0:00:09 > 0:00:12These are the famous cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Their beauty and their virtuosity would be an astonishing achievement
0:00:16 > 0:00:19today, let alone some 700 years ago,
0:00:19 > 0:00:23and they are some of the finest examples of medieval craftsmanship
0:00:23 > 0:00:25you will find in Europe.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27And they attract thousands of visitors each year,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30including a young wizard and his friends.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Well, if they're good enough for Harry Potter,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34they're good enough for us.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Welcome to "Flog It!"
0:01:00 > 0:01:03The medieval artistry and craftsmanship on display
0:01:03 > 0:01:07within the cathedral is breathtaking.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09From the intricate stonework...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12..to the soaring vaulted ceiling,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15with its heavenly orchestra of angels.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And the huge windows of coloured glass,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21casting shadows of jewelled light.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Everything's been designed to inspire all.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26And it certainly does.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30But just as awe-inspiring is this fantastic queue.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Here today hundreds of people have turned up with, as of yet,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37undiscovered treasures crafted by unknown hands from unknown lands
0:01:37 > 0:01:39for our experts to muse over.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Of course, this lot want to ask that all important question, which is...
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- ALL:- What's it worth?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And if you're happy with your valuation, what are you going to do?
0:01:46 > 0:01:47"Flog It!"!
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Right, let's get this lot inside.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Before that, let's meet our experts,
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Philip Serrell.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57You have just been royally stickered, you have.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00And the security conscious Michael Baggott.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Bag inspection, bag inspection.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Both are ready to do battle in their own unique way.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Don't you dare. Don't you dare.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Don't you dare. - They don't like it up 'em.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Very Dad's Army!
0:02:12 > 0:02:13All right, OK.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21In today's programme, Michael's in for a nice surprise.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24I thought it was a garden ornament, to be honest.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27It's a garden ornament? Whenever I've been dragged down
0:02:27 > 0:02:30the garden centre, I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33If I had, I'd have bust out into a run, almost.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36And even I get carried away.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37You've made my day.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Philip spoilt it at the valuation. - I know!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48These magnificent columns that you can see in the nave are part of the
0:02:48 > 0:02:50earliest Norman building.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Now, they have outlasted the original wooden structure
0:02:53 > 0:02:54and the thatched roof.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The red stains that you can see around the bases,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00that's evidence of an early fire.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Now, that must've been some inferno.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Talking of fireworks, here is our first valuation.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Margaret, how you? - I'm very well, thank you.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- What brings you to "Flog It!"? - Oh, I love "Flog It!"
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- You love "Flog It!" Say it louder. - Oh, I do.- Hold on.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Who is your "Flog It!" favourite?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18- Paul Martin.- What?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Yes. Well, and you, and you.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- That's all right.- I like you, as well.- That's all right.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- Yeah, of course.- What have you brought along for us?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28I've brought you some measures.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34They were in my father's shop and he worked for his uncle and his cousin.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35So is that the...?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38George Alder was my father's...
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- From Stroud?- From Stroud.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42This is a seed catalogue.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Right. And who was GF Alder?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47He was my father's uncle.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And they grew their own seed.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- This is my father.- That's your dad.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Yes.- And he worked there, did he?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Yes.- So he would have used these?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Yes.- So these are seed measures.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01So someone who came into the shop
0:04:01 > 0:04:06and wanted half a pint of Marigold seeds,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09you scooped them out and that's the seed measure.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Yeah, that's right.- And what's lovely about these is the fact that
0:04:12 > 0:04:16they're all stamped up and, because a measure,
0:04:16 > 0:04:21you can't just say that's a pint or half pint, it's got the GR,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- or George's stamp on it. - Yeah, that's right.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And this one has got ER on it. Which is Edward, isn't it?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Yes.- And that's... They're stamped with the reign of the monarch
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and they are actually...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It just basically guarantees the measure, doesn't it?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36That's right, that's right.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39And this one, which is also...
0:04:39 > 0:04:42That's a half gallon and that's such a lovely colour, isn't it?
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Yes.- This is patinate. Patinate, it's the lines on its hands,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48it's the wrinkles on its face,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50it just tells you where it's been all of its life.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And it's just lovely.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It's like chewed toffee.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Why would your family have kept these?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Well, we've always had them, since the shop closed down.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01When did the shop shut?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I think it was in the 1970s.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06But these wouldn't have been worth a great deal then, would they?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07- No.- So you just kept them.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Oh, yes.- In a way, that's been quite clever, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Why do you want to sell them now?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Just to meet that Paul Martin.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16That's what you want to do! You just want to meet that Paul Martin.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Yes. I would, yeah. I wanted
0:05:19 > 0:05:23to sell them because they just collect dust, really.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- I think they're lovely. - Although I use them for pens.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28That's a waste paper basket.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30A wastepaper basket. What do you think they're going to make them?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Oh, I don't think they'll make much.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34What, ten or 15 quid? Really?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Each?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- No, the lot.- Really?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Yes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I think you're wrong.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I think we can put a £50 reserve on them and we'll estimate them
0:05:46 > 0:05:48at £60 to £90 and it wouldn't surprise me,
0:05:48 > 0:05:52it really wouldn't surprise me, if they made over 100.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Lovely. Thank you. Thank you.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I'm hoping that I might have just overtaken that Paul Martin.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Yes, definitely. Definitely.- Yes, OK, cut.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Don't need any more at all, thank you.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06So Philip's fan club is up and running
0:06:06 > 0:06:09with a healthy membership of one.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Let's see how Michael's doing.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15John, Julie, you've brought a "Flog It!" favourite,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18a closed box. A closed jewellery box.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Now, you know what's in it, and I peaked earlier,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23so shall we do the big reveal?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Let's do it. - Yes, please.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Look at that for a brooch.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31My goodness. That's going to divide opinion, isn't it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- Mm-hm.- I think it will.- Is it something that you both like, or...?
0:06:35 > 0:06:40We both like it, but not like it enough to not want to sell it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- I have worn it.- You have worn it? - I've only worn it once.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47Our son got married in January, and I wore it with my wedding outfit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50But it's not the sort of thing I would wear normally.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- It's a bold statement, isn't it? - Yes.- It is indeed.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57I mean, what we've got, it's these two grey baroque pearls.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01And when we say Baroque, all that means is they're an irregular shape.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03And someone's looked at them, a jeweller, and thought,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05"What can we do with these?"
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Now, in the Renaissance, in the 16th century,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12they often used them as the bodies of figures.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Yes.- So this jeweller's got the inspiration
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and made two little plump birds.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And then they've gone and they've covered it with the most
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- ornate and gaudy enamel colours. - Mm-hm.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27And that says to me the 1950s...
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Right, right.- ..into the 1960s.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Where did it come from, though, did you buy it, or...?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35No, my mother-in-law left it to me.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37She wore it a lot as well.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I've had it out and looked very meticulously.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42There's one mark, which is 750...
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Yes.- ..which is the continental way of expressing 18-carat gold.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Right.- Right. - 750 parts per thousand.- Sure.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53There's also a smaller mark in a punch that's shapes
0:07:53 > 0:07:54rather like that.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57But that punch outline is typical for Italian makers
0:07:57 > 0:07:59and Italian marks.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- Italy, right.- And I can well assume that was made in Italy in the '50s
0:08:03 > 0:08:04into the early '60s.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Good news and bad news.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Probably, when your mother-in-law was wearing it,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12it actually wasn't in fashion, you know.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It had gone completely out of it, it was all elegant jewellery.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Now, the younger people, they like '50s and '60s, they like all this...
0:08:19 > 0:08:23I hate to say the words retro and vintage ever coming out of my mouth.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Yes, indeed.- But this is the high-end of it.- Yeah.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27So we look at it and we say
0:08:27 > 0:08:32there's an amount of gold there that's worth £100.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37You've got a couple of pearls there that are probably worth £50 to £100.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41So the best thing we can do is put it into auction
0:08:41 > 0:08:42with £200-300 on it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Are you happy that we pop it in for that?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- That's fine.- Why are you parting with it now, though?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Cos you've wore it at least once.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53I've worn it once. The main reason is we wanted to come to "Flog It!"
0:08:53 > 0:08:54- We wanted...- It's our fault!
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- We are responsible. - We wanted a "Flog It!" experience.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Oh, well.- My wife was left a lot of jewellery
0:09:00 > 0:09:02and that's the one that, you know...
0:09:02 > 0:09:05That's the piece that has very little sentimental attachments?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Absolutely, yes. - Well, let's, I dare say, oh...
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It's a pun, but let's hope these two little chicks fly away
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- at the auction.- Excellent. - Thanks very much.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Thank you very much, Michael, thank you.- Thank you, Michael.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Leaving the tables for a moment, I've ascended to take a closer look
0:09:18 > 0:09:20at one of the cathedral's treasures.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Towering above our valuation tables is this vast organ.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32It was built in 1662 to commemorate the return of the monarchy
0:09:32 > 0:09:35after the English Civil War, during which time,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38the organ and the choir were silenced.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I guess its size and its exuberant decoration reflect the joy
0:09:41 > 0:09:45of having music reinstated into the cathedral.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It's definitely a statement piece.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Well, the organist definitely has one of the best seats in the house.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57From up here, you get a completely different perspective
0:09:57 > 0:09:58of the building.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Here, you have the choir with its vast vaulted ceiling
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and it's great east window, full of colour from the stained glass.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09And here, the nave with those gigantic Norman columns.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13But right now, it's time to catch up with our experts and hopefully
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Philip Serrell will be pulling out all the stops with his next item.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26Eileen, if I said to you, "Who was probably one of the most famous of
0:10:26 > 0:10:30"20th-century potters that there was in this country?"
0:10:30 > 0:10:31what name would you use?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- I would say Bernard Leach every time.- You would say Bernard Leach.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35- Yes.- He was the man, wasn't he? - He was.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- And that's not by Bernard Leach, is it?- No, it isn't, that's David.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42That's his son. I would think this is about mid-1950s.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Yeah. Well, I had it as a wedding present in 1955.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48It's not going to be any later then, is it?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Can't be any later.- We've narrowed it down.- Can't be any later,
0:10:51 > 0:10:52but it might be earlier.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55And what's lovely, you can just see there, DL, can't you?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Yeah, that's his moniker, yeah.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00David Leach. I mean, for 1950s, I think that's quite forward-thinking.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Well, this is it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Most of Bernard Leach's pottery is very modern looking now.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Yeah. When did you appreciate what it was?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Oh, at the time. I knew all about...
0:11:11 > 0:11:15I was an art student when I was younger
0:11:15 > 0:11:17and I did know about pottery.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I wasn't very successful myself, but I had learned
0:11:21 > 0:11:23quite a little bit about...
0:11:23 > 0:11:25You have a good eye
0:11:25 > 0:11:27and you can tell that from talking to you and listening to you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- And do you like it?- I do, I love it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31So why are you selling it?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I'm not doing anything with it.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34I don't collect...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39..pottery. Somebody might.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Somebody who likes to collect the Leaches, they might want it.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- What do you think? - I think it's a lovely thing.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'm not quite sure.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49It's sort of... This is...
0:11:49 > 0:11:51supposedly fixed to the wall, isn't it?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Yes, we used to have it on the wall.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- And that fits in there. - That fits inside.- Yeah.- Yes.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58One thing we haven't discussed with this is
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- what it's going to make, have we? - No.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Not a lot.- Have you got any ideas?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Well, I did have a valuation some months, six months or so ago.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Oh, this is where I get all ears.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And they said about 100.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I think that I would estimate it at £80 to 120.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I think the time's right for 20th century design.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- I think it's a thing that's very in at the moment.- Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20And our business is very driven by fashion.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Some days, prices are there.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Yeah.- And then the next day, it's down there.- Yeah.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26That's it. It's knowing the right moment, isn't it?
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- This stuff is collectable. I have to say...- Yes.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- ..if I owned this...- You wouldn't bother with that.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- ..I'd probably consign that to the bin.- No.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Well, let's confirm then that we'll put it into auction.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- OK.- And we'll put an £80 to 120 estimate on it.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Right.- And a fixed reserve of £80.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- How's that?- OK. - Is that all right?- Yep.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It's been really lovely talking to you.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Nice talking to you, Philip. - Thank you.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- And we'll meet again. - We will indeed.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Well, we've all been working flat-out and, as you've just seen,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04our experts have found their first items to take off to the saleroom.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06This is where it gets exciting.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Anything can happen, so don't go away.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10And here's a quick recap of the items
0:13:10 > 0:13:11that are going under the hammer.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Philip's estimate is spot on for Margaret's set of
0:13:15 > 0:13:18early 20th-century seed measures.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23There are plenty of reasons to bid
0:13:23 > 0:13:25for this pretty pearl and enamelled brooch.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32And owning an original Bernard Leach is beyond most of our means,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35but Eileen's David Leach pot is an affordable alternative.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46For today's sale, we've travelled across the county to
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Moore, Allen & Innocent, situated just outside of Cirencester.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Now, fingers crossed it's going to be packed inside,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55full of bidders wanting to go home with our lots.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I know we're going to be assured of a warm welcome from the proprietor,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and auctioneer, Philip Allwood.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Let's catch up with our owners.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06The commission here today is 15%, plus VAT.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09And first up, it's Eileen's pot.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10- A little bit of David Leach.- Yes.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Son of the grand master, Bernard Leach.- Absolutely.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- I mean, it's a great name in the history of studio pottery.- It is.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19But there's something so contemporary looking about this.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24We talk a lot about good design and good shape and good form.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27And that's what you've got to look for and this has the lot.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Right now, we're going to learn exactly what this goes for.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31It's going under the hammer right now.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Let's hand things over to Philip Allwood.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Who'll start me at 100? 50 to get on.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39At £30 bid only then, £30 bid.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Five if you'd like now. £30, five.
0:14:40 > 0:14:4240. Five.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43At 45, 50 now.
0:14:43 > 0:14:4450. Five.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46At 55. 60 now.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47At £55.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49At 55. 60 anywhere?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52At £55. 60. 60.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Five, then. At 65.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Come on, we're selling this.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57At £65. On the book at 65. 70 anywhere?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00At £65. 70 anywhere?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03At 65.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05That one needs a little bit more, as well, ladies and gentlemen.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- I can't believe that. - I'm not surprised.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- I can't believe that. - I don't think the time is right.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- I think it is.- I do, as well.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- You think it is? - I think it's so right.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Everybody is into that.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Look, we're sorry that didn't sell. - That's all right, Paul.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Not to worry.- I think that should go home.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- I'm quite happy to take it home. - Treasure it. It's a little joy.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25If I could get around better, I would look for more pieces
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- now and make a...- Exactly.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31So Eileen's pot lives to play another day,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34whilst Julie and John's brooch takes the stage.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Good luck, Julie and John.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Fingers crossed we get this away at the top end.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42We're talking about the '50s cocktail jewellery.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45This has got an immense amount of work it, its enamel, it's pearl.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46It's not too everybody's taste,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49but this is the jewellery that younger people are starting to be
0:15:49 > 0:15:53interested in and hopefully they'll be bidding today.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Italians 50. It's going under the hammer right now.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57At 150 bid. 150.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58160 now.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00At 150. 160 now, then.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03160. 170. 180, did you mean?
0:16:03 > 0:16:07180. 190. 200. At 200 at the back here.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10At 200. You're out on my left. At £200. It's on my right, now.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- At £200.- Spot on, Michael.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- 200.- Hammer's gone down. £200.- Thank you.- He was spot on, wasn't he?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Well done, Michael. - More by luck than judgment.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Thank you so much.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23So those birds have flown the nest
0:16:23 > 0:16:25and now it's the set of seed measures
0:16:25 > 0:16:28belonging to Philip's number one fan, Margaret.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33OK, going under the hammer right now,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37my favourite lot in the whole sale. Literally in the whole sale.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39And there's around 900 lots here, Margaret.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41You've made my day.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Philip spoilt it at the valuation.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46No, he didn't, actually. Had such a good time.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I'm really pleased that you picked these,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51because I know you're a man like me who loves stuff like this.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Why don't you want to keep these?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Well, I have kept them for a good while.- Yeah.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59But I thought somebody else might like them for a change.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Well, they're divine.- But I shall miss them.- I bet you will.- Yes.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- They're so tactile.- Yes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07When you pick them up, you hold them and you go,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09"Someone's loved these for a long time."
0:17:09 > 0:17:11You say someone else might like them.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14There's two people here that would love them.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Hey, look, good luck. Good luck.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Fingers crossed, everyone. This is it.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23The grain measures and the Alder of Stroud seed pamphlets there.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25A good little lot this. Should be 100. Where are you going to be?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Start me. 50 to get on, then. At 50, a bid there.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Thank you. At 50. At £50.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36At five, if you like, now. Five. 60. Five. 70. Five.
0:17:36 > 0:17:3880. Five.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- 90.- Come on.- Five.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42100. 110. At 110.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45120 now. At 110 I have.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46At £110.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49All out in front of me, then, now. At £110.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Are you all done?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Sold top end. That's good. We're happy?- That's good.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Margaret, yes?- Wonderful. - They've gone.- Thank you.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58And hopefully they've gone to a good home, a good collector.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Yes, yes.- And they'll never be split up.- Yes.- Lovely.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Thank you very much.- You made our day, anyway.- Oh, good, I'm so glad.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06You made our day at the valuation, you put another smile on my face.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Yes, she's a lovely, lovely lady.- Bless you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Thank you so much.- Lovely to see you. Bye-bye.- Oh, bye-bye.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14If you've got anything like that, we want to see you.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Bring it along to one of our valuation days,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18so you can be standing here just like Margaret,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20going home with a bit of money.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30We've had a tremendous turnout today
0:18:30 > 0:18:33and there's still a lot more to get through.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Our experts are working flat out
0:18:35 > 0:18:37to find an item worthy of such surroundings.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Let's catch up with them for our next item.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Lucy, I think you've made not only my day,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48but my week and my month and my year...
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Oh, my goodness. - ..by bringing in this chap here.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56- Right.- Before I attempt to tell you anything about it...
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- Right.- What's the provenance with it? What history do you have?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Basically, it's a friend of mine who's actually 85,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05gave it to me about three years ago.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I know it's from her friend, who gave it to her,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and it belonged to her dad, who was a French sea captain.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- It's a pot, obviously. - Yes.- Do you know any more about it?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I thought it was a garden ornament, to be honest.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- It's a garden ornament. - That's as much as I know.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Whenever I've been dragged down the garden centre,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- I don't think I've ever seen a thing like this.- Well, it's terracotta.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28If I had, I'd have bust out into a run, almost.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32It is terracotta, it's painted terracotta. A very simple thing.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37It's potted. It seems to be seamed along the edge here.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41So it possibly could have been moulded and put together.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47What I find most interesting, to begin with, is what's on the back.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48I know, I wondered that.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And we've wondered what language it's written in.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I thought it was French.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Someone who knows Spanish thinks that they can decipher part of it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04- Right.- Which is "the gift to the captain".
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Right.- And I think, personally,
0:20:06 > 0:20:12- there's a date there which says about 1876.- Really? Oh, my goodness.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14It also mentions a place name.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Chichenable.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Right.- Now that's not a million miles away
0:20:21 > 0:20:25from South American names of very old and ancient cities.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- OK.- And this is where this chap comes from.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32He's a pre-Columbian pot.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- Really?- So before Columbus went to America.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Pre-Columbian pot.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40There were civilisations,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43there was the Zapotec and the Mayan civilisation.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Right.- Which produced pots of this similar iconography.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- We've got the earrings. - Yeah, I thought that.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56- Yes.- And then we've got, as a surmount on his hat,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- this sort of monkey figurine. - Yeah. Oh, gosh.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Now, I didn't realise that was a monkey.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- So he's a monkey - we assume - god. - Yes. Oh, I didn't know that, either.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07And he's obviously a warrior,
0:21:07 > 0:21:12or he's preparing to take part in one of their vicious games.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Oh. Right. He's got a weapon, hasn't he?- He's got his weapon.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21- Weapon, yeah.- He's got his small shield. It's a fascinating thing.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22It would have been something
0:21:22 > 0:21:24that would have been buried for a long time.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27So, how old do you think it is, then?
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Potentially, it could be 600 to 1,000 years old.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35No! I can't believe it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Not to excite you too much, a lot of this stuff does survive.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43- Right, OK.- You know, they dig it up in South America and Mexico
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- quite a lot.- Right.- And we are not able today to tell you precisely
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- which culture it belongs to.- OK.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55And what the date is. We can say it's pre-Columbian.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57But it's fascinating.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01And we've got a pot on this table which is...
0:22:02 > 0:22:06..possibly as old as the building we're sitting in.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- I'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you.- It's not a garden ornament.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- Don't put it in the garden. - I thought it had a bit of age.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15But, you know, not quite that much age.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- I think that's putting it mildly, don't you?- Yes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Value. It deserves a decent valuation.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- £200 to 400.- OK.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Reserve of £200. So if you're happy...
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- I'm very happy. - ..to put your garden pot...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- I am very happy.- ..in the auction. - ..to put it in the auction.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I'm very happy you came along today.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35That's brilliant. Well, thank you very much.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- No, thank you. And thank him.- Yes, brilliant.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- And let's hope he's a benevolent fellow.- I hope so.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42We'll see you at the auction.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- That will be great. That would be brilliant. Thank you.- A pleasure.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Well, that's a "Flog It!" first. A bit of pre-Columbian pottery.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Isn't that lovely? Look at this.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01And it still works. Good luck with that.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Finally, it's Michael and a gleaming Art Nouveau bowl.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Joy, thank you for bringing in this very intriguing and beautifully
0:23:10 > 0:23:13polished bowl. What can you tell me about it?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16It belongs to my mother-in-law, who's had it, I think,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18since probably about the 1960s.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Oh.- She used to use it when she was entertaining,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23and used it to serve bread, and so on.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- Oh, lovely.- She hasn't used it for many years now and has now decided
0:23:27 > 0:23:29she'd like to sell it.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33When she had it, as far as you know, was it all polished like this?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36She polished it before she handed it over to us,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39I'm not sure she was meant to do that.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Right. No, well we'll get back to that later,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45because that raises an interesting point.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49We've obviously got an Art Nouveau pewter bowl.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53And if we flip it over, there's one name we want to see...
0:23:54 > 0:23:56..which is Liberty. And there we go.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00"English pewter, made by Liberty & Co."
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It would be nice if it said Tudric. Which is the...
0:24:04 > 0:24:08..range name for pewter made for Liberty & Co,
0:24:08 > 0:24:09but this may predate that,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12because we've got a very early Liberty patent number.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Right.- 0535.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- And they will relate to a specific designer.- Right.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21But the name you look for and hope for is Archibald Knox.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24That gifted Isle of Man designer.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- And this is a Knox piece. - We thought so.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32And when you look at it, you can see his use of entrelac motifs.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36These Celtic knots and of nature,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38absolutely entwining with one another.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Very intricate and pierced. Lovely thing.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Now, this is exactly how it would have looked at Liberty's
0:24:46 > 0:24:50when it was sold in about 1900, 1905.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- That old. Right.- But, pewter...
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Basically, it was made to simulate silver.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It was that planished, polished pewter.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Over time, pewter discolours and it goes a very dark grey.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07There are two schools of thought about what you do.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12The purists would never have you touch it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17They want it in utterly original condition, so from Liberty's,
0:25:17 > 0:25:22untouched until today, and they're very dark pewter bodies.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24The other school of thought is,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27well, Knox didn't design them like that,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29he meant that they should be polished and shiny.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34So what your mother-in-law has done is very much in keeping with Knox's
0:25:34 > 0:25:37original thoughts and designs,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41it just affects the value ever so slightly with collectors.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I think we would be sensible if we said...
0:25:46 > 0:25:49..120 up to about £180.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Fixed reserve of 120.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56And we'll hope that all the people that like polished Knox are there on
0:25:56 > 0:25:58the sale day and it goes above that.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Do you think she will be happy with that?- I hope so, yes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Marvellous, marvellous. We'll do that and I hope, on the day,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07that we get maybe up to that £200 mark for her.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- But thank you very much for bringing this in.- Thank you.- Pleasure.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Well, sadly, it's time to leave Gloucester Cathedral
0:26:14 > 0:26:19and its centuries of history as we head back to the saleroom.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I've got my favourites.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25You've probably got yours, but right now it's down to the bidders.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Here's a quick recap of what's going under the hammer.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Well, I've never seen a pre-Columbian
0:26:31 > 0:26:33monkey warrior terracotta pot before.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35It should create a buzz in the saleroom.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42To shine or not to shine? The eternal debate.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Will the bidders decide in the saleroom?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52First up, it's Joy's Art Nouveau pewter bowl.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Going under the hammer right now, a bit of Archibald Knox, yes.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01It's that wonderful early Liberty's bowl belonging to Joy.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03In fact it's mother-in-law's, isn't it?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05And you're selling this on her behalf.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07A great name. Everyone loves his designs.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Probably Liberty's best known designer.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- Synonymous with Liberty's, really. - Absolutely.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Fingers crossed, anyway. Let's hope we get the top end.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It's going under the hammer right now. Good luck. This is it.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20The Archibald Knox for Liberty dish here.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Start me at 100. That would be cheap, wouldn't it?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26£100, a bid there. Thank you. At £100 on my right, now.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29100. 110 on my left. At 120. At 120 on my right, now.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33120 here. At 120. Lady's bid at 130.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37140. 150. 160. 170. 180.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39At 180. Lady's bid at 180.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40190, back in.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42At 190. 200.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45At 200. The lady's bid at 200. 220 now?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47At £200. Right in front of me now, then.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Lady's bid at 200.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55Yes. Nice round figure. £200. That's brilliant. Wasn't it? Very happy.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- He never lets us down, does he? - No, he doesn't.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02We caught up with the new owner
0:28:02 > 0:28:04before she left with her happy purchase.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06It's a very nice piece of...
0:28:07 > 0:28:10..Art Nouveau pewter, and what I particularly liked about it
0:28:10 > 0:28:14was the simplicity of it, and of course its age.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16And I just thought, "Got to have it."
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I think it was a fair price.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21There was a bit of a battle going on for it.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26But I'm not one to give in when I really like something, so I didn't.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Now, for Lucy's pre-Columbian figure.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Before the sale, I asked Philip,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36the auctioneer, what he thought about it.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37It's very hard to be absolutely certain
0:28:37 > 0:28:39about these things when they come into a sale.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44There are a lot of these pieces produced through the 18th,
0:28:44 > 0:28:4719th, and well into the 20th and 21st century.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51So I was very glad to have a true verification
0:28:51 > 0:28:55given for this piece by relevant specialists.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I would expect it to be fairly keenly contested,
0:28:58 > 0:29:00but only to a level.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Well, that only adds to the intrigue of this item.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Here it is now.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07OK, the moment I have been waiting for
0:29:07 > 0:29:10since that valuation day in that wonderful cathedral.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11I mean, that was an old building,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13but I think what we're selling right now has to be,
0:29:13 > 0:29:17I think you will agree, the oldest thing on the show so far.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Yes.- Which Michael spotted. Thank you for bringing it in.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21It's an absolute pleasure.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24On the day, we said it might be 15th century or earlier.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- Yes.- Well, we've done subsequent research.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29It's a lot earlier. It's the first pre-Columbian civilisation.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32So this is quite exciting. You can learn so much on this show.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- You do.- What do you think of this, Lucy? Now you want to keep it?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Well, it makes you feel a bit strange about it,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40because it is so old, you know. I'm fascinated. I'm fascinated.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45It's the most perplexing and intriguing object
0:29:45 > 0:29:47we've ever had on "Flog It!"
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- Certainly I've ever seen. - That's brilliant.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53I'm thrilled. I'm so excited. I hope somebody really wants it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Anyway, look, it's up there, right now.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- This is your lot going under the hammer.- Fingers crossed.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Don't go away, don't make a cup of tea. Watch this. Here we go.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05The warrior with the sword and shield there, Northern Peru.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Nice and early, between 100 and 800 AD.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12And I have to start you here on the book at £200.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15At 200, I'm bid here. At 200. 220 now, if you like.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16At £200. A good early piece.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18At 220. 240.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21260. 280. 300. 320.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- They want it.- 340. 360.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26At 360. 380, now.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29At 360 here. At £360.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- He's going to sell at 360. - Are you all sure at 360?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Yes. Hammer's gone down. Good valuation, Michael.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Well, it's the top end of our estimate.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40- Yes. Absolutely.- The only thing is,
0:30:40 > 0:30:45you see these pots make a lot more money when the glazes are intact.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- Yes.- Because the glazes on these, when they're just excavated,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50are like chocolate and they're shining.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53So it's had 130 years of wear.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It might have been out in the garden for some of that.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58It's an absolutely fascinating piece of history.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00That is a little document of social history from Peru.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- It is, absolutely.- Has it made you think, "Oh, actually,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06"I should really gen up on this a bit more and read about it?"
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Yeah, because you don't know anything about these things, do you?
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Until, well, I thought...
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Until you met up with Michael at the valuation day.- Exactly.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14It started me off on a whole round of reading
0:31:14 > 0:31:17and research and you just look at them and it's so fascinating.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20If you've got something like that, we want to flog it!
0:31:22 > 0:31:26It's been a terrific day and we've seen some weird and wonderful items
0:31:26 > 0:31:28and met some delightful people.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32And I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36From all of us here in Gloucester, until the next time, it's goodbye.