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08They're the sort of things you expect your grandmother to be wearing.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11You know a little bit about it, I suppose.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It's Victorian, it goes back quite a long way.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- Right.- I would say it's the end of Victorian period, 1890s.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It's not, to my eye - and I'm not an expert in these -
0:20:22 > 0:20:26but to my eye, it hasn't got the quality of the carvings
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- that were done in the 1840s, the 1860s.- Yep.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It's based on a classical subject.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36It's carved shell, of course. You take the shell and carve it out,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40where you get all this lovely white of the figure.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44And then that lovely sort of mottled creamy brown as the backdrop.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47You're happy to sell it, it's not got any sentimental...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- No, no sentimental value in it. - Wonderful.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I'd love to be able to say it's worth a couple of hundred pounds,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56but we've got to be realistic in today's market.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59I think a sensible auction estimate,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01to get a little bit of a nibble on it,
0:21:01 > 0:21:06- we need to put around £50-£80 on it. - OK, yes.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Because I don't know if there'll be a lot of jewellery in the sale,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11we should protect it with a reserve of around £50
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- with a 10% discretion.- Yes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14- Is that all right?- Very happy, yes.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- Let's hope we make a few bucks on it.- I hope so.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Thanks a lot, Ian.- It's a pleasure, nice to meet you.- And you.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Moving over to Philip's table,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30mother and daughter Isabel and Suzanne
0:21:30 > 0:21:33have brought along an inherited curiosity.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40- Your dad, he's still around? - No, he passed away last year.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- He passed away last year, but he was a massive hoarder?- Yes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45How did you decide what to bring and what not to bring?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48We brought quite a few things.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51But I always felt that was something that stood out.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Let's try and date it first. How old do you think it is?
0:21:53 > 0:21:58I've no idea. I know it came from my grandfather.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03You do this programme, right, and it's always, "How old is it?"
0:22:03 > 0:22:05"Well, it was my grandfather's."
0:22:05 > 0:22:08That's a key of age, that is.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13I think that that dates...back end of the 19th century.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Er, and I love it, because it's just a pure, pure novelty.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Whether it's a policeman's helmet - I'd think that's what it was,
0:22:23 > 0:22:24possibly a fireman's helmet -
0:22:24 > 0:22:28but what's just brilliant is you press that there,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31and lo and behold, there's our little inkwell.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- That's right.- And it's just such a cool thing.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37And these were designed almost to be travelling inkwells,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40because once you press that down like that,
0:22:40 > 0:22:41it becomes self-sealing.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45There are people who collect inkwells.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47There are people who collect helmets like this.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49There are people who collect novelties.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- You know the little Gladstone bags? - Yes.- Yes.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57I saw a little Gladstone bag inkwell about that big,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59just the same period as this,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03er, earlier in the year, in an antiques shop,
0:23:03 > 0:23:08priced at £150. Now, that was mint condition.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- This has seen a life, hasn't it? - It certainly has.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14At some point in time, it may have been covered.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Or it may have been decorated. But it's just a fun thing.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I think it's quite honest for what it is.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I think in auction, I would put a 30-50 estimate on it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29I'd probably put a £30 fixed reserve on it.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31If anybody didn't give 30 quid, they'd be mean.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36And if you have a real good day...
0:23:36 > 0:23:42it might go and make anywhere between £60 and perhaps £120.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46If you have the joy of the internet in the saleroom,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50someone's just got to sit at home and click that mouse,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54and £60 can very quickly become £130.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57But...think 30-50.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- Thank you for bringing it along. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04So, a very cautious estimate there from Philip.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I've managed to have a rummage around all those antiques
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and I've found something special I want to share with you.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Here we go, Elaine, come up here, follow me.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16I tell you what... In a few years' time,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19this will come in quite handy for me!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Everyone needs a good walking cane,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25and they say you can tell a gentleman's profession by the cane he carries.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- Did you know that?- No.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Doctors and physicians, lawyers,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32they'd all have a different type of cane
0:24:32 > 0:24:34which would be instantly recognisable.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37We're talking circa 1815, you know, the dandy time,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39the Regency period.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Everyone had a walking cane.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42This is absolutely stunning.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43How did you come by this?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47We just used to go around the car-boot sales, antique fairs,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50buy things if they looked nice, and that was where it came from.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- I don't know anything about it. - How long ago?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Oh, I can't remember. Quite a few years.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- 10 years?- Yeah, probably.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Did you start to collect walking sticks and canes?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01No, not really, it was just...
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I mean, my husband used to like military items.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07We actually thought it was, at the time.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I think it was just that it was written there...
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Look, there's an inscription, isn't there?- Yeah.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- What does it say?- I think it says "Colour Sergeant Major Stanley".
0:25:15 > 0:25:17"Colour Sergeant Major..." It does, actually, doesn't it?
0:25:17 > 0:25:21And then it says "RA", which could be Royal Artillery.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26But then it says "and M". I've not come across that before.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- No.- But looking at this, this looks to be...
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- ..I would say around about 1850, 1860.- Right.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37This is what we call a white metal.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41It is silver, but unfortunately it's not English and not hallmarked.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44If it's hallmarked, you can call it sterling silver.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47This is from the Far East - I would say mainland China.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Isn't that lovely, with these little Chinese figures?- It is.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51That's called a repousse work
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and it's actually beaten out with a very fine hammer.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58That's carved in wood first, before the silver's beaten into it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Here, you've got this lovely collar wrapped round it,
0:26:00 > 0:26:04in the form of a tiny little belt. Isn't that gorgeous?
0:26:04 > 0:26:09This is definitely an expat, living overseas in the Far East.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Anybody that collects walking sticks, walking canes,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15anything like this, will love to add that to their collection.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Do you want to sell this?- Yes.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24OK. Shall we put it into auction with a value of...
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- £80-£120?- That's fine.- Happy?- Yes. - Reserve at £80.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- That's fine.- OK. Thank you very much for showing that to me.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35- You're welcome.- I can now walk across the stage like this.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36HE LAUGHS
0:26:39 > 0:26:42That is our final item here from Stockport.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Before we travel back to the saleroom,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47here's a quick recap of what we're taking with us.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Ian's brooch may be old-fashioned, but Mark's hopeful
0:26:50 > 0:26:54a couple of bidders will fall for its traditional charm.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Philip's enthralled by that unusual inkwell,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01shaped like a policeman's helmet.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And I think someone will walk away with a great little find
0:27:08 > 0:27:11if they pick up that cane at auction.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19The auction's in full flow, and Adam's been doing a sterling job
0:27:19 > 0:27:22of selling our items.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Going under the hammer right now, something you rabologists will love.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27You'll want to get one of these, won't you?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Do you know what I'm talking about? Well, if I introduce you to Elaine,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33you just might remember what she brought along.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37It's that walking stick. Do you know, collectors of walking sticks are called rabologists?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- I never knew.- There's a couple of other walking sticks here,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42so it's in good company. It's packed, isn't it?
0:27:42 > 0:27:43- Yes.- It is a bit of a bun-fight.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45There are so many bidders and items all over the place,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48but hopefully we'll get top end of the estimate.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- We're looking at 80-120, it's a nice thing.- Yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- It's a nice thing. Ready to sell it? - Yes, I'm ready.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Let's do it, here we go.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Next lot is a Malacca-shafted walking cane,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01with the Chinese white metal mounts and a buckle band stripe,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05CSM Stanley. And I'm bid 50 and 5 in one place here,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08take 60, at 55, where's 60 now?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12£55, who's going on? At 55, 60, 5, 70...
0:28:12 > 0:28:16He's got a commission bid - can you see he keeps looking on the book?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I'll take 80. At 70, 80 here in front.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22I'm out already. £80 on the front, is there 5 anyway?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25At £80, going to be sold at 80, are you all done?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28£80, with a cap, at £80, selling now.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30At £80.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Thank you.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- It's gone.- That's good.- Happy? - Very, yeah.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- We got it within estimate anyway. - That's very good.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39It's something that was in a cupboard, doing nothing.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Doing nothing.- Turned into money, lovely.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43You got it.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Next up, it's Ian's cameo brooch.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54He's on holiday, so he's entrusted me and Mark to oversee the sale.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- They're slightly out of fashion. - Not a lot of money, though.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01No, because it's quite small, it's not the best quality,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03but it's of a nice Roman goddess, whatever,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06and it has got a bit of gold on it, so it should make 50 quid.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Let's see what the bidders think, shall we?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Let's put it to the test. It's going under the hammer right now.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15705 is a 19th-century, nine-carat gold...er, cameo again.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18This time, the bust of a maiden. 50 for this one.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21£50, start me £50 on the cameo. Come along, you miserable lot.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25£50 for it. 30? 30 bid, 5,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28and 40, and 5, and 50, and 5,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30and 60. 55, this time.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32At least it's sold.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Anyone else? At £55, all done, then.
0:29:35 > 0:29:3755.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Bang, the hammer's gone down. That was short and sweet.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- It wasn't very much.- No, it wasn't.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I was rather hoping for the top end - there was a bit of gold there.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49You're always hoping for the top end.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- I'm an optimist... - And I'm a realist!
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Let's call the whole thing off!
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Let's hope Philip's put a realistic estimate on that inkwell.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Going under the hammer right now, we've got a novelty inkwell
0:30:06 > 0:30:09in the form of a policeman's helmet - absolutely love this lot.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Isabel and Suzanne, mum and daughter.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Whose was this, was it yours?
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- It was my late husband's. - Was he a bit of a collector?
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Yeah, he collected anything.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20It puts a smile on your face, doesn't it?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22It really does make you laugh.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24If you were a policeman or an ex-policeman,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27you would love to own this. It's a little desktop toy.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- Sweet thing, isn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31If ever there was a come-buy-me estimate, this is it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I think this will fly away, because where will you see another one of these?
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- You won't, will you? Have you ever seen another one?- No, I haven't.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Good luck, both of you. Good luck, Philip. Here we go, it's going under the hammer right now.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Lot 40, lovely helmet there.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48The travelling inkwell in the form of a policeman's helmet.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Lot number 40.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Start me in the room, £30.
0:30:53 > 0:30:5530 on line 5, 40, 5, 50, 5,
0:30:55 > 0:30:5860, 5, 70, 5, 80, 5, 90.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Quick as that. It's on fire.
0:31:01 > 0:31:0590, 5, 100, 110... 110, I'm bid.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06At 110, any more?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Oh, that's good!
0:31:08 > 0:31:12130, I'm bid. At 130, have another one, 140, 150, I'm bid.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Keep going, online.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17160, 170, I'm bid.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Get me my new cooker!
0:31:18 > 0:31:22This is the beauty of an auction.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24If two people want something, the sky's the limit.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27At 210, 210, is it time for the sleeper bell?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30220 bid, 230, I have. At 230,
0:31:30 > 0:31:32230, still going.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36On my books here, £230 for the inkwell.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40All done? 230, last chance, selling on my books here
0:31:40 > 0:31:42at 230. You're out online.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- Absolutely lovely, yes! - 230.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48- The hammer's gone down.- Really good! - Hats off to you two.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Wow, what a lovely surprise.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52I told you there was going to be a surprise.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54You just will not find another one.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Unless you've got one at home! If you have, bring it in!
0:31:56 > 0:32:00- We want to see it. - No, I've not got another one.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07There you are, it's all over for our owners.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I must say, what a fabulous day we have had here.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12All credit to Adam Partridge on the rostrum,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15because everyone's gone home happy, and that's what it's all about.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18We've all learnt something. We've experienced the highs and lows.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20It could be your turn next time. Come and join us.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24But until then, it's goodbye from all of us here in Cheshire.
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