Glasgow 51 Flog It!

Today we're in one of Scotland's most dynamic cities, forged from the heavy industry of the past

to emerge now as a cosmopolitan cultural capital.

Welcome to Glasgow and Flog It.

Among their many talents, the Scots have led the world in the fields of art,

architecture and design.

One of Glasgow's most famous sons, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, combined all three.

This great Scottish architect and designer's unique style is brilliantly displayed

in his masterpiece, the Glasgow School of Art, just one highlight of this great city.

But the jewel in Glasgow's crown is Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum,

a purpose-built temple to the arts and home to world-class collections of natural history,

antiquities, fine art and, of course, Mackintosh.

Today we're looking out for some home-grown talent,

antiques with a connection to Glasgow or Scotland.

I know somewhere in these bags that these people have brought along we will find those treasures.

And there's one question on everybody's lips to ask our experts...

ALL: What's it worth?

Looking for some treasures of their own are experts James Lewis...

-Have you got the glass for it?

-No.

-Where's the glass?!

-..and Will Axon.

-What have we brought along?

-A barometer.

-Working?

-Yes.

-Change. Let's hope not! It's an all right day today.

-And it's just going to get better.

Coming up: our items whip us around the world with stories of skulduggery and daring.

The line-up includes this handsome French clock,

this pair of firearms from the American Wild West

and standing up for Glasgow is this exquisite silver jug.

And they all cause a shock in the auction room.

Kelvingrove has witnessed many events in the past 100 years,

but I don't think anything can match the excitement of the Flog It crowd.

If I could bottle this atmosphere, I'd be a rich man.

Let's dive into our first valuation and catch up with James Lewis.

It has more than a hint of Mackintosh about it, brought in by Liz and daughter-in-law Heather.

Whenever you think of Glasgow, you think of the man

that almost invented Scottish Art Nouveau, Mackintosh.

And if that's not a Mackintosh-style rose, nothing is.

It's exactly what you expect to find here in this great city.

Is it something that's been in Glasgow since the day it was made?

-I bought it about 20, 25 years ago.

-So in Glasgow?

-In Glasgow.

-In one of the antiques shops?

-Yes.

-As soon as you look at this, you start to go through different names.

This one has a signature here.

And it looks like WRT.

-Well, that makes... Do you know?

-It's a mystery!

-That's three of us. I haven't got a clue, either.

But when you start to sort of dissect it

into the aluminium panels and the copper panels,

you look at this and you think Mackintosh.

You look at this and you think the same.

And here.

But then...

you look at that

-and that looks almost Japanese, doesn't it?

-It does, it does.

And that tells you it's Aesthetic Movement.

In 1858, Japan opened direct trade links to the West.

From that, we had a massive influx of Japanese style.

It caused the Aesthetic Movement to start in England and Scotland and this is what was produced.

20 years later, we've got a rebellion against that,

we've got the high Art Nouveau style, Charles Rennie Mackintosh making things like this,

but here we have somebody combining the two. It's very stylish

but that error of mixing Aesthetic with Art Nouveau I think tells you

that this has been made by... somebody not in the top league,

which is why we can't identify that.

-But why did you buy it?

-I just loved it.

-And I've always liked Art Nouveau and I really liked the cranes or storks.

-Yeah.

-I just thought it was fantastic. I wanted something different.

-OK.

So why is it here?

-Well...

-It should be on your wall.

-They don't want it, so it's just a case of let it go.

-OK.

Just change things around.

Now a stylish young lady like you, surely that's going to be for you, isn't it?

-I don't think I've got space for it in my house.

-She doesn't like it!

-I do like it.

-I don't believe that.

-I love everything Charles Rennie Mackintosh-inspired.

When it comes to value, I think we should put £150-£250 on it.

Now you bought it in the retail market,

at the height of the market.

-What did you pay?

-About 245.

Oh...!

-So it's close.

-Very close.

-Will we get the money back or won't we?

-Let's protect it with a reserve. Would £150 as a reserve be OK?

-Fine.

-You've had £100-worth of pleasure.

I've had a lot of pleasure out of it. Thank you.

Now when it comes to having an eye for the unusual, Will may have met his match.

-Have you been sitting on this?! What's happened here?

-Well, we don't really know what's happened to it.

-It might be an original.

-You've done a little digging about?

-We had a wee look. It's from FH Ayres in London.

-Yes, that's right.

-And it's called The Maharajah.

-Yeah, we've got that here.

By Ayres of London, as you know.

They also made golf clubs, rocking horses, funnily enough. Very well known for rocking horses.

And tennis racquets. That's what it is. An early lawn tennis racquet.

-Fantastic.

-Where have you come by this?

-Well, I was at an auction

-and it's normally old car items I'm looking for.

-OK.

And it was unloved. Nobody would bid for it, so for a fiver it's something different.

You bought it for a fiver?

What you've got here is actually a good early example of a lawn tennis racquet

-which is actually pretty rare.

-Yeah.

-Major Walter Wingfield, he invented tennis, 1870s.

And I would think this dates from pretty much the 1870s period.

We can tell that because of this rather unusual-shaped head.

A lot of people might have looked at that and said, it's warped,

but 1870s to 1930s is really where the shape was changing - square heads, round heads, flat heads,

curved heads and so on. Before we come to value,

when you took this home to the wife, what did she say?

-Well, I tried to sneak it in, but she caught me at the door.

-Did she? "I bought you a carpet beater!"

-I thought she was going to use it on me.

-Exactly. You'll probably be quite surprised to know

it's quite valuable really.

-I would like to think we could put this in with an estimate of £300-£500.

-Fantastic.

-Does that sound all right?

-Sounds OK.

-The wife won't be so angry now.

Shall we fix the reserve at 300? I wouldn't want to let it go for less than 300.

-Let's reserve it at that figure.

-I'm happy with that.

-Hopefully, we'll game, set and match it for you.

-Excellent.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

Oh, what's that? There's some Scrimshaw down there. Look at that. How did you come by this?

-I bought that in Germany 29 years ago in a flea market.

-In a flea market?

-Yes, yes.

-OK.

Beautifully detailed. This is what the sailors would do at sea

when they were on board these tall ships for months on end, whittling away the time.

-A wonderful piece of folk art.

-Yes.

-It's not whalebone.

-No.

It's not whalebone, is it?! It's... It's a lump of resin.

Made to look like whalebone.

-Did you know that?

-No.

-Were you testing me?

-Honestly, I didn't know.

-Really?

-The honest truth.

You know, bone is fine strands of hair.

-Oh, my goodness.

-How much did you pay for it?

-It must have been about £50.

-£50?

-That's quite a lot of money.

-Especially when you're young. But never mind, we liked it.

-I think they took you for a ride.

-Yeah, I think so, too!

Now James's day is going from good to great.

Carol, I was hoping to find a bit of Glasgow silver today

and you haven't let me down. Well done. Thank you very much.

Is this something you use daily?

No, I don't use it at all. And it's not been on display for a considerable period of time.

-It's been shut up in a box.

-Why a box?

-My house was going to be empty.

I put it away for security and never got it out again.

-So where did it come from? Is it a family thing?

-No, I bought it ten years ago in a jewellers.

-Oh, so you'll have paid a bit of money.

-Not an awful lot, no.

-OK.

Phew! Right, well, let's have a look at it.

-First of all, what do you think it's for?

-I thought it was a teapot,

but it seems too small. But it's got these little bone bits there as if it's for something hot.

Exactly. These insulators stop the handle getting hot.

It's likely to be for either coffee or hot water. Almost certainly for hot water.

Coffee spouts start at the bottom.

It's embossed with foliate scrolls, which are leaves and flowers.

At the front here, we've got a panel which is designed to take your family coat of arms, crest,

or your owner's initials. This is vacant, so it appeals to more people because it doesn't have

somebody else's name in the middle. On English silver you have the lion passant,

which is the lion on three feet with one raised.

On Scottish silver you have the lion rampant, the Scottish lion, on the back two feet.

There you have the lion rampant.

And here is the scrolling D for 1900. This is Glasgow, 1900.

Underneath, we have the mark Sorley, Silversmiths, Glasgow.

Now one thing that will affect it as an object is that little crack there.

That section of foot has been soldered back on.

So as an object it's affected, but as its silver content, it's not.

So... What did you pay for it? Do you remember?

-I think it was about £150.

-And if you've not used it, why did you buy it?

-Because it said Glasgow on the bottom.

-Oh, really? OK.

This was something that was made in the great city of Glasgow

and it just was a lovely idea to buy something that had been made

-probably a long time ago in the city of Glasgow.

-So... let's have a think about value.

-We want to try to get your money back, don't we?

-Mm-hm.

-Shall we put £150-£200 on it?

-Would that be all right for you?

-It's all right. I just wish somebody could have it who likes Glasgow.

Well, fingers crossed somebody will buy it as a piece of Glasgow Scottish silver

and it won't end up getting melted down. If it makes over the £200, we're safe and dry.

If it makes under £200, it might be a melter.

-I wouldn't like that.

-Well, let's see what happens on the day.

-Put 150 on it as a reserve and fingers crossed.

-Right.

Our experts have now made their first choices of items for auction.

I've got my favourite, you've got yours, but it's all down to the bidders.

Let's put those valuations to the test. Here's a quick recap.

It's clear Heather doesn't want to inherit Liz's mirror, no matter now much she denies it.

So to auction it must go.

Bent in all the right places, this rare tennis racquet is a unique piece of sporting memorabilia.

Surely Carol's silver jug is worth more than its scrap value, but we'd better have the tissues handy.

For our sale, we've crossed the city to the Great Western Auction Rooms,

where we're always assured of a warm welcome from the proprietor, our very own Anita Manning.

-Hi, Anita.

-Hello, darling. Welcome to Great Western Auctions.

-Are we going to walk in together?

-Yeah.

-It's good to be back.

First up, it's Liz's Mackintosh-inspired mirror.

-Where's Heather?

-She's working.

-She's missing the big event!

In the auction room. Now we'll find out if that Mackintosh mirror

is a true reflection of £150-£250. Mackintosh in design, that is.

-It's a nice thing.

-Yeah.

-20 years ago you bought this mirror?

-Yes.

-You've had lots of joy.

-It's been fantastic. Loved it.

-What's in its place now?

-Another mirror.

Why are you selling this one, then?

-Well, it's just one of those things.

-Admit it, admit it.

-Don't you like it?

-Heather wanted on the TV!

-And now she's not here at all! "Flog It are here!" So she grabbed the mirror.

-I grabbed it off the wall.

-And we brought it along.

-And she's missed it! At least she was at the valuation day.

-She was.

-And she was very excited.

-I hope you enjoy this now, Heather. We'll do our very best.

It's going under the hammer now.

Arts and Crafts, copper and white metal wall mirror.

Start me at £100. Start me at 100.

Come on. Come on, bidders.

Any advance on 80? 90. On the phone at 90. 100.

110. 120.

130. 140.

150. 150 on the phone.

-Well, it's going, isn't it?

-At 150.

Any advance on 150?

150.

Sold. That's going on someone's wall here in Glasgow and they will enjoy looking at themselves in it.

-They will, won't they? Everyone needs a mirror.

-They do. And one like that is very nice.

At least Liz enjoyed it for 20 years and has had a great day out on Flog It.

So far, so good. The tension is building. Guess what we're serving up? That lawn tennis racquet

-belonging to Martin. I gather you paid £5 for this.

-That's correct.

-How long ago?

-About a year and a half.

-That was a good buy!

-It was.

-Fabulous spot. We're looking at £300-£500.

-Hopefully we'll get somewhere around there.

-Here's hoping.

Let's give it a crack. This is it.

Lot 230, ladies and gentlemen, is this very rare

tilt top lawn tennis racquet. The strings are in good condition.

It's very, very seldom that we get a racquet of this age in this type of condition.

It's a late-19th century example.

Start me at £200.

200, surely.

-150.

-Come on.

-150 bid.

Any advance on 150?

160. 170. 180. 190.

200.

£200.

Any advance on 200?

-I was hoping to see a couple of phones on it.

-All done at 200?

-Not sold.

-You can hang on to that.

It only cost you a fiver!

If you really do want to sell it, get in touch with one of the big sporting sale rooms

and they'll get it into a proper sporting sale. The tennis market is big money, well-connected.

-Maybe Andy Murray was busy.

-Exactly!

Going under the hammer right now we've got some Scottish silver.

A beautiful jug. It belongs to Carol with an original valuation of £150-£200 by James here.

Now since the valuation day you've had a chat to Anita and put the reserve up to £250.

-Why did you do that?

-It was really James's fault.

He said to me if it went for a little sum of money,

it would probably end up getting melted down. I couldn't face it.

-A beautiful thing like that to be melted down? My heart was broken.

-We've got a worried Carol here,

-James.

-You have to go and find whoever buys it and make them promise.

-Yes.

-That's a good idea. Promise it goes to a good home, not down to the scrapyard to be melted.

-Exactly!

155, ladies and gentlemen, is this superb Edwardian lidded jug.

A fine Glasgow piece by one of the most prestigious of Glasgow's silversmiths.

-Start me at 200. 200 bid.

-If it doesn't make it here, it won't make it anywhere.

-210.

220. 230. 240.

-250.

-It's sold.

-Yeah.

-260. 270.

£270.

280 on the phone.

280. 290.

300.

310. 320. 330.

340.

340 for the Glasgow jug. 340 on the phone.

Any advance on 340? All done at 340? 340.

-Yes! £340.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done, Carol.

-Well done.

-What a relief!

-Well done, you.

-That's not being melted, is it?

-No!

That's going home to a Glasgow family who are going to take pride and look after their heritage,

-Glasgow's heritage.

-Great news. Thanks very much.

-Well done, you.

Had us worried for a bit!

Carol was right to increase the estimate for her own peace of mind.

That jug is a fine example of local craftsmanship and worth every penny.

That's the end of our first visit to the auction room. Some good results and a great place

to pick up antiques and collectables, but be warned - collecting can be addictive.

But if you stick at it, you can build up a marvellous collection.

That's exactly what one Glaswegian did. Take a look at this.

Just a few miles from the centre of Glasgow, nestling in wooded parkland, is a contemporary building

custom-built to house one of the world's greatest private collections.

The museum contains over 9,000 objects, collected by one man -

Scottish shipping magnate Sir William Burrell.

What makes this collection so incredible is not just the quantity, but the quality

and the unique way in which they are displayed.

Burrell spent a lifetime and a small fortune putting this together,

but in 1944, at the age of 82, he gave it all away to the city of Glasgow.

It was a marvellous coup for a city trying to build its reputation as a place for outstanding galleries

and museums, but as you'd expect with such a generous donation, there were one or two strings attached.

To ensure his collection wasn't broken up, Burrell gave a further £450,000

towards a custom-built museum that would be worthy of the calibre of the collection.

And it didn't stop there. This building had to be built.

This building had to be built 16 miles away from the pollution that was clogging the area

of the centre of post-war Glasgow.

He was concerned about some of the fragile artefacts that were here,

especially the Flemish tapestries that were hanging on the wall.

That was his big concern.

While the city authorities searched for a suitable location for these rare and fragile artworks,

Burrell couldn't kick the buying habit. Inspired by visions of what his new museum might look like,

he took it to another level.

The building, the collector and the collection are all linked.

Burrell acquired this enormous Gothic portal, which came from Yorkshire, as part of a job lot

of medieval stone doorways. Burrell was well into his 90s,

but this time he was collecting with a view to incorporating these monumental architectural pieces

into the very fabric of his new proposed gallery.

I must say, it does sit comfortably well when you see the contemporary meeting the medieval.

It's a wonderful, wonderful marriage.

But Burrell's eccentric ideas and requests didn't stop there.

Another of Burrell's stipulations was he wanted three rooms from his home recreated right here

to the exact size and scale. I'm standing in one of them now.

This was his dining room, complete with contents.

It really shows Burrell's enthusiasm for the Middle Ages,

especially English furniture from the 1300s through to the 1500s.

What we're looking at here, though, is slightly later. It's more Elizabethan and Tudor,

but it's the finest English oak you will see, right down to its carved linen-fold panels here,

its rich, deep carving. Wonderful heads of men, figures everywhere.

This is just mindblowing.

Mindblowing. And to think that Burrell used this room every day of his life.

He had his supper here at this table.

The collection is so vast, it would take a building three times the size of this one

to display it all. Down in the storerooms, you get an idea of just how big it is.

Tester beds, joint stools, coffers,

Gothic tracery, screens, trunks...

Gosh! This really is a history of furniture.

Oh, it just gets better and better. It really does.

You have to understand, this is the very best, the creme de la creme. Very, very nice in here.

Oh!

14th-century French.

Unbelievable.

-HE GASPS

-I've got to the chair section.

Look at all those chairs!

Wow.

Here you have the history of the regional chair, vernacular chair.

Different regions throughout the country producing different styles.

I've never seen a collection like this before in my life.

Thanks to Burrell's passion, his keen eye and generosity,

this priceless collection of outstanding fine art objects has been saved for the nation,

but Burrell was a very private man and he made one final stipulation -

that there would be no information about him in the museum,

but his legacy speaks for him.

The Burrell Collection is a celebration of human creativity spanning 4,000 years,

collected by one remarkable man.

The museum is definitely worth several visits because the Burrell Collection is

a collection to fall in love with.

Welcome back to Kelvingrove, our host location for today.

I absolutely love that. What a lot of fun?

Art does put a smile on your face. Sometimes it can make you grumpy.

That's called Expressions. We should catch up with our experts now

to see what other items we can take to auction. Who knows, we might have one or two expressions to match!

Well, Will's got a smile on his face and I recognise a couple of Flog It favourites in front of him.

David, welcome to Flog It. Let me say what caught my eye.

-These pieces that you brought in. They're similar, but very different.

-Yes.

-What can you tell me?

-Well, they're both my wife's treasures.

-Are they?

-Yeah.

-I hope you've got her permission.

-I do have.

-There's the Moorcroft jardiniere.

-Yes, a mini jardiniere.

-And I know that this is a piece of Minton. It says so on the bottom.

-Very handy when they mark them!

-Where did she get them?

-The Moorcroft was purchased in a flea market in Florida.

-Do you remember how much for?

-100, I think. I paid for it because it was a birthday present for my wife.

-And here it is.

-She wants to flog it!

-What about the Minton?

-My wife and I were attending a church sale

whereby people donated items and she bid for it and got it.

The decoration, whilst being quite different, is done in a similar style, isn't it?

With this tube lining. Moorcroft, of course, well known. If we look under here, we see the Moorcroft mark

and the Made In England stamp. So it's probably 1960s, the jardiniere.

-I thought it might be older.

-No, about 1960s.

Anemone pattern, which is common.

And this piece here probably does date from about 1900 to, say, 1910.

If I turn it up, we can see there a nice, good, clean Minton mark.

Minton Ltd there. And No.46, which is probably the pattern number, the shape of the vase.

These are two pieces inspired by the French Art Nouveau movement.

Moorcroft, the decoration is very fluid, but the Minton,

this is their Secessionist ware.

The Secessionists were a group in Austria. They were being inspired by the French Art Nouveau movement,

but their organic forms became a little bit more angular. You can see that. These stylised leaves,

which is what they are, have got sharp edges.

You're hard-pressed to find a straight line on the Moorcroft.

You've told me what she's paid for this piece, 100.

This piece, do you remember what she paid at the church auction?

-I think she paid about £45 and that was six or seven years ago.

-Not bad.

What do you think your wife - she's not here, so we can say what we like - will say to £100-£150?

-Do you think she'll go with that?

-Yeah, I think she might.

-I may have to put a reserve on it.

-Yeah, I agree.

-Let's keep the reserve at that £100 mark. How does that sound?

-OK.

-And your advice is to sell them as one lot?

-Sell them as one lot.

-I think there may be different collectors for one as opposed to the other.

-I know,

-but hopefully you get the Moorcroft collectors bidding against each other and the Minton dealers.

-OK.

We chuck them into one big pot and the person with the highest bid comes out with both. Trust me.

Will's got his auctioneer hat on there. James should be wearing a Stetson for his next valuation.

-Ron...

-Yes?

-On October 26th, in 1881,

in Tombstone, Arizona,

probably the most famous gunfight of all time happened

between Wyatt Earp, his brother, Doc Holliday, against the Clantons.

-Mm-hm.

-And these are the types of guns that were used on that day.

I mean, really, the Colt revolver is the archetypal symbol of the American West.

What are they doing here in the centre of Glasgow?

Well, I used to collect them about 20 years ago,

but I just decided I've got too many now and want to get rid of some.

-I've got, I think, a dozen now.

-We've got the two most famous of Colt's designs.

This one is the Colt army pattern.

This one the Colt navy pattern.

Both of them 1850s, 1870s or so in date.

Classic six-shot cylinder.

And both of them have ivory slab-sided grips.

Unlike today, in the 19th century just about everything used ivory and bone.

Because they're 19th century, they don't break any ivory laws.

-Today you can't get the ammunition for them.

-No.

-And they are about as dangerous as a hammer,

but in their day they were far more than that.

And here... is a wonderful verse.

"Be not afraid of any man no matter what his size,

"Call on me in your need and I will equalize."

And I think that's a great sort of verse just showing whoever you're fighting this gave you an advantage.

The wonderful early colour on this one indicates it's never been changed.

On this one...

-I don't know.

-Ivory does tend to get yellow with age.

-It does.

-Especially with the sweat from the hand.

-Yeah.

-Values... Do you have anything in mind for them?

-I know what they cost me.

-That's a good starting place. What did they cost?

-I think this one was £600 and something.

-OK.

-This one was £400 and something.

-Yeah. When did you buy them?

-1992.

-20 years ago.

-Peak of the market, though, in that period.

-Yeah.

-Are you happy to put a 600 and 400 reserve on them?

-Yes.

-And put £400-£500 on that and £600-£800 on that. It gives us a fighting chance.

-Seems reasonable.

-Is that all right?

-Yeah.

For our final item, Will's chosen Christine's fine French mantel clock.

-Tell me about it. Where's it from?

-It came from my aunt's house. That was about 20-odd years ago.

-She was in her mid-90s and was having a series of break-ins.

-Oh, no.

Which was really worrying for us because she was so elderly.

One Sunday night I was cooking dinner and she said, "Please come down and take this clock from me

"because the policeman said the burglars will come back for it." So I took it.

The very next day, on the Monday, she was burgled for the third time.

All her jewellery was gone and we saved one diamond ring.

This was her brother's wedding present, or an uncle's, I believe.

-Whatever it was dated, I'm not sure.

-OK. Well, this clock here is

third, fourth quarter of the 19th century, 1850s onwards.

-That sort of period.

-Uh-huh.

-You can pretty much date it by the pendulum, which is unusual.

-There's mercury in that pendulum.

-Yes.

-The reason for that

is changes of temperature would cause the pendulum to contract or expand

and that would affect the timekeeping.

They invented, in the 1850s, the mercurial pendulum.

What that does is compensate for the change in temperature.

What really struck me was this case. It has this fantastic decoration, very colourful.

It's very similar to cloisonne. The Japanese vases that are cloisonne-ware.

They make up these different fields with wire, usually silver or gold,

and then they fill the voids with enamel and then polish it back to a flat surface.

This is a similar way of decorating, but what they've done

is actually cut into the metal and filled that with the enamel.

Just a subtle difference. This is called champleve decoration. Typical French.

-Have you had it valued?

-Well, yes. We did. After the burglaries and whilst she was still alive,

the Antiques Roadshow was in Scotland and the gentleman who is the clocks and watch specialist

-he valued it at something like 850 or something like that.

-OK, OK.

I suspect that was probably an insurance figure rather than a sale figure.

It would translate in the auction room to an estimate of £300-£500. How do you feel about that?

-Is that OK?

-Sounds good to me.

-Let's reserve it at £300. We'll put a discretion on that.

If Anita's struggling, she's got a bit of discretion,

but I'm pretty sure on the day it will find a new home.

-Good. I hope it will.

-I look forward to seeing you on the day. Fingers crossed.

-Thank you.

Well, that's it. You've just seen our experts make their final choices of items to take to auction.

It's time to say goodbye to our magnificent host location.

We've thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but let's up the ante and put those valuations to the test.

Here's a quick recap of what's going under Anita's gavel.

Out of one collection and into another, I predict this handsome duo will be snapped up.

These Colt revolvers may be a long way from home, but they're pistol-packed with history.

And this French clock has quite a chequered past, thankfully ending up in Christine's hands.

Back at Great Western Auctions, Anita has uncovered some interesting news about Ronald's Colt revolvers.

-Now we had two at the valuation day, but we now have one.

-We only have one.

-Why's that?

We can sell this one

because this is an original 1850s, 1860s naval gun.

If we look at the ivory here, we can see that that colour is consistent with it being

-made in the 1860s, 1870s.

-Sure, OK.

-The other one looks very fresh. That gave us cause for concern.

-It looked very bright.

-Yes.

-I'll put that down.

-So we started the detective process on that.

In the 1960s,

the price of this original type of gun went up. The market loved it.

-They started making replicas in Italy.

-Right, OK.

These weren't meant to be fakes. They were meant to be replicas of the item,

-but the marks, the Italian serial marks, could quite easily be taken off...

-And restamped.

And fake marks put on.

So you could turn a £60 replica into a £600 antique.

-And this is what has happened with that.

-So you've done detective work. That's now been withdrawn.

-Will we get £400-£500 for that?

-Yes, it deserves £400-£500.

-It is the real McCoy.

-There's a lot of history there.

-This piece is part of American history and culture.

-The Wild West!

-This could have belonged to Wild Bill Hickok!

-Yes, you never know, do you?

# Ride 'em in, let 'em out Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide! #

We'll find out what it makes later. First it's David's, or should I say David's wife's ceramics.

Going under the hammer right now are two of the top names in ceramics - Moorcroft and Minton,

belonging to David. Quality. When people look for pottery, they look for the top names

-and condition. This has got the lot. Why are you selling?

-It's part of my wife's collection.

-She's agreed to dispose of it.

-To downsize.

-She wants a change.

-Good luck.

-Fingers crossed.

Good luck with the rest of the downsizing. Here we go.

Good wee mixed lot. Minton's and Moorcroft, the best of the potteries.

Start me at £100.

100 bid.

100 on the floor. Any advance on 100? 110. I'll catch you in a minute, Pat.

120. 130. 140.

150. 160.

160. 170 with the lady. 180.

-190. 200. 210. 220.

-This is a good little run now.

-This is very good now.

-250. 260.

270. 280.

280. With the gentleman at £280 for the Minton's and the Moorcroft.

280. Any advance on 280? All done at 280?

-280.

-That's very good.

-The hammer's gone down. £280.

-We're really pleased.

-Delighted. My wife will be!

-That's a great start to clearing out any collection.

-This stuff's hanging around, you give it no thought.

-All of a sudden you have £280 in your pocket.

-And you know what she's going to do with the money?

-No.

Bid for more Moorcroft!

And so she should. That's precisely what keeps the antiques world ticking over.

-Originally we had two Colt .45s. One has been withdrawn because it's a replica.

-Yes, correct.

We have one in the sale. I particularly like it.

It feels good, looks right. It's fabulous.

-£400-£500.

-Right.

-Are you happy with that?

-Reasonably.

-Hopefully we get the top end.

Here we go.

215, the American navy Colt, ladies and gentlemen.

Serial number 116698 and it's circa 1861.

And I can start the bidding at...

£300.

-I thought it would be more.

-300 with me. 320.

350.

380.

400. ..420.

450.

480. 500.

The bid's with me. The bid's on the books at £500.

520. Fresh bidder.

550 on the books.

580.

I'm out.

It's on the floor

at £580.

Could have belonged to Wild Bill Hickok.

Or Jesse James!

580. Any advance on 580?

-All done at 580? 580.

-Sold!

-£580. We're happy.

-That's not bad at all.

Smiles all around. Good result. Quality always sells.

Finally, it's Christine's French clock, given to her by her aunt to save it from the burglars.

What a terrible experience to be burgled not once, but twice.

But my aunt loved it. She loved all the fuss of the neighbours and police and the sympathy

and bunches of flowers. She was quite the celebrity.

-So you've had the clock for quite some time.

-About 25 years now.

-No trouble with burglars.

-No.

-Why are you selling now?

-We moved from a family home to a flat.

It's very modern and it doesn't look right.

Let's see what the bidders think.

This lovely French gilt metal and enamel mantel clock.

I'm holding bids on the books, but we'll let the floor go first.

-I'll start the bidding at three.

-It's gone.

-320. 350.

380. 400.

420. 450. 480. 500.

The bid's with me at 500.

520.

Fresh bidder.

550 with me. The bid's with me at 550.

550.

Are you all finished on the floor? I have two commission bids here.

-On my left hand we'll say 580. 600.

-It looks like she's going on.

Conflicting bids on the book, bidding against each other even though they're not here.

- Really? - £700.

-£700!

-This is fantastic.

Any advance on 700? All done at 700?

700.

-Tip top! £700.

-Brilliant.

-Wow!

-Fabulous.

-Fantastic.

-Top, top, top end!

-Yeah!

Quality always sells. If you've got something like that, we'll flog it for you.

Thanks for lighting up the sale room. You look fabulous.

We've run out of time. Everybody's been fabulous here, particularly Anita Manning.

Join us again on Flog It. Until then, it's goodbye from Glasgow.

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