0:00:02 > 0:00:05# I left the North I travelled South
0:00:05 > 0:00:09# I found a tiny house And I can't help the way I feel... #
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Today, we've travelled to a city famous for its music scene.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16It's produced such great bands as New Order,
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Oasis and The Smiths, so let's hope we can add to that illustrious list
0:00:20 > 0:00:23as we hit the high notes right here in Manchester.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to "Flog It!"
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Our valuation day venue is certainly making the right noises.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54We're at the Museum Of Science And Industry,
0:00:54 > 0:00:59a venue devoted to Manchester's glorious industrial past
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and the city's achievement in the world of science.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06The museum is situated on the site
0:01:06 > 0:01:09of the world's first railway station,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and trains are still a big feature of the museum,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13with one still in operation.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15TRAIN WHISTLES
0:01:17 > 0:01:20As a music fan, it's really great to be here in Manchester.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Everyone from The Hollies to Take That,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Morrissey to The Stone Roses, originate from this patch of soil.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29The list of musical accolades seems endless
0:01:29 > 0:01:31and so does our queue here today.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Let's hope our experts are in full voice.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Joining me in the hunt for the finest antiques,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41it's the rhythmical Caroline Hawley.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And the songbird herself, Anita Manning.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48A squeeze-box?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54And on the show today we transport you to the coast of Malta
0:01:54 > 0:01:56with this exquisite Mdina vase.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's signed and in perfect condition,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00so it could make huge money.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06And Caroline's with one of the biggest names in music.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Well, his signature, at least.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Who will it be?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Shall we turn it over and have a look?- Yes.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16So, we'd better let the people in.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23We've squeezed hundreds of people in here today.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Talking about squeezing, let's catch up with Anita Manning.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Elaine, Steve, welcome to "Flog It!"
0:02:32 > 0:02:38I love this type of threepenny bit box.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42I was drawn to it and I know what's inside it.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47A wonderful little concertina. Tell me, where did you get it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:52My mother used to clean for an old chap next door to her,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55who was on his own, and I used to go in with her
0:02:55 > 0:02:57when I was four, five, six
0:02:57 > 0:03:02and my job was to clean all the brasses with Duraglit.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- When you were just a tiny, wee girl? - When I was just a little girl.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09And then when he died, apparently, he must have said to me mum,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11"Let Elaine have this,"
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and me brother got a piano accordion. I was seven.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18- So it's 54 years ago. - So, are you musical?- No!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Steve, have you had a go at it?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We've managed to get a few notes out of it, but, no, we can't play it.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27The dog runs a mile!
0:03:29 > 0:03:35I love concertinas. Let's pull it out and have a closer look at it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38This is a Lachenal concertina.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Lachenal was a London company
0:03:41 > 0:03:47and it was started by a Swiss man called Louis Lachenal in 1830.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Went on for about 80 years
0:03:50 > 0:03:56and he was the most prolific of concertina makers.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59So about 40,000 of these were produced every year.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02So that's telling us something.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07They aren't the Rolls-Royce of concertinas.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09They're not the best of concertinas.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12So we've got to take that into consideration.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14We have a registration mark.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Now, concertina enthusiasts love to see that,
0:04:19 > 0:04:25because that can tell us exactly the year that it was made.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I know you've done a wee bit of research on this, Professor.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Yes. I checked it online. There is a site you can go on to get
0:04:32 > 0:04:35a rough idea of the date and that one,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- it works out roundabout 1875.- 1870s.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- So it is an old one. - It is an old one.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44It's got a good age about it.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48We have some losses here on the strapping.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Yeah, we know, that's always been there.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53The collectors will take that into consideration.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Let's put it to auction then,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- let a collector have the opportunity of buying it.- Yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- We'll put it in with an estimate of £100-£200.- That's fine.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Elaine, would you be happy with that?- Yes, I will.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- We'll put a reserve on it of £100. - 100, yeah. Right, let's go for it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Shall we go for it? - Yeah, let's go for it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Well, I like to think that this will play
0:05:19 > 0:05:21a fine and lovely and cheerful tune again.
0:05:21 > 0:05:27It'll be interesting. I'd love to hear it being played, I really would.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I think the dog would, as well.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34ANITA PLAYS A FEW BUM NOTES
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Well, I don't think that was the sort of playing
0:05:38 > 0:05:41she was talking about, Anita. Next, more music history.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Can you guess whose autograph Anne hunted down in 1963?
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- Hello, Anne.- Hello. - So, here we are in the Power Hall.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55And if I turn over this little invitation,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59there's the signature of a very powerful man in the world of music.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Shall we turn it over and have a look?- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Paul McCartney. I'm jealous.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Tell me, Anne, how did you get Paul McCartney's signature on this card?
0:06:09 > 0:06:15In 1963, I went to a little club in Manchester called The Oasis
0:06:15 > 0:06:17and I was dancing to The Beatles.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Obviously, it was before they became famous.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And I just got his autograph.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I could have got all the autographs, but I just chose him.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- And it was a small club, was it?- Yes. Yes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31And they were playing and you were dancing away in your miniskirt?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Yeah.- And your boots?- Yes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Kinky boots.- Yes, probably. - Fabulous!
0:06:35 > 0:06:38And do your remember the music they were playing?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Oh, yeah, well, they had just made one record,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42I think it was Please Please Me.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- And I know they sang Twist And Shout. - Oh, did they?
0:06:45 > 0:06:49How exciting! And what's this, the ticket it's on?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52It's a Christmas party at the Grand Hotel.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Yes, that was just in the December just before,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- but I had that in my handbag at the time.- So you whipped it out...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- So I got it out, yeah. - ..ready for him to sign it for you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03I didn't... You know, you don't think of getting autographs, do you?
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- You don't, no. Did you have any idea they were going to be huge?- No, no.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13I'm sure this is priceless in some ways, but put a value on it we must.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17I think if we put a value of £80-£120.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22If we put a reserve on it, just to protect it. If we said £70 reserve?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- That sounds fine. - Discretionary, is that OK with you?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Yes, that's fine.- If we get that, and I'm sure we will,
0:07:28 > 0:07:33- you will have something to Twist And Shout about!- That's right.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Lovely.- Have you still got your skirt and your boots?- No, no.- Oh!
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Autographs from names as big as Paul McCartney
0:07:41 > 0:07:43are sought the world over.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Could a simple signature make more than £120? Find out later.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53So many people have travelled for miles to get here today,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56carrying unwanted antiques and collectables.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Many of them are small, in handbags and carrier bags, but look at this.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Look what's being opened now, look at that,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04a massive, great big suitcase on wheels. Let's be nosey.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Hello, there.- Hello.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I spotted you in the queue and I said, "Are you going on holiday?"
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Oh, no, my towel's out, don't! - What's your name?- Tracey.- Tracey.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Are you both here together? - Yes.- Are you sisters?- No.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Just good friends, just good friends. OK.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Come on, let's get in there. Do you need a hand?
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- Oh, that's nice. It's a little inlay cabinet, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31With a bit of a brass inlay.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Oh!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- This is clingfilmed up now. - Oh, that's nice. Look at that.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39A wonderful little serpentine front to it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44THEY OOH
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Is this something you want to sell?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Yes.- Well, it looks complete, as well, doesn't it?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- So how did you come by this? - I bought it from the internet.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- How much did you pay for it? - Just under 700.- Just under?- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:09:05- There is one thing, there's only 15 gilded glasses.- Is there one missing?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08There is one, but it's not gilded.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11It's very impressive when you open the cabinet.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15It is, yeah, especially the little decanters decorated in gilt
0:09:15 > 0:09:17with the trailing grape and vine.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20You know, it's a nice little touch, it's a beautiful little touch.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I just like this inlay.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- It's a good interior piece. - It's a very good interior piece.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27It has a serpentine top and a serpentine front.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31So it's quite stylish. So typical of the period.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33We could put it in with a value of £600 to £800
0:09:33 > 0:09:35with a reserve at six.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- And hopefully it might make £1,000. - Yeah.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42There's three experts here going, "Go on, go on, go on!"
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I just think it's very, very pretty. It's a nice piece.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And if you're not using it at home
0:09:47 > 0:09:49and you don't know what to do with it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53There's a lot of detail there. There's an awful lot of detail.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Tracey bought the 19th-century decanters for £700,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00but she's happy to set the reserve at £600 in the hope
0:10:00 > 0:10:03that it'll make more money. Will the gamble pay off?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Only one thing to do, take it off to auction.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Also coming with us are the two musical items.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21Do you think the squeeze-box or the Paul McCartney autograph
0:10:21 > 0:10:24will reach number one in the sale room?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Our auction today comes from Knutsford in Cheshire.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31The legend has it that King Canute forded the River Lily here
0:10:31 > 0:10:35in the 11th century, leading to the name Cunetesford or Knutsford.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Five, I'm bid. 520. Phone's back in.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Auctioneers Nick Hall and Peter Ashburner
0:10:46 > 0:10:47are sharing the rostrum today,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51selling 100 lots an hour in this busy sale room.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54While Anita and Caroline may look confident,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57their valuations are about to be put to the test.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59So the pressure is on.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01OK, going under the hammer right now,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03let's hope we hit the right notes with this concertina.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It's a Lachenal, it belongs to Elaine,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07who sadly could not be with us today,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11but we do have our expert, Anita, and we do have the concertina.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I thought a fair estimate was 100 to 200,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- it wasn't in the best of condition. - Strap's missing, isn't it?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19We really have to take that into consideration.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I'm hoping it will do well.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23It was a little cheeky come and buy me, was it?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Fingers crossed.- Fingers crossed.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27You see, you have been pushing the buttons, haven't you?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30And I hope Nick pushes the buttons with the bidders right now,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34because let's hand over to this packed saleroom. Here we go.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38It's the Lachenal & Co of London, 48-button concertina.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I've got commission interest in this lot, as well.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I'm going to come straight in at 70, 5
0:11:43 > 0:11:4780, 5, 90, 5, 100.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48At £100 I start. At £100.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Bid for me at 100. Who's going to take 110? 110 online.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56120 in the room. 130, 140, at 140 now.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Oh, it's slowed down a bit, hasn't it? Come on.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00160 now. 160 now.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04At £160. The bid's against you online at £160.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06170 is back in. 180 I have.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10On commission at 180. It's against you online. Try another.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Come on.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17£190, commission's out. Room out. It's online.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20At £190, all done.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25- Spot on.- That was just about the right estimate and the right price.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Top end. Brilliant, brilliant. Elaine will be happy.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- I think we should let her know, don't you?- Yeah, I'm happy, too.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35No worries for Anita there, her first item was valued perfectly.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37She even said so herself!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Well, so far, so good. Things have been flying out the door.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43This is where it could go horribly wrong.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46It's my turn to be the expert and I've just been joined by Tracey.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48How have you been since we saw you at the valuation day?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Really good, thank you. Looking forward to it. Yeah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55It's that wonderful decanter set with glasses. It is complete.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57One's wrong, though, isn't it?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- One is slightly different.- Yeah.- You haven't come by yourself, have you?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- No, I've come with my daughter, Jessica.- She's over there.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04- There she is.- Hiya.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06We need to find a new home for it.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10We're going to do that right now. This is it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12A good quality 19th-century red and black lacquer
0:13:12 > 0:13:15travelling decanter set. Where will I go?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Start me at 600. Five?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Four, start me. Who's in at £400?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Anywhere? Get the ball rolling at £400. Bid me now.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Start me now at four. Four where? Where's four?
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Who will start the bidding at £400? Yes or no at 400?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- It's not going to sell, is it? - It's not going to sell, is it?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Start me off at £400. Last call, last chance.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Last opportunity for this lot at £400 to start me off.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40No interest, no bids.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- It's got the wrong look, hasn't it? - What a shame. Never mind.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- I'm so sorry.- Never mind. - Gosh, that's auctions for you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I told you there'd be one or two surprises.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I thought it would, you know, I thought I'd be bringing it home!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Well, you can't win them all.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Sometimes the bidders just aren't buying what you're selling,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01but it could all be different on another day.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Now let's see if the collectors are more interested
0:14:04 > 0:14:06in the signature of one of music's greats.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Well, our next item to go under the hammer is a real fab one
0:14:10 > 0:14:11and I do mean a fab one!
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Part of The Fab Four, Paul McCartney's autograph.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Fabulous. From The Oasis Club. - In Manchester?- Yes.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- And they only played there two or three, four times, something like that?- That's right.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Now, you had the opportunity to get all four fab...
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Could have done, yes. - You missed it.- Yes.- What happened?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Well, I only liked Paul McCartney at the time.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Oh, I bet you wish you liked all four of them now, don't you?- I did.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34You're in good company,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- cos there's a lot of pop and rock memorabilia here today. - Yes, I noticed that.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I can't wait to see this, let's get a number one smash hit with this.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Going under the hammer now.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48Lot 260, a Paul McCartney signature from 1963,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50signed on the back of a ticket stub.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- I can start the bidding at £130. Any advance?- Wow.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Love Me Do!
0:14:58 > 0:15:03140, 150. 160, 170, 180,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07190, 200, 210. 210.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Here on commission at 210, 230 online,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- 240 on commission...- 240!
0:15:12 > 0:15:14240, 250, 260.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16260, 270.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18280, all online. 290, 300,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20320, 320 online.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23At 320. 330 on commission.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26At 330, is a commission bid. Anybody more?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28At 340, 340 online,
0:15:28 > 0:15:33commissions are out. At £340. It's on the internet.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35At £340, anybody got more?
0:15:35 > 0:15:41At 340, I am selling at £340.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Yes!- £340.- Yes!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45What's really nice about that signature
0:15:45 > 0:15:47is you can actually date the date
0:15:47 > 0:15:48with the ticket on the reverse side.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And that's what it's all about.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- It's the social history of what was going on there and then.- Exactly.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57One of only four times they played there, and you were there.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- You were that girl. - What a great result.- Brilliant.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02What a good result. Are you happy with that?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- I thought it would be about 70. - Oh, no!
0:16:06 > 0:16:08£340 for just two words.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13That's how important our musical legacy is to some collectors.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And whilst The Beatles put Liverpool on the map,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Manchester also has a great reputation for music.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22So I couldn't come here and spend a few days here filming
0:16:22 > 0:16:25without finding out what makes this place
0:16:25 > 0:16:27have such a chart-topping success.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37# Once upon a time, not too long ago
0:16:37 > 0:16:41# We took a day out in Manchester
0:16:41 > 0:16:43# We all fall down
0:16:43 > 0:16:47# There's not enough hours in a day... #
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Manchester's musical history is unique.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52It spans genres and generations.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54It's created movements in pop and rock
0:16:54 > 0:16:57that have swept right through the nation.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59But how can so much talent come from one place?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02And how is Manchester able to repeat that trick time and time again?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Well, to find out, let's take it from the top.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Our journey through Manchester's music history
0:17:11 > 0:17:14starts long before the rock 'n' roll revolution.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19In the 18th century, when the Industrial Revolution
0:17:19 > 0:17:22started to paint the town black, the emerging middle classes
0:17:22 > 0:17:25had an increasing appetite for the arts
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and so they were entertained with classical concerts
0:17:28 > 0:17:29by amateur musicians.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33This gentlemen's orchestra became a fixture in the city
0:17:33 > 0:17:37over the next century under the leadership
0:17:37 > 0:17:39of German-born Charles Halle.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42The first Halle concert was held at the Free Trade Hall
0:17:42 > 0:17:45on January 30th, 1858.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Thus becoming one of Britain's first professional symphony orchestras.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Until 1895, Sir Charles Halle conducted
0:17:57 > 0:18:00almost every concert in the city.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04His orchestra still plays today to international acclaim.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Perhaps Charles Halle was Manchester's first music legend.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Classical concerts and amateur folk music
0:18:11 > 0:18:15could be heard throughout Manchester well into the 20th century.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17But it was the Second World War
0:18:17 > 0:18:21that really upped the tempo of Manchester's musical heartbeat.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26American troops were based all over the city during the '40s
0:18:26 > 0:18:29and they brought with them American style, American lingo
0:18:29 > 0:18:32and the American sounds of the day.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The troops gave out free records to the locals
0:18:36 > 0:18:40and soon young people were tapping their feet to RnB, jazz
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and the sounds of black America.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46This coincided with the rise of the teenager,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50and these newly liberated teens wanted a place of their own,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53their own fashions and their own music.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55And for the baby-boomers of Manchester,
0:18:55 > 0:18:59the jukebox played the soundtrack of their lives and the coffee bars
0:18:59 > 0:19:02in the city were a place where they could just hang out and
0:19:02 > 0:19:03dance to their own music,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06away from the constraints of the older generation.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Out of these coffee bars sprang the first nightclubs,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13where young people in Manchester
0:19:13 > 0:19:16could listen to their favourite music all night long.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Legendary club, The Twisted Wheel, was the place
0:19:20 > 0:19:23and it gave birth to a home-grown genre that took its influences
0:19:23 > 0:19:25from America,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29but which is unmistakably Manchester and it's still going strong today.
0:19:34 > 0:19:40I'm being joined by Ivor Abadi, who opened the club in 1963.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Something extraordinary happened in the '60s.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46It was the young 16 and 17-year-olds, the baby boom,
0:19:46 > 0:19:51after the war and they suddenly wanted a place to go to.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I recognised that from five years earlier.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59With my brother Jack and Phillip, we came to 1962
0:19:59 > 0:20:02and then we found this basement in Brasenose Street
0:20:02 > 0:20:05and we opened it up. It was a coffee-dance club and
0:20:05 > 0:20:10- unbelievably it was successful from day one.- Tell me about the music.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12We didn't want to play very commercial...
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Like The Beatles, The Kinks? Stuff that was happening...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Yeah. We didn't really... We played The Beatles,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- but we wouldn't be playing too much of The Kinks.- You're obviously playing a lot of blues,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24everybody wanted to hear blues, but it started to get into soul.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Absolutely.- And that's when it really kicked off?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Well, blues was sort of The Graham Bond Organisation,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- which you may have heard of. - I have, yeah.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Sonny Boy Williamson, playing his harmonica.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37But from the blues, it slowly moved
0:20:37 > 0:20:41into something a bit more Tamla Motown and soul music
0:20:41 > 0:20:45with all the American acts that we brought over, as well.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Towards the late '60s, The Twisted Wheel DJs
0:20:51 > 0:20:53played a particular style of soul
0:20:53 > 0:20:56that had a quick tempo and a heavy beat.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02The tracks went down a storm and a craze swept the nation.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Just define to me what is northern soul
0:21:07 > 0:21:09and where did it originate?
0:21:09 > 0:21:14The term was coined, I think, by Dave Godin from Blues & Soul magazine
0:21:14 > 0:21:19and he came up from London and was just astounded at the atmosphere
0:21:19 > 0:21:21and the mood in the club.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25And he, you know, in his big article called A Thousand Dances,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I think it was, called it northern soul,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31as in distinguishing between what was going on in London.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I mean, people from all around, you know, Manchester
0:21:34 > 0:21:35really gravitated to this club.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39People came from all over the north-west and further afield.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42They came from Yorkshire. They even came from London, you know.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Sure, it was a big thing. - We had coaches coming from London.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48And it was... The atmosphere was theirs.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52It was a sort of social scene. A fantastic time.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54You mention The Twisted Wheel to anybody and...
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Anyone in Manchester will have been. Not necessarily a regular,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02but everyone would have been once or twice.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Throughout the '60s, Manchester was alive with music
0:22:05 > 0:22:08from home-grown talent like Herman's Hermits
0:22:08 > 0:22:09and Freddie And The Dreamers,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13having a string of top 10 hits and there were over 200 clubs
0:22:13 > 0:22:16in Greater Manchester to dance the night away in.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21But the Swinging Sixties didn't last for ever.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Manchester in the mid-1970s was suffering as a post-industrial city.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Its glorious past was just a distant memory.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31But whilst there was a backdrop
0:22:31 > 0:22:34of economic hardship and cultural malaise,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38the spirit in Manchester lived on with another flourish of music.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The legendary Tony Wilson co-founded
0:22:43 > 0:22:46one of the most successful record labels in British history.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Factory Records brought the country huge bands such as Joy Division...
0:22:55 > 0:22:59# Radio, live transmission... #
0:22:59 > 0:23:02..New Order...
0:23:02 > 0:23:05# How does it feel... #
0:23:05 > 0:23:07..and the Happy Mondays...
0:23:07 > 0:23:12# Hallelujah, hallelujah, Not sent to save ya... #
0:23:12 > 0:23:16..who kick-started a musical movement that put Manchester
0:23:16 > 0:23:18back on the map.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And here's the late Tony Wilson.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24'The history of rock 'n' roll is a history of small cities.'
0:23:24 > 0:23:27And these cities have three years in the sun.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31For nearly 20 years, Manchester was THE music city in the world.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39These bands gave Manchester a sense of confidence and a new identity.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43It provoked pride and inspired generations
0:23:43 > 0:23:47to bang the drum of musical expression.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52So what can we look forward to next?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Well, it's impossible to predict.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57But if you want my opinion, whatever it is,
0:23:57 > 0:23:58it's going to be brilliant,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01because the appeal of Manchester for its musicians is
0:24:01 > 0:24:03there's an audience here that's ready to embrace them
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and they want to hear the next big thing.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Now it's back to our very own joy division,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16the valuation day at MOSI.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Later in the show,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I'll be looking at some of the stunning artwork
0:24:21 > 0:24:23from Factory Records and three more lucky people
0:24:23 > 0:24:27get their item valued by our on-screen experts.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29First, it's David Sugden.
0:24:31 > 0:24:37When I see this, it brings to mind seas of azure blue,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40blue skies, wonderful climes.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Tell me, what do you know about this?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Well, I know a little bit.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- It's a Michael Harris piece that was...- The Magic Man Of Mdina.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Indeed. My parents brought it back.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Manufactured in Malta in the late '60s
0:24:56 > 0:25:01and he did sign a very few early models that he made
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and that is a signed, authentic edition.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09- I am excited. That is a wonderful, wonderful piece.- Indeed.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13The colours are evocative of the seas around Malta.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Its name is a Fish Vase. As you can see, it's the shape of a fish.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Beautiful colouring and, as you rightly say,
0:25:21 > 0:25:26it's signed on the bottom - "Michael Harris, Mdina, Malta."
0:25:26 > 0:25:31He studied at the London School Of Art, but was frustrated by it
0:25:31 > 0:25:37so left to form the Mdina Glass Company in Malta in 1968.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- So, as you said, this is an early piece.- Yes.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45This is the biggest size that he made, which does make a difference.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- And the magic name means everything. And the magic signature.- Absolutely.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51So it means he either made this himself
0:25:51 > 0:25:55or he was overseeing someone that made it. He was there, right on it.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Quite special then. - It is. It's very special, yeah.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Do you have any idea of value?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Not really, no. I'd like to think it was worth something significant.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09What would you do with this significant sum?
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Well, the family are having a holiday in the Dordogne
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- later this year.- How nice. - It would go towards that.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Right. Well, I would think,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20because of all the things we've talked about -
0:26:20 > 0:26:23the size, the signature, magic name -
0:26:23 > 0:26:28I would think it would be £600-£800, easily.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Really?- Absolutely easily. - That's rather nice.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Yeah, that would get you to the Dordogne and...
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- It would help an awful lot!- ..a few bottles of wine when you're there!
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Yes.- We'll put a reserve on it. - Yes.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41I don't think we need to because I think this,
0:26:41 > 0:26:42as soon as this hits the saleroom,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- there is going to be so much interest...- Really?
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- ..this is going to fly.- Wow. - Yeah, it is.- I'm delighted.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53- Good, I'm so pleased. So we'll put a fixed reserve, £600...- Yes.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- And it'll go. It's magic.- Indeed. Thank you so much.- It's a pleasure.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Thank you so much for bringing it.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Well, you've made my day with that. Thank you indeed.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06It's all in the name with antiques
0:27:06 > 0:27:10and this vase has a top signature etched on his bottom.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Next, Anita's found one of her personal favourites.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Helen, this is a great wee set of Victorian jewellery.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22And it's in its original box. Did you inherit this?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26No, no, it was a surprise gift from my husband for my birthday.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Quite a long time ago. My 50th birthday.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Couldn't have been all that long a time ago!- Oh, it was, I assure you.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Did you wear it? - I did once or twice.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42But every time I wore it, he told me to be careful not to lose any of it
0:27:42 > 0:27:47and I got so scared that I might lose it that I stopped wearing it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49See men?
0:27:49 > 0:27:54- Yes.- I think that these are very bonny pieces. They're all matching.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00If we look at the locket, these are Victorian.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04They'll be in the area of about 1880.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09If we look at the back, we see that there is a compartment,
0:28:09 > 0:28:14which would have contained, at some point, a locket of hair.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17So it's in commemoration of a loved one.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21If we look here, we can see the Birmingham hallmark.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Now Birmingham was famous, throughout Victorian times
0:28:25 > 0:28:32and even up to these days, for the manufacture of small silver items.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34So it's quite nice to see that.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38I think one of the best selling points in this, Helen,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42is the fact that we have this matching set.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Now the Victorians loved that.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46They loved things to be in harmony.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50And having a pendant, a brooch and the earrings,
0:28:50 > 0:28:56having all your set complete, is an added selling point to that.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01It's quite ornately decorated, and that's quite nice, as well.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05The Victorians loved over-the-top decoration.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07It being a present from your husband,
0:29:07 > 0:29:11do you think he is going to object to you selling it?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13I don't think so, no.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18- I think he would say it was mine so I could do what I wanted with it.- Yes.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Going to auction, I think I would put an estimate...
0:29:22 > 0:29:26And I'm considering that there are three pieces, brooch, pendant
0:29:26 > 0:29:29and earrings, it is silver...
0:29:29 > 0:29:34- I would still like to keep it in the region of £60-£80.- Right.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Would you be happy for it to go in at that price?- Yes. Yes.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42It will find its own level, but we will put a reserve of £60
0:29:42 > 0:29:45and give the auctioneer maybe a wee bit of discretion.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Yes, yes.- I think it's lovely
0:29:47 > 0:29:49and thank you very much for bringing it along.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50Thank you very much.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55A great example of Victorian jewellery.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58And now, I get a chance to get a look
0:29:58 > 0:30:00at some Factory Records archive
0:30:00 > 0:30:03that's on loan to the museum from Tony Wilson's estate
0:30:03 > 0:30:06and talk to archivist and fan Jan Hicks.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08The artwork we have got here is by Peter Saville,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11who was one of the early directors of the company.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14He was new out of art college, he came along to one of the nights at
0:30:14 > 0:30:18the Russell Club and said, I'm going to make you a poster, basically.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- And from then on, he was the in-house designer.- Was he?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24I can see who has inspired him. John Ruskin.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28You look at this, look at that beech leaf floating down, late autumn.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Painting nature as you see it, beautiful objects meant to be
0:30:32 > 0:30:34enjoyed and meant to look like what they are.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- You can see that's John Ruskin all over.- Yes, you can.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39What does Factory Records mean to you and people like you?
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Factory is an important record label for people from Manchester
0:30:43 > 0:30:45because it really put Manchester back on the map after a long
0:30:45 > 0:30:49period of industrial decline and depression in the city.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52It really kick-started the creative industries in Manchester.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56And Tony Wilson described it as the second Industrial Revolution.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58It was a new way of doing things.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01You didn't have to go to London, you could come from Manchester and go
0:31:01 > 0:31:03anywhere and say, "I'm from Manchester,"
0:31:03 > 0:31:05and everybody knew the different bands that were on Factory
0:31:05 > 0:31:07and they knew about the Hacienda.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11So it was a real sense of pride and creativity in the city.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13What is your favourite memory,
0:31:13 > 0:31:15what was the band that you really loved to see?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- The band I really loved was Happy Mondays.- Was it?- Yes!
0:31:18 > 0:31:20I adored Happy Mondays. I just loved everything about them.
0:31:20 > 0:31:26# Hallelujah... #
0:31:26 > 0:31:29But it's all gone quiet in the Textiles Gallery where
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Caroline has found her last item of the day.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Tell me, what do you know about these?
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Well, actually, when I bought them, about 40 years ago,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41I didn't know anything about them. I bought them from an antiques fair.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Probably paid about £20 for them, something like that.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47I didn't know what they were until just recently,
0:31:47 > 0:31:52I saw them in a book and the book explained what they were.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56And they are supposed to be burial mirrors to ward away evil spirits.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59That's really all I know about them, really.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02So I was hoping that I would come here today
0:32:02 > 0:32:03and find out a little more about them.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07That is exactly right, they are late 18th-century Chinese.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13And they would have been beautifully polished, on the back here.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17And you are quite right, they were used to bury the dead with,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20to ward off evil spirits in the afterlife.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23But they were also worn in life.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26If you look closely, this fabulous working in here.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30There is a little hole through this middle bit here and that
0:32:30 > 0:32:35would be to thread silk through and it would be worn on your garment.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38So you would have one, two of them,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42and it would ward off evil spirits in life, in the here and now.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43They are cast bronze
0:32:43 > 0:32:47and there is a lot of interest in oriental things at the moment.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- So people collect this sort of thing? - Yes, people will collect them.- OK.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55- Now, you have obviously enjoyed these all these years.- Yes, I have.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Have they been in a display case or something?- Yes, they have, actually.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02But this one here, this one we used to use as an ashtray at home...
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- As a what?!- An ashtray, yes.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- There is probably a little bit of ash in there still.- Oh, no!
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- It's too good for an ashtray. - I know, but we didn't know, then.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16We see quite a few of them. They are not uncommon.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20And the values range from £100-£1,000, depending
0:33:20 > 0:33:25on the detail, the quality and the size, to a lesser or greater extent.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30These, I would think, are worth £200-£300 for the two.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- That's nice!- It is. It is. And you paid what, £20?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- It would be nice if they were worth £1,000 each!- It would, it would.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40If we put a reserve of £200, are you happy with that?
0:33:40 > 0:33:44- Yes, I am, that's fine.- Great. So we will see if they are...
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- if they are magic when we taken to auction.- Right. Thank you.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54Well, there you are. That's it.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Our experts have now found their final items.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59So it is time to say goodbye to our valuation day venue,
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05We have had a marvellous time here and we have learned so much.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07But right now, it's full steam ahead
0:34:07 > 0:34:09to Marshalls auction rooms in Knutsford.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11And here is what is coming with us.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Will the exquisite Mdina vase be as sought-after as Caroline thought?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19We will have to wait and see.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24And the Victorian jewellery may not be to everyone's taste,
0:34:24 > 0:34:29but there is always a market for a complete set in its original box.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Caroline has valued these Chinese mirrors at £200-£300.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Will the auction house agree?
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Well, it's back to Knutsford and auctioneer Nick Hall has
0:34:46 > 0:34:48something to tell me about those mirrors.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Geoff's little Chinese mirrors. Now, we have got £200-£300 on these.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58They came in as Chinese, late-18th century.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59We have had a close look at them
0:34:59 > 0:35:03and consulted with our head of Asian Department, Dr Worrall.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07They are in fact 19th-century Japanese copies
0:35:07 > 0:35:09of Chinese originals.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13If they were Chinese, they would be archaic, ie Tang Dynasty
0:35:13 > 0:35:15and 1,000 years old.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19But these are of a known type of replica made by the Japanese...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- Made to fool the tourist market. - Made to fool them, right.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25So these have been seen before, that's how we know, obviously.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Yes, they are of a known type that is around.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- So this obviously affects the value, does it?- Yes, well, it does.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31Funnily enough,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- I think the value is probably right. - £200-£300?
0:35:34 > 0:35:38But they are nice things, they will still appeal to the Asian market.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42But I think nearer the £200 mark is about where we have to get.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Fingers crossed. The estimate is still right.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Hopefully we will get that top end, £300 plus,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50because I think they still are very collectable, aren't they?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52They are, lovely, lovely things.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53It took an Oriental specialist
0:35:53 > 0:35:56to notice the different origin of the mirrors.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Even experts like Caroline can't get it right every time.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01A little disappointing.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04They have turned out to be Japanese reproductions,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07or copies of the earlier Chinese ones.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08But there is still a lot of interest,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10so I haven't lost hope of those.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I think they are going to be all right.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Well, we will find out in just a minute.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17And going under the hammer right now, we have a complete box set
0:36:17 > 0:36:20of earrings, brooch and necklace, belonging to Ellen.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23And I think this is a real little gem. It is ready to go.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24It is ready as a gift.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Still in a beautiful box and the whole set is complete
0:36:27 > 0:36:30and in good condition. You have cherished it, haven't you?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- I have, yes.- And you did wear it, didn't you?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- I did, yes. I have worn it.- But the fashions change, don't they?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- They do, yes.- So hopefully, someone will think actually,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40this is a nice little gift set to give somebody.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43But it is also something that a collector will buy
0:36:43 > 0:36:46because it is high Victorian. And it is in its original box.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Birmingham, isn't it? 1882, something like that?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52And it's just an example, a good example of the type
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- of jewellery that women wore at that time.- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59We're going to put it under the hammer, now. See what happens.
0:36:59 > 0:37:05305 is the Victorian boxed silver pendant, brooch and earring set.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Hallmarked for Birmingham 1882.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Who is going to open the bidding at £60 for me? £60?
0:37:10 > 0:37:15- Come on, it's worth that any day of the week.- £60 for this lot?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Down to 50. I got 40. £40 I am bid.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22At 40... Take five? At 45. 50.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Shakes his head already.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28At £50, any advance on 50, take another five, surely? 55 online.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32At 55 online, I am going to sell at 55.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37Any advance now on 55?
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- It's gone.- He used a little bit of discretion.- He did.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Just a little bit. - Yes, yes.- Are you happy with that?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- You didn't want it any more?- No. Well, I didn't wear it.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46And it was just in the drawer,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49so...I might as well get something that I do wear.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55And someone else will get the pleasure of your sale, Ellen.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56Going under the hammer
0:37:56 > 0:37:58we have got those two lovely Chinese bronze mirrors.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Well, we thought they were Chinese, but they are Japanese.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02After a bit more research.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05And they are later than we thought, they are not 18th-century,
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Yes, late 19th-century, early 20th-century copies.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Oh, Japanese!- Yes!- I thought they were Chinese.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Copied, copied from the original Chinese earlier ones.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17So they have got the same symbols, they are just a century later.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19But I think they will still sell.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Yes, and I had a chat to Nick, the auctioneer, yesterday.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25And he said actually the value is spot on. It won't affect the value.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- OK, good. Good.- But we are still in with the money, there. Good luck.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Fingers crossed. Let's find out what they are worth. Here we go.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Nice quality, nicely cast, good bit of patination.
0:38:35 > 0:38:3919th-century Japanese mirrors. Where are we going to go? £200 for them?
0:38:39 > 0:38:44£200? 150? 100? Come on, who is in? 100 I have, thank you. 100 I am bid.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- I've got 110...- It's a start. - Straight in and out. That was quick.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- 110 I have got, then. 120. 130. 140. - On, come on.- 140 is the bid.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58Nothing online? I have got 140, 150 online. 160, 160 I am bid.
0:38:58 > 0:39:04- At 160 now. At 160. Any advance on 170?- Come on!- It's creeping up.- 180.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Against you, online.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10- At 180. 190.- We are nearly there.- Yes.- I've got £190 online.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15I think that's all. 190, the bid is online. I am selling at 190.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Make no mistake, the hammer is going down.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- It has gone.- That was all right. - That was close!
0:39:21 > 0:39:23That was close, wasn't it?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Oh, the things you do to get on TV!
0:39:27 > 0:39:32Nick Hall used his auctioneer's discretion to let them go at £190.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36So from magic mirrors to the magic man of Mdina.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Right, if I said Mdina, you would say yes,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41the Silent City in Malta, but what about the glass? Hmm?
0:39:41 > 0:39:44We have got a nice piece here, the fish.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- The fish vase, brought in by David. Made in Malta, wasn't it?- Indeed.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Yes, yes. So why are you selling this?
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Well, parents bought it from Malta many years ago. Late '60s.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- Yes.- I have no real interest in it,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02so we have got grandchildren we're taking on holiday to the Dordogne...
0:40:02 > 0:40:04So that money is going to come in handy!
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- And it is a wonderful signed piece, Michael Harris, the magic name.- Yes.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12And the colours are reminiscent of the beautiful Mediterranean
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- coastline.- And you can see on that moulded glass,
0:40:14 > 0:40:17the waves that almost attach...
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- You kind of want to dive in. - Yes, it's lovely.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24It's going under the hammer right now. So good luck. This is it.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26It is the impressive Michael Harris,
0:40:26 > 0:40:29for Mdina, glass vase in the fish shape.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Unusually and rarely signed by Michael Harris as well.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35We do have some commission interest, we do have a phone bid.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39I'm going to come straight in at a lowly £300.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I have to start at 300 only. On commission at 300.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46At three, at three. Who is coming in next? Three with me. At 300.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49At 320 online. 340 against you. It's 320.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- This makes you a bit panicky, doesn't it?- Just a little.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57380, 380 now. At 380, any advance on 380? Four. 420. It is online at 420.
0:40:57 > 0:41:05440. At 440. At 440, the bid is online at 440. 460. At 460.
0:41:05 > 0:41:12480. It is climbing, slowly online. Any advance on 480? Five I have.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- £500 in on the phone. - The phone has joined the party now.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21- Oh, yes.- The phone and the internet. 540. At 540, now. We are creeping...
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- We are just going to do this. - We have got to do it!- 560.
0:41:24 > 0:41:31- 560 here now. At 580, 580, the phone has it. At 580.- Come on!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Try another online. 600, there we go! Online at £600.- Yes!- 620.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40Back on the phone again. At 620 now. At 620. The bid is on the phone.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45At £620. 640. 640 here. 660 now.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Back on the phone again at 660. At 660 phone bidder holds it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54At 660 it is against you online. All on the phone. At 660 I sell.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Yes. That was brilliant fun. Wasn't that great fun?- It was good fun.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01It was good fun, watching you almost thinking, "Oh, no,"
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- and then all of a sudden, yes! Wasn't that great?- Yes.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I thought it was more exciting watching you!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09I thought you had a baby then! Yes!
0:42:11 > 0:42:15- Relief, really.- Yes, a lot of money. - Dordogne. Here you go.- Here you go.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Absolutely, absolutely.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21There is Isabel and there is Becca and her little brother Charlie,
0:42:21 > 0:42:25the grandchildren, who are all going to go this year. To the Dordogne.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Well, enjoy this moment, won't you?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Because Granddad has done you all proud. And have a fabulous holiday.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- Thank you.- Thank you.- And thank you.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Well, that's it. It's all over.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Another day in the auction room for "Flog It!".
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Some highs and some lows. But that is what it's all about.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52You can never predict what it is worth in the saleroom.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55So until the next time, from Knutsford, goodbye.