0:00:19 > 0:00:23The Bowes Museum, which is hosting our valuation day,
0:00:23 > 0:00:27was purpose-built as a public art gallery in the late 19th century
0:00:27 > 0:00:29for John Bowes and his wife, Josephine.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32They had met and fallen in love in Paris,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34where Josephine was an actress.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39The building, in the grand French style of the First Empire,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42sits within landscape gardens.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Its contents are priceless,
0:00:43 > 0:00:48consisting of unique Napoleonic relics, splendid picture galleries,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51a collection of porcelain - one of the finest in the world -
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and indeed, a wonderful and rare collection
0:00:53 > 0:00:56of art objects of every kind.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And those aren't the only treasures on display here,
0:01:04 > 0:01:05because look at this -
0:01:05 > 0:01:08hundreds of people have turned up from all over County Durham,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10laden with their own antiques and collectibles,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13their very own treasures for our experts to see
0:01:13 > 0:01:17and delve deep into these bags to reveal those wonderful stories,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and, of course, they want to put our experts' knowledge to the test,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and there's one question they all want to ask. Which is...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- ALL:- What's it worth?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Well-informed auctioneer Paul Laidlaw should know the answer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32- Madam?- Yes?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I'm a really nosy guy, I see bags and I think treasure.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I assume there is the Holy Grail in every single one.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And today he has teamed up with the dependable Elizabeth Talbot,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44also excellent at picking out a gem.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I like this one and, as a Yorkshire lass, I quite like this one.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49This is rather fetching, I'd have said.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51You can sell it to me all day long.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54So it's time to lead our queue through the museum
0:01:54 > 0:01:56to the 19th-century picture gallery,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59where our valuations will be taking place.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03And here is a sneak preview of what is coming up on today's show.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Which of these rarely-seen items surprise us at auction?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Will it be this weird and wonderful coconut?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- I'd fight you in the streets for that.- Yes.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Or will these early racing prints beat it to the post?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18These are very famous and well-known, well-respected images.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20So people are very fond of this series of pictures.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25We've got a full house here today, so there's plenty to look at,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29so let's get started. It's straight over to our experts' tables.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Catherine, tell me about them. Where do these hail from?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Well, I inherited them. They've been in the family for...
0:02:36 > 0:02:39They must've been in a cupboard for 100 years.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42These are uncommon. They're strange!
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Yes, and this one, if you twirl it around, it makes music.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Can we? Does it?- Yes, yes!
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Yes!
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- BALLERINA MUSIC PLAYS - Oh, my word!- Yeah.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Yeah, I get it and I see the mechanism.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59There are teeth on the end of that handle.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- It's striking a comb....- Yes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- ..on the inside of her drum-like body there.- Uh-huh.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And I've got to say,
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- is that a whistle on the end of the handle?- Oh, I don't know!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Oh, if it is I...- That's what it looks like to me.- Yes!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Now, what can I tell you about her?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I concur on age
0:03:18 > 0:03:21because we are certainly into the tail end of the 19th century.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Right, right.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I've referred to bisque-headed dolls previously,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28and I can tell you that this is an early composition.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29- A plastic, OK?- Mm-hm, mm-hm.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- This is quite modern technology in its day.- Right.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Arguably less expensive than a porcelain head.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40However, there are refinements.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43She's got glass eyes, an open mouth and teeth,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47and those are high-end features on any doll of this time.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52She is refined, and she was not inexpensive.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Now, I mean, so if this is a... Can you trace this to an ancestor?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Um, possibly.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- It's a guess that... It's my guess, it's probably German.- Right.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Er, because my great-great-grandfather
0:04:05 > 0:04:07was a businessman who exported, er,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11textile machinery to Germany and had a factory there as well
0:04:11 > 0:04:14and I suspect he brought it back for his, er...
0:04:14 > 0:04:15children or his granddaughter.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20Now her friend... Well, if this little girl is a rich girl,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22on the other hand, I think we're looking
0:04:22 > 0:04:24at the other end of the social spectrum here.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Er, a black lady in her original dress,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31and it looks like what she'd be wearing
0:04:31 > 0:04:34if she was West African or West Indian,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37with the head wrap,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41but a Victorian printed textile band decorating the dress
0:04:41 > 0:04:43and she is made of...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- she's fabric-stuffed.- Uh-huh.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Yeah, but, look, little black glass bead eyes
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and the wee pursed lips stitched on.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I think she's utterly charming
0:04:53 > 0:04:59and I'll wager she is as rare a survivor as her upmarket friend,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03because I suspect she wasn't overly expensive...
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- 100-odd years ago.- Yeah.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07What do they do for you? Do you like them?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Absolutely nothing.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I could see £100-£200 in these.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14That's not a lot of money and you're getting, in my opinion...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- rare dolls.- Yes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Are they definitely going? - Yes.- Yeah?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Because I have no use for them or no desire to keep them.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- I'd say, if you get north of 80... - Mm-hm.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- ..we're in business.- OK.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- But I'm hoping for £1-200. - Really? Mm-hm.- Sound OK?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Yeah, yeah.- Catherine, it looks like we're in business.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34And bye-bye, the dolls.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I really hope Paul is right with his valuation.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Well, I've slipped away from the activities of the picture galleries
0:05:41 > 0:05:44to show you the passion of John Bowes,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46one of the co-founders of this magnificent museum,
0:05:46 > 0:05:47the Bowes Museum.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51He had a love for horse racing, the sport of the kings,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55as popular in Victorian times as it is today.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58His passion started as a young boy, but, as a grown man,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01he bred horses at nearby Streatlam Stud,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04with the help of trainer John Scott,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and there's a little portrait there of John Scott.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Well, together, they went on to win the Derby,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14the most famous, richest, prestigious race in the country,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18and it was the first time in history that a horse from the North
0:06:18 > 0:06:22had won a big race down South, and that took place in 1835,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25and the winner was this horse here, Mundig,
0:06:25 > 0:06:30and it was a thrilling encounter - Mundig won just by a head.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31It was that close.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Together, the two Johns went on to win the Derby four times.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38It was a wonderful horse racing achievement,
0:06:38 > 0:06:43and it's only been equalled or bettered by four other owners.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Let's now catch up with our experts
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and, hopefully, they're looking at a winner.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And Elizabeth looks like she might have found a good bet.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Doris, it's lovely to see you.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Thank you so much for coming in with your pictures.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Now, you have a set of four.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Yes.- This is a sample, one of four that you've brought in.- Yes.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Tell me about your engravings.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Well, as far as I know, um,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08the second edition of the first steeplechase in history.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I know it's the second because you have
0:07:11 > 0:07:14the shadows of the horses in that - the first edition doesn't.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Mm-hm.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18And how have you acquired them? Are they things you've inherited?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22They came down through my second husband's father,
0:07:22 > 0:07:28- who trained horses in, um, India, in the British Army in India.- Right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30And I think that, sometime or another,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33he was presented with them, but, when they came to me,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37they were just in a box full of junk, if I can put it that way.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- Politely.- So I thought they were unusual, and I-I had them framed.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44You had them framed very sympathetically.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- I like the choice of mounting and, er, frame.- Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50This is them outside the barracks, it's behind the barracks in Ipswich.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I mean, it's a very famous series of pictures
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- which tell a progressive story. - Yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59And, um, these engravings were done by a man called J Harris,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02after the original paintings by Alken,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04and he's a famous painter in his own right.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08And in the equestrian field, these are very famous and well-known,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10well-respected images that people are very fond of,
0:08:10 > 0:08:11of this series of pictures.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Obviously, I'm particularly biased
0:08:13 > 0:08:15because, working and living in Suffolk as I do,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18the fact you've got the one from Ipswich here is very appropriate.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Lovely, busy scenes.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Hand-coloured engravings.- Mhm.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You know what I'm going to point out though, don't you?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- The condition of all four is not great.- Oh, yes, yes, I realise that.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32And that will knock the value in commercial terms, unfortunately.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33And the brown markings,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36it will look like some sort of smoke puffing up through the clouds,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40is actually deterioration of the paper, which is known as foxing.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It can be rectified or halted these days, there is...
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Yeah, I thought, possibly, that was...
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Yeah, there is, there are methods of conservation now,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50where they can halt the progress of that deterioration of the paper,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53stabilise it, remove a lot of the staining,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55um, and then the pictures look a bit brighter,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57but it will affect the price
0:08:57 > 0:08:59that somebody's prepared to pay for them in this condition,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- as you might expect.- Yeah.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Unless you get two or three people who are wanting the same thing.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Well, let's hope for that, shall we? Fingers crossed.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09But we'll be realistic in terms of, as they stand.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12So, the value of these is, if we're selling them now in the market,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I think it's going to be around about sort of £20-£30 apiece.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I think, realistically.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So, if we put, um, an estimate of sort of, I don't know,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- £80-£120 on the set, would you be happy with that?- Yes.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27And your reserve, would you just want to let them find their feet?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Let them find their feet. - Find their feet, are you sure?- Mhm.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33We'll try them at auction, £80-£120, the set.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Thank you for bringing them in. - No, no...
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Look forward to seeing you at the auction. Thank you very much, Doris.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39I might get a new dress.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Back to Paul, who has found something right up my street.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Enid...
0:09:48 > 0:09:52..what are you doing, bringing me a bugbear?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53- Well... - Does that mean anything to you?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- No, it doesn't, not at all. - Well, we'll go into that later.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I am nutty about your nut.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Where did you get that?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Er, my sister gave it to me, 30-odd years ago, she was a district nurse
0:10:03 > 0:10:07and one of her old ladies gave it to her as a memento and a thank you,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10and my sister doesn't particularly like quirky things,
0:10:10 > 0:10:11she gave it to me,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13and it's been in my lounge ever since.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Did it come with any story? Was there an explanation?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17No, nothing, nothing about it at all.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Just a bizarre, carved... well, coconut.- Yes.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- This much anyone would know. - Yes, yes.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Yes, it's a coconut.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- And we could call this scrimshanked, I dare say.- Yes.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27You know, you know, scrimshawed...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- sailor work, let's say.- Yes. - Tusks and so on.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- These are the Royal arms, of course. - Yes.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35We've got the Imperial crown, and this is a Georgian crown,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and we've got our lion and our unicorn.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39So in a sense, we're thinking,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41"OK, is it official in some way?"
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Right, yes.- "What's the story?"
0:10:43 > 0:10:45It says David Stewart...
0:10:45 > 0:10:46- ..10th, Roman numeral...- Yes.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- ..10th band, Jamaica...- Yes.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52..1793.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Well, that's exactly where we'd expect this to come from,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58..and I said "bugbear" at the off. Well...
0:10:58 > 0:11:00that little chap there...
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Yes.- ..the little grotesque mask, is a bugbear.- Is it?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- He's like a wee haggis, isn't he? - Never known.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08It's a generic flask.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Oh, is it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- It had a plug.- Oh, right!
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- A turned, wooden...- Yes? - ..bung.- Yes?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- It was never really practical.- No?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- It's to give it a function.- Yes?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20A bugbear's a mythical creature,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- and this is a Caribbean islands little craft.- Is it?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Carving these coconut husks.- Right.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- It wasn't done by David Stewart.- No?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32David Stewart would have thrown, I doubt a guinea,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- but a penny or whatever...- Yes?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37..at a local artisan and said, "Can you personalize it for me?"
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- Oh, right. - As a little souvenir...- Yes, yes?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42..to bring back home.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Yes, what a story.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Isn't it, just? - Yes, what a story, yes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- He was over there for a reason in 1793.- Yes?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Now this much I know from my history.
0:11:52 > 0:11:5610th, when you see 10th, that's almost certainly his regiment.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Is it?- And this will, he will be a military man.- Oh, right.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05At this time, there was a slave rising...
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Was there?- ..in Jamaica...- Yes. - ..and we would, of course,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12send troops out there to quell that uprising.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- I see, yes.- Horrible aspect of Empire.- Yes, yes.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Now, I've looked this up a little bit.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- He comes up straight away. - Oh, does he?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22He is recorded in official lists
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- of the movement of officers and so on.- Amazing!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28If he's in the Indies in 1793,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- if he was a young man at 20... - Yes?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35..at 40, he could've been fighting Napoleon, could he not?
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Oh, yes.- What became of this man? - Yes, yes, yes.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39All day long,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41that's worth £200-£400.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Right, yes.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Not a stratospheric sum.- No.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- That's a lot of money for a coconut. - It is, it is, yes.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51If we get somebody hankering after material to the 10th Regiment...
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Yes? - ..well, if it was my cup of tea,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- I'd fight you in the streets for it. - Yes, I know.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57So, um, it's got real potential,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01but I can assure you, we'd be pretty unlucky not to see
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- £200-£400 for that under the hammer. - Right, OK.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Off to the auction. Bye-bye, bugbear.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I never knew what it was called.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Never knew. That's lovely.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Well, there you are, our experts have now found their final items
0:13:17 > 0:13:18to take off to auction,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21so it's time to say goodbye to the magnificent Bowes Museum,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24and I think I'm speaking for all of us here,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26that we've had a great day, haven't we?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28We've all learned something about art and history
0:13:28 > 0:13:30and that's the main thing, that's the positive,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33but right now we've got some unfinished business to do
0:13:33 > 0:13:36in the auction room. While we make our way over there,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39here's a quick rundown of all the items that are going...
0:13:39 > 0:13:40under the hammer.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44These two dolls are not my taste, but I recognise they are unusual
0:13:44 > 0:13:48and they are therefore likely to appeal to the collectors.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Although not currently in great condition,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53these prints feature the first steeplechase race,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57which should give them broad appeal.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58It may only be a coconut,
0:13:58 > 0:14:02but the carving on it transports us back to the 18th century.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04It is a unique piece.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09We are heading west across the Yorkshire Dales
0:14:09 > 0:14:11to the South Lakeland district of Cumbria
0:14:11 > 0:14:14to the home of Eighteen Eighteen Auctioneers.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17The saleroom looks encouragingly busy and on the rostrum today,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20we have the benefit of David Brookes.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Catherine, it's good to see you again and good luck today.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Going under the hammer right now, we have those two dolls, 19th century,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- one's French, one's African.- Yes.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I think there's a connection between both of them -
0:14:35 > 0:14:37the African one could be Mozambiquey, something like that.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41It's got that French connection. I personally find dolls spooky,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43but I know there's a lot of collectors out there.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- That one's particularly... - Very much!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47THEY LAUGH
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Not for me, but, as I said, there's a lot of collectors out there.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Fingers crossed they're here.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Good luck, it's going under the hammer right now.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01The vintage jester and also the other doll in the lot there.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07- Start me at 50.- They've got a fixed reserve of 80.- Any interest in £50?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Thank you, £50 in the doorway. £50 we have bid at the back.
0:15:11 > 0:15:18- No.- No.- 55 on the internet. Bidding 60. 65.- Come on!- £70 in the doorway.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22No further interest? £70. It's against you at 75.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- Do you want to bid 80? Thank you, £80.- Oh, we've got it.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31- Good!- 80 and we will now sell at the £80...
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Good auctioneering, good auctioneering.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36That was close, wasn't it?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Right on that fixed reserve of £80. - Brilliant!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42HE SHARPLY EXHALES They've gone!
0:15:44 > 0:15:46But they made it, which is the main thing.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Right now, we're going to turn our attentions
0:15:50 > 0:15:52to the sport of kings, the steeplechase,
0:15:52 > 0:15:53and we have some wonderful engravings.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56A centrefold belonging to Doris, who's right next to me.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Now, you're here by yourself today, aren't you?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Give us a whole rundown on your family. Sons, daughters?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Four sons, three daughters, ten grandchildren,
0:16:05 > 0:16:06and they're all busy today.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09So you're by yourself! That's not fair, is it?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11You got yourself here and you're going to get yourself home.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Right...- Yes? - Famous engravings, really.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16It's just lovely to have the four, they're nice and original
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and, er, I think they should find a ready market,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22because it is, as you say, a very popular subject.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- We do like that kind of sporting theme, so, fingers crossed.- OK.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28We're in fine fettle, let's do it. Here we go.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Four 19th-century engravings, The First Steeplechase On Record.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34£100?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37£80, start me, then, please, at £80 somewhere?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Four of them, remember, not one. Start me at 60 them.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42£60 for it, it's like a steeplechase. £60...
0:16:42 > 0:16:4360, 60, 60.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Are we going to fall at the first fence, at £60?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Oh, please don't fall at the first fence.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49In the hall at £60.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Out in Internet land at £50...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- No?- No...
0:16:53 > 0:16:55No, were not going to sell them. There's no interest.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Ah, I said we're in fine fettle.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58We're not, are we? GAVEL BANGS
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Oh, dear! I'm so sorry, Doris.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I'm so sorry.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Ooh, we've all got long faces, like sad horses.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10After the auction, Doris agreed with the auction house
0:17:10 > 0:17:13to resubmit her prints to a future sale.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14So fingers crossed.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Going under the hammer right now,
0:17:17 > 0:17:18possibly my favourite lot of the whole day,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21it's the oldest in the saleroom as well,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23it's dated, it's Jamaica at 1793.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It belongs to Enid, and it's that wonderful carved coconut.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I was really jealous when you spotted this, because I love it!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- It's real history.- Let's hope, yeah?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I think this is going to go to a collector, right here, right now.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Here we go.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36The 18th-century carved coconut.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I rather like this piece myself, actually,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43but I've got to start the bidding with the commission here at £120.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- The auctioneer said he liked it as well.- Oh, good.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Get to you on the internet.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50130, 140 with me.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- You're bidding 150, 160... - Oh, come on, come on!
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- 170, 180.- He's got a bid on the book, look.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- 190.- Commission bid.- 200.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58220 in the room.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00220 in the room, 240, thank you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02260, 280.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04300, I'll come back to you, David.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06320...
0:18:06 > 0:18:07No? 320 on one phone.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Are you bidding, on the other phone? - Come on. Yes, of course you are.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- It's going to do 400, come on, it's got to.- You bidding, on the phone?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Make your mind up time, 360, thank you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19380, 400.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21420.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- This is more like it, isn't it, Enid?- Absolutely.- 440...
0:18:24 > 0:18:26440 against the internet.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28We're going to the other phone at 460.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Yes. Good man.- Nice!
0:18:30 > 0:18:31480.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33500, I've taken, in the room.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34In the room with 500, I'll take 50s.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37500 in the room.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42550. Make no mistake at £550 and going...
0:18:42 > 0:18:43£550, Enid. GAVEL BANGS
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The bidders weren't shy on that coconut, were they?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- That was very good, yes.- Wow!
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Yes.- Happy?- So pleased.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- He's happy. I'm really happy. - Yes, yes, so am I.- Yeah.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- What a day and what a great way to end today's show.- I know, yes.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56What are you going to spend all the money on?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Oh, I don't know, I haven't thought yet.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00You don't know yet, haven't thought about that, too excited.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Sadly, that's all of the time we have for today,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05but I told you there's going to be one big surprise.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07We thoroughly enjoyed being in Kendal,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and join us soon for many more surprises in the saleroom,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12but, until then, it's goodbye from all of us.