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The magnificent Peak District

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is the second most visited national park in the world.

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Today, we are so lucky to be

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in the heart of Britain's beautiful countryside.

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Let's hope we can attract the visitors, too.

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Welcome to Flog It!

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The Peak District is about the same size as Greater London

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and it was Britain's very first national park.

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Nestled in the south of the park is the very handsome Haddon Hall,

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which looks over the graceful River Wye.

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I'll be out and about exploring the beautiful Peak District

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later on in the show, but first,

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it is time for me to get down there

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to join up with our Flog It! crowd, who have travelled across

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the hills and the dales to provide us

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with a veritable feast of antiques to take off to auction.

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And leading our Flog It! expedition today

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is the wonderful Michael Baggott.

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It's trying desperately to be earlier.

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But we all do that when we get to a certain age, don't we?

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Of course we do.

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And taking to the peak for the girls

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is Yorkshire lass Caroline Hawley.

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-Now, that's very fitting for here, isn't it?

-It is.

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Very nice.

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Armed with bags and boxes full of antiques ready to be valued,

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our crowds are all set to explore

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this magnificent medieval manor house.

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It certainly is a bit nippy out here in the Peak District,

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so let's hope the fires are lit inside.

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This is one of our best preserved buildings from the Middle Ages.

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It's nearly 900 years old. And back then, there was no central heating.

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And today, there still is no central heating.

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Time has stood still.

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So let's hope our experts have found something to warm their cockles.

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Let's go inside and find out.

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Well, I'm glad to see everyone is prepared

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and looking warmly wrapped up.

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Now, which one of the following metal items

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will forge ahead at the auction, leaving the others behind?

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Will it be this cast-iron shield?

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Or this early silver spoon?

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Or maybe this piece of Second World War memorabilia?

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Well, you'll have to keep watching to find out.

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We're going to start in the long gallery with Michael,

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who is totally delighted with his first find.

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Carol, you have absolutely made my day today,

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bringing in this wonderful spoon.

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I mean, it's an absolute delight.

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I will probably bore you in telling you so much about this spoon.

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-But before I do...

-Yes.

-How did you come by it?

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-It's a family spoon, on its own.

-Yes.

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And it has lived in the cutlery drawer for the last 30 years,

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as far as I'm concerned.

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-And I don't know where it came from.

-In the cutlery drawer?

-Oh, yes, yes.

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-Oh.

-I got it out of the cutlery drawer last night.

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To polish it.

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AC, the initials, does that relate to anyone you know in the family?

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-No, it doesn't.

-It's a very interesting spoon.

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-First of all, let's look at... I've got it this way up.

-Yes.

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With the bowl facing down and the back of the bowl up,

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because this is how this would have been placed on the table

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when it was made.

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-Yes.

-In about 1750, we started putting spoons that way up

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-on the table.

-Right.

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Which is why you have got a little bit of decoration here

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as you are holding and using it,

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but most of the decoration is on the reverse of the bowl.

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Right.

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The pattern is what we call trefid pattern now,

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because of the three lobes. And there are various forms of trefid.

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-Later ones simply have a rat tail...

-Yes.

-..to the bowl.

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-Earlier ones have this decoration which we call lace backs.

-Yes.

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So this would be a lace-back trefid spoon.

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This, rather peculiarly,

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has got a device of a backwards Z

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-struck over itself three times.

-Yes.

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And the last mark, which is nearest the stem, there is

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-a maker's mark there.

-Right.

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Which has been very poorly struck.

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And that Z mark is over-stamping it.

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-Right.

-Now, this is a provincial spoon.

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I can't be definite,

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-but from the pattern of the lace work on the back...

-Yes.

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-..I think it is more likely to be North Country.

-Yes.

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-Which is either York or Newcastle.

-Yes.

-As opposed to the Southwest.

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Well, that's where the family came from, Yorkshire.

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-That hangs together beautifully.

-It does, yes.

-That all makes sense.

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What has happened is this spoon has been made by a good silversmith

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and then sold on to someone who has put their own

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-sort of set of almost tinker marks on it.

-Really?

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And whilst that is very unusual, it doesn't really help us

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-placing it in terms of where it was made and who made it.

-No.

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Any idea when it was made?

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I thought it might be as early as 17th century, 16-something.

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-Absolutely.

-Really?

-This style of spoon comes in

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in about 1660, 1670.

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-Right.

-And this will date to anywhere between 1680 and 1690.

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-Really?

-So, we're dealing...

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You know, we're dealing with quite an age.

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-We're talking James II into William and Mary.

-Yes.

-It has got issues.

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Right.

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When you use a spoon for 300 years and you're right-handed,

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you do that in a bowl and you get wear.

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And initially, the edge of the bowl has worn down

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and then it has started to curl back on itself.

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And that is pretty much as bad as a bowl gets on an early spoon.

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-Yes.

-So, any thoughts of what it might be worth?

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Well, I was hoping it might be worth £100 or more.

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It is worth £100 all day long. It's worth £200 all day long.

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-Really?

-So, what we'll do is we'll put an estimate,

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-a tempting estimate of £200 to £400.

-Really?

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-And we'll put a fixed reserve of £200 on it.

-That's excellent.

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It's a lovely thing. They are rare.

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I mean, the harsh news is that if that had nice York hallmarks

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on it and was in good condition, it would be...

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-£5,000.

-No!

-So...

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What you need to do is go home to the cutlery drawer and see

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if you've got any others in slightly better condition.

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There are no others. It has always been one on its own. Strange!

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It's a lovely thing. Why have you decided to sell it now?

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It has been sitting there for a long time.

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I had various valuations done,

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but nothing as in-depth as what you have given me now.

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-Well, you see, I am a spoon anorak.

-Yes.

-And this is right up my street.

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-That's wonderful.

-And in fact, it is so up my street

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that I will go home tonight

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and in my large hallmark book, I will write down that I have seen

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a 1680s trefid with a backwards Z struck on it four times.

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So in 30 years' time, when I see another one, I'll say,

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"I've seen one of those before,

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"on a Flog It! valuation day at Haddon Hall."

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Gosh, that was really interesting. Michael is a font of knowledge.

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Caroline's next, and she has also picked out something special.

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Hello, Yvonne. Nice to meet you.

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Now, would you tell me what you have brought along for me to see today?

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-It is two items of Worcester.

-Right.

-Yes.

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And how did you come to have them?

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Well, it came to us by an aunt of respect.

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I've never heard of that expression, an aunt of respect,

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is it somebody you chose to call "auntie"?

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-Have you not heard of it before?

-No, I haven't.

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It's a lady that's not related, but she was an elderly lady,

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-so we called her "auntie".

-That's lovely.

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-She was a friend of my mother-in-law's.

-Yes.

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And we had to deal with her estate, and they came to us.

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So, it's a little cream and sugar basin. Very pretty.

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-Have you ever used them at all?

-No.

-They have been in a cabinet,

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-have they?

-Yeah, in a cabinet.

-Very highly prized.

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Why do you feel that now is the time to sell them?

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Well, it was really just coming to the programme

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and getting some information about them.

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-Yeah, and you are happy to sell them?

-I am.

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Now, do you know who the artist was, Yvonne?

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Well, I know the name Powell on there,

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but I don't know anything about him.

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-Right.

-Or is it a him?

-It's a him, it is.

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Now, it's William Powell -

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William or Billy, as he was known at the factory.

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He was born in 1878 and he worked right up

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until his retirement in 1950.

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He had a seven-year apprenticeship before he was allowed to

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sign his name on pieces.

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He became one of the finest small bird artists that Worcester had.

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He was seen regularly out in the countryside,

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sketchbook in hand, drawing the birds to put them onto these pieces.

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Sadly, as we say, time and time again,

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-condition is almost everything.

-I know, yeah.

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-And you know there is a slight chip here.

-I understand that, yes.

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In this one. Which does affect the value somewhat.

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They date from that early part of the 20th century,

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about 1918, 1916.

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And he is a very collectible artist.

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Do you have any idea what sort of price you would like for these?

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I don't.

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Only having seen previous programmes, I thought about £40, £50.

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-About £40, £50.

-I don't know.

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I would think we could hope to do a little bit better than that.

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And I think if we put an estimate of... I'm going

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to stick my neck out here and say...80,

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possibly 80 to 120.

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And we'll put a fixed reserve of £80, Yvonne.

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-Are you happy with that?

-I am happy with that, thank you.

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Thank you, very much.

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Well, I think that's great value for two little works of art.

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Our crowds today are certainly enjoying

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the Elizabethan long gallery,

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with its oak-panelled walls and its high-relief plaster ceiling.

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What they probably don't realise is

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the floorboards that are taking all their weight have been

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cut from one single oak tree that has grown here on the estate.

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Now, oak is an incredibly dense hardwood with a tight, close grain.

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And the heart of the wood itself is impervious to woodworm

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and beetle, that's why it looks as good today as it does

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when it was first laid centuries ago.

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And the same estate craftsmen have also cut semi-circular steps

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that I am sitting on from the root of the same oak tree.

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Not only is that creative, it's also resourceful.

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Back in the long gallery,

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our experts are making the very best of the resources available to them.

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And Michael has found a second item as thrilling as his first.

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John, I spotted this wonderful armorial in the queue.

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I was instantly drawn to it. It is completely my area of interest.

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But where did you get something as marvellous as this from?

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-Well, my uncle presented it to me 40 years or so ago.

-Yeah.

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He had exchanged it during the Second World War

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-for packet of cigarettes with a German soldier.

-Good grief.

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Where was he when this took place, do you know?

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As far as I am aware, in Germany.

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You don't know the region or the area?

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I believe the shield is this shield of Dortmund.

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I mean it could be, basically, the town mark of anywhere.

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It could be... Frankfurt has a single-headed eagle.

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Or it could be a family crest.

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I mean, what's fascinating is, obviously, this was towards

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-the end of the war?

-I believe so.

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The Germans must have sort of almost had defeat in their hearts

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that they were taking things like this,

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which I imagine would be fixed to the exterior of a building.

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Let's turn it over.

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-I mean, it's cast-iron.

-Yes.

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And it has got this very sturdy, this very German,

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well-engineered bracket fitting.

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And there are a couple of screws that hold it in.

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They don't to my mind look like machine-made screws.

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-Right.

-Cos we have got no marks on this at all.

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And of course, being cast-iron, it doesn't tend to weather and age

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over a period of time as wood or copper or anything else would,

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to give us an idea of the period.

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But I would place this sort of 1880 to about 1900 in date.

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When you get arms like this,

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-one thing that helps you identify them are the colours.

-Yes.

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So the different colour of eagle on a different ground.

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But of course, being cast-iron, and being black,

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it doesn't help us very much. I mean, this is a fabulous thing,

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a fabulous bit of your family history.

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Why have you decided to sell it?

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Two children, neither of them are interested in it particularly.

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You can't cut it down the middle, can you?

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-It is not the wisdom of Solomon, is it?

-No.

-I mean, value...

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-I will put a very broad estimate on it...

-Yes.

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..of £50 to £100.

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And we'll put a fixed reserve of £50 on it because,

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I promise you, if you went to a foundry today to have that made,

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it will cost several hundred pounds just to have that done.

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Well, you've got all the modelling to do. It's a fantastic thing.

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And I think... I mean, I love it. I'm sure someone at the auction...

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Well, hopefully, at least two people.

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-Two Germans.

-Two Germans.

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We are in the internet age, these things go online.

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I've never seen it on the internet.

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I don't know what the postage will cost,

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but that is the bidder in Germany's concern.

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It's lovely to see. It's lovely to see something different.

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What an extraordinary story. I will be curious to see

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if there is any internet interest at the auction.

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Well, there you are, you have just seen three wonderful items.

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You've heard what our experts have had to say.

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You've probably got your own opinions, but right now, it is

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now down to the bidders.

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Let's find out what they think as we go to the auction room

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for the first time.

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And here is a quick recap of what we are taking with us.

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Will the early silver spoon bring drama to the sale room

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as the silver collectors battle over it?

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Or could it be the sale of the little William Powell

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Worcester jug and the sugar basin that causes the biggest stir?

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Or will the German shield outperform both of them

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by attracting interest from the Continent and on the internet?

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Stay with us to find out.

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Only a stone's throw away is the pretty village of Rowsley

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and today's auction house - Bamfords.

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And it looks like we are going to have all the fun of the fair.

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On the rostrum later is Flog It! expert James Lewis.

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And don't forget, there is commission to pay.

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It does vary from sale room to sale room.

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Here it is 12.5% plus VAT.

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Well, our auctioneer, James Lewis, is on the rostrum

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and the sale is under way. This is where it gets exciting.

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For all of you at home, sit back, put your feet up and relax.

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For our owners, it is going to be a roller-coaster ride.

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Let's get on with our first lot.

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At 450, do I see five?

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Going under the hammer right now, we've got a 19th-century

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German cast-iron shield belonging to John,

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-who is standing right next to me now. Who is this?

-This is Daniel,

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-my grandson.

-Daniel, pleased to meet you.

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Are you getting into the antiques business at a young age?

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-Hopefully.

-Hopefully! Has anything caught your eye here today?

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-Not at the minute.

-What do you think of the auction?

-It's great fun.

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-It's a cracking place, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-And what an atmosphere.

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Hopefully, Grandad will sell this at the top end

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and take you out for a treat.

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In a way, you should be inheriting this.

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-You might be.

-You might be! No!

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-Anyway, it's going under the hammer. Ready?

-Yep.

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Good luck, Daniel. Here we go.

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It's the 19th-century, Continental cast-iron shield

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of Dortmund, there it is. With the eagle with open wings.

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And I can start the bidding here at £50. 60 anywhere?

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At 50, and 60 now.

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At 50, and 60, sir. 60 in the room.

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70, 80, 90 and 100.

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-You won't find another one in a hurry.

-It's quirky.

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Yeah, very quirky.

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At £100. 110, do I see?

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At £100.

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Any advance? At 100, 110 anywhere?

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You're coming in online. Flashing light, you interested?

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At £100, 110 do I see?

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At £100, standing. All sure?

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The hammer has gone down, it's sold, £100.

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You're taking your grandad out shopping now, aren't you?

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-Mm?

-They may see a little of it.

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Not the internet interest that I was expecting,

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but nevertheless, a good result.

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And now for something far more delicate.

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Going under the hammer now, we've got a Royal Worcester set,

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with a value of £80 to £120.

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It belongs to Yvonne, who sadly cannot be with us.

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But we do have our expert, the gorgeous Caroline.

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-And we should get the top end on this.

-We should, we should.

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Very, very good artist, specialist in bird paintings.

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Very good quality.

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Beautiful thing. There's a tiny bit of damage on one of the pieces.

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But I'm sure it's going to achieve more than the top estimate.

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We have got a packed auction room here,

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it's an electric atmosphere and I'm sure this is going to fly out.

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-It is.

-Figures crossed? Ready?

-Fingers crossed.

-Here we go.

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Lot 309 is very sweet, little Royal Worcester

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bird milk jug and sugar basin,

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painted by William Powell.

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There we have it.

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And jolly pretty. And I can start the bidding straight in at £80.

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85 now.

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85 to the left. 95.

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100. 110. 110 in the room to the left.

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At 110, 120 now.

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At 110. 120 at the very back.

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130. 140, sir?

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140. 150. 160?

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160. 170? 170. 180?

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He shakes his head at 180. At 170 to the left.

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At £170. 180 anywhere? At 170.

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Anybody else? At 170... It's yours, 658.

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Good result. Yvonne, I hope you enjoyed that moment,

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watching us back at home.

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I'm pretty certain that the buyer will be delighted with those.

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And now for something that is properly antique.

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Well, so far, so good.

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And stirring up the mix right now - there is a good link there -

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is Carol's silver spoon, at £200 to £400.

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And I'll tell you what, I think this is one of the oldest items

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in the sale room, from the William and Mary period, circa 1680.

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It is a little gem. And you brought it to the right expert.

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-Michael loves silver.

-I know, yes.

-I am a spoon nut.

-You are.

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And this, actually, is a very academic spoon. It is provincial.

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-So the collectors will be out for this one.

-Sure.

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And it is here to be sold at £200 to £400.

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Let's find out what the bidders think.

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Lot number 24 is this wonderful William and Mary trefid spoon,

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circa 1685, with the lace back.

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Brilliant, James has done back and front pictures online.

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-This is really good.

-Markings on the back.

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-And I have got three bids on commission.

-Great, there you go.

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-Look at that.

-Right.

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They are all clustered around the lower end of the estimate.

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And I can started it at £210.

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220 do I see in the room first?

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220? 220 is it?

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At 210, absentee bid.

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At 210, 220 now? Internet, 220.

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230.

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-Internet bidding 240, 250.

-Come on, come on.

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-260, 270.

-I've got my fingers crossed.

-Yes.

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280, 290.

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At 290. Make it 300 in the room.

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310?

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And a shake of the head.

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At £310.

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-At 310, you sure?

-It's going.

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All right, 315.

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-320.

-Well done, James.

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-Carry on again.

-Tease that little bit.

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No? £320. Absentee bid.

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Do I see any more?

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-You're out online, you're out in the room.

-It's gone.

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-Great.

-You could say he was an absolute corker on it, couldn't you?

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-It has gone. And you are smiling.

-Yes.

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450. 450, 460.

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460, 470.

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Well, there you are, our first three lots under the hammer,

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and everyone has gone home happy.

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That's what it's all about.

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Now, while we are here in the area, filming in the Peak District,

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it would be an absolute scandal if I didn't get out and about

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and explore the countryside. Well, that is exactly what I did.

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I went off to find out more about the history

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of Britain's first national park.

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555 square miles of unspoiled moorland and limestone dales

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make up the Peak District National Park

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that came into being in 1951.

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These days, we take our mighty

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and magnificent national parks for granted.

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We just park the car up and step out into the great outdoors.

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Each year, more than 22 million people do exactly that right here.

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But it hasn't always been that simple.

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Indeed, in the early years of the 20th century, this idyllic

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and rugged landscape became a battleground.

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From 1600 to 1860, successive parliamentary enclosure acts had,

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in effect, fenced off half of England's countryside

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from the people.

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It sounds far-fetched

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to say that access to the open countryside here

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ended in violence and arrests, but that is exactly what happened.

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The moorland was owned by various different private estates

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and landowners.

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And they were keen not to let trespassers on their land.

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So to the working class people of the large cities of Sheffield

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and Manchester, the countryside was visible, but it wasn't accessible.

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But they had some powerful allies and were determined to both

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preserve the landscape and to open it up to the wider public.

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Ethel Haythornthwaite, the daughter of a Sheffield scrap metal merchant,

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used her wealthy contacts to buy up swathes of the peaks,

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which were then gifted to the National Trust.

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And Labour activist Burt Ward

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campaigned for access to open countryside

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by forming the first working-class ramblers group in Sheffield.

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Local journalist Rory Smith tells me

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they played a crucial part in achieving reform.

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How close was the countryside to the working folk and why?

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You have to remember, Paul,

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that these wonderful moors around here,

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all the highest peaks of the Peak District were actually

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visible from the homes and workplaces of the people living

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-and working in Manchester.

-You could see that from Sheffield,

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-couldn't you?

-You could see them.

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Yet you couldn't walk on them.

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Kinder Scout was the forbidden mountain in those days.

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-That's frustrating.

-It was frustrating.

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How key was the work of Burt and Ethel?

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Well, it was absolutely essential, really,

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because Ethel was the founder of

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the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England in Sheffield,

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which later became the Friends of the Peak.

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And Burt Ward was the founder of the first working-class

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rambling club in the country - the Sheffield Clarions - in 1900.

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And those two people were absolutely vital for the opening up

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-of the countryside and the campaign to make it a national park.

-Sure.

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I understand there was a huge atmosphere brewing up amongst

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the working-class people.

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You know, they were denied access to huge parts of this open land.

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Frustration was enormous.

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So they used to trespass.

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And Burt Ward and others trespassed regularly on places

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like Kinder. He called it "the gentle art of trespass."

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And he counted gamekeepers all the time.

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In fact, he had a writ served on him not to walk on Kinder Scout

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at one point. But he still did.

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And this is Kinder Scout.

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And at 2,000 feet, it is the highest point in the Peak District.

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And it is the scene of a major battle between,

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on one side, the ramblers

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and, on the other, gamekeepers, protecting their employers' land.

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Describe the trespass, what happened?

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Well, there was a group of ramblers from Manchester called

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the British Workers Sports Federation.

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In fact, they were a communist group.

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They decided on what we would call today direct action.

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They said, "Well, if there's enough of us, they couldn't stop us."

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So one sunny April morning in 1932, about 400 of them

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gathered at Hayfield, which is the other side of the hill from here.

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-Yeah.

-And decided they would do a mass trespass.

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This is the first time those words had been used.

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And they publicised it so everybody knew they were coming.

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And they set up a right-of-way

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and deliberately trespassed up on to Kinder Scout.

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And they were met by a line of gamekeepers who were ready

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and waiting for them. And there were a few scuffles.

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But they went on and met another group who had come over from Edale,

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this side of the mountain, and they had a victory meeting.

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And after that, they all went back down into Hayfield.

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The police were waiting for them.

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Six of them were arrested and five of them

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were actually charged with public order offences, basically.

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And were imprisoned for periods of up to six months.

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What was the significance?

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As a result of this,

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and particularly as a result of the severe sentences handed

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down by the judge, it actually united the ramblers cause.

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I'd imagine it would.

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And they were fighting then not just for access to the moorland,

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but also for national parks all over.

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-All over the country.

-Yeah. And here we are.

-History was made.

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History was made.

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And this is the first national park,

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and it is the best, as far as I'm concerned.

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-You live on its doorstep, don't you?

-I do.

-It's beautiful.

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By the late 1930s, the CPRE -

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the Campaign to Protect Rural England -

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were running hard-hitting films in cinemas all over the country,

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demanding that urgent changes be made to the access

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to the countryside.

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'Will you always be content with confined spaces?

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'Or are you going to take the road to national parks,

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'the road to freedom, freedom of England's country?

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'That is the case for the defence,

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'for the defence for the right of the beauty of our land.'

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Finally, in 1951, the first four national parks were designated -

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the Peak District being the first to open,

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followed by the Lake District, Snowdonia and Dartmoor.

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People power had paid off and now vast, open tracts

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of countryside were being protected for future generations to enjoy.

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Welcome back to Haddon Hall, where valuations are still in full swing.

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Our experts are working flat out to unearth gems from the past

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fit for our historic surroundings.

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Let's now join up with them and take a look at what they found.

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And we are straight back in with Caroline, who has found an unusual

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bird bath which might look quite at home here, in the gardens of Haddon.

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Paul, I love him.

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I saw him coming in earlier and I think I tried to chase after you.

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I think he is delightful. Tell me what you know about him.

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-Well, I've had him for 40 years.

-Yeah.

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I was doing a building job and the antique dealer I was

0:27:490:27:52

working for said I could have anything in this particular cupboard,

0:27:520:27:55

because he felt it didn't appeal to many people because of what it is -

0:27:550:27:59

it's sort of Pan and the devil and the little horns.

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But the detail is what impressed me.

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-Well, why do you want to sell this lovely figure?

-Well...

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I've had it a long time and my daughters don't really want it.

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So I thought I might buy them for their birthday something in gold.

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So you're trying to turn lead into gold? A lot of people have tried.

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And it is very, very heavy.

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I'm not going to pick him up, but I saw you struggling through with him.

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And the detail... Can you see the little hoof here?

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And the hair.

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-He's really...

-There's all his muscles and then there is his hair.

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-His back is impressive.

-Yeah. His back is very impressive, yeah.

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He's a strong piper.

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-Yeah, he is indeed.

-And his fingernails are even on.

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Yeah, and they're sort of long and clawing, aren't they?

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It's very difficult to put an exact valuation on this

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or even a date on it.

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There are no marks on it anywhere.

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If I had to put a bet on it, I would say 19th century.

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-Pan comes from the Greek "to pleasure".

-Right.

-And there is...

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He is the god of shepherds and flocks,

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and he is a very handsome thing.

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And to put a figure on it, I would say between £300 and £500.

0:29:110:29:16

-Ah. Yes.

-How would you feel about that?

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Well, I'll put a reserve on in that sort of range.

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-Would you be happy with a 300 reserve?

-Yes, I think so.

0:29:230:29:26

-Are you sure?

-Yep.

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Right, well, we'll do that. He's going into a good auction.

0:29:280:29:30

It will be well advertised.

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And I think there is every chance he is going to go off

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and play happily in someone's beautiful garden forever and a day.

0:29:350:29:39

-Thank you very much for bringing him, I love him.

-Thank you.

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Thank you.

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So do I - let's hope the bidders agree.

0:29:440:29:46

Michael next, with a beautiful piece of carving.

0:29:460:29:50

Alan, I actually...

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I was resting earlier today on the stairs as you were passing me,

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and this was poking out of a bag, and I beckoned you forward.

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You did, yes.

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And I wasn't disappointed when you took it out of the bag.

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-It is a bit of a whopper, isn't it?

-It is.

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-Now, are you a collector of Chinese works of art?

-No.

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Where did this come from, then?

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My father bought it in an antique shop in Brighton in the 1960s.

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Good grief. Was it very expensive?

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As far as I can remember, four pounds, ten shillings.

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Well, what people tend to forget now,

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-because we have gone through a period of Chinese mania...

-Right.

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'60s, '70s, '80s, '90s,

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-Chinese art was the poor cousin to Japanese.

-Right.

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In the last five or six years,

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-anything Chinese is flavour of the month.

-Right.

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So I can understand why it was only four pounds in the antique shop

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in the '60s.

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And what we have got here is a lovely, tall,

0:30:450:30:47

carved section of bamboo.

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It would have been done in China, probably in Canton,

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anywhere from 1850 up to about 1880, 1890 in date.

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So, second half of the 19th century.

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What we've got is pagodas and Prunus trees and a procession of,

0:31:030:31:08

I imagine by their headgear,

0:31:080:31:11

monks going up to the rocky outcrop on top of the mountain.

0:31:110:31:16

Right.

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It's well carved. All of this is one piece. All of this is undercut.

0:31:180:31:22

-Nothing has been carved and applied onto it.

-Right.

0:31:220:31:25

How many man-hours would you say to create that?

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Because I imagine one man sort of sitting there, you know,

0:31:270:31:30

for weeks and months.

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But remember, all that one man did

0:31:320:31:34

-for a period of time was carve bamboo.

-Right.

0:31:340:31:38

And, you know, it's like me eating cream cakes.

0:31:380:31:40

-I can eat a lot of cream cakes if I put my mind to it.

-Right.

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It may not be the one person was so involved in this.

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You would have a series of them

0:31:470:31:49

and one might concentrate on cutting out the rough form.

0:31:490:31:52

And someone might do the trees, someone might do the temples,

0:31:520:31:56

-someone might do the figures.

-Right.

-Why have you decided...?

0:31:560:31:59

I mean, you have lived with it for 40 years, haven't you?

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Our children are not really interested in it,

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so I can't see myself leaving it to them.

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I've enjoyed plenty of years with it and it's time for someone else,

0:32:060:32:09

-time to move on.

-And it is a good time to sell.

0:32:090:32:11

-That's right, yes.

-It does happen in this business,

0:32:110:32:14

there are times to keep and times to sell.

0:32:140:32:16

-And I think this is at its peak now.

-Right.

-Value.

0:32:160:32:19

It's very decorative and it's very big,

0:32:210:32:24

-but I don't think it is the very best quality.

-OK.

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So, we have to approach it cautiously

0:32:270:32:30

and recognise that it might fly because it is Chinese.

0:32:300:32:34

-But let's put £200 to £400 on it.

-Right.

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And let's put a fixed reserve of £200, which is

0:32:370:32:40

not a bad return on four pounds. Even over a period of time.

0:32:400:32:44

-Thanks very much for bringing it in.

-OK, thank you.

0:32:440:32:46

With the Oriental market being so buoyant, that should do well.

0:32:460:32:50

Next, I meet someone who jogged my memory back to the last time

0:32:520:32:55

I filmed here at Haddon.

0:32:550:32:57

I bet you've done that many a time.

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Not with salmon so much, no.

0:33:010:33:03

That's the Rolls-Royce of fishing reels, the Hardy, isn't it?

0:33:030:33:06

-Yeah.

-This is worth around £300, this reel.

0:33:060:33:08

-Right.

-Do you collect Hardys?

-I do.

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-I started about 15 years ago.

-Do you still fish?

0:33:110:33:15

I do, yeah. I work here for the Haddon estate. I'm on the river.

0:33:150:33:19

-I've got my own fishery over the road.

-Oh, you're set up, then.

0:33:190:33:23

You are in heaven, basically.

0:33:230:33:24

-I fished here.

-It's a wonderful place.

0:33:240:33:26

It's brilliant, it's absolutely brilliant.

0:33:260:33:30

But it's not easy,

0:33:300:33:31

even with expert help from Haddon's head river-keeper Warren Slaney.

0:33:310:33:36

Come on, bite.

0:33:360:33:37

Gave me a lesson in what flies to use

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and what particular time of day and the season.

0:33:430:33:46

-You wouldn't have been using these.

-No.

-Too big.

-Too big, far too big.

0:33:460:33:50

But thanks for showing me those as well

0:33:500:33:52

-and sharing your fishing memories with me.

-Thank you.

0:33:520:33:54

Back to Caroline now,

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who has found an intriguing model from the Second World War.

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Steven, you have brought along this doodlebug or buzz bomb.

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-Can you tell me any more about it?

-The best way I can explain

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the history of this is, I purchased this in Germany many years ago.

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And the person I got this off of said to me that this

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was made for one of the hierarchy of the Nazi party at that time.

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Now, who that hierarchy... I don't know. No names were ever mentioned.

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When the Allies were pushing back the Nazi forces,

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they were out of range of London.

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And all the Allied supplies were going through Antwerp,

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so they directed all these at Antwerp.

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And that's why you've got the "Antwerp" on the side.

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Ah, right! So that explains... Yes, I do. So that explains the Antwerp.

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So that's the Antwerp bit.

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And as far as I know, I've never ever seen another one like it.

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-Not exactly like it.

-I haven't.

-And it's a part of history.

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That was the first flying bomb missile.

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The first one was actually launched at London,

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-13th June, 1944.

-That's correct.

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-So you can imagine they're going to be pretty proud of this bomb.

-Yeah.

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It's a desk piece. It would be used on a desk.

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And this wonderful trail here, its use, I would think,

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-is of a paperweight.

-Yes.

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-I would agree with you.

-Would you?

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I would think it would grace somebody's desk as a paperweight.

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-It's chrome-plated.

-Right.

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I've been told, I don't know if it's true or not, this base,

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this type of marble, you can only get in Belgium.

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Right! Now, I don't know the origin of that marble.

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That is what I was told.

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It's an interesting item.

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And people that collect wartime memorabilia

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from the Second World War, it's of great interest.

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-And there is a big following.

-Yeah, I understand that.

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So, tell me why have you decided now that the time is right

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-to sell?

-Cos I think because of its historical value

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and what it actually means, especially made like this,

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I would say that it needs to go into somebody's collection,

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someone that would really appreciate this

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as much as I have appreciated it over the years.

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OK. That brings us to value.

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It's very difficult to put a value on such a thing.

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I would say, if we put an estimate for auction of £50 to £80,

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with a fixed reserved of 50, are you happy with that?

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-I'm a little bit disappointed with that offer.

-OK.

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You know, that valuation.

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I would have thought at least from £80 upwards.

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In that case,

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80 to 120, with an £80 fixed reserve?

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That sounds fine by me.

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What a fascinating item.

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One can only guess whose hands it has been through.

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Well, you have just seen our experts,

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they have made their final choices of the day.

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It is not just about the value, it is also about the beauty

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of the object and its contribution towards our social history

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and the stories it can tell. We have just heard some fabulous ones.

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It is time to say goodbye to Haddon Hall as we make our way

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down the road to the auction room.

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And here's a quick recap of what is coming with us.

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The bird bath is magnificent,

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but will it make the biggest splash at the sale room?

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Or will the Oriental carving turn out to be the item

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that is a cut above?

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Or will the little German model be the really explosive sale?

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Stay with us and you will find out.

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620, second row. 620.

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650. 680.

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680.

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Welcome back to our auction room in the Peak District.

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Let's now join up with auctioneer James Lewis,

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who's on the rostrum, ready to sell our next items.

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We are starting with a touch of grandeur.

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Well, if you want the country house look,

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you've got to be right here, right now, because going under

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the hammer is a 19th century lead bird bath, and it belongs to Paul.

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And I absolutely love this.

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Everyone, everyone could do with this in their garden.

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-Couldn't they?

-Yeah.

-So, why are you selling this?

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You live in a flat and you've got no garden?

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No, my daughters don't want it. I've had it for 40 years.

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You've had it inside, haven't you, with fruit in it?

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-Yes.

-I can see it with some water in it now.

-Yeah.

-Good luck both of you.

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It's going under the hammer right now.

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776. Here we are, this is the 19th-century lead

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country house bird bath with Pan.

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-And one, two, three, four, five bids on it.

-Wow.

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But they are all below estimate.

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-Oh.

-220, 260. 275 I have.

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At 275, 280 now.

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-At 275. 280. 290.

-Somebody in the room. Brilliant.

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At £300 in the room.

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At 300. 310 now. At £300, it's with you. 310?

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-Fantastic!

-At £300, 310 anywhere?

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At 300. At 310? You coming in online? At £300, any advance?

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At 300...

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Yes, we did it! £300, it's gone! It was close.

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-Yes.

-Are you happy with that?

-Yes, thank you.

-Brilliant.

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-Well done, Caroline.

-It was creeping a bit, wasn't it?

-It was.

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Worth every penny.

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I love this next lot belonging to Alan.

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It's carved from a solid piece of wood, hundreds of little figures

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going up a hill, it's exquisite.

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It's got the look and it is flavour of the month.

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-Let's find out what the bidders think.

-Right.

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Lot 575 is the large Chinese bamboo section

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and I can start the bidding at...£150 starts it.

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150. 160, do I see?

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The Chinese bamboo carving. At 150. 160 now.

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At 150, 160 on the phone.

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180, 190, 200.

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200, 220, 240.

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-240, 260, 280.

-He's got a bid on the book.

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-He keeps dropping his eyesight down.

-300, now. At 280 I am out.

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At 280, do I see three?

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Online? 290. 290, bid. Three. 300.

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300, bid. 310. At £300.

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-On the phone at three. 310, if you like.

-Hovering mid-estimate.

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No, they are out.

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At 300, all the bidding very close.

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Middle estimate at £300.

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Good valuation, Michael.

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-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you for bringing that in.

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-It's all right.

-It's nice to be right some of the time, isn't it?

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Michael is far too modest.

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Before the sale, I spoke to auctioneer James Lewis to see what

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he thought the chances were for the extremely unusual doodlebug model.

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The doodlebug stopped humming. It's time for it to go off.

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Hopefully at the top end. We got 80 to 120 on that.

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Yeah, I think that's just about right.

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It's a funny thing that will appeal to those militaria collectors

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but it's not something I've ever seen before.

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So, hard to put a price on.

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-Yeah.

-There was a story behind this, obviously.

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An amazing one, I imagine.

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-Yeah, fingers crossed at the top end anyway.

-Absolutely.

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The connection with the Belgian town of Antwerp

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during the Second World War seemed very curious,

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so we decided to do our own investigation.

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What we found was fascinating.

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Between October 1944 and March 1945, there was

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a secret battle known as Antwerp X.

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The allies organised 22,000 anti-aircraft artillerymen

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to defend the strategic port of Antwerp

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from massive bombardment by German V1 bombs.

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It was known as the Battle Of The Buzz Bomb and with these dates

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inscribed on it, it is surely this that our little model commemorates.

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Just about to land on James's rostrum right now is

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the doodlebug belonging to Stephen.

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We've got a value of 80 to 120.

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-Let's hope this does fly away, so to speak.

-I do hope so.

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Top end. It's quirky. Unusual.

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Have you used this as a paperweight?

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-No.

-Where has it been?

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It has been in my cabinet, with my cars and stuff like that.

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Do you collect cars?

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I collect cars as well. I am a magpie, really. Guitars.

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Nothing wrong with that, is there? Hey, look. Good luck!

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Lot number 455

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is this very interesting

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World War II model

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of the flying bomb.

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Lots of enquiries about it and I can start at £100. 110, sir.

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110 on the aisle. 120. 130.

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140. 150. 160. 170. 180.

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190, on the aisle.

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At £190. At 190. 200, now.

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At 190. Do I see two?

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190 on the aisle at £190. Do I see two anywhere?

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At 190, sir. All sure?

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-190, 716.

-That was a good result.

-Yeah, very good result.

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-That was good design.

-I presume that will go to a collector.

0:43:080:43:13

-Thank you for bringing that in.

-Thank you ever so much.

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-Appreciate it. Thanks for doing it for me.

-Pleasure.

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Thank you ever so much.

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Well, that's it from our Derbyshire auction room

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just on the edge of the national park in the Peak District.

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I've loved exploring the great outdoors and we've had some

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great results indoors as well and that's what it's all about.

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From Rowsley, until next time, it's goodbye.

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