0:00:02 > 0:00:05MUSIC: Hallelujah Chorus by Handel
0:00:10 > 0:00:12This is Southwell Minster,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15situated in the heart of Nottinghamshire
0:00:15 > 0:00:17in the market town of Southwell,
0:00:17 > 0:00:18a farming community.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21You're probably thinking, well, not a lot has happened here,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23but you're wrong.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Because these walls have witnessed some key events that have
0:00:26 > 0:00:28shaped our great history.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Later on in the programme, we'll be finding out more about them.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34But right now, we need to find some antiques.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Welcome to "Flog It!".
0:00:59 > 0:01:02When a minster has been around for 1,000 years like Southwell,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04you wish the walls could talk.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Nestled in the heart of the town of Southwell,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10the Minster has transformed itself from its modest early
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Anglo-Saxon beginnings as a small parish church,
0:01:13 > 0:01:18to a Norman status symbol, through to the cathedral it is today.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19I'll tell you what else,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22the snow is coming down but it hasn't dampened our spirits.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Because everybody is here to have their antiques and collectables
0:01:25 > 0:01:26valued here at Southwell Minster.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29This place has seen political intrigue during
0:01:29 > 0:01:31the Elizabethan period, it's seen the Civil War,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36and later on, I'll be finding out more about the dramas that unfolded here.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38But right now, we've got some dramas of our very own,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40because in these bags and boxes
0:01:40 > 0:01:44are antiques and collectables that all tell the unique story of our
0:01:44 > 0:01:47social history, and later we will be putting the lucky ones through to auction.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49And if you get a great valuation from our experts,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- what are you going to do? - ALL: Flog it!
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Well, let us hope there will be plenty of intrigue amongst our experts -
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Caroline Hawley and Mark Stacey - as they poke around for
0:01:59 > 0:02:00the best objects.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03But not everyone has come for a valuation.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08We've come just to see you. THEY LAUGH
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Can you just say that again, but louder?
0:02:09 > 0:02:13And flattery gets you everywhere, Mark.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15And now he's trying it on with Caroline.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It's like Lady Chatterley's Lover.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21I feel like the stable hand, compared to the Lady of the Manor.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Steady on, Mark! You'd better get back to all those bags and boxes.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Despite the cold, it looks like we have a lot of happy people here
0:02:29 > 0:02:32raring to go, so let's get this huge crowd indoors,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36into this venue that's bursting with history.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41In the show today, we cover the span of ages.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Caroline's turned football player with an early 20th-century toy.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- I think they're exceptionally rare. I like them.- Do you?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50They're lovely, aren't they?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54We've a kitsch 1950s collectable that doesn't suit all tastes.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- I don't like it.- I have to admit, I actually quite like it.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02And a high-class wartime Rolex.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Somebody actually threw that in a skip.- No?!- Yes.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- No?!- Yes.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10But which of these objects doubles its estimate at auction?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Find out later.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Well, you can just feel the presence of all the characters that
0:03:15 > 0:03:18have passed through these doors over the millennium.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20It's been a roll call for the rich and the powerful,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24from Cardinal Wolsey to Charles I, to one of our greatest artists,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28and as the crowds are now safely seated inside, it's time for one
0:03:28 > 0:03:31of our own movers and shakers to get on with the valuations.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35And that's Caroline, who's ready to kick things off.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- Right. Here we go. Whoa! Oh!- Wow!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45So, of all the things I expected to find today, John,
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I did not think I'd be sitting here, playing football with you.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51What a wonderful set of footballers!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Thank you.- Now, tell me about them.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54How long have you had them?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Well, my father gave them to me when I was about 12.- Right.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- And he had them when he was a child. - So, when was your father born?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04He was born in 1906.
0:04:04 > 0:04:091906, so these are from the early part of the 20th century.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I don't think the ball is the original one.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- The ball's a cork ball, here. - That's right, yes.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I think they're probably made by Britains,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20which was a major company, making these lead toys, which perfected
0:04:20 > 0:04:24the art of hollow lead soldiers
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and footballers in about 1893.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31So this ties in perfectly with that date.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34THESE are articulated, so we can do this...
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Look, his arms go up as well.- Yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40There's a few bits of damage.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- I mean, not much. There's a couple of armless players.- Yeah.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- And apart from that, it's just the paint.- That's right.- That's missing.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51They've been well played with, which is great.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53In my opinion, I think that's fantastic.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55These should have been played with.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56- Yeah.- And look at the long shorts.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Footballers don't wear shorts like that now, do they?- They don't, no.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02And do you have some great memories of you and your father playing?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Oh, yes. Me and my dad, we had a lot of time with this.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And who usually won?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Dad.- Did he?! - BOTH LAUGH
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Oh! This is obviously the Great British team.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16This here, with the stripes, I mean, some of the colour's worn off,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18but the red stripes,
0:05:18 > 0:05:24as far as my limited football knowledge goes, is Sunderland.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- Oh!- Now, I know that, John, because I have got an ancient Sunderland
0:05:28 > 0:05:32footballer at home - my present husband is an old footballer.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- Really?- Yes. And one of the teams he played for was Sunderland.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- So he'll be very proud that I recognised them.- Yes.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41These are actually in better condition than my present husband,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43but anyway, that's another story.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Well, I think if we put an auction estimate of £200 to £300,
0:05:48 > 0:05:55with a reserve of £200, I'm sure they will do very well...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Are you happy with that?- Yes, I'm happy with that. Yes, thank you.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Brilliant. Well, let's hope they top the league for you.- Let's hope so.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Do you mind? Can I butt in?
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Aren't they great?- Hi, Paul. - Fantastic. Are they Britains?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12They're not marked, but I think they probably will be, won't they?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15And they were given to John's father in about 1910.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- I think they're exceptionally rare. I like them.- Do you?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- They're lovely, aren't they? - They caught my eye.- Oh, right.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- And they're complete. Two complete teams.- Yes.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Look.- Articulated.- Articulated.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Good luck. We'll see you at the auction. Good luck.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- Thank you very much.- Bye.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Well, I love those and I'm betting on such a charming piece
0:06:33 > 0:06:36finding a keen sports lover at the saleroom.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38As the crowds continue to pour in,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42we're making history of our own today.
0:06:42 > 0:06:441,300 people have passed through the doors,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48making this an all-time record turnout for "Flog It!".
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Now, that's what we call dedication.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52You and I...
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Now, Mark's got something that might not, at first glance,
0:06:56 > 0:06:57appeal to everyone.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Now, Alan, where on earth did you get this figure from?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- It belongs to the wife. - Does she know you've brought it?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Yes, she insisted I brought it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- She's had it since her mother died about ten years ago.- Right.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- But her mother had it since my wife was 11 and she's now...- Whoa!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- You should never say... Oh, you're in trouble.- Yeah, she's now 68...
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- You're in trouble. - ..so she's had it over 50 years.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Yes. Well, it actually dates, I think, to the 1950s.- Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- And it's what I call a kitsch collectible.- Yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35They're made by a German factory called Hummel and normally,
0:07:35 > 0:07:40they're little children skiing or climbing trees or doing something.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I mean, this is a real...giant one.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48And I love the way she's sort of looking so intently at this book,
0:07:48 > 0:07:49painted with a duck and a flower.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51She's pointing to the flower.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55These are based on a drawing by a Franciscan nun called
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Sister Maria Innocentia.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02And they were very, very popular. Years ago, 10-20 years ago,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05they used to be hugely popular with Americans.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I have to say, I've never seen this model before.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11And I think it's... Of its type, it's beautifully done.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13It is marked underneath.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15You can see the little Goebel's Pottery mark
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and there's a little mark that says Western Germany.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20So we know it was made after the war.
0:08:20 > 0:08:261945 or later. So that fits in again with that 1950s theme,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30although the drawings were copied from the 1930s.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And I think it's... Of its type, it's beautifully done,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37and it's got a sort of quirky charm about it, hasn't it?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Yes, it has, really, but I don't like it.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- I have to admit, I actually quite like it.- Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Don't think bad of me.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- No, no.- Your wife obviously doesn't like it either.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50No, it brings back bad memories for her
0:08:50 > 0:08:53because her mother got it just after her father had died,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57so every time she looks at it, it just brings back the memories, so...
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I'm sure in a sale, somebody's going to want to buy this figure
0:09:01 > 0:09:04cos I think she's absolutely charming, in a way.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08And I think we've got to be sensible about the estimate though
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- and put £80 to £120 on it...- Yes.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12..with an £80 reserve.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16But it wouldn't surprise me if it made £150, £200.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Because collectors of this would like it.- Yes.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Because of its size and because of its nostalgic look,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- if you know what I mean? You're happy to sell it with us?- Yes, yes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29We'd like it to go to somebody who'd probably appreciate it a lot
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- more than we do.- Yeah, that's a good idea.- It's stuck in the cupboard.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35No, I think we're definitely going to find a buyer.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I'm absolutely certain there's going to be two or three people
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- who want this.- Yeah. So, yes, we'll sell it.- Fantastic.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Thanks for bringing it in. - OK, pleasure.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Not for Alan, maybe,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49but I agree with Mark - there's a buyer out there for everything.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51That's the joy of "Flog It!".
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Now, while the valuations are coming thick and fast,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I've got time to clear up a debate that's been raging here
0:09:58 > 0:10:01at the Minster today and for decades.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04# You say ee-ther and I say aye-ther... #
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Now, do you say "Suth-ull" or "South-well"?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08South-well.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- You do, do you?- Yes. - Why do you say that?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- Because that's what the locals have always said.- Have they?- Yes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Right, OK.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- What's your name?- Cherry. - Where do you live?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21In Farnsfield, which is a surrounding village.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- OK, what do you say? - I say South-well too.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- You say South-well too. - Again, cos the locals do.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- Do you say South-well?- Suth-ull. - Suth-ull.- Wow! Look at this!
0:10:32 > 0:10:38I know just the man to clear up the pronunciation question - Dean John.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41When there was a railway station here,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45the station master always used to say, "All change, this is South-well.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46"All change, this is Suth-ull."
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Right.- So both have been used.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Well, thank you very much.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55I think we got an answer there. It is...a nation divided.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58# Let's call the whole thing off. #
0:10:58 > 0:11:02But there's no debate about the quality of Caroline's next object.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Hi, Carol.- Hello. - Thank you very much for bringing along these lovely watercolours.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Would you like to tell me what you know about them?
0:11:09 > 0:11:13My husband and I collected them about 25 years ago.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- Quite a few, we had about ten. - Yeah?- At one time, yes.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Both signed, lower left here, Frank Gresley.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- He was from a family of painters. - He was.- His father, James... - His father.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And his brothers, Harold and Cuthbert.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32His dates are 1855 to 1936 and I think these are early 20th century.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Yeah.- Typical of the period.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38They're sort of late Victorian, very pretty,
0:11:38 > 0:11:42sentimental watercolours, and they are so beautiful.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I mean, I don't know about you, but I'm a lover of Thomas Hardy.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Oh, right. - And all things of that period
0:11:48 > 0:11:50and I feel as if, in these pictures,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55I would love to be walking down that path, in the dappled sunlight.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57And these lovely girls here...
0:11:57 > 0:12:00You can see the two girls and the cows walking along.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04They're beautifully painted and this other one, here, you can see
0:12:04 > 0:12:07the sheep settling down under the trees,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09the little church in the background...
0:12:09 > 0:12:12They're probably not the most fashionable of subjects,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- but to me, it's timeless. It's a summer day.- Yeah.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- You have nowhere to display them now?- No. No, I haven't.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Gresley did an awful lot of this and specialising in scenes along
0:12:23 > 0:12:24the River Trent...
0:12:24 > 0:12:27And you were telling me he used to paint for a pint.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- He used to paint for a pint. - Well, I bet he had a few pints then
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- because he was quite a prolific artist!- He was!
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Excellent.
0:12:34 > 0:12:40I would say, an auction estimate of possibly £200 to £300 for the pair.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- For the pair.- For the pair. Possibly a bit more.- Yeah.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- I would hope for more than that. - Yeah, yeah.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Would you like a reserve on them, Carol?- I think so.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- I think they out to have 250 on them.- 250 reserve.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Well, in that case, we can't have a reserve higher than the lower
0:12:54 > 0:12:59- estimate, so shall we put them 250 to 350?- Yes.- With a reserve of 250.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Yeah, I think so. - And are you happy with that?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Yeah, I'm happy with that. - Brilliant. And I'm sure they'll do well.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Thank you.- Thank you for bringing them. I love them.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Dawn, where on earth did you get this lovely Cartier watch from?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Well, when my father died,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18I know there were a lot of things in the loft.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20So, me and my sister went up and had a look in the loft
0:13:20 > 0:13:23and that's where we found it. Didn't know where he got it.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- In a box, or...?- No, just like that.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Just like that? Gosh.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- And you don't know where he got it from?- No idea at all.- Wow.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Well, it's a very interesting watch,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36it's by a very well-known watchmaker who's called Cartier.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Oh, yeah.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And this particular model is called a Roadster and we know that
0:13:41 > 0:13:46because it's titled on the back - Cartier Roadster.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47So, you found it when?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Erm, just before Christmas.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Oh, right, so quite recently. - Yeah, yeah.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55And you haven't done anything with him, you thought
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- you'd bring it along today. - Yes, that's right, yes.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Wonderful, I'm glad you did. - Oh, right, thank you.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Of course, what we're all looking for is the gold versions from the 1930s.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05All right, yeah.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09This is a stainless steel model from the 1950s, probably.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12But the movement will be very top quality.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17They're also known for their stylish designs and gentlemen these days
0:14:17 > 0:14:21like these chunky, good-looking watches and this fits that bill.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- All right, yeah.- It's a great shape.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- Have you ever thought of the value? - No, I haven't. Not at all.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Well, I would suggest putting it in at £800-£1,200 with a £700 reserve.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Yep.- Now, are you and your sister happy with that?- Yes.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Nobody wants it in the family?- No.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43You can put it towards something you want.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44That's it. Holiday or something.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49- Oh, it sounds lovely, doesn't it? Can I come with you?- Yeah, you can.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Come in my suitcase.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58It's time for me to take the opportunity for a look around the area.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11George Gordon Byron, born in 1788, became the sixth Lord Byron
0:15:11 > 0:15:14and the owner of Newstead Abbey at the age of just 10.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Now, imagine inheriting this as a 10-year-old boy.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21But it wasn't until 1808,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25when Byron was 21 years old, that he finally took up residence here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Now, the problem was there was no money to go with these fine surroundings.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34So Byron did what any attractive 21-year-old would do,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36he made it his bachelor's pad.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46As well as being a poet, Byron was a good-time guy
0:15:46 > 0:15:50and a magnet for both men and women who would come and stay here.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Byron would throw lavish parties.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56His pals would dress as monks, while Byron himself dressed as the abbot.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Curator Heidi Jackson has been looking after the Newstead Abbey
0:16:02 > 0:16:06collection here, owned by Nottingham City Council, for nearly 30 years.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11What did this place mean to Byron?
0:16:11 > 0:16:16It must have appeared to him like an enormous gothic Wendy house.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- He certainly had fun here.- Yeah. It was a playhouse really, wasn't it?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20- A playhouse.- Let's face it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And he also venerated it as the home of his ancestors.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27He knew everything about the history of this place and his family.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Did it inspire him to write here? - Oh, yes, he loved the place.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34He enjoyed playing here. But he also came here to write.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36He was not to be disturbed when he was in his study.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38If the door opened, he would put his hand up
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- and whoever was in the doorway would know not to bother him.- Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Let's talk about him as the great lover.- Oh, gosh.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- That reputation as a philanderer. - Yes. Yes. Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- It's a well-known reputation.- Yeah. - I don't know.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56The more tender side of Byron isn't so often referred to.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00He was always falling in love, right from boyhood,
0:17:00 > 0:17:01right from the age of eight.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06I think he said his heart always needed to alight on the nearest perch.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Aww.- And he was very tender. - And very charismatic.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Very charismatic, but also very caring.- And an intelligent guy.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Oh, yes.- I think that's obviously the attraction, isn't it?- Yes.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17He attracted people like a magnet.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Well, he had extraordinary personal beauty. He had a beautiful face.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23He had an athletic body because he was quite a sportsman
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and a brilliant mind, also a wicked sense of humour.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Also he was affectionate and caring.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- He sounds like the chap that we all want to know.- Oh, yes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Yes, quite a catch really.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35But, as I say, he was always, always falling in love,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and usually with the wrong person, often with a married woman.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39And then running away from it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Well, yes, having to extricate himself from a...mmm, difficult situation.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Byron would escape from his amorous adventures in London to the freedom
0:17:53 > 0:17:55and the solitude of Newstead.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59And when he wanted to be alone he would climb these stairs.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06And up into this secluded bedroom.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10And this is, in fact, Byron's bed that he brought from Cambridge.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And by the side of the bed he kept a loaded pistol.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15And you can see it there.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17It's said he always kept a pistol nearby
0:18:17 > 0:18:21whenever he stayed at Newstead in case he upset anybody.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25In fact, one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, is quoted as saying,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29"Byron was mad, bad and dangerous to know."
0:18:29 > 0:18:31And I think that proves her point.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Clearly men and women came and went in Byron's life.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46But there was one relationship which seemed to try his patience more than most.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Let's talk about his mother
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- because that was also a difficult relationship.- Yes. Yes, it was.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56They loved each other to bits but they fought like cats and dogs.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58And he referred to his mother's diabolical disposition.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01She did have a fiery temper and they did spend a great deal
0:19:01 > 0:19:04of his adolescence fighting with each other.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08No wonder, though, he was always playing truant from school.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09He was running up enormous debts,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13borrowing lots of money from money lenders and plotting the seduction
0:19:13 > 0:19:17of all the local ladies, young ladies in Southwell, and dedicating
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- to them some of the raciest poems produced by a young man.- Gosh.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- No wonder. No wonder she was... - No wonder the mother was livid.- Yes.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25She was just...
0:19:25 > 0:19:27On one occasion, she is said to have thrown a poker at him.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32But the poor woman, she really was worried to distraction by his
0:19:32 > 0:19:34"scrapes", as he called them.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You know, I have sympathy for Mrs Byron. Very much so.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Like any young lord at the time, Byron loved to travel
0:19:44 > 0:19:46and took a trip to the Near East.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48He was away for two years,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51but when he returned home he received bad news.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55His mother was desperately ill
0:19:55 > 0:19:59and sadly passed away before Byron could get back to see her.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03At the age of 23 he felt the loss deeply.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06He couldn't even face up to going to her funeral.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Instead, whilst that was taking place,
0:20:08 > 0:20:13he took part in a boxing match right here in this very room.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Despite their differences, he thought of his mother as his great friend.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22And he continued to miss her right up until his dying day.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28In 1812, just a few months after her death, Byron published the poem
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and he became an overnight success.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Or, as he put it, "I awoke one morning and found myself famous."
0:20:37 > 0:20:40But in his personal life he was to exchange one troubled
0:20:40 > 0:20:42relationship for another.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49In 1815, it seemed Byron had put his wild past behind him.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50He married Annabella Milbanke.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53But as they say, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55His dalliances continued.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58And disgusted, Annabella left him for good,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01taking with her their five-week-old daughter Ada.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06The deed of separation was signed on the 21st April in 1816.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11And four days later, with spiralling debts and creditors chasing him,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Byron left England for good.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17The scandal drove him out of London's high society
0:21:17 > 0:21:20and into self-imposed exile abroad.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24It's a depressing chapter in Byron's life,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28his daughter taken away from him forever by an embittered mother.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Lady Byron denied Ada all knowledge of her father.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35She wasn't even allowed access to look at the family portraits of him.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41But there is an astonishing outcome to this story.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Byron's adult daughter, Ada Lovelace, now married,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47became an incredibly successful computer scientist,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50credited as being the first computer programmer,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54which was a big achievement for a woman back in the day.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Ironically, she puts that success down to her ability to combine
0:21:58 > 0:21:59science with poetry,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02which is a brilliant tribute to her father, Byron.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Ada never met her father.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10But after he died in 1824, she did visit Newstead Abbey.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17She fell in love with the place and the father she had never known.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20So she made an extraordinary decision to be buried beside him
0:22:20 > 0:22:23in the family tomb at the little church of Hucknall,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25just up the road from Newstead.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30So, was Byron capable of finding true love
0:22:30 > 0:22:32and feeling love with a big heart?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Well, this monument has the answer
0:22:35 > 0:22:37because on it there's an inscription which reads,
0:22:37 > 0:22:42"Near this Spot are deposited the Remains of one who possessed Beauty
0:22:42 > 0:22:47"without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity
0:22:47 > 0:22:50"and all the virtues of Man without his Vices."
0:22:50 > 0:22:54That inscription and monument is a testament to his dog, Boatswain -
0:22:54 > 0:22:57man's best friend, his beautiful Newfoundland,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01a companion for five years - who was sadly bitten by a rabid dog.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Now, rather than have Boatswain put down, Byron nursed him right up
0:23:06 > 0:23:10until the day he died, without any fear of being bitten himself.
0:23:10 > 0:23:16So that tells me one thing - it tells me Byron did find true love.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19We know about the fact that he was an unreliable lover.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23We know the fact that he was an awkward son and a disloyal husband.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27But, boy, did that man have one big whopping heart.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30And there it is, look. He loved his dogs.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Now, if you want to see some characters in the Minster,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52other than our experts, then look no further than up there in the choir.
0:23:52 > 0:23:5514th-century stone carvings.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I think these are marvellous.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Obviously, the stonemason had free artistic licence
0:24:01 > 0:24:03and a great sense of humour.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06That one in particular, look, the guy's scratching his bottom.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07That really is quite funny.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10But it gives you an idea of the sort of people that were walking
0:24:10 > 0:24:11through the door back then,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15sort of burly, sort of ugly, thick stock characters,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17which brings us to our first visit to the auction.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Let's hope we can keep those bidders' hands in the air
0:24:20 > 0:24:22on our lots and here's a quick recap
0:24:22 > 0:24:24of all the items going under the hammer.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29John is lined up to score with that lovely early football set.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33There's Alan's oversized Hummel figure.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38He might not be mad about it, but there could be a big fan out there
0:24:38 > 0:24:39to take it off his hands.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44And there are Carol's delightful paintings by local artist
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Frank Gresley - the perfect antidote to winter.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Dawn's classic watch might afford her that holiday abroad
0:24:52 > 0:24:54she's been hoping for.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02For our auction today, we've popped into Nottingham,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05a city bursting with industrial history.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It was producing coal from the 15th century onwards
0:25:08 > 0:25:11and by the 19th century, mines had spread right
0:25:11 > 0:25:16across Nottinghamshire, accounting for 6% of the nation's coal output.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19And it all came through here, on the Nottingham Canal.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Today, we've come to the salerooms of Mellors and Kirk, which is
0:25:22 > 0:25:25situated just at the back of the canal.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28And it's Nigel Kirk who will be keeping an eye on proceedings
0:25:28 > 0:25:30here today. And don't forget,
0:25:30 > 0:25:36he'll be adding 15% plus VAT as commission for any sale.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41And first, it's the beautiful game - John's miniature lead football set.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44We got two to three.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Hopefully, we might get a little bit more than three,
0:25:46 > 0:25:47somewhere nearer five.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- We'll see.- Which would be really nice.- It's nice.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52They're just different to the soldiers that we see all the time.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- It's a different subject, isn't it? - Yeah. Totally different subject.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Yes.- Good luck. Cos I love them. I love them. This is it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Early 20th-century set of 22 painted lead alloy figures of footballers.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08And £120 for this lot, I am bid. At 120.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10At 120. 130 for it.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14130. 140. 150.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16160. 170. 180.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21- Come on!- He's going! Come on! - 180. 190. 200.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- 220. At 200...- We've sold them.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Yes.- All done, at 200...
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- £200, just.- Just on there. Wow!
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- Happy with that.- Amazing.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Well, that was very good.- You know what they say, don't you?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Back of the net!
0:26:35 > 0:26:36What a result!
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Next, will Alan's rare Hummel figure score with the bidders?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43It's good to see you, Alan, again.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- This Hummel figure's of the large size.- It's wonderful.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- I've not seen as big a one as this, have you?- No, I haven't.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- This is the largest I've seen for quite some time.- Do you like them?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54No. I don't.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Mark, though... You've quite an extensive collection of Hummel.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Paul, please.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I try to keep it quiet. It's the world's largest collection.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07I try and keep it under my hat. But this one is so kitsch. I love it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12- It's just got a real quirky feel. - OK, good luck. Here we go.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17275 is the unusually large Goebel figure of a little girl.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Modelled by MJ Hummel. £50 for it?
0:27:20 > 0:27:2350 bid. At 50. 60. 70. 80.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2680. 90. 90. 100.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28110. 120. 130.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31At 120, on my left at 120.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32And I sell.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35£120.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Gosh, that was quick, wasn't it? 120.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39You're happy with that. We didn't like it, did we?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41I'm glad it's gone.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44So am I! We didn't like it!
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Getting into gear right now.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52One of the first sports watches to go under the hammer.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It belongs to Dawn, it's a Cartier. Great name.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Bit of a bloke's toy, this. It really is, isn't it? - Very nice thing.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I said to Mark, "What sort of watch are you wearing?"
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Because I like big, chunky watches. Come on, Mark, show us.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- I'm not wearing a watch.- So I said, "How do you tell the time?"
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Listen to this. - I use my mobile phone.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- It's true, a lot of people use it. It's there, isn't it?- It is.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15And it's more accurate than a watch. Fingers crossed we get £800-£1,200.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Yes, it's a nice-looking thing and as you say, the name is good.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20We're going to find out right now because this is our lot. Good luck.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23This is where it gets exciting, anything can happen.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Here we go.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29The Cartier Stainless Steel Roadster large wristwatch.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30I'm feeling quite nervous.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Me too, I'm not sure about it actually.- Nor am I.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Is bid at 500. And 50. 600. 650. 700. 700, I am bid.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Well, we've got the reserve.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- 750 over here.- Oh, we're over the reserve now.- 800. 850. 900.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46That's it, that's good. We're there.
0:28:46 > 0:28:53- 1,100. 1,200?- Oh, spot-on, Mark. - At £1,100, the bid is on my left.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Selling at £1,100.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58£1,100 The hammer's gone down!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- Good valuation.- Thank you. - I did get a bit worried.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- There was a sticky start, wasn't there?- It was, it was.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Is this your first auction?- It is.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08You can see what we say when we say it's a bit of a roller-coaster ride of emotions.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11One minute, you're up there enjoying it all, next minute,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- you think, actually, I'm not. This isn't going to sell.- We got there.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16How about that? Your first auction and a big sale.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I'm pleased with that.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22And now, the last of our lots -
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Carol's pastoral paintings by local artist Frank Gresley.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Do you want to see them go today? Do you like them?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- They're old-fashioned. - They are a little bit stuffy.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I think they're a little bit stuffy, but there is still a market for this.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Well, there are collectors of Frank Gresley.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- We used to collect them at one time. - It's the name, isn't it?
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- The name will get them. - They're good local...- Local artist.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- Not a lot of money either.- No.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- For two.- We're hoping for 250. - OK, that's not a lot of money.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Not for the pair.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53We're going to find out what the locals think right now. This is it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:59435. A pair of watercolours by the Derbyshire artist Frank Gresley.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04- And £250 I am bid.- Straight in!
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Confident!
0:30:06 > 0:30:08350 for them? 350. 380.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13380. 400. At 380, I am bid now. £380.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Any advance? And selling at £380.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19380.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- Smashing!- Good, good.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- Well done.- You see? Art is an arbitrary subject, isn't it?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27It really is. What I like, you may not like.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- You may like... So... - And they're fashionable to someone.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Yes.- Somewhere.- Yes, if you've got the house for it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35There's always a market for something in an auction room.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46We're coming back here later on in the show,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50so don't go away because I can guarantee one or two big surprises.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Now, our stunning valuation day venue, Southwell Minster,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55ticks all the boxes worldwide for its architecture,
0:30:55 > 0:31:00but it's also famed for its history, spanning well over 1,000 years
0:31:00 > 0:31:04and it's witnessed some key events which have shaped our nation.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14To understand Southwell, you have to go back to its very beginnings.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Picture the scene, when the Romans were in Britain,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19nearly 2,000 years ago.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21This was the perfect spot for them,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23with hills which helped their defence of the area
0:31:23 > 0:31:28and plenty of water for transport from wells, hence the name -
0:31:28 > 0:31:29"south well".
0:31:31 > 0:31:36And all of this explains why before the Minster in all its various forms
0:31:36 > 0:31:39was a glimmer in the architect's eye, the Romans built the
0:31:39 > 0:31:43obligatory grand villa right here, and there's evidence of that here.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Look at that. Fragments of a fresco, painted into the wet plaster.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50You can see an image of a goddess, looking down on you.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53And it's remarkable how that has survived.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56This is just a fragment from one of the bathhouses,
0:31:56 > 0:31:57but this was no ordinary villa.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01It was on a huge scale, one of the largest in the country
0:32:01 > 0:32:03and of great significance.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05But unusually, it had no fortifications.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08This wasn't defensive architecture.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11The Romans felt their presence was strong enough here,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13they could just relax and enjoy themselves.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15This was a mark of things to come.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22The churches of Britain are like layers of wallpaper.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Start to peel away the layers
0:32:24 > 0:32:28and you'll be surprised what glories and stories you'll find beneath.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32From 956, on the site of the Roman villa,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36the first Anglo-Saxon church was built.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39And there's a great example of waste not, want not,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41right here underneath my feet.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Look at that. Hey, presto. Let there be light.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49That's the last surviving example of the Anglo-Saxon church,
0:32:49 > 0:32:53but if you look closely, you can see it's reclaimed Roman build.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56That's Roman paving and Roman mosaics.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58A wonderful example of tessellated work.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01So everybody was at it, reclaiming periods of history
0:33:01 > 0:33:03and that's what it's all about.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08But it was when the Normans arrived
0:33:08 > 0:33:13and added their touches that this place really began to flourish.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14And this is the nave.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Work began on it in 1120 and the result is these wonderful
0:33:18 > 0:33:24soft Norman arches, running the length of this incredible building.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28And as you look up, your eye is drawn towards the heavens.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It really is quite inspirational,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33emulating the French churches of the day.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Really saying - look, we have arrived. This is how we do things.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Watch and be inspired.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44This surely was the magnet drawing bishops and kings to Southwell.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Charles Leggatt is fundraiser here and he's got an encyclopaedic
0:33:55 > 0:33:59knowledge of the great and the good who have passed through these doors.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04So, why was Southwell a "must" place to visit? Was it perfectly situated?
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Yeah.- Literally, between London and York.- Absolutely so.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And it's easily defensible. Good agriculture.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14So much so, that it became a very popular destination,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17not just for the archbishops who built their palace here,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- but for the medieval kings.- Mm.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Remember, we're very close to what was the main arterial road
0:34:23 > 0:34:29north-south, known as the Great North Road, now known as the A1.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- And so, if the King's coming from London...- It's so convenient.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Exactly. It's extremely convenient.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37I'm just picturing the visitors' book.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- I mean, it would read rather well. - It reads extremely well.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43I mean, you really do get virtually all the medieval kings,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46from Richard I through to Richard II, staying here.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56One of the key figures who appeared at the Minster was none other
0:34:56 > 0:34:59than Cardinal Wolsey, spiritual counsellor
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and government minister to Henry VIII.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04He was appointed in the early part of the 1500s.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08He had a long relationship with Southwell and he spent many a time
0:35:08 > 0:35:11at the bishop's palace, the remains of what you can see behind me there.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14He would come here and relax and get away from all the cares
0:35:14 > 0:35:18and the affairs of state in the court of Henry VIII,
0:35:18 > 0:35:20and believe me, there were quite a few of those.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Wolsey's biggest headache was that he failed to secure
0:35:24 > 0:35:27a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, Henry's first wife,
0:35:27 > 0:35:32who had not managed to provide Henry with a son he so wished for.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Wolsey, in 1530, is told by Henry VIII, "Look,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40"I've had enough of you," you know? "Get out of my sight.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43"Get off back to your work as Archbishop of York."
0:35:43 > 0:35:49But Wolsey only comes as far as here and it's here, at Southwell,
0:35:49 > 0:35:53that he's frantically trying to work out his final last-minute plans
0:35:53 > 0:35:56to appease Henry VIII, to say to the King,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59"Look, it's not my fault that Pope Clement VII
0:35:59 > 0:36:03"won't grant a divorce from Catherine of Aragon."
0:36:03 > 0:36:05And he's here for the whole of the summer,
0:36:05 > 0:36:09but at the end of the summer, Henry VIII changes his mind
0:36:09 > 0:36:12and says to Wolsey - "Actually, come back to London.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14"I want you back in London."
0:36:14 > 0:36:19And undoubtedly, Wolsey would have been given a show trial and executed.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Henry VIII, remember,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24was very much into blaming the messenger for the bad news.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28And Wolsey only had bad news to give at that stage.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33It's not hard to guess Wolsey's state of mind when he wrote...
0:36:40 > 0:36:44He would have sat within these walls and contemplated the fate
0:36:44 > 0:36:49that Henry had in store for him when he returned to London.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Now, Wolsey made his journey from Southwell to the Tower of London,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56but he actually didn't make it to the tower.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58On his journey, he died.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01It was November 1530.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05The twist in the tale is he escaped the executioner's axe,
0:37:05 > 0:37:09but he wasn't the only VIP to walk where I am today.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13100 years later, we had a visit from King Charles I.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16As civil war raged into its ninth year,
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Charles I, fleeing for his life from the Parliamentarians,
0:37:20 > 0:37:22arrived at Southwell.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Charles believed the Scottish troops encamped here would give him
0:37:26 > 0:37:28safe haven, but when he arrived,
0:37:28 > 0:37:32he was handed straight into the hands of the Parliamentarians.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36But there's a nice story during one of the King's earlier visits here,
0:37:36 > 0:37:42when he was staying at the palace, that he needed a new pair of boots
0:37:42 > 0:37:46and a local shoemaker in the town was visited by this man,
0:37:46 > 0:37:51because the King went into the town in mufti, not as the King,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53and the shoemaker, James Lee,
0:37:53 > 0:37:58refused to serve this strange man cos he said he'd had a dream
0:37:58 > 0:38:01the previous night in which he had been forewarned that
0:38:01 > 0:38:06a stranger would visit him and if he was to serve this stranger,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08no good would come of it
0:38:08 > 0:38:14because the hand of destiny was upon this man and he was fated.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17It was a strange foreshadowing of the drama to come.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19And soon after being handed back to his enemies,
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Charles was tried and executed and the palace ransacked.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26It was the beginning of the end for the Minster.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30In 1711, the western spire was hit by lightning,
0:38:30 > 0:38:33which caused fire damage to the whole structure,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35and it was slowly left to deteriorate.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44But in 1884, the Minster was given an injection of cash
0:38:44 > 0:38:45to upgrade the building.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Southwell finally earned its stripes.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49It was named a cathedral,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52although the moniker of a minster has somewhat stuck a little.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57But it was given the status to match its vital role in our history.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14The valuations have been going apace in the Minster.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Now, I wonder
0:39:16 > 0:39:19if Caroline can shed some light on the history of her next item
0:39:19 > 0:39:23that she's just about to value and she's down there at ground level.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- John, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, Caroline.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- And this is a lovely watch that you've brought along.- Yes.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35- And it's got the magic name on it, hasn't it?- Yes. Rolex.- Rolex.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Yes, that's the one.- How lovely!
0:39:37 > 0:39:39So, how have you come by this?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42For ten years, I ran a recycling centre...
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- Yes, so you could earn the money to buy such a thing.- Yes.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- No, somebody actually threw that in a skip.- No?!
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- Yes.- No?!- Yes. HE CHUCKLES
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- And you just saw it glinting in the skip?- Yeah, that's it.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59How extraordinary! And it works, does it? Do you wear it?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01It does work. I've worn it once.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- When was that?- 20 years ago on my daughter's wedding.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Oh, did you?- Yeah. Yes.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- Dates from 1938, 1939...- Yeah.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- I don't think the strap is an original one.- No.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- Simply because the watch is 9 carat gold...- Yes, it is, yeah.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21This buckle here, should, in my opinion, be 9 carat gold,
0:40:21 > 0:40:23if it was the original strap.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Yeah.- But no matter, that's not important.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29And you were telling me earlier that you'd repaired it.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31The second hand dropped off it...
0:40:31 > 0:40:33When I actually got it, the second hand was off.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- Well, if you'd been chucked into a skip, I think you'd have a bit missing.- Probably, yeah.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40So, the second hand was off and you had it repaired.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- Do you remember what it cost you to repair?- £127.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- Right.- They did put a new winder on as well cos the winder was very worn.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51And did you send that back to Rolex to do that?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53The jeweller that I took it to, yeah.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- They said they couldn't touch it. It had got to go back to Rolex.- Right.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- So it stands you £127?- Yes. - That's all.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05Now, this, as it's a 9 carat gold Rolex in great condition,
0:41:05 > 0:41:09it's always been made for a man of means,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11so consequently, it's a valuable thing.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16I would say, in today's market, it's going to be worth £300-ish,
0:41:16 > 0:41:21so I would think a presales estimate of £250 to £350,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- with a fixed reserve of £250? - Yes, that would be all right.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26- Are you happy with that? - Yes, I am.- Brilliant.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29And I'm sure the buyer will be very, very happy with it,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- but not as happy as you, who found it in your skip!- Yes.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- I'm so jealous! Thank you, John. See you at the auction.- Yes, you will.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Don't forget, if you've got a vintage watch hidden away,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42check if it's a good quality Swiss movement,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46from the likes of Omega, Longines or Tissot,
0:41:46 > 0:41:50and you'll be laughing if you have a military watch from the 1960s
0:41:50 > 0:41:53and '70s, as these are very popular.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Now, I've found something brought in by Anthony,
0:41:55 > 0:41:59that marks the best of British engineering and which played
0:41:59 > 0:42:03a vital part in military operations during World War II.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Tell me, what are we looking at here? You can explain.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08We're looking at the control wheel
0:42:08 > 0:42:11and throttle quadrant from Guy Gibson's aircraft.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13And this would have been a Lancaster bomber.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18Yeah, from the Dams raid, so he actually handled these on the raid.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22This is an incredible piece of history. How did you come by it?
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Father ended up with it.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26It was actually broken up, the aircraft,
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- at RAF Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln...- Right.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31And been in our possession ever since.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- And we are in heavy bomber country. - We are, absolutely.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36This whole area...
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Yeah, hundreds of airfields, from the north of Lincolnshire
0:42:39 > 0:42:41and Yorkshire, all the way down.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44So, what do you intend to do with these?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Are you going to keep them forever,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48or pass them on to the next of kin and keep them in the family?
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Well, they're no good sitting in a loft or in someone's house.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56They need to be in a local museum, in bomber country.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- Yes.- But definitely in England and preferably in Lincolnshire.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Is that something you're looking to do,
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- put them into a museum around here? - Yes, it is.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Maybe Anthony's control panel could find
0:43:08 > 0:43:11a home at the Lincolnshire Heritage Aviation Centre,
0:43:11 > 0:43:15where I had the good fortune to see the inside of a Lancaster bomber,
0:43:15 > 0:43:17though it was on the ground.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20And there was that control panel and steering wheel in situ
0:43:20 > 0:43:23that Anthony is so lucky to have found.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Here we are. Right up in the cockpit.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31The first thing that struck me was the lack of space inside.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Secondly, now, once I've crawled the length of this aircraft,
0:43:34 > 0:43:37is there is not a lot of protection.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41The pilot had no GPS, no satellite navigation system,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43no air-traffic control telling him what to do.
0:43:43 > 0:43:48He relied on his navigator and this chap had a compass, a map,
0:43:48 > 0:43:51a ruler and a watch, basically.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53It was crucial, plotting out
0:43:53 > 0:43:56where precisely these bombs had to be dropped.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01It's incredible to think that the Lancaster bomber was the mainstay of
0:44:01 > 0:44:04the RAF, carrying the biggest load
0:44:04 > 0:44:07and being one of the most successful night-time bombers.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11Today, just three working Lancaster survive,
0:44:11 > 0:44:15so for Anthony to have a piece from an original is quite amazing.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21I think the value is in the story behind this item, don't you?
0:44:21 > 0:44:22Absolutely.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24- Thank you so much for talking to me. - Pleasure.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26It really is a wonderful thing to see.
0:44:26 > 0:44:30And all I can say is, chocks away and over to our experts.
0:44:35 > 0:44:40What a lovely flight of ducks, ladies. Now, who do these belong to?
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- They belong to me.- Right. So, Sue, how have you come by them?
0:44:44 > 0:44:46They were left to me by my uncle.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49- It was about 15 years ago. - And do you like them?
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Well, I do and I don't.
0:44:51 > 0:44:56I think they're quite attractive but my husband absolutely hates them
0:44:56 > 0:44:59and he decided to display them in our cellar,
0:44:59 > 0:45:02in the games room on the wall where we play darts and table tennis.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- Ah, right.- So I was afraid that they may get damaged.
0:45:05 > 0:45:11They are a set of Beswick ducks, designed and produced between 1938
0:45:11 > 0:45:13and 1973.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16The designer of them was a Mr Watkin.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20And if we turn this one over and look at the back, we can see here,
0:45:20 > 0:45:25- Beswick, England. And the original hanger to hang it up.- Yes.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30And they were very, very popular and very evocative of a certain period.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Now, do either of you follow Coronation Street?
0:45:32 > 0:45:34- Well, I do, yes.- Do you?- Yes.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38- And do you remember seeing something like this in Coronation Street?- Yes.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40- Do you know whose house these were in?- Hilda Ogden.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Hilda Ogden, exactly.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45And they were just so iconic, really,
0:45:45 > 0:45:47and almost a bit of a laugh.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50But they're actually quite fashionable now.
0:45:50 > 0:45:55And it's unusual to get a set of four in perfect condition.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57I've examined them all, there's no breaks.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01And over the years I've handled loads of these.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04And a lot of them are broken at the wings, the necks,
0:46:04 > 0:46:07cos they're quite fragile and you can imagine they fall off the wall
0:46:07 > 0:46:08and various things.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12Now, they do have a value. Do you have any idea of what sort of value?
0:46:12 > 0:46:16- I was thinking about £100. - You're dead on.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20I would give them an estimation for sale between £80
0:46:20 > 0:46:26and £120 with a reserve possibly of £80.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- Do you want a reserve on them?- No.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- No, I'm happy to let them just find their own value.- That is great.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34A confident lady - and you have every right to be confident -
0:46:34 > 0:46:36because they WILL get that.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43And the object that's landed on Mark's table shouts 1960s.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49- Jason...- Yes.- And your lovely son Tate, is that right?- It is, yeah.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50Tell me about this.
0:46:50 > 0:46:55It's designed by Geoffrey Baxter, it's called Whitefriars Glass,
0:46:55 > 0:46:57it's called a hooped vase,
0:46:57 > 0:47:01designed in the 1960s and in a colour called tangerine.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Gosh! I don't need to be here.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05I can go home.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08- Cos you've just told me all the things I should have told you.- Mm.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11But what I want to know about it is - where did you get it from?
0:47:11 > 0:47:14- I actually got it from a car boot. - Did you?- Yeah.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17- So, do you go to a lot of car boots? - Yeah.- All the time?
0:47:17 > 0:47:20When the weather's nice and I can take the children.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23We're used to the big banjo vases and the bricklayer vases,
0:47:23 > 0:47:26but these hooped vases, we don't see very often.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30They're not quite as desirable as those standard pieces, I suppose.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32No, not as recognisable.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35Not as recognisable, but the colour is lovely on this.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37It's like a great big boiled sweet.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39The factory, of course, goes back a long way.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42The Whitefriars factory was originally
0:47:42 > 0:47:46- founded in the early 18th century. - James Powell.- By James Powell.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49And they produced a wonderful early 18th century glass,
0:47:49 > 0:47:52right up to the '20s, and then in the '60s,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55they wanted something more avant-garde
0:47:55 > 0:47:58and they employed Geoffrey Baxter to produce this series of barkwares.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01They went out of fashion, of course, in the '70s and '80s,
0:48:01 > 0:48:05- but now back in fashion again.- Mm.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09And it's a cracking example of that era, really.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- You paid quite a reasonable price... - 35.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16- Well, £35 is not a huge amount, is it?- No.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20I think we've got to be realistic with the estimate.
0:48:20 > 0:48:25- Have you got a figure in mind? - I have seen them on the internet for sale as a buy-it-now price of £280.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27- Yes.- I'm not expecting that.- No, no.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I think putting it into auction, we've got
0:48:29 > 0:48:33to be looking at sort of 100 to 150, with a 100 reserve fixed.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35But I think the collectors will still come for it.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Hopefully, on the day, a couple of hundred quid.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41- But I think you do have to be realistic about it.- Yeah.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44I suppose if we get a good price, you'll go off car booting again?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47- They've got some good antique shops round here.- Oh, have they?
0:48:47 > 0:48:51- They have, yeah.- I haven't had a chance to look round. I'll have to come back, I think.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55- Jason, it's lovely to meet you both and I'll see you at the auction. - Thank you.- Thanks very much.- Cheers.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59Well, Tate might not be that excited about the prospect of the vase going
0:48:59 > 0:49:02to auction, but I'm sure there will be plenty of bidders for this
0:49:02 > 0:49:05lovely piece of Whitefriars.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07So, over to Caroline now for our final object of the day
0:49:07 > 0:49:09and it's worth the wait.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12- Hello, Andrea.- Hello.
0:49:12 > 0:49:17Thank you so much for bringing this absolutely beautiful pendant.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21I know, it's lovely but I just really have not a clue as to...if
0:49:21 > 0:49:27it's old or...anything about it, foreign or medieval or...
0:49:27 > 0:49:30- It's a mystery object.- Right. Well, let's see if we can unravel it.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33First of all, how did it come into your possession?
0:49:33 > 0:49:38Well, my mother kindly gave it to me and she got it from my father.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42We don't know where he bought it,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45but he was rather good at finding sort of treasures
0:49:45 > 0:49:50and things like that and I have worn it a couple of times only,
0:49:50 > 0:49:53- to both my daughters' weddings. - Oh, how lovely!- So, that was...
0:49:53 > 0:49:56- And did you wear it on a gold chain? - On a chain, yes.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58Well, it's really lovely.
0:49:58 > 0:50:03It is gold, it's not marked at all, but it's probably 18, 22 carat gold.
0:50:03 > 0:50:08It's baroque pearls, emeralds and rubies.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12The stones are quite crudely cut
0:50:12 > 0:50:15and these beautiful misshapen river pearls...
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Can you see the tiny, tiny ones here?
0:50:17 > 0:50:25I would think it's mid-19th century and it's possibly of Indian origin.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28And can you imagine the beauty that would wear that?
0:50:28 > 0:50:32It would just look stunning with either a plain dress,
0:50:32 > 0:50:36or you can imagine it with her hair all up and across her forehead.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Did your father travel a lot?
0:50:38 > 0:50:41- Not to India anyway.- No?- No.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45- Do you have any idea of value? - I don't know.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48One sort of assumes if it's kind of rubies and things,
0:50:48 > 0:50:51it might be quite valuable, but I really don't know.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Well, I would think an auction estimate of between £300 and £500...
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Yes.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01- But if we protect it with a fixed reserve of 300, just so it's...- Yes.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03- That would be good.- I think so.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07And I think that'll go to a happy home and be worn.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09That would be lovely, yes.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13A piece of jewellery that wouldn't look out of place on the lapel
0:51:13 > 0:51:16of any king who has come through Southwell Minster.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Well, what a colourful past Southwell Minster has had and
0:51:22 > 0:51:25I'm sure there are still many more corners still to be
0:51:25 > 0:51:27discovered here, but sadly for us,
0:51:27 > 0:51:29it's time to say goodbye to the Minster,
0:51:29 > 0:51:32our valuation day today, and this magnificent crowd of people,
0:51:32 > 0:51:36as we head over to the auction room for the very last time.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Has Whitefriars aficionado, Jason, backed a winner
0:51:39 > 0:51:42with his tangerine-tinted piece?
0:51:44 > 0:51:47There's Andrea's gem-studded gold pendant that will surely
0:51:47 > 0:51:49dazzle the bidders.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55And John's utterly classic watch, unearthed from a skip
0:51:55 > 0:51:57and waiting to be worn again.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Carole's counting on those Beswick ducks
0:52:01 > 0:52:04to create a soap opera drama at auction.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09Our auction today is in the city of Nottingham,
0:52:09 > 0:52:13about 15 miles from Southwell, home to the medieval castle
0:52:13 > 0:52:15and now a museum and art gallery.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19And today, we've come to the salerooms of Mellors and Kirk,
0:52:19 > 0:52:21which is a stone's throw from the castle.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25Now, hopefully, our experts will be able to defend their valuations,
0:52:25 > 0:52:26here at auction.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31And don't forget, there's commission to pay when you sell here.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34It's 15% plus VAT.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37And the man on the rostrum today is Nigel Kirk,
0:52:37 > 0:52:41who's about to get going with our first lot, those very kitsch ducks.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45We've got the ducks. Unfortunately we don't have the owners. We don't have Sue and Carole.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48But we do have with us, right now, Sue's daughter, Heather.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51- And it's great to see you, it really is.- And you.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55- So, do you like these ducks? No? - Not particularly.- Been on the wall?
0:52:55 > 0:52:58They've been on the wall for a very, very long time, yes.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- I'm not a big fan of Beswick, I must admit. But these things do go.- Yes.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03A lot of people out there collect it
0:53:03 > 0:53:05- and they're really serious about Beswick.- Yeah.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07They're very iconic. They're sort of...
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- It's Hilda Ogden that immortalised them, isn't it?- Yes.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12- Drives you quackers.- Absolutely. SHE QUACKS
0:53:12 > 0:53:15- So you don't mind selling these, do you?- No. Absolutely not.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17No. Right. Let's put them to the test, shall we?
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Let's find out what they're worth. Here we go.
0:53:19 > 0:53:24- NIGEL KIRK:- Four Beswick graduated flying mallard wall plaques.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26£50 for them? Is bid. At 50, 60.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29- That chap wants them there. - Yes, he does.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31- Wow.- This guy there, he's serious. - People do want them.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33120. 130. 140.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37150. 160. 170.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42170 I'm bid. 180 for them? At £170 in the room.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44< Selling at £170.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48- Ducks are on the BILL. £170. Well done.- Thank you.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50- Well done.- Thank you very much. - Tell your mum, won't you?
0:53:50 > 0:53:52- Give her the good news. - I certainly will.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55And her and Caroline will be off spending the money on more days out.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Hilda Ogden would be pleased.
0:54:00 > 0:54:04- Jason, it's good to see you again. - Hiya.- You know your Whitefriars.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06- A little bit.- You do, don't you? - A little bit.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Remind me again of the story - where did you pick this up?
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Just from a car boot. It was £35, out early in the morning.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- It is out there, isn't it? - Cheap enough, isn't it? 35 quid.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20People are still selling Whitefriars glass for around £20 to £30 to
0:54:20 > 0:54:23£40 and you can buy it and you can bring it to an auction room
0:54:23 > 0:54:26- and you can double your money. - Just fabulous.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30My mum and dad had Banjo vases and Drunken Bricklayer vases as well and
0:54:30 > 0:54:33they had a big shelf with the light coming through, as a room divider...
0:54:33 > 0:54:37Shelf, shelf, shelf, think of Abigail's Party, think 1970s.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41- That sounds very '60s, '70s... - It was. With Whitefriars glass.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44- They used to go out and buy it. - It's stunning, actually.- Exactly.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47Good on you though. Hopefully, we're going to make a profit here.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Let's put it to the test.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53And £50, I am bid. £50.
0:54:53 > 0:54:5560 for it anywhere? 50 anywhere?
0:54:55 > 0:54:5860. 70. 80.
0:54:58 > 0:55:0280. 90. 100. 100, I am bid.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05110, do I see? Against you online. 110, I am bid online.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- 120.- Come on, a bit more.- 130.
0:55:07 > 0:55:13130. 140. At £130, online, I sell.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15140.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Selling at 140...
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- Not a bad profit, £140 in the room. - You can't beat that.
0:55:22 > 0:55:23I'm happy with that.
0:55:23 > 0:55:28- Will you go out now with that money and buy more Whitefriars?- Maybe.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29- Maybe.- All depends...
0:55:29 > 0:55:32You never know what's there on a car boot, so sometimes you're lucky.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34- He's a bit of a dealer.- Ah, right.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36So it's not just Whitefriars you home in on.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39- It's anything you think you can make a profit on.- Yeah, pretty much.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41- Yeah.- That's the way to do it. - Got to get up early though.
0:55:41 > 0:55:42He won't do that!
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Mark could learn from Jason,
0:55:44 > 0:55:50who is definitely the early bird who got the worm, with a profit of £105.
0:55:50 > 0:55:51Not bad.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Next, it's Andrea's jewel-encrusted gold pendant,
0:55:55 > 0:55:58found by her treasure-seeking father.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Auctioneer tends to think it's more of Iberian origin,
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- rather than Indian.- Yes.- OK?
0:56:03 > 0:56:06It is a little bit crude, it is mid-19th.
0:56:06 > 0:56:11If that was early 19th, I think we could almost quadruple that value.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14- Yes.- But hey, look, this is an auction. Anything can happen.- Yes.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18- And I know you've done a bit of fiddling with our valuation.- I did.
0:56:18 > 0:56:23- We did have a £300 reserve on this. - And that's now 400.- That's now £400.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25- So, you rang the auctioneer up, did you?- I did. Yes.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27You thought it's too little to let go.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30I just thought I'll keep it if it sort of doesn't go for very much.
0:56:30 > 0:56:34- I don't blame you.- Yeah.- Good luck. It's time to say goodbye to it.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38I don't think you'll be taking this home. Here we go. We're putting it under the hammer.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41The Iberian emerald, ruby, pearl and gold pendant.
0:56:41 > 0:56:46- And £200 for this... - Come on, ladies! Put your hands up!
0:56:46 > 0:56:48200. 220 for it.
0:56:48 > 0:56:49220 for it. 220.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52240. 260.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54280. 300.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56Right, OK...
0:56:56 > 0:56:58- At £300.- That's the old reserve.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00350. 380.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02380, I am bid.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- Come on!- 400.- That's all right.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06£380, all done.
0:57:06 > 0:57:10- At... 400, I am bid now. Online.- Yes!- Yes!
0:57:10 > 0:57:12- 400. 420 for it?- That was close.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14420 anywhere? Fair warning.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17And selling at £400. Online.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19- £400. Well done to you.- Thank you.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Because I think whoever was bidding on that may have only took it
0:57:22 > 0:57:25- up to 300 in the first place, so wise move. Happy?- Thank you. Lovely.
0:57:25 > 0:57:29- Delighted.- And if you've got anything like that you'd like to sell,
0:57:29 > 0:57:32we would love to see you. Bring it along to one of our valuation days.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Details of up-and-coming dates and venues, you can find
0:57:35 > 0:57:36on our BBC website.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40If you don't have a computer, check the details in your local press.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43We would love to see you. Come on, dust them down and bring them in.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46£400, a kingly sum for Andrea.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49And now to our final lot, that elegant Rolex watch,
0:57:49 > 0:57:54saved from its fate in a skip by eagle-eyed John.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56It's good to buy watches in auction, but if you do get them
0:57:56 > 0:57:59- repaired, send them back to that manufacturer.- Yeah.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03- Yeah, it's the all-important name. - It is, isn't it?
0:58:03 > 0:58:06- Quality. And you know what we say on the show?- Quality always sells.
0:58:06 > 0:58:07Quality always sells.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Let's put it to the test.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13Lot 15. Rolex 9 carat gold gentleman's wristwatch.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16£200, I am bid already on commission for this lot.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19200. And 20. 250. 280.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21280. 300 on commission.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24- 320. 320. 350. - Someone in the room over there.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28380 online. 400. 400. 420. 450.
0:58:28 > 0:58:32- Keep going!- Yeah, keep going! Every little helps.
0:58:32 > 0:58:37- 480. 500. 550.- This is more like it. - Yeah.- It is quality.
0:58:37 > 0:58:39550. 600 online.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41650 for it?
0:58:41 > 0:58:45And selling, online at £600.
0:58:45 > 0:58:49That is a sold sound! £600!
0:58:49 > 0:58:51- Very good.- Fantastic!
0:58:51 > 0:58:54- That's a lot better than £250. - Correct! You're right!
0:58:54 > 0:58:57- We're happy with that.- Yes. - That was a bit of a come and buy me.
0:58:57 > 0:59:00- It's a lot of money.- Yeah. - Are you going back to the skip?- No!
0:59:00 > 0:59:02That won't be there, will it?
0:59:02 > 0:59:05But there are plenty more skips in Nottingham. Good luck, mate.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08And John will no doubt be scouring them.
0:59:10 > 0:59:15We've had a great day here. I hope you've enjoyed watching the show and you've learned something.
0:59:15 > 0:59:19That's the main thing. Join us again soon for many more. Until then, it's goodbye.