0:00:02 > 0:00:04We're in Suffolk. I'm taking the scenic route.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Later on in the programme,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09we'll be exploring some of the more unusual features the landscape
0:00:09 > 0:00:12has to offer around here, but first, we need to find some antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14And our valuation day venue is being held
0:00:14 > 0:00:17in one of the county's more unusual landmarks.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Welcome to "Flog It!"
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Big Ben, the White Cliffs of Dover, Stonehenge.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Our country is identified by and loved for its landmarks.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53And one of the most outstanding landmarks in Suffolk
0:00:53 > 0:00:56is today's valuation venue, Ickworth House.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01It was created by the fourth Earl of Bristol
0:01:01 > 0:01:05to indulge a fascination for oval buildings.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Begun in 1795, the result is one of England's most extraordinary houses.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13# Run, run, run away, run away, baby
0:01:13 > 0:01:16# Before I put my spell on you. #
0:01:16 > 0:01:19The Earl designed this striking architectural delight, the Rotunda,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23to house his fine art collection and, of course, for entertaining.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25And I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that today,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29some 200 years later, it's still fulfilling its purpose.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Hundreds of people have turned up laden with fine art
0:01:32 > 0:01:36and antiques, all hoping to be entertained by our experts
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and all hoping they're one of the lucky ones to get picked
0:01:38 > 0:01:40to go through to the auction later on.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42But first of all, they all want to ask
0:01:42 > 0:01:44that all-important question, which is...
0:01:44 > 0:01:46CROWD: What's it worth?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49They're going to find out and so are you, so stay tuned.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54And already making their mark on the queue are today's experts.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58A feature on the antiques scene for longer than he'd care to mention.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00It's the one and only Philip Serrell.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01What do you think it might be worth
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and what would persuade you to sell it?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It would have to be thousands, which is isn't.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07LAUGHTER
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I think you're going to have this for a long time.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11LAUGHTER
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And on his tail is the sprightly Adam Partridge.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- That's old.- So I've been told.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Oh, you knew that already.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22"Tell me something I don't know," she's saying.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24LAUGHTER
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Today, we've got our very own wing of the house, the West Wing.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32And we've got a packed show ahead,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35so let's open the doors and get cracking.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Coming up, there's some good news at the valuation day tables.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43What? Each?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I like that reaction. That's good. You can come again.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47And some bad news.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- The artist is Michelangelo. - Yes.- But not that one.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54But whose day turns out much better than predicted?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- £440.- Result!
0:02:56 > 0:02:58LAUGHTER
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Well, it's all going on right here in the West Wing.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07We have a whole team of experts off-screen, doing all the research
0:03:07 > 0:03:09and on-screen, in front of the camera.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12So I think it's about time we caught up with Philip Serrell
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and our first valuation.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's lights, camera, action. It's all happening down there.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22To kick off, we thought we'd treat Phil
0:03:22 > 0:03:24to one of his favourite types of pottery.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Jean, I was having a really nice day
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and I thought, what a lovely place this is,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34and then you had to go and spoil it and bring this along.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Have you not seen me with Clarice Cliff on this programme?- No. No.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- I gather you don't like it. - I hate it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Do you like it? Truthfully?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- No, I don't like it at all.- I mean...
0:03:45 > 0:03:49No, I don't hate it. I think it's quite stylish. She was a good lady.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Died in 1972 at the age of 73.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53She's clearly very innovative
0:03:53 > 0:03:57and up there at the forefront of 20th-century British potters,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59but this was done in the 1930s. And this was the height.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02She was the director of the company when she did this.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- And is it the Coral...?- Coral Firs.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Coral Firs pattern, isn't it?- Yes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10So you don't like this, but you've got it. How does that sort of...?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13It belonged to my late partner.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16How he acquired it, it belonged to his aunt.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- And it just stayed in the cabinet. - It was just stuff.- Yeah.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24- I knew it was a good piece because it's Clarice Cliff.- Yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- This is a good thing. It's in good order.- Mm-hm.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30So you can see there, look, it's got, "Made in England,"
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and then we've got hand painted,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35"Bizarre by Clarice Cliff, Newport Pottery."
0:04:35 > 0:04:39What you have got is if you flash it in the light,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- can you see all those crazing marks there?- Yeah.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44That's not cracking, that's crazing in the glaze.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46And her works were prone to that.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50It's a 64,000 question, isn't it, which is, what's it worth?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I think it needs to be estimated at sort of £400-£600.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56That would be my view.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58And I'd put a reserve on it of £400,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01but I'd give the auctioneers 10% discretion if they needed it.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Yeah, that's fine.- So it's... - Let it go.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- ..goodbye, Clarice.- Definitely.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Jean's not the only one keen to flog it.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12There must be homes all across Suffolk today with more
0:05:12 > 0:05:15space in the wardrobes or a gap on the wall.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Look at that.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Beautiful washed out watercolours, just very soft and palatable.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22That's really nice, isn't it? They're just ready to make sail.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Are you all having a good time, everyone?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Yes. Fingers crossed it could be you or you or you going through to the auction
0:05:27 > 0:05:29later on, and making a small fortune.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Don't go away, because it starts right here.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Now, Adam can play the violin and piano
0:05:38 > 0:05:42but can he tease out a tune on Helen's musical instrument?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Good morning, Helen. Welcome to Flog It.- Morning.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46This is a concertina, as you know,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49but a lot of people will call them squeezeboxes, accordions.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54- The correct term is a concertina. Do you play it?- No.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55How would you come to own it?
0:05:55 > 0:05:59It came down from my late father, who died 30 years ago.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- It's been on a shelf in the wardrobe ever since.- Oh, dear.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- But he played it, did he?- Yes, he did as a child.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11- I can remember him playing it when I was a small child.- Oh, yes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Folk music and things like that?- Mainly hymns, I think.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Mainly hymns? They are used as well in a religious context.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21We've already said it's a concertina.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23It's a 48-key concertina.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26There's different keys, different models of these out there.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29It's got its original rosewood box as well.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Remarkably...- Got the key- ..still got the key.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38This oval plaque here. There would have been a paper label behind there,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- and that's where the maker's label would have been.- Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43And a serial number.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45From that, I can tell it was made by Louis Lachenal,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48who was a prolific maker of concertinas
0:06:48 > 0:06:54- at the end of the 19th century. So this dates about 1880.- Really?- Yes.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56It's got this pierced rosewood end,
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and the leather bellows are in quite good order.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I'm just being careful to open it up there.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07There doesn't seem to be any holes or anything like that.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- Can you get a note out of it? - Not really. It's just been...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- You don't know how to play it?- No. - I don't either.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16PLAYS CONCERTINA
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Sounds like a scary movie, doesn't it?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23It does show that it's working, it's making a good noise.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28And a lateral concertina of this kind is still quite collected,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- because people still play them. - Do they?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32This should meet with lots of interest at auction.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35The basic model is £50-£80.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39And the very best concertinas, up to £5,000.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43They really vary quite a lot. This one here, it's not a bad example.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47And I would suggest it should make £200-£300 at auction.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Is that all right with you?- Yes, that's fine.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I put a reserve just slightly below, 180 reserve.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55And I hope the auctioneer can squeeze a few bids out of it.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Well, one thing is for sure.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04I don't think we can squeeze many more people into the west wing.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06So, how about we pop outside
0:08:06 > 0:08:09and take a look at the fourth Earl of Bristol's creation,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12with splendid rotunda?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14A monument with more than one use.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Now, the Earl loved to travel. He had a particular passion for Italy
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and he wanted the style of architecture to reflect
0:08:21 > 0:08:25the Italianate style, and I think he's really achieved that.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27But the rotunda had another purpose.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29It's known that the ground water here was
0:08:29 > 0:08:32polluted by agricultural waste in the 1860s.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37The problem was solved with a rainwater harvesting system.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Basically, the rotunda collected the rainwater in the roof.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44It was put through a filter and then pumped to the attic in the house,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and then distributed throughout the house as and when needed,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49by turning on the tap.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52So, not just an iconic, beautiful piece of architecture,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55but also a practical building as well.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03And back in the west wing, beautiful as well as practical
0:09:03 > 0:09:06might be an apt description of Shirley's profession.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Shirley, how are you?- Fine, thank you.- Now, are you a Suffolk lass?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Cambridgeshire, by one mile. - By one mile.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Are you in love with the agricultural fraternity?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- I used to be. I'm a carriage driving teacher, really.- Carriage driving
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- the Duke of Edinburgh does?- Yes. - That's cool.- Great fun.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- How long did it take you to learn that?- I started when I was six
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- with Shetland ponies.- Are you from a farming family?- Oh, yes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Because this painting you brought along is a painting
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- I can see hanging in a farmhouse. - Yes.- Do you know who the artist is?
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- No.- There's good news and bad news. The artist is Michelangelo.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Oh, yes?- But not that one. That's the bad news.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- I can't pronounce... It's Meucci, which is M-E-U-C-C-I.- Yes.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53And this chap was prolific in the 19th century.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57And he did live birds, which made £1,000 plus,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01and he did dead birds, which made £150.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05So, by and large, people don't want dead birds hanging on the walls
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and so a painting like this...
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Its value falls a bit, simply because of the subject matter.
0:10:13 > 0:10:20Having said that, you've got a lovely Black Forest carved vine leaf frame around it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- I think that'll help it along.- Is that contemporary with the picture?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I would have said it probably was.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27What do you know about it? How long have you owned it?
0:10:27 > 0:10:31I have owned it since 1996, when my mother died.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35She bought it before then, so it's been in the family over 50 years.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Did she buy it at auction?- She did. But she didn't do auctions,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41so we don't know why she went to this auction and bought this picture,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43because she hid it away to start with.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- She didn't want anyone to know about it.- Was it a mistake?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47I think it must have been.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52This is almost the ideal subject of what's not in fashion any more.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Because you've got a Black Forest frame that isn't
0:10:54 > 0:10:57quite as collectable as it was 10 or 15 years ago.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59You've got this subject,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02and I think all that affects how you pitch your estimate.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07And I think you need to put your estimate at £150-£200.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Reserve it at 150. I wouldn't be surprised
0:11:10 > 0:11:13if somebody bought it and took the frame one way
0:11:13 > 0:11:17and perhaps put a mirror in it and made that,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and the painting went another way and got perhaps framed in a
0:11:20 > 0:11:24more traditional image, but I think that's where you need to pitch it.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27If you have a result, it might do a lot better
0:11:27 > 0:11:29but I think we've really got to be cautious with it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33It would suit a National Trust game larder, or something like that.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Yeah. This is a typical larder, this marble slab.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- Perhaps we should tell them about it. - I shall leave that up to you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that the birds fly.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45They don't look like they're going far, do they?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'm sure there's life in the old birds yet, Shirley.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Especially where we're going.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55It's been a successful morning here at Ickworth, with a variety of items
0:11:55 > 0:11:59uncovered, but right now it's time to put those valuations to the
0:11:59 > 0:12:01test, as we head over to the auction room for the very first
0:12:01 > 0:12:05time in today's show, and here's a quick recap just to
0:12:05 > 0:12:08jog your memory of all the items that are going under the hammer.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15It's not to Jean and Phil's taste but the Coral Firs pattern
0:12:15 > 0:12:19is a stylish and collectable piece of Clarice Cliff pottery.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Is Adam's estimate on this concertina at the right
0:12:23 > 0:12:25pitch for today's bidders?
0:12:26 > 0:12:30And we have Shirley's oil on board from 1877.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Will it be the Black Forest frame, or the subject matter that
0:12:33 > 0:12:35determines its sale price?
0:12:40 > 0:12:44We've headed north over the border into Norfolk, as our auction today
0:12:44 > 0:12:46comes from the market town of Diss.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51And TW Gaze, our saleroom, is run by a familiar face.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Auctioneer Elizabeth Talbot.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Debuting first in front of this packed auction house is
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Jean's Clarice Cliff vase.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Somebody out there does love it, because they keep buying it
0:13:05 > 0:13:10but a lot of our owners keep selling it. Does it mean they don't like it?
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Probably.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Do you know, I thought you might have liked it
0:13:15 > 0:13:17because I know you like to wear bright, jazzy things.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- Yeah. I like the abstract ones.- I don't blame you.- Like the teapots.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It is quite subjective.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28I do like some of it but most of it I do not like.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Really? I think this is...
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Do you like it?- No, I think it's awful. Not awful.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- But it's just not me, really. - I know you like it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37You're watching, going, "Yes, I'll buy it."
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- Someone will buy it because it always sells.- We'd like the money.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44So would I.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Good luck. Here we go. Someone is going to love this.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Lot 350. The 1930s Clarice Cliff bizarre range of vase.
0:13:52 > 0:13:58I have interest on the sheet shown here, and I start at just £350.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01At 350, I have at 350. 360.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03370, 380, 390.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05400, 420.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07440, 460, 480.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Now the room at 480. In the room at 480 to my left.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12500, new bidder.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17520. 520 near to me. At 520. Any advance on £520?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23£520. We're all very happy.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I think that's really good. I do think that is good.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- I'm happy with that.- Yeah, big smile.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32With such a good turnout today, there was bound to be a few
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Clarice Cliff fans in the room.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I've got to say, it's a terrific auction.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40The atmosphere is electrifying in here, and right now
0:14:40 > 0:14:43hopefully we're going to hit the high notes with Helen's concertina.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- We're looking at £200-£300, Adam. - Certainly.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You brought it to the right expert.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Adam's a little bit of a musician on the quiet.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Plays the violin and piano.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I think people would wish it would be on the quiet.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Hey, at least it's not the bagpipes or the trumpet.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Hey, this was your dad's, wasn't it?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Yes and my late father's.- So it's been in the loft.- In the wardrobe.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Where else do you keep a concertina? Come on.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09The amount I have found in wardrobes is unbelievable.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Check your wardrobe.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Fingers crossed. Let's hope for the top end and a bit more.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Let's hand things over to Elizabeth on the rostrum.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Lot 400 is a 19th century rosewood encased concertina, or squeeze-box.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Good collector's item here, start me at 200.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28£200, surely?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31150 I'll take.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36150 bid on commission. At 150, now where's 60?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39At 150 now, it's a beautiful piece. 160,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43170, 180, 190...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45190, round it up.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Oh, come on.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49On commission at 190, looking for 200.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53At £190. At 190, it will sell at 190!
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Not the high note we were expecting, the low note.- But it sold.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- It's gone and you don't mind, do you?- No.- Good.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Because I didn't play. - Good. That's good.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Let's hope its new owner can squeeze out a tune or two.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Now earlier, before the auction got under way, I caught up with
0:16:12 > 0:16:17our auctioneer, Elizabeth, casting an appreciative eye over our next lot.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Do you like that?- I do like that. I like that very much.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It sits very well on the wall there.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I was admiring because its original frame, by the looks of it, too.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Yes, it looks like it's been cleaned recently. - It has been cleaned in its history
0:16:28 > 0:16:31but you can reveal the lovely signature and the date on the bottom
0:16:31 > 0:16:33which I feel that's quite a nice thing to be able to see.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37This belongs to Shirley and we had a valuation of £150 on this.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I gathered, yes. Yes, yes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Something has happened since then. - What's happened?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Well, she's actually contacted us and raised the reserve to £300.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Right, OK.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Actually, looking at that,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- you would still pay £300 for it, wouldn't you?- I would.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I have just been musing whether that seems fair
0:16:54 > 0:16:55and I think it does seem fair.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58More to the point, this artist, who is very prolific,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- and well known for such... - Michelangelo?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03With a name like that you have to paint a painting!
0:17:03 > 0:17:05That sort of money is not unknown.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- £300-400 is the new revised estimate.- It's not out of the way.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- I'm not sweating at this point. - I bet you're not!
0:17:11 > 0:17:13You're quietly confident, aren't you?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18So without further ado, let's see if Elizabeth's right?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Lot 95, any advance?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23On the day, I looked his prices up
0:17:23 > 0:17:27and he sort of...I put it in his rock bottom figures, 150-250.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I think, if you promote it properly, online bidding,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32it will make what it's worth.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Anyway, it's going under the hammer right now and I'm pretty sure it'll find a new home.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Let's find out what this lot think.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Michelangelo Meucci, the 1877 painting of dead game.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Interest is shown and I start at just £200.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49£200 I have. 210, 220,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51230, 240, 250,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53260, 270, 280,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- 290...- Someone wants it.- I think so.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58At 290 now in the room, bid at 290.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59300, I'll take. 300 is bid.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Someone's in the room now, that chap there.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04340, 360...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- It's gone.- Yeah?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09I'm looking for 80? 380 is the telephone.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11400. 400, I've lost the telephone.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14At £400 now. Is there any advance?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Well, £400, it's gone and what we keep saying is quality always sells.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22That's a good result?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Yes, very good, thank you very much.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Thank you, Philip.- My pleasure.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Well, it's good to see that Shirley's upped estimate
0:18:29 > 0:18:31was right on the money.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33..£600 on commission, I'm looking for 10...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36There you are, fast and furious for our first visit to the saleroom today.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Now we couldn't come to this area and film without visiting
0:18:40 > 0:18:42the charming town of Southwold.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46It has many attractions but there are two rather unusual
0:18:46 > 0:18:50landmarks there that I got to enjoy, as you're just about to find out.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Sitting on the Suffolk coast,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Southwold is a quintessentially English resort.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06But it also has something you wouldn't expect to find
0:19:06 > 0:19:08amongst a row of terraced houses...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12..a town centre lighthouse.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15You can't really miss it, it's 31 metres in height
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and it really does stand out.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Built to replace three local lighthouses
0:19:21 > 0:19:25threatened by coastal erosion, Southwold's lighthouse was built
0:19:25 > 0:19:29inland on higher ground on what was the edge of the town,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32back in 1890.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Southwold grew and expanded around it and today I've arranged to meet
0:19:36 > 0:19:39up with Graham Hopwood, a trustee of the charitable foundation
0:19:39 > 0:19:44that helps to look after this landmark in the heart of Southwold.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Gosh, look at that!
0:19:48 > 0:19:52The cantilevered spiral staircase, which takes you right to the top.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Graham?- Hello, Paul.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Is that you up there?- I'm up here. - Is that you up there?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00He's right up the top. Can I come up?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Of course, come on up, Paul.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Wow!
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Well, this could take some time.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- Hello.- That was 90 steps, wasn't it?- 92.- 92.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Welcome to Southwold Lighthouse. - Thank you.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25It's lovely to meet you, Graham. What room are we in now?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27We're standing in the service room
0:20:27 > 0:20:29and this was the room that the lighthouse keepers
0:20:29 > 0:20:32operated from when the lighthouse was fully manned
0:20:32 > 0:20:35between the 1890s and the late 1930s.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38So when was this demanned?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42It was demanned in 1938 when the lighthouse was electrified.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Right, OK.- Previously, it had an oil burner as the main light source.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Yes.- Then lamps were put in in 1938.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53So back then, what kind of lamps were used?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56We used a fairly large lamp at that stage.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00This is the first one that we used and it's a 3,000-watt lamp
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and finally, that's the lamp which is used in the lighthouse today.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Why don't you come upstairs to the lantern room and have a look?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I'll follow you.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21You get a great view from up here.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25On a good day, probably about 20-mile visibility but today,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27I'm afraid, it's not quite as good as that.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- A bit of a rough day out there at sea, isn't it?- Yes.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33This is the original lantern, but this was the lantern
0:21:33 > 0:21:37that has been used right up until December 2012.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Our lighthouse source is now above. If you look up and see...
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- That a really nice, white clean light, isn't it?- It is.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50- Which can be seen, how far out at sea?- 24 miles.- 24 miles.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Well, I mean, really that's ideal for coastal awareness, isn't it?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55For those vessels passing by.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59It is, but, in fact, the shingle bank at Orford Ness
0:21:59 > 0:22:02is again suffering from coastal erosion
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and so that lighthouse is going to be decommissioned
0:22:05 > 0:22:08and Southwold Lighthouse range has had to be extended to cover
0:22:08 > 0:22:11the loss of that particular light.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Once that does finally get decommissioned
0:22:13 > 0:22:16because the range has been extended on this one, this whole area
0:22:16 > 0:22:19will still be in safe hands. That's what it's all about, isn't it?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- It certainly is. - And long may it continue.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- Graham, thank you for showing me the lighthouse.- My pleasure. - It's been a joy climbing up here.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Now, another very important landmark in this area
0:22:28 > 0:22:32is over in that direction and that's where I'm off to right now.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35It doesn't stand out on the skyline like this one does
0:22:35 > 0:22:37but, nevertheless, it's still a very important landmark
0:22:37 > 0:22:40and it's got a lot of history attached to it.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Let's go and find it.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48The town of Southwold sits at the mouth of the River Blyth
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and the neighbouring village of Walberswick is separated
0:22:51 > 0:22:53from Southwold by this narrow stretch of water.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Landmarks can tell you so much about local history.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02As a ferry woman, Dani Church shows
0:23:02 > 0:23:05they can also come in all shapes and sizes.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08A familiar sight locally, Dani rows residents
0:23:08 > 0:23:12and tourists across the river, keeping communities connected.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15- Good morning.- Hello.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I've come to find out about the fascinating
0:23:18 > 0:23:22history behind this service, which Dani's own family has been
0:23:22 > 0:23:25associated with for five generations.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- What your dog called?- Nellie.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30She's beautiful. Has she always been on board?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Pretty much, yes, she comes to work.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Customers love, especially the children.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Dani, how long have you and your family been involved in the ferry crossing?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42The first member of my family was involved was in the late 1800s.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45He is my great, great uncle, Benjamin Cross.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Then, basically, a member of my family has been doing it ever since then.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I gather the ferry's been running a lot longer than that?
0:23:51 > 0:23:56Yes, the first recorded crossing was 1236 - that's nearly 800 years ago.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01At that time it was a rowing boat and they used to charge ha'penny
0:24:01 > 0:24:03per person and per horse.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Goodness how they rowed a horse across, I don't know.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Has it always been a rowing boat? - Initially, it was a rowing boat.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12They did try to build a bridge in the 1800s.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The Harbour Commissioners wanted to do that but it was too expensive.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18They decided to put in a pontoon chain ferry,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- which would take two cars at a time. - Sure.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23A lot of locals were living here and that was the only way across
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- because there was no bridge further up.- Yeah.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33The pontoon ferry from the 1880s was in turn replaced by a new
0:24:33 > 0:24:38and improved steam ferry in the 1920s called The Blyth.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40How long did the chain ferry last?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43What happened in the Second World War, the army used to come across
0:24:43 > 0:24:45but they didn't pay.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- The service went into disrepair because there was no money.- Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51They moored it up and then, eventually,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53the pontoon just sort of ended up sitting on the mud
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and that was the end of that.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00After hundreds of years of crossings, both communities
0:25:00 > 0:25:03were cut off from each other but Dani's family came to the rescue.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09In 1940, her great, great-uncle, Old Bob Cross,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11enlisted his brother, Ernie.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Together, using a fishing boat,
0:25:13 > 0:25:18they resurrected the old rowing boat service, which still operates today.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- So who took over from Bob and Ernie? - That was Young Bob, Old Bob's son.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33He did the ferry in the 1970s and 1980s.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37He became a bit of a celebrity because, at that time, the ferry turned from a necessity to a novelty
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- and even made the front page of the New York Times at one point.- Really?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- He became quite a celebrity. - Local hero?- Something like that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47When did your father get involved?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50From about the age of 12, he started helping his great grandad,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52who was Old Bob, on the ferry
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and he taught him the tricks of the trade and Bob and Dad
0:25:55 > 0:25:58they were quite famous for their smoked fish - kippers and herrings,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00because they had a smokehouse.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- It was one of the things do around here, really?- Yeah.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05When did your father start to teach you to row?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I can't really remember, it must've been from six or seven.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12I used to sit on the boat with him and watch him talk to the customers, stroke the dogs
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and gradually he would let me take one oar and then I would
0:26:15 > 0:26:18sit on his lap and do them together and he would teach me the tides.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I've basically grown-up knowing all about the ferry and how it works.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- It literally is handed down from father to daughter?- Yeah.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28And you obviously clearly get job satisfaction,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I can see you're really passionate about it.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I think it's working outdoors, for me, is wonderful and the exercise.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Also, meeting the people.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37There are so many people who come over.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39From year to year you gain your friends and the customers,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42you see them every year and you get to know what's going on in their lives.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45It's the continuity that I really enjoy.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Dani's keen to keep the tradition alive
0:26:49 > 0:26:51and not one to keep her passengers waiting.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Jump on.- Morning, everyone.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Some regulars have turned up to get across, including Rita and her grandson.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00So, Rita, how long have you been using the ferry?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I've been using the ferry for 61 years now.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Gosh, you don't look old enough!
0:27:05 > 0:27:06You must have been born in the boat!
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- I was born in Walberswick. I was born in the village.- Right.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- My mother still lives here. - What about you?- I built the ferry.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18You built this ferry? You're a shipwright, aren't you?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- That's correct.- A lovely trade. - Yeah.- Gosh!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23What do you think of Dani continuing the family tradition?
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Southwold without the ferry wouldn't be Southwold, would it?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29It's got to have a ferry.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32The first one I built was 61 years ago.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34I have never rowed the boat.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Are you...?- No. - It's never too late, is it?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39THEY LAUGH
0:27:39 > 0:27:44It's not too late for Dani's son, Charlie, or nephew, Oscar.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Are you going to take over the business one day?- No, Oscar is.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- Is he?- Yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- I want to do something different. - You want to do something different!
0:27:53 > 0:27:56ALL LAUGH
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Well, I can't think of a better way to travel
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and make friends at the same time.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Nellie, are you going to jump over?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Long may the tradition of the Southwold
0:28:09 > 0:28:12to Walberswick ferry continue.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Yes, there's a lot of people, isn't there?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Welcome back to Ickworth House.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26And, at the valuation table,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Adam's about to get a bit of religious education.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Damaris. Your name is Damaris?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- It is.- Damaris, that's a very unusual name.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- It comes from the book of Acts in the Bible.- It's a biblical name.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Damaris was a follower of Saint Paul.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- Have you met any others? - I met one once, I taught one once.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Where did you get this copper from?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50When I was first married which was in 1964,
0:28:50 > 0:28:55we wanted a coal bucket and we went to the local market.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- Where was that, then?- In Clitheroe. - Clitheroe!
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- Are you a Lancashire lady? - Yes, I'm from that area.- Very good.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04We saw this but, of course, it was all black and horrible
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and I didn't realise what it would look like.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Yes, it's come up beautifully, hasn't it?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- I've cleaned it ever since.- Have you? - I've always cleaned it, yes.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- Do remember what it cost you?- I do.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16That's a Lancashire lady for you.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Dare I tell you?- All right. - Ten shillings.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23- That's not that much, is it? - No, 50p.- 50p!
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- It was a lot then, though. - Of course it was.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28I wanted to know really how old it was.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Well, that's an easy one, really,
0:29:31 > 0:29:33because of the style of decoration to it.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35It's very much the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts style.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39- I thought it was Arts and Crafts. - Yeah, it's sort of 1900s...- Yes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41..where this was very popular.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45You've got this stylised flower heads and these
0:29:45 > 0:29:47spades from club suits, aren't they?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50There are a number of designers that made these, sort of, things.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53There was Voysey and Benson
0:29:53 > 0:29:56and there was the Newlyn school of copper.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57Yes, I wondered about that.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Have you seen any markings on it when you've been cleaning?- No.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- You'll be more familiar with this than anybody. - No, I've never found a marking.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06I think it's going to be indeterminate as to where it
0:30:06 > 0:30:09was made but it's very likely to have been made
0:30:09 > 0:30:11in the Cumbria's metal workshops.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It might be Keswick?
0:30:13 > 0:30:17It certainly an Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, 1900 coal bucket.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20It cost 10 shillings. Today's value?
0:30:20 > 0:30:24One man I talked to thought it might be 80 to 100.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I think it'd make a bit over 100, really
0:30:26 > 0:30:29but 80 to 100 is about the right estimate.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- How would you feel about that? - Yes, that's all right.- Is it?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I've found out something about it and that's really why I brought it.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Well, that's right and if it makes a good price, 150, 160...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Even better. - It would, wouldn't it?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I'll buy something I like that I don't need.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Something you like, that you don't need.- Like a piece of jewellery.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- A luxury item?- Yes.- Very good. Lots of people are going to like that.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- Yeah.- Fingers crossed, Damaris. Thanks for coming.- Thank you.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Well, let's hope Damaris can treat herself to something special.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Now, where is this intriguing box of Sheila's been hiding?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- They've been stuck in a cupboard.- Are they family things?- Auntie Bessie's.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- Who's Auntie Bessie? - Auntie Bessie died in '97.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13She was in her early 90s.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16And she used to collect everything,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19and when she died the immediate family got the house but,
0:31:19 > 0:31:20because I'd looked after her a lot,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23me and another cousin had the contents.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Oh, that's nice. Tell me about her.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Well, she used to be a photographer, and during the war,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32when the main photographer had to go away, she took over,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36and when they brought the German generals to Windermere, because
0:31:36 > 0:31:41there must have been a camp there, nobody had to take photographs,
0:31:41 > 0:31:42so she climbed a tree
0:31:42 > 0:31:46and I've got the photographs of the German generals.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- She was a real character. - So is this Auntie Bessie's?
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- That was Auntie Bessie's.- Let's look and see what we've got.- Good idea.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56It's going to be a canteen of... Oh, those are nice, aren't they?
0:31:56 > 0:32:00- They are beautiful.- These are fruit knives and forks.- Yeah.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01But it's a set of eight.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05You either have six or 12, you don't have eight.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I don't know that I've ever seen a set of eight fruit knives
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- and forks.- No, I haven't. - These are mother-of-pearl handles.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Sheffield hallmark for 1930.- Right.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15And they are hallmarked by Cooper Brothers.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18But the thing I find really interesting about these
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- is I wouldn't think these had ever been used.- No.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26And now someone will probably buy them, take them home, think they are
0:32:26 > 0:32:30really lovely, put them in a drawer and they will never get used.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33And these will spend their life never being used.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34- Yeah, in a drawer.- Yeah.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- Sad, isn't it?- It's very sad, yeah. They are beautiful.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- So what are they going to make, do you think?- I haven't a clue.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Well, because they are not going to be used, they are almost useless,
0:32:45 > 0:32:48I think you should estimate them at £50-£80
0:32:48 > 0:32:53- and put a reserve of 40 quid on them. That's what I think.- Yeah.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55And it would be nice if somebody bought Bessie's
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- fruit knives and forks... - And used them...
0:32:57 > 0:32:59..and actually got some use out of them.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- That would be lovely, wouldn't it? - We need somebody in a big house.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Absolutely right.- A castle. - Keep our fingers crossed.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11And talking of big houses, we couldn't come to Ickworth,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13now owned by the National Trust,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16without taking a closer look inside the glorious rotunda.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21The fourth Earl of Bristol, who commissioned Ickworth,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24had two passions, building and collecting.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27The Earl was obsessed with fine art and antiques, which he
0:33:27 > 0:33:31picked up on his travels over the years on the grand tour of Europe.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35And the house was designed to show off the fruits of his labour.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39But sadly, the collection was destined to remain in Europe.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45It was confiscated by Napoleonic troops in Rome in 1798
0:33:45 > 0:33:48and the Earl spent the remaining years of his life
0:33:48 > 0:33:50campaigning for its restitution.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56But all was not lost. Just take a look at this sculpture.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02It was commissioned by the Earl when he met the artist in Rome in 1790.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05It depicts the Fury Of Athamas.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09According to Greek legend, in a fit of madness,
0:34:09 > 0:34:10Athamas murdered his son.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13His wife and their remaining son
0:34:13 > 0:34:16then threw themselves into the sea to escape his fury.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19It was confiscated by the Napoleonic troops
0:34:19 > 0:34:21along with the rest of the collection.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25His son, the first Marquis, was able to buy it back.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28It's one of the few works of art originally picked up by the Earl
0:34:28 > 0:34:33that actually made it back here to Ickworth, and I must say it makes
0:34:33 > 0:34:37the most marvellous focal point here in this magnificent rotunda.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I'm sure the Earl would be pleased to see all the collectables
0:34:44 > 0:34:47being brought along to the West Wing today.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Well, Ian, it's always interesting
0:34:51 > 0:34:54to see swords coming in to the programme.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Whenever we have a military sale at my auction room,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59it's amazing how many people have got swords and guns
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and things tucked away that they feel is a liability
0:35:01 > 0:35:03and don't know what to do with.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Can you tell me where you got them from
0:35:05 > 0:35:08and why you decided to bring them to Flog It?
0:35:08 > 0:35:09They were my father-in-law's
0:35:09 > 0:35:12and my mother-in-law said she didn't want them to go to
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- the youngest grandson because she was afraid he might cut himself.- OK.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18So they were given to me and I've had them for about ten years,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21just sat in an umbrella stand. I'm not a sword man.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- I'd rather they went to someone who would appreciate them.- Yeah.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Well, they are the sort of thing that tends to get hidden
0:35:28 > 0:35:31under the bed in a blanket or on top of the wardrobe or in
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- an umbrella stand, because people don't know what to do with them. - Exactly.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37But there is also a very keen interest in militaria these days.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39And a lot of people would like to own these,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42have them hanging on the wall or in a cabinet.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- People watching are going to say they are a pair.- They are not.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- There are slight differences. - There are slight differences,
0:35:49 > 0:35:53but they are both light cavalry swords, 1821 pattern.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57This one here is Royal Horse Artillery and these will be of
0:35:57 > 0:36:00the Victorian period, early Victorian period,
0:36:00 > 0:36:02so about 1850, I'd imagine.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Nice to see them in good condition.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- The decoration on the blades is crisp.- It's lovely.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Yeah, there's no rusting and the wire-bound handles,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- do you know what that material is? - Shagreen, I think.- Very good.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Yeah, sharkskin, shagreen handles. So quite a luxury item.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- These are an officer's sword. - I would think so.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22They never saw any actual action, I would have thought.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26They are more a dress officer's sword. So that's the first one.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29And the second one, very, very similar.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31The same pattern and design.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34This one's been pulled in and out of the scabbard a bit more,
0:36:34 > 0:36:37had a bit more action.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- In fact I can smell the oil on them still.- Still?
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Yeah, I just caught a whiff of it there.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46So, like I said, there's a very ready market for them.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49What you think they are worth? Any ideas?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Well, I honestly thought they were probably 1930, 1940,
0:36:52 > 0:36:56ceremonial dress swords, brought out for trooping the colour.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- And I thought 20 quid?- OK.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Well, there's a nice surprise for you, really.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- They are worth about 150 quid each. - What?!- Yeah, I think so.- Each?
0:37:05 > 0:37:10Yes. They are quite a... I like that reaction! You can come again.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14They are nice. There are in good condition, pretty much.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18I suggest put them together and an estimate combined of £300-£400.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Wow.- So... Happy with that? - Very happy.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I think we should put a reserve on them,
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- so let's put 300 on them, shall we?- Yeah, no problem.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- That gives them every chance... - To go.- To go.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Thanks for bringing them in and fingers crossed,
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- as the swords are crossed, for a good result.- Good.- Thanks very much. - Thank you.- Cheers.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40And that lovely surprise for Ian rounds up today's items.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Well, there you are, three more items to take off to auction,
0:37:44 > 0:37:48which means it's time to say goodbye to our magnificent host location,
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Ickworth House,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54and the marvellous architectural delight of the Rotunda.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56We had a brilliant day here, but let's make our way
0:37:56 > 0:37:59over to Diss, to the auction room for the last time.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01And here's what's coming with us.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04There's the Arts And Crafts copper coal bucket,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08found in Clitheroe market for ten shillings.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Will Auntie Bessie's canteen of fruit knives and forks
0:38:11 > 0:38:16find rich pickings amongst the bidders?
0:38:16 > 0:38:17And finally,
0:38:17 > 0:38:21will these light cavalry swords from the 1850s make a stand at auction?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Welcome back to Diss, where the saleroom is still overflowing and
0:38:28 > 0:38:33our eagle-eyed auctioneer Elizabeth Talbot never misses a beat.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34£100. Are you all done?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Going under the hammer right now we have a very stylish
0:38:39 > 0:38:42copper coal bucket belonging to Damaris.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Now, you bought this copper coal bucket in a black
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- and tarnished condition.- I did, yes.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- Lots of love has gone into cleaning that.- 49 years.- Gosh!
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Because once you start cleaning it you've got to keep doing it.- Yeah.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Let's face it.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00It has a touch of sort of Keswick school meets Newlyn school about it.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04That lovely applied metal thing that went on in the early 1900s.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I think that's what singles it out as a valuable thing rather
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- than a 20-quid copper thing. - Exactly.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12There's a bit of punched detail as well. Repousse, as they say.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Look, good luck. We are putting this to the test right now. Here we go.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23Lot 140 next, interest on the sheet shown and I start here at just £65.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27At 65. Where's 70? 70. Five.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2980. Five.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32£85. Bid at 85.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Any advance?
0:39:37 > 0:39:38It's gone.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- It's gone.- Sadly not out that top end that we were all hoping.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- But it's gone.- No more brassing.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46No more cleaning! I think that's the good news here.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48That's the moral - no more cleaning.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Yes, that's fine, I'm quite happy with it.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54And after 49 years of polishing, I'm not surprised!
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Will our next lot shine?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Can you remember what we are selling? I bet you can, can't you?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Yes, it's Sheila and the canteen of cutlery.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Fruit forks and knives, really. - It is.- Ever use them?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- No.- No. How many people do use them nowadays?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13They use them a lot in Worcestershire. All the time.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- Do they?- Never without them. - Good luck, though.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I'm pretty sure these will go, they're great value for money.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- They'll do well.- Here we go.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25Start me at 50. Fruit knives and forks. Lovely set. £50.
0:40:27 > 0:40:2930 I'll take.
0:40:29 > 0:40:3430 bid. Thank you, that gentleman, at 30. I'll take two. 32.
0:40:34 > 0:40:3535.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3738. 40.
0:40:37 > 0:40:4140 I have. Where's two? At £40 they sell...
0:40:44 > 0:40:45£40.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Clearly nobody else uses them either, do they?- No!
0:40:48 > 0:40:51You beat me to it, yes.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55That is the sad fact, the dining room has long disappeared.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Sorry, we tried our best. - That's fine. That's OK.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- But I don't think we could have got any more, actually.- No.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08Well, there's more room in my cupboard now to put more junk in.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Absolutely, Sheila. You can't beat a good clear out.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Now, Ian thought these swords were worthless reproductions
0:41:18 > 0:41:21and nearly didn't bring them along to the valuation day.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Ian, why are you selling them? - They are absolutely no good to me.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28They've just been sat in the umbrella stand for the last ten years or so.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Umbrella stand!- That's familiar, isn't it?- It is, really!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- I mean, cutting-edge weapons are very collectable.- Yes, they are.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38There's a massive market for militaria and these are good
0:41:38 > 0:41:42examples because the blades are in good condition, nicely etched.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- They tick all the boxes for the collectors.- Fingers crossed.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48But you never know, it's an auction. Let's hand things over to Elizabeth.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Here we go.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53150 now. I have interest on the sheet shown.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Interest on the sheet. - And I start here at just £210.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59210 I have.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- That's OK because we are in. It didn't start at 70.- Yeah.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07240. 250. 260. 270.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09280. 290.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13300 in the room. I'll take 20. 300, the corner bid at 300.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16320 on the phone. 340.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18360.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- I really didn't think they were worth more than about 20 quid.- £400.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Fine swords at £400. Am I missing anybody?
0:42:26 > 0:42:28420.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Yes.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31- 440.- Wow!
0:42:31 > 0:42:35440's bid. At 440. Taking it steady at £440.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Any advance on £440? The telephone takes them at 440.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- Well done! £440!- We thumped! - You were expecting about £20.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Honestly, guys, I said to Adam that I was really embarrassed
0:42:48 > 0:42:50about bringing them along.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Absolutely stunned.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58That really was a small fortune hiding in Ian's umbrella stand.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Well, that's it. It's all over for our owners.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Another day in another saleroom. What a fabulous time we've had here.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Everyone has gone home happy and that's what it's all about,
0:43:12 > 0:43:13job done.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16If you've got any antiques you want to sell we would love to see you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Bring them along to one of our valuation days and it could be you
0:43:19 > 0:43:22in the next saleroom going home with a lot of money.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25But until then we've thoroughly enjoyed being here in Diss
0:43:25 > 0:43:29and I hope you've enjoyed the show. So until the next time it's goodbye.