0:00:05 > 0:00:08The city today has a long association with this, TV.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11It's home to the world's longest-running soap drama.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13CORONATION STREET THEME TUNE
0:00:14 > 0:00:17And the award-winning programmes such as a Mastermind...
0:00:17 > 0:00:19and Question Of Sport.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23And just a few miles down the road, there's a media hub which
0:00:23 > 0:00:26boasts state-of-the-art technology for the BBC.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29ITV and dozens of other creative companies.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34The city with a massive reputation for media is of course Manchester.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Welcome to Flog It.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Manchester's media legacy is not just confined to the box.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04In 1821, a local newspaper called the Manchester Guardian,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08was formed by cotton merchant, John Edward Taylor.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10It became nationally important
0:01:10 > 0:01:14and nearly 200 years later is still found on newsstands
0:01:14 > 0:01:18across the country, albeit with a slightly different name.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And you can read all about it at our Flog It location,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23the Museum of Science and Industry.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27The front-page news starts here
0:01:27 > 0:01:30at the doors of our Flog It valuation day.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33We've got our cameras ready to record the moment some lucky
0:01:33 > 0:01:35person here in this queue makes a small fortune
0:01:35 > 0:01:37later on in the programme at auction.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40And sniffing out the stories
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and checking the facts are Caroline Hawley...
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Goodness me!
0:01:46 > 0:01:51She's lovely. We'll show your bust inside, sir. When you get in.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55And Michael Baggot.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- Bless you for coming out - not the best day in Manchester today. - I know, I'm frozen.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02But everyone's turned out, isn't it lovely?
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Oh yea! Oh yea! Oh yea! Flog It's in town.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Yes, we are here!
0:02:09 > 0:02:13And we better get the doors open to our fantastic venue today.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17The Museum of Science and Industry charts Manchester's integral
0:02:17 > 0:02:21role in the Industrial Revolution, from a working example
0:02:21 > 0:02:25of a treacherous loom, to the steam engines that powered it all.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28The MOSI also holds a huge archive of material relating to
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Manchester's history.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34And later in the show, I get the chance to read the first ever
0:02:34 > 0:02:36edition of the Manchester Guardian.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I explored the city's forgotten film industry.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43And this lady gets a rather large surprise.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Flog It, Flog It, Flog It, Flog It, Flog It.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51That's what it's all about here today.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Hundreds of people have turned up.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55They're all safely seated inside hoping
0:02:55 > 0:02:58they're one of the lucky ones to go through to the auction later on.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Our experts are now at the valuation tables,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03so let's catch up with Caroline and see what she's found.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I'm joined by Vic, Huddersfield's town crier,
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- who really has brought something to shout about.- Yeah, hopefully.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Can we look inside?- Yes, certainly. By all means.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19What a lovely piece.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24Well, this piece of jewellery was given to me after I'd done
0:03:24 > 0:03:27a little job at the Town Hall in Huddersfield for Age Concern.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31The lady in charge had asked all the ladies in the audience
0:03:31 > 0:03:33if they'd any pieces of jewellery,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36would they like to donate it to me because I was going to
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- try for the most pieces of jewellery on the costume.- Right.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42And I got a message that this had been left.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46I went along and she left me this card and then the local paper picked
0:03:46 > 0:03:51it up because of the provenance, and so I've brought it along today.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52And the provenance is what?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- The provenance is that belonged to Charlie Chaplin.- Wow.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Apparently he married the lady's mother...- Right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04In a round about 1905.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07So Charlie bought this for his wife?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- For his wife at the time.- Yes, at the time.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- He was a bit of a lad, was Charlie. - Was he? Tell me.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17He was married three, four times over the years.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- So he'd have to do by quite a bit of jewellery.- Yes.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23This is a lovely piece.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27It's around turn-of-the-century, so that would tie in.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Sadly, it's not diamonds. It's paste.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34It's just silver plated on brass, you can see here.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I don't know if you've noticed,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- there's more to this little brooch than meets the eye.- Oh, yes.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43It's a brooch here, but we can unclip these,
0:04:43 > 0:04:48so you've got the brooch and then these double as lapel badges.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51We thought they were earrings at first,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53but then you see the big points in them.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55They'd make a hell of a mess of your ears!
0:04:55 > 0:05:01They've got big, sharp teeth to clip onto lapels.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Which are really lovely, so you get three bits of jewellery for the price of one.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- So he was a mean old chaplain, wasn't he?- Yes, he was.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12But very nice indeed, so we've got a letter here which gives us
0:05:12 > 0:05:16brilliant provenance from the daughter of Charlie Chaplin stating
0:05:16 > 0:05:21this is her mother's jewel, given by her father, Charlie Chaplin.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And then a press cutting about you receiving
0:05:24 > 0:05:27the jewel from Charlie Chaplin's daughter.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30But as a piece of jewellery by itself,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34it isn't worth a huge amounts of money, £10, £20, that sort of thing.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39But with all this, I think it's going to get a premium.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- So I would say...£40-£60. Are you happy with that?- Yes, absolutely.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48We're running the Town Crier Championships this year
0:05:48 > 0:05:51in Huddersfield, so it's all going towards that.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53That will be a noisy event? Oh, yes!
0:05:53 > 0:05:5725 town criers, all their wives in their troop, crinoline dresses.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- Oh, and what's the collective term? - A cacophony of town criers.- Is it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Cacophony of town criers, yes.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I look forward to seeing you at the auction.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Yes, it'll be nice, I shall enjoy that. Thank you very much.- Brilliant.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14The experts at the auction house will research this provenance
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and try to validate it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19That's the great thing about selling at auction.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Caroline's not the only expert to spot a sparkler today,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26but can you guess what's in this box?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Nicky, Maddie, thanks for coming along today
0:06:29 > 0:06:31and bringing some jewellery with you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34These aren't things you're tempted, either of you, to wear?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I haven't been tempted.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Nicola used to wear the bracelet when she was a little girl.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40My mum used to give it to her to dress up in.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44This is a charm bracelet, it's a relatively early one,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46early part of the 20th century.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You've got all the individual charms.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53It isn't something that's greatly of intrinsic value
0:06:53 > 0:06:57and artistically, it's something we see a lot of.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00So really, that's its weight in gold in terms of value.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- So that worth about £100-£150. - Right.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06What's much more interesting,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10and the reason I grabbed you both is the contents of the mystery box.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Shall we open the mystery box? - Yes, please.- Don't be scared.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16THEY GIGGLE
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Good God!
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I don't want to offend you but that has to be possibly the most
0:07:22 > 0:07:26grotesque pair of earrings I've ever seen in my life.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- That's why we're trying to flog it. - We agree!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32You've basically got something that's supposed to be
0:07:32 > 0:07:37a branch of coral or something. But with a fly on it!
0:07:37 > 0:07:40You get bumblebees, you get dragonflies.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42You don't get flies on things.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46And then you've got this sort of disembodied hand hanging down
0:07:46 > 0:07:49and from it you've got this little heart.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The main parts are carved in Mother of Pearl
0:07:52 > 0:07:56and then they're set with coral, which makes me think, especially from
0:07:56 > 0:08:00the way it's constructed that it's from around the Mediterranean area.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Yeah.- Have you got any family history with this?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07My grandmother is from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Perfect. A sort of Spanish feel, Mediterranean jewellery.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Of course, the coral was supposed to protect you from evil.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17So you would wear them, bad things wouldn't happen to you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20They're quite old. Have you any idea when they were made?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I think they might be about 100 years old.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Probably a little bit earlier than that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29They're probably about 1860, 1880.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Really?! Oh, my God!
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Value is difficult because we've got one little fly missing
0:08:36 > 0:08:38and a little heart missing.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42But sometimes things come along that are so quirky, you give them a go.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Give them a go at auction. I think...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49£40-£80 and put a fixed reserve of £30 on them.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Because that's intrinsic value of the materials.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57We'll see, they might make 100 quid, they might make 30.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01We've got 100 to 150 for the bracelet and a fixed reserve of 100 on that.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05So, if we get the top end, what are the plans for the money?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Buy more beads and make my own jewellery.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- You make your own jewellery?!- Yeah.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I can't think of any better thing to do than to sell something old
0:09:14 > 0:09:16and outdated and make something new and beautiful with it.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Marvellous, let's hope they do really well on the day.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Thank you.- Thanks very much.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Love them or hate them, they are up for auction.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Will anyone want to give these quirky earrings a new home?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Now, earlier on in the show I mentioned the Guardian newspaper
0:09:32 > 0:09:35started out life here in Manchester and in front of me
0:09:35 > 0:09:38is a copy of one of the very first editions.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41It came out on 5th May in 1821.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45At a cover price of seven old pence, which is equivalent
0:09:45 > 0:09:47to about £1.22 in today's money.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49It was only published once a week
0:09:49 > 0:09:52because the stamp duty on newspapers was incredibly high.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56When the stamp duty was cut in 1836, it was published twice a week,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59it came out on Wednesday and Saturday.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Now, if you notice, on the front page,
0:10:03 > 0:10:07it's not actually given over to any headline news.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12All the news is on the second page. But look at this, number one, right.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14The very first edition.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18But look it starts with an advert for a lost dog.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20"A black Newfoundland bitch.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Any person having lost the same may have her again...
0:10:25 > 0:10:30..on describing her marks and paying all the expenses."
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Isn't this marvellous?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Absolutely incredible.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The condition is pretty good really,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40considering this would have been read time and time again and
0:10:40 > 0:10:43probably passed on to two or three different other people to read.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Here we are in the Power Hall, surrounded by the noisy,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57steamy engines and all that made Manchester great.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00To the peaceful pastime of card playing.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04And this lovely box. Tell me about it, Edna.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I bought it at a car-boot sale about five years ago.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Do you remember what you paid for it?- £10.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12£10! I love it. Do you?
0:11:12 > 0:11:17I do, I like it, it's just been on top of the piano in my dining room.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19You don't play cards?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Play the odd game of snap.- Do you?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- That it.- Let's have a look at it.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27It's walnut, mid-Victorian.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Gilded brass edges to it,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33it's amounted with ivory cards on the top.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35It's a really lovely, quality thing.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Shall we look inside?- Yes
0:11:38 > 0:11:42This would have long to a fairly wealthy family.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45It's very, very good quality.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49It's lying in watermarked silk taffeta...at the top.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Beautiful condition.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Even the little pulls here that pull out the cards,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55perfect condition.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Possibly would have been two other packs of cards there.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- And I think in here there would have been counters.- Oh, would they? right.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06And these here, are square cut cards
0:12:06 > 0:12:11because the modern cards are rounded edges, aren't they?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Now, it's all indicative of quality, taste.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Somebody, perhaps made wealthy by the Industrial Revolution
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- in Manchester. A wealthy card player.- Yeah.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I think there's lots of all would want it,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28not least the bridge players, poker players.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34I would put a valuation on this of between £100 and £200.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35SHE GASPS
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- You happy with that?- Very.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Good, that's a fair return on your £10 investment.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48There you are, you've just seen them,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51three wonderful items are experts have picked out.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I've got my favourite, you've probably got yours, but right now
0:12:54 > 0:12:58it's time to put those valuations to the test in the saleroom.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01So while we make our way over to the auction room, here's a quick
0:13:01 > 0:13:05recap, just to jog your memory of everything that's coming with us.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08This brooch and lapel badges have a great story behind them,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11but will the auction house confirm the provenance?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14The gold bracelet has a high intrinsic value,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18so it's a sure-fire winner, but that can't be said of the earrings.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Will anyone fall in love with them
0:13:20 > 0:13:22or will the damage the "fly" in the ointment!
0:13:25 > 0:13:28And Edna's Victorian card case is adorned with ivory cards.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31And because they were made before 1947,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33it's legal to sell them at auction.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37But what profit will she see on her £10 car boot investment?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Just about ten miles from Manchester city centre,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44you find the historic town of Knutsford.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46This is where our auction is coming from today,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48courtesy of Frank Marshall.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Fingers crossed we can make some history of our own.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54The auctioneers wielding the gavel today are Nick Hall
0:13:54 > 0:13:56and Peter Ashburner.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Combined they have 25 years of experience,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01so we're in very safe hands.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06All I can say is I wish I was wearing green as well.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I am slightly.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I've just been joined by Victor and our expert, Caroline here.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14You're the town crier for Huddersfield. You were in the queue...
0:14:14 > 0:14:15I was, yes.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18..when I was doing my pieces to camera and you were shouting ho yea, ho yea, ho yea.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- And...- "Oh, yea."- Oh, yea.- You were hard to miss, Victor(!)
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Yes, but you made it onto the show with that little brooch
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- and the two collar clips.- Yes. - And that accompanying letter.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33We thought there might be a connection with Charlie Chaplin?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36The letter was supposed to have been...
0:14:36 > 0:14:37The lady who gave it me
0:14:37 > 0:14:40said her mother was married to Charlie Chaplin.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- The auction house have done... - They've done a lot of research.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48She was apparently married to Aubrey Chaplin, who was Charlie's cousin.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52So it's not really a proper connection, there might be a tenuous connection
0:14:52 > 0:14:54but we're not really going to play on that.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- It hasn't affected the value, then? - No, no. It'll still stand alone.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Hopefully you will be ringing the bell outside with joy
0:15:01 > 0:15:04because it's going under the hammer now. Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07The Art Deco, paste brooch and matching collar clips.
0:15:07 > 0:15:13I can start the bidding on this at £40. Anybody got five? At £40 only.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Is there five? At £40 I have.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18On commission at £40. Any advance?
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Quickly. I am selling it, anybody else interested?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25At £40 it goes to the maiden bid.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28It went in on a maiden bid and straight out, blink and you miss it.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- It only needs one.- And there was no competition.- No, no.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Well, that's the advantage of auction research.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36There was a connection to Chaplin,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38but not the one that meant big money.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Next, it's time to play our cards right.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Sadly, we do not have Edna. She couldn't make it today.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50But we do have our gorgeous expert, Caroline, with us. Wants £200.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- I think that's good value for money, don't you?- I do too.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It's got two packs of Reynolds cards.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Reynolds was a great company making cards from 1809 to 1890.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- Square cut.- Right, OK.- Two packs. - They're quite valuable in their own right.- They are.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Recently one has got about £60 for one pack of cards.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11So, I think two packs, plus the box, it's going to get the reserve.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15It is. Hopefully, you are watching this, Edna, and you're going to be enjoying this
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- because we should get the top end of the estimate plus a little bit more. - I'm sure.- Let's put it to the test.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's going under the hammer right now.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Nice thing this. I've got a bit of commission interest in this.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29I'm going to come straight in here at £80. 80 I'm bid. Bid at £80.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Any advance on £80? It's worth more, I'm sure. Come on. Bid it up.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Thank you. 85 I've got. 90 against you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Five. 100.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39110 I'm bid. At £110.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- Cheap.- At £110, the bid's in the room. Any more? At 110. 120. 130.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Thank goodness for that.- Yeah. - Against you, sir. With me now.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51On commission against the room. The internet's out. It's £130.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Hammer's going. Selling away at 130.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Well, it's gone. It's gone. Made estimate. You were right.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- But it just goes to show, on the day, you can be quite lucky.- Yes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04You can get things at the lower end, rather than at the top end.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- I'm sure Edna will be pleased. - I'm sure she will.- She wanted to sell it. She paid £10 for that.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Hell of a return!
0:17:10 > 0:17:12There's a cheque in the post for you, Edna.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15And next, that intriguing jewellery.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I've just been joined by Maddy and Nicky and Michael, our expert.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21We're just about to sell a couple of lots which we've split
0:17:21 > 0:17:26into two sales. The first lot, we're selling something that's hideous.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Well, I tell you what, I don't think they're hideous.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- I think they're quirky.- That's the point. They are quirky.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- I've never seen anything like it.- Nor have I.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And we've got a nine carat gold bracelet as well.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Which is more down to its bullion value.- Exactly.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Right. Anyway, let's find out what the bidders think about
0:17:42 > 0:17:45our first lot, these earrings. They're going under the hammer now.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The cased pair Victorian earrings. Start me where? At £50?
0:17:49 > 0:17:5140. 30 online.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56You bidding against? I've got 30 here. Five. 35. 40. Speed up.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00You'll lose it. £40. 45. The phone's in now. 45. 50. Have I got 60?
0:18:00 > 0:18:05I've got £60. It's all online. 65. 70. It's climbing away.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08At £70. 75. 80.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10£80. 85.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Off she goes. £90.
0:18:13 > 0:18:19- There is no accounting for taste. - 110 now. Had 110. 120.
0:18:19 > 0:18:25130. 140. The phones are out. It's online. 150. Online at £150.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Are we done? At 150, the bid's online. Nothing in the room?
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Phones are quiet. It's online. At £150, I sell now.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37£150 for top, hammer's gone down, crack. That's good, isn't it?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40That's £149 for the box,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42£1 for the earrings.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- My mum's in shock.- I am in shock!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Well, nobody expected that result and it just goes to show,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51one person's trash is another's treasure.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53And so to the charming bracelet.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Nice little lot, this.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Nine carat gold, flat, curb-link charm bracelet.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I'm going to start the bidding straight in now at £100.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07100, I'm bid. 110 against. 120 with me now.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10At 120. Come back at me. Still in? 120.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- 30 I'll take.- Working out the bullion price in the corner.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16160 now. This commission's against you at 160.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Are you coming back, try another?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21£160. With me now. Commissions have it. Internet's out.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's all on the book at 160 and selling.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26£160. Sold.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- So, that's a good day out for you both, isn't it? - Definitely. It was worth coming!
0:19:32 > 0:19:34She's already spent it around the corner.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38A total of £310 to put towards the jewellery making
0:19:38 > 0:19:40and you'll get a few beads for that!
0:19:40 > 0:19:44There we are. That's our first visit to the auction room complete.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47So far, so good. We are coming back here later on in the programme.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Now, there's a story that I want to explore
0:19:50 > 0:19:53while I'm here in the area and it's about one Mancunian's family
0:19:53 > 0:19:58whose ambition it was to make northern films for northern people.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'm talking about the early black and white talkies
0:20:00 > 0:20:03and it all started here in Manchester.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Take a look at this.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14Who put George Formby on our screens well before he was cleaning windows?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Nice weather we're having, isn't it?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Which Manchester film company made over 60 feature films
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and was one of the few that continually made a profit?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28And which man resolutely stuck to his northern roots in humour
0:20:28 > 0:20:33and in film-making, despite being panned by the critics?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- Hello?- The names on the credits are Mancunian Films and John E Blakeley
0:20:37 > 0:20:41and their story is one of ambition and foresight.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44The cast is bursting with colourful characters
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and the script is full of laughs.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Why marry an American? - I want to see the world.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51That's all right. I'll buy you a map.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Welcome to the world of Mancunian Films,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Manchester's very own Hollywood. The first scene takes place in 1909.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Just a year after the first cinema came to Manchester,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07a market trader called James Blakeley took a huge risk
0:21:07 > 0:21:12by converting his small shop into a 200-seater cinema.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Blakeley Senior and his two sons, John E and James Junior,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20realised the potential of the silver screen
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and they grabbed their opportunity with both hands.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29The Blakeley family were one of the first film distributors in the North.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34But it was John E who spotted an opportunity to take things further.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37What happened next was a real testament to the ambition,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40foresight and bravery of the Blakeleys.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42From owning a cinema, they decided to rent out films.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46And from renting films, they decided to have a go at making them.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I mean, how hard could it be?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Well, actually, for John E's film-making debut, not hard at all.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57His vision was to bring opera to the masses,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00so he filmed actors playing out the story,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03rather than the usual piano accompaniment.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07John E sent a quartet of opera singers to the theatre
0:22:07 > 0:22:09to give the film a musical voice.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12# Il Giovanni... #
0:22:15 > 0:22:19But just as John E started producing silent full-length movies
0:22:19 > 0:22:23in the late 1920s, the talkies hit the screen.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25It was a revolution in cinematography
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and it left the Blakeleys waiting in the wings.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31There were no studios here in the North that could produce a talkie.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34It was almost a wrap for the Blakeleys.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39But in 1933, John E sought advice from two of the biggest film stars
0:22:39 > 0:22:44of the day, Oliver Hardy and fellow northerner Stan Laurel.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Their meeting at the Midland Hotel
0:22:46 > 0:22:50changed the path of Mancunian Films forever.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52As the story goes, Stan Laurel said to John E,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54"Why aren't you making movies any more?"
0:22:54 > 0:22:57John E replied, "Well, there are no studios here in the North
0:22:57 > 0:22:59"that can accommodate a sound production."
0:22:59 > 0:23:03So, Laurel said, "Well, why don't you rent a studio down in London?"
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Buoyed by Laurel's advice, John E rented a studio in London
0:23:07 > 0:23:10and just three weeks later, Mancunian Films released
0:23:10 > 0:23:12"Boots! Boots!".
0:23:12 > 0:23:14The nation was introduced to a local lad who became
0:23:14 > 0:23:17one of the biggest stars of the era.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21This was the very first time he was seen singing.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22# Baby
0:23:22 > 0:23:29# Baby, you're my sweetheart... #
0:23:31 > 0:23:35To tell me more about the halcyon days of Mancunian Films,
0:23:35 > 0:23:40historian CP Lee. How did John E go about making his films?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42John E loved musical hall and he considered himself
0:23:42 > 0:23:45quite a connoisseur at sporting up-and-coming stars
0:23:45 > 0:23:50and he would pick acts who he thought would transfer onto film.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55That was John E's cleverness. If people would go and see them
0:23:55 > 0:23:57in the halls, well, he'd put them on the screen.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01And it's why he uses proscenium shot a lot
0:24:01 > 0:24:04where the camera appears to be stationary. It's not moving.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08In effect, he's showing us theatre. And in every film, at some point,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11somebody almost says, "Let's have a concert party."
0:24:11 > 0:24:15It's John E's excuse to put in all his favourite musical acts.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20The plots were very basic.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Literally, I know Penny Pool which was written on the back
0:24:23 > 0:24:25of a cigarette packet.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30The dialogue would be produced by the artist very often
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- in a state of improvisation. - Do you know who I am?- Let me think.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37I haven't the faintest idea.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39And what is more, I am not the slightest bit interested.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41So, how successful were they?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45In the North of England, they were very, very successful.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48We've got box office figures from during the Second World War.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52The Mancunians often out ran Hollywood at the box office.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59In 1947, having produced 14 films in London, John E finally
0:24:59 > 0:25:02realised his dream and bought an old church in Manchester
0:25:02 > 0:25:04that he converted into a studio.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11- What did the critics think of this at the time?- They were appalled.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15They used to call the studio the Corn Exchange
0:25:15 > 0:25:18cos the jokes were so bad.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20But the locals called it Jollywood
0:25:20 > 0:25:23because there was such a great atmosphere.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27What's important is the bloodline of northern comedy.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Les Dawson freely acknowledged his debt to Norman Evans
0:25:30 > 0:25:33when he played his over-the-garden-wall character
0:25:33 > 0:25:35where they mouth everything which is what the mill girls did
0:25:35 > 0:25:37cos they lip read.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Peter Kay, for instance, has got lovely little glimpses of that
0:25:42 > 0:25:46northern bloodline of northern comedy in his performance.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51So, that concept of northern comedy has carried through very successfully
0:25:51 > 0:25:54by the genetics of the films.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03The Mancunian Films archive was largely destroyed by a fire in 1980.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05But most of the titles have been recovered
0:26:05 > 0:26:09and are now being kept safe by the North West Film Archive.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Well, we've heard that the films were slated by the critics,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14but loved by the masses.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So, we're going to play a few clips from some Mancunian Films
0:26:17 > 0:26:19and see what the people think of it today.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06That was brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I hope you enjoyed that.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09We have a special guest with us right now, John E's grandson, Mike.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- Pleasure to meet you. - Pleased to meet you.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- What was it like watching Grandad's work then?- I don't know.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Just brings back memories, I suppose, from...
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Proud, I suppose, for my grandfather. - Still refreshing watching it.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- You've see it many times.- Well, yeah. It must have been chaos in those days filming it
0:27:26 > 0:27:29cos they never knew what they were going to do.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33You get these comedians who worked on the musical hall
0:27:33 > 0:27:37and there must have been so much humour actually working on the programmes themselves.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39What about the archives? Are there films missing?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42There's one film that's always been missing which is
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Somewhere In Politics.- OK.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- So, we all should keep a lookout for that one.- Absolutely.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Collectors like to keep these things.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54From our point of view, we're saying, "You can still keep it,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57"all we want to do is copy it," so that it's there for the future,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- for everybody to see.- Exactly.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- Let the nation look at it. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- It's been a pleasure to meet you. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Lost treasure isn't always in the form of gold and silver,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11so have a hunt in your attic for the missing film,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14and you'll contribute to the legacy of British cinema.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I think we found a hidden treasure here today
0:28:17 > 0:28:19and discovered a hero in John E Blakeley
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and his contribution towards the British film industry.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25His movies may not have been the most sophisticated,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27but everybody loved them.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Because really, who couldn't resist a bit of slapstick?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Back at our valuation day in the very heart of Manchester,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44our cameras are still rolling and next up,
0:28:44 > 0:28:48it's Michael, Jan and a plethora of pots.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Jan, thank you for coming in today.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55Are there any vases left in your house, or do you have a vase fetish?
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Erm...there are a few more,
0:28:56 > 0:29:00but I'm trying to get rid of a lot cos I'm fed up of dusting everything.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03So are you a vase collector, or did these come through the family?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06No, they were left to me by my Auntie Maud.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Well, these are fascinating.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Let's look at the pot first, cos to me
0:29:10 > 0:29:13that's the least interesting of the group.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- OK.- It's Italian - it's maiolica.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19So that's the thing that majolica was based on.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It's a tin-glazed earthenware, so you got a clay body
0:29:22 > 0:29:27and this white glaze put over it to make it look like porcelain.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Then you've go these lovely colours that tend to run
0:29:30 > 0:29:34and flow a little bit, like ink into blotting paper.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35So you get this effect.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38I've shown it to my colleague off-screen, I thought there was
0:29:38 > 0:29:41a chance it was 18th century.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43She's seen more of these than I have
0:29:43 > 0:29:47and she thinks it's more early-19th century in date.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Let's say it's early-19th century.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Did you, before coming to Flog It hit it hard with a hammer?
0:29:53 > 0:29:58- No!- So you're not responsible...? - It's always been like that!
0:29:58 > 0:29:59That's a problem with it.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04But it's not dramatically valuable - £40-£60.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08- Yes, that's fine. - £40 reserve, see where it goes.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- If two people think it's earlier, it might make over 100.- OK.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Now onto these.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16These are pretty. let's pick one of them up.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18We've got a matching pair and these are called cloisonne.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Japanese, and they're lovely.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26There's only two things I've got against them -
0:30:26 > 0:30:29they're not signed and the very, very,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32very best ones always were signed.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35And secondly, the hammer that you didn't hit this with...
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I know what you're going to say.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39You didn't hit these either?
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- No.- Erm, we've got a percussion crack there, where it's just pinged.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50And if we look at this one, we've got a little crack there as well.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53But they're pretty and they're small and I love them.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57And a huge amount of work went into making them.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58I might be being optimistic,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01but let's say they might be worth £100-£200.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02OK.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- And put a fixed reserve of £100 on them.- Yes.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Happy to sell them?- Yes.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Don't want any more dusting?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12No.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15If they do well, what are you going to do with the money?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Buy shoes.- Buy shoes?!
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Yes!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Well, let's get you a good pair, at least, possibly two.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Could be.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Thank you very much for bringing them in.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27- OK. Thank you.- Pleasure.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Back in the power hall, Caroline's surrounded by precision
0:31:34 > 0:31:35engineering - big and small.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Can you tell me about it, Steve?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It belonged to my father.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45I can vividly remember him wearing it - he had a waistcoat
0:31:45 > 0:31:48and it was on a chain.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Not all the time, just on special occasions,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54cos it was considered a special piece, really.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56And it is a gentleman's pocket watch
0:31:56 > 0:32:00so he was quite right to proudly wear it for Sunday best.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03And very dapper, I'm sure he looked in it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05It is a lovely piece.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10It's 18-carat gold, and it's an American movement - Waltham.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Have you ever opened this up before and had a look inside?
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- It's the first time... - Is it, really?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- Really looks lovely inside. - It does.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23It's absolutely a precision work of engineering.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27And the outer case is marked
0:32:27 > 0:32:3118-carat and the date mark is 1908,
0:32:31 > 0:32:34which ties in with your father's dates.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40White enamel dial, altogether a very saleable item.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44At the moment, gold is at a very high level, very high price,
0:32:44 > 0:32:48so I think it's a very good time to sell it.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53I think we're going to put an estimate of £400-£600 on it.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- Happy? Smiling?- Yes. Yeah.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57And if we put a fixed reserve of 400?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00I don't think we'll need it, I think it'll exceed that.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03But...we'll do that. Happy?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- Be happy with that, yeah.- Brilliant.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Well, let's go and flog it.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Thank you.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Now, for the last item of the day,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Michael is indulging his personal passion.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Janet, thank you so much.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20I know my colleagues were almost sending you away,
0:33:20 > 0:33:24when I swooped on your little spoon.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Before I tell you anything about it, what do you know?
0:33:27 > 0:33:32The only thing I know about it is, it's just always been in the family.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36And when my mother died, 41 years ago, I just brought it home.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Has it gone in the cutlery drawer?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Have you stirred your tea and coffee with it?
0:33:40 > 0:33:44No, it's just been in another pot with little spoons in a cabinet
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- and that's it.- That's it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48It's very interesting.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52It's only a teaspoon, but it is very, very interesting.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56It's a piece of Arts and Crafts - British silver.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00You can see that they tried to show the construction,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03so you've got all the hammer marks still showing.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09And these beautiful pierced out - all by hand, terminal,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12making it look hand-wrought.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14If we turn it over...
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Very small hallmarks. We'll have a look.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21It was made in London in 1924.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Which, in itself, means nothing.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27But the maker's mark is SD.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31I've noticed that, but I've looked on the internet and I couldn't find SD.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35SD is probably the most important
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Arts and Crafts female goldsmith.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- Oh, female.- It's Sybil Dunlop.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- Oh...- And the thing about Sybil Dunlop,
0:34:45 > 0:34:50there's very much more jewellery by her than there is silver.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51- Oh.- Her silver is rare.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57So it's only a teaspoon from 1924 - if it was a bog-standard one,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00it would be worth it's weight in silver of £5.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04But it's changed it from £5 to £50.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- Has it really?!- And we would put it into auction at £50-£100.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13- Gosh.- And we'd put a fixed reserve of say, £40, on it.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18And it's probably...only the tenth piece of silver I've ever
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- seen by her.- Oh, gosh.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22It's made my day, made my year, Janet!
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- Made my year.- I'm glad I brought it!
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I'm delighted. Thank you so much.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Thank you.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31It just shows, you cannot judge an item's value by its size
0:35:31 > 0:35:33and shape alone.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36That's it, our experts have now found their final items,
0:35:36 > 0:35:40so it's time to say goodbye to our valuation day venue -
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Manchester's Museum of Science And Industry.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45We've had a marvellous time here and learnt so much,
0:35:45 > 0:35:48but right now, it's full steam ahead to Marshall's Auction Rooms
0:35:48 > 0:35:50in Knutsford, and here's what's coming with us.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52TOOT TOOT!
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Michael liked these vases for their beauty and their history,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58but the damage as lead to a low valuation.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Could he have got it wrong? Keep watching for a jaw-dropping auction.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Will it be a wind up for Steve and his gentleman's pocket watch?
0:36:09 > 0:36:13A classic Arts and Crafts design, but from a unique maker.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Will the bidders be as excited as Michael was about this
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Sybil Dunlop spoon?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21So it's back to Knutsford for the last time,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24and can you guess which item steals the show?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Steven, good luck.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30The time is now up - we're selling an 18-carat gold Edwardian
0:36:30 > 0:36:34pocket watch belonging to Steven, and it is quality, isn't it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:39- Oh, yeah.- 18-carat, Dennison case - it's a lovely piece.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Let's hope we get the top end of the estimate.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Let's put it under the hammer now. We need top money for this.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Edward VII, 18-carat gold Waltham pocket watch.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51And I can start the bidding on this one at £400.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52420. 440.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54460. 480. 500.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- 520.- It's going...
0:36:56 > 0:36:58560. 580.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01600. 620. 640.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Commission bid of 640.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Any advance? 660.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Your hand up...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Someone else is joining the party here in the room.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12They want your watch.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14700 - fresh bidder.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16720...yes?
0:37:16 > 0:37:17720.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19720 in the centre.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21You're out left at 720.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Seated in the centre at 720...
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- GAVEL BANGS - Sold in the room.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27720.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Well done. Congratulations.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31That was worth doing, wasn't it?
0:37:31 > 0:37:36Stylish, useful and solid gold - no wonder it smashed the estimate.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Next under the hammer, the tiny teaspoon.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43You loved that. You instantly recognised the initials.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44- Sybil Dunlop.- Yes.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Sybil Dunlop is very important,
0:37:47 > 0:37:50and that is translated in a little teaspoon.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52So somebody's buying something quite precious.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Let's find out what the bidders think right now.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58The George V hallmarked silver spoon,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01with a pierced decorated handle and a planished bowl,
0:38:01 > 0:38:02by Sybil Dunlop.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Where we going to be for this one then?
0:38:04 > 0:38:08£40 and start me... 40?
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Where do you want to start?
0:38:09 > 0:38:1125 I have. At £25.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Any advance on 25?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Take 30 now?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16At 30. And 5.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Anybody got 40?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20At £35. Any advance?
0:38:20 > 0:38:21Anybody online?
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Someone's woken up.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Is there another 5?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26You're out in the room, and I'm selling now at 40.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Gosh, it's gone.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32The thing is, it's very...academic.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33Mm.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37We didn't have two people that wanted it, we had one person online.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40But we protected it with a reserve, and that's what it's for.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42It was so tiny. Very tiny.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43Thank you for coming in.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46We've all learned something - you knew it all along,
0:38:46 > 0:38:47but hopefully you have as well.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49So have a rummage in your cutlery drawer,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52maybe you'll have a spoon that says a two-letter mark
0:38:52 > 0:38:55that says history and money!
0:38:55 > 0:38:59And now, those striking, but damaged vases.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Jan, fingers crossed - good luck.- Thank you.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- You're looking very smart today. - Thank you very much.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06You're off shopping after this, aren't you?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- Could be. Depends how much we make. - Are you, really?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Yes.- Dressed to kill - dressed to go shopping!
0:39:11 > 0:39:14What's top of the list, what you looking for today?
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- Shoes!- I knew it! I knew it!
0:39:18 > 0:39:21I don't know if we can pay for a good pair of shoes with it.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Not in Knutsford!
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Heels to go on maybe!
0:39:26 > 0:39:29We're looking at £100-£200 with the two cloisonne vases.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Let's find out what the bidders think. Good luck.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Pair of Japanese cloisonne vases.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Good lot this one, we're going to open the bidding.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39£100 and start me quickly now.
0:39:39 > 0:39:4180?
0:39:41 > 0:39:4480 bid. 85. 85. 90.
0:39:44 > 0:39:4695, I'm bid. At 95 in the room.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48100 online. Any advance?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50And 10 on the phone.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52120 online.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54130 on the phone.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56At 130 bid. And 40.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57140. 50 now?
0:39:57 > 0:39:58150 telephone bid.
0:39:58 > 0:40:0160. 170 on the phone.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04At 170. 80.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07This is good, getting the top end.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Online bidder at 200.
0:40:08 > 0:40:1010. At 220.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13230 now? 240.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14250 now? 250.
0:40:14 > 0:40:1660. 270 I you like?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18270 telephone.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19At 270 on the phone.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22280. At 280. 90 now?
0:40:22 > 0:40:23Shakes his head on the phone.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25It's 280 and it's on the internet.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29It's an internet bidder and I'm selling at 280.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Hammer's gone down - £280.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33I'm coming again now!
0:40:33 > 0:40:35You are!
0:40:35 > 0:40:37A great result for the cloisonne vases.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Next, Jan's majolica. Will it go the same way?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Nick Hall takes to the rostrum for the last time.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50The 19th-century Italian maiolica vase.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Nice thing this, good early look about it.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Start me where?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Not a lot of money at £40. 30? 20?
0:40:57 > 0:40:58I like that.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59It's got a wonderful look.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Let's get the ball rolling now.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02At 30. 5. 40.
0:41:02 > 0:41:0445. At 45 I've got.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06And 50 I've got. And 5 I've got.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09And 60. 65 - it's all climbing online.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11At £70 we're back on the phone.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Thank goodness for the internet, it eluded the people of Knutsford.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I've got 100.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I've got 100 and 120.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21130. At 140.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22You coming back in now?
0:41:22 > 0:41:23This is good, isn't it?
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- You've got your shoes already. - Yes, I have.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28210 now. The bid's on the phone at 210.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31220. Against you in Italy.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33"Against you in Italy."
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I think two people are convinced it's early.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38360 now. 360 I'm bid.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39At 380 here.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41400. 420.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43At 420 now.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45440. 460 here.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Online at 480.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48480 I'm bid.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50500 now. At £500.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Any advance on 500?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- 520.- You might be buying a shoe shop, you realise this, don't you?!
0:41:55 > 0:41:58560. 580 here. 600.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00At 600 now. 620.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02It was a come and buy me, Michael.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04It was a run and buy me, wasn't it?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06At £700. 720. 740.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09740. 760.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11780.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- I'll buy you two pair of shoes now. - Oh, thank you.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17840. 880. 880 now.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18At 900.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19£900 here.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22That's a compete outfit now - handbag and shoes.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25They're bidding in Italy, they're bidding on the phone.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Fresh phone bidder - he's in at 980!
0:42:28 > 0:42:30At 980.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Wouldn't this be funny?
0:42:32 > 0:42:331,000 I'm bid.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Take a 50 with you. Thank you - 1,050.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38At 1050.
0:42:38 > 0:42:401,100. 1,100 here now.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- 1,150.- I did have a feeling, on the day, it was early.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- No, you didn't.- I did!
0:42:47 > 0:42:48I said to you!
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I said, "I think this is early."
0:42:50 > 0:42:53At 1,200 now. I've got 1,200 with Niall.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54At £1,200.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55This is a great auction.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56This is what auctions are all about.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Last and final time at £1,200...
0:42:59 > 0:43:01£1,200! Jan!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Yeah, well done!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Oh, Jan's off shopping!
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Congratulations to you lot, by the way!
0:43:13 > 0:43:16That is what a good auction is all about, isn't it?
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- Course it is. - Yeah! Well done, Jan!
0:43:18 > 0:43:21We'd love to take the cameras and follow you shopping,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24that's for sure. We just don't have time!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26We've all had a brilliant time in Knutsford.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31See you next time for plenty more surprises from Flog It!