0:00:02 > 0:00:04Today, our crowds are out in force at Norwich Cathedral,
0:00:04 > 0:00:09a wonderful valuation day venue near the River Wensum
0:00:09 > 0:00:10and later on in the show,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13we'll be finding out what these magnificent stone pillars
0:00:13 > 0:00:16have to do with the rivers of Norfolk.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19That's all to come, but right now welcome to "Flog It!".
0:00:39 > 0:00:41As you arrive in Norfolk,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44you can't miss one overwhelming feature, water -
0:00:44 > 0:00:49125 miles of waterways, connecting more than 60 lakes,
0:00:49 > 0:00:55the only wetland national park in the UK, known as the Norfolk Broads.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58It might look timeless, but for 2,000 years,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00this has been a changing landscape
0:01:00 > 0:01:04and the fortunes of Norfolk people have been closely wrapped up in it,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08including Norwich Cathedral, just a stone's throw from the river.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12We'll be finding out about the ebb and the flow
0:01:12 > 0:01:15of Norfolk's waterways later on in the programme,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18but right now, crowds of people are flooding into the cloisters
0:01:18 > 0:01:21of Norwich Cathedral, our magnificent valuation day venue.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Fingers crossed, there should be one or two great stories to find out
0:01:24 > 0:01:27amongst all of these bags and boxes.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28They're here to see our experts
0:01:28 > 0:01:31and if you're happy with your valuation, what are you going to do?
0:01:31 > 0:01:35CROWD: "Flog It!". And helping us today are experts Thomas Plant...
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- What's your name?- Terry. - Terry, what have you brought?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- ..who's very excited by what's in the bags.- Yeah!
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And David Fletcher is also getting carried away.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- I will have to found out what they're worth first.- Of course.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52We can't be experts in everything. Antiquarian books...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Not even you.- No, not even me. - THOMAS LAUGHS
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Really, Thomas? Well, let's get on with the show and find out.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Today, David's enjoying some bygone maritime pieces.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07What I love about this
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- is it represents the old technology, doesn't it?- Yes.- It's low-tech.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14While Thomas is thinking more about a local tipple.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19A good beer, Scotch egg, nipping in and out of the pub for more beer.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Sounds a good day. - It does, doesn't it?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And I get digging to find out about the history
0:02:24 > 0:02:26of this incredible landscape.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30As our crowds surge into the nave,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33there's just time to look around this grand cathedral.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Completed in the 12th century
0:02:35 > 0:02:38when it was part of a monastery for the Benedictine monks,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42it has an extraordinary remnant from an even earlier time.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Now, this piece is quite exceptional.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52It dates back to the 7th century and it depicts St Felix of Burgundy
0:02:52 > 0:02:55who brought Christianity to this part of Britain.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Back then, the people here in this area were known as the East Angles.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03This is the earliest figurative sculpture in Britain
0:03:03 > 0:03:08after the Romans. Now, that is quite incredible.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Right now, it's time to meet our very own East Angles and here they are.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Hello, thank you for coming in. Enjoying yourselves?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- CROWD:- Yeah. - Yes. Good old East Angles.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Let's find out who the lucky owner is with our first valuation.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30It's over to Thomas who's delightfully colour-coordinated
0:03:30 > 0:03:32with our first owner Annette.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Annette, how are you? - Very well, thank you.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Are you a Norwich person? - Born and bred, yeah.- Born and bred.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- Are you wearing that canary yellow in homage...- Certainly am, yes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- ..to your football team? How are they doing at the moment?- Very well.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Are they? What does that mean, "very well"?- Near the top 6.- Of...
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- The Championship.- The Championship.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Anyway, tell me about your White's plane spherical globe.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- I absolutely love it.- I don't know much about it, actually.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I think it must have been my granddad's
0:04:01 > 0:04:04because I recently moved and it was up in the loft,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07so I think I must have taken it from my granddad's
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- when his place was cleared. - What an interesting thing to find.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Yes, well, I just didn't know what it was.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16And have you done your own research on it?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Yeah, I've been in touch with the Norwich Museum
0:04:19 > 0:04:20and also the Sheffield museum
0:04:20 > 0:04:23who told me that was printed in Sheffield.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26It's got it down here that it's printed in Sheffield in 1839.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I think it's a teaching aid. I don't think it's a globe for travellers.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32It's a teaching aid. It's an aid to show you...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34You can see the passage of the Earth around the sun
0:04:34 > 0:04:37and here we've got the signs of the zodiac etc,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40and then you've got the eclipse moments.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- It's a fascinating thing actually. - Yeah.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45When you went back to the museum, what information did they give you?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47They couldn't give me any
0:04:47 > 0:04:51but there's a bookshop across from the cathedral
0:04:51 > 0:04:53that I emailed pictures and he told me
0:04:53 > 0:04:57that he'd found one that had been in auction that was priced at £500
0:04:57 > 0:04:59but that wasn't worth as much as that
0:04:59 > 0:05:01because that was water-damaged on the back.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Yours is slightly water-damaged, is it?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- But he thought around £200. - I think £200...
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Cos there's a little bit of damage, not too much.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15The silks to turn the southern hemisphere around
0:05:15 > 0:05:17are still quite good.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Obviously the one to turn the northern hemisphere,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23they've been used a bit more as you can imagine.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26It's a funny thing you sort of lose touch of, isn't it?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- This is the planet we live on... - Yeah.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31..and we sort of go about our merry existence,
0:05:31 > 0:05:36- not really understanding it fully. - It's not how we know a globe, is it?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40No. Anyway, it comes to value. You've got a figure of £200.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43I believe that's a fair valuation.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48I think if you went £150-£250, is what I'd be prepared,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- I think it would make at auction. - Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- It might make a little bit more. - Mmm.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Regarding reserve, I'd put it at £150 with a bit of discretion.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- I'd be quite happy with that. - You'd be quite happy?- Yeah.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- And can you come to the auction? - Yeah.- Brilliant.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Will you be wearing that wonderful canary yellow?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- No, I've got a lovely bright pink one.- Have you? Oh, please do.- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- I'll make sure I wear something pink to match.- Right, OK.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- It's a deal.- Yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I look forward to seeing you both pretty in pink at the auction.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Beyond the main nave are the largest monastic cloisters in England.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It's here that, for 500 years,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29the community of Benedictine monks spent their time studying.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32David Fletcher's doing the same with an object given to Jill.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Hello, Jill.- Hello.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Thank you for coming out into these very picturesque
0:06:37 > 0:06:40but rather cold surroundings. They were hardy people, these monks.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Anyway, what you have brought in with you has really warmed me up.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Good.- I love this necklace.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Graduated pearls,
0:06:49 > 0:06:57fastened by this sapphire link with a diamond surround.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02The sapphire is pointy. In other words, it's a cabochon sapphire.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04But the crucial thing we need to think about
0:07:04 > 0:07:07is whether or not these are natural or cultured pearls.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Do you have a view on that?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- No, only that I'd like them to be the most valuable.- OK.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I'm not surprised.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It would be nice if they were natural but they're not.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22They are cultured, which does dramatically affect their value.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Now, are you ready for a little jewellery lesson?- Yes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29What we do if we want to create a cultured pearl
0:07:29 > 0:07:34is just put any sort of foreign body really into a mollusc
0:07:34 > 0:07:38and allow the pearl to build up round it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41In nature, that happens naturally, hence natural pearls.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44If we're talking about cultured pearls,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45it's something which is achieved
0:07:45 > 0:07:48with a little bit of help from mankind.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I always think the great thing about pearls is you can dress them up
0:07:51 > 0:07:53or dress them down. You could wear them with a pullover
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- or they look stunning with a nice black cocktail dress.- Yes.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59So, they are adaptable but, at the moment,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01not as fashionable as they were.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03So, I've sounded all the alarm bells
0:08:03 > 0:08:05and I'm now going to give you a valuation
0:08:05 > 0:08:08and I hope that you don't walk out on us here and now.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12A natural pearl necklace like this might be worth £2,000-3,000.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16A cultured pearl necklace like this is worth nearer £200-£300.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- That's fine.- OK. You're very philosophical.- Yes.- Thank you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22OK, let's turn to the second item
0:08:22 > 0:08:25which I think the auctioneers will want to sell as a separate lot.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I would have thought, probably, yes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33These are seed pearls in a 22-carat gold setting.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I think, from the commercial point of view,
0:08:37 > 0:08:39the problem with jewellery of this nature,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42is it's a little bit too fussy.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It speaks a bit of that high Victorian style
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- which is not terribly commercial today.- No.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51But there is another aspect of this brooch
0:08:51 > 0:08:53which we should briefly mention
0:08:53 > 0:08:56and that is the fact that it can be worn as a pendant.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57There is a suspension loop.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I rather like this sort of thing
0:09:00 > 0:09:03but there is some market resistance to it really.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- I would expect this will make between £50 and £80.- Right.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08If we estimate it at that sort of money,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- we'll do well with it, I think.- Fine.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12But I would urge people looking to get
0:09:12 > 0:09:14into buying and collecting jewellery
0:09:14 > 0:09:17to be mindful of the fact that these things
0:09:17 > 0:09:19can be picked up really quite cheaply.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21So often people say something's affordable
0:09:21 > 0:09:23and they're talking about lots of money
0:09:23 > 0:09:26but I think an object like that really IS affordable.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29So, if you're happy with that, we'll go ahead at that estimate
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- and I'll see you at the sale. - Thank you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35So, let's see if the ever-cultured David is right
0:09:35 > 0:09:38about those lovely cultured pearls.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42While the valuations continue in the main nave,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46there's time to find out more about the life of this building.
0:09:46 > 0:09:5030 years after the Normans conquered Britain in 1066,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52the monks, led by a French bishop,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56started construction on a vast cathedral here.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00So, in a grand gesture,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03they sourced all the stones from Caen in France,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06but how did they get all this stone here to Norwich,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09especially when the rivers stopped short by quarter of a mile?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The monks built a dyke leading from the River Wensum
0:10:14 > 0:10:17to the building site of the cathedral,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20allowing ships to sail right up to its doors.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24That dyke has long since disappeared underneath the city's streets,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27but these flint and granite monoliths,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29these huge great big lumps of stone, are proof
0:10:29 > 0:10:34that the water brought wealth to Norwich and wealth means power.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39The spectacular cathedral never fails to impress visitors,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43even locals like Terry, who's got a confession for Thomas.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I've never been in Norwich Cathedral in my life.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- I don't understand that.- Never.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52So, you've not been in here for a wedding, a christening...
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Nothing, no.- Carol service?- Nothing. - Are you amazed?- I am amazed, yeah.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Do you think you'll come back? - Probably, yes. One day.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03That's brilliant. So, today, you've brought along an interesting object.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- It's a piece of silver.- Yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08What really drew me into this was this "Ellen Terry".
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Ellen terry, yeah.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Ellen Terry is the famous Victorian actress
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- who we should now call actor. They're all actors.- Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Do you know much about her?- No, we didn't know nothing about her at all
0:11:22 > 0:11:24until I took it to the first valuation
0:11:24 > 0:11:27and they said, "Do you realise who it is?"
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- And you've done your own research? - We've done our research from there.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- What did you find out? - Oh, amazing, yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34She's really travelled the world.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Travelled the world and enjoyed her men.- That's right. Plenty of men.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- This is all right, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Do you know what she was really famous for?- Shakespeare.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Shakespeare was her work, wasn't it?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Have you been to a Shakespeare before?- I haven't, no.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- They are fabulous. They're great fun. Go and see a funny one.- I will.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Don't go and see one which goes on forever.- No, no.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Now, Terry, tell me what you know about this object
0:11:57 > 0:11:59and where it's come from.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02It was given to my wife from an old aunt
0:12:02 > 0:12:06and we done a bit of work on it and we found out that Barney was...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Hilda Barnes was her housekeeper for seven years.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And do you know what the object actually is itself?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- We were told that was an inkwell stand but I don't know.- OK.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- I don't think it is an inkwell stand.- No?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21No, cos inkwell stands have little recesses in
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- where you put the inkwells.- Yeah.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27There's a scissor which looks like a scissor but it's a candlesnuffer.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- I see.- And you'd do it to take out the candles, rather than licking it
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- and doing that.- Yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- So, your candlesnuffer scissors would be on the stand.- I see, yeah.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It's a really good bit of silver.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41It's made by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44You've got the hallmarks and the stamp there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- The hallmarks for London, sterling silver and 1919.- Oh, right.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52So, a proper bit of silver, just after the First World War.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- And this shape is a Chippendale cut rim.- I see, yeah.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Quality piece of silver. So, you've got that going for it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01But really and honestly,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04the most important thing is this bit by Ellen Terry.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- So, you said you've had it valued before.- Yeah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- What did that figure come in at? - That was around £200.- Mmm.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- I think that's a very fair valuation.- Yeah.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Immensely fair, and I believe
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- that you could certainly achieve that £200.- Yeah.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20But if I was being completely honest and candid with you,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- you estimate it in between that value.- That's right, yeah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- I'd say £150 to £250.- Yeah.- And hopefully, it makes more than that.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- And reserve, I'd fix it at £150. - OK, that's fine.- Definitely.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35But I don't think we have to worry about that.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- No, I shouldn't think so. - See you there.- Yeah.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- And you WILL go to Shakespeare. - All right. If you say so.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I'll drag you there!
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Will it be much ado about nothing or a triumph when it goes at auction?
0:13:46 > 0:13:50In a moment, we're going to be putting our first items to the test
0:13:50 > 0:13:52in the saleroom, but before that,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56here's a quick recap of everything that's going under the hammer.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59There's an ex-educational globe -
0:13:59 > 0:14:02an old world take on the Old World.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Jill's separate cultured pearl jewellery pieces
0:14:06 > 0:14:09which should make a good buy for someone.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And we'll see if Terry's Victorian tray,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16given by a famous doyenne of the London stage, Ellen Terry,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18to her housekeeper,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20will create a drama in the saleroom.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25For our auction today, we're heading to Diss
0:14:25 > 0:14:28on the southern end of the Broads
0:14:28 > 0:14:30with the River Waveney running through it.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34The waterways and Broads of Norfolk provide a fine haven
0:14:34 > 0:14:36for the many unique and rare species of wildlife
0:14:36 > 0:14:39that have made this their home.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48Today, we're putting our valuations to the test here at TW Gaze in Diss.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Now, we may not see any rare species, but fingers crossed,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53we're going to have one or two big surprises,
0:14:53 > 0:14:58so follow me inside and let's find out as our items go under the hammer.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Today, our auctioneers are Ed Smith and Robert Kinsella
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and don't forget, when you're buying or selling at auction,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06you'll be paying commission on each item.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Here, that's set at 15%, including VAT.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Our first lot is the unusual 19th-century White's globe.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Let's see if Annette will be in the pink after the sale.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I think this is quite unique. I've not seen one before.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23No, I can't find anyone who has.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27It's a real niche market, but there's a few collectors out there...
0:15:27 > 0:15:28There's a lot of collectors for globes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31..that love their globes that would love this as an addition.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- I think so, 100%.- Well, hopefully,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37we can find a collector for you that's willing to pay top dollar.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40That's what it's all about in the saleroom. Hopefully we'll get that.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42It's going under the hammer now.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46And on this little book, I'm going to start straight in here at 120.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49120 I have. Is there 30?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53It's there at 120. 130. 140. 150. 160. 170.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- That's more like it, isn't it? - 180's on commissions.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Is there 90? It's 180 at the moment. 190.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Is there 200? It's 190 online.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Where's 200? We're selling away for £190.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Are we all done?
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- HE BANGS GAVEL Yes, sold! £190!- Lovely.- Hey!
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- That was worth hanging onto, wasn't it?- It was, yes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- I'm pleased, Thomas. That was a good result.- Brilliant result, absolutely.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Next, it's the silver tray
0:16:21 > 0:16:25engraved with the name of the famous Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28brought in by Terry - no relation!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30He's come to the auction with his wife, Christine.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35It's nice to think that a candlesnuffer had its own little tray
0:16:35 > 0:16:38to sit on to make it architecturally quite interesting and important
0:16:38 > 0:16:41cos it was an important tool to put candles out, wasn't it?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It was important, otherwise you'd burn your house down!
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Well, or you'd go like that.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51- What are you hoping for, Thomas? - Well, I'm hoping for it to get £150.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- What did we put it at? - Well, we said £150 reserve
0:16:53 > 0:16:57but I'm just a bit worried that the interest for it isn't...
0:16:57 > 0:16:59There might not be enough interest for it.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00We're going to find out right now
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- because it's going under the hammer. - Oh, right.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06And as you see it, bids are at 100.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I'll take 10. 100 is bid. 110 I'll take.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12At 100 bid. 110. 120.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- 130, 140. - Ooh.- Yeah, we're climbing.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- 150 and I'm out then at 150.- Just.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23At 150 bid online. Still going. We're up to 170 online.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- 170 online. - Bids at 180? We're 170 bid online.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Any more anywhere then? £170 bid online. It will sell.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Fair warning at 170. - It's a good price. £170.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- HE BANGS GAVEL But a rare thing. Brilliant.- Yeah.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Thank you for bringing that in. £170.- Thank you.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Our third lot is Jill's charming pearl necklace and brooch,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45made from cultured pearls.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49And Jill has big plans for the proceeds of the sale.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- I'm going out to Australia in the autumn.- Are you?- To see my son.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Oh, brilliant. - I've never been before.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Fingers crossed, you're going to love that.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- I've been twice, it's really nice. - To Perth.- Good luck.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Right, we need some money to get Jill out to Australia.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Pearls come in and out of fashion, don't they?- Yes, they do.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- But I think this particular necklace will sell.- OK.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- We're selling in two lots.- Necklace first and then we've got the brooch.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Necklace first, then the brooch. Are you ready for this?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Fine.- Here we go. This is it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22And on this one, bids are in here at 160. Taking 170.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27- At 160 the bid as you see it.- Come on.- 160 the bid now. I'll take 170.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- At 170. 180. - He's got a bid on the book.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- He keeps looking down and picking it up from the book.- 260.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36280. 280 the bid. It's on commission at 280.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- Is there 300 now anywhere? - We need £300.- £280 on commission.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Any advance? We'll sell at 280. - Selling at 280, that's OK.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45HE BANGS GAVEL That's good news.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48We can get in the swing of things now and say, "Beauty, mate."
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Beauty! And here's the next lot.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56And I'm going to have to start in at £80.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I'll take 5. £80 the bid. Is there 5 now?
0:18:58 > 0:19:02On the pendant there, 80 I am bid. Is there 5 now?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03- 85.- Yes!- 90.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07It's always good when your first bid comes in above your bottom estimate.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11We're £100, the bid. Is there 10 anywhere? At 110. 120.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14120 then. Still with me on commission at £120.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Are you all done at the back? At 120.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- HE BANGS GAVEL £120, sold!- That's lovely.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- That's good, isn't it?- Excellent. - That rounds it up to £400!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Your maths is better than mine!
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I think the trade is perhaps stronger for pearls
0:19:28 > 0:19:30than I feared, so I'm delighted.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Well, Jill seems pleased with the nice little nest egg
0:19:33 > 0:19:35for her big trip down under.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39And we'll be coming back here for some more great sales later on.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41That's our first three lots under the hammer
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and our first visit to the auction room over with.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Now, as they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50so while we've been here filming in the area,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I decided to explore the Broads National Park to find out why
0:19:53 > 0:19:57there's a lot more to this watery landscape than meets the eye.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Take a look at the Norfolk Broads and you'll be forgiven for thinking
0:20:05 > 0:20:08these surroundings haven't changed in thousands of years.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10But you'd be wrong.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15This has been a dramatically shifting landscape for at least 3,000 years
0:20:15 > 0:20:17and it's owed much of its change to two things -
0:20:17 > 0:20:19water and this stuff, peat.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I'm off to find out how this boggy substance
0:20:22 > 0:20:26has not only changed the landscape, but the fortunes of the Broads.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29The Norfolk Broads are an incredible phenomenon.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Six rivers and dykes wend their way for 125 miles through the county,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38the area making up just over 300 square kilometres
0:20:38 > 0:20:41of Britain's largest protected wetland.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46I've come to meet education officer Nick Sanderson
0:20:46 > 0:20:48from the Broads Authority,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51who can explain how this dramatic terrain was formed.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- All is not what it seems.- No, this is really a manmade landscape.- Yeah.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01So, if we go back 4,000 years, it was an area of swampy woodland
0:21:01 > 0:21:04with reeds and sedge and things like that.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08And that laid down massive, deep peat deposits.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12But if you came forward 2,000 years from then to the Roman times,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15about 2,000 years ago, the place was a great big estuary.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17It was underneath the sea
0:21:17 > 0:21:21and the sea was laying down layers of clay on top of that.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25How deep do you have to dig down in this area to find peat?
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Um, here, probably one or one and half metres.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Now, you've got an auger. It's a rod that goes right down.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Now, that is about eight feet under the ground now.- Yeah, it is.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39That's filling up with what? Clay and peat?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42So, hopefully, if's going to show us the change of level.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Give it a few more twists then.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- A few more twists and we'll see what we've got. There we go.- Here we go.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54There we go.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Because cutting through clay, if that clay is quite solid,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- that's hard work.- That's right.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03The clay layer is really difficult to cut through.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07But beneath the clay, if I scrape it, hopefully...
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Oh, that's peat, isn't it? - That's right, we're into peat.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15And these bits of trees that we can see here,
0:22:15 > 0:22:20these were probably buried - I don't know - 1,000, 1,500 years ago?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And peat has an incredible property.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26It doesn't really allow decomposition.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So when you dig it out of the ground...
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- It's as it was.- Pretty much, yeah.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It's like compressed wood and plant matter
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- which is why it burns so well.- Gosh.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39And fire was exactly what people needed.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42By the 10th century, firewood had become scarce.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Peat was a great new fuel
0:22:44 > 0:22:47which burnt hotter and longer than ordinary wood
0:22:47 > 0:22:51and would have been vital to cook and heat their homes with.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55So, what time in history did people realise underneath that clay,
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- that peat was a valuable product? - By, sort of, the tenth century,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04we do know that peat was being extracted and by medieval times,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08vast quantities were being extracted because people had realised
0:23:08 > 0:23:12that it could be sold and traded and so on.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17So, in medieval times, it was being excavated on an industrial scale.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21But rich landowners and the church controlled the area
0:23:21 > 0:23:25and local tenant farmers had to get permission first to dig for peat.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28They would have had a right of turbary,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31which is the right to cut turves and this is a turf.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- And that's dried out. - That's dried out, yeah.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37It's been dried out for a couple of years, really.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41But 400,000 turves like this a year were burnt
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- in the cathedral refectory in Norwich.- 400,000?!
0:23:46 > 0:23:49400,000 blocks like that would have been burnt.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I'm just thinking of the intensity of people digging away
0:23:53 > 0:23:55but also horse and cart taking it
0:23:55 > 0:23:58to and fro the cathedral and other great buildings.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Yeah.- A hive of activity in this area, because of peat.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04East Anglia - Norfolk, in particular -
0:24:04 > 0:24:07supported a really high population for a rural area
0:24:07 > 0:24:11during medieval times, largely because of the peat.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Look, I know it sounds like hard work, getting through the clay,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- and I'm sure it is. Can I have a go? - Certainly.- One quick go.- Sure.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20You've got the right tools here?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Well, that's a peat cutter, which is what they would have used.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It's called a becket
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and it would have been used to actually cut the turves out.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- But this is a bit of an antique. - Oh, OK.
0:24:30 > 0:24:36So, I think we'll use a conventional spade and if you'd like to...
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Just here?- Just have a go at digging.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40There's going to be a lot of tree roots here anyway, naturally.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- Absolutely.- Gosh, that's softer than I thought.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- That's what I thought it would be like on the first one.- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Broke it.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Well, clearly, with one spadeful, just that depth,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I'm not going to find peat,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03but it gives me an idea of what you've got to do.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- And it is hard work, isn't it? - That's a big block.- Cor!
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Yeah, I wouldn't like to stand there and do that all day long.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Mind you, you'd have great stomach muscles, wouldn't you?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16That's hard work.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Hard grind and excavation went on for 200 years, by which time,
0:25:21 > 0:25:27it's estimated locals had dug up 250,000 cubic metres of peat,
0:25:27 > 0:25:32which is equivalent to 100 Olympic-size swimming pools today.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36The result was vast, shallow quarries, cut into the land,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38on occasion stretching for miles.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42By the 14th century, the landscape was transformed again.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Once more, water levels rose, this time pouring in,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48flooding into the quarries, creating great lakes -
0:25:48 > 0:25:50what we now call the Norfolk Broads.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Next to the new manmade lakes were marshy pastures,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00perfect for raising sheep, and by the Middle Ages,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02the wool trade in Norfolk was booming.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06But there was something else, besides the nutrient-rich fields,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10that helped transform the area from a backwater to a major player.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Landowners and wool traders realised that with access to the continent,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18they could be sitting on a gold mine.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20But how could they get their product to sea?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Well, the answer was to hire Dutch engineers
0:26:23 > 0:26:27with skills in building dykes. Problem solved.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31They created a network of channels linking the rivers to the Broads,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33with access to ports like Norwich.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Now the wool could reach ships
0:26:35 > 0:26:38and now the ships could find fresh markets overseas.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Norwich became the second wealthiest city to London.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Wool and farming products were carried up and down the waterways
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and by the 17th century, all manner of goods were transported
0:26:52 > 0:26:55on distinctive flat-bottomed boats called wherries.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01But there was one more change for the Broads.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10By the turn of the 20th century, industry was replaced with tourism,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13as holidaymakers flocked to the area.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- TV:- 'The Norfolk Broads is the largest area in Britain
0:27:16 > 0:27:18'for those seeking a holiday afloat.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22'You can hire a boat here any time between Easter and October.'
0:27:23 > 0:27:26The old wherries had almost gone and in their place,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30pleasure boats were specially designed for these shallow waterways.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Hunters Yard, which built some of the first yachts,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35is still going strong today,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39hiring them out to amateur sailors, like Ian Cartwright.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44I love these old classic sailboats. They're right up my street.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- They are a delight to sail. - Are they?- Yes, they really are.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50They do exactly what you want them to do
0:27:50 > 0:27:52and you get a lot of feedback from them.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- They're not hard work, like so many of the other hire boats were.- Sure.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- It looks like it's got a deep keel, but it hasn't, has it?- No, it hasn't.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02They draw about 2', 3". The Boards are very shallow.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Rivers aren't deep and some of the Broads are two feet deep.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08You fall overboard and you can walk ashore most of the time.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11A friend of mine who sails on Auckland Harbour
0:28:11 > 0:28:14says when he comes into the Broads, he's scared stiff
0:28:14 > 0:28:16because he's only 20 seconds from disaster.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Disaster just means running into the reeds, which isn't a real disaster.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Not really, is it, no.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Do you get a chance to take these boats out much?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Not as much as I'd like.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I have a whole month all to myself every year
0:28:29 > 0:28:32and what I like about them is it's you against the wind and the tide
0:28:32 > 0:28:35and by the time you come to the end of the day, you think,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38"That was a good day. I've got here without starting a diesel engine,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40"just under my own fair wit."
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I've sneaked up on herons catching frogs and gulping them down
0:28:45 > 0:28:47and you couldn't do that in a motorboat.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53You just glide gently up and there they are.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55They haven't even noticed me.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Strange to think that Norfolk's unique landscape
0:28:59 > 0:29:02was built on the blood, sweat and industry
0:29:02 > 0:29:05of those early peat diggers and that, in turn,
0:29:05 > 0:29:09their quarrying came about as a result of thousands of years
0:29:09 > 0:29:11of the natural ebb and flow
0:29:11 > 0:29:15of one of the most valuable resources - water.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Welcome back to our valuation day in the nave of Norwich Cathedral...
0:29:26 > 0:29:29..where Robin has brought something to show David
0:29:29 > 0:29:32that would have been very useful in this seafaring region.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- Hello, Robin.- Hello, David.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37You look like a bit of an old sea dog to me. Would I be right?
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- You would. I've 30 years, man and boy.- 30 years? Gosh.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44I love your sweater. You're well-dressed for the weather.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Yeah, that's a Sheringham sweater that my wife knitted,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- following the fishing traditions. - OK.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53And it was made to...so they could identify the man
0:29:53 > 0:29:55if he was drowned.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58It was tight on the neck so it wouldn't come off in the water
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and they could know what village he came from,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03although I'm, technically coming from Norwich,
0:30:03 > 0:30:06not entitled to wear it.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08I won't let on!
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Anyway, look, I could talk to you for ages about that.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Tell me about what you've got here because it means nothing to me,
0:30:14 > 0:30:19- so I'm in your hands. - It's a Walker's patent Cherub log
0:30:19 > 0:30:24and this part fixed on the very sternmost part of the ship,
0:30:24 > 0:30:28the very aftermost part. And the fish, which is this part,
0:30:28 > 0:30:32was attached to a left-handed lay rope and spun.
0:30:32 > 0:30:38When it was thrown into the water, it spun, which also spins the gauge
0:30:38 > 0:30:42which tells you the miles per hour or knots you would be doing.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- So, it's a speedometer, really. - It is a speedometer.- OK.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49What I love about this is it represents the old technology,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- doesn't it?- Yes. - It's low-tech engineering.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Well, it's the secondary thing.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59When you let the line with the knots on it pass through your hand
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and count the knots to see how fast you're going,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- this was the next development. - OK, right. That's interesting.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- So it's one on from that.- Yeah.- Tell me when you think this was made.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- I don't think it's an early one.- No.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16- I think this is probably 1960s, 1970s.- As recent as that, OK.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- And have you ever used it? - I've never used it myself.- Right.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21But you've used this sort of thing?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24I've used this sort of thing in the past, yes, on other ships,
0:31:24 > 0:31:26but not this particular one.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Now, we have to think about what this might be worth.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- I mean, clearly you no longer have a use for it.- No.- No, OK.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37I have done a bit of homework on this and, surprisingly,
0:31:37 > 0:31:41quite a few of these have been sold in the past two or three years.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45None of them have made a huge amount of money, I hasten to add,
0:31:45 > 0:31:49but they made sums between £80 and £150 which, I must say,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51is a bit more than I thought they might have done.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Does that sound about all right to you?- That sounds... Yeah.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59- OK, so if we go for £60 to £100... - Yeah.- Reserve of £60?- £50?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02£50 would be fine by me, yeah. I'm more than happy with that.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Reserve of £50. And I'll see you at the sale.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09And ask your wife to knit me one of those sweaters.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I can see you in one of those, David.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Thomas has something in front of him that also beautifully reflects
0:32:17 > 0:32:20the boating traditions of the area.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- So, Colin.- Yes.- Tell me about this delightful watercolour
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- you have brought along. - I actually found it
0:32:25 > 0:32:30- when my father passed away in a cupboard in his house.- Stacked away.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35- I didn't even know it existed. - You sound quite Norfolky.- I am.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40- Born and bred.- Indeed. - So, do you know the actual place?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- This is the Broads?- Yes, the Broads.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46I know the place, I know the pub, I know the village.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- This is the pub here?- Yes.- What's the pub called?- Horning Ferry.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53- Horning Ferry. And the village is...?- Horning.- In Horning.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- Still a pub today? - Yeah, without the thatched roof.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58I can see it's got a thatched roof.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02- I wonder if they serve good beer in that pub.- They do.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07We've done a little bit of research with this artist, W Leslie Rackham,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- and this dates from the early part of the 20th century.- Mmm-hmm.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- He had a yacht called Old Genesta. - Really?
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- Yeah, and this could be his yacht. - Could be.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22He did lots of watercolours of his yacht within the Broads,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26- so to speak. I'm just picturing a good beer...- Mmm.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- ..Scotch egg, maybe...- Yes.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- ..on your boat...- Yeah.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33..nipping in and out of the pub for more beer
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- with the sun on your back. - Sounds a good day.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- It does sound a very good day.- Yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40The thing about the watercolours is they do lose a bit of colour
0:33:40 > 0:33:41if they've been in the sun.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44But your father, by keeping it in the cupboard,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47has saved a lot of the colour.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Cos you can still see the blue quite well here.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52And I love the way he's done it, with the reflection of the pub.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Real skill on the water with the ripple and the light.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- I think this is going to be worth £100 to £150.- Mmm.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Would you be happy to sell it at that?- Mmm-hmm.- Yes?- Mmm-hmm.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Shall we fix a reserve
0:34:05 > 0:34:08or have a reserve with a bit of discretion at £100?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- I think the reserve of £100. - You want to reserve at £100?- Mmm.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- I think it's worth doing, really. - Good.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- If I were staying longer, I'd go for a pint, but I'm not.- No.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24And we're staying with the subject of booze for our next lot.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- John, hello and welcome.- Hello.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30And a subject very close to my heart - beer.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- You were in the trade, were you? - Er, no my parents were.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37- They ran a pub for about 12 years in the '50s and '60s.- Right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Hard work running a pub, isn't it? Yeah.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43This is a fabulous collection you've brought in with you.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45I love this sort of stuff.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Advertising ware, it does well today.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52And I imagine that these would have been given to the landlord,
0:34:52 > 0:34:57your dad, so he didn't actually have to pay anything for them.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59- Now, let's start with the toucans. - Yes.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Always reminds me a bit of Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- I think she had three ducks flying across her wall.- Yes.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- But what colourful, wonderful things they are.- Yes.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Manufactured by a factory called Carlton,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16established in the 19th century,
0:35:16 > 0:35:20but a factory which really came into its own in the 1920s and '30s,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22associated with the art deco movement.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25And I think you can tell that by looking at the bright colours.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29The combination of orange and yellow is particularly typical
0:35:29 > 0:35:32of the art deco style.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Let's just talk about the signs. "Guinness For Strength".
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Today you'd be in trouble under the Trades Descriptions Act,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43if you suggested that something that you were drinking
0:35:43 > 0:35:46might enable you to lift a tractor off the ground like that
0:35:46 > 0:35:49or bring your carthorse home in his own cart.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54So they speak of their period which, again, I think is fantastic.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57This one I don't think is quite so interesting.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- No, it's the local brewery. They owned the pub.- Right.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06Anyway, how saleable are they? They have no sentimental value to you?
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Not really, no. They were always on display, even after the pub closed.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14They were still on the wall but since we've had them,
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- they've only been in a wardrobe. - Yeah, good. OK, value.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- Now, I'm happy that these aren't fakes.- Mmm-hmm.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24There are a lot of forgeries about, as you probably know.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27I think one look at the back tells us that they're OK.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30The marks are good and there's telltale signs of wear.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35- I would be thinking in terms of £50 to £80 for the three birds.- Mmm-hmm.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38In addition to that, obviously, we've got the signs -
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- somewhere around £10, £15 each.- OK.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44So, that's another £30 or £40.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49So, I would have thought, if we said £80 to £120 for the lot?
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- For the lot, yeah, OK.- We'll ask the auctioneers to sell it in one group.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- Yeah.- Reserve of £80? - Yes, I would like a reserve, yeah.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00OK, so to make sure that nothing too untoward happens,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03we'll just cover them with that reserve.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04- And off we go.- OK.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07David could be onto something with these.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Advertising ware, as it's called, is a strong area of collectibles.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Enthusiasts have over 100 years of objects to sift through.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Branding really kicked off in the late 19th century,
0:37:18 > 0:37:22when the manufacturers of Pears' Soap pioneered the idea of slogans
0:37:22 > 0:37:26and idealised images to sell their products.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29The field developed through the 20th century,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32but the ad men really went to town after World War II.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34As mass manufacturing developed,
0:37:34 > 0:37:39they created branding that appealed to consumers on an emotional level.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- ADVERT:- 'On Sunbeam energy, they sure do enjoy life.'
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Guinness is known for being one of the most prolific producers
0:37:50 > 0:37:54of branded merchandise since the 1930s and the rare pieces,
0:37:54 > 0:37:59and those pieces made by famous designers are valuable,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01so these could do very well indeed.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08That's it. We've now found our final item to take off to auction.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12And what a fabulous day we've had here at Norwich Cathedral,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15where you can almost feel the ghosts of monks past.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17But before we leave, I just want to show you something.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20It's another reminder of the importance of water
0:38:20 > 0:38:23to the people of Norfolk and it's a little bit of graffiti.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Look at that - scratched onto one of the pillars here.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30And here, look, you can see a ship. And it's really a peace offering.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34It's a way of saying thank you for the safe passage.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Well, right now, we're going to be heading
0:38:36 > 0:38:40straight back to the auction room, so we say goodbye to the cathedral.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42And here's a quick recap of what's going under the hammer
0:38:42 > 0:38:44and WE definitely won't be going by ship.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48We have Robin's old ship speedometer -
0:38:48 > 0:38:51a wonderful reminder of Britain's seafaring roots.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55There's the watercolour, by W Leslie Rackham, of a yacht
0:38:55 > 0:38:59outside the local pub at Horning, in good condition.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02And the really lovely collection of advertising signs.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06But let's see if the collectors are out in force at the auction.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10We're heading back to the saleroom in Diss
0:39:10 > 0:39:14and our first lot is a bit of British nautical history -
0:39:14 > 0:39:17a speedometer, dating to the 1960s.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Robin, it's great to see you again and you, David.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23We are about to sell your instrument for measuring a rate of knots.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25I don't think this is a lot of money.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28I think the estimate's cheap and I hope it will make more.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- We're optimistic, aren't we, Robin?- We are, yeah.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Well, let's find out. We're putting it to the test right now.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39I have got bids on. I have to start at bottom guide here, at £60.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- 60 I have.- Good interest here.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44We're straight in here at the £60. 5. 70. 5. 80.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47One more, sir? 80 still with me. Are you the 5?
0:39:47 > 0:39:515. 90. 95, right at the back.
0:39:51 > 0:39:5595 I have. Is there 100? It's commissions out at 95.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- We sell. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Yes, the hammer's gone down. £95, so we nearly did £100,
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- but we're pretty happy with that, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- We're really happy with that. Well done, David.- I was delighted.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09A bit of nautical history.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11We're still waterlogged for our next lot -
0:40:11 > 0:40:15an early 20th-century painting by local artist W Leslie Rackham,
0:40:15 > 0:40:17brought to us by Colin.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19We're here, virtually on the Broads.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23You've got this wonderful watercolour by Rackham, it's a boating scene,
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- he loved boats, so it will suit somebody that's got a boat.- Hmm.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Everyone's got a boat around here, surely. It's full of water.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Let's find out how this does. It's going under the hammer right now.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36I'm starting it below guide, starting here at £75. 75 I have.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Is there 80? It's a Rackham here for £75. Where's 80?
0:40:40 > 0:40:4480. 5. 90. 5. 100. 110.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- There we are. Sold easily. - Still on commissions. 110 I have.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Is there 20? It's with commissions at £110 now.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Is there 20? We're selling it at £110.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57HE BANGS GAVEL Sold. Yes! Well done, well done.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59And I hope that's gone to a good home as well.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- I hope it's gone to a good home. - It should do.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05That's great value for money. It's a one-off piece of fine art.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07People pay that for a print or a poster.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11You've got a piece of fine art by a great artist on the wall
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- that no-one else has.- Exactly. - Cos it IS fine art. It's one-off.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Probably gone to the pub.- I hope so.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Wouldn't that be nice? Now time for our final lot today,
0:41:20 > 0:41:24John's very collectible advertising signs.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26My goodness, my Guinness.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Yes, we've seen it on the show before.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Guinness memorabilia is big business.- Yeah, I think so.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34It appeals to people who collect breweriana
0:41:34 > 0:41:37and it appeals to people who collect advertising materials,
0:41:37 > 0:41:41so I hope we've got two markets out there, anxious to buy this lot.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Right now, hopefully,
0:41:42 > 0:41:45we're going to flog this next lot at the top end of the value.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47It's going under the hammer right now.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51I'm going to start just below guide. I'm going to start at £65.
0:41:51 > 0:41:5465. 70. 5. 80.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- 5. 90.- Sold.- Yes, sold.- 100. 110.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- 120. 130. 140.- This is good.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- This is more like it.- 170. 180.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08190 I have. 190 is back on commission.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11190 I have. 200. 220.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- Crikey.- Yeah, this is very good. The Carlton Ware toucans are worth that.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20240 I have. Is there 60? 260. Where's 80? 280.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25But then that artwork by Gilroy's iconic. He was a great artist.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28It's 300 now bid. Where's the 20? 320's online. 320 I have.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Is there 40? It's 320 online. Is there 40?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- We'll be selling at £320. Are we all done?- £320!
0:42:36 > 0:42:38And watch that hammer go down. Yes, crack!
0:42:38 > 0:42:43- That's the sold sound. I'm happy with that.- I'm very happy with that.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- We're pleased.- We're chuffed. - Not bad, considering they were free!
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- You didn't even have to pay for them.- I know.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Wow, that set obviously caught the eye of the ad ware collectors
0:42:52 > 0:42:54and what a great final result.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58There you are. That's it. It's all over for our "Flog It!" owners.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01The sale is still going on, but what a day we've had here.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Everyone's gone home happy and that's what it's all about.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Our experts were definitely on the money and one or two surprises.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10What more could you ask from an auction room?
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Join us again for a lot more fun soon.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Until then, it's goodbye from Diss.