0:00:08 > 0:00:10The magnificent Peak District
0:00:10 > 0:00:13is the second most visited national park in the world.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Today, we are so lucky to be
0:00:14 > 0:00:17in the heart of Britain's beautiful countryside.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Let's hope we can attract the visitors, too.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:44 > 0:00:47The Peak District is about the same size as Greater London
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and it was Britain's very first national park.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Nestled in the south of the park is the very handsome Haddon Hall,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00which looks over the graceful River Wye.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I'll be out and about exploring the beautiful Peak District
0:01:04 > 0:01:05later on in the show, but first,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07it is time for me to get down there
0:01:07 > 0:01:10to join up with our Flog It! crowd, who have travelled across
0:01:10 > 0:01:12the hills and the dales to provide us
0:01:12 > 0:01:15with a veritable feast of antiques to take off to auction.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And leading our Flog It! expedition today
0:01:19 > 0:01:21is the wonderful Michael Baggott.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It's trying desperately to be earlier.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26But we all do that when we get to a certain age, don't we?
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Of course we do.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And taking to the peak for the girls
0:01:31 > 0:01:35is Yorkshire lass Caroline Hawley.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Now, that's very fitting for here, isn't it?- It is.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Very nice.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Armed with bags and boxes full of antiques ready to be valued,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45our crowds are all set to explore
0:01:45 > 0:01:48this magnificent medieval manor house.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It certainly is a bit nippy out here in the Peak District,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53so let's hope the fires are lit inside.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57This is one of our best preserved buildings from the Middle Ages.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01It's nearly 900 years old. And back then, there was no central heating.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04And today, there still is no central heating.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Time has stood still.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08So let's hope our experts have found something to warm their cockles.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Let's go inside and find out.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Well, I'm glad to see everyone is prepared
0:02:13 > 0:02:15and looking warmly wrapped up.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Now, which one of the following metal items
0:02:19 > 0:02:23will forge ahead at the auction, leaving the others behind?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Will it be this cast-iron shield?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Or this early silver spoon?
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Or maybe this piece of Second World War memorabilia?
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Well, you'll have to keep watching to find out.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41We're going to start in the long gallery with Michael,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44who is totally delighted with his first find.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Carol, you have absolutely made my day today,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51bringing in this wonderful spoon.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I mean, it's an absolute delight.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57I will probably bore you in telling you so much about this spoon.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- But before I do...- Yes. - How did you come by it?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- It's a family spoon, on its own.- Yes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06And it has lived in the cutlery drawer for the last 30 years,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08as far as I'm concerned.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- And I don't know where it came from. - In the cutlery drawer?- Oh, yes, yes.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Oh.- I got it out of the cutlery drawer last night.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16To polish it.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21AC, the initials, does that relate to anyone you know in the family?
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- No, it doesn't. - It's a very interesting spoon.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- First of all, let's look at... I've got it this way up.- Yes.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33With the bowl facing down and the back of the bowl up,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36because this is how this would have been placed on the table
0:03:36 > 0:03:38when it was made.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- Yes.- In about 1750, we started putting spoons that way up
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- on the table.- Right.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Which is why you have got a little bit of decoration here
0:03:46 > 0:03:48as you are holding and using it,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52but most of the decoration is on the reverse of the bowl.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Right.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58The pattern is what we call trefid pattern now,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02because of the three lobes. And there are various forms of trefid.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Later ones simply have a rat tail... - Yes.- ..to the bowl.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Earlier ones have this decoration which we call lace backs.- Yes.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13So this would be a lace-back trefid spoon.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16This, rather peculiarly,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19has got a device of a backwards Z
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- struck over itself three times.- Yes.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And the last mark, which is nearest the stem, there is
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- a maker's mark there.- Right.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Which has been very poorly struck.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And that Z mark is over-stamping it.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Right.- Now, this is a provincial spoon.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I can't be definite,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- but from the pattern of the lace work on the back...- Yes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- ..I think it is more likely to be North Country.- Yes.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- Which is either York or Newcastle. - Yes.- As opposed to the Southwest.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Well, that's where the family came from, Yorkshire.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- That hangs together beautifully. - It does, yes.- That all makes sense.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00What has happened is this spoon has been made by a good silversmith
0:05:00 > 0:05:04and then sold on to someone who has put their own
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- sort of set of almost tinker marks on it.- Really?
0:05:07 > 0:05:12And whilst that is very unusual, it doesn't really help us
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- placing it in terms of where it was made and who made it.- No.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Any idea when it was made?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I thought it might be as early as 17th century, 16-something.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- Absolutely.- Really? - This style of spoon comes in
0:05:25 > 0:05:28in about 1660, 1670.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- Right.- And this will date to anywhere between 1680 and 1690.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Really?- So, we're dealing...
0:05:35 > 0:05:37You know, we're dealing with quite an age.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43- We're talking James II into William and Mary.- Yes.- It has got issues.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Right.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49When you use a spoon for 300 years and you're right-handed,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52you do that in a bowl and you get wear.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56And initially, the edge of the bowl has worn down
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and then it has started to curl back on itself.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04And that is pretty much as bad as a bowl gets on an early spoon.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Yes.- So, any thoughts of what it might be worth?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Well, I was hoping it might be worth £100 or more.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14It is worth £100 all day long. It's worth £200 all day long.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Really?- So, what we'll do is we'll put an estimate,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- a tempting estimate of £200 to £400.- Really?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- And we'll put a fixed reserve of £200 on it.- That's excellent.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26It's a lovely thing. They are rare.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31I mean, the harsh news is that if that had nice York hallmarks
0:06:31 > 0:06:35on it and was in good condition, it would be...
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- £5,000.- No!- So...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42What you need to do is go home to the cutlery drawer and see
0:06:42 > 0:06:45if you've got any others in slightly better condition.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50There are no others. It has always been one on its own. Strange!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It's a lovely thing. Why have you decided to sell it now?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It has been sitting there for a long time.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56I had various valuations done,
0:06:56 > 0:07:00but nothing as in-depth as what you have given me now.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- Well, you see, I am a spoon anorak. - Yes.- And this is right up my street.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- That's wonderful. - And in fact, it is so up my street
0:07:07 > 0:07:09that I will go home tonight
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and in my large hallmark book, I will write down that I have seen
0:07:12 > 0:07:16a 1680s trefid with a backwards Z struck on it four times.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19So in 30 years' time, when I see another one, I'll say,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21"I've seen one of those before,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24"on a Flog It! valuation day at Haddon Hall."
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Gosh, that was really interesting. Michael is a font of knowledge.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Caroline's next, and she has also picked out something special.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Hello, Yvonne. Nice to meet you.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Now, would you tell me what you have brought along for me to see today?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- It is two items of Worcester. - Right.- Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And how did you come to have them?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Well, it came to us by an aunt of respect.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I've never heard of that expression, an aunt of respect,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55is it somebody you chose to call "auntie"?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Have you not heard of it before? - No, I haven't.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01It's a lady that's not related, but she was an elderly lady,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- so we called her "auntie". - That's lovely.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- She was a friend of my mother-in-law's.- Yes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11And we had to deal with her estate, and they came to us.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16So, it's a little cream and sugar basin. Very pretty.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Have you ever used them at all?- No. - They have been in a cabinet,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- have they?- Yeah, in a cabinet. - Very highly prized.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Why do you feel that now is the time to sell them?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Well, it was really just coming to the programme
0:08:28 > 0:08:30and getting some information about them.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Yeah, and you are happy to sell them?- I am.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Now, do you know who the artist was, Yvonne?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Well, I know the name Powell on there,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39but I don't know anything about him.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Right.- Or is it a him? - It's a him, it is.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Now, it's William Powell -
0:08:44 > 0:08:47William or Billy, as he was known at the factory.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51He was born in 1878 and he worked right up
0:08:51 > 0:08:53until his retirement in 1950.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58He had a seven-year apprenticeship before he was allowed to
0:08:58 > 0:08:59sign his name on pieces.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04He became one of the finest small bird artists that Worcester had.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07He was seen regularly out in the countryside,
0:09:07 > 0:09:13sketchbook in hand, drawing the birds to put them onto these pieces.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Sadly, as we say, time and time again,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- condition is almost everything. - I know, yeah.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- And you know there is a slight chip here.- I understand that, yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27In this one. Which does affect the value somewhat.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31They date from that early part of the 20th century,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34about 1918, 1916.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36And he is a very collectible artist.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Do you have any idea what sort of price you would like for these?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41I don't.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47Only having seen previous programmes, I thought about £40, £50.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- About £40, £50.- I don't know.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I would think we could hope to do a little bit better than that.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56And I think if we put an estimate of... I'm going
0:09:56 > 0:09:59to stick my neck out here and say...80,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03possibly 80 to 120.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06And we'll put a fixed reserve of £80, Yvonne.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Are you happy with that? - I am happy with that, thank you.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Thank you, very much.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Well, I think that's great value for two little works of art.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Our crowds today are certainly enjoying
0:10:18 > 0:10:19the Elizabethan long gallery,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23with its oak-panelled walls and its high-relief plaster ceiling.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25What they probably don't realise is
0:10:25 > 0:10:28the floorboards that are taking all their weight have been
0:10:28 > 0:10:33cut from one single oak tree that has grown here on the estate.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Now, oak is an incredibly dense hardwood with a tight, close grain.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41And the heart of the wood itself is impervious to woodworm
0:10:41 > 0:10:45and beetle, that's why it looks as good today as it does
0:10:45 > 0:10:48when it was first laid centuries ago.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52And the same estate craftsmen have also cut semi-circular steps
0:10:52 > 0:10:56that I am sitting on from the root of the same oak tree.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Not only is that creative, it's also resourceful.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Back in the long gallery,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06our experts are making the very best of the resources available to them.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12And Michael has found a second item as thrilling as his first.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15John, I spotted this wonderful armorial in the queue.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19I was instantly drawn to it. It is completely my area of interest.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22But where did you get something as marvellous as this from?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Well, my uncle presented it to me 40 years or so ago.- Yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29He had exchanged it during the Second World War
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- for packet of cigarettes with a German soldier.- Good grief.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Where was he when this took place, do you know?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37As far as I am aware, in Germany.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40You don't know the region or the area?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I believe the shield is this shield of Dortmund.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46I mean it could be, basically, the town mark of anywhere.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50It could be... Frankfurt has a single-headed eagle.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Or it could be a family crest.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I mean, what's fascinating is, obviously, this was towards
0:11:55 > 0:11:56- the end of the war?- I believe so.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00The Germans must have sort of almost had defeat in their hearts
0:12:00 > 0:12:03that they were taking things like this,
0:12:03 > 0:12:08which I imagine would be fixed to the exterior of a building.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Let's turn it over.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- I mean, it's cast-iron.- Yes.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And it has got this very sturdy, this very German,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18well-engineered bracket fitting.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And there are a couple of screws that hold it in.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25They don't to my mind look like machine-made screws.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Right.- Cos we have got no marks on this at all.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33And of course, being cast-iron, it doesn't tend to weather and age
0:12:33 > 0:12:38over a period of time as wood or copper or anything else would,
0:12:38 > 0:12:39to give us an idea of the period.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43But I would place this sort of 1880 to about 1900 in date.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45When you get arms like this,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- one thing that helps you identify them are the colours.- Yes.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52So the different colour of eagle on a different ground.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55But of course, being cast-iron, and being black,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59it doesn't help us very much. I mean, this is a fabulous thing,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01a fabulous bit of your family history.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Why have you decided to sell it?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Two children, neither of them are interested in it particularly.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You can't cut it down the middle, can you?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- It is not the wisdom of Solomon, is it?- No.- I mean, value...
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- I will put a very broad estimate on it...- Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20..of £50 to £100.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23And we'll put a fixed reserve of £50 on it because,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I promise you, if you went to a foundry today to have that made,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31it will cost several hundred pounds just to have that done.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Well, you've got all the modelling to do. It's a fantastic thing.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39And I think... I mean, I love it. I'm sure someone at the auction...
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Well, hopefully, at least two people.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Two Germans.- Two Germans.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46We are in the internet age, these things go online.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I've never seen it on the internet.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I don't know what the postage will cost,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53but that is the bidder in Germany's concern.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57It's lovely to see. It's lovely to see something different.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01What an extraordinary story. I will be curious to see
0:14:01 > 0:14:05if there is any internet interest at the auction.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Well, there you are, you have just seen three wonderful items.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10You've heard what our experts have had to say.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13You've probably got your own opinions, but right now, it is
0:14:13 > 0:14:14now down to the bidders.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Let's find out what they think as we go to the auction room
0:14:17 > 0:14:18for the first time.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21And here is a quick recap of what we are taking with us.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Will the early silver spoon bring drama to the sale room
0:14:24 > 0:14:27as the silver collectors battle over it?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Or could it be the sale of the little William Powell
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Worcester jug and the sugar basin that causes the biggest stir?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Or will the German shield outperform both of them
0:14:38 > 0:14:42by attracting interest from the Continent and on the internet?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Stay with us to find out.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Only a stone's throw away is the pretty village of Rowsley
0:14:49 > 0:14:51and today's auction house - Bamfords.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53And it looks like we are going to have all the fun of the fair.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03On the rostrum later is Flog It! expert James Lewis.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05And don't forget, there is commission to pay.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07It does vary from sale room to sale room.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Here it is 12.5% plus VAT.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Well, our auctioneer, James Lewis, is on the rostrum
0:15:13 > 0:15:16and the sale is under way. This is where it gets exciting.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19For all of you at home, sit back, put your feet up and relax.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22For our owners, it is going to be a roller-coaster ride.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Let's get on with our first lot.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27At 450, do I see five?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Going under the hammer right now, we've got a 19th-century
0:15:30 > 0:15:32German cast-iron shield belonging to John,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- who is standing right next to me now. Who is this?- This is Daniel,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- my grandson.- Daniel, pleased to meet you.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Are you getting into the antiques business at a young age?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- Hopefully.- Hopefully! Has anything caught your eye here today?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Not at the minute.- What do you think of the auction?- It's great fun.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- It's a cracking place, isn't it? - Yeah.- And what an atmosphere.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Hopefully, Grandad will sell this at the top end
0:15:51 > 0:15:53and take you out for a treat.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55In a way, you should be inheriting this.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- You might be.- You might be! No!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Anyway, it's going under the hammer. Ready?- Yep.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Good luck, Daniel. Here we go.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06It's the 19th-century, Continental cast-iron shield
0:16:06 > 0:16:10of Dortmund, there it is. With the eagle with open wings.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14And I can start the bidding here at £50. 60 anywhere?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15At 50, and 60 now.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18At 50, and 60, sir. 60 in the room.
0:16:18 > 0:16:2070, 80, 90 and 100.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- You won't find another one in a hurry.- It's quirky.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Yeah, very quirky.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26At £100. 110, do I see?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28At £100.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Any advance? At 100, 110 anywhere?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33You're coming in online. Flashing light, you interested?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35At £100, 110 do I see?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38At £100, standing. All sure?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The hammer has gone down, it's sold, £100.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44You're taking your grandad out shopping now, aren't you?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Mm?- They may see a little of it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Not the internet interest that I was expecting,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52but nevertheless, a good result.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55And now for something far more delicate.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Going under the hammer now, we've got a Royal Worcester set,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00with a value of £80 to £120.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03It belongs to Yvonne, who sadly cannot be with us.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05But we do have our expert, the gorgeous Caroline.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- And we should get the top end on this.- We should, we should.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Very, very good artist, specialist in bird paintings.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Very good quality.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Beautiful thing. There's a tiny bit of damage on one of the pieces.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21But I'm sure it's going to achieve more than the top estimate.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23We have got a packed auction room here,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26it's an electric atmosphere and I'm sure this is going to fly out.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- It is.- Figures crossed? Ready? - Fingers crossed.- Here we go.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Lot 309 is very sweet, little Royal Worcester
0:17:33 > 0:17:36bird milk jug and sugar basin,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39painted by William Powell.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40There we have it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44And jolly pretty. And I can start the bidding straight in at £80.
0:17:44 > 0:17:4585 now.
0:17:45 > 0:17:4785 to the left. 95.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50100. 110. 110 in the room to the left.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51At 110, 120 now.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54At 110. 120 at the very back.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56130. 140, sir?
0:17:56 > 0:18:00140. 150. 160?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03160. 170? 170. 180?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06He shakes his head at 180. At 170 to the left.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10At £170. 180 anywhere? At 170.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Anybody else? At 170... It's yours, 658.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Good result. Yvonne, I hope you enjoyed that moment,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18watching us back at home.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I'm pretty certain that the buyer will be delighted with those.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25And now for something that is properly antique.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Well, so far, so good.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30And stirring up the mix right now - there is a good link there -
0:18:30 > 0:18:32is Carol's silver spoon, at £200 to £400.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And I'll tell you what, I think this is one of the oldest items
0:18:35 > 0:18:39in the sale room, from the William and Mary period, circa 1680.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43It is a little gem. And you brought it to the right expert.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- Michael loves silver.- I know, yes. - I am a spoon nut.- You are.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51And this, actually, is a very academic spoon. It is provincial.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- So the collectors will be out for this one.- Sure.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56And it is here to be sold at £200 to £400.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Lot number 24 is this wonderful William and Mary trefid spoon,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07circa 1685, with the lace back.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Brilliant, James has done back and front pictures online.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- This is really good. - Markings on the back.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- And I have got three bids on commission.- Great, there you go.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Look at that.- Right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20They are all clustered around the lower end of the estimate.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And I can started it at £210.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24220 do I see in the room first?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27220? 220 is it?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30At 210, absentee bid.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33At 210, 220 now? Internet, 220.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35230.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Internet bidding 240, 250. - Come on, come on.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- 260, 270. - I've got my fingers crossed.- Yes.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45280, 290.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48At 290. Make it 300 in the room.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50310?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51And a shake of the head.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53At £310.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- At 310, you sure?- It's going.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58All right, 315.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- 320.- Well done, James.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Carry on again. - Tease that little bit.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06No? £320. Absentee bid.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Do I see any more?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- You're out online, you're out in the room.- It's gone.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Great.- You could say he was an absolute corker on it, couldn't you?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- It has gone. And you are smiling.- Yes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21450. 450, 460.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22460, 470.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Well, there you are, our first three lots under the hammer,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and everyone has gone home happy.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29That's what it's all about.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Now, while we are here in the area, filming in the Peak District,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34it would be an absolute scandal if I didn't get out and about
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and explore the countryside. Well, that is exactly what I did.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I went off to find out more about the history
0:20:40 > 0:20:42of Britain's first national park.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54555 square miles of unspoiled moorland and limestone dales
0:20:54 > 0:20:56make up the Peak District National Park
0:20:56 > 0:20:59that came into being in 1951.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02These days, we take our mighty
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and magnificent national parks for granted.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08We just park the car up and step out into the great outdoors.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Each year, more than 22 million people do exactly that right here.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20But it hasn't always been that simple.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Indeed, in the early years of the 20th century, this idyllic
0:21:24 > 0:21:28and rugged landscape became a battleground.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33From 1600 to 1860, successive parliamentary enclosure acts had,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37in effect, fenced off half of England's countryside
0:21:37 > 0:21:38from the people.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It sounds far-fetched
0:21:42 > 0:21:44to say that access to the open countryside here
0:21:44 > 0:21:48ended in violence and arrests, but that is exactly what happened.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51The moorland was owned by various different private estates
0:21:51 > 0:21:52and landowners.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56And they were keen not to let trespassers on their land.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00So to the working class people of the large cities of Sheffield
0:22:00 > 0:22:04and Manchester, the countryside was visible, but it wasn't accessible.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12But they had some powerful allies and were determined to both
0:22:12 > 0:22:15preserve the landscape and to open it up to the wider public.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Ethel Haythornthwaite, the daughter of a Sheffield scrap metal merchant,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25used her wealthy contacts to buy up swathes of the peaks,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28which were then gifted to the National Trust.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And Labour activist Burt Ward
0:22:30 > 0:22:33campaigned for access to open countryside
0:22:33 > 0:22:38by forming the first working-class ramblers group in Sheffield.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Local journalist Rory Smith tells me
0:22:41 > 0:22:44they played a crucial part in achieving reform.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49How close was the countryside to the working folk and why?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51You have to remember, Paul,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53that these wonderful moors around here,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56all the highest peaks of the Peak District were actually
0:22:56 > 0:22:59visible from the homes and workplaces of the people living
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- and working in Manchester. - You could see that from Sheffield,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- couldn't you?- You could see them.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Yet you couldn't walk on them.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Kinder Scout was the forbidden mountain in those days.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- That's frustrating. - It was frustrating.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12How key was the work of Burt and Ethel?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Well, it was absolutely essential, really,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17because Ethel was the founder of
0:23:17 > 0:23:21the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England in Sheffield,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23which later became the Friends of the Peak.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27And Burt Ward was the founder of the first working-class
0:23:27 > 0:23:32rambling club in the country - the Sheffield Clarions - in 1900.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37And those two people were absolutely vital for the opening up
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- of the countryside and the campaign to make it a national park.- Sure.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I understand there was a huge atmosphere brewing up amongst
0:23:44 > 0:23:45the working-class people.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49You know, they were denied access to huge parts of this open land.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Frustration was enormous.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52So they used to trespass.
0:23:52 > 0:23:58And Burt Ward and others trespassed regularly on places
0:23:58 > 0:24:01like Kinder. He called it "the gentle art of trespass."
0:24:01 > 0:24:04And he counted gamekeepers all the time.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09In fact, he had a writ served on him not to walk on Kinder Scout
0:24:09 > 0:24:10at one point. But he still did.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13And this is Kinder Scout.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17And at 2,000 feet, it is the highest point in the Peak District.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20And it is the scene of a major battle between,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22on one side, the ramblers
0:24:22 > 0:24:26and, on the other, gamekeepers, protecting their employers' land.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Describe the trespass, what happened?
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Well, there was a group of ramblers from Manchester called
0:24:33 > 0:24:35the British Workers Sports Federation.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37In fact, they were a communist group.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40They decided on what we would call today direct action.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43They said, "Well, if there's enough of us, they couldn't stop us."
0:24:43 > 0:24:48So one sunny April morning in 1932, about 400 of them
0:24:48 > 0:24:52gathered at Hayfield, which is the other side of the hill from here.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Yeah.- And decided they would do a mass trespass.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57This is the first time those words had been used.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00And they publicised it so everybody knew they were coming.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03And they set up a right-of-way
0:25:03 > 0:25:07and deliberately trespassed up on to Kinder Scout.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10And they were met by a line of gamekeepers who were ready
0:25:10 > 0:25:12and waiting for them. And there were a few scuffles.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16But they went on and met another group who had come over from Edale,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19this side of the mountain, and they had a victory meeting.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22And after that, they all went back down into Hayfield.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24The police were waiting for them.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Six of them were arrested and five of them
0:25:27 > 0:25:32were actually charged with public order offences, basically.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36And were imprisoned for periods of up to six months.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37What was the significance?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39As a result of this,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43and particularly as a result of the severe sentences handed
0:25:43 > 0:25:46down by the judge, it actually united the ramblers cause.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47I'd imagine it would.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50And they were fighting then not just for access to the moorland,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52but also for national parks all over.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- All over the country.- Yeah. And here we are.- History was made.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57History was made.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59And this is the first national park,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02and it is the best, as far as I'm concerned.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- You live on its doorstep, don't you? - I do.- It's beautiful.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12By the late 1930s, the CPRE -
0:26:12 > 0:26:14the Campaign to Protect Rural England -
0:26:14 > 0:26:18were running hard-hitting films in cinemas all over the country,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21demanding that urgent changes be made to the access
0:26:21 > 0:26:23to the countryside.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28'Will you always be content with confined spaces?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31'Or are you going to take the road to national parks,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33'the road to freedom, freedom of England's country?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35'That is the case for the defence,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38'for the defence for the right of the beauty of our land.'
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Finally, in 1951, the first four national parks were designated -
0:26:46 > 0:26:49the Peak District being the first to open,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53followed by the Lake District, Snowdonia and Dartmoor.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56People power had paid off and now vast, open tracts
0:26:56 > 0:27:01of countryside were being protected for future generations to enjoy.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Welcome back to Haddon Hall, where valuations are still in full swing.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Our experts are working flat out to unearth gems from the past
0:27:18 > 0:27:21fit for our historic surroundings.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Let's now join up with them and take a look at what they found.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31And we are straight back in with Caroline, who has found an unusual
0:27:31 > 0:27:36bird bath which might look quite at home here, in the gardens of Haddon.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Paul, I love him.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43I saw him coming in earlier and I think I tried to chase after you.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I think he is delightful. Tell me what you know about him.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Well, I've had him for 40 years. - Yeah.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I was doing a building job and the antique dealer I was
0:27:52 > 0:27:55working for said I could have anything in this particular cupboard,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59because he felt it didn't appeal to many people because of what it is -
0:27:59 > 0:28:03it's sort of Pan and the devil and the little horns.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05But the detail is what impressed me.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10- Well, why do you want to sell this lovely figure?- Well...
0:28:10 > 0:28:14I've had it a long time and my daughters don't really want it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19So I thought I might buy them for their birthday something in gold.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23So you're trying to turn lead into gold? A lot of people have tried.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25And it is very, very heavy.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29I'm not going to pick him up, but I saw you struggling through with him.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32And the detail... Can you see the little hoof here?
0:28:32 > 0:28:33And the hair.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- He's really...- There's all his muscles and then there is his hair.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- His back is impressive.- Yeah. His back is very impressive, yeah.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43He's a strong piper.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48- Yeah, he is indeed. - And his fingernails are even on.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Yeah, and they're sort of long and clawing, aren't they?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54It's very difficult to put an exact valuation on this
0:28:54 > 0:28:56or even a date on it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59There are no marks on it anywhere.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03If I had to put a bet on it, I would say 19th century.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Pan comes from the Greek "to pleasure".- Right.- And there is...
0:29:06 > 0:29:09He is the god of shepherds and flocks,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11and he is a very handsome thing.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16And to put a figure on it, I would say between £300 and £500.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- Ah. Yes. - How would you feel about that?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Well, I'll put a reserve on in that sort of range.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- Would you be happy with a 300 reserve?- Yes, I think so.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- Are you sure?- Yep.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Right, well, we'll do that. He's going into a good auction.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32It will be well advertised.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35And I think there is every chance he is going to go off
0:29:35 > 0:29:39and play happily in someone's beautiful garden forever and a day.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- Thank you very much for bringing him, I love him.- Thank you.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Thank you.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46So do I - let's hope the bidders agree.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Michael next, with a beautiful piece of carving.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Alan, I actually...
0:29:51 > 0:29:55I was resting earlier today on the stairs as you were passing me,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58and this was poking out of a bag, and I beckoned you forward.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00You did, yes.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03And I wasn't disappointed when you took it out of the bag.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- It is a bit of a whopper, isn't it?- It is.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- Now, are you a collector of Chinese works of art?- No.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Where did this come from, then?
0:30:09 > 0:30:14My father bought it in an antique shop in Brighton in the 1960s.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Good grief. Was it very expensive?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20As far as I can remember, four pounds, ten shillings.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Well, what people tend to forget now,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- because we have gone through a period of Chinese mania...- Right.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31'60s, '70s, '80s, '90s,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- Chinese art was the poor cousin to Japanese.- Right.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36In the last five or six years,
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- anything Chinese is flavour of the month.- Right.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43So I can understand why it was only four pounds in the antique shop
0:30:43 > 0:30:45in the '60s.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47And what we have got here is a lovely, tall,
0:30:47 > 0:30:49carved section of bamboo.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54It would have been done in China, probably in Canton,
0:30:54 > 0:30:59anywhere from 1850 up to about 1880, 1890 in date.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03So, second half of the 19th century.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08What we've got is pagodas and Prunus trees and a procession of,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I imagine by their headgear,
0:31:11 > 0:31:16monks going up to the rocky outcrop on top of the mountain.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Right.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22It's well carved. All of this is one piece. All of this is undercut.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Nothing has been carved and applied onto it.- Right.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27How many man-hours would you say to create that?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Because I imagine one man sort of sitting there, you know,
0:31:30 > 0:31:32for weeks and months.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34But remember, all that one man did
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- for a period of time was carve bamboo.- Right.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40And, you know, it's like me eating cream cakes.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- I can eat a lot of cream cakes if I put my mind to it.- Right.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47It may not be the one person was so involved in this.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49You would have a series of them
0:31:49 > 0:31:52and one might concentrate on cutting out the rough form.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56And someone might do the trees, someone might do the temples,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- someone might do the figures. - Right.- Why have you decided...?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I mean, you have lived with it for 40 years, haven't you?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Our children are not really interested in it,
0:32:04 > 0:32:06so I can't see myself leaving it to them.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09I've enjoyed plenty of years with it and it's time for someone else,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- time to move on. - And it is a good time to sell.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- That's right, yes. - It does happen in this business,
0:32:14 > 0:32:16there are times to keep and times to sell.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- And I think this is at its peak now. - Right.- Value.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24It's very decorative and it's very big,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- but I don't think it is the very best quality.- OK.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30So, we have to approach it cautiously
0:32:30 > 0:32:34and recognise that it might fly because it is Chinese.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- But let's put £200 to £400 on it.- Right.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40And let's put a fixed reserve of £200, which is
0:32:40 > 0:32:44not a bad return on four pounds. Even over a period of time.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- Thanks very much for bringing it in.- OK, thank you.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50With the Oriental market being so buoyant, that should do well.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Next, I meet someone who jogged my memory back to the last time
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I filmed here at Haddon.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I bet you've done that many a time.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Not with salmon so much, no.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06That's the Rolls-Royce of fishing reels, the Hardy, isn't it?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- Yeah.- This is worth around £300, this reel.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- Right.- Do you collect Hardys?- I do.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- I started about 15 years ago. - Do you still fish?
0:33:15 > 0:33:19I do, yeah. I work here for the Haddon estate. I'm on the river.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- I've got my own fishery over the road.- Oh, you're set up, then.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24You are in heaven, basically.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- I fished here. - It's a wonderful place.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30It's brilliant, it's absolutely brilliant.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31But it's not easy,
0:33:31 > 0:33:36even with expert help from Haddon's head river-keeper Warren Slaney.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Come on, bite.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Gave me a lesson in what flies to use
0:33:43 > 0:33:46and what particular time of day and the season.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- You wouldn't have been using these. - No.- Too big.- Too big, far too big.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52But thanks for showing me those as well
0:33:52 > 0:33:54- and sharing your fishing memories with me.- Thank you.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Back to Caroline now,
0:33:58 > 0:34:02who has found an intriguing model from the Second World War.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Steven, you have brought along this doodlebug or buzz bomb.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13- Can you tell me any more about it? - The best way I can explain
0:34:13 > 0:34:18the history of this is, I purchased this in Germany many years ago.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24And the person I got this off of said to me that this
0:34:24 > 0:34:27was made for one of the hierarchy of the Nazi party at that time.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Now, who that hierarchy... I don't know. No names were ever mentioned.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35When the Allies were pushing back the Nazi forces,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38they were out of range of London.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41And all the Allied supplies were going through Antwerp,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44so they directed all these at Antwerp.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46And that's why you've got the "Antwerp" on the side.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Ah, right! So that explains... Yes, I do. So that explains the Antwerp.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51So that's the Antwerp bit.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54And as far as I know, I've never ever seen another one like it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- Not exactly like it.- I haven't. - And it's a part of history.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01That was the first flying bomb missile.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04The first one was actually launched at London,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- 13th June, 1944. - That's correct.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- So you can imagine they're going to be pretty proud of this bomb.- Yeah.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15It's a desk piece. It would be used on a desk.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20And this wonderful trail here, its use, I would think,
0:35:20 > 0:35:21- is of a paperweight.- Yes.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- I would agree with you.- Would you?
0:35:23 > 0:35:29I would think it would grace somebody's desk as a paperweight.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- It's chrome-plated.- Right.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I've been told, I don't know if it's true or not, this base,
0:35:34 > 0:35:37this type of marble, you can only get in Belgium.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Right! Now, I don't know the origin of that marble.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43That is what I was told.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45It's an interesting item.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48And people that collect wartime memorabilia
0:35:48 > 0:35:51from the Second World War, it's of great interest.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- And there is a big following. - Yeah, I understand that.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58So, tell me why have you decided now that the time is right
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- to sell?- Cos I think because of its historical value
0:36:02 > 0:36:06and what it actually means, especially made like this,
0:36:06 > 0:36:10I would say that it needs to go into somebody's collection,
0:36:10 > 0:36:12someone that would really appreciate this
0:36:12 > 0:36:14as much as I have appreciated it over the years.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16OK. That brings us to value.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20It's very difficult to put a value on such a thing.
0:36:20 > 0:36:26I would say, if we put an estimate for auction of £50 to £80,
0:36:26 > 0:36:30with a fixed reserved of 50, are you happy with that?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- I'm a little bit disappointed with that offer.- OK.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35You know, that valuation.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I would have thought at least from £80 upwards.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40In that case,
0:36:40 > 0:36:4580 to 120, with an £80 fixed reserve?
0:36:45 > 0:36:46That sounds fine by me.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49What a fascinating item.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53One can only guess whose hands it has been through.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Well, you have just seen our experts,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57they have made their final choices of the day.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01It is not just about the value, it is also about the beauty
0:37:01 > 0:37:05of the object and its contribution towards our social history
0:37:05 > 0:37:08and the stories it can tell. We have just heard some fabulous ones.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11It is time to say goodbye to Haddon Hall as we make our way
0:37:11 > 0:37:12down the road to the auction room.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And here's a quick recap of what is coming with us.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16The bird bath is magnificent,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19but will it make the biggest splash at the sale room?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Or will the Oriental carving turn out to be the item
0:37:24 > 0:37:26that is a cut above?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Or will the little German model be the really explosive sale?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Stay with us and you will find out.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37620, second row. 620.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40650. 680.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42680.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Welcome back to our auction room in the Peak District.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Let's now join up with auctioneer James Lewis,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49who's on the rostrum, ready to sell our next items.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53We are starting with a touch of grandeur.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Well, if you want the country house look,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58you've got to be right here, right now, because going under
0:37:58 > 0:38:02the hammer is a 19th century lead bird bath, and it belongs to Paul.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04And I absolutely love this.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Everyone, everyone could do with this in their garden.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- Couldn't they?- Yeah. - So, why are you selling this?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11You live in a flat and you've got no garden?
0:38:11 > 0:38:14No, my daughters don't want it. I've had it for 40 years.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16You've had it inside, haven't you, with fruit in it?
0:38:16 > 0:38:21- Yes.- I can see it with some water in it now.- Yeah.- Good luck both of you.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23It's going under the hammer right now.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27776. Here we are, this is the 19th-century lead
0:38:27 > 0:38:30country house bird bath with Pan.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- And one, two, three, four, five bids on it.- Wow.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36But they are all below estimate.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Oh.- 220, 260. 275 I have.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42At 275, 280 now.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- At 275. 280. 290. - Somebody in the room. Brilliant.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49At £300 in the room.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52At 300. 310 now. At £300, it's with you. 310?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Fantastic!- At £300, 310 anywhere?
0:38:55 > 0:39:00At 300. At 310? You coming in online? At £300, any advance?
0:39:00 > 0:39:01At 300...
0:39:01 > 0:39:06Yes, we did it! £300, it's gone! It was close.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- Yes.- Are you happy with that? - Yes, thank you.- Brilliant.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Well done, Caroline.- It was creeping a bit, wasn't it?- It was.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Worth every penny.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18I love this next lot belonging to Alan.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21It's carved from a solid piece of wood, hundreds of little figures
0:39:21 > 0:39:22going up a hill, it's exquisite.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25It's got the look and it is flavour of the month.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- Let's find out what the bidders think.- Right.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Lot 575 is the large Chinese bamboo section
0:39:31 > 0:39:36and I can start the bidding at...£150 starts it.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38150. 160, do I see?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41The Chinese bamboo carving. At 150. 160 now.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46At 150, 160 on the phone.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48180, 190, 200.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50200, 220, 240.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- 240, 260, 280. - He's got a bid on the book.
0:39:55 > 0:40:02- He keeps dropping his eyesight down. - 300, now. At 280 I am out.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05At 280, do I see three?
0:40:05 > 0:40:10Online? 290. 290, bid. Three. 300.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15300, bid. 310. At £300.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- On the phone at three. 310, if you like.- Hovering mid-estimate.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20No, they are out.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23At 300, all the bidding very close.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Middle estimate at £300.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Good valuation, Michael.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you for bringing that in.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- It's all right.- It's nice to be right some of the time, isn't it?
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Michael is far too modest.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Before the sale, I spoke to auctioneer James Lewis to see what
0:40:42 > 0:40:47he thought the chances were for the extremely unusual doodlebug model.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51The doodlebug stopped humming. It's time for it to go off.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Hopefully at the top end. We got 80 to 120 on that.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Yeah, I think that's just about right.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00It's a funny thing that will appeal to those militaria collectors
0:41:00 > 0:41:03but it's not something I've ever seen before.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05So, hard to put a price on.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Yeah.- There was a story behind this, obviously.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09An amazing one, I imagine.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Yeah, fingers crossed at the top end anyway.- Absolutely.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15The connection with the Belgian town of Antwerp
0:41:15 > 0:41:18during the Second World War seemed very curious,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20so we decided to do our own investigation.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23What we found was fascinating.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Between October 1944 and March 1945, there was
0:41:27 > 0:41:30a secret battle known as Antwerp X.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35The allies organised 22,000 anti-aircraft artillerymen
0:41:35 > 0:41:38to defend the strategic port of Antwerp
0:41:38 > 0:41:42from massive bombardment by German V1 bombs.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47It was known as the Battle Of The Buzz Bomb and with these dates
0:41:47 > 0:41:53inscribed on it, it is surely this that our little model commemorates.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Just about to land on James's rostrum right now is
0:41:58 > 0:42:00the doodlebug belonging to Stephen.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02We've got a value of 80 to 120.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- Let's hope this does fly away, so to speak.- I do hope so.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Top end. It's quirky. Unusual.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Have you used this as a paperweight?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- No.- Where has it been?
0:42:15 > 0:42:18It has been in my cabinet, with my cars and stuff like that.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Do you collect cars?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24I collect cars as well. I am a magpie, really. Guitars.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Nothing wrong with that, is there? Hey, look. Good luck!
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Lot number 455
0:42:30 > 0:42:32is this very interesting
0:42:32 > 0:42:34World War II model
0:42:34 > 0:42:37of the flying bomb.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Lots of enquiries about it and I can start at £100. 110, sir.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45110 on the aisle. 120. 130.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48140. 150. 160. 170. 180.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50190, on the aisle.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54At £190. At 190. 200, now.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56At 190. Do I see two?
0:42:56 > 0:43:00190 on the aisle at £190. Do I see two anywhere?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02At 190, sir. All sure?
0:43:02 > 0:43:08- 190, 716.- That was a good result. - Yeah, very good result.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13- That was good design.- I presume that will go to a collector.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17- Thank you for bringing that in. - Thank you ever so much.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Appreciate it. Thanks for doing it for me.- Pleasure.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21Thank you ever so much.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Well, that's it from our Derbyshire auction room
0:43:29 > 0:43:32just on the edge of the national park in the Peak District.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35I've loved exploring the great outdoors and we've had some
0:43:35 > 0:43:39great results indoors as well and that's what it's all about.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42From Rowsley, until next time, it's goodbye.