Episode 6 Flog It!

These are the famous cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral.

Their beauty and their virtuosity would be an astonishing achievement

today, let alone some 700 years ago,

and they are some of the finest examples of medieval craftsmanship

you will find in Europe.

And they attract thousands of visitors each year,

including a young wizard and his friends.

Well, if they're good enough for Harry Potter,

they're good enough for us.

Welcome to "Flog It!"

The medieval artistry and craftsmanship on display

within the cathedral is breathtaking.

From the intricate stonework...

..to the soaring vaulted ceiling,

with its heavenly orchestra of angels.

And the huge windows of coloured glass,

casting shadows of jewelled light.

Everything's been designed to inspire all.

And it certainly does.

But just as awe-inspiring is this fantastic queue.

Here today hundreds of people have turned up with, as of yet,

undiscovered treasures crafted by unknown hands from unknown lands

for our experts to muse over.

Of course, this lot want to ask that all important question, which is...

-ALL:

-What's it worth?

And if you're happy with your valuation, what are you going to do?

"Flog It!"!

Right, let's get this lot inside.

Before that, let's meet our experts,

Philip Serrell.

You have just been royally stickered, you have.

And the security conscious Michael Baggott.

Bag inspection, bag inspection.

Both are ready to do battle in their own unique way.

Don't you dare. Don't you dare.

-Don't you dare.

-They don't like it up 'em.

Very Dad's Army!

All right, OK.

In today's programme, Michael's in for a nice surprise.

I thought it was a garden ornament, to be honest.

It's a garden ornament? Whenever I've been dragged down

the garden centre, I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.

If I had, I'd have bust out into a run, almost.

And even I get carried away.

You've made my day.

-Philip spoilt it at the valuation.

-I know!

These magnificent columns that you can see in the nave are part of the

earliest Norman building.

Now, they have outlasted the original wooden structure

and the thatched roof.

The red stains that you can see around the bases,

that's evidence of an early fire.

Now, that must've been some inferno.

Talking of fireworks, here is our first valuation.

-Margaret, how you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-What brings you to "Flog It!"?

-Oh, I love "Flog It!"

-You love "Flog It!" Say it louder.

-Oh, I do.

-Hold on.

Who is your "Flog It!" favourite?

-Paul Martin.

-What?

Yes. Well, and you, and you.

-That's all right.

-I like you, as well.

-That's all right.

-Yeah, of course.

-What have you brought along for us?

I've brought you some measures.

They were in my father's shop and he worked for his uncle and his cousin.

So is that the...?

George Alder was my father's...

-From Stroud?

-From Stroud.

This is a seed catalogue.

Right. And who was GF Alder?

He was my father's uncle.

And they grew their own seed.

-This is my father.

-That's your dad.

-Yes.

-And he worked there, did he?

-Yes.

-So he would have used these?

-Yes.

-So these are seed measures.

So someone who came into the shop

and wanted half a pint of Marigold seeds,

you scooped them out and that's the seed measure.

-Yeah, that's right.

-And what's lovely about these is the fact that

they're all stamped up and, because a measure,

you can't just say that's a pint or half pint, it's got the GR,

-or George's stamp on it.

-Yeah, that's right.

And this one has got ER on it. Which is Edward, isn't it?

-Yes.

-And that's... They're stamped with the reign of the monarch

and they are actually...

It just basically guarantees the measure, doesn't it?

That's right, that's right.

And this one, which is also...

That's a half gallon and that's such a lovely colour, isn't it?

-Yes.

-This is patinate. Patinate, it's the lines on its hands,

it's the wrinkles on its face,

it just tells you where it's been all of its life.

And it's just lovely.

It's like chewed toffee.

Why would your family have kept these?

Well, we've always had them, since the shop closed down.

When did the shop shut?

I think it was in the 1970s.

But these wouldn't have been worth a great deal then, would they?

-No.

-So you just kept them.

-Oh, yes.

-In a way, that's been quite clever, hasn't it?

-Yes.

Why do you want to sell them now?

Just to meet that Paul Martin.

That's what you want to do! You just want to meet that Paul Martin.

Yes. I would, yeah. I wanted

to sell them because they just collect dust, really.

-I think they're lovely.

-Although I use them for pens.

That's a waste paper basket.

A wastepaper basket. What do you think they're going to make them?

Oh, I don't think they'll make much.

What, ten or 15 quid? Really?

Each?

-No, the lot.

-Really?

Yes.

I think you're wrong.

I think we can put a £50 reserve on them and we'll estimate them

at £60 to £90 and it wouldn't surprise me,

it really wouldn't surprise me, if they made over 100.

Lovely. Thank you. Thank you.

I'm hoping that I might have just overtaken that Paul Martin.

-Yes, definitely. Definitely.

-Yes, OK, cut.

Don't need any more at all, thank you.

So Philip's fan club is up and running

with a healthy membership of one.

Let's see how Michael's doing.

John, Julie, you've brought a "Flog It!" favourite,

a closed box. A closed jewellery box.

Now, you know what's in it, and I peaked earlier,

so shall we do the big reveal?

-Let's do it.

-Yes, please.

Look at that for a brooch.

My goodness. That's going to divide opinion, isn't it?

-Mm-hm.

-I think it will.

-Is it something that you both like, or...?

We both like it, but not like it enough to not want to sell it.

-I have worn it.

-You have worn it?

-I've only worn it once.

Our son got married in January, and I wore it with my wedding outfit.

But it's not the sort of thing I would wear normally.

-It's a bold statement, isn't it?

-Yes.

-It is indeed.

I mean, what we've got, it's these two grey baroque pearls.

And when we say Baroque, all that means is they're an irregular shape.

And someone's looked at them, a jeweller, and thought,

"What can we do with these?"

Now, in the Renaissance, in the 16th century,

they often used them as the bodies of figures.

-Yes.

-So this jeweller's got the inspiration

and made two little plump birds.

And then they've gone and they've covered it with the most

-ornate and gaudy enamel colours.

-Mm-hm.

And that says to me the 1950s...

-Right, right.

-..into the 1960s.

Where did it come from, though, did you buy it, or...?

No, my mother-in-law left it to me.

She wore it a lot as well.

I've had it out and looked very meticulously.

There's one mark, which is 750...

-Yes.

-..which is the continental way of expressing 18-carat gold.

-Right.

-Right.

-750 parts per thousand.

-Sure.

There's also a smaller mark in a punch that's shapes

rather like that.

But that punch outline is typical for Italian makers

and Italian marks.

-Italy, right.

-And I can well assume that was made in Italy in the '50s

into the early '60s.

Good news and bad news.

Probably, when your mother-in-law was wearing it,

it actually wasn't in fashion, you know.

It had gone completely out of it, it was all elegant jewellery.

Now, the younger people, they like '50s and '60s, they like all this...

I hate to say the words retro and vintage ever coming out of my mouth.

-Yes, indeed.

-But this is the high-end of it.

-Yeah.

So we look at it and we say

there's an amount of gold there that's worth £100.

You've got a couple of pearls there that are probably worth £50 to £100.

So the best thing we can do is put it into auction

with £200-300 on it.

Are you happy that we pop it in for that?

-That's fine.

-Why are you parting with it now, though?

Cos you've wore it at least once.

I've worn it once. The main reason is we wanted to come to "Flog It!"

-We wanted...

-It's our fault!

-We are responsible.

-We wanted a "Flog It!" experience.

-Oh, well.

-My wife was left a lot of jewellery

and that's the one that, you know...

That's the piece that has very little sentimental attachments?

-Absolutely, yes.

-Well, let's, I dare say, oh...

It's a pun, but let's hope these two little chicks fly away

-at the auction.

-Excellent.

-Thanks very much.

-Thank you very much, Michael, thank you.

-Thank you, Michael.

Leaving the tables for a moment, I've ascended to take a closer look

at one of the cathedral's treasures.

ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS

Towering above our valuation tables is this vast organ.

It was built in 1662 to commemorate the return of the monarchy

after the English Civil War, during which time,

the organ and the choir were silenced.

I guess its size and its exuberant decoration reflect the joy

of having music reinstated into the cathedral.

It's definitely a statement piece.

Well, the organist definitely has one of the best seats in the house.

From up here, you get a completely different perspective

of the building.

Here, you have the choir with its vast vaulted ceiling

and it's great east window, full of colour from the stained glass.

And here, the nave with those gigantic Norman columns.

But right now, it's time to catch up with our experts and hopefully

Philip Serrell will be pulling out all the stops with his next item.

Eileen, if I said to you, "Who was probably one of the most famous of

"20th-century potters that there was in this country?"

what name would you use?

-I would say Bernard Leach every time.

-You would say Bernard Leach.

-Yes.

-He was the man, wasn't he?

-He was.

-And that's not by Bernard Leach, is it?

-No, it isn't, that's David.

That's his son. I would think this is about mid-1950s.

Yeah. Well, I had it as a wedding present in 1955.

It's not going to be any later then, is it?

-Can't be any later.

-We've narrowed it down.

-Can't be any later,

but it might be earlier.

And what's lovely, you can just see there, DL, can't you?

Yeah, that's his moniker, yeah.

David Leach. I mean, for 1950s, I think that's quite forward-thinking.

Well, this is it.

Most of Bernard Leach's pottery is very modern looking now.

Yeah. When did you appreciate what it was?

Oh, at the time. I knew all about...

I was an art student when I was younger

and I did know about pottery.

I wasn't very successful myself, but I had learned

quite a little bit about...

You have a good eye

and you can tell that from talking to you and listening to you.

-And do you like it?

-I do, I love it.

So why are you selling it?

I'm not doing anything with it.

I don't collect...

..pottery. Somebody might.

Somebody who likes to collect the Leaches, they might want it.

-What do you think?

-I think it's a lovely thing.

I'm not quite sure.

It's sort of... This is...

supposedly fixed to the wall, isn't it?

Yes, we used to have it on the wall.

-And that fits in there.

-That fits inside.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

One thing we haven't discussed with this is

-what it's going to make, have we?

-No.

-Not a lot.

-Have you got any ideas?

Well, I did have a valuation some months, six months or so ago.

Oh, this is where I get all ears.

And they said about 100.

I think that I would estimate it at £80 to 120.

I think the time's right for 20th century design.

-I think it's a thing that's very in at the moment.

-Yeah.

And our business is very driven by fashion.

Some days, prices are there.

-Yeah.

-And then the next day, it's down there.

-Yeah.

That's it. It's knowing the right moment, isn't it?

-This stuff is collectable. I have to say...

-Yes.

-..if I owned this...

-You wouldn't bother with that.

-..I'd probably consign that to the bin.

-No.

Well, let's confirm then that we'll put it into auction.

-OK.

-And we'll put an £80 to 120 estimate on it.

-Right.

-And a fixed reserve of £80.

-How's that?

-OK.

-Is that all right?

-Yep.

It's been really lovely talking to you.

-Nice talking to you, Philip.

-Thank you.

-And we'll meet again.

-We will indeed.

Well, we've all been working flat-out and, as you've just seen,

our experts have found their first items to take off to the saleroom.

This is where it gets exciting.

Anything can happen, so don't go away.

And here's a quick recap of the items

that are going under the hammer.

Philip's estimate is spot on for Margaret's set of

early 20th-century seed measures.

There are plenty of reasons to bid

for this pretty pearl and enamelled brooch.

And owning an original Bernard Leach is beyond most of our means,

but Eileen's David Leach pot is an affordable alternative.

For today's sale, we've travelled across the county to

Moore, Allen & Innocent, situated just outside of Cirencester.

Now, fingers crossed it's going to be packed inside,

full of bidders wanting to go home with our lots.

I know we're going to be assured of a warm welcome from the proprietor,

and auctioneer, Philip Allwood.

Let's catch up with our owners.

The commission here today is 15%, plus VAT.

And first up, it's Eileen's pot.

-A little bit of David Leach.

-Yes.

-Son of the grand master, Bernard Leach.

-Absolutely.

-I mean, it's a great name in the history of studio pottery.

-It is.

But there's something so contemporary looking about this.

We talk a lot about good design and good shape and good form.

And that's what you've got to look for and this has the lot.

Right now, we're going to learn exactly what this goes for.

It's going under the hammer right now.

Let's hand things over to Philip Allwood.

Who'll start me at 100? 50 to get on.

At £30 bid only then, £30 bid.

Five if you'd like now. £30, five.

40. Five.

At 45, 50 now.

50. Five.

At 55. 60 now.

At £55.

At 55. 60 anywhere?

At £55. 60. 60.

Five, then. At 65.

Come on, we're selling this.

At £65. On the book at 65. 70 anywhere?

At £65. 70 anywhere?

At 65.

That one needs a little bit more, as well, ladies and gentlemen.

-I can't believe that.

-I'm not surprised.

-I can't believe that.

-I don't think the time is right.

-I think it is.

-I do, as well.

-You think it is?

-I think it's so right.

Everybody is into that.

-Look, we're sorry that didn't sell.

-That's all right, Paul.

-Not to worry.

-I think that should go home.

-I'm quite happy to take it home.

-Treasure it. It's a little joy.

If I could get around better, I would look for more pieces

-now and make a...

-Exactly.

So Eileen's pot lives to play another day,

whilst Julie and John's brooch takes the stage.

Good luck, Julie and John.

Fingers crossed we get this away at the top end.

We're talking about the '50s cocktail jewellery.

This has got an immense amount of work it, its enamel, it's pearl.

It's not too everybody's taste,

but this is the jewellery that younger people are starting to be

interested in and hopefully they'll be bidding today.

Italians 50. It's going under the hammer right now.

At 150 bid. 150.

160 now.

At 150. 160 now, then.

160. 170. 180, did you mean?

180. 190. 200. At 200 at the back here.

At 200. You're out on my left. At £200. It's on my right, now.

-At £200.

-Spot on, Michael.

-200.

-Hammer's gone down. £200.

-Thank you.

-He was spot on, wasn't he?

-Well done, Michael.

-More by luck than judgment.

Thank you so much.

So those birds have flown the nest

and now it's the set of seed measures

belonging to Philip's number one fan, Margaret.

OK, going under the hammer right now,

my favourite lot in the whole sale. Literally in the whole sale.

And there's around 900 lots here, Margaret.

You've made my day.

Philip spoilt it at the valuation.

No, he didn't, actually. Had such a good time.

I'm really pleased that you picked these,

because I know you're a man like me who loves stuff like this.

Why don't you want to keep these?

-Well, I have kept them for a good while.

-Yeah.

But I thought somebody else might like them for a change.

-Well, they're divine.

-But I shall miss them.

-I bet you will.

-Yes.

-They're so tactile.

-Yes.

When you pick them up, you hold them and you go,

"Someone's loved these for a long time."

You say someone else might like them.

There's two people here that would love them.

Hey, look, good luck. Good luck.

Fingers crossed, everyone. This is it.

The grain measures and the Alder of Stroud seed pamphlets there.

A good little lot this. Should be 100. Where are you going to be?

Start me. 50 to get on, then. At 50, a bid there.

Thank you. At 50. At £50.

At five, if you like, now. Five. 60. Five. 70. Five.

80. Five.

-90.

-Come on.

-Five.

100. 110. At 110.

120 now. At 110 I have.

At £110.

All out in front of me, then, now. At £110.

Are you all done?

-Sold top end. That's good. We're happy?

-That's good.

-Margaret, yes?

-Wonderful.

-They've gone.

-Thank you.

And hopefully they've gone to a good home, a good collector.

-Yes, yes.

-And they'll never be split up.

-Yes.

-Lovely.

-Thank you very much.

-You made our day, anyway.

-Oh, good, I'm so glad.

You made our day at the valuation, you put another smile on my face.

-Yes, she's a lovely, lovely lady.

-Bless you.

-Thank you so much.

-Lovely to see you. Bye-bye.

-Oh, bye-bye.

If you've got anything like that, we want to see you.

Bring it along to one of our valuation days,

so you can be standing here just like Margaret,

going home with a bit of money.

We've had a tremendous turnout today

and there's still a lot more to get through.

Our experts are working flat out

to find an item worthy of such surroundings.

Let's catch up with them for our next item.

Lucy, I think you've made not only my day,

but my week and my month and my year...

-Oh, my goodness.

-..by bringing in this chap here.

-Right.

-Before I attempt to tell you anything about it...

-Right.

-What's the provenance with it? What history do you have?

Basically, it's a friend of mine who's actually 85,

gave it to me about three years ago.

I know it's from her friend, who gave it to her,

and it belonged to her dad, who was a French sea captain.

-It's a pot, obviously.

-Yes.

-Do you know any more about it?

I thought it was a garden ornament, to be honest.

-It's a garden ornament.

-That's as much as I know.

Whenever I've been dragged down the garden centre,

-I don't think I've ever seen a thing like this.

-Well, it's terracotta.

If I had, I'd have bust out into a run, almost.

It is terracotta, it's painted terracotta. A very simple thing.

It's potted. It seems to be seamed along the edge here.

So it possibly could have been moulded and put together.

What I find most interesting, to begin with, is what's on the back.

I know, I wondered that.

And we've wondered what language it's written in.

I thought it was French.

Someone who knows Spanish thinks that they can decipher part of it.

-Right.

-Which is "the gift to the captain".

-Right.

-And I think, personally,

-there's a date there which says about 1876.

-Really? Oh, my goodness.

It also mentions a place name.

Chichenable.

-Right.

-Now that's not a million miles away

from South American names of very old and ancient cities.

-OK.

-And this is where this chap comes from.

He's a pre-Columbian pot.

-Really?

-So before Columbus went to America.

Pre-Columbian pot.

There were civilisations,

there was the Zapotec and the Mayan civilisation.

-Right.

-Which produced pots of this similar iconography.

-We've got the earrings.

-Yeah, I thought that.

-Yes.

-And then we've got, as a surmount on his hat,

-this sort of monkey figurine.

-Yeah. Oh, gosh.

Now, I didn't realise that was a monkey.

-So he's a monkey - we assume - god.

-Yes. Oh, I didn't know that, either.

And he's obviously a warrior,

or he's preparing to take part in one of their vicious games.

-Oh. Right. He's got a weapon, hasn't he?

-He's got his weapon.

-Weapon, yeah.

-He's got his small shield. It's a fascinating thing.

It would have been something

that would have been buried for a long time.

So, how old do you think it is, then?

Potentially, it could be 600 to 1,000 years old.

No! I can't believe it.

Not to excite you too much, a lot of this stuff does survive.

-Right, OK.

-You know, they dig it up in South America and Mexico

-quite a lot.

-Right.

-And we are not able today to tell you precisely

-which culture it belongs to.

-OK.

And what the date is. We can say it's pre-Columbian.

But it's fascinating.

And we've got a pot on this table which is...

..possibly as old as the building we're sitting in.

-I'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you.

-It's not a garden ornament.

-Don't put it in the garden.

-I thought it had a bit of age.

But, you know, not quite that much age.

-I think that's putting it mildly, don't you?

-Yes.

Value. It deserves a decent valuation.

-£200 to 400.

-OK.

Reserve of £200. So if you're happy...

-I'm very happy.

-..to put your garden pot...

-I am very happy.

-..in the auction.

-..to put it in the auction.

I'm very happy you came along today.

That's brilliant. Well, thank you very much.

-No, thank you. And thank him.

-Yes, brilliant.

-And let's hope he's a benevolent fellow.

-I hope so.

We'll see you at the auction.

-That will be great. That would be brilliant. Thank you.

-A pleasure.

Well, that's a "Flog It!" first. A bit of pre-Columbian pottery.

Isn't that lovely? Look at this.

And it still works. Good luck with that.

Finally, it's Michael and a gleaming Art Nouveau bowl.

Joy, thank you for bringing in this very intriguing and beautifully

polished bowl. What can you tell me about it?

It belongs to my mother-in-law, who's had it, I think,

since probably about the 1960s.

-Oh.

-She used to use it when she was entertaining,

and used it to serve bread, and so on.

-Oh, lovely.

-She hasn't used it for many years now and has now decided

she'd like to sell it.

When she had it, as far as you know, was it all polished like this?

She polished it before she handed it over to us,

I'm not sure she was meant to do that.

Right. No, well we'll get back to that later,

because that raises an interesting point.

We've obviously got an Art Nouveau pewter bowl.

And if we flip it over, there's one name we want to see...

..which is Liberty. And there we go.

"English pewter, made by Liberty & Co."

It would be nice if it said Tudric. Which is the...

..range name for pewter made for Liberty & Co,

but this may predate that,

because we've got a very early Liberty patent number.

-Right.

-0535.

-And they will relate to a specific designer.

-Right.

But the name you look for and hope for is Archibald Knox.

That gifted Isle of Man designer.

-And this is a Knox piece.

-We thought so.

And when you look at it, you can see his use of entrelac motifs.

These Celtic knots and of nature,

absolutely entwining with one another.

Very intricate and pierced. Lovely thing.

Now, this is exactly how it would have looked at Liberty's

when it was sold in about 1900, 1905.

-That old. Right.

-But, pewter...

Basically, it was made to simulate silver.

It was that planished, polished pewter.

Over time, pewter discolours and it goes a very dark grey.

There are two schools of thought about what you do.

The purists would never have you touch it.

They want it in utterly original condition, so from Liberty's,

untouched until today, and they're very dark pewter bodies.

The other school of thought is,

well, Knox didn't design them like that,

he meant that they should be polished and shiny.

So what your mother-in-law has done is very much in keeping with Knox's

original thoughts and designs,

it just affects the value ever so slightly with collectors.

I think we would be sensible if we said...

..120 up to about £180.

Fixed reserve of 120.

And we'll hope that all the people that like polished Knox are there on

the sale day and it goes above that.

-Do you think she will be happy with that?

-I hope so, yes.

Marvellous, marvellous. We'll do that and I hope, on the day,

that we get maybe up to that £200 mark for her.

-But thank you very much for bringing this in.

-Thank you.

-Pleasure.

Well, sadly, it's time to leave Gloucester Cathedral

and its centuries of history as we head back to the saleroom.

I've got my favourites.

You've probably got yours, but right now it's down to the bidders.

Here's a quick recap of what's going under the hammer.

Well, I've never seen a pre-Columbian

monkey warrior terracotta pot before.

It should create a buzz in the saleroom.

To shine or not to shine? The eternal debate.

Will the bidders decide in the saleroom?

First up, it's Joy's Art Nouveau pewter bowl.

Going under the hammer right now, a bit of Archibald Knox, yes.

It's that wonderful early Liberty's bowl belonging to Joy.

In fact it's mother-in-law's, isn't it?

And you're selling this on her behalf.

A great name. Everyone loves his designs.

Probably Liberty's best known designer.

-Synonymous with Liberty's, really.

-Absolutely.

Fingers crossed, anyway. Let's hope we get the top end.

It's going under the hammer right now. Good luck. This is it.

The Archibald Knox for Liberty dish here.

Start me at 100. That would be cheap, wouldn't it?

£100, a bid there. Thank you. At £100 on my right, now.

100. 110 on my left. At 120. At 120 on my right, now.

120 here. At 120. Lady's bid at 130.

140. 150. 160. 170. 180.

At 180. Lady's bid at 180.

190, back in.

At 190. 200.

At 200. The lady's bid at 200. 220 now?

At £200. Right in front of me now, then.

Lady's bid at 200.

Yes. Nice round figure. £200. That's brilliant. Wasn't it? Very happy.

-He never lets us down, does he?

-No, he doesn't.

We caught up with the new owner

before she left with her happy purchase.

It's a very nice piece of...

..Art Nouveau pewter, and what I particularly liked about it

was the simplicity of it, and of course its age.

And I just thought, "Got to have it."

I think it was a fair price.

There was a bit of a battle going on for it.

But I'm not one to give in when I really like something, so I didn't.

Now, for Lucy's pre-Columbian figure.

Before the sale, I asked Philip,

the auctioneer, what he thought about it.

It's very hard to be absolutely certain

about these things when they come into a sale.

There are a lot of these pieces produced through the 18th,

19th, and well into the 20th and 21st century.

So I was very glad to have a true verification

given for this piece by relevant specialists.

I would expect it to be fairly keenly contested,

but only to a level.

Well, that only adds to the intrigue of this item.

Here it is now.

OK, the moment I have been waiting for

since that valuation day in that wonderful cathedral.

I mean, that was an old building,

but I think what we're selling right now has to be,

I think you will agree, the oldest thing on the show so far.

-Yes.

-Which Michael spotted. Thank you for bringing it in.

It's an absolute pleasure.

On the day, we said it might be 15th century or earlier.

-Yes.

-Well, we've done subsequent research.

It's a lot earlier. It's the first pre-Columbian civilisation.

So this is quite exciting. You can learn so much on this show.

-You do.

-What do you think of this, Lucy? Now you want to keep it?

Well, it makes you feel a bit strange about it,

because it is so old, you know. I'm fascinated. I'm fascinated.

It's the most perplexing and intriguing object

we've ever had on "Flog It!"

-Certainly I've ever seen.

-That's brilliant.

I'm thrilled. I'm so excited. I hope somebody really wants it.

Anyway, look, it's up there, right now.

-This is your lot going under the hammer.

-Fingers crossed.

Don't go away, don't make a cup of tea. Watch this. Here we go.

The warrior with the sword and shield there, Northern Peru.

Nice and early, between 100 and 800 AD.

And I have to start you here on the book at £200.

At 200, I'm bid here. At 200. 220 now, if you like.

At £200. A good early piece.

At 220. 240.

260. 280. 300. 320.

-They want it.

-340. 360.

At 360. 380, now.

At 360 here. At £360.

-He's going to sell at 360.

-Are you all sure at 360?

Yes. Hammer's gone down. Good valuation, Michael.

Well, it's the top end of our estimate.

-Yes. Absolutely.

-The only thing is,

you see these pots make a lot more money when the glazes are intact.

-Yes.

-Because the glazes on these, when they're just excavated,

are like chocolate and they're shining.

So it's had 130 years of wear.

It might have been out in the garden for some of that.

It's an absolutely fascinating piece of history.

That is a little document of social history from Peru.

-It is, absolutely.

-Has it made you think, "Oh, actually,

"I should really gen up on this a bit more and read about it?"

Yeah, because you don't know anything about these things, do you?

Until, well, I thought...

-Until you met up with Michael at the valuation day.

-Exactly.

It started me off on a whole round of reading

and research and you just look at them and it's so fascinating.

If you've got something like that, we want to flog it!

It's been a terrific day and we've seen some weird and wonderful items

and met some delightful people.

And I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have.

From all of us here in Gloucester, until the next time, it's goodbye.