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What connects the esteemed authors Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie? | 0:00:06 | 0:00:11 | |
It's less a case of whodunnit and more a case of wheredunnit. Take a look at this. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:17 | |
They've both drawn inspiration from the magnificent Devon countryside | 0:00:17 | 0:00:21 | |
and today we're hoping to be equally inspired. Welcome to Flog It! | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
Devon's dramatic scenery has inspired writers and artists for centuries. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:52 | |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Hound of the Baskervilles after spending a scary night on Dartmoor. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:59 | |
And War Horse was penned by Devonian Michael Morpurgo, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
who set the story in the county after meeting WWI veterans in the village where he lived. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:09 | |
Later in the show, I'll be visiting the Devon home of Agatha Christie and finding out more about her. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:16 | |
But first we're being inspired by this - Exeter Cathedral. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:21 | |
And the bells are already ringing to welcome the people of Devon. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
Just look how many people have turned up here today in the sunshine. Happy faces. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:36 | |
Somewhere in all these bags and boxes there's a real treasure. It's our experts' job to find it. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:43 | |
And here is one of our experts, Caroline Hawley, looking fabulous. Good luck, Caroline. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
And here's an old Flog It favourite, Mr Mark Stacey! | 0:01:48 | 0:01:53 | |
-Paul, how are you? -What have you found so far? | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
Oh, a good little find. I think that's going under the hammer! | 0:01:56 | 0:02:01 | |
-Are you all ready to go inside? -Yes! -Come on, then. Let's get them in. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
The tables are set, the lights are on and the Flog It team are smiling. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Hundreds of people are queuing for a valuation day and they're impressed by their surroundings. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:20 | |
There's always something interesting here. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
It's been a beautiful day so far. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
It's a wonderful setting for this. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
I'm hoping to have some good news. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
Absolutely perfect. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
On today's edition of Flog It: an exquisite and unique item of virtue. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:40 | |
Do you know what this is? | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
And can you guess what it sells for? All will be revealed. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
But first here's Mark with some subtle ceramics. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
What a lovely pair! And the vases, of course! | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
Debbie, I've got to ask. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
-Yes? -Do you need medical assistance? What on earth did you see in them? | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
-What did you see in them? -I thought they were beautiful! -Really? -And decorative. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:12 | |
-Really? -Yeah. -Beautiful? | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
When you see a lovely pair of early Worcester vases, all hand-painted and delicate, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:21 | |
you can say beautiful, but these? They're early 'orrific! | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
-Oh, 'orrific! -Having said that, I adore them. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:30 | |
-And I would love to take them home. I think they're so over the top. -They are a bit OTT. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:37 | |
-Where did you get them from? -I got them from an antiques fair. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:42 | |
-Yes. -At Westpoint, just outside of Exeter. -Quite recently or...? -At the beginning of the year. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:49 | |
-So you haven't had them long. -No. -What attracted you to them? -I liked the detail on them. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:56 | |
-I thought the cream would go with my kitchen. -I've never, ever seen anything like them before. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:03 | |
-They're Victorian. -Right. -So they've got a bit of age. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Underneath, I've had a sneaky look and it's marked Brownfield. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
And it's got a registration lozenge on it, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
-which you can date to the day and the month of the design. -Oh, right. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
It's also got some figures which says five over 81, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
which means May, 1881. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
-Wow! -That's when the pottery vases were actually made. Not necessarily when they were decorated, but fired. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:36 | |
-To have all these split beans and peas on it, they are just delightfully wacky. -They are. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:43 | |
-But you only bought them this year. -Yes. -And I have a hideous feeling you paid quite a lot. -I did. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:49 | |
-What did you pay? -240...for the pair. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
For the pair? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
-£240. That's quite a lot, isn't it? -It was, yeah. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
My gut feeling, really, if you put them into auction, is | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
-you'd want to put the estimate really at £200-£300. -Right. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
-They're an interior decorator's dream. -Yeah. -If you've got a client who wants something really wacky | 0:05:08 | 0:05:14 | |
-in a kitchen or conservatory, these are fabulous. -Yeah. -They're really value for money. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:21 | |
-There's a lot of pot there. -A lot for a couple of hundred quid. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
Would you be happy to do that? Put a 200 reserve on? | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
-That would be lovely. -OK? You never know. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:32 | |
-Somebody else might have bad taste, too. -Yes! | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
They say art is subjective and auctions are unpredictable, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
so who knows what will happen? | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
It's such a beautiful day, we're using the cathedral close and grounds | 0:05:46 | 0:05:52 | |
and Caroline has found herself some classic collectables. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
So, Janus, thank you for bringing along this fabulous collection. How did you come by them? | 0:05:57 | 0:06:03 | |
Well, these are my toys. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
My father bought them for me in the early to mid-'50s. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
And I did play with them. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
Of course, as I got a bit older, I stopped. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
-Ever since then, they've been up in the loft in boxes. -You don't play with them? -Not any more. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:21 | |
They're in remarkably good condition and it's incredible - | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
-they were all in their boxes. You say you played with them? -I did. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:30 | |
My father always taught me after I'd finished playing to put them back in their boxes. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:37 | |
-Are you still a tidy gentleman? -My wife would say no! -Right. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
Your father taught you well because to have the boxes with these things is very important. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:48 | |
There's a few tiny chips of paint off here and there, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
but really very little at all to worry about. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
They're nearly all a military nature, apart from this single RollsRoyce. | 0:06:55 | 0:07:01 | |
-I think it was my dad's dream to own a car like that! -And everybody's! Why the military connection? | 0:07:01 | 0:07:07 | |
Is it something you were particularly interested in? | 0:07:07 | 0:07:11 | |
Well, my dad was in the army and the early '50s was just after the war. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:17 | |
-My dad had an interest and knew all about these. -So why not buy what he was interested in? | 0:07:17 | 0:07:23 | |
-Now these are Dinky Toys. -They are. -The company came into being in 1933. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:30 | |
Originally they were called Modelled Miniatures. The name Dinky Toys came in in 1934. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:37 | |
They're made by the Meccano Company. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
As a collection, and the best way of selling them is as a collection, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:44 | |
I think we would put an estimate of £150-£250 | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
on the collection. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
There will be a lot of interest in them, so they will get away, | 0:07:51 | 0:07:56 | |
-but if we put a fixed reserve of £150, are you happy with that? -Sounds very good to me. -Brilliant. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:02 | |
Hopefully, you'll be driving off with a decent amount at the sale. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
-I shall look forward to that! -Thanks for bringing them. -Not at all. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
Now it's not just Caroline and Mark doing the valuing. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
We also have six off-screen experts who make sure that everyone who comes to Flog It | 0:08:15 | 0:08:21 | |
gets a professional valuation. While they're hard at work, | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
I've been looking around the cathedral and I've found something incredibly special. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:31 | |
I'm in the choir stall and there's something I want to show you. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:36 | |
There's a whole series of misericords. Let me explain. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
These are seats for the choristers, but during long periods of time you had to stand up. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:46 | |
So to ease the discomfort, look - this is very, very clever. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:51 | |
There is a little misericord, also known as a mercy seat. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:58 | |
A little perch that you could just put your bum on | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
to ease the discomfort over long periods of time when you're in prayer or have your arms folded. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:08 | |
You will normally find these hidden underneath things because it's a form of subversive art. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:14 | |
Beautiful figures, carved by wood carvers who were taught initially by the monks. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
They don't really represent their Christian surroundings. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
They normally depict pagan scenes or scenes of animals, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
in a way as a bit of tongue-in-cheek art. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
Once you've finished perching on it, you just hide it back away. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
I think that's quite cheeky for something from the 13th century. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
Well, something's put a smile on Mark's face. Is it Veronica or her late-19th century scent bottle? | 0:09:40 | 0:09:48 | |
-Veronica, nice to meet you. -And you, too. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
-You're Mark Stacey. I'm Veronica Stacey. -Oh, are you? | 0:09:51 | 0:09:56 | |
-We might be related. -It's possible. I'd like to be related to you. -And I'd like to be related to you. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:03 | |
-How long have you had this piece? -For donkey's years! | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
-Donkey's years? -Yes. -And it's been stuck in a box somewhere. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
-Yeah, packed away. -You haven't looked at it and loved it? -Not for ages. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
-It's a charming little scent bottle. -Right. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
Where did you get it from? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
Well, I would have bought it at auction, but I go to a lot of auctions. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:27 | |
-I haven't a clue which one. It was in a box of oddments. -So you just bought a box? -Oh, yeah. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:34 | |
-And this happened to be in them. -I go for fun, but end up buying things! | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
-It's always good to go to an auction to buy something. -That's right. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
I've had a little look at it. It's confusing me a bit. It's some sort of gentleman's atomiser, | 0:10:44 | 0:10:51 | |
-maybe as part of a travelling set. -Yes. -Part of a boxed set of silver toiletwares, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:57 | |
-little pots and powder dishes. -Yes. -But I think over the years it's had a few problems. | 0:10:57 | 0:11:03 | |
It seems to have got gunged up. I'm not sure that little bit there is original. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:09 | |
I would have thought there should have been a hole of a spray there. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
Maybe, it looks to me, as if originally you could press that down gently. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:19 | |
As you pressed, it would maybe suck up the eau de toilette and give you a little spray before dinner. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:26 | |
-Oh, lovely. -To make sure you smelt lovely for your...paramour. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:31 | |
Right. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
What's interesting about it is it's got little initials with a coronet on the top. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:40 | |
So that means it's come from an aristocratic background. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
-I'm surprised it belonged to a baron. I never... -Well, it might have done. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:49 | |
-There's certainly a coronet of some description. It has no hallmarks. -Yes. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:55 | |
But it is, I think, English. It does have a pair of initials stamped in. | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
I think for George Brace, GB. He specialised in small scent bottles, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:06 | |
little boxes, that sort of thing. And it's quite a charming little object, really. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:12 | |
I think, as a collectable, we ought to put £60-£80 on it. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
-I see. -With a reserve, of course. -A reserve of...? | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
-What do you think it should be? -Well... | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
Between 50 and 80. Shall we settle on a figure between? | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
I think we should put a reserve of £50 on it, fixed. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:32 | |
-I thought more along the lines of 60, to be honest. -You're a hard woman. -Oh, well... | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
-I thought you were going to be such a gentle little soul. -If it was less, I'd rather hold on to it. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:44 | |
But it would end up in the box again, hidden away. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
Say 60 and I'll settle for that. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
-You do drive a hard bargain, you. -Oh, no! | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
-£60. -That'll be a good bargain for whoever buys it. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
£60. We'll put it in and see what happens. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
I think they might well be related, don't you? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
Our experts have found their first three items to take off to auction. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
Here's a quick recap of all the items going under the hammer. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
Janus remembers playing with these as a child, but he's not letting sentimentality get in the way | 0:13:14 | 0:13:20 | |
-of a good sale. -You don't feel the need to play with them? -Not any more! | 0:13:20 | 0:13:26 | |
The scent bottle with an aristocratic past. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
And will the bulbous vases be snapped up by a designer or will Debbie and Lisa take them home? | 0:13:30 | 0:13:37 | |
Down on the Devon coastline, our auction comes from the vibrant city of Plymouth. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
But let's head straight to our auction house where it's all hustle and bustle and flexing of muscle. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:50 | |
Anthony Eldred is the auctioneer today with all the local knowledge. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:54 | |
And the commission here is 15% plus VAT. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
Boys and their toys. We're going to put some to the test. Dinky Toys belonging to Jan. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:04 | |
-These were yours. -They certainly were. -But you were taught to play with them carefully. -Definitely. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:10 | |
-30% of the value is in that box! -Unreal, isn't it? -Unreal. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
There's people that collect all sorts of things out there. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:19 | |
Let's put this to the test. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
Next is lot 299. This is a quantity this time of military vehicles. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:30 | |
Dinkys. And I'm bid £90. At 90. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
At £90. 100. And 10. 120. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
130. 140. 150. 160. At 160 at the back. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
At 160 at the very back. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
170. 180. Take five if you like. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
At 180. 185. 190. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
And five. 200. And 10. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
220. At 220 in the very back. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
They're fighting this one out. This is a little battle going on. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
Finished at £220? | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
Bang! That hammer's gone down. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:08 | |
-They're great. Do you regret this now? -No, no. They just take up room. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:13 | |
For many collectables, it's all about good condition, so treat old toys with kid gloves. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:19 | |
And next it's the scent bottle. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
Well, so far, so good. And our next item should have the sweet smell of success. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:28 | |
It's that lovely scent bottle belonging to Veronica. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:33 | |
-How are you today? -Very well. -Nervous? -No. -No, you're not. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
You're confident. This is gorgeous. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
-And you've had it for 20 or 30 years. -Approximately. -Did he talk you into selling it? | 0:15:39 | 0:15:45 | |
Not really. I wanted to say goodbye to it. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
It's going under the hammer right now. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
Lot 128. It's a small glass atomiser. At £60. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:58 | |
At 62. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
At £62. Five if you want it. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
At £62, then. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
-Are you all done at 62? -Oh... -Quite sure at 62? | 0:16:06 | 0:16:11 | |
-Oh, well. Short and sweet. -He sold it. £62. -That's all right. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
-£2 over the low end. -Just £2 over the bottom end. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:22 | |
Even £2 over the estimate and it's a sale! | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
Now for those vases. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
Now something hideously fabulous. Can you guess what I'm talking about? | 0:16:28 | 0:16:33 | |
Yes, the comments from Mark Stacey. Debbie and Lisa, good to see you. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
We've got those pea pod pots. Did you think that was a good description from our expert? | 0:16:37 | 0:16:43 | |
-Yes, eventually. -Eventually! -I absolutely loved them. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:48 | |
-They're large, aren't they? -Very. You get a lot for your money. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:53 | |
You do. Mind you, having said that, we're not giving these away. It's a fixed estimate. Not below £200. | 0:16:53 | 0:17:00 | |
-Absolutely. That's quite wise. -Or they're going home with you. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
Ah. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:06 | |
Ah! | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
-You didn't think of that, did you? -No, especially on the train. -Yeah! | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
-You're best friends. What do you think of these? Is it something you could live with? -No. Horrible. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:19 | |
-You're not going to buy them? -Oh, no! -Let's put them under the hammer and see what they do. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:25 | |
-I think they're fabulous. -Two similar Brownfield pea pod vases. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:31 | |
£130 bid for them. At 130. Not enough. At 130. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:36 | |
At £130. 40 if you want them. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
-At £130. -I don't think they're going to sell. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
At 130. Nobody in the room? | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
-At £130. -Oh, dear. -I can't sell. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
-How are we going to get them home?! -I don't know. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
At £130. Quite sure? All finished at 130? | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
-They can't quite be sold. -Oh, I can't believe it. -They're going back on the train. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:02 | |
It's a good job you came along. You can carry one each. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
-We've had a fabulous time. -Have you? It's been good. -Yeah. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:11 | |
Taxi for Debbie and Lisa. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
That's it for our first half of the auction. And now I'm off to Agatha Christie's summer house | 0:18:19 | 0:18:25 | |
to uncover the mysteries within. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
South Devon. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
Beaches, rivers and rolling hills. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
An inspirational landscape for any author, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:43 | |
but for Torquay-born Agatha Christie real places became fictional settings | 0:18:43 | 0:18:49 | |
of parties, | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
intrigue, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
mystery | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
and, of course, murder! | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
The facts about Agatha Christie are quite extraordinary. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:06 | |
At one time, she was so popular her books were only outsold by the Bible or William Shakespeare. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:12 | |
Her play, Mousetrap, is the world's longest-running theatre production | 0:19:12 | 0:19:16 | |
and her novels top the best-seller charts. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
Yet despite all this success, she was a private person, cloaking herself in the kind of intrigue | 0:19:19 | 0:19:25 | |
you associate with the characters in her novels. One thing we do know | 0:19:25 | 0:19:30 | |
is her love for this county, Devon, and in particular her summer cottage here on the River Dart. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:36 | |
The River Dart starts life amongst the tors of Dartmoor | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
and descends through the crags towards the English Channel. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:46 | |
The River Dart is surrounded by beauty and tranquillity | 0:19:46 | 0:19:51 | |
and that captured Christie's heart from a young age. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
To get to know the Dart's peaceful flow, I'm taking a novel approach to her special summer residence. | 0:19:55 | 0:20:02 | |
This really is the perfect way to travel down a river. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
It's peaceful and it's tranquil. There are no motors or engines to disturb the wildlife or pollute it | 0:20:13 | 0:20:20 | |
and that's something Agatha Christie loved. It was quiet and peaceful. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
This was her sanctuary. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
'A place she would soon call home.' | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
One day we saw that the house was up for sale. Greenway House on the Dart. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:37 | |
The house which my mother had always said was the most beautiful property on the Dart. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:44 | |
A white Georgian house, about 1780. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
Gosh, just look at that! They say location is everything and that is stunning. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:54 | |
No wonder Agatha Christie and her husband snapped this place up in 1938. | 0:20:54 | 0:21:00 | |
Today, thanks to her descendants and the National Trust, it's now open to the general public, | 0:21:00 | 0:21:06 | |
so we can get a glimpse into the private world of the best-selling authoress of all time. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:12 | |
'Greenway House became Agatha Christie's summer residence for over 50 years.' | 0:21:12 | 0:21:18 | |
Thoroughly enjoyed the kayaking, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
but if you do try it, bring waterproof trousers. Look. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:26 | |
I'm going to have to change. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
'Entering the house, you're greeted with fine art and antiques | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
'collected by five generations with an incredible eye. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:39 | |
'One member of the family remembers Agatha Christie like no other - | 0:21:39 | 0:21:43 | |
'Matthew Pritchard, Agatha's grandson.' | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
You spent a lot of time with her. What was she like as a person? | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
The thing I remember best was that hardly ever did I think of her as an authoress or famous person. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:57 | |
To me she was just a kind and affectionate and intelligent grandmother who was, incidentally, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:03 | |
one of the best listeners I ever met. She didn't talk very much. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:08 | |
-She was much more interested in finding out what... -Made you tick. -And what made my friends tick. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:15 | |
She was a very generous and kind person and we just led a perfectly ordinary life as grandson | 0:22:15 | 0:22:21 | |
-and grandmother. -What got her interested in crime writing? Why did she focus on that? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:27 | |
She was always very interested in people. She saw this busload of Belgian refugees. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:32 | |
One had a strange-shaped head. There was born Hercule Poirot. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:37 | |
She went away to Dartmoor and wrote The Mysterious Affair At Styles. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:42 | |
And after five tries with five different publishers who all, to their shame, turned it down, | 0:22:42 | 0:22:48 | |
-the sixth one accepted it. -How dare they! -And so a legend was born. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
Your grandmother was educated at home. Do you think that made it easier for her to write books? | 0:22:52 | 0:22:58 | |
I think if you are educated at home, you are magnificently free of other people's influence, | 0:22:58 | 0:23:04 | |
so eventually you turn to doing it all yourself. Her books are marvellous examples of somebody | 0:23:04 | 0:23:11 | |
who learnt to do it her own way. Some might describe it as obstinate, but she did do it her own way | 0:23:11 | 0:23:17 | |
and, my goodness, it was successful. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
'But where did Agatha draw her inspiration from? | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
'And how does this house, Greenway, reflect the scenes she created in her novels? | 0:23:24 | 0:23:29 | |
'I feel it's down to me to become the detective.' | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
I want to play Poirot or Miss Marple and find out who Agatha Christie really was. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:39 | |
With my pen and notebook, I'm hot on the trail. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:45 | |
Clues are not always hidden away in dusty nooks and crannies. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
In this splendid Georgian house, the secrets and tell-tale signs are for all to see. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:03 | |
Look at this wonderful serpent doorstop. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
Agatha kept catching her stockings on this as she walked past it, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
so she put this cork on the serpent's tongue. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
'Throughout the house, there are echoes of Agatha. The Steinway piano where she would sit and play, | 0:24:20 | 0:24:27 | |
'an accomplished, but shy pianist. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
'And behind, the window through which Poirot escaped in the book Dead Man's Folly. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:36 | |
'The dining room, where the whole family celebrated her birthdays. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:41 | |
'It's not hard to imagine that the gatherings were the inspiration for the group dinners | 0:24:41 | 0:24:47 | |
'so familiar in her novels.' | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
Aha! The drawing room. And, most poignantly, this is where Agatha would gather all the family | 0:24:49 | 0:24:56 | |
and read her latest Christie at Christmas novel. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
The story goes that her husband, Max, who would be dozing off in that chair over there, | 0:24:59 | 0:25:05 | |
would wake up and guess whodunnit before the story was finished. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
I like that. Everyone loves a clever clogs. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
Something definitely went on down there. Hmm, mon Dieu! | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
Agatha's husband, Max, was an archaeologist, travelling the world, digging up the past. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:25 | |
Agatha would join him on these trips and write, inspired as ever by her surroundings. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:31 | |
So we've established why so many of her novels were set abroad. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
The plot thickens. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
'Agatha's early life also left an impression on her work.' | 0:25:40 | 0:25:45 | |
During World War One and Two, she worked in a pharmacy and had an understanding of medicines, | 0:25:45 | 0:25:51 | |
chemicals and poison, the latter featuring in many of her murder mysteries. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:57 | |
'Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective novels, 15 short story collections | 0:25:59 | 0:26:04 | |
'and more than a dozen plays, but in some ways this house says more about her than any of them.' | 0:26:04 | 0:26:11 | |
So what have we learned? | 0:26:14 | 0:26:17 | |
Well, I can conclude the people and the natural surroundings are all key to Agatha | 0:26:17 | 0:26:23 | |
and the world that she recreated. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
A chance meeting on a foreign trip, an object from the past or a dinner party, | 0:26:25 | 0:26:30 | |
all reimagined in a world of intrigue and murder...most foul. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
And as for the woman herself, I think I've got that solved as well. Have you? | 0:26:34 | 0:26:41 | |
Returning to our valuation day at Exeter Cathedral, the good folk of Flog It are being entertained | 0:26:46 | 0:26:53 | |
by some great folk music. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
LIVELY FOLK TUNE | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
'This traditional Devon tune was penned many years ago, | 0:27:02 | 0:27:07 | |
'but as is often the case in folk history, nobody quite knows by who. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:11 | |
'Now for more folk history. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
'The poetic verse of a very famous Scotsman, Robert Burns.' | 0:27:35 | 0:27:40 | |
-It's quite daunting being under that tower, isn't it? -Rather high! -It is rather intimidating. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:46 | |
-We're in Exeter and you've got something terribly Scottish. -I know. -Haven't you? | 0:27:46 | 0:27:51 | |
-Where did you get this lovely book? -We lived in London until five years ago with elderly Scottish neighbours | 0:27:51 | 0:27:58 | |
who we sort of looked after when they needed it, as you do. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 | |
-And our son went to a Scout troop that was a Scottish Scout troop. -Oh, yes? -Kilted, the lot. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:09 | |
-And he learnt to play the pipes and the drums. -Wow. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
And we used to go to Burns Night suppers and we got fascinated with the address to the haggis, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:19 | |
which is in there. I never read the rest of the poems. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:24 | |
-I've never seen a Mauchline Ware book cover. -I didn't know that was what it was. -Yes, it is. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:30 | |
The book is not in the best of conditions. There's a break there, but I'm sure that can be restored. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:37 | |
Even the binding is rather nice in that tooled leather. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
-And it's Burns' Poems And Songs. -Yes. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
You've got a nice portrait of Robert Burns there, framed by Scottish thistles. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:50 | |
And then when we turn it over, | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
-we have again a nice, little printed Burns Monument in Edinburgh. -Yes. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:59 | |
Then it's "made of wood", it says there. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
Mauchline Ware is wood which has been transfer-printed. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
What I quite like about it as well is if you do live in quite a grand Victorian or earlier house | 0:29:06 | 0:29:12 | |
and you have such a thing as a library, | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
wouldn't that just be lovely on a side table? | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
Rather than put up on the shelves, just have it... | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
-A showpiece. -..like that on a side table for show. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
-It's a lovely-looking thing. Have you ever thought about the value? -Not at all. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:28 | |
I think we've got to take into account the slight bit of wear on the spine, | 0:29:28 | 0:29:33 | |
but I would probably suggest something like £100 to £150 as an estimate | 0:29:33 | 0:29:38 | |
and we'll put a reserve of £90 on it, fixed, so we won't sell it below that. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:43 | |
-It might end up going back up north to bonnie Scotland where it probably belongs. -Hopefully. -Yes. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:50 | |
The Cathedral Close is still buzzing with people and Caroline has found some Victorian chic. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:56 | |
Gretchen, tell me about this lovely cape. | 0:29:56 | 0:30:00 | |
I have had it since 1970 as part of a big collection of such things. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:05 | |
And I wear them to my concerts | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
as I play in the orchestras in the cathedral many, many times. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:13 | |
You've played here in Exeter Cathedral? | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
Yes, I started playing here in 1956 and I still play occasionally. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:21 | |
-How lovely! -Yes, but this was just a bit over the top. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
Well, it's something that I very much appreciate. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
It's a Victorian mourning cape. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:31 | |
After Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert died in 1861, | 0:30:31 | 0:30:36 | |
the Queen went into mourning for the rest of her life | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
and fashionable Victorians followed her. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
The widows went into a period of two and a half years' mourning | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
and then in the last six months, | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
they gradually introduced grey, lilac and other colours into the black mourning wear, | 0:30:49 | 0:30:55 | |
so this would have been modelled from something the Queen would wear. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
-Is it something you've worn? -No, unfortunately, it doesn't fit me. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:04 | |
It's on this wonderful, black, grosgrain background. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
It's embellished with this French jet or bugle beads, as they're called, these long, thin beads. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:14 | |
They would all have been stitched on by hand. A very fine needle would have gone through to thread these. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:20 | |
All this is hand-stitched. The lace is machine-made lace. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
This wouldn't be the average lady that would have worn this. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
This was a fairly expensive piece at the time | 0:31:27 | 0:31:31 | |
and it's something I think is still wearable today. What do you think? | 0:31:31 | 0:31:36 | |
Oh, yes, if I were younger and thinner, I would wear this to grand parties. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:41 | |
-Yes, yes. -With not very much underneath. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:45 | |
-LAUGHTER -Would you? | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
And stunning you'd look, I'm sure! | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
Now, why are you wanting to sell it now? | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
Because I have a Georgian house of eight rooms | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
and it's full of Georgian furniture | 0:31:57 | 0:32:01 | |
and china and my clothes as well. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
Oh, how nice! I'm coming round. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
I do have to sell it before I die. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
Well, hopefully, that'll be quite a long time. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
As to value, I absolutely adore it, but we have to put an auction value on it. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:17 | |
-As with most things, condition is very, very important. -Yes. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:23 | |
This is, for the most part, in very good condition, but I'm sure you have seen there is some damage to it | 0:32:23 | 0:32:29 | |
and it needs a good needlewoman or needleman to repair it, | 0:32:29 | 0:32:35 | |
so I would say, with the damage, an auction estimate of £30 to £50 | 0:32:35 | 0:32:40 | |
and I'm sure it would achieve that. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
I would put a fixed reserve of £30. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
-Yes. -I'm sure we would sell at that. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
It's not to stop it getting a lot more, but I think it would certainly get between £30 to £50. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:54 | |
-Are you happy with that? -Very happy. -There will be a lot of interest in this. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:59 | |
-Somebody would be very happy to wear this with or without a lot underneath. -Right. I'm very happy. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:05 | |
-Thank you very much. -That's a pleasure. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
Saucy ladies! | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
'The finale on today's show comes in a small, but perfectly formed package | 0:33:16 | 0:33:21 | |
'that we've seen before on Flog It - | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
'the vinaigrette, not for oil or vinegar, | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
'but for smelling salts that could be sniffed to disguise the pong of Victorian England. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:31 | |
'We've seen them go for big bucks on the show.' | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
-£290! -Very nice. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
'But will Jean's beautiful gemstone piece beat them all?' | 0:33:37 | 0:33:42 | |
Now, tell me the history of it. Where did you get it from? | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
It belonged to an elderly lady that I used to help | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
and one day, she asked me if I would like it. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
-And it's so long ago now, perhaps 30, 40 years... -Wow! | 0:33:54 | 0:33:59 | |
It's been in my china cabinet ever since until this morning. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:03 | |
We've heard the word "vinaigrette" quite a lot on Flog It | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
and I'm sure if you've watched it, they can range in value immensely. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:11 | |
-If they're silver, they can be 100, 150, sometimes 200 or more. -Yes. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
-This is a very, very unusual example. I've never seen one like it. -It's extraordinary. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:22 | |
I think it's charming because without even touching it, just looking at it, | 0:34:22 | 0:34:27 | |
-you know this is a quality little object. -Right. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:31 | |
The use of the agates that they've cut and polished and shaped into this sort of geometric form | 0:34:31 | 0:34:38 | |
and when we open it up, | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
we see that we've got a pierced grille, obviously, which has been chased as well | 0:34:40 | 0:34:45 | |
and you see a void inside for putting your little sponge with your favourite scent. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:52 | |
-I was sorry there was no sponge. Nearly always there's a sponge. -Yes, but they do perish. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:58 | |
-We thought it was enamelled. -I did. -You would, wouldn't you? | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
-I did think it was enamelled. -No, I think these are Scottish agates. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
You often see them in brooches and jewellery, | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
little slithers of them that have been polished and set into silver. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:13 | |
-This is not marked, but I'm almost sure it's silver. -What age is it? | 0:35:13 | 0:35:17 | |
I would have thought that's going to be late Victorian, so 1890, 1900, that sort of date. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:23 | |
-Yes. -And very, very collectable. -Incredible, isn't it? -Very collectable. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:28 | |
I just picked it up. Juliette, my niece, said, would I like to come and I said, "Yes, rather!" | 0:35:28 | 0:35:35 | |
I thought, "What shall I bring?" | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
She thought it was a Flog It regular. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:40 | |
-You've never seen one like this on Flog It. -Probably not. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
Anyone who collects an object of virtue, | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
-anybody who collects that type of thing would love to add this to their collection. -Yes. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:52 | |
I think certainly I would put £600 to £800 on it. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:57 | |
-What? -And put the reserve at a fixed reserve of 500. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
It wouldn't surprise me if, on the day, two or three people really want it and it went for a bit more. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:09 | |
It's such a charming object. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
I'm absolutely amazed. I never dreamt it was anything like that. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:17 | |
I thought it might have been about 100. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:20 | |
-You do surprise me. -You don't need some smelling salts, do you? -No. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
-You're OK? -There's nothing in there to smell, is there? | 0:36:24 | 0:36:29 | |
Unfortunately. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:30 | |
Sadly, it's time to say goodbye to Exeter Cathedral and the city of Exeter, | 0:36:36 | 0:36:41 | |
but I had to come to the top of the cathedral to show you what a stunning view it is from up here. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:47 | |
But we have to make our way over to Plymouth. Our experts have made their final choice of items. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:53 | |
This is where we put those valuations to the test. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
Here's a recap of what we're taking with us. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
Will a book of poems by Robert Burns be the great chieftain of the auction race? | 0:36:59 | 0:37:05 | |
A true piece of vintage fashion inspired by Queen Victoria herself. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:12 | |
And they say good things come in small packages. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
Do you think this exquisite item of virtue could make four figures in the saleroom? | 0:37:17 | 0:37:23 | |
All will be revealed in a moment. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
The phones are ringing, the people are bidding | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
and the gavel's going down at a ferocious pace. It's auction time. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:38 | |
First up, the bonnie Scot. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
-It's Margaret and Ken? -Yeah. -Yes. -Great to see you again. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
This is fabulous. Good condition, good quality. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
A lot of collectors want this kind of thing, especially Mauchline Ware. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:52 | |
-It would do better in Scotland. -Yes, but thanks to the internet, people up in Scotland can find this. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:58 | |
-£200? -It's a lovely object. I'd like to see it make 200. It's worth it. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
Let's put it to the test. It's going under the hammer now. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
Next is Lot 413. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
It's a Mauchline Ware-covered copy of Robert Burns' Poems And Songs. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:15 | |
There they are. And £70 for that? At 70. At £70. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:19 | |
5 if you want it? At £70 then. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
-Come on. -Against you all in the room at £70. No bidding, at 70. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
80. 5. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
90 now. At £90 in front here. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:31 | |
-At £90, second row. -This is a surprise. -At 90 then. 5 anywhere? | 0:38:31 | 0:38:36 | |
Are you quite sure? At £90. Last chance in the room, at 90... | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
All done then? | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
-Sold. -Just on the reserve. -He's sold it at £90. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
-That was the reserve price. I'm so surprised by that. -That was close. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:49 | |
-You can't win them all, can you? -We don't want to take it home. -No. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
-That's good. -Hopefully, that will find its way back to Scotland. -Yes. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:58 | |
'We caught up with the buyer to find out what enticed him to it.' | 0:38:58 | 0:39:02 | |
I just thought it was beaming with quality and the rarity of the thing, | 0:39:02 | 0:39:06 | |
plus the fact it came out very reasonable. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
I'm well pleased with my purchase. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
Going under the hammer right now, we have a Victorian cape and it's in good company. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:19 | |
There's a lot of other costume here and textiles, so hopefully, we'll get the top end of the estimate. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:25 | |
-Gretchen, it's great to see you again. -Yes. -You've played violin plenty of times in Exeter Cathedral. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:31 | |
-Oh, yes. -The venue of our valuation day. -I started in 1955. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:36 | |
-You must be very good. -That was the first concert. I wasn't a soloist. I was in the orchestra. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:42 | |
-But I gradually became a leader. -Wow! | 0:39:42 | 0:39:44 | |
I'll come and watch you play violin in Exeter Cathedral. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:48 | |
You get in touch with the Flog It office and I'll come and watch you. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:52 | |
Let's put this cape to the test. I know you like your clothes. Let's see what this lot think. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:57 | |
There it is. £30 bid for it. 2. 5. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
At £35 then. 8 if you want? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:04 | |
38. 40. 2. At £42. I'll take 5 now? | 0:40:04 | 0:40:08 | |
At £42 there. Are you all done then at £42? | 0:40:08 | 0:40:11 | |
-Can't follow the bidding, but we're on £42. -Yes. -The hammer's gone down. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:16 | |
-£42. -Good. -Thank you so much. -That's great. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
'£42 doesn't seem much for something so beautifully made. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:26 | |
'Now, finally, how about that vinaigrette?' | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
Going under the hammer now, we're selling that gorgeous, Victorian, hardstone vinaigrette. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:35 | |
This is real quality. Juliette and Joan are here with your daughters. We have the whole generation. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:40 | |
They're over there somewhere if we can give them a wave. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:44 | |
Hello. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
We just said earlier what a stunning family you all make! Good genes in your family. This is lovely. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:52 | |
Why are you selling it? | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
I didn't think it was worth very much. I've seen them on the programme and I thought perhaps £70, £100. | 0:40:54 | 0:41:00 | |
-There are so many different collectors for these. -Yes. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:04 | |
Small objects of virtue always have a wide appeal. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
An item of virtue and we're going to put it under the hammer and see what happens. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:12 | |
This is where it gets exciting. Stay tuned. It could just fly. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:16 | |
Next is Lot 112. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
It's a silver-mounted, hardstone vinaigrette. Scottish one. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:23 | |
And I'm bid £500 for it. At 500. 10 if you want it? | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
-At 500. And 10. -We're in. Somebody's on the phone. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:30 | |
-Can you see those two phone lines? -Yes. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:32 | |
550. 560. 570. At 570 now. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:36 | |
Any more in the room at 570? | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
Finished in the room at 570. 580. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
590. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
600. And 20. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
-640... -Someone's very, very keen on it on the gentleman's phone. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:51 | |
680. 700. | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
At £700. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
And 20. At 720. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
-740. -Oh! -At £740. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
760. 780. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
At 780. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
-800. -Oh, wonderful. -Brilliant. -820. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:12 | |
-Brilliant. -At 820. | 0:42:12 | 0:42:14 | |
-840. 860. -Wow! | 0:42:14 | 0:42:16 | |
At 860. 880. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:19 | |
900. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:20 | |
At 900. And 50. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:24 | |
-1,000. -Yes! We've got it. -£1,000. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:27 | |
-And 50. -It's going up. -1,100. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
At 1,100. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:33 | |
At £1,100. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
The bidding's in the corner at £1,100. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:38 | |
-Quite sure then? -£1,100! | 0:42:38 | 0:42:41 | |
That is what it's all about and the hammer's just gone down. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
Well done, you two. Wow, what a surprise! | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
-That's amazing. -Happy with that? You must be, mustn't you? | 0:42:48 | 0:42:52 | |
-I'm very happy because it's going to the Children's Hospice South West. -Brilliant. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:57 | |
Thank you for bringing that in. You put a smile on all our faces. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:01 | |
I hope you've enjoyed today's show. Sadly, we've run out of time in Plymouth. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:06 | |
Do come along and join us at one of our valuation days, but from Devon, it's goodbye from all of us. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:12 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 |