0:00:02 > 0:00:06"The stately homes of England, how beautiful they stand
0:00:06 > 0:00:09"amidst their tall ancestral trees over all the pleasant land."
0:00:09 > 0:00:11That famous 19th-century poem
0:00:11 > 0:00:14sums up our love for the English manor house.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16We are so passionate about them,
0:00:16 > 0:00:1812 million of us visit them each year.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20It's become a national pastime.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24And today, for one day only, this one, Normanby Hall, is ours.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Stately homes in England have a varied history.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And this one is certainly no different.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54It has seen 13 generations of lords, ladies, barons and earls,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58hundreds of domestic staff and two World Wars.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And like many other stately homes in the UK,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02the lady of the house, Julia Sheffield,
0:01:02 > 0:01:07decided to open her family home as a hospital during World War I.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13She spent six years working as the commandant in Lincolnshire's very own Downton Abbey.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I'll be finding out about Lady Sheffield and this magnificent house later on.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21But right now I'm walking round the back gardens of this architectural delight
0:01:21 > 0:01:23where I've joined up with our Flog It crowd
0:01:23 > 0:01:27who are all going to take part in a very special garden party today.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30They're here to ask our experts that all-important question, which is...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32ALL: What's it worth?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And if you're happy with the valuations, what are you going to do?
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Flog it!
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Today's experts, ready to welcome our crowd and find some historic gems
0:01:41 > 0:01:44are lady of the house, Caroline Hawley.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Do you use this?- No.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- If that's not a rude question! - I never have.- Why not?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53And lord of the manor today is none other than Michael Baggott.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Is it a lot of china?- Yes.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I won't... Concrete can be very unforgiving.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I'll let you unwrap that inside.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04So, our experts are ready, our guests are arriving in droves
0:02:04 > 0:02:08and we're set up to find items fit for these glorious surroundings.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10We're going to take the best ones off to auction.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16On today's show, can you guess which of these makes hundreds of pounds at auction for its lucky owners?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Will it be this beautiful collection of micro mosaic frames?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Or this risque Paris print
0:02:21 > 0:02:24set to raise a few eyebrows later on?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Or this single draw brass and leather Victorian telescope,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29handed down through the generations?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32It certainly is a big event today here at Normanby Hall.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36You have six camera crews, 40 members of production,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39six off-screen experts plus two on screen.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41We all have our work cut out, don't we?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45So let's kick things off and get on with our first valuation.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50It might be early but Michael Baggott has already found himself a wine bottle.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Graham, thanks for bringing this bottle. Sadly, it's empty.- Yes!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56We can't have everything.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00It's really interesting. Before I tell you anything about it, where's it from?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03It came from the eaves of a roof in Beverley.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I'm a joiner. We were doing renovation on the roof,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10repairing and altering bits and pieces on it that had rotted over the years.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11How long it had been there, I don't know,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15but there's a thing in the building trade,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- when you're putting a roof on a property...- Yeah.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21..you call it topping out, so we put a flag up and then we have a drink.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Whether this was there from when they put the roof on the property, I don't know.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29How old was the property that you were renovating?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I would have thought somewhere in the 18th century,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34probably earlier, I don't know.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37That corresponds quite well with the bottle.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41So you found it. Did you find out anything about the bottle?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Only that it's a mallet wine bottle.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Absolutely.- Nothing else.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52When you turn it upside down, it's quite obvious you've got the carpenter's mallet.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55And it's a lovely thing.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Wine bottles are a very specialist field.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02There are variations in shape from the 17th century onwards.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Right.- Some bottles are more desirable than others.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09A lot of it depends on tone and quality.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11And also, the most desirable bottles
0:04:11 > 0:04:13can be those with seals on them.
0:04:13 > 0:04:19- Right.- Sadly, I don't know if you've noticed this scratched area here.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I have, but I didn't know what it was.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- That's where a seal would have been. - Right.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Date. I'm always... I'm always getting these things terribly wrong!
0:04:28 > 0:04:33Um, I think it's somewhere between 1730 and 1750.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Which seems very old and very rare.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44But it's of a period where they're not that sought after or collected.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48You really want a nice 17th-century onion-shaped wine bottle.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Or one of these with a rare seal on.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56One of these with a very rare seal on, you might be talking five, six, seven thousand pounds.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Oh!- Value.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Not seven thousand pounds, sadly.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02I don't want to have got your hopes up.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Let's say 50 to £100.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Put a £50 reserve on it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Didn't cost me anything, so...
0:05:09 > 0:05:13It might make a bit more, so we'll see where it ends up.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15That's a very good starting price for it.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20You've obviously found it in a loft, you've kept it. Why sell it now?
0:05:20 > 0:05:26We collect Murano glass. We've been to Venice and bought some there.
0:05:26 > 0:05:32- So we'll probably do that again and buy...- Swap a bit of English, 18th-century glass
0:05:32 > 0:05:34for a bit of modern Italian glass?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Oh, it's criminal! I'd do it the other way round.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I'd sell the Murano to buy the bottle.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I think it'll appeal to a lot of people.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Thanks very much for bringing it in. It's lovely to see.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49A genuine period antique. And the story of how you found it is great.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Michael's right. That's what it's all about here on Flog It.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55A quality item that tells a story.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57But will the bottle smash the roof of its estimate
0:05:57 > 0:05:59later on in the sale room?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Around the front of the house, Caroline has her eye on a sparkler.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Right, Elsa, what do you know about this and how have you come to own this delight?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13I inherited this ring from my Auntie Grace.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16She lived all her life in Canada.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19She died about ten years ago
0:06:19 > 0:06:21and she left it to me in her will.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Lucky lady! Let's have a closer look.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27It's the most beautiful ring
0:06:27 > 0:06:31in 18-carat yellow and white gold.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's the most enormous sapphire.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38It's so dark, it's almost black, isn't it?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It is almost black, but it's 2.78 carat.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Does that make you like it any more?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Well... Maybe. Maybe.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51But I've never worn it. It's not something that is my taste, really.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53What else don't you like about it?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Well, it's too small!- Is it?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Yes, my auntie was a very petite, elegant lady.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- And so are you, Elsa! - Thank you, Caroline!
0:07:03 > 0:07:06With very, very small hands.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I can only get it on my small finger.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13It doesn't feel right on there. So I can't wear it at all.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It feels very right on mine!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Do you like all these beautiful diamonds around it?- Oh, yes.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Good! I'm glad you like those!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I love the diamonds, yes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And the shape. It's beautifully set
0:07:24 > 0:07:27in an Art Deco-style setting.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Your aunt bought it in 1988? - That's right, yes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I think it's possibly dating from that period,
0:07:35 > 0:07:39but harking back to a style of the Art Deco period,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42the late teens, 1920s, perhaps.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Yes.- And it's a very fashionable look at the moment.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48It's a large ring.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- To talk about value...- Yes.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56I would be happy to put an estimate, an auction estimate on it,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58of 300 to £500.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- But with a reserve of 300. - Yes, I would like it fixed at that.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Yes, we'll do that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- I don't want to give it away. - Absolutely not.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10If you do, give it to me!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14With everyone working hard to unearth treasures in the gardens,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I've got time to explore inside the house
0:08:16 > 0:08:19to find out more about the people who once lived here.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26This is a portrait of John Sheffield, once the man of the house.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29He was a major figure in the Royal Navy
0:08:29 > 0:08:34and he spent most of his time in London where he was a frequent visitor at the royal court.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38In fact, it was his close relationship with Queen Anne towards the end of the 17th century
0:08:38 > 0:08:42that led him to be given the grand title of The Duke of Buckingham
0:08:42 > 0:08:43in 1704.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46With it, he had a house built on The Mall in London.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50It was then sold to George III in 1762
0:08:50 > 0:08:54and with later additions by George IV, it eventually became - you've guessed it -
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Buckingham Palace.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Right, let's catch up with our experts who are somewhere in this house.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Michael thinks he's spied something special on the horizon in the drawing room.
0:09:08 > 0:09:14Well, Mitch, thank you for bringing this wonderful telescope. I couldn't see anything, but never mind!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Where did it come from?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20It's a family hand-down from my paternal grandfather.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23All I know about him is he was a sniper in the First World War.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- He's obviously spent time in Europe. - Oh, he was a sniper?- Yes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Normally I would think that this was for naval use.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33We've got a single draw, this lovely leather covering.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38But what's nice is that we've got this brass shade
0:09:38 > 0:09:39that pulls out.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43That will shade the lens, so if you need to look at things on the distant horizon,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47and you were in a sunny area, that will enable you to see.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49It's a good powerful instrument.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Like modern-day telescopes, you're not endlessly losing the cover to it.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It's all together.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Sadly, we've had the draw fully out.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01It's a very stiff draw. It's not something that's been used regularly.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03But there isn't a signature.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07That's where you would look for an instrument maker's mark on the draw.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11But it's going to be a good workmanlike London manufacturer.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Anywhere from about 1880 up to about 1900.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18It's late Victorian.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21It would have been nice to see a War Department mark on it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26But a lot of people during the First World War outfitted themselves as well.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30That could be the connection with my grandfather being in Cyprus, then.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It could have started off as naval.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35And then gone on to military use in the First World War.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40But you've obviously got attachments to it. Why have you decided to sell it now?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42It's always wrapped up. It's in the cupboard.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46If somebody who's a collector can get pleasure by looking at it every day,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48then good luck to them.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53There's only so much enjoyment you can get out of something when you unwrap it every six months.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56But these things are no good locked away in a cupboard.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59It's better it goes to an instrument collector.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Value.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06It's a good clean thing. It should be worth 100 to £150 any day of the week.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11We'll put it in auction and put 100 to £150 on it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- We'll set the reserve at £90 and we won't go below that.- Yeah.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Hopefully, two people on the day, the auction's online
0:11:19 > 0:11:23so technically you've got everybody in the world bidding for it, if they want to.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I think it should do fairly well.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- And get another lease of life. - Indeed.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32If somebody can get some pleasure out of it, then it'll continue...
0:11:32 > 0:11:36If they can see out of it better than I did at the start, that would help!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It's a lovely thing. Thanks very much for bringing it in.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42We're now half-way through our day.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Everybody has been working flat out.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46We have found some real gems.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I've got my favourites. You've probably got yours.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Right now, we'll set off to auction for the very first time
0:11:52 > 0:11:53and put those valuations to the test.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Here's a quick recap of what's going with us.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Michael loved this English wine bottle and I did, too.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02But will we find a buyer who agrees with us?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Will the sapphire and diamond ring be the perfect fit
0:12:05 > 0:12:06for a lady in the auction room?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10And will we find someone who can see the true value
0:12:10 > 0:12:12of this telescope?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16From the beautiful gardens of Normanby to the historic city of Lincoln.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18This city's imposing cathedral
0:12:18 > 0:12:20was once the tallest building in the world
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and was used as a double for Westminster Abbey
0:12:23 > 0:12:25in the recent blockbuster film, The Da Vinci Code.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Just down the road is today's auction house.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32The seller's commission here is 15% plus VAT,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34so make sure you factor that in
0:12:34 > 0:12:37if you're planning to put anything into auction.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Auctioneer Colin Young is on the rostrum
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and today's sale is being broadcast live on the internet,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46so it's Lincoln and the rest of the world bidding on today's items.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48First up, it's the wine bottle.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53It's absolutely gorgeous, a real antique, and not a lot of money.
0:12:53 > 0:12:5650 to £100. Graham, pleased to meet you.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Pleased to meet you.- I think you should be keeping this,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01but it's too late. You can't withdraw it right now.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04It's about to go under the hammer. Why are you selling this?
0:13:04 > 0:13:05It's stunning!
0:13:05 > 0:13:10Now we collect different things and Murano glass has come into it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12You've gone more 20th-century modern.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Isn't that depressing, Paul?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19You're talking to two purists, here!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21But I'm not married to you two!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Let's find out what the bidders think. It's going under the hammer right now.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Let's start at 100 for it. 100. 100. 80 to go, then, surely.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30£80, anyone? 80?
0:13:30 > 0:13:3280? 50 to go, then, surely.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- £50 anyone?- Please, don't.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37£50 for the wine bottle. We're straight in at 50.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- They're obviously... - I should think so, Paul.
0:13:39 > 0:13:4155, straight in. Five?
0:13:41 > 0:13:4460. 60 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47At 60 bid. Obviously the wine connoisseurs are in now.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48There we go. 60 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:13:48 > 0:13:5060 bid. Five. 65.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It's 70 now. £70 bid. 70.
0:13:52 > 0:13:5470 bid. 70 and five now.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57At £70 bid. Any more now? Looks like we're settling.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59At £70 bid. Any more now?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02No? At £70 bid. Last call, on the net.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04You're out in the room. Going at £70.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09It just goes to show how the market fluctuates. Two or three years ago,
0:14:09 > 0:14:10200 to £300.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It's not just an antiques industry, it's a fashion industry.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17People are buying Murano, so it's your fault, isn't it?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Good luck. Happy shopping. - Thank you very much.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Thank you.- Pleasure, Graham.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Proof that art really is subjective,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Graham is swapping his 18th-century glass for a piece of Italian Murano.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31There's a colourful transformation.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34But as we always say on Flog It,
0:14:34 > 0:14:35you should invest in what you like.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38And now for something that I liked.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40It's a nice boys' toy, this.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I will always find a little home for a telescope.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I wouldn't sell it.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48There are people like you and me, Paul, who love these desk items.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52And it's useful. We took it out. It's got good magnification.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55It's not a practical object any more.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59It is a gentleman's toy, a library accessory.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- But it's lovely. - Good luck with it, anyway.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Hopefully we'll get the top end and a bit more.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07We've got a packed sale room. Let's find out what they think.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Who's going to start me at 200 for it? 200.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11150 to go, then, surely?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13150, anybody?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Telescope 150. Hundred to go, surely. 100.- Come on. In, someone.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19100. 80.
0:15:19 > 0:15:2150 if we must. £50, anybody? 50?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23£50 bid. 50. Five anywhere else?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Five. 55 bid. 60. 60 bid. Five.
0:15:26 > 0:15:2870. Five.
0:15:28 > 0:15:3080, now. £80, anybody?
0:15:30 > 0:15:3280 bid.
0:15:32 > 0:15:3585. Bid 90.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38And five? At £90 bid. Any more now?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40At 90. It's on the market and we are going to sell it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43At £90 bid. Any more bids now?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46At 90. Last call. Done and finished at £90.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Close. We did it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50- It's gone.- Thank you.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Thank you for bringing it in.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It was a skin of the teeth job, wasn't it?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59But it didn't have a name and didn't have a War Department mark.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02So it was a good buy for somebody.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04A bird watcher. You never know.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06We are in Lincoln. There are lots of birds in Lincoln!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Next up, it's Caroline's favourite.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The sapphire and diamond ring.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Since the Royal Wedding, sapphires have become so popular.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Yes?- We're looking at 300 to £500.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Why are you selling this ring? You don't wear it any more?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23It's languished in a drawer for the past ten years.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25It never sees the light of day.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- So I thought, well... - Happy with the valuation?
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Yes, very happy.- Hopefully we'll get that top end.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34That's what we like. Will it sparkle, Caroline? Will it do the business?
0:16:34 > 0:16:39I think so, yes. It's a big ring. It's showy, it's attractive.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41As you say, sapphires are fashionable.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42I think it will. It's a lovely ring.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49It's down to the people in the room and online throughout the world.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50It's going under the hammer.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Let's start this one. Where do we start?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Start me at £400 for it. 400.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Three to go, then. £300 anyone? 300?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Two to go, then, surely. £200.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Anyone, surely? 200.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02100 to go, surely. 100?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Come on, we're going the wrong way, Colin! Upwards!
0:17:06 > 0:17:08£100 bid. At 100. 110. 120.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Now 120. 130. 140.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13150. 60. 170.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15180. 190. 200. 220.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16240. 260. 280.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- 300.- We're there.- 320. 340. 360.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21380. 400. At 400 bid.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23At 400. 420, now, surely?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25At £400. Any more bids? At 400.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- I was getting worried, then! - So was I!
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Going this time at £400.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- Yes! Bang on mid-estimate.- Yes!
0:17:34 > 0:17:37It's sold! That hammer going down is a sold sound!
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Phew!
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- That's good.- Yes!- I'd take that before we started the sale, wouldn't you?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45"Would you take four?" "Yes, please!"
0:17:45 > 0:17:49'A nervous start, but we did it. There's always a market for diamonds
0:17:49 > 0:17:53'and that's just proved that sapphires are also a fashionable choice.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58'That concludes our first visit to the Lincoln auction.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01'With three good sales, all on the estimates,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03'it's proof that our experts are on the money.'
0:18:05 > 0:18:10From the excitement of the auction, it's back to the splendour of our English country manor house.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I'm off to explore how Lincolnshire's Normanby Hall
0:18:13 > 0:18:15was transformed from a stately retreat
0:18:15 > 0:18:17into a hospital for the wounded.
0:18:22 > 0:18:254th August 1914.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Britain declared war on Germany.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Men responded in their millions to the government's plea to enlist
0:18:33 > 0:18:37and very soon, the country was fighting a battle from the trenches.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43But as quickly as they went out, they started coming back.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48By the end of 1915, half a million men from the British army
0:18:48 > 0:18:51had been killed, wounded or were missing, presumed dead.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Back at home, there were very few facilities.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01At the start of the Great War, and at a time before the National Health Service
0:19:01 > 0:19:04which wasn't formed until 1948,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06there were only 7,000 hospital beds available
0:19:06 > 0:19:09for sick and injured people throughout the whole of the United Kingdom.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14So Barclay Sheffield and his wife, Lady Julia, knew they had to act and act fast.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18So they volunteered Normanby Hall and the estate over to the war effort.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Through Sir Barclay's generosity,
0:19:21 > 0:19:26they managed to transform the entire ground floor of this magnificent architectural delight
0:19:26 > 0:19:29into a hospital ready to welcome sick and injured servicemen
0:19:29 > 0:19:32back from the front line and the battlefields.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Today, the place is full of fine art and antiques,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42but back then in 1914,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45the furniture was removed, put into storage,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49and the walls lined with beds for the recovering servicemen.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Over 1,000 men were treated here at Normanby Hall during the war years.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58To be sent home from the battlefield, they would have been suffering severe injuries
0:19:58 > 0:20:01from the constant shelling, artillery bombardment
0:20:01 > 0:20:05and poisonous gas inflicted on the trenches.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10This book is part of the Sheffield family archive
0:20:10 > 0:20:12and it's been kept safe for many years now.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17But it lists the names of every single soldier who had a bed here.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21It's a fascinating insight into the history of this house
0:20:21 > 0:20:23during the Great War years.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28It looks like the servicemen have come from all over the Commonwealth.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Canadian Light Infantrymen,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Servicemen from Australia and all over the United Kingdom.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Hundreds of names of maybe brave young men
0:20:38 > 0:20:41who risked their lives fighting for our country.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45I've found one chap here by the name of E. Richardson,
0:20:45 > 0:20:49and he was admitted on 10 November 1916
0:20:49 > 0:20:52and was discharged on 8 May.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57That is a period of 180 days.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02I guess you could say some of these were the lucky ones.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04They made it back here.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07They received the best treatment possible.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Within nine months of the outbreak of the war,
0:21:11 > 0:21:15there were 800 hospitals in private manor houses like Normanby Hall
0:21:15 > 0:21:18in every part of England, Scotland and Wales.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20These relied on a group of women
0:21:20 > 0:21:23who volunteered on a Voluntary Aid Detachment
0:21:23 > 0:21:25know as V.A.Ds.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29One of the most famous examples of these hospitals
0:21:29 > 0:21:34is Highclere Castle, fictionalised in ITV's Downton Abbey.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Peter Starling is the programme's medical adviser
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and director of the Army Medical Services museum.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Tell me about everybody's role here.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49I think we mustn't forget that these V.A.Ds were from the great and the good of the country.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Middle and high-class ladies.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53So they weren't skilled at nursing.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58But they could do the washing of the soldiers, help with their dressings.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01So all of a sudden, the tables are turned.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Rather than being waited on themselves by their own staff,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08they're doing the menial jobs of waiting on these poor wounded soldiers.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And they needed to be controlled,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14so each organisation of the V.A.Ds
0:22:14 > 0:22:15had a commandant.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Which, of course, is what Lady Sheffield was.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20You've brought a few things along to show me.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Are these particular to the house here?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Not particularly to the house here,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29but the sort of things that were common to these auxiliary hospitals.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34The first thing we ought to look at his the patient themselves.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36The patients, when they came back from France,
0:22:36 > 0:22:40their filthy, muddy lousy uniforms
0:22:40 > 0:22:43that would have been taken off them a long time ago.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46So when they were up patients, they couldn't sit in their pyjamas all day long,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49so they had what we call a hospital blue uniform.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53This was a blue jacket and blue trousers,
0:22:53 > 0:22:54a white shirt and a red tie.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58So you could identify that this chap was a patient
0:22:58 > 0:23:00and he was also a hero.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06He was. What he didn't want is a young lady to come up to him in the street
0:23:06 > 0:23:09regarding him as a coward and giving him a white feather.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10That would hurt, wouldn't it?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- After going through what this guy went through.- Yes.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- To have that done to him.- Yes.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21- What have you got here?- These V.A.Ds were prolific collectors of autograph books.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23We've got some examples here.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26This is a Nurse Shingleton. And the idea was
0:23:26 > 0:23:29that would you would get the soldier
0:23:29 > 0:23:33to write a little poem or do a drawing of his hat badge,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35or to write his thoughts.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39This one is even more interesting because it has a photo of the soldier put in there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- That's nice.- This is how he refers to this nurse.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Volunteers were key to the war effort.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53As the war progressed, more and more men were returning home
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and the demands on hospitals like Normanby grew.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Women working for the Voluntary Aid Detachment
0:24:00 > 0:24:04only had a few weeks training before they were put to work under professional nurses.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Many had to perform minor operations as well.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11However, they were all well loved by the men they were treating.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I have a copy here of some of the letters that were written.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18This one is by Fred Stepman from the East Yorkshire Regiment.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21This was August 1916. He's penned...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23"Nursie, can I have a drink
0:24:23 > 0:24:25"Is the nightly cry
0:24:25 > 0:24:27"Nursie smiles and with a wink
0:24:27 > 0:24:30"Asks what would you like to try?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32"Milk and soda head the list
0:24:32 > 0:24:34"Water, then lemonade
0:24:34 > 0:24:37"And you study how to twist
0:24:37 > 0:24:40"Something stronger, but it's forbade."
0:24:40 > 0:24:41I like that!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43And there's another one here.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48This is from Private Tom Scurr, again in August 1916.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51"A far cry from Ypres
0:24:51 > 0:24:52"I long to be
0:24:52 > 0:24:55"Where German snipers Can't snipe at me
0:24:55 > 0:24:58"Think of me crouching Where the worms creep
0:24:58 > 0:25:01"Waiting for someone To sing me to sleep."
0:25:03 > 0:25:06For the men who were treated at Normanby Hall
0:25:06 > 0:25:09by Lady Julia and her team of devoted V.A.Ds,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11it must have felt like paradise
0:25:11 > 0:25:13and a far cry from the life in the trenches.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21There's a page in this book devoted to Lady Julia and all her hard work.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I'll just read a paragraph.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25"The success of the hospital was undoubtedly due
0:25:25 > 0:25:30"in the first place to the determination, energy and enthusiasm of the Commandant
0:25:30 > 0:25:32"who always mastered her subject
0:25:32 > 0:25:36"and informed her capable hardworking staff
0:25:36 > 0:25:39"as well as inspired them."
0:25:39 > 0:25:45There you are. Praise indeed for a lady who gave up five years of her life and her family home
0:25:45 > 0:25:47to help injured young soldiers.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Indeed, a very special woman.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Back at our valuation day
0:25:57 > 0:26:01and our crowds have been joined by The Vintage Dancers for some lunch time entertainment.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Charleston style!
0:26:07 > 0:26:11After the Great War, those who had survived launched themselves into a round of escapism.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It wasn't called The Roaring Twenties for nothing.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Dance bands, the Charleston and early jazz
0:26:17 > 0:26:18was making its way over the Atlantic.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23And at parties thrown by the bright young things,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25they would have been doing it a bit like this!
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Yeah! Fabulous!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Fabulous. Well done.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Well done.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59But in post-war Paris, they were dancing the Charleston in a more risque fashion.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04Caroline has found a cheeky poster that comes from the first Parisian dance hall,
0:27:04 > 0:27:05the Folies Bergere.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10So, John, what a pleasure to see this poster.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15When the good Lord handed out bodies, this young lady was first in the queue!
0:27:15 > 0:27:18First in the queue! A lovely pair of eyes!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Yes, she has. Beautiful eyes, yes.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23She's not got a lot on, has she, John?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25No, she hasn't. She's got a lot off!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27She has got a lot off!
0:27:27 > 0:27:31At the risk of asking the obvious, do you like it?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- Yes, I do.- Do you?- Yes. - Very much?- I do.
0:27:34 > 0:27:41Over the period of time, the likeness has slackened somewhat.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Has it?- As it comes with old age!
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Or older age.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Tell me, John, how did you come by this? If it's not a rude question.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52No, not a rude question.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56I took a group of people to Paris. I was a coach driver.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59One evening was a visit to the Folies Bergere.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00How fortuitous.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Unfortunately I didn't go in, I had to park the coach,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07but when I went back to pick them up later in the evening,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12the gentleman on the door gave me a rolled up paper foil.
0:28:12 > 0:28:18And when I opened it up, there, behold, was the lady.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Right!
0:28:19 > 0:28:22So I gingerly took her home
0:28:22 > 0:28:28and I'm very proud to say my wife liked it very much.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- Yes.- So I framed it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Where did you hang it at this stage?
0:28:32 > 0:28:37At that stage, it was hung in our living room.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- Yes.- But about four years ago,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42we moved into a two-bedroomed flat
0:28:42 > 0:28:46and the walls got quickly taken up
0:28:46 > 0:28:48with photos and cross-stitch...
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- All of semi-clad ladies?- No.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57- I only had one semi-clad lady, which was this one.- Right.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- And she ended up in the workshop. - The workshop?!
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- Sorry to say.- Do you spend a lot of time in your workshop, John?
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Yes, I did, actually!
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I thought you might!
0:29:09 > 0:29:14Doing odd jobs. And I just felt she was misplaced.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19- Then I came to the decision to pass her on to somebody...- To Flog It.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Exactly. Bring it to Flog It for somebody else to appreciate.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28Well, I'm sure there will be no shortage of people appreciating it.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I hope so. I'm sure it will go to a good home.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32I'm sure it will.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35It's a beautiful picture, altogether. No doubting that.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39From the Folies Bergere in Paris, it's evocative of romance
0:29:39 > 0:29:41and glamour.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42It's lovely.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- It doesn't have age on its side. Nor does she!- No.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Which is good.- She doesn't. Late 1980s.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Late 1980s.- Yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I would say if we put it in auction,
0:29:51 > 0:29:56if we put an estimate of possibly 20 to £30.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- On her. With a discretionary reserve of £20.- Right.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02And I'm sure if two people really like it,
0:30:02 > 0:30:07or more likely 20 people like it, it could get a lot more.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10But I'd say why not let's have a go at 20 to 30?
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Well, I'm well in agreement with that, yes.- Great.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- That's fine.- Thank you very much, John.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20You're very welcome. It's caused quite a few laughs during the day.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22I'm sure it has, yes.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24In its early days, the Folies Bergere
0:30:24 > 0:30:27were known for ballet, opera and pantomime.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31But from the 1920s onwards, it was the leggy dancers that really made its name.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Let's just hope John's poster turns a few heads at auction.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39And staying with the '20s, but with something a little tamer,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Michael is in a quieter part of the garden
0:30:41 > 0:30:43putting Anne in the picture.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47What lovely frames. What can you tell me about them?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Not a lot, to be honest.
0:30:49 > 0:30:56They were my mother's. I think they're approximately 60 years old.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00She came from Edinburgh, so I've always thought they were probably Scottish.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- Right.- I don't know any more, really.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Well, that couldn't be further from the truth!
0:31:05 > 0:31:10They're basically a very late style of what we call micro-mosaic.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12This is basically like a mosaic,
0:31:12 > 0:31:15like a tiled floor or a tiled pattern,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19but done with small extruded canes of coloured glass.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Originally, when this was done, it was done in hard stone.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27And you'll go back probably to Italy which is where these are from,
0:31:27 > 0:31:30to the 16th century, back to the Medici family.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33They would make these beautiful table tops and objects
0:31:33 > 0:31:36from inset small cut hard stones.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39I thought they were stone to begin with, but they're glass.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44- Sadly, no. No, it would take a lot of stones to do these!- It would.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Later on, this style became very fashionable,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49this smaller style, the micro-mosaic style,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52which was run basically in Rome.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55There was a patent workshop
0:31:55 > 0:31:58and the office of the Pope oversaw these workshops.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00They would make these huge tabletops
0:32:00 > 0:32:02with very fine Roman or antique scenes
0:32:02 > 0:32:07with infinitesimally small pieces of tile.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13And from that, you get - dare I say - a boom in tourist mosaics.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- Tourist micro-mosaic.- Yes.
0:32:16 > 0:32:23These would have been made around anything from about 1900 up to about 1920.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Right.- So they're older than you originally thought.- They are, yes.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31There's a very strong Italian community in Scotland
0:32:31 > 0:32:37- and it might be that they came over initially with an Italian family. - Yes.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- And were then sold and your mother bought them.- Right.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41They're in gilt metal frames.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- Just needs a nice picture of a family member in them. - I had pictures in them
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- but the frames were in the attic with pictures in them.- Right.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54- When did they end up in the attic? - When we moved to the house we're in now about three years ago.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- It is a very modern house. - I understand completely.
0:32:57 > 0:33:03There's a bone in me that thinks that the very young trendy folk down in London
0:33:03 > 0:33:04might just go for these.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09- They might be their taste. Not being a young trendy person I have no idea.- Neither am I!
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Early micro-mosaic is very valuable.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16One of those late 18th, 19th-century tabletops
0:33:16 > 0:33:18produced in the Papal workshop,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22about as big as our Flog It tables, might be a million pounds!
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Right.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- Not a million pounds today.- No.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30I think, and I'm probably being mean,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33but it's always better to be mean at auction than generous...
0:33:33 > 0:33:38- Right. Yes.- Let's say 200 to £400 with a fixed reserve of 200.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- OK.- And see where they end up.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Somebody might love them even more than that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- But I think that's a very sensible figure and very achievable.- Yep.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- We should be seeing top end of it. - That would be lovely.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54They are super examples of late work.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Thank you.- If anyone's got any of the earlier work at home,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- they can also bring that in!- Thank you, Michael.- Thank you very much.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07While our experts are busy finding gems like that to take to auction,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I'm exploring Normanby's finery.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Inside the house, as you'd expect,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15it's brimming with fine art and antiques.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18English country houses were often seasonal homes for their owners
0:34:18 > 0:34:20and Normanby Hall is no exception.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23The family spent their winter months here
0:34:23 > 0:34:26and frequently held shooting parties out in the grounds.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29And this fine piece of kit is a hunting table.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33It's in a semi-circular form, can you see that, known as a demi-lune.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36And it is rather fine.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40It's circa 1760, 1770, George III period.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42It's made of Cuban mahogany,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44a wonderful decorative grain here.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48It's very clever because when you've got a gathering of chaps here
0:34:48 > 0:34:49all desperate for a drink,
0:34:49 > 0:34:55to serve the guy on that side of the room, you'd just swing this little tray around.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58In there would be two decanters, one with port and one with brandy.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02In order to serve this chap, you'd just do this.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Without moving. It's suspended on brass rods, as you can see.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11A wonderful piece of kit and a fine piece of engineering.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Well, from a splendid antique table to one of our valuation tables.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Let's catch up with Caroline and see what she's looking at.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25So, Terry, you've brought along two fascinating items.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28This wonderful picture here, black and white photograph
0:35:28 > 0:35:31of a fascinating-looking young gentleman.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33And this Patheorama.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Tell me, is there a link between the two
0:35:37 > 0:35:40and tell me what you know about them.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42The only thing I do know about it
0:35:42 > 0:35:46is that George was my great-uncle
0:35:46 > 0:35:49and he brought that back from the First World War.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52It's been in our family ever since.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57So he probably brought this back for his brother who he refers to on the back,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- "To brother Matthew with love from brother George."- That's right. Yes.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05Matthew I did know. I knew him for years and years.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08He died when I was 14.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- And sadly George didn't survive the Battle of the Somme.- No. No.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14And died out there.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16It's a very sad tale.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- So, Terry, may I open this? - Yes, certainly. Yes.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Now, inside you can see the films
0:36:24 > 0:36:27and as I turn it, here,
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- can you see the film moving around? - I can, yes.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Tell me, have you played with this yourself?
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Yes, I played with it many, many times when I was a child.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40"And you can say your prayers."
0:36:40 > 0:36:43There's a little tale. "Now, Miss Dolly,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46"Keep quiet while I put your dress on."
0:36:46 > 0:36:48It's a young lady dressing her doll.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I can't understand why that's in English and that's in French.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Well, it would have been made in France, about 1910.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58For Britain.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01The export market. For Britain, yes.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Value. Have you any idea as to value?- No, not a clue. No.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- No, I'm afraid...- I haven't seen its like before.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11But it's a charming thing. And with the story of your great-uncle as well.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15I think we would put an auction valuation
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- of 30 to £50.- Right.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22With a reserve of £30.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- Right.- If you're happy with that, Terry.- Yes, fine. Yes.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29I think that's a lovely lot. Thank you very much for bringing it in.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Thank you.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35And a fitting item for a location with such a poignant connection
0:37:35 > 0:37:37for the First World War.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40There you are. You've just seen three wonderful items.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Our experts have made their final choice.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46So it's time to say goodbye to our magnificent host location,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48the wonderful Normanby Hall,
0:37:48 > 0:37:50as we head off to auction for the very last time.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55Here's a quick recap of what we're taking with us and what's going under the hammer.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00This 1980s poster raised a few eyebrows earlier on.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03But will it be dancing its way out of the auction room?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Whilst they won't make her a million,
0:38:05 > 0:38:09Anne's hoping her frames will reach the top end of Michael's estimate.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14And Terry's Patheorama complete with original Pathe film strips
0:38:14 > 0:38:16has a real personal history.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19But will it find an audience in the sale room?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22'We're back in our Lincoln auction room
0:38:22 > 0:38:24'and it looks like a full house.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27'Let's hope the bidders are still on fine form.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31'First up it's John's cheeky poster.'
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Hello, John. Good to see you.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Hello, Paul. Good to see you. This is my wife, Pat.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39I was about to say, "Did the wife like this poster?" Hello, Pat.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- I love it.- You do?- Yes, I do. - I do, as well.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I think it's great. Not a great deal of money, though.
0:38:43 > 0:38:4620 to £30. But hopefully, we'll get a bit more than that.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49It's gorgeous. It appeals to everybody.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50It's going under the hammer now.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54What shall we say for this one? Who'll start me at £40 for it? 40?
0:38:54 > 0:38:5740. Everybody should want one of these on their wall. 40.
0:38:57 > 0:38:5930 to go, then. 30?
0:39:00 > 0:39:0130. 20 to go, then, surely.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03£20, anybody? 20?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04£20.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09£10? Thank you. £10 I'm bid.
0:39:09 > 0:39:1212 anywhere else? £10 I'm bid. 12, do I see?
0:39:12 > 0:39:1312 on the net. 12 bid. 15 in the room?
0:39:13 > 0:39:1615. 18, now. 18 bid.
0:39:17 > 0:39:2118 bid. 20. At 20 bid. 22.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2225 now. No?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24At 22. It's on the internet then.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26At £22 bid.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Anybody else going to bid? Just raise your leg!
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Sorry, your arm!
0:39:30 > 0:39:31At 22. Five anywhere else?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Going at £22.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Yes.- He sold it.- £22.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- Got the estimate.- It's not going back to your workshop!
0:39:39 > 0:39:41No. It's going in somebody else's!
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Yes!
0:39:43 > 0:39:45A low price, but it sold.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49I'm sure the new owner will get as much joy out of it as John did.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Next up it's Terry's Patheorama,
0:39:52 > 0:39:54brought back from France during the First World War.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It's something new to me.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- It's so unusual.- Yes, very.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01I can't find anything out about it.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03I've not seen one before.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I wouldn't be surprised if someone said it's worth £150.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Yes, you're probably right cos I haven't seen one.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09- No, I haven't. Not ever. - I'm not that lucky.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- We'll see.- You might be. - Could well be.- Might be.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- Anything can happen. - Anything can happen at auction. We've seen it before.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- Fingers crossed.- Hopefully.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Let's put it to the test, shall we?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It's going under the hammer right now.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Who's going to start me at what, £40 for it? 40.
0:40:26 > 0:40:2940? 30 to go, then, surely. £30. Who's first in for this? 30?
0:40:29 > 0:40:3330? 20? £20 bid. Two bid.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Do I see five?
0:40:35 > 0:40:39At 22. Five bid. 28 bid. Got a bid 30 now.
0:40:39 > 0:40:4130 coming in on the net. £30 on the net.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43£30 bid. Two, now, do I see?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46At £30 bid. Net bidder takes it. Anybody else in the audience?
0:40:46 > 0:40:4832 bid. 35, now, do I see?
0:40:48 > 0:40:5032 now. At 32.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53At 32. Any more now? At 32.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55The last call. It's on the market, it's on the net.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58You're all out in the room. I will sell at £32.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- You were spot on.- Sold it. You were spot on. 30 to 50.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Thank you very much. - It's a pleasure.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Good valuing. Very good valuing.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10I doubt I'll see another one for another ten years.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12You've taught me something and that's what it's all about.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15We're all learning. The older I get, the more I realise I don't know!
0:41:15 > 0:41:19- Same here!- That's like everybody.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22That's the beauty of watching Flog It. You can always pick up information
0:41:22 > 0:41:24and put it to some good use.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Get out there and get buying a few things.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28You never know. You could make a profit.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Yes.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And for our last lot of the day,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34it's the frames.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I think we've got the market covered here and I think the value's right.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- There's four of them.- They should make £100 each.- Yeah.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Which is the top end of it.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47But we'll see. It's whether they go to a private person or to a dealer who has to leave a margin.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50But they're there to be sold.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- Exactly.- Good. - Let's put it to the test.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Every picture frame has a story. Here it is.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58What shall we say for these?
0:41:58 > 0:42:00At least a couple of hundred pounds. £200, anybody?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02200?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04150 to go, then, surely.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05150? 150 bid.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07150. 160 now, surely.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09There should be more arms than this.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11At 150 bid. 60 now, do I see?
0:42:11 > 0:42:1360, surely. 160. 170.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15180. 190? 190.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- 200. 220.- Taking off now.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20260. 280. 300.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23320. 340. At 340 in the room.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25At 340 bid. 360 anywhere else?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28At 340. All done and finished?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30It's in the room and we're selling. Centre of the room.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32At £340.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- We're happy with that. That's good. - Very happy with that.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37That was spot on, Michael.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- It wobbled at 150, didn't it? - It did!
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I was thinking, "Oh, no!"
0:42:42 > 0:42:45But what happens at auction sometimes
0:42:45 > 0:42:50- is people want to see what everyone else is doing.- Yes, everybody else.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Once it starts, it goes very quickly.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57Keep your powder dry. Don't wave your hand straightaway.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Be the last to put it up. Play the market properly.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01That's what they're all waiting to do.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03We keep saying this, but it's true.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Quality always sells.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07The detail in that was exquisite.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- Absolutely.- Good.- Thank you very much.- Thank you for bringing them in.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12What a fantastic result for Anne,
0:43:12 > 0:43:14and a fitting end to a successful day
0:43:14 > 0:43:16on the Lincoln sale room floor.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18To find out where are next valuations are,
0:43:18 > 0:43:21just log on to our BBC website.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Keep an eye out in your local press, as well.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30We'd love to see you. Raid those cupboards and unearth some antiques of your own.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32See you next time!
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