0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today we're in the heart of the Peak District in beautiful Bakewell,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09famed for its markets, this Grade I listed medieval bridge
0:00:09 > 0:00:11and, of course, the legendary Bakewell puddings
0:00:11 > 0:00:13but it's the antiques we're here for
0:00:13 > 0:00:15and just two miles down the road
0:00:15 > 0:00:18is one of the most stunning manor houses in the world
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and, for one day only, it's ours.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Welcome to "Flog It!"
0:00:44 > 0:00:48The fabulous landscape and the chocolate-box towns and villages of the Peak District
0:00:48 > 0:00:51attract millions of visitors every year,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54making it one of the most visited National Parks in the world.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Today every view is picturesque and inviting
0:00:57 > 0:01:00but the Peak District was once a wild and dangerous place.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Manor houses were built in the valleys to allow rich landowners to protect themselves.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Haddon Hall is one of our finest examples of a fortified manor house.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Its turrets and towers loom high over the valley below
0:01:15 > 0:01:17but there's no defence against this lot.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Our "Flog It!" crowd have turned up in their hundreds,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21carrying bags and boxes full of antiques
0:01:21 > 0:01:23to be valued by our team of experts
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and, of course, the best items will be taken off to auction
0:01:26 > 0:01:28where, hopefully, they're going to make a small fortune.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35And already getting a taste of what's lurking in those bags and boxes is Michael Baggott.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36- Nice gift.- Thank you very much.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- It's lovely to be given things that you can sell at a later date, isn't it?- Yes.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42But the competition has already started.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Hoarding some treasures of her own is Caroline Hawley.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Oh, Michael, I've come in at a very good time to catch you stickering somebody.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I was just eyeing this up.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54With our experts poised and the doors open,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56we're ready to start valuing.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The items that really tickle our experts' taste buds
0:01:59 > 0:02:02will be put under the hammer at auction later on in the show.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05But which of our items is going to outshine the rest
0:02:05 > 0:02:08by reaching almost double its valuation?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Will it be this ancient collection of ivory?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Or this oriental silver bowl?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Or could it be this well-loved early clockwork toy?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22You'll need to keep watching to find out.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Well, the fires are on and the crowd are warming up
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and waiting patiently and our experts have taken centre stage
0:02:27 > 0:02:28so let's now join up with them
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and take a closer look at what they've found.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35And first to our valuation tables is Caroline
0:02:35 > 0:02:38with what looks like an interesting piece of Derby.
0:02:38 > 0:02:44What a spooky looking lady! She really is extraordinary, isn't she?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I think she's Sarah Gamp from Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52She was actually an alcoholic nurse and layer-out of the dead
0:02:52 > 0:02:56so that probably explains her rather spooky look.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59So tell me, what do you know about her?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04All I know, or I believe, is she's possibly made by Derby
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and that I actually bought her in Derby.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Oh, did you? That's interesting.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Which is not far from us at the moment, is it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Very interesting indeed.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Now, you know she's a candle snuffer.- Yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20She's basically in very good condition
0:03:20 > 0:03:22apart from a tiny little chip here.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Damage, condition is everything.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Now, I've had a close look at this base and at a very close look,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I can see it's been restored.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- How do you know it's been restored? - Right, I'll tell you how I know.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40First of all, by feel
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and then I got my eyeglass to look closer
0:03:42 > 0:03:46and I can see there's the remains of a hairline there
0:03:46 > 0:03:48that's been filled in
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and then when I look closely at the Derby mark here,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54that's been repainted as well
0:03:54 > 0:03:59and that affects the value as much as the damage.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04They were made in various colourways from 1862 onwards.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07This colourway is the darker, more vibrant colour
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and therefore the more expensive, the more collectable.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Tell me, how did you come by it? Do you collect candle snuffers?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I don't collect candle snuffers.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I bought it at an antiques fair in Derby
0:04:19 > 0:04:24and I sort of kept looking at her and she just sort of drew me towards her.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Jumped out at you.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28And were you aware of the restoration when you bought it?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31No, I wasn't, the person didn't tell me that.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- So they sold you it as perfect? - They sold it to me as near-perfect.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40I realised there was a tiny chip on it but other than that.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Right, which brings us nicely to value.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48- What did you pay for this, do you remember?- It was over £100.- Was it?
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Sadly, with the restoration and the little bit of damage,
0:04:53 > 0:04:59you paid a good retail price for it, so I think, if we were to put it
0:04:59 > 0:05:05into auction now, if we put an estimate of 80-120.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10With a fixed reserve of £80, would you be happy with that?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Yes, because I've decided I don't want to keep her any more
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and I want to spend money on something else.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18What do you want to spend money on instead?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Well, I've got an ambition to buy a book
0:05:21 > 0:05:23that was written by John Parkinson
0:05:23 > 0:05:26in about 1640 all about plants and things.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Oh, what a lovely thing to put it to.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Right, well, we'll do our best, 80-120, 80 reserve.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35And I hope it gets on the way to the book!
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Martin Chuzzlewit is one of my favourite Dickens novels.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Now over to Michael, who's found something with real poignancy.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50John, thank you for bringing these. Lovely group of medals.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Are these family medals? - No, they're not.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56My daughter found them when she was moving into a new house
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and was clearing the attic out
0:05:59 > 0:06:01and we came across those in a box.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Good grief, just left or maybe forgotten, who knows?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08More likely to be forgotten, I think.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Well, what we've got is a standard group of First World War medals.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16We've got the Great War medal, the Victory medal,
0:06:16 > 0:06:17these are more standard.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23- This one is normally the 1914-15 Star.- Right.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27This is the 1914 Star on its own.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- And this is a little bit more uncommon, especially with the bar. - Right.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36And this basically means that the person to whom this medal was awarded
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and we've got here Private F Harrison,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41the Notts and Derby Regiment.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45He was probably one of the very first soldiers to go out
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- and engage the Germans at the start of the war.- OK.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51It also probably refers to the fact that he was,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55before the war started, a serving British soldier.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Right.- Or as they were known, an Old Contemptible.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Oh, that's where they get the name from.
0:07:01 > 0:07:08So what we've got is a more interesting than standard group of First World War medals.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14They're all named which means that people who collect medals can do a lot of research in them.
0:07:14 > 0:07:21- This is why First World War medals and earlier are much more popular than Second World War.- Right, I see.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- So they were found in the loft. - Yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26So they either cost the price of a house or they were free,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28depending on how you look at it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32They're not worth the price of a house so let's go with free.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Any idea what they might be worth?- I've no idea at all.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Well, I can tell you that five or six years ago, which isn't that long ago,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- you'd have been struggling to get £25 or £35 for them.- Right.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50Because you can research these officers online now through the websites,
0:07:50 > 0:07:55the whole system of research has become much easier and much more accessible,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58which has made these medals more desirable.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03I think, conservatively, we'll put £100-£150 on them
0:08:03 > 0:08:10and on a good day, if you get two people particularly interested in the Notts and Derby Regiment,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12it might go on from that but you know.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13They're a nice group of medals
0:08:13 > 0:08:17and if you're happy we'll put a reserve of £100 on them.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Yes, that's absolutely OK, yeah. - That's marvellous.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22You can go back home now without your medals
0:08:22 > 0:08:23and tell you daughter the good news.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Well, it's been very interesting, thank you.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I didn't know anything about them until today.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Well, it's fascinating for me as well, I'm not a medal expert
0:08:30 > 0:08:33so whenever things like this get brought in I learn as well
0:08:33 > 0:08:37and it's marvellous to do the research and find out about these things.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- So thank you so much indeed, John, for bringing them in. - Pleasure.- Thank you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Another example of the internet creating added value.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50It's wonderful to have such a truly historic setting for our "Flog It!" valuation day
0:08:50 > 0:08:52and I've found it impossible not to snoop around.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54This house is just full of treasures.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And it's here in the old milk larder that you'll find
0:08:58 > 0:09:00a collection of dole cupboards,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05possibly the finest collection of its kind, dating back to the 1500s.
0:09:05 > 0:09:11These cupboards you'll find in all the great houses throughout the country, houses like Haddon.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Particularly in the sort of jetted porches of the Elizabethan houses
0:09:15 > 0:09:19and they were there to feed the estate workers and passing traders.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Loaves of bread were put in them and the bread was known as doles
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and this and this is where we get the term from 'on the dole'.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I must say I am rather jealous of this collection.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35There is so much history here in this room and I'm in awe of it.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36I really am.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Back in the house, the fires are still roaring
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and the valuations are in full swing
0:09:43 > 0:09:47and it looks like Caroline has found something very special.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52Wow, Mike, I think it's over to you to tell me a bit about this history.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55It came from the family in Ireland
0:09:55 > 0:09:58and I know we've had it for about 100 years.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03It was used for christenings in the family
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and I think I was the last person to be christened in it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Oh, were you?- In 1940. - So you have an attachment to this.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I do have an attachment to it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Well, I'm sure you looked handsome and charming in this.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15- I had more hair then.- Did you?
0:10:17 > 0:10:22It's the finest silk you can imagine, it's absolutely beautiful.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25It dates from around 1900. Does that tie in with your...?
0:10:25 > 0:10:32- That ties in, yes.- Around 1900. So it's well over 100 years old now.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34It's in very, very good condition.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40There's a few tiny rust marks and a few tiny staining areas inside.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44This is beautiful, machine-made lace all the way around it
0:10:44 > 0:10:48and the embroidery. Beautifully, beautifully made.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50This is obviously the christening cape.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Do you have a christening gown that went with it?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56There may have been one but I've no knowledge of it.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- But you've kept this.- Yes.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01And why do you now feel the time is right to sell, Mike?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I'd like to see it go to somebody else and be used, really,
0:11:04 > 0:11:10because it won't be used in our family again because the family has their own traditions
0:11:10 > 0:11:14so it won't carry on to another generation.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I mean it's a family heirloom of yours
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and the value is beyond counting, sentimental value,
0:11:20 > 0:11:25but what sort of value would you be happy to sell it for?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29I've no idea, I'd really just be happy with the idea that it's used.
0:11:29 > 0:11:35Well, I would put a valuation - to me it should be worth an awful lot more, we'll start by saying that -
0:11:35 > 0:11:38but a realistic valuation for auction I think
0:11:38 > 0:11:42would be £40-£60,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- with a fixed reserve of £40. - Yes, that's fine.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- And I'm sure that will go to a home and be used.- Absolutely.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52It would be nice to see it used in the future.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Well, I'm sure it will be for at least another hundred years.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Thank you.- Thank you very much, Mike, let's go and flog it.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02I can imagine some new parents being absolutely delighted to find that in the auction.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Well, we've now arrived at that moment,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09it's time to put our first set of antiques to the test
0:12:09 > 0:12:11over in the auction room and here's a quick recap
0:12:11 > 0:12:14to jog your memory through the items that are going under the hammer.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Will the Derby and Dickens collectors be there to fight over
0:12:19 > 0:12:21the little Sarah Gamp candle snuffer?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Or will Michael be right about the internet
0:12:25 > 0:12:28fuelling interest in the World War I medals?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31And surely someone will fall in love
0:12:31 > 0:12:34with the exquisite hand-stitched christening gown.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Just a mile away from Haddon Hall is the picturesque village of Rowsley,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44made up of historic pubs and cottages
0:12:44 > 0:12:47that were once part of the Haddon estate.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49It's also home to Bamfords Auctioneers
0:12:49 > 0:12:55and the man in charge of today's proceedings is auctioneer and "Flog It!" expert, James Lewis.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59And he has unearthed some interesting information regarding one of our lots.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03The three World War I medals belonging to John.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Now his daughter found them in the attic not so long ago
0:13:06 > 0:13:09so there's no sentimental connection
0:13:09 > 0:13:11to the officer involved to the family
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- and we've got a value of £150 on these.- Yeah.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- It's a really interesting trio of medals.- What have you found out?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Well, they're World War I, all of them,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24awarded to a chap called Harrison
0:13:24 > 0:13:28who enlisted in the Notts and Derby regiment in 1911
0:13:28 > 0:13:33and he was actually discharged in February 1918...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Right.- ..for shell shock.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36The interesting thing is,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38when somebody was discharged in the First World War,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42it's very unusual for it to actually list why,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44especially for shell shock.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48He was awarded a Silver War Badge that he could have worn,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51because obviously if you've lost both legs or you've lost both arms,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54it's quite clear why you're not fighting on the front
0:13:54 > 0:13:57but shell shock, when it's something mental,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- or it's something to do with your brain...- Yeah, you look quite healthy
0:14:00 > 0:14:02and people would assume you're a conscientious objector.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Exactly, so he was awarded a Silver War Badge so that
0:14:05 > 0:14:07when he was walking the streets people would know.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10He could say "Look, I've been out there fighting for our country."
0:14:10 > 0:14:13What do you think these will be worth later on
0:14:13 > 0:14:15when you put them on the rostrum?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I hope to get above top end, so towards the £200 mark.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22It's not hugely valuable but it's just a lovely story.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25The auction house is packed and ready to go
0:14:25 > 0:14:28so let's get moving with our first lot of the day.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30It's a family heirloom.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34A Victorian christening cape belonging to Mike
0:14:34 > 0:14:35who actually wore it, didn't you?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I wore it when I was christened when I was two days old.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44- Aw! Fantastic. This is incredible really, I mean this is your own social history.- Yes.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47We did consider having it conserved but it would cost a fortune.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- How you do feel...? - And where would it go in the future?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- Is this going to be a sad moment? - No, not really.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I'd like to think that it was going on to somebody else.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55- To a collection.- Yes.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57OK, we're going to find out right now.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58It's now down to the bidders.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Lot number 561, Victorian silk christening gown.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05There we are and I can start he bidding here at £30.
0:15:05 > 0:15:0830 and 5 now, 35, 40, 45.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10At 45, 50 now.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13At 45 and 50 anywhere?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17At £45, do I see 50? At 45.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19It's away.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- 45.- And the hammer's gone down, £45.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24It was short and sweet.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Blink and you'll miss that.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Well done, good valuation, that was right on.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Hopefully it will go to a collection.- Yes or to be worn again.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Yes, that would be nice.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38And going under the hammer right now, a group of World War I medals
0:15:38 > 0:15:40belonging to John
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and I know you've also brought in a small little Bible.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Yeah, that's right. We found this Bible and it's got his name in it
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and the date that he was in Plymouth.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Well, isn't that touching?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53That just rounds the story off of a soldier's life,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57to have his little Bible there. That's what collectors want.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Absolutely. Yeah, I'm glad we've brought it in.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00It's a wonderful piece of history
0:16:00 > 0:16:02and hopefully its going to add to the value
0:16:02 > 0:16:05because it certainly adds to the providence and that's what it's all about.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07We're going to put that to the test right now.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It's up for sale and here it is.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13I can start the bidding at £100, straight in.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15At £100, 110 do I see?
0:16:15 > 0:16:19At 100, 110 now. 110. 110 online.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23110, 120, 130. 130, 140, 150.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29At £140. At £140.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Absentee bid at £140, 150, do I see?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Going to keep going online.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36All the bids, incidentally, are online
0:16:36 > 0:16:39they're going to collectors all over the country.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43170 for you, 180. 190 for you.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45We're slowly, slowly creeping up.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49190.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53At £180, two of you hovering online.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's worth an extra £10.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58At 180, all sure.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Gavel's ready, it's at £180. Are we all sure?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05- Sold, £180. Thank you so much for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08And what's more important is that they've gone to a collector.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- They'll be looked after, preserved now, forever.- That's brilliant.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Next, the little piece of Derby.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17You bought this here in Derbyshire at a fair.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Yes, I did about ten or more years ago.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22But I've enjoyed it for those few years
0:17:22 > 0:17:24but I want to downsize a few things
0:17:24 > 0:17:26and, shall we say, collect other things.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28OK, well, I don't blame you,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31as you grow older your tastes change anyway, they evolve don't they?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Absolutely.- And they get better, let's face it.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Right, let's see what the bidders think, shall we? Here we go.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42And a classic Derby snuffer and £80 for it,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44please, 80's in, 80 and 90 now.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46At £80, 90, 90 and 100?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49110 at the back, 120, 30, 40, 50...
0:17:49 > 0:17:50This is great!
0:17:50 > 0:17:53140 here and 50, do I see?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57At 140 seated, to the left at 140, internet.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01At 140, 150, 160. 160, 170.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Wow.- Yes, James is working his magic.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05£160 to the left and 70 now.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06One more, you might get it.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10At £160, 170 now. 160!
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- Yours in the room.- Done! Hammer's gone down. £160.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17The Derby snuffer I think is staying here in Derby.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Thank you so much, Anne, and I hope you get your book.- Thank you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22And thank you for your help.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23A pleasure, thank you.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Now that was a nice surprise.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Well, there you are,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32that's the end of out first visit to the sale room here today.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34We are coming back, later on in the programme.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Right now, I'm going back to Haddon Hall
0:18:36 > 0:18:37and back to the Middle Ages to find
0:18:37 > 0:18:40out more about the nation's favourite beverage.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Beer.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49We drink around 22 million pints of it every day.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51It's part of our national identity and heritage.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55It remains the most popular alcoholic drink among British men.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59MUSIC: "Just The One" by The Levellers
0:18:59 > 0:19:01We drink it and we make it by the barrel load
0:19:01 > 0:19:04in breweries both large and small, all over the country
0:19:04 > 0:19:09but commercial brewing is a relatively recent part of the story.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Home brewing goes back centuries.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Monks had been brewing for generations
0:19:18 > 0:19:23although it wasn't until the Middle Ages that ale became the most common drink of the day.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Water was impure so drinking it carried a high risk
0:19:27 > 0:19:30whereas ale was boiled up as part of the brewing process
0:19:30 > 0:19:32so it was a much safer bet.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It was the obvious choice and it was drunk with every meal.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40But I don't think many of us today would recognise the ale of the Middle Ages.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45It was often flavoured with herbs and spices, making a unique brew,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48and some of it was very weak so everyone could drink it,
0:19:48 > 0:19:49even children.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Large estates like Haddon would have been self-sufficient and made their own.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57In the brew house, sadly now destroyed,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00there would have been three large containers,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02one ready to drink, one half ready
0:20:02 > 0:20:05and one at the beginning of the new brew.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08This was how they made sure there was always plenty of ale available.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Now Haddon Hall would have brewed up around 1,800 gallons of ale per month
0:20:17 > 0:20:22and it's quite easy to imagine the great feasts that would have taken place here,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25after all, it was a communal space, a place of entertainment.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27But the booze wasn't always free-flowing.
0:20:31 > 0:20:37Over the ages, there would have been various ways devised to control how much people drank.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43In the 10th century, King Edgar ordered all wooden tankards to be fitted with pegs,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45each peg marking one measure.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47When you had drunk your peg, you passed it on
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and if you'd drunk more than your share,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53you were taking the next man "down a peg or two,"
0:20:53 > 0:20:55a phrase still used today.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Now Haddon Hall had its own way of rationing by way of this iron manacle and lock
0:20:59 > 0:21:03which was all part of the punishment if you didn't play by the rules.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07You see, if you drank too much, or didn't drink enough,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11then your arm was locked here, behind that,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16and the rest of your ale poured down your sleeve. Let me explain.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19If you drank too much, that was looked upon as being greedy,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22more than your quota, but if you didn't drink enough,
0:21:22 > 0:21:23that looked suspicious.
0:21:23 > 0:21:31Remaining sober meant you were probably plotting evil acts of wrongdoings against your hosts.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Thank goodness times have moved on.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40And so has ale and that's largely thanks to the introduction of hops from Holland in the 16th century.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44We now have a more rounded flavour and the beer lasts longer.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Haddon Hall no longer makes beer but the Thornbridge Brewery
0:21:47 > 0:21:50a couple of miles down the road is the next best thing.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56The machinery may have changed, but brewing beer remains an ancient art.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58I caught up with brewer Keilan Vaughn
0:21:58 > 0:22:01to find out how they achieve the flavours in their beers.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I can recognise the hops. What's that?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06OK, what we have here is roasted wheat.
0:22:06 > 0:22:12So that's used to impart big, rich, dark malt. Roasted flavours.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- If you want to have a little taste, please do.- OK.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19So it's just got to have a nice sort of roasted, chocolate, sort of burnt flavours.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Ooh, that's nice.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25So you use that in, like, just small quantities to impart large amounts of flavour into the beer.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29And here we have pale malt, so that's the main base malt.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33That's the food source or the sugar source we actually get the alcohol from which comes from malt.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35So you don't want anything to be too sickly sweet
0:22:35 > 0:22:38so you want to have a little bit of balance between the alcohol,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42the amount of residual malt sweetness and, of course,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46the hops, which provide that nice aroma of bitterness and flavours.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Beer has never tasted as good as it does today.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51By providing a range of beers,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54this small, modern brewery is following in the same tradition
0:22:54 > 0:22:58as the medieval brewers of Haddon Hall by producing good, local ale
0:22:58 > 0:23:00and now, time to try some.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04You've selected two beers for me to have a sip of. I can clearly see the difference.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Which one do you want me to start with?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07I think we should taste Jaipur first.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10So this beer, you can see it's a lot lighter,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13it's going to have really nice sort of citrus aromas to it,
0:23:13 > 0:23:18nice bitterness, at 5.9%, it's a nice beer. A beautiful beer.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20It's refreshing
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- and it tastes like a modern beer. - Absolutely.- It really does.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26A modern interpretation of a style.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29This is beer to be sipped and savoured.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Very intense sort of roast malts like we saw before.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Clearly a lot different. - Very different.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I do prefer this, I must admit.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44It's got a wonderful lingering taste of sort of chocolates and roasts and coffees.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46But then when it does die down,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49you can taste the sort of hop in it, can't you?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Yeah, absolutely, once that malt sweetness dies off
0:23:52 > 0:23:55you get that nice sort of bitter finish towards the end.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It's really nice, actually, I've got to say.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- I'm not a big beer drinker but that's gorgeous.- Yeah?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03- Cor!- I'm glad you think so.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Welcome back to Haddon Hall.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20As you can see, it's still packed full of people,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22all wondering what their antiques are worth,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26and they're just about to find out as we now catch up with our experts
0:24:26 > 0:24:28and take a closer look at what they've found.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34And we're kicking off with Michael who has made an oriental choice.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Nicky, what a wonderful selection
0:24:36 > 0:24:40and very unusual selection of carved ivories.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Can you tell me, where did they come form?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Well, I'm a volunteer at the local museum in Bakewell, the Old House Museum,
0:24:47 > 0:24:52and I'm a council member at the Bakewell and District Historical Society
0:24:52 > 0:24:56and they were left to us, part of a much bigger bequest,
0:24:56 > 0:25:00and some of the things we've been able to take into the collection at the museum
0:25:00 > 0:25:06because they've got a local connection but these particular items we can't do anything with.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11We can't put them on display and so I've been asked to bring them to "Flog It!"
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Oh, marvellous.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18- Yes, there isn't much of a Derbyshire flavour about any of these objects, is there?- No.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23And we must also say that all of these items I've looked at predate 1947.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Good, I was hoping.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30This little turned powder box is typically 1915, 1920
0:25:30 > 0:25:34sort of Art Deco and that would have been part of a large travelling set.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Because it's damaged, it will probably be bought by somebody
0:25:38 > 0:25:41who wants to use the ivory in restoration.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Oh, I didn't realise.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Then we move of to these two slender pieces here.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51This piece I think is part of a sceptre
0:25:51 > 0:25:56and I would think that this dates from the middle of the 19th century
0:25:56 > 0:26:00but it is only a part of something else.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- So it's not connected with the dragon.- Nothing to do.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Different country, different function.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10The dragon I'm almost certain is a parasol handle.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14If you think of holding a parasol,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17that's about the right length for a fitting.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21This is very much Chinese and this is tremendous fun.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26To think of a whole scaly dragon
0:26:26 > 0:26:31with his head crooked round for a handle is just wonderful.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33This would have been a bit of Chinese export
0:26:33 > 0:26:38carved in about, again, 1870, 1880.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And it's very fine work, beautifully done.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I think that's my favourite.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I absolutely adore that, that is lovely.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50This large figure group is somewhat later than these two pieces,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54I think this is about 1920, 1930.
0:26:54 > 0:27:02And it's very much made for export maybe to British diplomats,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06British civil servants working in India at the time.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10It's the Hindu figure of Lord Krishna with one of his lady attendants.
0:27:10 > 0:27:17It's beautifully done and beautifully carved but the base is a little bit...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Just lets it down slightly.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24And these figures are less sought-after than these figures.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31This of course is Japanese. It's immediately recognisable.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Two young boys playing around on a horse.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37If we turn this over,
0:27:37 > 0:27:42- you see this sort of decorative carving here, like a lily leaf?- Yes.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48That's done because this is an ivory outer
0:27:48 > 0:27:50but this is a soft, spongy core
0:27:50 > 0:27:53and this means that this is walrus ivory.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57So there are different sources of ivory.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Certainly when we used ivory in Sheffield in cutlery,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03a lot of that would come from hippos' teeth,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06so it's not necessarily elephants.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11In this case, I have to say, the carving isn't terribly good
0:28:11 > 0:28:14and that's why they're using a walrus tooth
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- because it's a less expensive material.- I understand.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20It's quite difficult when we think of values
0:28:20 > 0:28:23because we've also got to think how we sell them.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28And I think, we would be remiss to put them all together.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- Any idea of what the values might be?- Absolutely none at all.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37I think we have to be cautious with this because even though it's beautifully carved,
0:28:37 > 0:28:39it's not dreadfully commercial.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Let's say, I mean, I'll be very cautious actually
0:28:42 > 0:28:47and say £80-£120 and put a fixed reserve of 80.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49This figure again, if it were in elephant ivory
0:28:49 > 0:28:55and if it was good quality, would be in hundreds but again £100-£150.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Fixed reserve of 100.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02And then the oddments, let's say another £100-£150 for those
0:29:02 > 0:29:04and a fixed reserve of 100.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06That gives us three bites at the cherry
0:29:06 > 0:29:09and hopefully one of them will make substantially more than that estimate.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11That sounds fantastic.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14And then that money can get ploughed back into the museum
0:29:14 > 0:29:16which is the point of it in the first place.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- A fascinating group.- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Gosh, when you think of the work involved, that seems very cheap.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Caroline next, who's found a rather fun thing.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Dorothy, tell me, this is a delightful little toy, thank you so much for bringing him.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Tell me, where have you got him from?
0:29:35 > 0:29:39It was given to my son 25, 30 years ago
0:29:39 > 0:29:44for helping an old lady clear a house and move into a warden-controlled bungalow.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Oh, what a nice young man.- Yes.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49We all helped her as a family
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and she found that as we were moving and gave it to him.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Well, it's a German toy made by Lehman Brothers
0:29:54 > 0:29:58and they made them in fairly high quantities,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00but they were never cheap things.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04They would have been looked after and as I say,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06he's in very good condition.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- He dates from just before the First World War.- Right.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- So when you consider... - He's a good age.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13..he's 100, he is a jolly good age.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Yeah, I hope I look as good at that age.- Yes, so do I.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20But he's tin-plate and it's a wind-up.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22The reins are there, the tail,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25his little tassel on his hat,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- he looks a little bit spooky, doesn't he?- Yeah, he'd frighten a child these days.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32He's almost a sort of Pierrot-looking clown.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34It's altogether a nice collectable thing.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37And I think I would be happy to put in to auction
0:30:37 > 0:30:42- with a valuation of 80-120, then, how's that?- That's fine, yes.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43- That would be lovely.- Great.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47We'll put a fixed reserve of 80 just to make sure, as a safety net,
0:30:47 > 0:30:50and let's hope he kicks off to a new home.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Let's hope so.- Thank you from bringing him, Dorothy.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Thank you very much.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58I agree, on closer inspection, he did look rather spooky.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01And now for a little bit of local culinary history,
0:31:01 > 0:31:02a Bakewell pudding.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Always a good thing, mid-afternoon.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Well, most of us have heard about the Bakewell tart,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10and as I found out ten years ago
0:31:10 > 0:31:13when I came to Derby to do one of our first valuation days,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I found out in fact it was the Bakewell pudding up here
0:31:16 > 0:31:18that everybody's familiar with and I got told off.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23What is basically the ingredients of a Bakewell pudding?
0:31:23 > 0:31:27OK, well, the Bakewell pudding back at the beginning of the 19th century
0:31:27 > 0:31:32used to have candied peel in it, raisin, dried cherries, lemon peel.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I like the sound of that.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Some had lemon brandy in, different things like that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41There was quite a rich one and food is passed down from mother to daughter.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42It's changed a little bit.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Our pudding is the first one that was a translucent pudding.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48The young lady that made it we think made it by mistake,
0:31:48 > 0:31:49there was a misunderstanding.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51So none of the fruit went in
0:31:51 > 0:31:53and what came out was the Bakewell pudding
0:31:53 > 0:31:55that we've been making for the rest of the time.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57And what are the ingredients in there?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Well there you've got ground almonds, eggs, butter and sugar.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- Something else?- A secret ingredient. - Go on, tell me.- (Can't tell you).
0:32:04 > 0:32:05Can't tell me. I thought not.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08And this recipe came about, what, ten years after the...
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Yeah, around about that, it was made by mistake
0:32:11 > 0:32:13but became very popular in the town.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15And now time for the Bakewell challenge.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Right, who wants to try one?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21You've gone for the special recipe.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22You've gone for the special recipe.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Oh, look! One of each left. It's a nation divided. Well, there you go.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32HE LAUGHS
0:32:32 > 0:32:33They're mine.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Well, I enjoyed that.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Now, back to Michael who looks like he's also having fun.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Hazel, Claire, thank you both so much
0:32:43 > 0:32:49for struggling up the stairs with this absolutely magnificent bowl.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Before I go into rapture over it, can you tell me
0:32:53 > 0:32:55how you both came by it?
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Well, father died recently and this was left in his house,
0:33:00 > 0:33:05- basically, he had it on display and he's got four daughters.- Ah!
0:33:05 > 0:33:07And we have to divide it up.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12We can't really chop it into four so I think it's got to be sold.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Sold and the money divided, I think that's very sensible.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Is it something that your father inherited through the family
0:33:17 > 0:33:19or did he buy it or...?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22When we were young we always had holidays in Cornwall
0:33:22 > 0:33:24in a little village called Gorran Haven,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and my father used to go round the little antique shops
0:33:27 > 0:33:29and he picked it up there.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- Good Lord!- Many many years ago.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I though you were going to tell me he was the captain of a ship
0:33:34 > 0:33:37and stopped off in Hong Kong and loaded it with cargo.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I've been musing over it.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43We've got this hexagonal bowl, chased and cast and applied
0:33:43 > 0:33:46with this very bold dragon and it's supported,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48not with feet as we would normally see,
0:33:48 > 0:33:53but these little cast devils or oni.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55And I think that very much makes it,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58together with its double-walled construction,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01a Japanese bowl rather than a Chinese bowl.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Oh, we understood it was Chinese.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Well, if we turn it over,
0:34:05 > 0:34:10we've got "Ladies Purse, Spring Meeting, 1895"
0:34:10 > 0:34:14and then we've got a six character signature on a seal on the base
0:34:14 > 0:34:15and often, if this were Chinese,
0:34:15 > 0:34:21you'd expect it to have a standard mark of 90 stamped onto it.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23I mean, it's difficult to tell sometimes
0:34:23 > 0:34:27because they use the same motifs which are dragons.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Dragons are the most popular.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34We've only got one dragon running around and sadly
0:34:34 > 0:34:37one of the little devils, one of the little oni,
0:34:37 > 0:34:38has lost a foot.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41But basically, it's in very good condition.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45I think I pretty much know what it's worth today.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47We'll put a broad estimate on it,
0:34:47 > 0:34:51because it's a broad collecting base.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55We want to interest people, but we don't want to give it away either.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58So we'll put one to two thousand pounds on it.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01And we'll put a fixed reserve of £1,000 on it, if that's...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Well...
0:35:03 > 0:35:06We were looking at £1,500 for a reserve price.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- You wanted £1,500? I can understand why.- Can you?
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- And, yeah, I can go along with that completely.- Good. That'd be nice.
0:35:13 > 0:35:20- So, £1,500.- Yeah.- And, you know, we'll put £1,500 to £2,500 on it.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Jolly good, that'd be very nice.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Because I think your father had an exceptionally good eye
0:35:25 > 0:35:29for these things, at a time when they were completely out of fashion.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Yeah.- But the one thing that this screams is quality.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- Good.- It's been absolutely wonderful to see it today.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39And I very much look forward to seeing what it makes at the auction.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you very much for your help.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43- Pleasure.- OK.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Well, what a marvellous day we have all had here at Haddon Hall.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Everybody's thoroughly enjoyed themselves
0:35:51 > 0:35:55and we've found some fantastic items worthy of our historical setting.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58But right now, it's time to put those final three choices
0:35:58 > 0:36:00up for auction.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Will our experts be on the money? We're just about to find out.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05While we make our way over to the sale room,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08here's a quick reminder, just to jog your memories of the items
0:36:08 > 0:36:09that are going under the hammer.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Ivory from India, Japan, or China.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15How will the bidders choose between them?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20The slightly spooky mechanical toy
0:36:20 > 0:36:22is just what the collectors like,
0:36:22 > 0:36:24but will they be out in force on the day?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27And the final beauty is the silver bowl.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30But will the increase in the reserve hold it back?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Well, you'll have to stay with us to find out.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37We're back in the auction room in the Peak District,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39ready to put our next set of valuations to the test.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Before the sale gets under way just remember, there is
0:36:42 > 0:36:45commission to pay if you're buying or selling at any auction room,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49and the rates do vary so check the details in the catalogue.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Well I've just been joined by Nicky and we've got three separate
0:36:56 > 0:36:58lots here which we're going to add together.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- All the money is going towards the local museum.- That's right.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- In Bakewell.- Yes. The old house museum.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Preserving the heritage of the county.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08The first lot is the carved Indian ivory figure of Lord Krishna.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Just about to go under the hammer.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- We'll find a buyer hopefully at the top end.- I think we will.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17And I have two bids on it, one of 80 and one higher.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21£90, last bid. 90 and 100 do I see?
0:37:21 > 0:37:26100 at £90, and 100, 100 by the cabinet, 110, 120 sir.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29130, 140, 150, 160,
0:37:29 > 0:37:34170, 180, 190, 200, 220.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38- Wow.- 220 online at 200 in the room, 220 online.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41220, 240, 260...
0:37:41 > 0:37:44It's small, it's postable. But it's quality as well.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46280, 300...
0:37:46 > 0:37:49300...
0:37:49 > 0:37:52300, 320, 340...
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Oh, I'm so thrilled.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56At 320 in the room.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58340, 360...
0:37:58 > 0:38:04At 340. Online now at 340 against you in the room.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06£340.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- 340.- The hammer's gone down, that's the first of three lots,
0:38:10 > 0:38:11and here is the second,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14the Japanese okimono walrus carving
0:38:14 > 0:38:17which I think could fly again, Nicky.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19The first one did so well, we never know do we?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Yes, let's find out what the bidders think. Here we go.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Here's the second of the three.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26And little bit of interest here,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29and I can start at £80, 80, and 90 now,
0:38:29 > 0:38:32£80, 90, do I see?
0:38:32 > 0:38:3590, yes, 90, 100, 110,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37110
0:38:37 > 0:38:41110 bid. 120, 130,
0:38:41 > 0:38:43At £120, 130 now.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48And 120, absentee bid. 130 do I see?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Are you out online?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54And 120, not as good as the last but there we go.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Are we all sure?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57120.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- 120.- Well, we expected that. Yes. The quality was down but still...
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Still the top end.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Two down, one more to go, and already we have a total of £460.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- That's absolutely brilliant. - Isn't this good?- Really good.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- More than what you thought? - Much more, yes.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- And one more to come. - I know, I can't wait.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13It's adding up.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21507 is this Chinese ivory walking cane or parasol handle.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23And the circular box.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26And £80 bid, 80 and 90 now.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- It's worth all that. - Yes, this is real quality.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31And 80, do I see 90 now?
0:39:31 > 0:39:32At £80, 90...
0:39:32 > 0:39:35All done. At £80, do I see 90?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39At 80 then.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Are you sure?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42At £80, do I see 90?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47At £80 only, I'm trying.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48No.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Not sold, I'm afraid.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51James was calling for 80 in the room,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55and we had a fixed reserve of £100. He didn't sell it.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I think it's worth £100 all day long.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Do you know what I think it was?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Putting it with two other items made it look a bit bitty.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Yes.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06If the charity re-offers that, on its own...
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Then you'll be fine.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- ..I think you'll make that all day long.- Well we can do that.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Nevertheless, two out of three, as they say, ain't bad.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18And excellent results for the first two, making £460.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20And now, something for the collectors.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Dorothy, good luck with the tin plate toy. Absolutely lovely
0:40:23 > 0:40:26little donkey, and the clown. It could be so rare, I'm not sure.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28How many are surviving and how many are working?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30We'll see.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33We'll find out. Let's put it to the test.
0:40:33 > 0:40:39Lot 557, is the Lehmann clockwork tin plate toy clown,
0:40:40 > 0:40:42and one, two, three bids on it,
0:40:42 > 0:40:47and all the bids are absolutely identical, they're all £80.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49£80 bid, 85 now.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52At £80, 85 anywhere?
0:40:52 > 0:40:53At £80, 85?
0:40:53 > 0:40:5685 will beat them, it's short and sweet otherwise.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59All three bids exactly the same.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- That's interesting, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03At £80. Are we all sure?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Gavel's raised, at 80.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Wow. I'm surprised. I thought it might do more.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- Short and sweet.- It's better than being in a drawer.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Yes. It was a great thing. I love those early tin plate toys.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Well, I'm sure there are many collectors out there
0:41:20 > 0:41:21who wished they'd got that one.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Next, Michael's exciting find.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25The splendid silver bowl.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Hazel and Claire, you've made the front page news.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Well, you have on the catalogue, look at that.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32And I know the two other sisters are here today, aren't they?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Let's give them a wave. There they are. Hello.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37And it's her birthday. Happy birthday.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- Happy birthday. 65th birthday today. - Oh, wow.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Whatever you do, don't go away. Keep watching, here we go.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44It's going under the hammer now.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48The Japanese silver dragon bowl, and loads of interest.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Straight in at £1,500. 1,600 do I see?
0:41:52 > 0:41:54At 1,500, 1,600 in the room first.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58You coming in? 1,600 in the room, I'll come to the phones, 1,600.
0:41:58 > 0:42:001,600, 1,700, 1,800...
0:42:00 > 0:42:021,800, 1,900, 2,000.
0:42:03 > 0:42:051,900, 2,000 now.
0:42:05 > 0:42:071,900, 2,000 bid.
0:42:08 > 0:42:102,000 on the phone. 2,100 on the internet.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12- 2,200.- This is great.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- 2,300.- Phone and internet, international bidding.
0:42:15 > 0:42:182,300, 2,400.
0:42:18 > 0:42:212,500, 2,600.
0:42:21 > 0:42:252,700, 2,800, and the internet's back as well, 2,800.
0:42:25 > 0:42:282,900, 3,000.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- 3,100, 3,200.- This is incredible.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33This is what auctions are all about. This is why they're so exciting.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Absentee bid. At 3,100. 3,200 in the room now.
0:42:37 > 0:42:383,200, 3,300...
0:42:38 > 0:42:403,400
0:42:40 > 0:42:423,500, 3,600...
0:42:42 > 0:42:443,700, 3,800.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- Is it 84 ounces?- It is.
0:42:46 > 0:42:483,800.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50At 3,700. 3,800 do I see?
0:42:50 > 0:42:523,700.
0:42:52 > 0:42:573,700. Phone's out, room's out. Internet's out. All sure?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Yes. £3,700.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I told you there was going to be a big surprise, and we delivered.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05How do you feel?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Excellent.- Over the moon.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10What a lot of money, and what a surprise.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14That is what auctions are all about. Come on in, sisters.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Look, not one, not two, not three but four sisters.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Well that's a nice family reunion, isn't it? Hmm?
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Yes.- Well done all of you. - And a very special birthday present.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27And what a way to end to the show here in the Peak District
0:43:27 > 0:43:28in Derbyshire.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30If you've got something like that, we want to see you.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32But until the next time, it's goodbye.