0:00:02 > 0:00:09The wide open skies and the flat landscapes of East Anglia are perfect locations for airfields...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11and racecourses.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16So from the giants of the sky at Duxford's Imperial War Museum
0:00:16 > 0:00:21to one of the oldest salerooms in the country, they're all here. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Duxford displays some of the finest examples of historic aircraft in the country,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49including the iconic Spitfire, legendary Lancaster...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53..and the fastest ever Concorde.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56All that and it's a working airfield,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58regularly hosting spectacular air shows.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04And it's no wonder the crowd are so excited because today's valuations are taking place
0:01:04 > 0:01:06right in the heart of the museum.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Everyone has come laden with bags and boxes full of antiques, collectables and curios,
0:01:12 > 0:01:17- all wanting to know the answer to that very important question which is...- What's it worth?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26'Answering the question is our elite force, expert Christina Trevanion and auctioneer James Lewis.'
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- That is a candlestick. - I realise that.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34'Christina gets to grips with some eccentric items.'
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Where did that come from? - A car boot.- Did it?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41'Not everyone is content with James's valuations.'
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I've just valued her dummy for her. She says it's worth a lot more than £1!
0:01:46 > 0:01:53'And coming up in today's show, James values an antique with an identity crisis.'
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- A fish bowl?- A fish bowl. - I thought it was a bidet!
0:01:56 > 0:02:02You can wash your bottom in it if you like, but I really don't think the fish would approve.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07- 'And Christina has a moment of madness.'- You've got this locket where you'd have a photograph.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- In my case, my dog.- Or your baby. - Oh, yeah, my baby!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15'Appropriately, for horse-racing country, the bets are on.'
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Good. We'll hold it to you. Let's have a gentlemen's bet, shall we?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- 1,150.- OK, I say 1,800. Here we go.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26'But which of these items gallops into first place at auction?
0:02:26 > 0:02:31'This intriguing antique from exotic shores or this beautifully carved cane?'
0:02:36 > 0:02:39We're in the middle of the biggest exhibition hangar.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44It's called AirSpace and it houses everything from Concorde to the Vulcan bomber,
0:02:44 > 0:02:50but James has spotted something smaller that sparked his interest, so let's take a closer look.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Christine and Stephen, where did you find it?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56In a junk shop in Chingford.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Really?- I bought this 60 years ago when I was a schoolboy.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05- Did you?- Yeah. I'd just passed my entrance exams to my school and I thought I deserved something.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- Is this the sort of thing your school allowed you to take in? - Oh, no.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Well, this is Arabic,
0:03:13 > 0:03:19known as a jambiya, which basically is Arabic for a knife, curved knife.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22And this is a hardwood handle,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26and then we have overlay in silver.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And the silver overlay is the hardwood handle
0:03:29 > 0:03:34and also this leather scabbard on the reverse.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Now, no silver polish.- No.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Just a bit of a sweaty thumb.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Look there.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42It's coming up, isn't it?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46It's Arabic, it's 19th century, it's covered in silver.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52It's ceremonial, but it's still something that has quite a good second-hand value.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56I heard you talking about Kuwait. What was the relevance of that?
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- I was stationed in Kuwait. - What did you do in Kuwait? - You don't want to ask me that.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- I definitely do now. Tell me. - I worked for the government.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Their government or ours?- Both. - Tell me more!
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- They'll shoot you(!) - I can protect myself with a jambiya.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- OK, hush-hush in Kuwait. - Sort of.- All right.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- How did you guys meet? - Nearly 50 years ago.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23I didn't know how many boys' toys I was going to inherit.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- Really?- I'm pleased to see this go. And a lot of others we want to get rid of.- Brilliant.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Are you going to resist this? - I'm not allowed to.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- "It's either the jambiya or me." - Exactly.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40I think an auction estimate of £100 to £150. Something like that is sensible.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46- And I think it'll do jolly well. - Great.- Lovely. The first of many! Well done!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- What's your name?- Marian.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59My mum has a collection of women's magazines like this with knitting patterns in a great big box, OK?
0:04:59 > 0:05:04And that's the kind of thing my mum would knit me in the '70s.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07That, and probably that sort of orange colour as well!
0:05:11 > 0:05:15'While we're reminiscing, here's another vintage model.'
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Lesley, they say time flies.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Well, it certainly does.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- This is my late husband's watch. - Right.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30It's amazing it survived because my Fred was a motorcycle racer
0:05:30 > 0:05:33and he did grass track, he did speedway,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35and then we did road-racing together.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39We've done 17 Isle of Man TT races. He was the driver.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- No?- And I was the sidecar passenger.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47And we've been off the bike, slid down the road, scratched into barriers.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- My goodness! And he was wearing this watch?- He's been wearing the watch all the time.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57What a life it's had! That's phenomenal. It's done 17 TT...
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- What have you got there? - That was us in the Isle of Man
0:06:00 > 0:06:02at a place called Braddan Bridge.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- That's Fred. - That's me hanging out the side.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11A complete idiot! You can't see him wearing the watch, but he always had his watch on.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- That's amazing!- Yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19- Look at you in the skin-tight leathers!- Young and fit and stupid, yes.- What year was this?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21About 1970, '71, something like that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25So it's had such an exciting life. If only it could talk!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- I wish it could write a book.- Yes.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- It would save me doing it.- Yeah. - We had a great time.- Thank you so much for bringing that in.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Longines is synonymous with quality.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39This particular model was introduced in the 1930s.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- I think this is slightly later than that. I think it's probably end of the '30s, early '40s.- Yes.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50It is wonderful. I love the fact that it's got the gold dial.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It's got what looks to be the original bevelled glass
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and it's got an 18-carat gold case to it.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01We know all that because it's stamped with its original serial number on the back
0:07:01 > 0:07:05and it's just heaven to a Longines collector.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Value-wise, they do have a ceiling that we can't really cross.- Right.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Otherwise, it would be a waste of time.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17But I think at auction, we would be looking somewhere in the region of £300 to £500.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I wouldn't like it to go for less than 4.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25I don't want you to regret selling it as it's had so many wonderful memories attached to it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I think for that very reason, and in Fred's memory...
0:07:28 > 0:07:33- Yes.- Let's say 400 to 600.- The wheeler-dealer part comes in, yes.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Let's hope he's watching us on the auction day
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- and getting people to put their cards up in the air.- Absolutely.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45'Lesley certainly was a thrill-seeker in her day.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49'And talking of thrill-seekers, while we're here at Duxford,
0:07:49 > 0:07:55'I slipped away to see some artefacts from the courageous World War Two pilot Douglas Bader
0:07:55 > 0:08:00'who continued flying after losing both legs in a flying accident during the 1930s.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04'Martin Boswell, the curator of uniforms, is going to tell me more.'
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- Hello.- I know you've got something rather iconic to show me and I'd like to start with this one
0:08:09 > 0:08:15- because during the Second World War some very famous RAF personnel were based here.- That's absolutely true.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- This one intrigues me. - We've all heard of Douglas Bader, the pilot with the tin legs.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22This belonged to him.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26This was actually commissioned by him in 1939
0:08:26 > 0:08:32and worn throughout his Royal Air Force service, excluding the period when he was a POW in Colditz.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- You can trace his career through this...?- Very much so.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41If you look at the medal ribbons and the rank here, this is a veritable map of this man's personal career.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46We have the Distinguished Service Order awarded to him during the Second World War
0:08:46 > 0:08:52and the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was awarded two of those, indicating personal courage.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55And we've got Douglas Bader's service cap as well.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Who does this one belong to? - This one belonged to Grumpy Unwin.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I don't know that name.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Grumpy Unwin famously was one of the very first Spitfire pilots stationed here at Duxford.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10He joined the Royal Air Force in 1929 as an apprentice
0:09:10 > 0:09:15and by the end of the Battle of Britain had got his first Distinguished Flying Medal.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20He was called Grumpy allegedly because Flight-Lieutenant Lane, his officer commanding,
0:09:20 > 0:09:26mentioned to the pilots under his command that they were about to go and cover the retreat at Dunkirk.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31There were not enough aircraft to go round and Sergeant Unwin was told to remain at Duxford.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- He was rather deflated. - So he was quite deflated.
0:09:35 > 0:09:41Lane is famous for saying, "You can cheer up, Grumpy." That nickname went with him for the rest of his days.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- A lovely story and two very iconic uniforms.- Oh, absolutely.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51And from a hero of the skies to a hero of the tables.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- My friend over there, she thinks you're wonderful.- Oh, that's kind.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03John, a dealer once told me that a bloke has a walking stick,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05a gentleman has a cane,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09so tell me, is this a walking stick or a cane?
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- It's a cane.- Do you know very much about it? Is it a family thing?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17No, I used to run a drop-in centre for the mentally ill
0:10:17 > 0:10:22and we used to have jumble sales to raise cash and this came in a bundle of walking sticks.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27I fell in love with it and I said to the chairman, "How much?" He said, "Give me a fiver and it's yours."
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- A fiver?- Yeah.- Right.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- And how long ago was that? - 20 years ago.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It was a fair amount of money 20 years ago, I guess.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Do you know anything about what it is?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44No, I was told it was ivory, but I don't think it is.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48No, it's not ivory. If you have a look down at this end,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52in fact, all the way through, you see lots of little black flecks.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- Yeah.- It's a blood vessel running all the way through. It's a bone.- I see, yeah.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Now, I think this is from a narwhal.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- Do you know much about narwhals? - Yeah, the unicorn of the sea.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10If you can imagine this great whale swimming around in the sea with that on their nose...
0:11:10 > 0:11:13It's a funny old thing. I always wanted to see a narwhal.
0:11:13 > 0:11:19- Here, on the end, we have what would have been four sections. We've got one missing.- Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23We have three little, navette-shaped sections of tortoiseshell.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- That's what it is?- Yeah. The other thing so impressive about this
0:11:27 > 0:11:32is the different types of turning down its shaft.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35We've got a little draught turning at the end,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38then a long, spirally fluted section,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41another draught turning here,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45and then almost like a hobnail...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Yeah.- ..cut section,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50then this wonderful pommel on the end.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55So you're really seeing so many different skills of the craftsman in there.
0:11:55 > 0:12:03With current legislation, whaling for narwhal, I'm sure, is actually illegal, thank goodness!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- But this is about 200 years old. - Yeah.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12It was in the time when whaling was something that went on and was accepted. Today, it's not.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15But it's a really interesting thing.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21When it comes to this, I think it will do very well at auction. Any ideas what your £5 is worth?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- None at all.- Well, I think it's worth a hundred times that.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I think it's worth £500.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34- Jeez...- That's a great thing. - I could always give some of the money to my son who's handicapped.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38It's always nice to know where the money ends up. Fantastic.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Any gentleman would be proud of John's cane and the money is going to a good cause.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52And joining it in auction, Stephen's amazing cloak and dagger story straight out of the Arabian Nights
0:12:52 > 0:12:55and so is his jambiya.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Lesley's watch has done a few laps, but will it break the speed barrier in the saleroom?
0:13:02 > 0:13:08And speaking of salerooms, I've travelled to historic Newmarket, home to the famous racecourse,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11but today, we're dealing in antiques, not horses.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17Before we head into the saleroom, I've sniffed out something fantastic in the grounds.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22I expect you're wondering why there's a classical rotunda here with a fox as a centre piece.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Well, I can tell you. This was originally at their site in London
0:13:27 > 0:13:32where Tattersalls made a name for auctioneering hunting horses and hounds.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35There we have it - the Fox in the Middle.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I have a good feeling about today. We're in a cracking auction room.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49We've got some wonderful lots, all the ingredients of a superb sale.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54The sun is shining, I've got a smile on my face and hopefully the bidders have too.
0:13:54 > 0:14:00Let's hope we push some of those estimates through the roof here at Tattersalls in Newmarket.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06Let's go inside and catch up with our owners. They're really nervous. And hopefully get things under way.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09'Will Axon is our auctioneer today, but before the sale,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13'he's got some doubts about the origin of the gentleman's cane.'
0:14:15 > 0:14:19James has called it a narwhal tusk. I'm not so sure about that.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25A narwhal tusk, similar to an elephant, is just an extension of an incisor tooth.
0:14:25 > 0:14:32They're incisors that project from the top left-hand side of the jaw and they always spiral to the left.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- And this doesn't spiral to the left. - It spirals to the right. That should have set the alarm bells ringing.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44- And it spirals the whole length of the...- From start to finish. You don't get this alternating pattern.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49- You would never re-work that. - Narwhal tusks are generally left as they are.
0:14:49 > 0:14:56- And also these flecks, it's bone. - It's bone.- The marine ivory has more of that elephant ivory look about it.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Hopefully, it will walk out the saleroom at £1,200. That's my gut feeling.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Good. We'll hold it to you. Let's have a gentlemen's bet, shall we?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07'While the debate rages about its origin,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09'everyone's agreed it should do well.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14'Stay tuned to find out. First, it's Stephen and Christine's Arabian knife.'
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- How do you put a price on that? - This is a fairly standard one.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- It's covered in silver. Nice quality, but standard object. - It cost me two shillings.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- That's what it's all about. And we're having a bit of fun as well.- Absolutely.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32I've got to say, you look absolutely lovely, both of you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35The Arab jambiya, there we are.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Where do you start me on that? Again interest in this.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I've got to start here where? At 80, 90, 100.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Wow!- 120. 140. 160. 180.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47And 200 I have with me. At £200.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51That was a quick jump, wasn't it, to £200?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54At £200. Shakes the head at £200. On commission then.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58At £200. All done then? All the bidding's here with me.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01All done then at £200? Hammer's up and selling at 200...
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Well done. That was good. That was the start of a good clear-out.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Absolutely. I'm going home to sort it all out now.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11'I think we'll be seeing them again.'
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Bit of quality now going under the hammer - a gent's Longines, 18-carat gold watch.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23It belongs to Lesley. It was your late husband's. I know you're quite attached to this.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28We've got a value of £400 to £600. It is a great name in the watch-making world.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Someone told me, if this sells, the money is going towards piano lessons.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- I'm a singer and I'm learning the piano.- You'll be a good piano player.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- So I can...- If you can sing well, you'll be a good piano player.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46- My left hand doesn't know what my right hand's doing at the moment. - That is the tricky bit.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Yes, yes.- Sometimes it helps!
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Here we go.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55The 18-carat gold-cased, Longines gentleman's automatic wrist watch.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Always popular, these. Where do you start me?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01I'm bid 320, 350, I'm bid 380 with me.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04400 in the gods. At 400 now.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06In the gods at 400 now. 20 where?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09At £400 I'm bid. I shall sell it.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- In the gods at £400... - We've got £400 straight away.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15420 bid here. At 420. Are you sure?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's 420 on the phone. No? Shakes the head.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22At 420. All done on the telephone? At 420. Are you all done then?
0:17:22 > 0:17:26At 420. All done then at 420...
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- £420.- Well done.- Well done. - That's good.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33You pushed me on that estimate and I was a bit reluctant
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- as to whether it would sell, so I'm really pleased.- I didn't mind.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42- That's what it's worth to me which is what it's all about. - Exactly.- So that's fine.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47'That will pay for more than a few piano lessons. Are you in a gambling mood?'
0:17:47 > 0:17:53Going under the hammer now is John's walking cane. Sadly, John cannot be with us. His car's broken down.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58I had a chat to Will at the auction preview. He said it's not narwhal. It is in fact whalebone.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03What he told me was that narwhal naturally curls and twists to the left.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- It does.- This has been fashioned and carved and it twists to the right.
0:18:07 > 0:18:14- But that's hand-carved.- Yeah. - It's nothing to do with the natural turning of the narwhal tusk.- No.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20The original tusk would have been sectioned and four sections made from one, then that's hand-carved.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25The fact that it turns the other way is totally irrelevant to the turning of a narwhal tusk.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- He thinks it's a whale backbone. - I won't argue because we don't know.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34This is really good, a difference of opinion, one expert against another.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- But I have a feeling this should be £1,000 to £2,000.- Yes.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44- I'd like to see it do two grand. Let's find out what happens.- 1,150. - I say 1,800. Here we go.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49The 19th century, spiral-carved, whalebone walking stick.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52A heap of bids on this, ladies and gentlemen.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56We'll start where? £300 I'm bid. At 300, 400, 500.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00600, 700, 800, 900 I'm bid with me. 1,000.
0:19:00 > 0:19:021,100. 12. 13.
0:19:02 > 0:19:0414. 15.
0:19:04 > 0:19:071,500. My bidder still at 1,500.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Join me again, at 1,500.
0:19:09 > 0:19:121,600. 1,700.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- You're closer.- Yeah. - Yes? At 1,700, my bidder.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19At 1,700. 1,800. And 50.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I'll come to you. At 1,850. It's my bidder.
0:19:22 > 0:19:241,900? Bid. At 1,900.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Shout at me now. 1,900 I'm bid.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30With Roddy. I'm out by 50. At 1,900.
0:19:30 > 0:19:342,000 bid, fresh blood. At £2,000. I'm bid at 2,000.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38You can't lose it now. At £2,000. Shake it the other way, Roddy.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- It's £2,000 in the room.- Will is fabulous. He's like lightning.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- 2-1, thank you. At 2-1. - Teasing and tempting the bidders.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Shakes the head at 2-1. Steals it at 2-1.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52You've been with it all this way. All done then...
0:19:52 > 0:19:55£2,100...
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Smack! John, where are you?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01That was fabulous, absolutely fabulous.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- Well spotted, James. I was very jealous when I saw you walking around with that.- Sorry.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15'I can't wait to come back, but first, we're travelling back in time to a golden age of style.'
0:20:22 > 0:20:28For the rich and famous in the 18th century, it was all about glamour in fashion, arts and interiors.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31And for those who could afford it,
0:20:31 > 0:20:36showing your wealth through luxurious decor was a clear display of your social status.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43As you'd expect from a house that's nearly 400 years old,
0:20:43 > 0:20:48the interiors at Audley End are the result of many years of rebuilding and remodelling,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52reflecting the styles and the tastes of succeeding generations.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56At one end of the Great Hall, you've got this heavy, carved oak screen.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59It's wonderfully fanciful. It's typical Jacobean fantasy.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03And at the other end, you've got a stone screen,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06reflecting a 17th century style
0:21:06 > 0:21:09of the classical arches of the Baroque period.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15But tucked away in this enormous house are a suite of rooms that are pure 18th century
0:21:15 > 0:21:21where we can be transported back 200 years to experience hospitality Georgian style.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27It may have been the Age of Enlightenment, but 18th century society still conducted itself
0:21:27 > 0:21:31according to established rules of status and etiquette,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34no more so than when you're entertaining your guests.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39This sense of formality is beautifully reflected in the design of these rooms
0:21:39 > 0:21:44which have been immaculately restored to their original specifications.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49When Sir John Griffin Griffin inherited Audley End in 1762,
0:21:49 > 0:21:54he commissioned Robert Adam, the leading interior designer of the day,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57to modernise his outdated ancestral home.
0:21:57 > 0:22:04One thing that really strikes you when you enter the Great Drawing Room is the bold colour scheme.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Crimson, highlighted in gold everywhere. Not my choice if I was looking at a swatch,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14but when you see it en masse like that, it really does work.
0:22:14 > 0:22:21This is a three-colour silk damask, the height of fashion in the 1700s. This was done in 1760.
0:22:21 > 0:22:28Only the rich and the elite could afford something like this covering the whole expanse of the wall
0:22:28 > 0:22:35and it's very, very lush. One thing that's so typical of Robert Adam and I've seen in many houses
0:22:35 > 0:22:38is right up there. The plasterwork ceiling.
0:22:38 > 0:22:46Designed by Robert Adam, executed by the master of the genre, Joseph Rose, from whom we get ceiling rose.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52Imagine the scene with your exquisitely-dressed guests mingling and the candlelight flickering.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57After the visual fireworks of this crimson extravaganza,
0:22:57 > 0:23:03Sir John's guests would be cooled down by the pea green of the dining parlour.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Quite a contrast. This room has totally different ambience - elegant, yet calm.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16But so typical of Robert Adam - classical motifs everywhere.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21Very much like Wedgwood up there, a contemporary of the day.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26But I love the use of these fluted classical columns with these Ionic capitals.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30It gives a sense of importance to the dining room.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34And I like this as well. This fire panel, this chimney piece.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36That's not real. It's a trick of the eye.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42That vase is a Roman antiquity. It's there to titillate, really.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48This pea green room - and it is all pea green - really does warm you up.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54When the meal was over, in the tradition of the day, the gentlemen would break open the brandy,
0:23:54 > 0:23:59smoke a cigar or two and talk about politics. Far too highbrow for the ladies to join in.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05They would retire to what was quaintly known as the withdrawing room.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Robert Adam must have sympathised with the ladies.
0:24:10 > 0:24:17In this richly-decorated, intimate space, he created one of the most exquisite rooms in England.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21A little bit of Ancient Rome in the Cambridgeshire countryside.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26This room is pure theatre. I feel like I'm on stage here.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Originally, these Corinthian columns here, these fluted columns, were closer together,
0:24:32 > 0:24:38but Lady Griffin had them moved apart because she couldn't get on and off there in her ball gown.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40That's why they're that far apart.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46There is the most wonderful barrelled ceiling in there. Beautifully decorated.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51It's absolutely stunning, as is the whole room. This is a perfect cube.
0:24:51 > 0:24:58Architecturally, it's been broken up with the most wonderful gilded framing all around the room,
0:24:58 > 0:25:03depicting Greek mythology, something for the ladies to talk about.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Heaven forbid they ran out of conversation.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Grisaille panels, the best I've seen.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20That looks like Wedgwood plaques. It looks three-dimensional.
0:25:21 > 0:25:27It's no wonder Robert Adam called this room his little gem. Those lucky ladies.
0:25:30 > 0:25:37I must say, a visit here not only gives you a masterclass in miniature on the genius of Robert Adam,
0:25:37 > 0:25:44but it also gives you a unique glimpse into the rarefied lifestyles of the aristocracy
0:25:44 > 0:25:48in Georgian society and how their tastes and fashions have changed.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54It's well worth a visit. It's a fun day out and you can gather a lot of inspiration.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02We're back at our valuation day at Duxford
0:26:02 > 0:26:07and people are still flooding through the doors in great spirits.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- There you go. Big smile!- Hello!
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Christina's in her element.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19Thank you so much for bringing these in today. I love jewellery, so tell me about them.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- Where have they come from? - From my mother and her mother.
0:26:23 > 0:26:30- That's probably my favourite piece. - Is it? And do you think that was Mum's maybe?
0:26:30 > 0:26:36- She was quite stylish.- Yes, she was. It may have been. I don't really know how old they are.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40I don't know any history, except that they are family pieces.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- OK.- We don't wear them.- Why not? - I don't go anywhere to wear something like that.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50- You could wear that to the supermarket.- Not where I live!
0:26:50 > 0:26:55OK, so you've got quite a good spread of ages here.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59And they're quite representative of very different periods.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05Starting with this one over here, which is split seed pearls, set in gold.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10- Right.- Date-wise, this is probably late Victorian, maybe 1880, 1890.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- Oh, right, OK.- Unfortunately, if we turn it over, it's not marked.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21- Somebody at some point has acid-tested it, which involves scratching the metal.- Right.
0:27:21 > 0:27:27And putting acid onto the gold so it turns a different colour depending on what carat it is.
0:27:27 > 0:27:34- But it is a destructive test and it takes off the patina of the gold. - Is there another way to test it?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Sadly not. Not that I'm aware of.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41To be perfectly honest, this sort of era and this sort of colour,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I would expect this to be 15 carat.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49- Any experienced jeweller should be able to tell that.- Right.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Moving on to these two pieces, this is nice. A bit mass-produced.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- Very much Art Nouveau. You see these wonderful sinuous lines.- Yes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Set with amethyst coloured stones. I'm not sure if they're genuine.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09And again you've got some pearls. This would have been a fairly standard, nine-carat-gold,
0:28:09 > 0:28:14readily-available pendant in the early 20th century.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19- Not as much care and attention as has gone into that.- And later?
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Exactly. And then we move on to this beauty,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25which I love. Absolutely beautiful.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30A very Belle Epoque, French influence.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Almost transitional Art Deco.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37The use of platinum here, which was a new substance at that time.
0:28:37 > 0:28:44We've got this wonderful what we call guilloche enamel, on the back here.
0:28:44 > 0:28:51And then set with some little rose-cut diamonds in a little floral design there.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57And if we turn it over, again beautifully enamelled on the back.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02- We have got some slight damage, just there.- Yes. - With this little locket,
0:29:02 > 0:29:08- where you'd either have a piece of your loved one's hair or a photo, which would be put in now.- Yes.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- In my case, my dog.- Or your baby. - Oh, yes, my baby!
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I should remember that!
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- So I would suggest that we sell them in two lots.- Yes, OK.
0:29:20 > 0:29:26And I think, at auction, we're probably looking somewhere in the region of maybe £150 for this one.
0:29:26 > 0:29:34- Right.- I think I'll hedge my bets, but something similar for these two, the main value in this one.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39- So I think, again, £150-£200. - I'm quite surprised, actually.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45I don't know why. It just seems like old junk you've had in the cupboard forever. That's what I think of it.
0:29:45 > 0:29:51- Have you got any more old junk? - There's another piece I couldn't find.
0:29:51 > 0:29:58- It'll turn up.- Thanks for bringing them in and we'll keep our fingers crossed for the auction.- Excellent.
0:29:58 > 0:30:04There are so many people here today and I'm hoping to dig out a real treasure. Eureka!
0:30:04 > 0:30:08We're surrounded by metal and flying machines,
0:30:08 > 0:30:15yet in front of us we have the most beautiful piece of tactile wood. This is my favourite thing today.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Apart from these aircraft! Do you know much about this at all?
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Yes, yes. Myself, I'm a wood specialist.
0:30:23 > 0:30:30- I've worked with wood for over 30 years. I did a PhD in wood. - You can tell me a few things, then!
0:30:30 > 0:30:35- Why do you want to sell this? - It was given to me by a work colleague 30 years ago
0:30:35 > 0:30:41- when I was doing that PhD research. - He must have thought highly of you.
0:30:41 > 0:30:47- Yes, he actually told me he found it in the garden shed when he moved into his house.- No!
0:30:47 > 0:30:53- He didn't realise its value! Have you done much research on this? - Yes. I didn't think it was valuable.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- You know it's Norwegian.- I do, yes.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- And it's made of birch, burr wood. - It's a burr, yeah.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06- And that it's a Norwegian ale bowl. - A drinking vessel, really.- Yes.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11You can have smaller versions which are cups to drink from.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- This is a bowl, but it's made from one great big lump of burr.- Yes.
0:31:15 > 0:31:22This is highly desirable because a burr is a freak of nature or an accident that happened to the tree.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28During its life, a 200-year-old tree, a mature tree, a branch would be struck by lightning.
0:31:28 > 0:31:35And the branch end would gnarl over. It would have all this fungus on it and gradually that would get harder.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39And this burr would grow out in a stunted growth. Here's the burr.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43And that's the trunk of the tree coming down there.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47So that would be sawn off like that and then hollowed out,
0:31:47 > 0:31:53fashioned out from one great, big lump of burr. So all of this is made in one piece.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59Always had two handles because of the weight of the liquid. You couldn't pick it up with one.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03So you even the weight with two handles.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07To buy one of those burrs today would cost around £150,
0:32:07 > 0:32:13- if you can find one large enough. - Yes.- I'd say this is in the first quarter of the 19th century.- Yes.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18It's beautiful. It's got its original paint, not been repainted.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Wonderful detail, incredibly tactile and a lovely piece of folk art.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27I'd like to see that do, in auction, around £800.
0:32:27 > 0:32:34- That's my gut feeling because I'm really passionate about this. - Me, too.- We need two collectors!
0:32:34 > 0:32:40- In order to get £800, we need to pitch it at, let's say, £500-£800. - Yes.- If that's OK.- That's fine.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46- Yeah? And we'll put a discretion on the reserve of 10%. - OK. What reserve are we having?
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- Well, I think we'll go for a 10% discretion on £500.- OK.
0:32:50 > 0:32:56- That's fine. - If that's all right.- Yeah.- So it could go for 10% less than £500.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02- And if it doesn't go, I'll take it home and love it some more. - Thank you for bringing that in.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06- It's made my day.- Thank you. - I'm having a fabulous time here.
0:33:06 > 0:33:12Aircraft all around me and my passion in front of me. Bits of wood. Isn't that lovely?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- Thank you.- You're welcome.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Talking of passion, James is getting a bit frisky!
0:33:22 > 0:33:29Lynette and Caroline, when I was a boy, I had all my goldfish in the pond. Some have little bowls.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34But if you were in 18th-century China, this is what you used. A fish bowl.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- It's a fish bowl?- A fish bowl. - I had no idea that's what it was.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I thought it was a bidet!
0:33:41 > 0:33:48Well, you can wash your bottom in it if you like, but I don't think the fish would approve!
0:33:48 > 0:33:54This is a classic early 19th-century, late 18th-century Chinese fish bowl,
0:33:54 > 0:34:00but what we have here is a big bowl painted in under-glazed blue, cobalt blue.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05Cobalt is the oxide that they used to make this lovely, dark colour.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Sometimes you get transfer printing. This, though, is hand-painted.
0:34:09 > 0:34:16It's also quite an interesting thing because this is a Chinese piece of porcelain
0:34:16 > 0:34:23that has copied or been inspired by English porcelain that was copying Chinese.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29- Oh!- Willow pattern started life at Caughley around 1718.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34And this is a Chinese-inspired bowl from the willow pattern.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39So this is Qing Dynasty, which starts with a Q, but it's "Ching".
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- This is about 1820.- Wow. - I have to be honest.
0:34:43 > 0:34:51When I first saw this, I looked at it and thought, "That's a fake!" and I dismissed it completely.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57- So how could you tell that it was...?- The first clue was when you said, "I've had it for 40 years"!
0:34:59 > 0:35:03They've only made fakes for 20 or 30, so let's have another look.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10And then there are signs when you start to look - scratchings in the glaze, chips around the edge.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15And I looked at it, three or four of the other valuers looked at it.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19We said, "Is it? Isn't it?" So let's go for it.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21I think it's right.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Tell me what you know about it. Tell me how long you've had it.
0:35:25 > 0:35:31Well, my mother was gifted it. She was in service for some time to a famous publishing family.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37So I was aware of it when I was 13. I'm not telling you how old I am, I'm not doing that.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41She passed it to me when I was about 18, 19.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- My daughter used to play in it as a paddling pool.- Oh, really?!
0:35:46 > 0:35:53- She paddled in it?!- This is tissue and chewing gum I blocked the hole up with. And she's 23 now.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Really?- That's stayed very well. - Fantastic.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01It lived outside until I got divorced about 10 years ago.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06I took a pottery class and they gave me some magazines to inspire me.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11And that's when I saw this bowl. "Lord! It's got the same pattern."
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- How extraordinary. - That's when I brought it inside!
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- So pottery classes saved it. - Saved it, yes.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23Estimate - let's put £800-£1,200. Reserve?
0:36:23 > 0:36:29£800. But if it doesn't sell, you're not having it back. I'll find another home for it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:35- Thank you very much, James. - Thank you. What fun. - Hope you get the chewing gum out!
0:36:39 > 0:36:45What a marvellous day we've had here at Duxford. Everybody's thoroughly enjoyed it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50If you want to take part in Flog It, you have to attend a valuation day.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Details of up and coming dates and venues are on our BBC website.
0:36:54 > 0:37:01If you don't have a computer, check your local press. Come on - dust down those unwanted antiques.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07But right now it's time to say farewell to this magnificent venue as we head off to auction.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Here's what we're taking with us.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Christina's eyes lit up with these glittering jewels.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20I was pretty excited by this exquisite Norwegian drinking bowl.
0:37:22 > 0:37:28Fish bowl, foot bath, bidet, paddling pool. Whatever. It's a great piece of porcelain.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35There's no time to waste. Will is on the rostrum, waiting to start.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41Going under the hammer right now are some wonderful pendants in two lots. They belong to Cathy,
0:37:41 > 0:37:45but we don't have Sarah with us. Where is she? At school, I bet?
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- No, she's at work. - Is she? I thought she was at school.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- No.- She's working? - I'm older than I look, obviously!
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- That's a compliment.- Lovely things. Why have you decided to sell these?
0:38:01 > 0:38:06They've been in a box for as long as I can remember. We'll invest in something we WILL wear.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Good luck, anyway. - Thank you.- Here we go.
0:38:10 > 0:38:17The Edwardian 9-carat gold Art Nouveau pendant together with the enamelled piece also.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Nice little lot here for you.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Interest accordingly. 120. 130. 140.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25At 140 bid. 150, will you?
0:38:25 > 0:38:29At £140. Looking round. At £140.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34Are you bidding? At £140. 50. See you now. Right in the gods.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- Do you want 160?- We've done it. We're looking at £150-£200.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41190. It's quite hard to see you.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46Gentleman's bid at the back is 190. At £190, right in the gods.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Selling this time at £190.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- Well, that was good. I was happy. - Absolutely.- £190.- Well done.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55OK, describe the next one.
0:38:55 > 0:39:01- It's much more of a traditional form. Quite Victorian. Yellow gold, seed pearls.- Right.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Hope we have traditional ladies in!
0:39:03 > 0:39:08The Edwardian seed pearl set, yellow metal, flower head pendant.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Nicely presented, isn't it? A good-looking lot.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16I have bids at 120. 140. 160. 180.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- I'm bid 180 here with me.- Good!
0:39:18 > 0:39:23- £180. 200. 220. 240. - Here we go.- In the room at 240.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26260? Bidding? No. At 240 I have.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29260? No, thank you, anyway. At 260.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32280. Fresh blood. 300?
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Shakes the head at 300. Right in the gods at 300.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Are you sure? - You had your fingers crossed.- £300!
0:39:39 > 0:39:45£300. Now that's more like it. That's the auction reaction we want.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Are you OK?- Yes! I'm all right.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52I'm with you on that one. That was a surprise for me as well.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- I'm amazed.- Ah, that's good. - Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01- £490.- Grand total of.- Brilliant. - Wow.- Now you can go shopping!
0:40:01 > 0:40:06- I can, can't I? WE can! - Yes, exactly. A joint decision.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- That's it, yes.- Well done. - Thank you very much.
0:40:10 > 0:40:16From tears to fears. I'm up next with Carol's Norwegian kasa.
0:40:16 > 0:40:23- This is the moment of truth.- Yes! - Your kasa. We're looking at £500 as a reserve, which you wanted.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28An early-19th century Norwegian kasa there. Typical one, horse-head handles.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33Rather nice lot. Where do you start me? Interest here. 300. 350.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36400. 450. 500 I'm bid here.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- At 500 bid now.- On the reserve.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Are you bidding? 550. 600. No?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Still my bidder. At £600 with me.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Last chance. All done at 600?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- I'm happy.- Excellent. - I think you're happy as well.- Yes.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53I'm rather relieved as well.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Thank you for bringing that in. It's so tactile and special.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02Great result for a great item. And that brings us to our final lot.
0:41:02 > 0:41:08Lynette and Caroline, good luck. We're about to go under the hammer with that Chinese foot bowl.
0:41:08 > 0:41:14- I thought it might be. - James has done a bit more research and I had a chat to Will earlier.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20He said definitely a foot bowl and he said - this is off-camera - but he said it's going to fly.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- Oh!- We've £800-£1,200 on it, but it's going to fly!
0:41:24 > 0:41:29I couldn't believe the number of people handling it, picking it up and looking at it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:35- It's been heavily viewed. I think we should put it to the test. Don't you?- I'm ready.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38This is what we've been waiting for.
0:41:38 > 0:41:45The again much-admired Chinese export blue and white foot bath. There we go for you.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48The blue and white foot bath.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Again, I'm afraid we'll have to by-pass the estimate
0:41:52 > 0:41:57and I've got to start this at 1,200. 1,400. 1,600. 1,800.
0:41:57 > 0:41:592,000. 2,200. 2,400.
0:41:59 > 0:42:032,600. 2,800. 3,000 I'm bid on commission.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- - What?!- 3,000. - - At 3,200 in the room.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10All three bidders are out at 3,200 bid.
0:42:10 > 0:42:123,200.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14At 3,200. I have you at 3,200.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19- Caroline! - At 3,200. All done at 3,200?
0:42:19 > 0:42:233,400. On the telephone at 3,400. 3,400.
0:42:23 > 0:42:29At... 3,600. At 3,600 here. At 3,600 now.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Bid at 3,600. The hammer's up.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35At £3,600 now. All done?
0:42:35 > 0:42:39You're out at the back. At 3,600. Quick if you do!
0:42:39 > 0:42:42£3,600.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45At 3,600.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Yes! The hammer goes down. Well done! Well done, you.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- Fantastic!- Gosh! You had an inkling.
0:42:53 > 0:43:00- You thought it was a foot bath. Wow.- But I did like the fish and chips!
0:43:00 > 0:43:06- Just goes to show it's so hard to put a value on something.- Anything Oriental you cannot predict.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- No.- The difference between £1,000 and £5,000 is just pocket money.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14That is definitely going back to mainland China.
0:43:14 > 0:43:20Thank you so much for bringing that in. It's been a wonderful day and what a marvellous end.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Ending on a big high. A wonderful surprise. We didn't expect that.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30We had an inkling, but you cannot be super-accurate in a sale room.
0:43:30 > 0:43:36So until the next time with many, many more surprises, it's goodbye from Newmarket.
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