0:00:03 > 0:00:06Inside this dome is a unique treasure
0:00:06 > 0:00:08that most people know nothing about.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12This is the Godlee double telescope.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16It's part of a fully-functioning observatory that was built in 1902.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21From this telescope, you can see the stars in all their glorious detail.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25But today, we're interested in what's down there,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27the city of Manchester.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Welcome to "Flog It!".
0:00:51 > 0:00:52In the last 200 years,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Manchester has been home to some of the world's greatest scientists.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Atomic theory, no less, was first developed by John Dalton
0:01:02 > 0:01:06in Manchester and his protege, Salford-born James Joule,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10was so important to science he had a unit of energy named after him -
0:01:10 > 0:01:11the joule.
0:01:16 > 0:01:22So what better place to hold our evaluation day today than MOSI?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24And in there is a replica
0:01:24 > 0:01:26of the world's first stored program computer
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and we're going to be pressing its buttons later on in the show.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33But first, we need to work out a little formula of our own.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37What do all of these people, plus their antiques, plus our experts
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and an auction room equal?
0:01:39 > 0:01:40"Flog It!"
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Correct. And someone was very late there.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Go to the back of the class!
0:01:46 > 0:01:47HE LAUGHS
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Calculating the values
0:01:52 > 0:01:56and predicting the outcome at auction today is Michael Baggott.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Now, I wonder if he was any good at science in school.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Rather than be a geneticist
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I decided to become a spoon specialist.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10And I think there is some chemistry between him and Anita Manning.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11No, no, Anita!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Don't show him any silver.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Oh, no!- Don't show him any silver.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17What have you found?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Well, I'm so excited because we have a massive queue here
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and surely someone here has got something that's worth
0:02:28 > 0:02:30a small fortune and we're going to find it.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33You never know what's going to turn up at a "Flog It!" valuation day.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35So, let's get everybody inside and get started.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Are you ready for this? Come on, then.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45MOSI is filled with the inventions that helped
0:02:45 > 0:02:49transform Manchester into a world-leading textile producer.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53And today, it is also filled with antiques
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and collectables that have their own story to tell.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59But which will make the most money for its owner?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03The silver coffee pot of quality Danish design?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Or the gold sovereigns?
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Both sell for over £600 but can you guess which one wins the day?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Keep watching to find out.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Well, everybody's now safely seated inside the venue
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and I'm just looking up there where it says "Flog It!"
0:03:19 > 0:03:20But look at that queue.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Nearly as big as ours this morning!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We have our experts in place. They've found their first items.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29We've got our researcher's working very hard behind the scenes
0:03:29 > 0:03:31on behalf of our experts, looking out for further knowledge.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34So let's now catch up with Michael Baggott
0:03:34 > 0:03:35who's first at the "Flog It!" tables
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and take a closer look at what he's spotted.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Jeff, Leslie, there are some things
0:03:41 > 0:03:43that come onto a "Flog It!" valuation day
0:03:43 > 0:03:48I could happily run away with and I could happily run away with this.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52It is absolutely delightful. Where did it come from?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Car boot sale.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59No! Not another one! Not another one of the car boots.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Really, was it a very, very long time ago?
0:04:01 > 0:04:0530 years ago at a car boot sale, the first one never in Manchester?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07No. Three years ago.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10When you saw it, did you know immediately it was good
0:04:10 > 0:04:13or did you just...? Was it taking a chance?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18I think we knew. We looked at each other, gave that look and went...
0:04:18 > 0:04:20SHE CHUCKLES.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22So you bought it. How much?
0:04:22 > 0:04:2450p.
0:04:24 > 0:04:2750p? It's the standard price at car boots, isn't it? 50p.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Um...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I suppose it doesn't look a lot to some people.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36If you're not interested in glass or engraved glass,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39you might pass that by and obviously a few people did.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40But if we look at it in detail...
0:04:42 > 0:04:47..it's obviously cameo glass. So, you've got this tinted glass.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It's not quite a lemon yellow.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54And then it's encased in white glass, opaque white glass.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And some of this is etched back
0:04:56 > 0:05:00and some of this is wheel-engraved back and carved
0:05:00 > 0:05:03to give this three-dimensional form.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07But it's just formed as a flower bud. A clever thing to do.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Most of this stuff is done in Stourbridge
0:05:11 > 0:05:14at the end of the 19th century.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16There are names like George Woodall,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19but one of the great names is Thomas Webb
0:05:19 > 0:05:22and if we turn it over, you've seen that before, haven't you?
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Thomas Webb and Sons of Stourbridge, probably the finest manufacturers
0:05:27 > 0:05:31of cameo glass in Britain at the end of the 19th century.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33It does subtly have...
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Oh, it's heartbreaking, isn't it?
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- Chips with everything.- Yeah. - Food, yes. Glass, no.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45It's such a shame it's a deep chip because you can't polish it out
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and it's right next to some of the raised cameo.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52So whoever buys this has to live with it.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58So now we're narrowing, I'm sad to say, the commercial field for it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00What has 50 pence become?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Any ideas?- That's why we're here. Not a clue.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07What's sensible, whenever you've got anything damaged,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09is to put it in at an attractive price
0:06:09 > 0:06:12because then people look at the object first
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- and they don't worry about the estimate.- Yeah.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Would you be happy if we put it in at £100-£200?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Definitely.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And we'll put a fixed reserve of £100 because,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I know I say this a lot, it is worth it all day long.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Oh, yeah.- You know, and I tell you,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30if you can get a couple of hundred pounds for it
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- and go and buy 400 more at 50 pence each.- That would be good.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35That's the thing to do, isn't it?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I really think it's an absolute gem.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It would fit in my pocket but they just won't let me take it home.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Thank you so much. - Thank you for that.- Thank you.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47It's a beautifully crafted piece but it's far from perfect.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Will the damage keep the bidders away? Jeff and Leslie Hope not.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Now, to a vase that's not quite so small and delicate.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01Helen, if you are a "Flog It!" fan, you'll know exactly what that is.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02- Yes, I do.- Tell me.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Troika.- Troika. Yeah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Now, I find that people either love Troika or hate Troika.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Well, hate is quite a strong word but I'm not very fond of it at all.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- You're not fond of it? - No, no.- Why not?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I think they're a bit ugly, really.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- I like more pretty, feminine things. - Ah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Gentle, graceful, elegant? - Yes, that's right. Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- I love Troika. - Oh, right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29ANITA LAUGHS
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I love 20th-century design
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and this is an important part of 20th-century design.
0:07:35 > 0:07:42- Troika was made between 1963 and 1983 in Cornwall.- Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:50In this almost granitey finish, I'm seeing the ruggedness of Cornwall.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Right, yes.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I'm starting to think about Barbara Hepworth
0:07:54 > 0:07:57and her wonderful sculpture garden
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- and I'm sure that influenced the Troika design.- Yes.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Has this been passed down? Tell me a wee bit about the background.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07I don't know anything about it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11My husband bought it quite a number of years ago
0:08:11 > 0:08:15and it's never been out in the house, it's just been put away.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- So it hasn't been on display?- No.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22This one was made 1976, 1977,
0:08:22 > 0:08:28and we know that because on the base we have the artist's monogram,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32which is S.L. and that is Sue Lowe.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Oh, right. I didn't know that. - And she worked...
0:08:34 > 0:08:39She made Troika pieces '76, '77.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41So it's very nice to have the monogram
0:08:41 > 0:08:43because some of them are unsigned.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48This vase is called the Anvil vase
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and it's because of this anvil shape.
0:08:51 > 0:08:58When I look at it I'm thinking of the influence of Aztec design.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Yeah.
0:08:59 > 0:09:06The artist must have fallen in love with aspects of Aztec design
0:09:06 > 0:09:10and adopted them within the Troika.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Yes.- And I think that it's wonderful.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16The iconic large pieces of Troika
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- are still getting huge amounts of money.- Yeah.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24This piece isn't quite there but it still will be desirable.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28I would put an estimate of £120-£180 on it.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Would you be happy with that estimate, Helen?- Yes, I think so.
0:09:31 > 0:09:38- OK. We'll put it in and we'll put a reserve on it at £120.- Right. OK.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Well, I love it and I hope that there are people at the auction
0:09:41 > 0:09:46who are as enthusiastic as I am about this lovely piece.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Thank you.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I never tire of hearing about one of the country's leading modern designs
0:09:51 > 0:09:54and it's in good company here at the museum because it's packed
0:09:54 > 0:09:58with British inventions that have changed and shaped our history.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Now, we're going to play a little game here.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05We're going to ask all the audience what their favourite invention is.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07We're going to hand out pieces of paper.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10My colleague Sophie here, who's part of the "Flog It!" team,
0:10:10 > 0:10:11is going to be handing out these.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Everyone's going to be writing down
0:10:13 > 0:10:15what they think their favourite invention is
0:10:15 > 0:10:17and at some time throughout the show,
0:10:17 > 0:10:18we're going to be looking at this
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and seeing which one comes out on tops.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21I wonder who it will be.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Find out later in the programme, but now some very unusual owls.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Roy, thank you for bringing in these lovely pair of little pepper pots.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34You're welcome.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36How did you come by them?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- I got them off the internet. - Long time ago?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- About three weeks ago. - Three weeks ago? What was I doing?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Why wasn't I paying attention?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Do you buy a lot of silver on the internet?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50I've just started buying silver, yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53About six months ago.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- Right.- Like the babies' rattles and the vesta cases and things like that.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01So what started you off?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I just like buying animal objects
0:11:03 > 0:11:06so if it's in the form of an animal, I'll buy it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09When you bought them, what were they described to?
0:11:10 > 0:11:131952 was the date that the guy put on them
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and just pepper pots, salt and pepper pots.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Right. Well, if we have a look here,
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- we've got a full set of hallmarks just tucked on the tail.- Yeah.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27And indeed, we've got hallmarks for 1952 and Chester.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Chester is an assay office that in the '40s and '50s
0:11:30 > 0:11:32started to produce less and less silver.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Right.- Less was marked there.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37And in fact, it closed in the 1960s.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41So it's very unusual to get large, novelty pieces marked that late.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Right.- That's the first thing.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46And the second thing is, they're really good quality.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52They are copying the first novelty pepperettes in the form of owls
0:11:52 > 0:11:57made by Charles Thomas and George Fox, in about 1840, 1850.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Yeah.- Then towards the end of the 19th century,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03all these little pepper pots get much smaller.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It's as if they're harking back
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- to the ones that were made a hundred years ago.- Right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12They are handmade. The feet are cast.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And they're engraved to simulate feathers.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I suppose the crucial question - well, two crucial questions -
0:12:18 > 0:12:20is why do you want to sell them,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22because you bought them three weeks ago?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Because they're not old enough. - They're not old enough for you?- No.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28You're a puritan. You're a man after my own heart, Roy.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32And the other big question is what did you pay for them?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33£350.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37£350 was not an unreasonable price to pay.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39That's with postage.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42With postage and everything included.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44In fact, you probably couldn't go into a dealers
0:12:44 > 0:12:45- and buy those for £350 today.- No.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46So that's good value.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Now, at auction I think we would be sensible to put £300-£500 on them
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and a fixed reserve of £300.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58And that gives them the best chance of getting up to that £500 mark.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Right, OK.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05So if these do well, you want something earlier and smaller.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I'm going to go on holiday with it.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Oh, it's holiday money?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- I suppose you can't spend all your money on silver, can you?- No, no.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13No, they're lovely things.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16They really are unusual at that date so thank you so much
0:13:16 > 0:13:19for bringing them in and I hope they fly away at the auction.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20So do I.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Well, there you are. You've just seen them.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Three wonderful items that our experts have picked out.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I've got my favourite, you've probably got yours. But right now,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35it's time to put those valuations to the test in the sale room.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38So, while we make our way over to the auction room,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40here's a quick recap just to jog your memory
0:13:40 > 0:13:42of everything that's coming with us.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Michael believes in it. - It is absolutely delightful.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50But will the crack hold this exquisite vase back?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54And you've seen it on the show before
0:13:54 > 0:13:57but can you guess what it sells for?
0:14:00 > 0:14:06And the owls cost Roy £350. Will they proved to be a wise investment?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Travel 15 miles south of Manchester
0:14:12 > 0:14:14and the setting is rather more rural.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17And today's auction house is not just trading in the normal stock
0:14:17 > 0:14:22of furniture and ceramics, they also have a separate sale for livestock.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25COWS MOO
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I think we'll stick to antiques.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Well, this is what it's all about -
0:14:32 > 0:14:35the excitement and the atmosphere of an auction room.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36You just cannot beat it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Anything can happen right now. The auction has just got underway.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Nick Hall, our auctioneer, is on the rostrum
0:14:41 > 0:14:43and we're going to get on with our first lot.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Sadly, Jeff and Leslie couldn't make it to the auction today
0:14:47 > 0:14:49so they've sent their relatives along instead.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Pleased to meet you. How do you do? - Hello.- Who's this?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- This is my niece, Terryl.- Hello. That's an unusual name, isn't it?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Terryl.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Beautiful little thing, isn't it?- It is.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59The only downside is the little chip
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and it will be down to the bidders today to decide whether
0:15:02 > 0:15:05they want it chipped or whether they'll wait for a perfect one.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06And this is the beauty of auctions.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08You never know what's going to happen in an auction room.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11That's why we love them and that's why you keep watching them.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14So let's get on with it right now and put this under the hammer.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Here we go.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Lot 415 is a Thomas Webb & Sons cameo glass vase, circa 1900.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25It's actually signed Webb to the base. Beautifully cut.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Start me at £100 for it, surely.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Where is £100? Who's here to appreciate the glass?
0:15:30 > 0:15:3180, 70.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Start the ball rolling at £50. Come on, who's here to bid this?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36At £50. Thank you, madam.
0:15:36 > 0:15:3950, I'm bid. Any advance on £50?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42We have five against you. At 55. Are you coming in?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44You're not, you're out. That was quick. Short and sweet.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48It's 55 against you. At £55. Anyone else bidding now?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51As 55 only. It's not enough. At 55 I have.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53At 55 only.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55No further bids. All sure?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58At £55, unsold, sorry.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Well, the hammer's gone down and it didn't sell.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03We didn't really get a maiden bid, not even an opening bid.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- There wasn't a nibblet. - There wasn't, was there?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07And in a way, that's quite good. Do you know that?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Because that was worth that reserve you put on that.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Sorry, Leslie and Jeff. It didn't sell this time
0:16:13 > 0:16:16but there's always another day and another auction.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21So, let's hope the fortunes are better for Roy's owls.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Something tells me Roy here has been doing a little bit
0:16:25 > 0:16:28of sort of buying and selling, a bit of speculating.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Yeah.- Three weeks before the valuation day,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- you purchased these two little silver owls.- I did, yeah.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- For £300...?- £350.- £350.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Which was sensible money, I think. I think that is bang on.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Let's just hope we get your money back and a little bit of profit, OK?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44OK, here we go. They're going under the hammer.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Lot 575. It is a pair of hallmarked silver
0:16:49 > 0:16:51pepper pots in the form of owls.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53These are rather fun, aren't they? 1952, '53.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Right, who's going to start me at £300?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- And a deathly silence fell. - Come on.- Yeah.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Got a couple of wise old owls over there.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Surely you'll start the bidding. 300.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Couple of hundred to start with, then.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Yes? 200 I have. At £200, 210, 220,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11230, 240, 250, 260,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14270, 280, 290, 300.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16300. Front row I've got at £300.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17You're out at the back.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19At £300, only bid.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Right at the front. Seated bid at £300.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- For late Chester Silver. - Yeah, I know.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Otherwise I'm selling them at £300.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Front row will take them then at £300.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Cor, they struggled a bit, didn't they?- Yeah, they did.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34We got them away but you've lost a little bit of money.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Nevermind. You learn.- You've had the joy of owning them though
0:17:37 > 0:17:38and you've learned, exactly.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40And you can only learn by your knocks.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43No-one in this industry is born an expert.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44It's something to have to learn.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47If all I'd lost, Paul, was the difference between
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- what Roy's paid and sold, I'd be a happy man.- Yeah.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Roy may not have made his money back
0:17:52 > 0:17:55but someone else is pleased he sold them.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00The owls I bought cost me £300 at auction plus commission
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and I'm going to keep it for my private collection
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and I'm happy I bought them.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Coming up right now, we've got a wonderful Anvil vase from Troika
0:18:11 > 0:18:13and I've got some laughs by the side of me.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14You see, I like Troika.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18I'm probably responsible for all of it coming out of the woodwork
0:18:18 > 0:18:20and I know a lot of you don't like it but, you know, for me
0:18:20 > 0:18:22it's got all those rustic qualities of Cornwall.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Did you pick this up on your holidays?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27My husband picked it up, probably at a car boot sale.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Oh, right. So he probably only paid about a tenner for it or a fiver.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- Probably less than that, I would think.- Gosh.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Anyway, it's going under the hammer right now.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Let's find out what it does. Let's double your money. Good luck.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Lot 405 is the good Troika pottery Anvil vase.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46A lot of interest, quite rightly so. I've got commission bids.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'm going to come straight in off the book with me at
0:18:48 > 0:18:51150, 200, 210, 220, 230.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I start at 240.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54At £240 bid for the minute.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56240, 250, 260,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59270, 280, 290, 300.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02£300 I have. With we now at £300.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04At £300.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Bids on commission with me now against the room at £300.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Don't think I'm lying. All done.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Selling away on the 300.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Bish, bash, bosh! Hammer's gone down.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- £300.- Wee bit conservative there.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Doesn't matter, does it? It sold.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20That's what it's all about, really.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- And you're happy with £300? - Oh, definitely, yeah.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23- Absolutely.- Yeah.- Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Well, there you are.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32That concludes our first visit to the auction room today.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34So far so good. We are coming back later on in the programme.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Don't go away.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Now, you know I love heritage and architecture
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and when you drive around the city of Manchester, you really have
0:19:41 > 0:19:46an education in 18th, 19th and 20th century architecture.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49It is quite mesmerising and a joy to behold.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50So while we're here filming,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I decided to dedicate an afternoon to that very pursuit.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Manchester is bursting with diverse buildings.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12From Italian-inspired Palazzo structures
0:20:12 > 0:20:13like the old Free Trade Hall,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16to the finest examples in Neo-Gothic.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Every building here helps tell the story of Manchester,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26from the development of the textile industry in the 18th century
0:20:26 > 0:20:28through to Manchester's colossal rise
0:20:28 > 0:20:32as the world's first industrial city.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Each era brought new building styles for different purposes.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Banks, warehouses and municipal buildings were used by businessmen
0:20:42 > 0:20:44as a symbol of their wealth and success
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and these big architectural statements
0:20:46 > 0:20:49also said they had pride in their city.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Many of those buildings are still standing here in a city
0:20:55 > 0:20:57that's built on ambition.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01And today, I'm taking you on an architectural tour of Manchester
0:21:01 > 0:21:04and what better way to do it than by a chauffeur-driven limo.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Hi, John.- Hi, mate.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Pleased to meet you. - Pleased to meet you.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Well, John driving a taxi.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14John, how long have you been a cabbie
0:21:14 > 0:21:16driving the streets of Manchester?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Oh, this year, Paul, I daren't think.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- It's around about 30 years. - Really?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Gosh, you must have seen the city change a lot!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Well, it's changed dramatically
0:21:25 > 0:21:27and it's still changing even as we speak,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30as you see as we're driving round the city, all the new buildings
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and the old buildings all blend in nicely together, don't they?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- It's fabulous. - Where do we start?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39What we'll do is we'll start off and then we'll break you in gently.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42We'll go to the Friends Meeting House which is one of the early
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Greek revival buildings in Manchester
0:21:44 > 0:21:45and then we'll move on from there.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47OK.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Manchester may have been established by the Romans
0:21:52 > 0:21:54but no Roman buildings survive.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59What you do see here though is an abundance of buildings
0:21:59 > 0:22:02that may look old but they are not nearly as ancient as they appear.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Now here we are, this is the Friends Meeting House
0:22:06 > 0:22:10built by the architect Richard Lane in 1828.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14It's a place where the Quakers would come and meet and worship.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Although the building is not quite 200 years old yet, it has the feel
0:22:17 > 0:22:20and the presence of something that's ancient and prestigious.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24That's because it's built in the Greek revival style
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and by mimicking the ancient Greeks with this perfect form and symmetry,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32wonderful columns with Ionic capitals at the top,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35you create a building that has real majesty
0:22:35 > 0:22:38and another clever trick that the architects discovered
0:22:38 > 0:22:41by setting it back from that noisy road there
0:22:41 > 0:22:45with these wonderful steps that goes up to a raised ground floor,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48you have a building of such majesty!
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You could almost imagine you're in ancient Greece.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Richard Lane's building marked the start
0:22:55 > 0:22:57of Victorian architecture in Manchester.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00The Victorians took inspiration from around the globe
0:23:00 > 0:23:04and throughout history to give their structures an air of antiquity.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10And no edifice did it quite as well as this, Manchester Town Hall.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Now you couldn't come to Manchester
0:23:16 > 0:23:20and talk about architecture without seeing this building, the Town Hall.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22It's absolutely awesome.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25It's a powerful looking building yet it's full of dignity
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and architectural detail and ornamentation.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31It's a symbol of strength and inspiration and that's exactly
0:23:31 > 0:23:35what the architect and the town planners of the day had in mind.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40Alfred Waterhouse's Town Hall was built in 1877
0:23:40 > 0:23:44but its style harks back to 13th century Gothic.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48It echoes the power and the might of the UK's early cathedrals
0:23:48 > 0:23:52and it said to the world that Manchester meant business.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57What a fabulous building!
0:23:57 > 0:24:00It's what I would describe as an architectural gem,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03a real joy to walk around.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05But I love the fact that it tells the story
0:24:05 > 0:24:08of the most significant people throughout this city's history.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13Scientists renowned the world over for their great achievements.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14People like John Dalton here,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18beautifully carved in marble right in the main entrance area.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23And whilst busts of businessmen and politicians adorn the corridors,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26the working man is not forgotten.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28On the outside, on the exterior of this fine building,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31there's this a massive great big roundel which tells us
0:24:31 > 0:24:34the city's roots built on the textile industry,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38right down to the wonderful floors, all the mosaic work.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41The worker bees, thousands and thousands of them.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45This represents the hard graft that everybody put in
0:24:45 > 0:24:48throughout the Industrial Revolution,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51making this city what it is really today.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58The worker bees generated the wealth that paid for these buildings
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and they did it from a far less salubrious environment.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09This is where the architecture most strongly evokes
0:25:09 > 0:25:11the story of Manchester.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14These disused mills either side of me
0:25:14 > 0:25:17were built in the 19th century to produce cotton
0:25:17 > 0:25:20on an unprecedented scale and even by today's standards,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24these buildings are absolutely huge.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28These massive constructions were built for practicality
0:25:28 > 0:25:31rather than beauty and conditions inside
0:25:31 > 0:25:34were often cramped and dangerous.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40The Ancoats area has a real atmosphere and feel to it.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44On one hand, you can imagine these mills being full
0:25:44 > 0:25:47with thousands of people working incredibly hard
0:25:47 > 0:25:51for long hours in dangerous conditions and on the other hand,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54it reflects the demise of the Industrial Revolution.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57This whole area has gone from representing wealth
0:25:57 > 0:26:02and industry to becoming a symbol of unemployment
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and the end of the textiles industry.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Today, there is new life being breathed into Ancoats
0:26:12 > 0:26:16and the city centre is thriving with buildings and investment.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20And there's one building in particular that you cannot ignore.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Beetham Tower dominates the skyline as its 47 storeys
0:26:25 > 0:26:28cut through the blue.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31For me, it shows how the city has developed in the last 200 years.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Thanks a lot!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39From its 23rd floor, you can see the Gothic,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42the classical and contemporary buildings
0:26:42 > 0:26:45that tell the tale of that progress.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47The Victorians demonstrated Manchester's ambitions
0:26:47 > 0:26:50with the buildings they designed and erected.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Power and strength symbolised in architecture.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55And it's a message that's still emblazoned
0:26:55 > 0:26:57across the city skyline today.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08It's back to the industrial buildings of MOSI
0:27:08 > 0:27:11where the valuations are still in flow.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Later on, we'll find out what the people of Manchester's
0:27:14 > 0:27:16favourite inventions are.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19But first, some precious treasure discovered, thanks to "Flog It!".
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Carol? - Hello, Anita.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25In today's current market,
0:27:25 > 0:27:32I'm always delighted to see gold coins coming into auction.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- Very good.- Tell me, where did you get these ones?- Well, it's...
0:27:38 > 0:27:43My dad passed away two years ago and I got them then
0:27:43 > 0:27:44and they were just in a box.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48And when I found out "Flog It!" was coming to Manchester town centre,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I thought I'll look in my dad's box and found these.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I thought I'll take them.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59- So you didn't know that they were there until this morning?- Yes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02It's...I never bothered to look in the box.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06The price of precious metals has risen substantially
0:28:06 > 0:28:08in the last few years.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14This is because people are not getting big interest in the banks.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16The price of their property has gone down,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19stocks and shares have gone down.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24At times like this, people go back to what they know,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28what they can feel in their hand and that is gold.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We have two sovereigns.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38We have a half sovereign and we have a sovereign in a ring mount.
0:28:38 > 0:28:44Now, did your dad collect coins especially or is there anything
0:28:44 > 0:28:47that drew him to collecting gold or coins or whatever?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50He always had an interest in all different types of coins,
0:28:50 > 0:28:52even the old penny coins.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54And were you allowed to play with them?
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Sometimes we were because we used to have them in special little packets
0:28:58 > 0:29:00and used to slot them all in.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04We have a look and we'd go, "Wow, Dad! They're great!"
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Well, your dad was a very astute man.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Especially in buying the gold coins. - Yes.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13The nominal value of these coins...
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- Yes. - Was one pound at the time.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Right. - So what are they worth now?
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Um, £50, maybe. Maybe £60 for the bigger ones.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Well, they're more than that, they're more than that.
0:29:29 > 0:29:36What I would do is I would sell these as a group.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41I would put an estimate on these of £550-£750.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43That's amazing!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- I didn't realise. - £550-£750.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Wow!
0:29:48 > 0:29:51For those little coins? Wow!
0:29:51 > 0:29:57We will put a reserve price on these at £550
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- but giving the auctioneer just touch of a discretion.- Right.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- You had a wee fortune. - I know, I don't believe it!
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Thank you very much. - I know they'll do very well.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Thank you very much, Anita.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12MUSIC FROM DIRTY DANCING PLAYS
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Now no-one puts baby in the corner
0:30:14 > 0:30:17unless you're The Museum Of Science And Industry.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26And this is Baby, a rather large baby.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Well, it's a replica of the original.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Designed and built by three professors
0:30:31 > 0:30:33at the University of Manchester.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37It made its first successful run on 21 June in 1948.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40The most important thing you have to remember is
0:30:40 > 0:30:43it was the first computer in the world to store data
0:30:43 > 0:30:47and use a program in electronic memory stored at electronic speed.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51That's how brilliant this big baby was.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54There were no drawings of the original. It didn't survive.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56But there were photographs.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00So this replica has been assembled from photographs by this man,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02George and a few friends.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- George, pleased to meet you. - Hi.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- What an incredible computer. - Yes.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09How long did this take to recreate?
0:31:09 > 0:31:13It took us about 18 months and funnily enough,
0:31:13 > 0:31:15it took the original engineers
0:31:15 > 0:31:1818 months to build the original machine.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20But they were working seven days a week
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- and we were just part-time volunteers.- Right.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27We used about 10,000 hours of voluntary labour.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Assembled with photographic evidence of the original machine.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36Our job really was to match which circuit went with which photograph.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Yeah, this is absolutely fascinating and to think it was put together,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43the original in 1948, is absolute genius
0:31:43 > 0:31:46and testament to the brains in Manchester.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48George, thank you very much.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51You're obviously a bright bloke as well, putting this thing together!
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Volunteers like George keep our history alive
0:31:55 > 0:31:58and are a wealth of knowledge, just like our very own off-screen experts
0:31:58 > 0:32:04who work behind the scenes to research the items you bring in.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07And now to a leading scholar in his chosen field.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- Bee.- Yes.- What a lovely jug. - Thank you, I'm glad you like it.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14What a lovely jug. Where did it come from?
0:32:14 > 0:32:20- It was my mother's special coffee pot.- I can sense an accent there.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Well, I come from Denmark and the coffee pot is Danish.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Marvellous, so... When did your mother give you that?
0:32:28 > 0:32:32She...I got it when she died in 2002.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- So I've not had it for that long, really.- It's a lovely coffee pot.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39This little finial is very heavily influenced
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- by someone called Georg Jensen. - Yes.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45And he did these sort of piling finials with ball.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49But the actual shape of this puts me in mind more of a French silversmith
0:32:49 > 0:32:52called Emile Puiforcat.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Who did these very geometric designs and I think...
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Let's have a look.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- We've got there, it's signed Hans Hansen.- Yes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Who was a very good Danish silversmith.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08He's not as well known over here as Georg Jensen
0:33:08 > 0:33:11but we can see he's perfectly adequate in skill.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- And it's dated 1934 and stamped Denmark.- Right.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18And I think Mr Hansen must have been influenced
0:33:18 > 0:33:20both by his native designs
0:33:20 > 0:33:23and also by the French art deco at the period.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Can I just tell you that the shop and the workshop,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30the silver workshop was actually in the town where I went to school?
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- Good grief, so it's a local pot for a local person?- Yes.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Well, that's magical.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39What's delightful are all these little hammer marks,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42and they're actually achieved with a planishing hammer.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48And to planish a piece of silver is to polish it with a hammer.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52So you're brightening the surface and you have to do meticulously
0:33:52 > 0:33:55work round turning the piece all the time as you're going
0:33:55 > 0:33:59to get this sort of diamond rippling surface to it
0:33:59 > 0:34:01and it's most attractive.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Why do you want to sell it?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07I think because my mum and dad would have enjoyed me
0:34:07 > 0:34:10having a good day experience being on "Flog It!".
0:34:11 > 0:34:14And I think they would have said yes, have fun, enjoy yourself
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- and that's what I'm doing. - Have fun? Ah, it's marvellous.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21The good news is Danish silver and Danish design
0:34:21 > 0:34:23has never really been more desirable.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29But I think we can comfortably say £400-£600
0:34:29 > 0:34:32and put a £400 fixed reserve on it
0:34:32 > 0:34:37and I would hope on the day it might exceed my top estimate
0:34:37 > 0:34:41because it's just a lovely piece of handcrafted silver
0:34:41 > 0:34:45and you know, it deserves to be more.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- But thank you so much for bringing it in.- Pleasure.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- It's a real treat to see it. - Pleasure.- Thank you, Bee.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54A quality Danish coffee pot from Bertha's home town.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58A perfect find for a silver lover like Michael.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06Jean, these are wonderful and totally over the top.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08You've got to tell me where you got them?
0:35:08 > 0:35:13These are inherited from my husband's side of the family.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Alright, so you're putting them over to his side of the family?
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Do you like them?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22I think they're quite striking but they don't really go with our decor.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27- Do you have a minimalist interior? - Yeah, we do.- And these don't fit in?
0:35:27 > 0:35:32Well, they are in the living room at the moment but no.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- But you're dying to get rid of them? - Yeah, I am.- (LAUGHS)
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Let's hope your husband isn't listening.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Yeah, I don't know where he is, I don't know.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Let's have a look at them as objects.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45They are a pair of candleholders.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48These things at the top,
0:35:48 > 0:35:52we take that off and the candle fits in here.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57They are I suppose based on bronze figures.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58These aren't made of bronze,
0:35:58 > 0:36:01they're made of spelter which is a cheaper material.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I think that they're possibly French,
0:36:03 > 0:36:08we've had a wee look at the base but we don't see any maker's name.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11They would have decorated a Victorian,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15late Victorian Edwardian household.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20At that time, people were fascinated by the East and the exotic.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24And what these do is express exoticism.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29It makes me think a wee bit of the King And I.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33And Siam with these exotic dresses,
0:36:33 > 0:36:36colourful, and the gilded headdresses.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Coming to auction, if they came to me,
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- I would put an estimate of £100-£150.- Right, yeah.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Would you, and of course your husband...
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- ..be happy with that estimate? - Yeah, we would be.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58We will put a reserve price on them. Obviously the lower estimate, £100.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- But we'll give the auctioneer a bit of discretion on that.- That's OK.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Let's hope that they fly because this is the type of thing
0:37:06 > 0:37:09that two people might just go crazy over.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Yes, thank you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Now earlier on, we asked our audience to fill out a questionnaire
0:37:16 > 0:37:18on their favourite invention.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19We've had numerous replies,
0:37:19 > 0:37:24lots of them in fact from the iron to the dish washer to electricity
0:37:24 > 0:37:29but the one that came out on top was the TV set.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31No doubt to watch "Flog It!".
0:37:31 > 0:37:34And stay tuned in because we're off to the auction right now
0:37:34 > 0:37:38for the last time and we're taking some very precious metal with us.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Gold prices fluctuate
0:37:41 > 0:37:44so the sovereigns could make the top or the bottom end of the estimate.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48And this silver may be solid
0:37:48 > 0:37:51but there's no guarantees the coffee pot will sell.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56And these ladies may be made of spelter
0:37:56 > 0:37:59but there's real value in their elaborate design.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06So it's cheerio to MOSI and hello again to Nick Hall
0:38:06 > 0:38:07and the auction room.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09He's done some research on the coffee pot
0:38:09 > 0:38:13and discovered a name that could add to the value.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16The craftsmanship is superb on this and it feels beautiful.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18You get that with a lot of Danish metalware.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19I mean, they really were past masters.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Still are but in this era, 1930s, very much at the top of it.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24That's lovely.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28The nice thing as well is although it's signed Hans Hansen.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31That's the farmer's name and the name of the factory.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35This particular design is by his son, Karl Gustav Hansen.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38OK, does that affect the value? Are we right on the value?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- It makes it slightly rarer. - Great.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Because this is dated to 1934 which was about the time
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Karl was producing his first wares under his own name.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49But still, with his father's factory name on the top.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52In terms of value, yeah, I think it's a good estimate
0:38:52 > 0:38:55and it should make it, I think possibly a little bit more as well.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Great, the condition's with it as well.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- It's in very good condition, isn't it?- It's a great thing.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Hopefully, we're going to find some top bids for this tomorrow.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06That's the advantage of selling through an auction house.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08They'll research your item and if there are any connections
0:39:08 > 0:39:13that increase the value, well it's in everyone's interest to find them.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17So the time has arrived for the final auction of the day and first up,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19the candlesticks with a difference.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Well, if you're looking for an antique that's got the wow factor
0:39:23 > 0:39:26and something showy, then how about a pair...
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- (LAUGHS) - ..of wonderful spelter candlesticks.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31These really are decorative, they belong to Jean.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Now why are you selling these? Because they are in your face!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- There, look! Pretty good. - We don't really want them anymore.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- They don't suit your interior? - No, they don't suit the interior.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- And you won't find another pair down the road?- I haven't seen any.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Let's put them under hammer, here we go.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50The pair of 19th-century cold painted spelter
0:39:50 > 0:39:51figurative candlesticks.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It's a good lot, this one
0:39:53 > 0:39:57and I can start the bidding on this at £140. Anybody got more?
0:39:57 > 0:40:01At £140, is there £150 anywhere? Commission bid of £140.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Any advance on £140. Any more, quickly?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07The bid's on commission,
0:40:07 > 0:40:12it's £140 and I'm going to sell to the maiden bid at £140.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- Yes, great. That's good. - There we are!
0:40:14 > 0:40:16And do you know, when you look at them, when you see them
0:40:16 > 0:40:19up there on the screen, they do put a smile on your face, don't they?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Hopefully, they've gone to a loving wacky home that displays them
0:40:22 > 0:40:23and enjoys them and uses them!
0:40:23 > 0:40:25That's a good result for Jean.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Next, we know it's of exceptional quality
0:40:28 > 0:40:30so this pot could make a fortune.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- Bertha, good luck.- Thank you.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I think this is one of the nicest things in the sale.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Thank you, it is beautiful, isn't it?
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Not just of the "Flog It!" items but of everything.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41This is craftsmanship, it's Danish craftsmanship.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Had a chat with Nick the auctioneer yesterday at the preview day
0:40:44 > 0:40:45and you know what he said.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Fell in love with it, agreed with the valuation
0:40:47 > 0:40:48and said it is quality.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Quality, quality always sells and that's our mantra,
0:40:51 > 0:40:52that's what we always say
0:40:52 > 0:40:56and it's going to go under the hammer right now.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00A stylish Danish point 95 silver Functionalism hot water jug.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04I'll start the bidding straight in if I may on commission at £400.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07With me at £400, £420 high bid. £440.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11At £440 I've got, £460, £480. That's £480 against you, sir.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- We've announced £480. - Exciting!
0:41:13 > 0:41:16We've got the phones coming in, £500, £520.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20£520, I'm bid at £520. £540, £560. £560 here, £580.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26- Lovely thing, lovely. - Can I get a £600? £620, £640.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30£640 now, at £640. £660 takes it on the phone, I'm out.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Selling over here, at £660. - Bit more, bit more!
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- £660, it is yours.- Gone!
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Good result, just over the top end.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- We're happy, that was a good result, wasn't it?- That was alright.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Everyone had a go in the room, a couple of phones.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- That was alright, yeah. There was interest.- Happy?- Yeah, happy.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Brilliant top end result and next, they were found under a bed
0:41:49 > 0:41:52and brought along to the valuation day.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54How much will they sell for?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Going under the hammer right now with a lot of gold,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58two full sovereigns, one half sovereign
0:41:58 > 0:42:01and one full sovereign bound in a ring.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Carol, it's great to see you again. - Nice to see you.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- Who have you bought along? Who is this?- Hello.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- This is my twin sister, Anne. - Hello, Anne! Do you know what?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I thought I was seeing double there. Yeah, you are twin sisters.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- You can see it, can't you? - You can.- You really can.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- I guess you've both got joint ownership of this, haven't you?- Yes.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- So you can divide up the proceeds? - Yes.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- We're going to put it to the test right now, ready?- Yes.- Let's do it.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25I can start the bidding £560.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- £560, yes! - I'll take £580 if you like.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34£580, £600. £620, at £620 in the room. £640 online.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37£640, £660, all online now.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41£680, that's £680, online bidder. Any advance now?
0:42:41 > 0:42:46- Both online now, £680, £700.- Good. - £700!
0:42:46 > 0:42:48At £720, all done.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Any advance online at £720?
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- Selling at £740, £740.- 740!
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Come on, don't stop there! £760, £760 and it's online.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Sold.- Yes!- The top end of the estimate. Well done.- Very good.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10- That's a good result.- Are you happy? - Yes, very happy. That's great.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15Well, that's it, it's all over.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18It's time to say goodbye from the auction room here in Knutsford
0:43:18 > 0:43:21and of course from the Museum Of Science And Industry
0:43:21 > 0:43:24where we've all learned something from the great scientists
0:43:24 > 0:43:27and hopefully today you've learned something from this auction room
0:43:27 > 0:43:29and the antiques we've had on display.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32So until the next time, from Knutsford, it's goodbye.