0:00:02 > 0:00:03Well, it's considered to be
0:00:03 > 0:00:06one of the finest natural harbours in the world.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Dame Ellen MacArthur set sail from here
0:00:09 > 0:00:13on her solo record-breaking voyage around the world.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16And I also come from here. So, where are we?
0:00:16 > 0:00:18- CROWD:- Falmouth!- Yes!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Cornwall boasts the longest coastline in Great Britain
0:00:45 > 0:00:47and has a rich seafaring heritage.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51One town where that's most apparent is here in Falmouth.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55So much so, it's home to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The county's maritime heritage is kept here
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and today, it's the setting for our valuation day.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Hundreds of people have turned out.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07In fact, the whole town has turned up,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10laden with antiques and collectables,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13all hoping to see our experts to get a great valuation.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And if you're happy with that valuation,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- what are you going to do? CROWD:- Flog it!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Is it something you're thinking of selling?- Yes, I could do.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Charles Hanson is new to "Flog It!",
0:01:24 > 0:01:26although he's keeping his job options open.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29What's a local Cornish trade down here?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32What would I be doing down here if I was living down here?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- Making pasties.- Making pasties? - Yes, pasties.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38And Caroline Hawley is on the lookout for something that has legs.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Oh, she's pretty, isn't she?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Look, she can do the cancan, can't she? Whoo!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45While everyone makes their way through the museum,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48let's take a quick look at what's coming up.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54It's time to give this old boat a new lease of life.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Last time you sailed it?- Oh, 18.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Just before I went in the National Service.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- That long ago?- That long ago. - It's been in your loft since then?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Which is a bit sad, isn't it? - Oh, crikey!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Find somebody to use it.- Absolutely.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07And a twist on an old "Flog It!" favourite
0:02:07 > 0:02:09is the unusual piece of Clarice Cliff.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13But will it live up to expectations?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And today, I'll be delving into the vaults of Falmouth Art Gallery
0:02:17 > 0:02:22to share with you a unique collection by a late-19th-century Cornish artist
0:02:22 > 0:02:26whose choice of subject matter turned him into a controversial figure.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Well, there's a real buzz here in the museum -
0:02:30 > 0:02:32the most wonderful atmosphere -
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and we are literally surrounded by boats of all shapes and sizes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38And I've already picked out some of my favourites,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40and that is one of them -
0:02:40 > 0:02:43a Brazilian fishing raft known as a jangada.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Well, our experts are already hard at work,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48so let's now catch up with them and see what they've spotted.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51- Marjorie.- Hello.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57I saw this mascot glint out of your bag earlier on today.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59And, of course, that motorcar,
0:02:59 > 0:03:04of which this mascot came off, was the Riley Alpine six-cylinder?
0:03:04 > 0:03:05- No, the Kestrel. - Oh, was it the Kestrel?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Yes. The Riley Kestrel. - Wonderful. Wonderful.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- Of around 1930?- 1938.- Wonderful.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Wonderful. Tell me how you acquired it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16We had the car that went with it.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Unfortunately, we divorced
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- and my ex-husband had the car...- Yes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24..and could not find this
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- and I found it about a year later... - Yes.- ..in the loft.- Oh, right.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- Um, so, I've had it still, which is about 28 years.- Yes.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- So, he might want it back? - No.- No. OK.- No.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Well, that's good to hear. - He can't have it back.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- THEY LAUGH - Fine.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It almost captures high living
0:03:44 > 0:03:47at a time when the Depression was happening
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- of the late 1930s... - When there wasn't very much.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52..when the war was just beginning
0:03:52 > 0:03:57and this wonderful mascot was very much alive and firing.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03We worry often about reproductions, but we can tell from your story,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06first and foremost, it has good pedigree
0:04:06 > 0:04:07and it has good provenance.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It would be a chrome plate or a nickel plate.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13There's a huge market. Collectables.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Particularly the new generation, they love buying objects
0:04:17 > 0:04:20which capture the history of skiing as well.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21And this certainly does that, doesn't it?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Yes, it does, definitely.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- And I would like to estimate it at between 200 and 300.- Yes.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Have a fixed reserve at £200 and I really hope...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Sometimes, with a market, you need to ignite it.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- I'd rather get bidders competing together...- Yes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40..and hopefully giving her a good send-off downhill...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Yes.- ..or uphill... - That sounds good.- ..in bidding.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Is she going, going, gone? - Yes, I think so.- Fine.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Between £200 and £300. - Yeah, that's lovely.- Can't wait.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- OK.- See you at the auction.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Thank you very much for your help.- Pleasure.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Well, let's hope it's not an uphill climb.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Anyone here from Falmouth? - Yeah!- Yes!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Penryn?- Yes!- Oh, only the one?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Hey, do you know, we used to play rugby against Penryn.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I went to Falmouth School and, gosh, those tackles went in hard.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I used to go home with some bruises. What about Truro?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15PEOPLE CHEER Yes! Flushing?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16St Mawes?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Did you get the ferry across? - Playing Place!- Playing Place.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Budock Water! And it just goes on and on and on.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Well, somewhere in this building is Caroline,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and we're going to catch up with her right now
0:05:25 > 0:05:28because I know she is looking at a real treasure.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Chris, Sue.- Hi.- Tell me...
0:05:32 > 0:05:34First of all, I spotted you in the queue,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- didn't I, with your waistcoat? - Yeah.- I adore it.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Tell me about it. It's not Scottish tartan, is it?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44No, this is the Cornish national tartan, it's called.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Is it really?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48And did you buy that here, then, or have you had it made?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Um, it was a present from Sue, actually.- I had it made for him.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Yeah.- Did you?- He has to have...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55He's a bit portly around the middle, so...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- THEY LAUGH - He looks great in it.- He does.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Now, we need to talk a little bit about this.- We do.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Now, Newlyn School, as you know, set up in 1890.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Still going today. Some wonderful copper makers.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12This is a pomegranate pattern.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It was one of the things that appealed to me
0:06:14 > 0:06:18because it wasn't the usual marine sort of theme which you get.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20No, it's not. It's not at all.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24And it's generally in very good condition.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27However, you have been rather overzealous with your polishing.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28No, it wasn't me.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- It was whoever had it before. - "It wasn't me!" Was it Chris?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Wasn't me, no. - It wasn't me. I didn't do it.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I don't want to start a domestic.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37But copper is a very, very soft metal, as you know,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and with too much polishing, you can wear through.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- And here, you've got a hole, so that does affect the value.- Yes.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47But there are two pluses, which is good.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50One is it's stamped Newlyn under here,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and two is the size. It's humongous.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- It is.- It's wonderful and I think it's very, very pretty.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Do you use it or have you displayed it?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01We've had it on display,
0:07:01 > 0:07:07but it was a bit of a whimsical buy on my part at an auction
0:07:07 > 0:07:11and, really, I need the funds now more than I need the tray, so...
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Right. Well, I don't know what you paid for it,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- but I'll tell you a sort of value...- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23..that I would put on it now is 80 to 120...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Yeah.- ..which would be a safe value.- Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And tell me now, what did you pay for it?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- 150.- 150?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- We've all done it.- We have.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I've had lots of them, I tell you. But that is gorgeous.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Thank you so much, both of you, for bringing it along...
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Thanks for looking. - ..and we'll see you soon.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- OK.- Right, thanks.- Bye.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45It's nice to see some local antiques
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and another local trade here in Falmouth is -
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I'm sure you've guessed it - sailing.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52How do you know your port from your starboard?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55That's one of the most basic navigational terms.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Well, port is left because left has four letters in it
0:07:58 > 0:08:00and port has four letters in it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Starboard is right. That's the easy way to remember it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Back at the valuation tables, it's all hands on deck,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12and I wonder if Charles knows his port from his starboard.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Alan, I was hoping to set sail today
0:08:16 > 0:08:19and find something with a maritime flavour here in Falmouth,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- and you hit it on the right spot.- Lovely.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Tell me how long you've had it for, Alan.- Since I was 16.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- 16?- 16.- Goodness! - In the 1950s, yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31And is it something, I suppose, as a young man, you played with?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- It was a boys' toys...?- Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Used to take it on the bus to the local pond and sail it.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Did you really?- In London, yes. - Yeah? Yeah?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- And it came from London originally? - It came from London.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42The name is Highgate Model Yacht Club...
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Oh, wonderful.- ..which is where I used to take it back and sail it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46- Did you really?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48And it would be, what, 1920s originally?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Originally 1920s.- Fine. OK.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54There's a date in the hatch here - a rebuilding date -
0:08:54 > 0:08:58which tells us it was rebuilt in 1949.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- The last time any work was done on it.- Wonderful.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04I can see in here it says fitted out by a firm in Highgate.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Yes.- It's wonderful. So, my ignorance, Alan -
0:09:08 > 0:09:12as a young boy, when you were floating this on water,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14would you just judge the wind speed and let it sail?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Yeah, you'd look at the wind pattern on the pond
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and then set all these different things up
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and it was self-steer.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23But if you got it right, it'd come back to you.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- If not, you had to run before it got to the other bank.- Really?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Fascinating.- It's handmade, of course.- Absolutely handmade.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30You can see the studded...
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- There's little screws there. - Absolutely.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34The deck's in good condition.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Remarkably, Alan, what I like about it
0:09:36 > 0:09:39is the condition is so, so good.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41What's that note on the end there, Alan?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- That's the original receipt from the owner.- Really?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47You'll see that my father paid three pounds for it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49"Received - sum of three pounds
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- "in agreement of the Ten R..." - Ten Racer.- "..Ten Racer yacht."
0:09:53 > 0:10:00- And this is a receipt from, yes, 1953...- Yeah, '53.- '53,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- when your father bought it in a coronation year.- Yes.- Well done.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06So, for Queen and country, you set sail.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- You're now 75?- 77.- 77.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Last time you sailed it?- Oh, 18.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Just before I went in the National Service.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- That long ago?- That long ago. - It's been in your loft since then?
0:10:16 > 0:10:17- Which is a bit sad, isn't it? - Oh, crikey!
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Time somebody used it. - Absolutely. What's it worth?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23No idea. Not now.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26No, no, I'd be quite cautious in saying to you
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- I would like to put it into the sale with a guide price of 100...- Yes.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- ..to £150.- OK, yes. - And I feel that's realistic.- Yeah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- It's the sort of thing, on a bad day, could make 60.- Yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40On a good day, it could make £200.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Excellent. - We're going to flog it.- Thank you.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Are you sure?- Yeah.- Can't wait. Going, going, gone.- Excellent.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Charles is right.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52If someone falls in love with it, the model yacht could sail away.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Now, Caroline has managed to find
0:10:53 > 0:10:56something with no connection to the sea!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Hello, Anne.- Hello, Caroline.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Thank you for coming and bringing your lovely bowl!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- You've had it forever, haven't you? - Yes.- So tell me...- My christening.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Who gave it to you?- Godmother.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Aw, and did you use it, then, as a child?- Oh, yes!
0:11:10 > 0:11:11I'm afraid it has been used.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14How it never got broken, I have no idea.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Well, you were a good girl, that's why!
0:11:16 > 0:11:17THEY LAUGH
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Well, it's lovely. Do you know anything about it?
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Haven't got a clue.- Now, I think it dates from the 1930s.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Does that tie in?- Yes. - I don't want to be indelicate.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29I was born in 1937.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Were you?- Yes!- Well, that's spot-on, isn't it? So far, so good.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37- And it's beautifully illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell...- Yeah.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41..and this is so iconic of the '30s,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45and she based these designs on her daughter Peggy.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Oh, really?- Can you see Peggy poking out of a house there?- Yeah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52But I think you've scraped your spoon a bit, haven't you?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Yeah.- You've been scraping up that porridge.- That's it!
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Did you use it every day?- Yes.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01It's great and it's got a great maker. It's made by Shelley.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Oh, is it?- Which is lovely.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05So if we have a look at the back, here.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Shelley...- Right. - ..and it's not damaged at all.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11As I say, the only wear is
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- where you've rubbed your spoon. - It's a bit worn.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17But I like it, and other people like things like this.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Do they collect them, then? - Yes, they do,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24but the collectors, they really like them in mint condition,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28which I think's sad. I think it's nicer to have one has been used.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Well, you can see it's been loved. - You can see it's been loved.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32It brings me to put a value on it.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35It was a very generous present when it was given.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Was it?- Yes, they weren't cheap,
0:12:37 > 0:12:42and I think now, it would get £20-£40.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Right.- I think, to be certain of it selling...
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- Yeah.- ..if we put a reserve of £15, a fixed reserve.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Right? - And see where it goes from there.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Fine.- Would you be happy with that?- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- It's only in the cupboard doing nothing.- Aw!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58And then you'll come to the auction and see it? It'll be very exciting.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Yeah, I'd love to. - Aw, well, thank you very much.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- It's a pleasure to meet you, Anne. - Thank you very much for choosing it!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Thank you!
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Before we head off to auction,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10there's something I'd like to show you.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19In 1972, a family from Falmouth hit the news headlines
0:13:19 > 0:13:22when they were rescued from near death at sea.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Film crews captured the moment they were safely brought to shore.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Their father, Dougal Robertson,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32described just how desperate they had been.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35We heard you were hit by a whale?
0:13:35 > 0:13:41Just as our schooner was sunk by an attack of killer whales...
0:13:43 > 0:13:45..we sank in a very short time.
0:13:45 > 0:13:51We were unable to collect any stores or water,
0:13:51 > 0:13:59and had to survive from the sea for as long as we were able.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08The Robertson family story all began on the 27th of January 1971.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Mum, Dad, two teenage children and 12-year-old twins
0:14:12 > 0:14:14set sail from this harbour in Falmouth
0:14:14 > 0:14:17on a 43-foot schooner called Lucette.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19The plan was to sail around the world.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Although the trip had taken a couple of years to organise,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26the family was equipped for the voyage.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Dad, Dougal Robertson, was an accomplished sailor
0:14:29 > 0:14:33with some 15 years' experience at sea.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36His wife, Lynn, was a practising midwife and qualified nurse,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40and their children, 18-year-old Anne, 16-year-old Douglas
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and young twins, Sandy and Neil, were all physically fit
0:14:43 > 0:14:47from helping out on a large cattle farm for several years.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54So, how did a family, prepared and trained to take on the high seas,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57end up struggling for survival in a three-man dinghy
0:14:57 > 0:14:59that was only nine foot long?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03The epic but near fatal adventure has been documented
0:15:03 > 0:15:07here at the valuation day venue, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10They also have the small dinghy
0:15:10 > 0:15:13the family remarkably managed to survive in.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16I've come to meet one of the children, Douglas Robertson,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19who was a teenager at the time.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Douglas, it's really great to meet you. Welcome back to Falmouth.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23- Thank you. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Where it all started for your family!- It is.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Why did your dad decide to set off on such an epic adventure?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- Had he done anything like it before? - Well, he was a former sea captain
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- from the Merchant Navy days. - Right, OK.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39And he wanted to educate his children in the university of life.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45The plan was to sail via Portugal to the Canary Islands.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49They would then travel across the Atlantic to the Caribbean
0:15:49 > 0:15:52and then on to Miami, Jamaica,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01The return journey back to Britain would be via the Suez Canal.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Douglas's sister Anne decided to stay in Miami
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and a new person came aboard in Panama.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13We picked up a hitchhiker, Robin Williams,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15who was looking for a trip to New Zealand.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19He was a graduate and my dad thought that he would help with
0:16:19 > 0:16:22the tutoring of the boys especially and myself, indeed,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26because we'd been taken out of school to do this trip.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30However, 16 months into their journey, tragedy struck.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33The family were sailing to the remote island of Marquesas
0:16:33 > 0:16:36when the boat was suddenly attacked by some 20 killer whales.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Talk me through the exact moment that pod of whales hit.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45What were you doing?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Well, I was standing in the cockpit on deck,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51my brother was at the wheel, and I saw a little
0:16:51 > 0:16:57sort of darkness in the sea and next thing, bang, bang, bang, like that.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Ear-splitting, cracking sound of splintering wood.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- It was just so deep and powerful...- Yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- ..that I knew that was trouble. - Trouble.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09My dad was up to his waist in water, saying "Abandon ship.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13"We've got to get out." About two minutes later, the yacht had gone.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Did you manage to grab some supplies and some charts?- Not really.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20We got the dinghy over the side, we got the life raft over the side
0:17:20 > 0:17:23and we all managed to get on the raft, thank God.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Cos it was drifting quickly. - It was drifting away quickly.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27The killer whales were in the water,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29we knew the killer whales were there. I thought,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- "This is how I'm going to die. I'm going to be eaten."- You are lucky.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35At any moment, I'm going to feel those teeth come in, you know?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36But I didn't.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39They probably had attacked us, thinking we were a whale.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45Unfortunately, the raft only lasted 17 days and all six of them
0:17:45 > 0:17:48had to pile into this small 9ft dinghy.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54They headed north towards the Doldrums,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57in the hope of reaching the shipping routes,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00but with just ten days of supplies left,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02they were in imminent danger of dying.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06At the same time, we talked about...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Cos we've all heard stories of getting shipwrecked and castaways
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- eating each other and things like that...- Did that cross your mind?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Yeah, it crossed our minds and we agreed with each other
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and promised that we would never resort to that.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23We would die together, quietly, when the time came.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27And, er, luckily, it never did, you know? So...
0:18:27 > 0:18:32And we wrote letters home as well and in the raft itself,
0:18:32 > 0:18:37in the dinghy itself, my father carved a message
0:18:37 > 0:18:41and it was really important to us at the time that,
0:18:41 > 0:18:46if that dinghy was found empty, my sister would know what had happened.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47And...
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Because we didn't want people to think that the Lucette had
0:18:51 > 0:18:54just sank because she was an old boat or something like that.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58What had happened to us, nobody could have foreseen it, you know?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01With just three days of supplies left,
0:19:01 > 0:19:06they experienced yet another setback. A passing ship failed to spot them.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07With hopes fading,
0:19:07 > 0:19:12their rescue plan now turned into one of sheer survival.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15But with the South American coast some 50 days' sailing away,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19the family were determined not to lie down and die.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21We gathered food, we gathered water.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24We were thinking now about not waiting to get picked up,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27but about making this voyage back home, you know,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29which was a much bigger undertaking.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33'Their survival now depended on finding ingenious methods
0:19:33 > 0:19:35'to get water and nutrients.'
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Talk me through some of these things.- OK.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Well, this was the water bag, water being the critical thing.- Yeah.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44We only had some tins inside the raft of water,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47ten days' supply, when we set off.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50And when it rained, later when we got to the Doldrums
0:19:50 > 0:19:54and it rained, we managed to fill the tins
0:19:54 > 0:19:57and then we had this bag that we kept filled with water as well.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00And what else? What's that? It's a bottle of oil.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01This is a bottle of oil.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04One of the luck elements of the trip was that
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- the turtles kept coming to see what we were.- So you could eat the...
0:20:08 > 0:20:11You could catch them and eat a turtle every other day or so.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Yeah, every other day. We caught 13 turtles on our trip.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16So is that turtle oil?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Yeah, this is turtle oil here that we rendered from the fat.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21And the sun rendered it down into oil.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22And we then put the oil in a bottle
0:20:22 > 0:20:25and we were able to rub it on our sores.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Pressure sores from sitting in the dinghy.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32It was amazing how our behaviour sort of centred around survival.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34At one point, we ran out of water
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and we only had the water that was in the bottom of the dinghy
0:20:38 > 0:20:41and so we took a rung off the ladder of the raft
0:20:41 > 0:20:44and made an enema tube out of it and we actually drank the water,
0:20:44 > 0:20:48the dirty water that was in the bottom of the dinghy, rectally.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50We took it as enemas.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54And that enabled us to last until it rained later on.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- So we were quite innovative in... - Mother skills coming in.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Mother skills, yeah.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03You're probably amazed that you're still alive, I suppose.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04I am.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I can only say how grateful we are
0:21:06 > 0:21:08to these Japanese people who picked us up.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11They probably didn't realise what you have been through.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15They didn't think there was anyone in the boat and I think this
0:21:15 > 0:21:18was the next to our last flare, so we were very fortunate indeed.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25What a remarkable story of survival through sheer determination
0:21:25 > 0:21:28and against the odds and, thankfully, a happy ending.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39We're making our way over to the saleroom
0:21:39 > 0:21:43and here's a quick recap of all the items we're taking with us.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46It would be great to see this Art Deco car mascot
0:21:46 > 0:21:50take pride of place on a car bonnet once again.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54It's local and stamped Newlyn,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57which could see this copper tray getting a few nods at the auction.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Will Anne's beautifully illustrated christening plate
0:22:02 > 0:22:04be scooped up by the bidders?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And someone will surely push the boat out
0:22:09 > 0:22:11for this lovely sailing yacht.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19We're heading the short distance northeast to Lostwithiel
0:22:19 > 0:22:21for our auction today.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25700 years ago, Lostwithiel was the capital of Cornwall.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Today, it's a quieter and more peaceful town,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32except when Jefferys auction rooms are in full swing.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Remember, if you do want to buy or sell something at auction,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40there is commission to pay.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Here, it's 15% plus VAT, but do check with the auctioneer
0:22:44 > 0:22:46or look at the printed details in the catalogue
0:22:46 > 0:22:49because it varies from saleroom to saleroom,
0:22:49 > 0:22:50and then you won't get caught out.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56And auctioneer Ian Morris is on the rostrum.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Going under the hammer now. I've just been joined by Marjorie
0:23:01 > 0:23:04and we've got that Art Deco car mascot
0:23:04 > 0:23:06from that 1938 Riley Kestrel.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- What a car and what a mascot. - Yes, it's lovely.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- You haven't got the car any more, have you?- No.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- But you've got the mascot! Next best thing, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Why have you decided to sell this now?
0:23:16 > 0:23:21Um, well, I've had it 27 years in a drawer.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22- I see.- And there really is no point,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24and I don't want it to start to deteriorate
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- because it's in such good condition at the moment.- OK. OK.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- This is going to go to a car collector, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31I mean, for sure.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I think, Paul, it just captures high living from a high time.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- High society. Hopefully a high price.- Yeah.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- OK, ready for this? - Yes, I am.- Hold tight.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- Hold tight.- Let's go. - Let's see what it's worth.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46The chrome-plated car mascot off a 1938 Riley.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50It's all downhill from here. Can I say £200 to start? 200?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54150, I'm bid. At 150. 160. 170. 180.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- 180.- 190. 200. 210.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00220. 230.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- Brilliant. - At £230, the bid's with me.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05At 230. 240. Are you sure?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Bid is with me at £230. - GAVEL BANGS
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Yes! Hammer's gone down. £230.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- That's a good result. - That's OK.- I'm very happy.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- Yes, I'm quite happy with that. - I am as well.- Yes.- Good.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Yes, she jumped past the reserve with ease.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Does Mabel Lucie Atwell ring a bell with you? Yes, of course it does.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25It's Anne's baby bowl!
0:24:25 > 0:24:28And we're joined by Anne and our wonderful expert Caroline.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- Now, you scooped your porridge out with this, didn't you?- I sure did.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- How did that survive?- I have no idea.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Well, look, I want it to go for 20 to 40 quid. That's what we hope.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Wouldn't it be nice?- Yes. Then you can treat yourself to a lunch out.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- No, it's going to my great granddaughter.- Oh, is it?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Into her savings bank.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Oh, that's lovely. - Aw.- That's lovely.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Well, let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52It's going under the hammer right now.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Mabel Lucie Atwell. A nice little baby's plate there.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Bid's on the books. That means I've got to start at £20.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- At £20. 22. 25.- 20...28?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03£30 with me. 32? 32.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I'm out on the book. £32 beats the high bid.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- £32.- 35, no? Are we all done at 32?
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Yes!- £32, so that was worth selling, better than 15 quid.- Lovely!
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Yeah, brilliant.- Thank you very much.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Memories, eh? Memories. THEY LAUGH
0:25:17 > 0:25:19That's what this show's all about.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Now, I wonder how the over-polishing will affect the price of this tray.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Serving up for you right now,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28we have a wonderful Newlyn copper tray,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31and it's stamped Newlyn as well, so it's got great provenance.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- It's a large piece.- Very large. - Chris and Sue, it's great to see you.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Why are you selling this?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Well, we've got a lot of things from Newlyn.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- Newlyn's my mother's home town. - Mm-hm.- You can't collect it all.- No.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- So, is your house bursting at the seams?- Absolutely.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I'm a bit of a hoarder. I'm not very good at downsizing.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- Well, good luck, both of you. - OK, thanks.- Here we are.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Some Newlyn copper going under the hammer.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Embossed tray there, stamped Newlyn to the rear there.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Can I see £100 away? £50 if you say no more.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03£50, I'm bid. At £50. 55.
0:26:03 > 0:26:0760. 65. 70. 75. 80. 85.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08- 90.- Yes.- Yes! - £90, a bid to the back.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10At £90. I'll take five.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12At £90, I'm bid.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- A fiver more?- We've just done it. - At £90, then, I'll sell.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- At £90. - GAVEL BANGS
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- Yes!- Yes!- Got it away. We got it away.- We did.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Despite it being over-cleaned. THEY CHUCKLE
0:26:24 > 0:26:25A fair price, I'd say.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29And let's hope it's plain sailing for Alan's yacht
0:26:29 > 0:26:31because I'm rather fond of it.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Alan, I absolutely love your 1920s sailing yacht.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38We're standing right next to it, actually, here. Look. Showing there.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I think it's fantastic. I really do.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- And I know you've had much fun with it.- I have, yes.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I think there's a lot of yacht there. I think the condition is superb.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47I really do.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I'd love to see that do £300 to £600.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I would love that, but I agree with your valuation.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54You've got to start really low
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- because this is a hard thing to place.- Yes.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I know we've said it time and time again,
0:26:58 > 0:26:59but fingers crossed.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Fingers crossed it exceeds its estimates.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03- I have high hopes for it.- So do I.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- Ready for this?- Yes, yes. - OK, let's put it to the test.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Edwardian 60-inch pond yacht. Nice racing yacht, it is.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Bids on the books means I'm going to start at £200.- Oh, wow.- Good.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- Nice.- At £200. 220 now.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22At 220. 240. 260. 280. 300. 320.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- 340. 360. 380. Your bid at £380. - Wow.- 380 in the room.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28At 380. 400.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- 420.- Yes. This is a good one. - Wow!- 440.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34460. 480. 500. 520.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37520 there. Is it 550?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42550. 580. 600?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45600. 620. 650.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- Gracious!- This is more like it. This is more like it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- It is sailing away.- 700?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- 680 in the room.- You were being a little mean, I think, Richard.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- I'm mean and keen. Mean and keen. - 700. New bidder.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- At 700. 720. 750. - Here you go.- OK, Captain.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02750 down the alleyway.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- At £750, I'm bid. - Somebody wants it.- 780 now?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- At £750.- £750.- At £750.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Yes! Ever so pleased.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- That made its right money. - Somebody wants it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- Yes.- They'll look after it cos that's the point.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- And they will cherish it, yes. - That's the main thing.- Yeah.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Alan's right. Now it's out of the loft,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24let's hope the new owners will have some fun with it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Well, that's our first visit to the auction room done and dusted today
0:28:29 > 0:28:31and some brilliant results and happy owners,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33and that's what it's all about.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36We're coming back here later on in the programme, so don't go away.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Now, as you know, I love my art. And from my home town of Falmouth,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42there was an artist that I very much admired,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44but his work was controversial.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47He exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Tate,
0:28:47 > 0:28:52but it was the subject matter of his nudes that raised a few eyebrows.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04For centuries, Cornwall has inspired some of Britain's greatest artists.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05The likes of Constable and Turner
0:29:05 > 0:29:10painted life along this coastline on land and at sea.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16The 1880s saw a new school of artists emerge in the UK.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Inspired by the French Impressionists like Monet and Renoir,
0:29:20 > 0:29:23they were keen to capture everyday life in rural Britain
0:29:23 > 0:29:25and were drawn to places like Newlyn
0:29:25 > 0:29:27and this picturesque corner of Falmouth.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Being back here on home turf in Falmouth
0:29:31 > 0:29:34finally gives me a chance to tell you about my favourite
0:29:34 > 0:29:36of this new breed of painters,
0:29:36 > 0:29:41a man whose legacy lies with his use of light, colour and human form.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44I'm talking about Henry Scott Tuke.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Born in 1858, Henry Scott Tuke's first taste of Falmouth
0:29:50 > 0:29:55was at the tender age of two when his parents moved from York.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57He showed early signs of talent
0:29:57 > 0:29:59and by the age of 16, he had been enrolled
0:29:59 > 0:30:02in the prestigious Slade School of Art in London.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Then he travelled,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08absorbing the latest European painting techniques
0:30:08 > 0:30:11and, whilst in Paris, was encouraged to paint plein air.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17You've probably heard our experts talking at the valuation days
0:30:17 > 0:30:19when they're looking at a work of art and they say,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21"Well, it was painted en plein air."
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Plein air is a French expression which means painted while outdoors,
0:30:26 > 0:30:30and it was a technique which shaped Tuke's work throughout his life.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Now, I've got a wonderful example of that.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33It's called Quay Scamps.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37It's a watercolour and it's here and it is absolutely divine.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Just look at this.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40You can imagine the scene -
0:30:40 > 0:30:43all the young children just jumping off the harbour wall here.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45And I've done it myself.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Now, this was painted in 1896
0:30:47 > 0:30:50and you can see the technique that he's used.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54It is literally, 90% of it, painted while outdoors.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56There's a sense of urgency about it.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58He really captures a moment
0:30:58 > 0:31:03and he captures the way the light plays tricks with colour.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Falmouth, being on the south coast,
0:31:05 > 0:31:08it's constantly bathed in sunshine, if the weather's good,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10so it's perfect for painting.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Tuke was lured back to Falmouth in 1885.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Later, he would express his fondness for the non-industrialised town
0:31:21 > 0:31:23in an art magazine.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28"It is something to be thankful for to know of a place in England
0:31:28 > 0:31:32"where yet may be found some glamour of the old days of sailing ships
0:31:32 > 0:31:35"bringing rich cargoes from strange lands.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39"That such a place does exist will be readily admitted
0:31:39 > 0:31:42"by anyone who will undertake the troublesome journey
0:31:42 > 0:31:45"from London to the south-west corner of our island
0:31:45 > 0:31:47"and bring up at Falmouth."
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Here, he'd be able to combine his love of painting
0:31:52 > 0:31:53with his passion for sailing
0:31:53 > 0:31:57and eventually produced a substantial body of work.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02More than 270 of Tuke's paintings remain here,
0:32:02 > 0:32:04in his home town of Falmouth.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Now, whilst none are currently on display,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I've been given special access to a few
0:32:10 > 0:32:13that have been stored in the vaults of the Falmouth Art Gallery.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21In keeping with Tuke's plein air style,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24he acquired a number of boats - all shapes and sizes -
0:32:24 > 0:32:27which he would use sometimes as a floating studio
0:32:27 > 0:32:30or a backdrop for some of his paintings,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32where he used local people as models.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Now, here, if I pull rack out - number 10A -
0:32:36 > 0:32:37all the way to the end here...
0:32:37 > 0:32:39This is the fun bit about being in a vault.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I can show you one of Tuke's images.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47This is Jack, one of his most popular models,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51painted on his Quay Punt Lily in 1886.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53And here we are. Look.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55What Tuke apparently liked about Jack
0:32:55 > 0:32:56was his lack of self-consciousness.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00You know, this was a young guy who grew up by the waterside.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I mean, he was at home on a boat and he looked natural on a boat.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06He was the ideal model.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Tuke's sister described Jack as a lovable young barbarian
0:33:10 > 0:33:14who could look like an angel and behave like a demon.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Out of the 20 works that Tuke recorded
0:33:16 > 0:33:20the following year in 1887, Jack featured in 13 of them.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26As well as studying Tuke's subject matter,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29it's worth noting his style of painting as well.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32This is typical of an Impressionist brush stroke.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35You can see it's quite loose and it's thick and it's quite coarse.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38You have to remember, at the time, other artists were painting
0:33:38 > 0:33:40with a more smooth, polished finish.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44So, this was completely different. Avant-garde, if you like.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46It was the start of Impressionism.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50And what we have here is The Missionary Boat, painted in 1894.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Now, can you guess which one the missionary boat is?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57I would guess the large one - the three-masted barque.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00But I'd be wrong because the missionary boat
0:34:00 > 0:34:02is this tiny little one. And that is the missionary -
0:34:02 > 0:34:06a Mr Badger from Falmouth -
0:34:06 > 0:34:10going out to this large vessel anchored in the harbour.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14But it's the attention to detail of anything nautical
0:34:14 > 0:34:17that has really grabbed me when I'm up close looking at a Tuke,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20a man who obviously loved sailing.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24He really was a wonderful maritime artist.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31But as well as ships, portraits and landscapes,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Tuke is also remembered for his paintings
0:34:34 > 0:34:36of naked young men out in the open.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41Over the years, this has caused critics to question his sexuality
0:34:41 > 0:34:43and even his morality.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Today's society may question a painter
0:34:46 > 0:34:51who focuses so frequently on young, adolescent boys naked on the beach,
0:34:51 > 0:34:55but Victorian society gave Tuke the benefit of the doubt.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58And quite honestly, you can see why when you look at this, can't you?
0:34:58 > 0:34:59It's not at all sexual.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02It is sensual and that's what he wanted to capture.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07For me, I think this is a play on history paintings.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09When you see Greek gods sort of bathed
0:35:09 > 0:35:12in all that wonderful sunlight coming through,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14turning the skin pigments different shades,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17this is what Tuke is capturing.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Now, these lads became his familiar crew
0:35:20 > 0:35:23and they earned a lot of extra pocket money doing this.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26It was hard to get female models, I mean, let alone in the studio -
0:35:26 > 0:35:28that would cost an awful lot more money -
0:35:28 > 0:35:31but to get them outside in all weather conditions,
0:35:31 > 0:35:33well, I don't think that was possible.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36He got to know all of these boys and their parents.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38He asked their parents for permission,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42they gladly gave it and these guys were paid quite well.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46I mean, a lot of people may question his sexuality.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Was he gay?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Well, personally, I think he was, but do you know what?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53He kept it to himself. It was no-one else's business.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It had no reflection of what was going on here.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Tuke let his paintings do the talking.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Controversy aside, there is a poignancy to Tuke's nudes.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09These young men were painted at the turn of the 20th century
0:36:09 > 0:36:11and they represented youth and innocence.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Nobody could have foreseen what was to happen on the horizon -
0:36:14 > 0:36:17the brutality and the horror of the First World War -
0:36:17 > 0:36:21and the lives of these young men would be changed forever.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Many of Tuke's young models were called up to fight.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30And tragically, some met their death on the battlefield.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Sadly, by the time of Tuke's death in 1929,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37his work was seen as unfashionable.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Interest had shifted to Post-Impressionism
0:36:40 > 0:36:43with the likes of van Gogh and Augustus John.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Although Tuke's life
0:36:44 > 0:36:47and society's appreciation of his work
0:36:47 > 0:36:48wasn't always plain sailing,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I believe he will always be remembered
0:36:51 > 0:36:54as one of the early great British Impressionists
0:36:54 > 0:36:57who took good advantage of his surroundings here in Falmouth
0:36:57 > 0:37:01and managed to passionately capture a wonderful moment in time
0:37:01 > 0:37:03in this Cornish seaside town.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Back at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall,
0:37:15 > 0:37:19the room is rich with antiques and the stories behind them.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22And Caroline loves to hear a tale.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- Ellen, hello.- Hello. - I am so excited.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- Yeah.- Bijoux Christian Dior.- Yeah.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34So, tell me how they came into your being.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Well, when I was a little girl, I had two aunties -
0:37:37 > 0:37:39one who was very rich...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- She married a millionaire.- How nice.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Although he did lose it all. - Oh. Oh, not quite so nice.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48And one who was very poor and didn't have any money at all.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51So, every year, the rich auntie who lived in London
0:37:51 > 0:37:55would buy totally inappropriate gifts for the poor auntie.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Um, and every year, Auntie Ellen would say,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00"Well, I don't know what I'm going to do with these.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- "I'd rather have the money."- Yes.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04So, these presents accumulated in a drawer,
0:38:04 > 0:38:07and I used to play with these ones when I was a little girl.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10They were never worn. And then when Auntie Ellen died,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I got these. And I've had them ever since,
0:38:12 > 0:38:14and they've just sat there.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16So I thought I'd bring them along to see...
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Well, shall we have a look inside?- Yeah.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23Beautiful box and this one is my favourite.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24- And in mint condition.- Yeah.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- As you say, it's never been used. - No, never been used.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29They're gorgeous. Christian Dior.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- It's just ordinary base metal... - Yeah.- ..and paste.- Yeah.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37But there's a mark on them and if you look with an eyeglass,
0:38:37 > 0:38:43we can see that they're marked, "Christian Dior, Germany '66,"
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- which means this was made in 1966. - Oh, right. OK.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47And it's wonderful.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51And this movement on it, sort of trembleuse, as is called,
0:38:51 > 0:38:54so when you're dancing or moving,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56those little pearls would move with you.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Absolutely fantastic. And the other one.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- This one's my favourite. - Is it?- Yeah.
0:39:02 > 0:39:08- This one's my favourite.- Yeah. - But this is gorgeous. Look at that.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Now, the only little bit of damage on this one...
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- Can you see the tusks? - Yeah, it's worn off.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14They've been enamelled and it's worn off.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- I bet that's you playing with it. - Probably. Yeah, probably. Sorry.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I bet that was you playing with it.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- Now, they're only... I say only! ..costume jewellery...- Yeah.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27..but they are made by this wonderful fashion designer,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Christian Dior, in the original box. - Yeah, they are.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34And I think they would easily get 200 to 300 for the two.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Wow.- I do, really.- Yeah.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41And, now, what about a reserve? Would you like a reserve on them?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I think I would because I wouldn't like to sell them for pennies.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- No, no, I would quite agree.- Yeah.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51What about if we put a fixed reserve at 150?
0:39:51 > 0:39:52OK. Yeah, that's fine.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- And I think you might be very pleasantly surprised.- Hope so.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- THEY LAUGH - Thank you so much.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00- You've made my day.- Very welcome. Thank you. Thank you.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06Frenchman Christian Dior
0:40:06 > 0:40:09was among the most influential fashion designers
0:40:09 > 0:40:11of the late 1940s and '50s
0:40:11 > 0:40:16and his work helped to restore the reputation of post-war Paris
0:40:16 > 0:40:17as a fashion capital.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22His exclusive haute couture collection
0:40:22 > 0:40:26screamed femininity and glamour and was worn by Hollywood stars.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Unlike his contemporaries, Dior's costume jewellery was bold
0:40:34 > 0:40:36and designed to complement his fashion lines.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Although it was high quality,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42affordable prices made it a must-have item.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Now, that's glam for you.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Now, Charles has slipped away to the top of the tower
0:40:51 > 0:40:54to look at some oriental artwork.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- Jenny, what a wonderful place to be. - Yes, it is.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- The lookout point here at the top of the museum.- Yes.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- I can't believe the views. - It's incredible, isn't it?
0:41:02 > 0:41:03And it's just wonderful to see
0:41:03 > 0:41:06what keeps on coming out of these bags and boxes
0:41:06 > 0:41:10and out of your very small little case has come this.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- Yes.- What we've got here
0:41:12 > 0:41:17are three most beautiful, very delicate drawings.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18What's their history?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Well, I really don't know, to be honest,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23because I found them in amongst my mother's possessions
0:41:23 > 0:41:27after she died and I have no idea where they came from.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Well, they are, Jenny, they are quite exotic,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and I would say they're also quite well travelled.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36What I like so much about them is their vibrancy
0:41:36 > 0:41:39and they are, today, so alive, still, in colour, aren't they?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- Yes, they are. - They really are wonderful.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Have you any idea on country of origin?
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Um, well, possibly Japan, do you think?- Yeah, yeah.- Yes.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Yeah, they are probably 110 years old.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56The main geisha lady on the centre panel.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Flanking her, these two young men looking very sprightly. They are...
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- They are on rice paper.- Mm-hm.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06And they are so fragile, you'll make out, Jenny,
0:42:06 > 0:42:10on some of the edges, where they're splitting
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and that's the nature of the rice paper.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16But the reason I like them is they are Japanese and, of course,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19following the Treaty of Edo in 1858,
0:42:19 > 0:42:25the Western world was opened up to a new generation of calligraphy,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28of Japanese artistry,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30which flooded in through merchant seamen
0:42:30 > 0:42:32and also through travellers.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36And they are just a delight.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- What are they worth? - I haven't a clue.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41What are they worth?
0:42:41 > 0:42:45If I was going to give them a bit of swagger at auction,
0:42:45 > 0:42:51- I would suggest to you a guide price of between £40 and £60.- OK.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- How does that sound to you? - Yes, that's fine.- Fine.- Yes.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59And I'd probably suggest to you we put a reserve on at £40...
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Oh, OK.- ..with a 10% discretion.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05So, if someone was to bid £35, £36,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08I think we'd give the auctioneer consent to sell.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10- That would be fine with me, yes. - With your blessing.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Absolutely, yes.- Fantastic.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15- Excellent.- Can't wait.- Thank you, Charles.- Thank you so much.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19They should catch someone's eye because they are very colourful.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30There are many exhibits here in the museum,
0:43:30 > 0:43:32but what I'm sitting on right now
0:43:32 > 0:43:34has to be my favourite vessel of all time.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37I absolutely love this boat.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38She's called the Waterlily
0:43:38 > 0:43:42and she symbolises the golden age of style and elegance
0:43:42 > 0:43:45while travelling by steam on water.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50Her lines are absolutely superb. They really are. And listen to this.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53METAL CLANGS She's got an iron hull
0:43:53 > 0:43:54which is riveted together.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57It's much stronger and more durable than a wooden hull
0:43:57 > 0:44:01and she really is one of the oldest survivors of her kind.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03The condition is absolutely immaculate.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07She was built in 1866 and used on the River Thames,
0:44:07 > 0:44:09but I could equally quite see her
0:44:09 > 0:44:12being used pottering up the River Fal to Truro,
0:44:12 > 0:44:15stopping off at the National Trust house on the way -
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Trelissick - for a cream tea.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19Now, that would be travelling in style.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20Well, before the tide turns,
0:44:20 > 0:44:24let's catch up with our experts and see what they can uncover.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27With the museum still a hive of activity,
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Caroline has spotted another "Flog It!" favourite.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35- Julia, Mark, how nice to see you. - Thank you.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Tell me about this lovely thing that you've brought along.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40- Well, this belonged to my grandmother...- Right.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42..and I remember seeing it in a cabinet in her house,
0:44:42 > 0:44:45- but not really touched. - When you were a child?- Yes.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49And then it was passed to my mother and now it's passed down to us.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52And do you like it?
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- It's not really my style, no. - What about you, Julia?- I kind of...
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I like the colours in it,
0:44:57 > 0:45:00but it just sits in our cupboard and...
0:45:00 > 0:45:01And do you know the maker of it?
0:45:01 > 0:45:03- Well, we know it's Clar... - Clarice Cliff.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06- Clarice Cliff cos it's on the bottom.- Yes. Yeah.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08We don't really know anything else about it.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12Right. Well, it's quite an unusual shape,
0:45:12 > 0:45:16this sort of upside-down graduation to it.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18- And it's the melon pattern. - Right.- Right.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20And you can see the melons going round.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23It's a lovely, bright, bright colouring,
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- and it's part of her Fantasque range.- Right.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29It's basically in very good condition.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32There's no chips or hairlines, which is really, really important.
0:45:32 > 0:45:37And if we look, it's just got a tiny bit of paint chipped from it here.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40- Can you see?- Oh, yes, yes.- Oh, yes. - Tiny bits of paint off it,
0:45:40 > 0:45:42which matters a bit, but not hugely.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44- Right.- That's OK.- OK.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48- So, that name - as soon as you hear Clarice Cliff...- Yeah.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51- ..it rings bells.- Right. - And lots of people collect it.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- Yeah.- And have you ever thought about the value?
0:45:54 > 0:45:58- Not really, no.- No, not really. We have no idea, to be honest.- No.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Well, I would think...
0:46:01 > 0:46:06A fair estimate for auction would be £150 to £250.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- Right.- Really? Right. - And if you want to put a reserve...
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Would you like a reserve as a safety net for it?
0:46:11 > 0:46:13- I think so. - Perhaps we should.- Would you?
0:46:13 > 0:46:16- And what would you like to put as a reserve?- Maybe 100?- 100?
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Um, I don't know. I'd want to go a bit higher, I think.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22- Would you? A bit higher? A bit higher for Julia?- Yes!
0:46:22 > 0:46:24What do you think, Mark? Lower? Higher?
0:46:24 > 0:46:28I mean, is it something that goes in and out of fashion or...
0:46:28 > 0:46:30- Yes.- ..is it popular all the time?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Things always come in and out of fashion,
0:46:32 > 0:46:33but I think this piece of Clarice Cliff
0:46:33 > 0:46:36- will easily be in fashion at the moment...- OK.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- ..and I think it will get its market price.- Right.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42- So, I think maybe if we split the difference...- Yeah.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44..and put a fixed reserve of 120...
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- Yeah.- OK, right.- Agree. - How does that grab you?
0:46:47 > 0:46:48- That's fine, yeah.- Yeah? Maybe?
0:46:48 > 0:46:50What about you? Are you still wanting it higher?
0:46:50 > 0:46:53- SHE LAUGHS - Well, I guess if it's an auction
0:46:53 > 0:46:56and there's people interested in it, it will go up anyway, won't it?
0:46:56 > 0:47:00- Yes. Yes, it will. But this stops it from going below.- Yeah.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02- I think it will well exceed that. - Yes. Yeah, OK.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05- Yeah, we'll go for that. - Brilliant.- Lovely.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06And thank you so much for bringing it along.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08I look forward very much to seeing you both
0:47:08 > 0:47:10on the day at the auction.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12- Yes, lovely.- Great. Lovely. Thank you.- OK.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16The interesting shape of this piece of Clarice
0:47:16 > 0:47:18should certainly be the making of it.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Valuations are still underway
0:47:23 > 0:47:26and Charles has found an unusual maritime piece.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30I was just hoping today that, having come to Falmouth,
0:47:30 > 0:47:34I'd unearth some objects of real maritime magic.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38And this object, I could almost sit on it and shout home,
0:47:38 > 0:47:41- that great maritime hero Nelson. - Yeah.
0:47:41 > 0:47:46That great man who died 21st October 1805.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49And seven years before that,
0:47:49 > 0:47:52for two years HMS Foundroyant
0:47:52 > 0:47:56- served as his flagship vessel... - Oh, right.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00..from the years 1799 to 1801.
0:48:01 > 0:48:06And apparently this stick chair
0:48:06 > 0:48:10is made from timber of that very vessel.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12- Yeah, that's what is says. - Because it says so.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14So two dates.
0:48:14 > 0:48:201798 was the date when this vessel was launched.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24It served until 1801.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28And it was quite interesting because, in that two-year period,
0:48:28 > 0:48:33it attempted to rescue the Neapolitan royal family from Naples.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38- And in fact, that's how Nelson met Lady Emma Hamilton...- Really?
0:48:38 > 0:48:41- ..and the great affair began. - Ah...
0:48:41 > 0:48:45All right. But, of course, we've got the date here - 1897.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49It was the year that this great vessel...
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- ..beached in Blackpool and was broken up.- Yes.
0:48:54 > 0:48:59And that was the end of this very illustrious ship.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03I'm quite happy, Alison, based on the timber,
0:49:03 > 0:49:05based on the uniform patination,
0:49:05 > 0:49:07based on, without any inscription dating it,
0:49:08 > 0:49:10it's certainly late Victorian.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14So, to me, it was contemporary to when the timbers were broken up.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18In that regard, I don't think it's been forged.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Tell me, how did you acquire it?
0:49:20 > 0:49:22It belonged to my grandparents.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24I can remember it in their flat when I was very little.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27So it's been knocking around since I can remember.
0:49:27 > 0:49:28And they used to keep it by the front door
0:49:28 > 0:49:31and they would put things on it like the post or the newspapers.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35In your house now, hopefully, it takes pride of place.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Not really, no.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41- We use it to put a Scrabble board on for playing Scrabble.- You don't!
0:49:41 > 0:49:43- Really?- Yeah.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46- My biggest concern is condition. - Yes.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49And what a shame. What's happened here, I wonder?
0:49:49 > 0:49:50I really don't know.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53I remember it being split from when I was very young,
0:49:53 > 0:49:55but I don't know how it happened.
0:49:55 > 0:49:56What's it worth? Any ideas?
0:49:56 > 0:49:59- I haven't the first clue. - No.
0:49:59 > 0:50:00I would estimate...
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- ..at probably between £200 and £300. - Right.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- And it could make a bit more. - OK.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11The split does concern me.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14But as long as we have a good footnote in the catalogue
0:50:14 > 0:50:17and there are two maritime buyers in this sale,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19I would hope we might have lift-off
0:50:19 > 0:50:22and this chair will, for queen and country,
0:50:22 > 0:50:24salute Nelson once again and make a fair price.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- Sounds good.- How does that sound to you?- Fantastic.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29- Are we wagons roll? - We are.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34That's one chair with a lot of history.
0:50:36 > 0:50:37Well, there you are.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Our experts have found their final items to take off to auction,
0:50:40 > 0:50:45so it's time to say farewell to our magnificent host location today,
0:50:45 > 0:50:48the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50As we head off to the saleroom,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53here's a quick recap of all the items we're taking with us.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56First into battle will be this oak chair
0:50:56 > 0:50:59made from Lord Nelson's ship.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02These Dior brooches will certainly
0:51:02 > 0:51:04bring a sparkle to the saleroom.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08A bit of the Far East comes to the Southwest
0:51:08 > 0:51:10with these three Japanese rice paper paintings.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15And Mark and Julia's melon-patterned Clarice Cliff vase
0:51:15 > 0:51:17is sure to get a good result.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Fingers crossed.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24We're back at Jefferys auction house in Lostwithiel
0:51:24 > 0:51:28and Ellen's lovely brooches are just about to go under the hammer.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32If you're going to buy costume jewellery,
0:51:32 > 0:51:34you've got to buy these lots because there's two.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36There's a horse and an elephant brooch.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- They sparkle like anything, don't they?- They do.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41They're so unique. When you talk about costume jewellery, you think,
0:51:41 > 0:51:43"Oh, just cheap and tacky." But this isn't.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- I mean, it's £200 to £300.- Yeah. - Ellen, they are gorgeous.- They are.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49And you should be wearing them sparkling, you know.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51- Yes.- Yes. - You've got the face for it.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54Well, thank you, but it's not the kind of thing I would wear,
0:51:54 > 0:51:55my daughters aren't interested in it.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58- They're Christian Dior.- They are. - I know. Great name as well.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00- I think you'd wear one. - I would wear them, yes.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03I tell you what - I think 50% of the bidders in this room are ladies.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06- I'm sure we're going to find them a new home.- It's on now.
0:52:06 > 0:52:07It's going under the hammer right now.
0:52:07 > 0:52:08Yes, it's on now. This is it.
0:52:08 > 0:52:12Two brooches for the price of one. Can I say £200 away?
0:52:13 > 0:52:15150 if you start me.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18£100, I'm bid. £100. £100. 110 to get on.
0:52:18 > 0:52:23At £100. 110. 120. 130. 140.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26150. 160. 160, the bid is with me.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- At 160.- Come on. We're a bit short.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33At £160, I'm bid. 170 where? At 160, then, the bid is with me.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36- At £160. - GAVEL BANGS
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- Oh, Jenny!- £160.- That's excellent.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41- We had a reserve of 150. - Really good.- Yeah.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- Cor! You're happy anyway, aren't you?- I'm very happy, yes.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46- I always want to get the top end for our owners.- I know.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48I want you to go home with as much money as possible.
0:52:48 > 0:52:53- But, look, we sold it, OK? - Absolutely. Really happy about that.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55I think someone has gone away with a bargain there.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Next up are these rice paper paintings.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02- Jenny, fingers crossed.- Yes. - We're just about to sell
0:53:02 > 0:53:04the Edwardian oriental rice paper paintings
0:53:04 > 0:53:06that are going under the hammer right now.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09- So, these have been in the family a long time.- Yeah.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11- Your mother had them?- Yes.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- Where did she get them from? - I have no idea. I've no idea.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18I found them after she had died in the drawer in her dressing table,
0:53:18 > 0:53:20so I really don't know.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22I mean, popular thing during Edwardian England.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26- A lot of those paintings on rice paper came over.- Yeah.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29And I know we had them in my grandparents' family as well,
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- so you're not alone.- They may have been my grandmother's before.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35- Yeah.- Yeah.- Right, we're going to put it to the test. Ready?- Yes.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38So, good luck with it. Anyway, here we go. This is it.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Three unframed rice paintings.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45- £50 away? £30 to start me.- Come on.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48- £20, I'm bid.- That's a tenner each. That's nothing.- At £20. £20. 25. 25.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52£30. At £30. 35. 35. £40?
0:53:53 > 0:53:59£35, I'm bid. At £35. At £35. 35.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- GAVEL BANGS He sold.- He sold.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04- £35...- Oh, good.- ..he sold.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06- That's all right. - That's OK, isn't it?
0:54:06 > 0:54:08- Yes. Yes, absolutely.- That's OK.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11They were within 10% of the discretionary reserve
0:54:11 > 0:54:14so they have sold and Jennifer is happy.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17Alison, good luck. Going under the hammer right now,
0:54:17 > 0:54:19we have your grandparents' chair
0:54:19 > 0:54:22made from the timbers of Nelson's vessel, the Foudroyant.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25We expect this should do really, really well
0:54:25 > 0:54:30because of the maritime connection, not the furniture design connection.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34But do you know what? It's such a hard thing to sell.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36I think it will go at 200 - 300 but we need three or four people
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- that are Nelson fans to actually bid against each other.- Absolutely.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43- That's the crucial thing, isn't it? - Yeah.- Here we go. It's a tricky one.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44Fingers crossed.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48We have a commemorative spinning chair, there,
0:54:48 > 0:54:50from the wood from Nelson's flagship.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53- Bids on the books mean I've got to start at £240.- Yes!
0:54:53 > 0:54:58- Great!- At 240, 250 down, at £240.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01250 on the phone, 260...
0:55:01 > 0:55:06I've got 260, 270, 280?
0:55:06 > 0:55:09- 280, 290, 300? - Yes, come on, come on, come on...
0:55:09 > 0:55:13- 300, 320, 340?- Brilliant. We've exceeded it.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17340, 360, 380?
0:55:17 > 0:55:19380, 400, 420?
0:55:19 > 0:55:22Oh, Alison, this is brilliant. They've found it, haven't they?
0:55:22 > 0:55:27- 420, with you?- Brilliant.- At 420, on the phone. At 420 are we all done?
0:55:27 > 0:55:29- At £420. - GAVEL BANGS
0:55:29 > 0:55:33- Yes! The auction room has done a great job there...- Fantastic.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36..letting people find it. They've done the right thing.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38'There are lots of maritime collectors out there
0:55:38 > 0:55:40'on the lookout for something like this.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Now, how about this Clarice Cliff vase?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48I know I've said this 1,000 times before,
0:55:48 > 0:55:50but it wouldn't be "Flog It!" without a piece of Clarice Cliff,
0:55:50 > 0:55:53let's face it. And that's what we've got right now.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56Mark and Julia, thank you for bringing in a lovely example.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58I've not seen one of these on the show before.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01- No.- Never. But if you're going to get Clarice Cliff,
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- it's got to be a bright colour, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05- It really has. - And it's a really unusual shape.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06Extraordinary shape.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08It's not my cup of tea, I've got to admit,
0:56:08 > 0:56:10- but I do like that piece.- Yeah.
0:56:10 > 0:56:11And I think it's going to be popular.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13- Yeah, so do I. 200 to 300.- Yeah.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Top end, 200 to 300 - that's what we like to hear.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19I know the auctioneer thinks that. He's had a lot of interest.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23- Yeah.- And there's a lot of people that love Clarice Cliff.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25We see it time and time again, and it doesn't let us down.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28Question is, will it be the lower end or the top end?
0:56:28 > 0:56:30We're going to find out right now.
0:56:31 > 0:56:36The Clarice Cliff melon-design vase. Shape number 366.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37Little rare pattern there.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40I have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight bids on there.
0:56:40 > 0:56:45- Eight bids on the book.- Yes. - I've got to start at £780.- Yes!
0:56:45 > 0:56:49I'm in at 780. At 780. At 780. 800 to get on.
0:56:49 > 0:56:54At 780. At 780. 800. £800 in the room. 820 with me. 850.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56With you, I'm out. At 850 in the room.
0:56:56 > 0:57:01At 850. 880 now? At 850, I'm bid. At £850.
0:57:01 > 0:57:06- £850. The hammer's gone down. What a great result.- Amazing.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08- You see, Clarice does the business, doesn't it?- Gosh!
0:57:08 > 0:57:10I bet you wish you went out and collected some more
0:57:10 > 0:57:13- when you got that. - Yeah, I'll think about that now.
0:57:13 > 0:57:14Yeah. Wow.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16- It had everything going for it. - It did. It was iconic.
0:57:16 > 0:57:17- Yeah.- It really was just right.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- The design, the colour, the condition.- Thank you so much.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- Have you enjoyed your time on "Flog It!"?- Yeah!- Yes.
0:57:23 > 0:57:24What a way to end today's show as well
0:57:24 > 0:57:27with a big surprise like that here in Lostwithiel.
0:57:27 > 0:57:28- It doesn't get any better, does it?- No.
0:57:28 > 0:57:32It really doesn't. Anyway, see you soon for many more surprises.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35And if you've got something you want to sell, we want to flog it for you.