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