0:00:05 > 0:00:07Today, I'm at Llanerchaeron,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09a traditional rural estate,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11situated in a wooded valley in West Wales.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13The villa that you can see behind me
0:00:13 > 0:00:15was built in 1795
0:00:15 > 0:00:18by the renowned Regency architect John Nash.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23Inside the house, it boasts many of Nash's original design features.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26However, the family who lived here for 300 years
0:00:26 > 0:00:28also added to Llanerchaeron
0:00:28 > 0:00:30in their own way.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32And it's their stories and their contributions which
0:00:32 > 0:00:35are as much of a draw to the visitors
0:00:35 > 0:00:37as the superb Nash architecture.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Welcome to "Flog it!"
0:01:04 > 0:01:06We've got a special show for you today as we're
0:01:06 > 0:01:09travelling across Britain to revisit some of the fabulous
0:01:09 > 0:01:12valuation days we've enjoyed from this series,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14where our experts examined your antiques,
0:01:14 > 0:01:18and then we took them off to the salerooms far and wide.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19At 150 on the telephone.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24We took a day trip to the seaside to our valuation day
0:01:24 > 0:01:27in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, where hundreds
0:01:27 > 0:01:31of you queued on the boardwalk of the Grand Pier for a valuation.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36We also visited the glorious Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38where you showed our experts your antiques,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and one item baffled Kate Bateman.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44You've brought in a mystery item today.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47This is really going to test my skills as a valuer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50We also travelled north to the 19th-century Bowes Museum in
0:01:50 > 0:01:55County Durham, a striking building modelled on a French chateau.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59And finally, our experts valued your treasures at the stately
0:01:59 > 0:02:0313th-century Muncaster Castle in Cumbria, and we took them
0:02:03 > 0:02:06off to auction in nearby Carlisle, where there was a very
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- pleasant surprise for one owner. - I can't, I just can't believe it.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11- Yeah, it's good. - Yes, it's a good price.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- I never expected that. - That's yours.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19But before all that, I'm heading back to West Wales.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Llanerchaeron was in the same Welsh family for ten generations
0:02:23 > 0:02:27until it was passed to the National Trust in 1989.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The longest-running resident was Mary Ashby Lewes, who moved here
0:02:30 > 0:02:32when she got married.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33When her husband died,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38she found herself running the estate single-handed for over 60 years.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Mary went on to live to the ripe old age of 104.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Her longevity was so great that she outlived many of her heirs.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Unfortunately, some of them took out loans against the estate
0:02:49 > 0:02:52assuming they were going to inherit it.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54When she passed away in 1917,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57the estate was passed on to Captain TP Lewes,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01who inherited Llanerchaeron with a lot of debt.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Captain Lewes was determined Llanerchaeron would survive.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Although he modernised the house by adding electricity
0:03:07 > 0:03:11and updating the plumbing, he always kept one eye on the purse strings.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15And later in the show, I'll be returning here to find out
0:03:15 > 0:03:19how Captain TP Lewes left his mark on the house.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28But first, we start our tour of the country by crossing the border to
0:03:28 > 0:03:31England, to our valuation day at the magnificent Bowes Museum in
0:03:31 > 0:03:34County Durham, where Paul Laidlaw
0:03:34 > 0:03:36came across an incredible collection.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Hello, Joy.- Hello, Paul. You all right?- I'm all right.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44This looks to be a significant collection of tea
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- and cigarette cards.- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- I don't think it's yours. - No, it was my dad's.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Right.- He collected them for a lot of years.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Oh, from a boy, his dad would probably get them
0:03:54 > 0:03:58out of packets of Wills cigarettes and giving them to the wee laddie.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- Isn't that nice?- Yeah.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02And I can remember going to different places
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and looking at different cigarette cards and that with him.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- So you would go to fairs and so on looking for them?- Yes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14- How interesting! So that's a boy-to-man collecting passion.- Yeah.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18And I've got to respect that. That's fantastic.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Well, look, I can tell you, your dad put together a good collection.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24It appears that we've got complete sets.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And that's a no-brainer, that's important.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- I think, more importantly, those sets are in good condition.- Yeah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Because if you're swapping these round the playground
0:04:34 > 0:04:36and shoving them in your shorts pocket when you go off to kick
0:04:36 > 0:04:40a football for half an hour, they end up dog-eared, to say the least.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42But these are pin sharp,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46and of course in the albums, mounted, preserved.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50He used to spend hours with them. You know? Sorting through them all.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Would he, yes?- You know, researching things.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55He's, I've got to say, a man after my own heart.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Oh, no, I respect that. You really do have a broad spectrum.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Now, what I live in fear of are stars of the radio,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- butterflies and wild flowers. - Oh, yeah, well.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09As dull as dishwater,
0:05:09 > 0:05:14but you've got some, or your dad has some, cracking subjects in here.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Who doesn't want to know more about lighthouses?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- That, I mean, that's fantastic. - I like that one.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22And I don't mind telling you, as a wee laddie,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- I collected the Brooke Bond ones. - I remember the Brooke Bond, yeah.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- And it was probably about five pence to send off for the album.- Yeah.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32And the cards would come. And here,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36I remember this Great Inventors series, back in the early '70s.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- Man, so they transport both of us. - Yeah.- Wonderful collection.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45So we've got the origins, interwar years,
0:05:45 > 0:05:46these will be 1920s,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50and we know that it was a way to encourage smoking, in all honesty.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54It was another motivation, because what's going to keep you
0:05:54 > 0:05:58more loyal than little Tom and Jill or whatever saying,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02"But we've not got all the wild flowers yet.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03"Don't change brand, Dad!"
0:06:04 > 0:06:07So there you have it, it's a marketing tool,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09addictive, we've got to say,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12as though the smoking wasn't bad enough.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15You've got the collecting added to that. It is a good collection.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19I think I've got to be cautious here. I've got all this enthusiasm.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20It's a funny market.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24I don't know that these will stand the test of time as collectors'
0:06:24 > 0:06:26items, because you and I get it.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29We can remember it from our youth.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33But next generation, they're just slithers of card.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34My children are not interested.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Means nothing. And that has a bearing on values.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And values certainly have slipped.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- I think £100 to £200 would be enough of an estimate.- Yeah.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I would suggest a reserve.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47So if we say £100 reserve,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- but the auctioneer can use maybe 10% discretion.- Yeah.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52It's been great talking to you about them, it has to be said.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53I've enjoyed it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55A bit of nostalgia as well,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- you and I reminiscing about the Brooke Bond cards.- Yeah.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- Wonderful, Joy. Well, look, I wish you well.- Thank you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Thank you for bringing them in. - Thank you very much.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Next, we stayed in the North of England but travelled west to
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Muncaster Castle in Cumbria, where Caroline Hawley found an item
0:07:11 > 0:07:14that came from the locality and belonged to Jack.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18So what have you brought to show me today?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22It's a Cumberland FA Cup medal that was won by my grandfather
0:07:22 > 0:07:28- 100 years ago. - So, 19...- 14.- ..1914/15.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30So he was a good footballer, your grandfather?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Yes, from what I've been told. I never met him.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- He died before I was born.- And how are you at football? Have you...?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- I played. I played in that competition in all.- Did you?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Yeah, yeah.- And have you got a winner's medal?- No, no.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- I never got that far. - Well, let's have a look.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48It's a lovely quality item. It looks like gold to me, and enamel.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Let's turn it over and have a look.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56So the winners, as you say, 1914/15, R Murray, so he's your grandfather,
0:07:56 > 0:08:01and it's nine carat gold and it really is rather lovely, isn't it?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02It is, yeah. It's a beautiful medal.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05It's very unusual that the Cup was still taking place
0:08:05 > 0:08:06during the war, wasn't it?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- But I suppose football doesn't stop for anything, does it?- No.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And you've decided now's the time to dust it off
0:08:12 > 0:08:13and bring it down to "Flog It!".
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- Well, it's my golden wedding in August.- Is it? Congratulations.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- That's 50 years, is it? - Yeah, 50 years.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22So we are having a little bit of a bash.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So I thought, well, I'll include it in the party
0:08:24 > 0:08:26and pay for the buffet or whatever,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28and all the family can enjoy the money out of the medal.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31What a lovely idea. It's difficult to put
0:08:31 > 0:08:35a price on something like this. It is solid gold.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38But it's worth more than its weight in gold, I would say,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- because it's of great sentimental value, isn't it?- It is.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I would have to put a value for auction of
0:08:45 > 0:08:48something like £80 to £120.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Now, what do you feel about that?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Well, I just thought it was a bit low,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54but if that's what you say, I'll take your advice, Caroline.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Well, I think we would need to protect it with a reserve.- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- And are you happy with an £80 reserve?- That's OK.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05But it's not to stop two people who really want it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08And this association is still going, isn't it, now?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Yes, yes, still going strong.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11So it would be nice if somebody could buy it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- If they weren't good enough to win it...- Yes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17..they can buy it and pretend they had. Thank you very much, Jack.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20And best of luck with your golden wedding celebrations.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Thank you very much.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Over in Wales, I'm stepping back in time to look at artefacts
0:09:28 > 0:09:30that today aren't to everybody's taste
0:09:30 > 0:09:34but that reflect a way of life from over 100 years ago.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Now, the entrance hall here at Llanerchaeron
0:09:37 > 0:09:41is dominated by a vast display of taxidermy.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43As you can see, I'm surrounded by it.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46It reflects the passions of Captain TP Lewes
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and his son for the hunt.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Now, although they enjoyed the hunt,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53it was originally started here for one good reason -
0:09:53 > 0:09:57to protect the local food sources supplying the estate,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59in particular, fresh fish from the River Aeron,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02because they were under attack from predators
0:10:02 > 0:10:05like these guys here - otters.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Now, these were done by a local firm, Hutchings of Aberystwyth.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11They got the job by default because they were local,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14relatively unknown in Victorian England.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17But as time has proven over the years, their work still
0:10:17 > 0:10:21looks as good today as it was when it was first produced.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24And now, Hutchings are highly sought-after examples
0:10:24 > 0:10:27by the collectors of taxidermy.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I have come across one anomaly, though,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32and it's here with this cobra.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Other examples of this deadly snake I've seen have been portrayed
0:10:36 > 0:10:38with their necks and their heads flattened like that,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41as is the usual, ready to strike.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43But here, as you can see, it's different.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48I can only assume a taxidermist in rural West Wales hasn't
0:10:48 > 0:10:50come across something as exotic before.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53He's very good at his badgers and his foxes,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56but snakes, I think we'll pass on.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59If you're interested in collecting taxidermy,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03it's always best to purchase from a reputable source,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06and also be aware that you'll need a licence to own certain species.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Leaving Wales and crossing the border into England,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14we travelled eastwards to our valuation day
0:11:14 > 0:11:16at Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21where Kate Bateman came across an item which had her stumped.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Well, Sandra, you've brought in a mystery item today.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27This is really going to test my skills as a valuer.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- What do you know about it? - Virtually nothing.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It comes from my husband's side of the family
0:11:33 > 0:11:38and it's been around, just in the loft, for 40, 50 years.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- So, no policemen in the family? - No policemen in the family.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Not at all. - No justices of the peace,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- something like that, legal? - No, nothing at all.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Because that's what I think this is.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I think it's a tipstaff or tipstaiff, said both ways.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55And it's kind of like a policeman's truncheon.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58So you see the much bigger versions of them with exactly this.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Now, if you look at it, you've got what
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I would expect on a truncheon or a night stick, or something,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05which is the GR, which is George IV, GR IV,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07that's his royal cipher.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Which means it's in some official Crown capacity,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12like the police force or somebody like that.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15But what's intriguing, and I've never seen before, is this.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16You've got a price.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Two shillings and sixpence, and the inscription on this which says,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24"This is for the use of Mr Jonathan,"
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I presume, "Marlands workmen."
0:12:29 > 0:12:31So what on earth does that mean?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- No idea.- It's a fabulous thing.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I mean, it's made of hardwood, it is hand-painted over the top,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- just as all the truncheons are. - Yeah.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Now, there's a possibility that somebody who was delivering
0:12:42 > 0:12:44this was actually delivering messages.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47So in their official capacity, they would hold this, and when
0:12:47 > 0:12:49they knocked on the door and said, "I am the bearer of official
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- news..."- Yes.- "So you're about to be hanged for treason or something."
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- So it's like a door knocker?- Well, yes, like in the same way you get
0:12:55 > 0:12:57the ceremony of the Opening of Parliament
0:12:57 > 0:12:59and you knock on the door. And it shows that's your official
0:12:59 > 0:13:02capacity and the way you have badges on policemen and things.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04It might be a precursor to that.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Why on earth you would have two and sixpence on, I've no idea.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12So it's a mystery. But it's fun, and I think it will sell.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Have you thought about any prices?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18£100 to £150, something like that?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Whoa.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Well, a similar-aged truncheon would be making that,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25and I don't see why a similar-aged tipstaff wouldn't make that.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- And it's quirky, I mean, it's not as common as the truncheons...- No.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30..which is good fun.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Shall we try it with £100 to £150 estimate and maybe an £80 reserve?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Will your husband be happy if you sell it?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Yes, so long as he gets a beer out of it, he'll be fine.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42He's an easy person to please, then. Excellent.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43So you get the beer, and if you get
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- 100 you get about 80 for shoes, which is great.- Oh, yeah.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Well, it's time to find out if Kate's valuation was on the money,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52as we head to auction houses across the country
0:13:52 > 0:13:54to see how our items fared.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Jack brought this nine carat gold Cumberland FA football medal
0:14:00 > 0:14:03along to our valuation day at Muncaster Castle,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06as he hoped to raise funds for his golden wedding party.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10At our valuation day at the Bowes Museum, Paul Laidlaw
0:14:10 > 0:14:13reminisced with Joy over her impressive albums of
0:14:13 > 0:14:15cigarette collectors' cards.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20And finally, Sandra's tipstaff, which was shrouded in mystery,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22left Kate Bateman scratching her head
0:14:22 > 0:14:24at our valuation day at Norwich Cathedral.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30First under the hammer was Jack's football medal which, we took
0:14:30 > 0:14:34to Thomson Roddick and Medcalf saleroom in Carlisle, in Cumbria.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Auctioneer John Thomson was on the rostrum.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Remember, at every auction, there is always commission
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and VAT to pay, whether you're buying or selling.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Thank you, sir.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50- Congratulations. 50 years of marriage. The golden one.- Gosh.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- That's a big one, isn't it?- It is. - Not many people last that long.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- What's your secret?- And he's still smiling.- Oh, I've no secrets.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Your grandfather won this medal and you're selling it
0:14:58 > 0:15:01to obviously pay for the party celebrations.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Just so that everybody gets something out of it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Aw, that's a nice way of splitting it up.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07The whole family will be there so...
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I know you've got your grandson here today, and he's a big Man City fan.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13They're a great team. Football memorabilia is big business,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- and I think this is quite rare. There's not many about.- Yeah.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- No.- Should get snapped up.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Good local interest as well.- Yeah.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Now then, 586, a nine carat gold
0:15:22 > 0:15:24enamelled football medal,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Cumberland Football Association.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27What may I say for it? Start at 40.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30£40, I am bid. 45 on the net.
0:15:30 > 0:15:3250, 50. 55.
0:15:32 > 0:15:3360. Five.
0:15:33 > 0:15:3570. 75.
0:15:35 > 0:15:3780. 85.
0:15:37 > 0:15:3990. £90.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41£90 for a nice little medal.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43At 90, at 90, at 90.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It's gone. Well done. Good valuation.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Jack, that's going to help. Every penny will help, won't it?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Yeah, thank you very much. - That's all right.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Have a good time, won't you?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- And many more happy years to come as well.- I hope so.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Next, we stayed in Cumbria to sell Joy's cigarette collectors' cards,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07but we relocated to 1818 Auctioneers in South Lakeland,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10where auctioneer David Brookes was wielding the gavel.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Going under the hammer right now, we have six cigarette albums.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18These are fantastic and they belong to Joy.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Can we bring you more joy, today? - I hope so.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Well, I think we can because the great thing about these early ones
0:16:23 > 0:16:24is they've not been stuck down, have they?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26No, no, none of them are stuck down.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28That's where the value lies in a lot of these.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31You get a lot o' lot for your money, as Cilla Black would say.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33A lot, a lot o'lot.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Anyway, we're going to put this valuation to the test.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- They're going under the hammer. Good luck, Joy.- Thank you very much.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Good luck, Paul. Here we go.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Lot 120, which is a selection of traditional cigarette cards.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45A couple of hundred, may we ask?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Start me at 100, then, please. £100?
0:16:48 > 0:16:52At £80? £80, surely, for all the cigarette cards.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54At £80, any further interest?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Even ANY interest at £80? No?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Asking £80, no?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- I was wrong. We didn't bring you any more joy.- No.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Personally, I'd have split them up.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05I would have split them up.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- But hey, look, that's not my decision.- Oh, it doesn't matter, no.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- We've had a lovely day, anyway. - That's good.- Yes, so thank you.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Sorry.- That's all right. It's OK, thank you very much.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17It is disappointing when an item doesn't sell, but Joy should
0:17:17 > 0:17:20try her luck at a different auction house on another day.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Next, we headed south to Norfolk, to TW Gaze in Diss
0:17:26 > 0:17:30to sell Sandra's mystery tipstaff. On the stand was Ed Smith.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Well, our next item just about to go under the hammer has been in the
0:17:34 > 0:17:39loft for 40 plus years. Yes, that's right, 40 plus years, Sandra.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41That's a long time to hide something away like that.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- A little piece of history, this. - It's fun. It's a great thing. Yeah.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I think it's fun, yeah. This is very collectable, this,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49a lot of people that want truncheons and tipstaffs.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Yeah, lots of sort of police memorabilia, railway,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- somebody will like it. - Somebody will, and
0:17:53 > 0:17:54I bet they're here right now.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Let's find out, shall we, Sandra? - Yeah, that's fine.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- It's going under the hammer.- Right.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Right, 221 now. And on this one I'm starting in here at the 55.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- 55, I have.- Yes, that's straight in at 55!
0:18:07 > 0:18:08It's a tipstaff there at 55.
0:18:08 > 0:18:1060. Five. 70. Five.
0:18:10 > 0:18:1375, I have. Is there 80?
0:18:13 > 0:18:1580, you've bid. Five.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Is there 90?- Wow!
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Is there 90? 90 on the telephone. 90, I have. Five.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Where's 100? It's 95, I have.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23100 is now bid on the telephone.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25100, I have. Is there a ten?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27We will be selling away for £100. Are we all done?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- 110's online now. New bidder. - It's online. Wait for online.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33120. Is there 30?
0:18:33 > 0:18:34- 130, back in.- Yes, please!
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Who's 40?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37140. Is there 50?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39It's 140 on the telephone.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Where's the 50?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42It's 140 on the telephone. Is there 50?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43150. 160.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45160, the nod again.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Where's 70?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48We will be selling away for £160.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Are we all done?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- Yes, sold, £160. That's a good result, isn't it?- Really good.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Very good result.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57And thank goodness you hung onto it and kept it up there, safe.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Yes, well, it wasn't that safe.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Go into your attic, find out what else you've got. Bring it along.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04There's not an awful lot else up there, no.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Sandra was delighted with that result,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and that's what it's all about.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11We'll be returning to valuation days
0:19:11 > 0:19:14and salerooms across the country later on in the show.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16But first, I'm heading back to Wales.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Now, back here at Llanerchaeron
0:19:31 > 0:19:34during the 19th century, the staff kept themselves warm during
0:19:34 > 0:19:38the cold, bitter winter months, by working hard during the day.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40But what about at night-time?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Well, they relied on a good old Welsh quilt to keep the cold away.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47And a quilt is made by sandwiching layers of fabric together -
0:19:47 > 0:19:50two layers of fabric with a padding in the middle,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53and it's held together with a series of decorative stitching.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56But it's those separate layers that keep you warm.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00There's always been a strong tradition of Welsh quilt making.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04And its heyday was from the 1880s right up to the 1930s.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Having a quilt on your bed was originally
0:20:08 > 0:20:10the preserve of the rich in Britain.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12But towards the end of the 18th century,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15quilt owning began to move down the social scale.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17In many families, the women would
0:20:17 > 0:20:19make their own quilts,
0:20:19 > 0:20:20and the tradition would be passed
0:20:20 > 0:20:23down through the female line.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25In Wales by the mid-19th century,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27quilting had become a cottage industry,
0:20:27 > 0:20:31with quilts being made by village seamstresses or by
0:20:31 > 0:20:34itinerant female workers who travelled from farm to farm
0:20:34 > 0:20:39with their quilting frame, where they worked for board and pay.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42But unfortunately, war-time rationing and a shortage
0:20:42 > 0:20:47of materials saw quilting nearly die out in Wales in the 1930s.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53However, just over 30 miles away from Llanerchaeron,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56there's a small market town called Llanidloes.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Now, there, back in the 1990s, a group of like-minded people
0:20:59 > 0:21:04got together with the aim of keeping Welsh quilting well and truly alive.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08They formed the Quilt Association and they put on exhibitions.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11And from there, they formed the Welsh Heritage Quilters.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Now, part of their activities is to meet up once a week to share
0:21:14 > 0:21:16tips and quilt together.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19And today, they've invited me along to have a go.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Hello, ladies. ALL:- Hello.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Well, this looks fabulous. It really does.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Do you lean a lot from each other?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36- Yes.- Oh, yes.- Yeah?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Yeah.- OK. So who's the best?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42LAUGHTER
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Gosh. What are you working on there?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- I'm working on traditional applique. - Yeah.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49It's taken from Elizabethan woolwork patterns.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- Very nice. Look at that! - It's gorgeous, isn't it?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54So why do you think it's important
0:21:54 > 0:21:56to keep the tradition of Welsh quilting alive?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59For me, from a teacher's point of view, it's not taught in schools.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Yeah.- And it's missing a generation.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06When I'm teaching, often a child will say, "But Granny does it."
0:22:06 > 0:22:07- Not mum.- Granny.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Yeah.- So, you know, we've got to really keep it going.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12So who's the youngest?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- That's me.- What's your name?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Lisa. This is one of my recent makes.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17- You've just made that?- Yes.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Can I have a look at that?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Sure.- Show him the yellow.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23It's a Victorian sewing box.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24I love that.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- How long did that take you to make? - About four days.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- But I enjoy doing it so it makes it all worthwhile.- You're very clever.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34What are the advantages of getting together on a weekly basis?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Fun. - LAUGHTER
0:22:37 > 0:22:39It's friendship. You learn techniques.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I mean, Polly's just taught me something today.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- And we swap ideas.- Yeah.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46That's the good thing, isn't it?
0:22:46 > 0:22:50It's all about passing on these skills to each other.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Alongside the weekly meetings, the Quilt Association also owns
0:22:53 > 0:22:58the Minerva Arts Centre, where it holds quilting exhibitions.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02The group cares for their collection of over 140 antique quilts.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Many of which are from the local area.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Doreen Gough, trustee of the Quilt Association,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11is involved in caring for these precious quilts.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Some of these early ones are real documents of Welsh social history.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Absolutely.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20People give them to us because they've come down in their family.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22People find them in all sorts of places.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26In the barn, over a tractor, over a cow sometimes even.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Pushed behind the hot water cylinder.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31And people are interested in preserving them.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33This is hexagons.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38We know it's old because hexagons are made by folding fabric
0:23:38 > 0:23:39over pieces of paper.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43And some of the pieces of paper are still in place on this quilt.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Oh.- So you can look carefully and...- See some dates.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47..see some dates.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Quite often you will find a postmark.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Here somewhere, whether we can find it now,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56is a square which is dated 1827.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58That's nice, isn't it? That's good provenance.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- It is indeed.- Yes, yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03But there is no guarantee that that's when the quilt was made.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Because people hoarded all sorts of things.- Sure.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- They hoarded fabric.- Yes. - They hoarded the paper as well.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Yeah, and they could have used the paper at a later date.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12That's right.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15OK, fold that one up because that's quite valuable and rare.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Can you show me a good example of what a Welsh quilt is like?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22And how do you know it's a Welsh quilt?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26This is a Welsh quilt. We think it's about 1850.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28And quite typically Welsh.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30There are particular stitches
0:24:30 > 0:24:32and designs that are used in Welsh quilting.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35If you find a quilt with a spiral in like this,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39then it's 99.9% sure that it's Welsh.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Brilliant.- That's really typical.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Let's have a good look. Let's hold this up, shall we?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48That's traditionally Welsh, with the central medallion
0:24:48 > 0:24:50and the borders coming round.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Yeah. I can imagine that on the bed. That would look really good.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Well, let's put this over there for now.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56That's quite heavy.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59What's used in the padding in the centre of the quilt?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Sheep's wool is most often found.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Especially in this area of mid Wales where wool was the thing.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08But then, depending on the poverty or affluence of the household,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11you'll find all sorts of other things inside of quilts.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13And we've got a little quilt over here which has got
0:25:13 > 0:25:16an even older quilt inside for the stuffing.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- It's a child's quilt that's been reused.- Look at that.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21And re-covered.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25And an even older quilt inside there.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Yeah.- Which is all crumbling away.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28And we do sometimes...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30We have found them with long johns,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Grandpa's long johns or old socks stitched inside.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Basically anything you could get your hands on.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Don't throw it away, keep warm with it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I'll put this one here out of the way.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I just like the designs and I like the traditions.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- I also like the stories that come with the quilts.- Yes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49This is a military quilt made after the Boer War from tunics.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53In the days before khaki army uniforms, when the regiments had...
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Soldiers were very bright, weren't they?- ..different colours.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00And quite often made as a therapy for people who had been
0:26:00 > 0:26:03injured or suffering from mental stress.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Mm-hmm.- Mostly stitched by men.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08That's beautiful. That's absolutely beautiful.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12'As well as sharing techniques and tips at their weekly meeting,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16'the quilters are able to lend a helping hand to a fellow quilter
0:26:16 > 0:26:19'when a task requires more than one person.'
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Hi, everyone. ALL:- Hello, Paul.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24This looks exciting. What's going on here?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26We are actually stretching my quilt top.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28We are putting together the quilt top
0:26:28 > 0:26:30and the three layers that go together.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Yes, you've got to keep it taut,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34otherwise it goes saggy in the middle.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36So we put it on the stretching frame
0:26:36 > 0:26:40and then all my friends come around and help me baste it together,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- which is the preliminary to actually doing the quilting.- Right.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- OK, so you need a little hand... - A lot of hands. Many hands.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- There is a needle here, Paul. - There is a big needle.- Here we are.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51You're just going up there, at an angle.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55So this is just pinning it in place and all this will be removed...
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- When the quilting is done. - When the quilting is done.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Make sure he does it right. - LAUGHTER
0:27:01 > 0:27:02OK, I'll let you carry on.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03I think that's rather exciting.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- When we get to a point that we can't go any further...- Yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- What do you do in the middle then? - We roll it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- We roll it across.- Right. - So we can then do this bit.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I'm pleased you said that cos I thought for a minute...
0:27:15 > 0:27:18I thought you were going to say, "When you get to a point where
0:27:18 > 0:27:22"you can't stretch, I've got to get underneath and put the needle up.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24"And it's all poking down on me." LAUGHTER
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Thank you so much, ladies. It's been absolutely brilliant.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Good luck with that. It's looking fabulous already.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Make sure you hang onto it. - I will do.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Now we continue our tour of the country,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47as we return to our valuation day at Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Where Thomas Plant admired a book brought in by Brian.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Are you a tailor?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- No.- No? Why have you got
0:27:55 > 0:27:59The Science Of Pattern Construction For Garment Makers?
0:27:59 > 0:28:04We acquired it from my wife's grandmother's house when she died.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10- Right.- A relation of my wife's parents was a tailor in London.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- You may realise that I actually quite like clothes.- Oh, right.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Yeah, and I think my wife goes nuts when I come back from my tailor.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19"Yeah, yeah. How much have you spent this time?"
0:28:19 > 0:28:21"It doesn't matter, darling. They last forever."
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Here we've got
0:28:22 > 0:28:25The Science Of Pattern Construction For Garment Makers.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28It's the standard textbook, this is the A-Z of all tailoring.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30"For merchant tailors, clothing manufacturers,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33"pattern cutters, designers, bespoke cutters,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36"tailors, ladies' tailors and costumers."
0:28:36 > 0:28:39And this book will help you make everything from your jackets,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43shirts and trousers, even to your knickers.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- Here they are, look.- Yes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- Yeah.- Breeches, knickers, leggings and gaiters.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- Woman's coat construction. - Right, yeah.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- I think it's... Look at her there.- Yeah.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53And here, the contents.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57You've got everything from measures, measurements, forms of growth,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59averages, you know, for boys, for girls.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Women's riding breeches. There is everything here.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04How old is this? It's 1927, isn't it?
0:29:04 > 0:29:061927, yes.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09What we forget is that everything had to be made by hand.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13It's not like today when you zip down to the high street and it's
0:29:13 > 0:29:17been made by a machine, or somebody somewhere else in a distant land.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- I think it's a really very interesting book.- Right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24And I think for a budding tailor, a homemaker, it would be a must.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26An essential.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- It's almost like the Mrs Beeton of household management.- Right.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- But this is for tailoring.- Yeah.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35What we are seeing now with our business, as auctioneers,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39is that the ability to make things at home is becoming
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- so much more fashionable. - Yes.- Therefore...
0:29:42 > 0:29:48- antique books or vintage books surrounding that are popular.- Yep.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- It's not going to be worth a huge amount.- No.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- I have to say.- No.- At least, it's going to be worth £50-£80.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Right, yes.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- I personally think at that level, we don't put a reserve on it.- No.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- We let it find its own... - Value.- ..mark.- Right.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Thank you for bringing it along.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07I'm going to see how you make some knickers and breeches
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and underpants etc.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Next we headed west to the seaside, to our valuation day
0:30:14 > 0:30:17on the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare, in Somerset,
0:30:17 > 0:30:18where Catherine Southon was
0:30:18 > 0:30:21rather taken with a delightful little dog.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- So, Penny, who is this then? - He's just my little friend.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Just your little dog.- Yes.- Aw.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31He is actually a cold-painted bronze.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33And he's a very nice, little,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36realistically-modelled figure of a dachshund.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Now, as I turn him over, I hope
0:30:38 > 0:30:43and I pray that I will find the name of the symbol for Bergman.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49But unfortunately, there is no name or symbol at all to tell us that.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51So he's not by Bergman.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55And unfortunately, we don't know exactly who he is by.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58But what we do know for sure is that he's Austrian.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00He's early 20th century.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04So he probably dates from about 1900 to 1910.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06And he's cold-painted bronze.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Where did it come from?
0:31:08 > 0:31:13When my mother died, we cleared the house and I found him in a drawer.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Do you remember him as a child?- No.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19He wasn't one of the sentimental items that I kept from the home.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Right, OK.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Well, here's a nice little dachshund and he is quite nicely modelled.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- Yes. - These are called cold-painted bronze
0:31:28 > 0:31:31because they are painted before they are fired.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Right.- So, in essence, they are painted cold.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36I just think that the body and the movement of the dog
0:31:36 > 0:31:39has been captured, it really is quite good.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- The way you can see the actual figure here.- Yeah.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I'm sure a dachshund owner would love it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- I think so. Time for it to go to a new owner.- I think so.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- It would have been nice to see a name underneath it.- Yeah.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Because that would really push the price up, of course.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Now, this little figure, nicely modelled,
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I'd probably put about £60-£80 on him.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- That would be brilliant, yes.- Would you be happy to sell him at that?
0:32:01 > 0:32:05- I certainly would.- I look forward to seeing you at the auction.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- Yeah.- And I hope he does very well indeed.- Thank you. I shall be there.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Here at Llanerchaeron, pieces like this mahogany washstand were
0:32:19 > 0:32:21crafted with care and precision.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25At our valuation day at Muncaster Castle, Adam Partridge came
0:32:25 > 0:32:29across an item that was also crafted with the highest possible skill.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Yvonne, it's a beautiful, picture-perfect landscape behind us.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- It really is, yeah.- It really is.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43This is clearly a piece of Cornish studio pottery.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45- Bernard Leach, I think. - That's right.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Tell me how you came to own it.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Well, I've always loved pottery. Any sort of pottery.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- But especially studio pottery.- Yeah.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I'd done pottery at school and a bit at college.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Then when I spotted this on my honeymoon I thought,
0:32:58 > 0:33:00"Although I've got no money, I've got to buy one."
0:33:00 > 0:33:04And I think it was a week's wages at the time. Between eight and £10.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- Something like that.- Wow. Gosh.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10May I ask, if it's not too cheeky, how long ago was your honeymoon?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- 57 years ago.- Right.- Yes.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- Wow, that's a long time. - March 1958 I bought this.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Of course, it's by Bernard Leach,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- who was already famous by then, wasn't he?- Yes.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22He was influenced by the Japanese techniques,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- having been born in Japan.- Yes.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28And he set up his potteries in St Ives with Japanese kilns.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Do you still pot?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32No, I don't now, unfortunately.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36I did until a few years ago, but, no, I'm past it now.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Let me ask you first, why have you decided to sell this?
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Because my sons keep constantly telling me I've got to start
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- getting rid of things otherwise they'll go in the skip.- Oh.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49When I showed them this and said, "I think that's worth a bob or two,"
0:33:49 > 0:33:52they said they wouldn't give it house room.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54- Yeah, well...- So I thought, "Right."
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Sadly, that's an all-too-familiar story, that, really.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I do love it, but I think it's time to go if... Yeah.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Have you ever used it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04No, it's always been on display.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Little sauce pot there.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08It's in beautiful condition, isn't it?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11We'll just have a look at those marks there.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14There's all the marks that you want to see on there.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- The BL initials. And the pottery mark as well.- Yes.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22So it's exactly as you'd wish to find.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26And I find there is a growing interest in studio ceramics
0:34:26 > 0:34:28and 20th-century design.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Cos they go in and out, pots, don't they?
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Yeah, they do. What do you think it might be worth?
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Two or three years ago, I rang in to a radio programme
0:34:37 > 0:34:39and they said, without seeing it,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43they thought it ought to be worth £150-£200, but I don't know.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Yeah, I think they weren't far off.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48What I might suggest is just slightly lower.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52I might put 100 to 150 and then hope it will make a bit more.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Yeah.- But I don't want a disappointed Yvonne on my hands.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Is there a price at which you would rather have it back?
0:35:00 > 0:35:04No. I think with them saying 150,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07I thought probably minimum 150.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09But if you think I wouldn't sell it...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11I think it will make that,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14but I think the estimate to put on it would be 100 to 150.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17That's going to get people coming to bid on it and all excited,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19and off we go.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You get competitive bidding and it might make two-something.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- OK, I'll go whatever. - If that's all right? £100 reserve?
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- Yeah. - Thanks very much for bringing it in.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29We'll take it off to the auction now.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- Thank you for spotting it and valuing it.- It's a pleasure.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Paul's a good Cornish lad, isn't he?
0:35:33 > 0:35:36When I tell him later I had a bit of a Bernard Leach
0:35:36 > 0:35:38pot on the programme, he might be slightly jealous.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40SHE LAUGHS
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Yes, Adam, that's right.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45And we'll be finding out how Yvonne's Bernard Leach pot
0:35:45 > 0:35:46fared at auction shortly,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49when our last lot of items go under the hammer.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55But before that, I'm heading back to West Wales.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Like the entrance hall, the dining room here at Llanerchaeron
0:36:00 > 0:36:03also reflects Captain Lewis' passion for hunting.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07There are further cased examples of taxidermy everywhere.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10On the walls, prints and pictures of animals.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14There is even a photograph from 1885 of the Masters of Hounds.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16That's the sea of faces over there.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18But something caught my eye as I walked through the door.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20And it's just down there.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22This architectural detail here -
0:36:22 > 0:36:26known as the dado rail, sometimes called the chair rail -
0:36:26 > 0:36:27was originally put on in houses
0:36:27 > 0:36:31to protect expensive hand-painted wallpaper up here.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33So the chairs wouldn't knock against it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35That's what that's for.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Now, underneath that, you see this wonderful, attractive,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40delicate, carved, wooden panelling.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44But it's not wooden panelling. That's Lincrusta.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47And it was probably put on by Captain Lewis
0:36:47 > 0:36:50in the 1920s as a cheaper alternative.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54It appealed to him because he was a man acting on a tight budget.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Lincrusta was first introduced in 1877.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59And the house is in good company
0:36:59 > 0:37:02because this has been used to adorn the walls of royalty,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05it's been used in railway carriages,
0:37:05 > 0:37:09six luxury cabins on the Titanic, and even in the White House.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14It was the first washable, durable, long-lasting wall covering.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16And it comes in one long section.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Isn't that lovely?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22And it's as good today as it was when it was first put on.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27We are leaving West Wales behind us now as we travel to auction rooms
0:37:27 > 0:37:31across the country to see how our last lot of owners' items fared.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36At our valuation day at Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Brian brought along his tailor's pattern book from 1927.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44And we had our fingers crossed that it would measure up at the auction.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Yvonne bought her Japanese-inspired Bernard Leach pot
0:37:47 > 0:37:49on her honeymoon in Cornwall.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51And it made Adam Partridge's day
0:37:51 > 0:37:54when they came across it at Muncaster Castle.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57And finally, Penny brought her cold-painted bronze dachshund
0:37:57 > 0:38:02along to our valuation day at the Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05But were we able to find her doggy a new home?
0:38:07 > 0:38:11It's time to find out, as we took the dog to Clevedon Salerooms
0:38:11 > 0:38:14in Somerset, which is just along the coast from Weston-super-Mare.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Auctioneer Marc Burridge was wielding the gavel.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Are you all done? Selling at £60 then.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23So, can we find this doggie a new home?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26You know what I'm talking about. It's that lovely little bronze,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29it's the dachshund in the manner of Bergman.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- There's no sentimental attachment, is there?- No.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- But you are a dog lover? - I love dogs.- Do you have any?- No.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- We are going to find a new home for this dog, OK?- Yeah.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Let's do it. This is it.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Lot 270.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Look at that. Nice.- Sweet!
0:38:46 > 0:38:4965. 70. Five.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- 80.- Five. 85. Oh, good.
0:38:52 > 0:38:5490?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56With me then at £85.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59And selling on £85 then.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- That's good. There is big smiles.- Yeah.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- That's pretty good. - Yeah.- I'm pleased.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Wagging tails.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Next we travelled eastwards when we returned to TW Gaze in Diss,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Norfolk, to sell Brian's tailor's pattern book.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Auctioneer Ed Smith was on the rostrum.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19100.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21If you want to look dapper, you've got to own this book.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24But you've got to bid on it right here, right now. I love this.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I'm sure there are some tailors around here who would love to
0:39:27 > 0:39:28own something like this.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- I think, yeah. Absolutely. Because it's...- You look tight in the tummy.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34So do you. We can self-congratulate each other.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37But you can make everything from lovely hunting jackets...
0:39:37 > 0:39:42- to your underwear, to shirts, to breeches, it's brilliant.- Yeah.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Look, good luck with this. - Thank you very much.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46The tailor's pattern book is going under the hammer.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Let's get that top end. Here we go.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53The Science Of Pattern Construction For Garment Makers there.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56What do you say to this single volume? £50 for it? 50.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- That's actually nothing for a book like that.- That's nothing, yeah.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02£30. Who'll start me? A good book there for £30.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04£30?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- 'Garment making here for £30.' - Oh, come on.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07'At £30.'
0:40:07 > 0:40:0920 to start then. Lowest I'll bid.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- Oh.- 'It is here to go.'
0:40:11 > 0:40:12Yep, 20 I have.
0:40:12 > 0:40:1420 we have. Is there two?
0:40:14 > 0:40:15£20 start. Is there two?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18We will be selling for £20. It is going to go.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- No reserve.- 20 quid. - That's right. That's no problem.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- There is commission to pay on that. - That's no problem.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- He's quite relaxed.- Yes, I am.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Look, it's gone to a new home.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- That's right.- Hopefully, someone will appreciate it.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- It's better than being in a loft. - That's what we thought.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- Better than the bin.- That's right. - Better than the bin.- Yeah.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41And finally, for our last stop of the day,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44we headed north, back to Thomson, Roddick and Medcalfe Saleroom
0:40:44 > 0:40:46in Carlisle, in Cumbria,
0:40:46 > 0:40:50where auctioneer Steven Parkinson was on the rostrum.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52180. That's yours.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Yvonne, my favourite lot of the whole sale today.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Oh, I love Bernard Leach. And so do you, don't you?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59I chose it for you, Paul.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02It's that taste of the Orient. It's the brushwork, isn't it?
0:41:02 > 0:41:06It's the way the pot was thrown and the kiln with the wood burning.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Everything about it is so nice. It's so thoughtful.- It is, yes.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13But also, it's the sort of thing that could still be missed
0:41:13 > 0:41:14- and not recognised.- Yes.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Because studio pots come through and a lot of people, collectors
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- and auctioneers, don't realise what they've got with those.- No.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- This is quite special.- Really important to check out those marks.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- And to keep an eye out for things like this.- Yeah.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29My sons have told me I've got to start getting rid of pots.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Everyone will want this. Ready?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32LAUGHTER
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Here we go. This is it.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40Lot 760 is this nice Bernard Leach studio pottery covered preserve pot.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42It is a nice one, isn't it?
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Signed underneath as well.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I can start the bidding here with me.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Straight in at 140. 150.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49160. 170.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51'180 bid straight away. 200 on the internet.'
0:41:51 > 0:41:52220. 240.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54260. 280.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- At 280, they're loving this.- 280!
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- 'At 280...'- Oh, no.- Yes!- '320.'
0:41:58 > 0:42:00At 320.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01At 340.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03At £340.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05At 340. Is that it?
0:42:05 > 0:42:06At 340.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Yes! Yes! Bernard Leach does it for Cornwall.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12It's all in that Oriental brushwork.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13340.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- I just can't believe it. - Yeah, it's good.- It's a good price.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- It is.- Yeah.- I never expected that. - He's so sought-after.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21- So sought-after.- Oh!
0:42:21 > 0:42:23I can't wait to tell my sons, you see,
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- because they thought it wasn't worth anything.- Yeah.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29£340 for a little pot. It's made my day. It's made yours.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- But, Yvonne, it's made yours, hasn't it, darling?- Oh, yes.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36380.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39What a fantastic result and a beautiful piece of pottery.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42If you've got anything like that at home, we'd love to see it.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46So bring it along to a "Flog It!" valuation day.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Well, that's it for today's show.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52And I thoroughly enjoyed being here at Llanerchaeron.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55We've seen some wonderful treasures from around the country.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Your treasures. And we've had some great results in the auction room.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02That really is it. So, until the next time, it's goodbye.