0:00:08 > 0:00:12Shropshire is a feast of magnificent landscapes and architectural splendour.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Behind me is one classic example,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct designed by Thomas Telford
0:00:17 > 0:00:19in the early 19th century.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21It's now a World Heritage Site.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I wonder what other items of heritage we can find
0:00:24 > 0:00:28at our valuation day in this magnificent county. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This 11-mile stretch of canal straddles the three counties
0:00:51 > 0:00:54of Wrexham, Denbighshire and Shropshire.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59The aqueduct itself towers 126 feet above the riverbed
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and was revolutionary in its use of an iron trough
0:01:01 > 0:01:08which allowed the engineers to create what remains the highest navigable aqueduct in the world.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Let's hope our valuations today reach as enviable heights!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15So from one Grade I listed site to another.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Weston Park, this magnificent 17th-century country house
0:01:18 > 0:01:23lies in a 1,000-acre wooded parkland designed by Capability Brown.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25So whether you're inside or outside,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27there's always historical treasures to look at,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31not least all the antiques and collectables brought in by this queue of people
0:01:31 > 0:01:32for our experts to forage through.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Who knows what we'll find?
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Unearthing the treasures today are our very own Grade I listed experts.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Michael Baggott.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44No prizes for guessing what this is!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49And Clare Rawle,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53who will be delving through hundreds of bags and boxes.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05So as Weston Park fills up with the Flog It! faithful,
0:02:05 > 0:02:06here's a question.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Which one of these items will make the most in today's sale?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Will it be this hunting scene painting by Herbert St John?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21A pair of inkwells made from cow hooves?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Or this silver cup?
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Let's make a start and find out what Michael Baggott has found in the dining room.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37Thelma, Jess, thank you for bringing this adorable little figure!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39What can you tell me about it?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41She's very ugly!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44She's phenomenally ugly!
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Which will have a relevance later. I will disclose to you.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50But what else? Is it something that's been in the family?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Yes, it belonged to my grandmother.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56It belonged to your grandmother, not your grandfather?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57I don't know.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59The reason I ask
0:02:59 > 0:03:04is that this is obviously, we can see by the colouration,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07it's a Doulton figure. It's Doulton stoneware.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10But we've got the all-important suffragette link to it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13We've got "Votes for Women".
0:03:13 > 0:03:15There are two sorts of suffragette memorabilia.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18For and against.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Now, if you were against, you would lampoon the suffragettes.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Which is why you make her this grotesque harridan.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31So rather than being "Votes for women",
0:03:31 > 0:03:34it's "Votes for women?"
0:03:34 > 0:03:38So this is lampooning it. So it would be quite odd
0:03:38 > 0:03:40if it actually belonged to your grandmother.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45But it would make more sense if it started off life with your grandfather
0:03:45 > 0:03:50if he held the opinion, as did many people in those unenlightened days,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53that votes for women would be a bad thing.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59It's lovely that it's Doulton. We've got all the marks on the base that we could possibly wish for.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02We've got the Doulton Lambeth factory mark,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06and various decorators' marks and modellers' marks.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- It is, in fact, an inkwell.- Right.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14- But it's an inkwell in the sense that I don't think anyone ever used it.- No.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18It's a novelty. It wasn't bought as a practical day-to-day piece.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22It's just something you have on your desk, even in the Victorian period,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24for amusement.
0:04:24 > 0:04:31I say Victorian, this could be around 1900, 1905 in date,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36when suffrage was building up, and that's when the feeling against it grew as well.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40And you can tell that for such a large factory as Doulton,
0:04:40 > 0:04:41a provenance factory,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44to actually make items that are against it,
0:04:44 > 0:04:50you can sense the feeling, and it gives you an insight into the attitudes of that period.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Do you know what the downside to it is?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- There's a chip at the back. - A chip at the back.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Chips with fish are good. Chips with ceramics are never good.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05- Any idea, any thoughts of what the value might be?- No, none at all.- £5?
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- A little bit more, perhaps. - £10? £10 will buy chips.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15No, I think let's be sensible and put a broad estimate on it.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Let's put a reserve of £250. - Really?!
0:05:19 > 0:05:23And let's put an estimate of 300 to £500 on it.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I'd have guessed about 50 quid or something like that.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28And I would have said about 50.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- I think it should make £250 all day long.- Lovely.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I really do. Thank you so much for bringing it in.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38What an interesting bit of social history
0:05:38 > 0:05:40tied up in this little piece of ceramic.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Now from the same period, Clare Rawle has come across a very personal collection
0:05:44 > 0:05:48which belongs to Linda, who's brought her friend Anne along.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Hi, Linda and Anne.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56It's great to see you today. A lovely collection here.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Now, this relates mainly to your grandfather in the First World War,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and it's obviously stayed in the family.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- This is him, this is your grandfather.- It is, yeah.- OK.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10And obviously we have other things relating to your father as well.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- So it's a really nice piece of potted family history.- It is, yes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18And a lovely collection of a World War I trio of medals.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22And there is correspondence and photographs.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24So tell me a little bit about it.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Where it's been for the last few years.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Well, my father's kept these in the cupboard
0:06:29 > 0:06:33for absolutely donkey's years.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I just know that the book and the cigarette case
0:06:36 > 0:06:40must have saved his life because that's where the bullet went through.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44This is his little Bible, the New Testament,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and he's been shot, the bullet's gone right through.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50There's the little...
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Jesus in the middle there, yes.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54That went through and saved him.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57And then, obviously, his cigarette case.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59That's gone with the bullet
0:06:59 > 0:07:03and stopped, obviously, and saved his life.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And obviously that's why I'm here.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Yes. Because if that hadn't stopped, I wouldn't be speaking to you now! - That's correct.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Smoking isn't always bad for you, is it?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18And his papers to say he'd been shot and sent home.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Then I think he went into the Home Guard.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- So it's just bits...- Before he got patched up and sent off again. - That's correct.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28So you feel it's time they came out of the cupboard.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Yes, I'd like somebody to have them that would appreciate them
0:07:33 > 0:07:36and be really interested in where they come from and that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40To collectors, what they love, obviously, are the medals.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44But even more so, it's all the history that goes with it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48And also the associated family things which stretch into the second war.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- Yes.- Your father's things.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55And to a collector, that's brilliant, such a piece of history.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And it adds a lot of value.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59This is the traditional trio.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01We've got a '14/'15 star,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03war medal, victory medal.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05They're the standard ones issued.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And you've got the discharge papers
0:08:07 > 0:08:11and all his papers when he came back from France, having been wounded.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13But amazingly not killed.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16And you hear about these things on films, don't you?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19And here's the proof. It's quite difficult to value
0:08:19 > 0:08:22because there is a fairly sort of not huge value on it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28But if somebody's caught up by the story of his surviving the war and all the papers,
0:08:28 > 0:08:29I can see it selling quite well.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31So I think, sensibly,
0:08:31 > 0:08:38- put it in at about 150, maybe 200. - OK.- If that's OK.- Yeah.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Perhaps pitch the reserve just under the 150.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Usually about 140.- OK.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I think it'll sell well, but you might as well make it attractive to people.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- It's a lovely lot and I think it will do really well.- Lovely.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- I look forward to the sale. Great. Thanks for coming in.- Thank you.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Sue, a hunting painting.- Yep.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Very attractive and actually in good surroundings here
0:09:03 > 0:09:05with all the other wonderful paintings.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Tell me a bit about it.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09The family's always been connected with hunting.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13And I think it's my great-great-grandfather.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- This is actually your great-great-grandfather?- Yes.- Wow.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It hung on my bedroom wall when I was younger.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22That's my first memories of it, really.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Presumably it's not hanging on a wall any longer.- No.- It's lost its frame.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32- It's never been framed.- Really? - I never remember it having a frame. - Right.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34It's very much of its time.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It's a late 19th-century oil on canvas.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Conveniently, the artist has signed his name at the bottom here.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44He is a listed artist. There we are. Herbert St John Jones.
0:09:44 > 0:09:51- He was known for painting this type of scene. He painted hunting scenes, basically.- Right.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53It's also nicely titled this side,
0:09:53 > 0:09:54"The Cheshire Hunt."
0:09:54 > 0:09:56It has had a slightly tough life.
0:09:56 > 0:10:03- Yes, it has, yes.- We have an area of damage here.- And flecks of paint on it, as well.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Yes, so it does need a bit of work. - Yes.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08If we look at the back of the picture,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10we have all the details here.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15There we are. It's the north Cheshire hunt, 1899.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17And it's a mare called Luxury.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21It says, "This celebrated mare was a fine hunter
0:10:21 > 0:10:26"but very vicious. She would kill a man, but wouldn't hurt a hound."
0:10:26 > 0:10:30So a great hunter, because you know what happened if you hit a hound.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- You were sent home.- That's right. - Not let out again for a while.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- And this is your great-grandfather, Fred Gosden.- Yes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41And he was the only one to ride her out hunting.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Obviously he had a feel for her. - Yes.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Also it mentions that "The hound is the noted Cheshire Trimbush."
0:10:48 > 0:10:52So presumably that's the hound there.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55If you look back through the stud books, you'll find it.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59So a nice painting and nicely documented and all the rest of it.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02He is an artist that can make a lot of money
0:11:02 > 0:11:05but I think because of the damage
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- we're probably looking at about 150 to 250.- Right.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Is that OK?- That's fine.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12It would be sensible to put a reserve on it.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- Perhaps just pitch it at 130. - Yes, that's fine.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Just under lower estimate. Fixed reserve, though.- That's fine.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22It's a good area for it. A very horsey area.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- We'll see how it gets on.- Lovely. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34We're mid-way through our day and our experts have been working flat-out.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37It's time we went to the auction room for the first time.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Here's a quick recap of what we're taking.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Will Thelma's Royal Doulton figure
0:11:44 > 0:11:47made to ridicule the suffragette movement get the bidders' vote?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Linda's war memorabilia
0:11:52 > 0:11:56including a cigarette box that helped save her grandfather's life
0:11:56 > 0:11:58should captivate the collectors.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04And will the hunting scene painted by Herbert St John
0:12:04 > 0:12:07hit its target of £250?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Our auction room today is in Stourbridge,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15just over the Shropshire border in the borough of Dudley.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I'm hoping there'll be a good turn-out at the auction today.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Linda and her friend Anne are here to sell that First World War memorabilia.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29You've been in the wars as well, haven't you?
0:12:29 > 0:12:34I have. I hit my head on a cupboard door, broke a blood vessel,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- and that is the result of that. - Ooh! I bet that hurt!
0:12:38 > 0:12:40It did a bit, yeah.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44But it's getting better.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Good old- grandad. Fantastic.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50And there's no-one else in the family to pass this on to?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52There isn't, no. I have no children.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57I would love it to go to somebody who would really look after it, appreciate it,
0:12:57 > 0:13:02and they will find a value in owning something like that.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05What a hero, like many of his generation.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Let's put it to the test. Here it goes.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Where are you going to start me on these?
0:13:09 > 0:13:13£170 takes the other bidders out. At £170.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16And so it should. 180 anywhere else in the room?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18At £170 maiden bid on a commission.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Do I see 180 anywhere else?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22At £170, it'll be first and last.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Taking all the other bidders out at 170. 180 anyone else?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- 170, then.- Hammer's going down.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29£170. Straight in and straight out.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- It would be nice to see who it went to, actually.- It would.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Unfortunately, it was a commission bid, so we'll never find the buyer.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- That's a shame.- Thank you, Linda, for bringing in such a special piece of history.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- We all enjoyed listening to that. - It was a brilliant story.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48And now, from a soldier on the front line
0:13:48 > 0:13:50to a fighter for gender equality.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I absolutely love this, I really do.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Why are you selling it? It puts a smile on my face when I see it.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Does it?- That's the beauty of items of art, really.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01- Doesn't do anything for you?- No.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- I think this is...- Really grumpy!
0:14:05 > 0:14:06It's a great little inkwell.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09This is the sort of thing you expect to find in Granny's house.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14It is, if Granny hasn't smashed it when she was given it, in a fit of anger!
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- No, she'd keep it.- Some did, some didn't, and that's why they're rare.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20And that's why they're sought after.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23That's why it's 300 to £500 and hopefully the top end.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Hopefully.- What will you put the money towards if we get that top end?
0:14:27 > 0:14:32- Probably the grandchildren. - OK. Fingers crossed.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35It's an auction. Anything can happen, as you know.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It's hard to put a value on something, but we try our best.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- Good luck.- She's a lovely thing, we've had interest in her.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43- Tell me.- 380.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- £380 cancels all other bids. - That's an opening maiden bid.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51I go to the room looking for 390.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54£380 on a commission bid.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57390 for your last chance. All done and finished?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59At £380 on commission.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Not bad.- More than I thought.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Yes. At least more than the reserve, anyway.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06There was a touch of damage.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- So it was a fair price.- I think so.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11So the kids are going to get that. The grandchildren. How many?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- 13 altogether.- What? 13?!
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- How many kids did you have. - I had two, Jeff had three.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Right.- Between us there's 13.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20What a big family.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Christmases must be fun! - It's a nightmare!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Sue, are you a horse and hounds type person?
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- Got any dogs? That's a good start. - No, no dogs.- Got a horse?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- No. But hunting has been in the family.- Right. OK.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42The person in the picture is my great-grandfather.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47- We were talking about that. And you had no idea of the value until the valuation?- No.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Nothing at all.- It caught your eye.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54This is the kind of thing that has potential in the right area.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Yes. It's a good scene with the horse jumping.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59There's good hounds in it as well.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04He's a known artist. Everything's written on the back of the picture, everything you need to know.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07It's got provenance. So peace of mind.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Let's put it to the test. Here we go.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13£270 takes all the other bids.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Straight in at 270.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Anyone else in the room? Or is it a maiden bid on commission.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- At 270. 280 anywhere else? - Straight in at 270.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25For the oil. Going to finish at 270.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Wow. Straight in, on commission,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- at £270.- I'm pleased with that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- That was short and sweet! - It went quickly, didn't it?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Excellent. Very good. Thank you, Clare.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Even though our auction room is packed here today at Stourbridge,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45all of our items have been sold on commission.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Basically, they were reserved before the sale even started,
0:16:49 > 0:16:53so it just goes to show the importance of those auction catalogues.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57That's our first lots under the hammer, fast and furious.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00While we've been here in the Midlands filming,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I thought I'd take a trip to the northern tip of Shropshire onto the Welsh borders
0:17:04 > 0:17:08to find out about the country's second-most studied poet after Shakespeare.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I've just popped in to a family-owned book shop here in Oswestry.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22In the poetry section just here
0:17:22 > 0:17:25they have a collection of books by the First World War poet Wilfred Owen.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Even now, almost 100 years after his death,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30and the end of the war that he wrote about
0:17:30 > 0:17:33his books still have a resonance with readers today.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37It was here in Oswestry, on the Welsh borders,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40that Wilfred began his life.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I'm off to visit his birthplace.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50On 18 March 1893,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was born here at Plas Wilmot
0:17:53 > 0:17:56into an educated middle-class family.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03You can just imagine what a wonderful place this must have been
0:18:03 > 0:18:05for a little boy to run around and explore.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Owen enjoyed his first few years here at Oswestry.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13There's even a blue plaque to remind us of that time.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Later on in life, he moved around a lot,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18but he always kept a strong sense of place and connection to here,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21wherever he lay his hat.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Unlike many writers who have grown up in towns,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Wilfred Owen understood and valued the countryside
0:18:28 > 0:18:32and often referred to his surroundings in his poetry and correspondence.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Religion was also a powerful influence in Owen's life.
0:18:41 > 0:18:47It was here at Oswestry church that Susan and Tom, Wilfred's evangelical parents, got married.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50And later in turn, young Wilfred was baptised.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52He was raised to speak up for the underdog,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54but not in a militant way.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58The family attended church steadily every Sunday.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Later on in life, religion played a big part as well
0:19:01 > 0:19:05because a lot of Biblical references were mentioned in his poetry.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12He even considered becoming a priest,
0:19:12 > 0:19:18at one point becoming a lay assistant to the vicar of the Oxfordshire parish of Dunsden.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23It was here that Owen came into contact with many very poor parishioners,
0:19:23 > 0:19:28strengthening his conviction that the less fortunate needed to be given a voice.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33At this time, Owen was also writing poems
0:19:33 > 0:19:35and he began to question the contradiction
0:19:35 > 0:19:37between religion and science.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47His disillusionment with religion,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50coupled with the fact that he got rejected from London University,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54prompted Owen to set off to France to teach English in Bordeaux.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57It was during this time that war broke out
0:19:57 > 0:19:59and the following year, in 1915,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01he volunteered to join the Army.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Officer training followed basic training
0:20:08 > 0:20:12and eventually, in January 1917, he was posted to the front line
0:20:12 > 0:20:16as second lieutenant and platoon leader to the Manchester Regiment.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20It was his experiences on the front line that prompted Owen to say,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23"My subject is war and the pity of war.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25"The poetry is in the pity.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28"All a poet can do today is warn."
0:20:31 > 0:20:33"Move him into the sun.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35"Gently, its touch awoke him once.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38"At home, whispering of fields unsown.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40"Always it woke him, even in France.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43"Until this morning and this snow.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47"If anything might rouse him now, the kind old sun will know."
0:20:50 > 0:20:52As is the title of this poem,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56it was the sheer futility of war that Owen was angry about
0:20:56 > 0:21:00and it's this emotion and raw imagery that stands out in his poetry,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04some say making it more powerful than the most graphic of war reports.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Shropshire author and vice-president of the Wilfred Owen Association,
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Helen McPhail, has written extensively about Owen's life.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23Helen, it's rather apt that we're meeting here, beneath Wilfred Owen's plaque.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27How was his poetry received when it was first widely published?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30It was very gradually that they became known by the wider world
0:21:30 > 0:21:36and understood as being written by somebody quite ordinary who'd gone through the war
0:21:36 > 0:21:38and wrote about it as it really was.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43They were considered shocking as they were questioning the war itself and what it did to people.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46How do you think people feel about it today?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49He's become an accepted voice of that period.
0:21:49 > 0:21:56He's very widely read by people who aren't mad keen on poetry but they like what he writes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59And there's the truth about war that he was writing about.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03That, of course, is always relevant, particularly to the young.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07So it's those that want to know about guns and fighting, they learn the other side of it,
0:22:07 > 0:22:13and those who are interested in language, poetry and what you can do with language,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16which is a weapon in its own right.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- The pen is mightier than the sword, isn't it?- Yes.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Owen experienced trench warfare first-hand.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27He felt compelled to share the horror of what he witnessed
0:22:27 > 0:22:31in a letter to his mother who he was so close to and confided in.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33He wrote...
0:22:33 > 0:22:37"I can see no excuse for deceiving you about these last four days.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38"I have suffered seventh hell.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42"I have not been at the front, I have been in front of it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49"I held an advanced post, that is, a dug-out in the middle of No Man's Land.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53"We had a march of three miles over shelled road
0:22:53 > 0:22:56"and nearly three along a flooded trench."
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Some have accused him of being cowardly and a pacifist.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Yet he continued to do his duty and serve his country
0:23:04 > 0:23:06even after being wounded,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09suffering shell-shock and having spent time in hospital.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14And it was during his time at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh
0:23:14 > 0:23:18that he met another war-time poet who he deeply admired - Siegfried Sassoon,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20and spurred on by Sassoon and his own doctor,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Owen wrote some of the best poetry in hospital.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27He had deep compassion for the young victims of war on both sides
0:23:27 > 0:23:32and he wrote vividly about the harsh experiences they all encountered.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Declared fit for duty, Owen returned to the front line in France
0:23:37 > 0:23:40in September 1918.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44And he soon found himself in charge after his own commander was wounded.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49He had an incredible affinity with soldiers from a poorer background than himself.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52He wasn't the typical public schoolboy-type officer.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57During a counterattack, he raced to capture a machine gun
0:23:57 > 0:23:59in full view of both sides.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02He used it to drive away the enemy.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05For this, he was awarded the Military Cross.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Just over a month later,
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Wilfred Owen, who was only 25 years old,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16was killed by machine gun fire
0:24:16 > 0:24:19whilst leading his men across the Somme Canal.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23The date was 4 November, 1918.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Tragically, it was just seven days before the war ended
0:24:28 > 0:24:30that Owen lost his life.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34"I am the enemy you killed, my friend.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36"I knew you in this dark.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40"For so you frowned yesterday through me as you jabbed and killed.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44"I parried, but my hands were low and cold.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46"Let us sleep now."
0:24:49 > 0:24:51What Owen did was ground-breaking.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53He wrote about the unspeakable,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55he vocalised the horror of war.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Through his poetry, Wilfred Owen has immortalised the experience of a generation
0:25:00 > 0:25:03who sacrificed everything for their country.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Welcome back to Weston Park.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23This magnificent mansion house was gifted to the nation in 1986.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25The Weston Park Foundation work tirelessly
0:25:25 > 0:25:29to conserve the buildings, the grounds and the fabulous artworks inside,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31including the Gainsboroughs and the Van Dycks.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I think it's about time we caught up with our experts
0:25:34 > 0:25:37to see what other treasures they can find.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42First up, it's Clare, who has two really strange items.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Hi, Ken and Anne.- Hello.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50It's good to see you here today with your two friends here!
0:25:50 > 0:25:52So tell me a bit about these.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57They originate from my great-grandparents who owned a farm.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Obviously it was a well-loved cow.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03They mounted two of the hooves. I'm not sure if all four were done,
0:26:03 > 0:26:04but certainly the two.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07They were on a sideboard in my grandmother's house.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Always polished up and obviously her pride and joy.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- Yes.- When she passed on, they were handed down.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19I don't think anybody else in the family wanted them so we've had them in the cupboard ever since.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21But it must have been a good milker.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23And you don't really care for them?
0:26:23 > 0:26:28- No. I think that's a fair point.- No, not very fond of them, really.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30They're not everyone's choice.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32But it was something that people did.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Yes, indeed. But not so much with cows, I don't think.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38That's why I thought they were quite fun.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Obviously horses' hooves, your favourite hunter or what have you,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44they often got turned into ink wells.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46But the nice thing is...
0:26:47 > 0:26:52- If you can find one!- And her name is on the top of the lids.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- Yes, Mulberry.- Mulberry.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Mulberry, and her dates as well.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I'm not sure whether that's a good age for a cow.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It's about 12 years. That's not too bad.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05That's not too bad. She should have had a calf every year
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- if she was a milker, otherwise she wouldn't have been much use.- OK.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- You know more than I do.- You can tell I come from a...
0:27:12 > 0:27:14And, of course, they've been turned into an ink well.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18So if we lift the hinged lid,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22and in this one we've got the little glass well
0:27:22 > 0:27:24which you put the ink in.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Sadly, in that one it's missing, but it's not the end of the world.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30If somebody wanted to use them as an ink well.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35So I can imagine they'd be looking quite magnificent on someone's desk.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39And there are collectors of all sorts of taxidermy.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43I've always found the horses' hooves sell quite well.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I think they're going to sell, but not for a huge amount.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52- We're probably looking in the region of 40 to £60. - Really?- As much as that?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I'd have thought maybe the price of a joint of beef we were going to buy.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Oh, is that what you're going to spend the money on?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Carve into it and think of Mulberry.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I don't know whether you want to put a reserve.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- No.- No.- Let them go through and see.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- I'm sure they'll be OK.- They might even gallop off into the distance!
0:28:11 > 0:28:12Oh, dear!
0:28:12 > 0:28:17A mammoth bit of silver you've brought in today.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19What can you tell me about it?
0:28:19 > 0:28:24It was presented to my great-grandfather in 1904
0:28:24 > 0:28:27at the Newport agricultural show
0:28:27 > 0:28:31where he was showing Shire horses, as far as I can make out.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Oh, fantastic.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36There's your grandfather's name engraved on the back, and the date.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40But there's no further names or additions or presentations.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43No, I'm not quite sure why that is.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Well, it's a splendid cup.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47We've got a set of hallmarks at the side here.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52A very well-known maker to me, even though the mark is only partially struck.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54CS Harris & Sons.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Charles Stuart Harris.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00- And we've got the hallmarks for London 1903.- Yep.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02And it's a good-looking cup.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07We've got, in its favour, a very heavy gauge of silver all the way round.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10And this engraving at the front is quite light.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15So if somebody was looking at this as a presentation cup for another event,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18they could quite easily take the engraving out
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- and re-engrave it.- Yep.- Rather than buying a new cup.- Yep.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26But to be honest, the real value of this is actually in its weight.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31- Yes.- Because silver has shot up in value over the last two years.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36It had been creeping up, and now, it fluctuates on an almost weekly basis.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- Yes.- We've weighed it. It's around 42 ounces.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43That's excluding the plinth, of course.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45The ebonised plinth.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50I think at auction we have to pitch it at the right level.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Yeah.- Had you had any thoughts as to the value of it?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Well, purely on the price of silver at the moment,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- perhaps 550 to £600.- Yes.
0:29:59 > 0:30:05I think that's sensible. We have to allow a little bit for the upsy-downsy nature.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- It might actually be more when we get to the auction.- Yes.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11If we put a broad estimate of 500 to £700 on it,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16and put a reserve of £500 with maybe a little bit of discretion from the auctioneer,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- just in case that silver price does go down.- Yeah.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21But we can always hope that it goes up.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Any plans for what you'd do with the money?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28A couple of ideas. I'm planning a trip back to America.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I was there ten years ago and I fancy going back.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- Fantastic.- Or I'm going to buy myself some teeth!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Teeth?!- Yeah.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- I've got no teeth in the top.- Right.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- I'm spoiled for choice, really.- Yes.
0:30:41 > 0:30:47- I suppose going to America with no upper teeth can be something of a disappointment.- It's not too bad.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49- It's not too bad.- Well, we'll see.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54I'm sure on the day you'll have the problem of whether to go to the dentist or the travel agent!
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Yes, the travel agent's looking best at the moment.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- Thank you very much for bringing it in.- No trouble. Thank you.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06While Michael Baggott ponders the price of silver and teeth,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Clare's found a real gem.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Norman and Christine, nice to meet you.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Norman, I'm guessing this is yours.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- It is.- Tell me about it.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17I bought it, I was in the Army
0:31:17 > 0:31:21in 1953 and I was stationed in Tripoli.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Right.- One of the first things I did was buy myself an Omega.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- I couldn't afford one in this country.- Right.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- They were better value out there? - Oh, yes, far better value.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34And because it was a big cumbersome one, I put it in a drawer
0:31:34 > 0:31:36and that's where it's been ever since.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39It's nice because we have the watch here and all its paperwork.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- You kept everything together.- The guarantee.- And this little tag.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- Yes.- So it's all there.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47A rather nice steel case, so you didn't run to a gold one.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- I always thought it was gold, but it's gold plate?- It is.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52It's gold-plated on the bezel there.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55You get that nice two-tone effect with it,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57which is quite popular these days.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02Sometimes the gold watches do look a little bit gloomy, for want of a better word.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06So collectors do quite like the steel ones. Obviously make a bit less.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09And when you pick it up and move it round,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- it's the telltale auto-wind. - Automatic.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16It's an automatic with the bump wind in it.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20There's a weight in there which just knocks backwards and forwards.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Did it bother you when you wore it?
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- No, it didn't bother me, no.- Right.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- No.- Some people didn't like the fact you had this weight moving backwards and forwards.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34So it wasn't always a very popular type of watch movement
0:32:34 > 0:32:35because of that.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37What really did bother me was the size of it.
0:32:37 > 0:32:44- A bit clumpy?- It was a bit. I've got a slim wrist and it's a big dial.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- Yes. You find you catch it on things?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51So you've decided it's coming out of the cupboard. It's going to be sold.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Yes, the wife is getting on to me to do something with it.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56It's your fault, then.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00We knew Flog It! was coming up, so we thought we'd take it there.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Excellent. Well, it is very collectable.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- It would be nice if it was in a gold case.- Yes.
0:33:04 > 0:33:11But Omega is not quite as popular as Rolex, to a lot of people,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13but there is quite a market out there for them.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15So I think it'll sell quite well.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20I think probably we're looking in the region of maybe 130 to 180.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25- How much?- Yeah. I would suggest putting a reserve of round about the 100 on it,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27as a fixed reserve, if you're happy with that.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- Oh, yes.- So if you sell that, what are you going to do?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- I think I'll take her away for the weekend!- Ooh!
0:33:34 > 0:33:35It'll cost more than that!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I don't know. It won't!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I can see marital strife starting.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44How long did you say you've been married?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- 54 years.- You're doing well on it, anyway.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49It's obviously kept you young!
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- I hope it does really well for you. - Thank you.- Then you can fight about where to go for your weekend!
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- Thank you.- I'll see you at the auction, then.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03So it's back to the auction for three more lots.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10First up, will the unusual hooves attract a buyer?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Ken and Anne, it's great to see you.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16These must make you smile - they must have done!
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- No, we go, "Eugh!"- "Eugh!"
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Do you smile at them.- I thought they were great.- I love it.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27I really do. We've seen a lot of the horse hoof ink wells on the show,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29but I've never seen cow hooves.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32There's something quite hysterical about them!
0:34:32 > 0:34:36I feel sorry for the cow, obviously!
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Well, they have to go, don't they?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Let's put them under the hammer and see what this lot think.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Where do you start me on this? £40 for the hooves?
0:34:43 > 0:34:4640, quickly? Thank you. Five, anywhere else?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- They're going.- 45. And 50. And five.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50And 60. And five?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53£60 front row. 65. And 70? No?
0:34:53 > 0:34:5665. 70 anywhere else?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00At £65 I'm selling the hooves. At £65. Are you sure and done at 65?
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- Hammer's gone down. That's a good price for a pair.- It is.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- That's really good.- Even at today's prices, you should get a nice joint of beef for that.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10And a couple of bottles of wine.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13They're going to buy beef and claret.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15I'll toast her health.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16Got a treat for you now.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Going under the hammer, an Edwardian silver cup
0:35:18 > 0:35:20with a value of six to £800.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24But all that has been changed by David who's here now.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Hello, David. Who's this, your bigger brother?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- Yes, this is Carl, my bigger brother.- Hello.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33You are a lot bigger, aren't you?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35But you do look identical.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37I got the most food.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Who started this look first? The glasses are the same...
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I've got a couple of years on him, so it was me, really.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- He's copied me.- He's copying me! - I think it's fabulous.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I really do.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50You've had a chat to the auctioneer.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- Since Michael put that value on, which you were happy with.- Yep.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- Reserve of £500.- Absolutely.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58It's been upped to £600.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Just going on the value of silver at the moment, really.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03The market is so up and down.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Your bottom estimate, plus the buyer's premium,
0:36:07 > 0:36:09is actually far in excess of the scrap value.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- So we've just got to hope that somebody wants it as a cup.- Yeah.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16But it does make it a much more difficult proposition
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- when a lot of silver dealers are just buying on scrap.- Yes.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Hopefully somebody will buy this and you guys will be happy.- Yes.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Good luck. This is it.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Where do you start me on this?
0:36:25 > 0:36:29The bid's with me at 550, 560.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- I look for 570 in the room.- Not bad.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33560 with me. 570 anywhere else?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- At £560. 570 anywhere?- We need 600!
0:36:38 > 0:36:42Anybody coming in? It'll stay with me at 560. 570 anywhere else?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Are you sure?- No.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48You slightly over-cooked it.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50The expert was right, for once.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I hate to say it,
0:36:52 > 0:36:53it sounds like rubbing it in.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56The silver buyers were there. I can see them just over there.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Yeah.- And they've got their price for the day.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- If it's a pound over that... - They won't buy it.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04They're not making money, they're losing it.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08So the thing is, maybe pop it away. Silver goes up and down.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Oh, well. Back on the mantelpiece!
0:37:11 > 0:37:15If David picks his moment, he might get a good price for his silver
0:37:15 > 0:37:17at another auction room.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20That's it. Time is definitely up for Norman's watch.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22His Omega is just about to go under the hammer.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25I think it's a bit of quality, Norman.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- Hello, Christine, good to see you as well.- Hello.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31He's flogging his watch for a weekend to take you away.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Definitely.- What a gentleman.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35What a gentleman.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39That's love, isn't it? That's what it's all about.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42This will only go up in value in time. It's a good investment.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- I think it will.- We'll give it to our grandson, then.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48If it doesn't sell, this is going to the grandson.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50And you still get taken away for the weekend!
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Definitely.- Cos he's a naughty boy.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57We've got some interest in this.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Start at 150.- £150 to start.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02It's gone. Straightaway.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04160. 170. 180. 190.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05200. 210. 230?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07210. 220. 230?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10220. It's with you in the room at 220.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13The commission bid is out. 230? Do I see anywhere else?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15At £220 for the Omega watch. At 220, all done.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Quality sells. £220.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21How much did you pay for that in the '50s?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- I can't remember.- You were only earning a pound a week.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27It wasn't a lot of money.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31There you go. I told you quality sells.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34That will be a great investment for someone's grandson.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- But it's too late!- It is too late.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39He could have had grandad's watch. But it's too late.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41I didn't think it would fetch that much.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46Let's hope Norman and Christine have a lovely weekend away together.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57That's it. It's all over.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01What a fabulous time we have had here in Stourbridge, a place steeped in history.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Hopefully, we've made a bit of history ourselves with some of our owners' items.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09The atmosphere has been electric here. Everybody's enjoyed themselves.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13All credit to our experts, because it's not easy putting a value on an antique,
0:39:13 > 0:39:14as you've seen.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I hope you've enjoyed the highs and lows. See you next time!