0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today's valuation day is on the Sandon Hall estate in the centre of
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Staffordshire. The landscape around here hasn't changed in
0:00:08 > 0:00:13hundreds of years. It's quintessential English countryside.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Welcome to "Flog It!".
0:00:40 > 0:00:45The present house was built in 1854 after a fire destroyed
0:00:45 > 0:00:47the earlier 18th-century hall.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Fortunately, it was a slow burn and they were able to save
0:00:52 > 0:00:55the family portraits and some of the original features,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58like this stunning marble fireplace.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Sandon Hall has been given a face-lift today
0:01:04 > 0:01:06with this bright, cheerful crowd.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Hundreds of people have turned up laden with antiques and
0:01:09 > 0:01:13collectables on a quest to test our experts' knowledge, but of course
0:01:13 > 0:01:16there is only one question on everybody's lips, which is...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- ALL:- What's it worth?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Our experts today are Charles Hanson...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26You look a jazzy lady.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28That's a jazzy lady.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29..and David Fletcher.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- I've got bits of the glass.- His mouth goes back, pushes back
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- and then smoke comes out of his ears.- Used to.- Used to.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Well, do you know, we'll have to take your word for that, won't we?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Do you know you can tell a man's age by his Dinky toys?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Can you really?- Yeah.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Why are you looking at me? - THEY LAUGH
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Later on in the show, Charles is stumped by this curious sculpture.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Wonderful, bronze, Art Deco archer.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02- But it's wooden.- Yeah.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07We find out what turns this ordinary, silver tea service
0:02:07 > 0:02:09into a gold mine.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12It took my breath away when I saw this just now.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14And at the auction, there are even more surprises.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18That took us back a bit, didn't it?
0:02:18 > 0:02:19- I'm thrilled.- I'm gobsmacked.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23And I discover the double life of a famous photographer.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25I felt that if I rang up an art director and said,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28"I want to come and show my pictures to you," and he said, "Who are you?",
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and I said, "Lord Lichfield," he'd say,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33"Oh, well, here's just another rich, young man with a camera."
0:02:33 > 0:02:34An amateur or something.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37All that's coming up later on in the show.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Well, everyone's now safely seated inside this magnificent building.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45We've literally taken over all of the ground floor.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Hundreds of people have turned up.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50We need to find some treasures of our very own to take off to auction.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53We're going to make a start right now with Charles Hanson.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Hani, thank you for coming.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58You're looking radiant and pink.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Yeah, you are. I'm being serious.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05And you've brought in today a most magnificent jardiniere.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Isn't it wonderful?- Is that what it is?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It is. It's essentially where you place your flowers in arrangement,
0:03:11 > 0:03:16but I almost feel like, Hani, it's hobbled in on three legs.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- Yes.- Because inside the jardiniere, we've got this foot.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Yes...- I don't believe it.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- No, I don't either.- No.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- What happened?- I caught the bag on the step outside Sandon Hall.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- But you're OK?- Oh, yes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34You're OK? Your legs are OK?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Fine.- Yes, yes, yes. I reckon that's my granny telling me not to sell it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40You think so? You think there's somebody up there...
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Yes, saying, "No, Hani, don't sell."
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Really?- Yes.- Have you changed your mind now?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Are you OK?- No, no. No, no.- Right, it's got to go.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- It's going, yeah.- Granny won't knock me, will she, at all, no?
0:03:49 > 0:03:50No, she'll haunt me, not you.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Crikey me. Don't say that, Hani. Crikey me.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59I like it because, although it's very white, it's not porcelain.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- No.- Of course, it's what we call a crude,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06tin-glazed earthenware and we can see on this foot how actually...
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Yeah.- ..it's this red earthenware body, so it's pottery.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Yes.- It's quite coarse.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18What these potters did was paint over that earthenware body with
0:04:18 > 0:04:23a very rich tin glaze, which we call Delftware.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Oh, right.- OK?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Right, yes, yes, yes.- So we call it Delftware.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33In France, it was called Faience Quimper, which is
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Q-U-I-M-P-E-R.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- It was a great centre, like Stoke is down the road...- Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46..where many factories in the 18th and 19th centuries were making
0:04:46 > 0:04:51this type of material in that it's very distinctive, isn't it?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Oh, yeah.- Look at the colour scheme.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54- Yeah.- Do you like it?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Um. I'm not sure. I always used to grow hyacinths in it.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Oh, right, well, thanks for coming.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01SHE LAUGHS
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I always used to grow hyacinths in it.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Did you? Well, that's its story, you see.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Till my mother-in-law said,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10"I don't really think you ought to grow hyacinths in that."
0:05:10 > 0:05:12And your hyacinths have long since gone?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Yes.- Yes. And maybe it's time to now "Flog It!"?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- SHE LAUGHS - I'm sure it is, yes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19As long as Grandma doesn't strike again.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20It's had a good lifestyle.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Yeah. I think what we can do
0:05:22 > 0:05:25is very much stick that, or the auctioneer can.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26But it was a clean break.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It's a clean break. We can see, Hani,
0:05:29 > 0:05:30there's no great concern there.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33That foot sits on like there's no tomorrow.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Absolutely fine.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37So I'm not too concerned by that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Right.- Will it affect the value?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40- Well, of course it will.- Yeah.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44But Quimper is very liable to chipping.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48And the rim and the handles are in superb condition.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Yeah.- It was probably worth in the region of between
0:05:51 > 0:05:53£70 and £100.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57With that foot being off now, I think we need to be more realistic.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02And I would say between £40 and £60.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Well, if it doesn't make 40, I'll take it back home.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I don't blame you.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12David's next item has also arrived in two pieces.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Hello, Angela.- Hello, David.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Thank you for bringing these rings in.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Now, are they family rings or did you buy them or...?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- No, I bought them.- Did you buy them with a view to selling them?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Not immediately, no.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25- Right.- But they don't fit.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I thought they were a good buy anyway.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- I bought them at auction. - Right.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32In the hope that you might make a bit of a profit if they didn't fit.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Yes.- OK. Right.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39The one on my right is 18-carat gold, I think.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's that yellowy sort of, rather than orange, colour,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46which suggests 18-carat. I will just check that.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Yes, I'm right.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55It was assayed in Birmingham, and it is set on carved shoulders
0:06:55 > 0:06:58with two rubies and three small diamonds.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04This one is a single diamond.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And it's illusion set.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13It creates an illusion, by virtue of the fact that
0:07:13 > 0:07:17it's sitting on carved shoulders, of being bigger than it actually is.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22It's about 0.3 carats, about a third of a carat.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Also 18-carat gold on platinum shoulders.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Rings like this were produced in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter in
0:07:29 > 0:07:33significant numbers, really, in the late 19th and 20th century.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35There were an awful lot of these things in circulation.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37They're very decorative.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39They would grace any hand.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I mean, you know, you wouldn't be embarrassed or ashamed
0:07:41 > 0:07:44to wear them anywhere, but they aren't rare.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47So, we just have to be mindful of that.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49So, I have to ask you what you paid for them.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50140 for the two.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52For the two. OK.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57In an ideal world, I would like to have said an estimate of 100 to 150.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And a reserve of 100.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02But, you know, let's have a bit of fun here and see if we can
0:08:02 > 0:08:05get you out of trouble, as they say.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Reserve of £150 and an estimate, this is for the two, of course...
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Yes.- ..of 150 to 180.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16You don't look thrilled, but you're being
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- reasonably realistic about it, aren't you?- Yes.- Good.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Well, I look forward to seeing you at the sale, Angela.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Rings are always popular.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Fingers crossed they make some money for Angela.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Sandon Hall is full of interesting family artefacts,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37but I've discovered one upstairs that poses a bit of a mystery.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44This beautifully embroidered robe has stood undisturbed
0:08:44 > 0:08:47in a glass case in this corridor for the past 50 years.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51I've invited Helen Persson,
0:08:51 > 0:08:56curator of Chinese textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59to have a look and see if she can shed some light on it.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Look at it. The colours.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The chromatic hue is quite intense.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- It's still there.- It's absolutely an amazing colour,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12although that does also tell me about its date.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- OK.- Because it's synthetic dyes.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You can clearly see on the purple and the green.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Synthetic dyes came to China around mid 1870s so we know
0:09:23 > 0:09:26it's definitely not before 1870s.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29And also, this stripy bit at the bottom,
0:09:29 > 0:09:34which was known as standing water, and then you have this swirly bit,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38the swirly water, and this tells me it belongs to the Qing dynasty,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43which was the last Empire of China, which ended in 1911.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47It's garments you would wear for festive occasions.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- OK.- Banquets, birthdays, weddings.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Presumably, an important woman, then.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Someone elite. Upper middle classes,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- that could afford this kind of form of embroidery.- Mm-hm.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Because the embroidery is beautifully made.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03So synthetic dyes, but it is silk.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06And the silk embroidery is made by this really long thread.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08It hasn't been twisted.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10It's just long, long, long silk filaments.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- OK.- And to do that, you have to be quite a skilled embroideress.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Although, Paul, I am questioning if it is actually for a woman.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Right. Because it's...
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Well, that's... My first reaction when I first saw it,
0:10:23 > 0:10:24I said, "Gosh, isn't it big?"
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And Chinese women aren't really generally that big,
0:10:27 > 0:10:28not the ones that I've met anyway.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- No.- That's a tall person.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It is a bit too long.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And the back's not plain at all, is it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36If we can spin that round. Shall we spin it together?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Just turn it your way, look.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40- There.- So.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46So you can even better see the impact of the embroidery.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48It's definitely meant to show off.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49It is meant to show off.
0:10:49 > 0:10:55Definitely. And also you can see the fur which, I think, is an addition.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56- That is a later addition.- A later addition.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Yes. For someone
0:11:00 > 0:11:02in the Western world.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Because it would have been much wider down here,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- so it's been taken in. - Can you tell that?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11You can see at the side, it's been...
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Oh, yes, you can see it's folded. - ..it's not lined up.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- No, it's not.- And also, inside, you can see...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21..the remains of the original lining.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Right. Yes, you can see that's been added to it, can't you?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Yes. But isn't that wonderful?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29It is nice, actually. That's part of its journey, and its story, really.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32And the fact that it's been added to and used probably means
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- it has survived.- Yes. Exactly.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- And not been neglected.- No.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38If you would have worn this, here in England, for example,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40you know, you definitely would be noticed.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49From a coat of many colours to colours of a very different hue.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57Objects often really speak to me a sentiment,
0:11:57 > 0:12:02an emotion. On our stand today is a collection of medals which I'm
0:12:02 > 0:12:05hoping you can perhaps give me who they belong to.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Right, well, they belong to my late wife's family.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Her father passed them down to her.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16They were his father's, who served in the First World War.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I don't know that much more about them,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22other than they've been sitting in the tin and they're not really
0:12:22 > 0:12:25connected to my family any more, and I would appreciate maybe that
0:12:25 > 0:12:27somebody else would appreciate them.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It's a remarkable collection, Graham.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Starting at the top, here. Queen Mary, Christmas 1914,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39in this tin sent all those wonderful servicemen chocolate,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42tobacco, even a pencil in these tins.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Oh, right, that's what they were. - Which came as a welcome,
0:12:45 > 0:12:50patriotic love that back home we were thinking about our fathers,
0:12:50 > 0:12:55our brothers, and a tin like this, which isn't complete...
0:12:56 > 0:12:59..today is worth at auction about £35.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Complete, with the content still, there's a huge passion now to find
0:13:04 > 0:13:08these complete ones and they can make between £150 and £200.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Yeah, I appreciate that.- Which is wonderful.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And then breaking up the whole collection, Graham,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16on the left-hand side here, we have two medals, standard issue
0:13:16 > 0:13:19war medal in silver here.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Victory medal as well, slightly tarnished.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26The nice thing is, Graham, they've been within this tin.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Haven't seen any polishing.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Haven't been highly cleaned and still represent that condition,
0:13:33 > 0:13:38which collectors like. And very indistinctly, we can read Private Gunner Marsh.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- This little badge down here... - Yeah.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46..of course, it reads, "For King And Empire Services Rendered."
0:13:46 > 0:13:49And many servicemen who were injured were given one of these.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51So that little group there,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56probably in the saleroom is probably worth between £30 and £50.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00OK. And then over here, I think the most interesting collection,
0:14:00 > 0:14:05we've got, again, war medal and the Victory medal, but this time
0:14:05 > 0:14:08it's to a man called, I think, Venny.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Venning.- Now who was Venning?
0:14:10 > 0:14:14That was my late wife's maiden name.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Bombardier Venning.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17That would probably have been her grandfather.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19And this medal down here, I believe,
0:14:19 > 0:14:24is for a different man altogether, who was Private Edmonds.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- I don't know that one.- Who was he?
0:14:26 > 0:14:31- I couldn't tell you that one, sorry. - No, no. I think 20 years ago,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36you could have bought a standard defence and Victory medal for £25,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39but as time has moved on and we have thought more
0:14:39 > 0:14:43about what these medals represent in society generally,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45they become more cherished,
0:14:45 > 0:14:50not amongst families but also within collectors' circles,
0:14:50 > 0:14:56and values have risen. And I would hope, Graham, the lot would make
0:14:56 > 0:14:57- 80 to 120...- Yeah.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- ..and we'll put a reserve at 70. - Yeah.- Guide between 80 and 120,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03and hopefully, when we're at the auction,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- we can learn a bit more about these individuals.- Yeah.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- Thanks a lot, Graham.- Thank you very much.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10- Wonderful.- Appreciate that.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It doesn't get much better than this for a valuation day venue.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Every room is a real feast for the eyes.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Take this for instance.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Look. Hand-painted Chinese wallpaper,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27a touch of the Orient comes to Stafford, but right now we need to
0:15:27 > 0:15:30go over to the auction. Our experts have found their items, so will
0:15:30 > 0:15:33they be full of Eastern promise? We're just about to find out.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Here's a quick recap of what's going under the hammer.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42This pretty plant pot lost its foot when Hani lost her footing,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44but it's still got a lot of charm.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Angela's rings are perfect in every way.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52They just don't fit Angela.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56And this selection of medals holds many stories, a very poignant lot.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05We've crossed counties to Shropshire for today's auction, which is
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Halls saleroom just outside Shrewsbury.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11The auction is just about to start.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Jeremy Lamond is now on the rostrum.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14I'm going to catch up with our owners.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I know they're feeling really nervous.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Whatever you do, don't go away.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20We could have that big surprise.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Don't forget if you are buying or selling in an auction room,
0:16:22 > 0:16:23there is commission to pay.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Here, if you're selling something, the commission is 19% plus VAT.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32First up, it's Angela's rings.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36£70 and £75. I think that's what you said you paid for them in auction,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- something like that.- Each.- Each, yeah.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39And you love the atmosphere.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Well, we've got a cracking atmosphere here today.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Fingers crossed we can get you your money back.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Yes.- That's what we hope, don't we?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Here we go, they're going under the hammer.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Solitaire diamond ring with facet-cut shoulders,
0:16:50 > 0:16:5418-carat gold shank, and an 18-carat gold diamond and ruby ring,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57hallmarked Birmingham, 1906.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00The bid is here at 140, 150, 160, £160 now, 160,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02at £160.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- At 160.- Gone, 160.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05170, where?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07At £160.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I am selling this lot at £160.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14At 160, 170, at £170 now.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17180, where? At £170, it's with you.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Have you all finished, then? At 170.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Well done. £170.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- That's great.- It's always nice to sell something
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- in the middle of the estimate.- Yes, yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Will you buy any more jewellery?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Yes, I'll make sure it fits.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Next up it's Hani with her legless jardiniere.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I heard it, you know, and everyone went, "Ooh!," like that,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- it was like panto.- Yeah, yeah, it was.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42A lovely jardiniere, though.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Yes, it is. Well, I really felt I should not sell it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Why is that?- Well, you said all these wonderful things about it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Well, look, let's find out what the bidders think.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54It's going under the hammer right now. This is it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Late 19th-century French faience jardiniere at £25.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04At 25, 25, 30, 35, at £35, at £35, any more?
0:18:04 > 0:18:0635, at £35.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Are we all finished, then? At £35.
0:18:08 > 0:18:0935.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Not today, I'm afraid, for this one.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- It didn't sell.- No.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- No.- Gosh, you weren't far off, Charles.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It was five pounds out. No. That's absolutely nothing, is it?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21But I'm quite relieved that I might not be cursed or haunted now.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- No.- I feel somewhat relieved, Hani. - So am I.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- Well, look, do you know something? - Do you know, I am too.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27That's a good result for us because...
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Truly, that was a wonderful result.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31You didn't want to sell it, did you? You didn't really.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- No, no, no, no. - And now it's going home.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I'm so pleased.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Break out the hyacinths, Hani.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41And make Granny happy.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And finally it's Graham's medals.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47If I was in the trenches in the First World War
0:18:47 > 0:18:50and I had a Christmas tin, I would open it up and I would have
0:18:50 > 0:18:53the chocolate and the tobacco. I wouldn't save it, would you?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- No, keep going.- It's desperate times.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Tempting.- No, no. I would've taken what I'd got.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59But, look, anyway it's a wonderful thing, OK?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And not many have survived.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Well, we're looking around £35 for the tin, aren't we?- Yes, we are.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07But it's the medals. Hopefully, we can have a surprise.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09A collection of First World War medals.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Service medals Grenadier H Venning RFA.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17HT Marsh RA, 1914-15 star, awarded to Private C Edmonds
0:19:17 > 0:19:20and a George VI Service Rendered cap badge,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23all to a Christmas 1914 pressed brass tobacco tin.
0:19:23 > 0:19:31Commissions here at £70, at 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34130, 140, commissions out.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35£140.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37At £140. 140.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Yes, £140.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Well done.- Pleased with that.- Yeah, so am I.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45So the charity will be as well.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Oh, bless you. Got me going now.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Well, there you are. Our first three lots done and dusted
0:19:55 > 0:19:58under the hammer. You probably noticed a lot of online bidding.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01That's because technology is all around us and it's moving at a
0:20:01 > 0:20:03rapid pace. Even in the saleroom.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04No longer do we have a porter,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07it's all shown on the screen and it's all internet buying.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Photography has changed immensely in the last few years.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13No longer do we have a darkroom.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Film is almost a thing of the past.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20One of the most famous photographers from that golden age of film grew up
0:20:20 > 0:20:22at nearby Shugborough Hall.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Considering his choice of career and his surroundings,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27it was a match made in heaven.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Stately homes make fabulous backdrops for photo shoots.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37MUSIC: Fashion by David Bowie
0:20:41 > 0:20:44So, what better career for the owner of one of these historic houses
0:20:44 > 0:20:46to choose than photography?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54And that's exactly what the owner of Shugborough did.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02We know him as Patrick Lichfield, second cousin to the Queen
0:21:02 > 0:21:06and jet-setting photographer to the stars, but his real name
0:21:06 > 0:21:10was Thomas Patrick John Anson, the fifth Earl of Lichfield,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12and Shugborough Hall was his family home.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20He inherited it at the tender age of 21.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24But crippling death duties and high maintenance costs forced him
0:21:24 > 0:21:27to hand it over to the National Trust.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Patrick's privileged upbringing meant he had to work twice as hard
0:21:33 > 0:21:37to prove his success was down to his own merits, and he soon gained
0:21:37 > 0:21:41a reputation as a serious, hard-working photographer.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42I never used it at all to begin with,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45because I felt that if I rang up an art director and said,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48"I want to come and show my pictures to you," and he said,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50"Who are you?", and I said, "Lord Lichfield," he'd say, "Oh,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53"well, here's just another rich, young man with a camera."
0:21:53 > 0:21:54An amateur or something.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57It was the early '60s,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01an exciting time to be a fashionable young man with a camera in his hand.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07After a short apprenticeship at a commercial studio in London,
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Patrick struck out on his own,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11setting up Lichfield Studios in Notting Hill.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17In 1966, Patrick got his big break.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19A contract with American Vogue.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23This saw him taking photographs of beautiful people and luxury goods
0:22:23 > 0:22:27in exotic locations all around the world.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Back in London, though, he wasn't the only photographer in town.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Others like David Bailey and Terence Donovan were all becoming
0:22:36 > 0:22:39hot property at the time. One of this set was John Swanell,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42who remembers those heady days.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45It was pretty wild, I mean, it was, you know,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48you'd finish work and whoever you were shooting would hang around
0:22:48 > 0:22:51the studio till nine, ten o'clock and then you'd go out for dinner,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53wouldn't get in till four or five in the morning, and then get up at
0:22:53 > 0:22:55seven or eight o'clock and shoot the next day.
0:22:55 > 0:23:02# I'm in with the in crowd I go where the in crowd goes... #
0:23:02 > 0:23:05The reason it was so interesting was because of the people that came in and
0:23:05 > 0:23:09out of the studio. All the people that you admired in your life.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Michael Caine, Terence Stamp and Mick Jagger walked through there
0:23:12 > 0:23:15and The Beatles turned up. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and they were magical days.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23He never played the lord, you know, he never played, you know,
0:23:23 > 0:23:24the grandee or anything.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26He was just one of the boys.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Bailey was from the East End.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33He never let Patrick get off the hook ever, you know,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37he'd go to an exhibition of his and, I remember, it was 100 Most Beautiful Women In The World
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and Patrick had all these pictures on the wall and they produced a book,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and Bailey came in, and there's a few people standing around and Patrick said,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45"What do you think, Bailey?"
0:23:45 > 0:23:48He said, "Yeah, Patrick, I was thinking of doing something like this myself."
0:23:48 > 0:23:50You know, doing the 100 Most Beautiful Women.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53He said, "Now, looking at your pictures, I still can." You know.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56And everybody started laughing and Patrick laughed the loudest.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59He had a good time, Patrick.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I mean, he liked a good time.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05You know, he drank the best wines and went out with beautiful women
0:24:05 > 0:24:09and flew all over the world for ten years with his girls
0:24:09 > 0:24:11and it probably doesn't get much better than that.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Ironically, Patrick was becoming a celebrity himself.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20With his jet-set lifestyle and string of beautiful girlfriends,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23the paparazzi were never far away.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26To escape the attention,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Patrick began to spend more time at Shugborough.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30The agreement with the National Trust
0:24:30 > 0:24:33let him have a suite of private rooms.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37And Shugborough's photographic potential hadn't escaped his attention either.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41He began to hold shooting weekends here, where he could combine
0:24:41 > 0:24:44business with pleasure.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Shooting at home allowed him to capture intimate pictures
0:24:51 > 0:24:52of some of the stars of the day...
0:24:58 > 0:24:59..but, equally, take beautiful,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02formal shots against the lavish backdrops inside.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07I was very envious, you know, how the backdrop was perfect.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Couldn't have been better. Wherever you went,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12you'd just wander around and there was a backdrop for the pictures.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It was just made-to-measure.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Alongside his commercial photography, Patrick was also
0:25:18 > 0:25:22gaining a reputation within his extended family
0:25:22 > 0:25:25through a series of informal photographs of the Royals.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29This led to the biggest coup of his career, when he was appointed
0:25:29 > 0:25:32the official photographer to the royal wedding of Prince Charles
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and Lady Diana Spencer.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38His images went around the world.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I think the pictures were wonderful.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I think they were great, and especially the pictures
0:25:43 > 0:25:45where it's a bit less formal.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Whereas any other photographer, you couldn't take, you know,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51be that forward and grab a picture
0:25:51 > 0:25:53of the Queen doing something over here
0:25:53 > 0:25:56or the kids running around or Princess Diana talking to her maids.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Whereas Patrick could because they'd look over their shoulder and,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01"Oh, it's only Patrick," because he's one of them.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02You know, he belongs to the firm,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04they know him and feel comfortable with him,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07he's been to their barbecues in Balmoral, and so he's one of the family.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14In the coming decades, Patrick embraced the possibilities
0:26:14 > 0:26:16of the digital revolution in photography,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20and continued working right up until he died suddenly of a stroke,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- in November 2005.- We couldn't believe it,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27you know, when somebody dies too quickly,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28because he was really healthy.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Patrick Lichfield's photographic legacy is his unique record
0:26:36 > 0:26:38of a golden age of glamour.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Welcome back to our magnificent valuation day venue location,
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Sandon Hall.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00As you can see, there are still hundreds of people here.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04We need to find some more antiques to take off to auction.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05And David's found just the thing.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- According to me, it's wrong. - Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Just a bit.- Did it ever go?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13It did.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Yes, it did. Years ago, it went, but Grandad was very good
0:27:17 > 0:27:21at overwinding watches. He got a bit of a thing that he felt
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- they needed winding up all the time. - So it belonged to your grandad?
0:27:24 > 0:27:25It did.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33I can't read the maker's mark, but there's a little anchor there, which
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- tells us it was assayed in Birmingham...- Right.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37..and a date letter of 1910.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Gosh.- So I think that's probably before your grandfather's time.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Yeah.- That's even a little bit before my grandfather's time.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47We have a silver case.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48The watch inside...
0:27:49 > 0:27:51..sadly, is not silver cased.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58These are called jumbo watches, for obvious reasons, and of course it
0:27:58 > 0:28:03doubles up, if you put it in a case like this, into a perfectly useful
0:28:03 > 0:28:07bedside clock with a little rest at the back.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It's never sat beside your bed?
0:28:09 > 0:28:10- No.- No.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- OK.- Well, that's what used to fascinate me as a child,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14because it was such a chunky watch.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19Yeah. This, we can tell, I think, quite obviously really,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22is gold, but again we just need to check.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25And when I say it's gold,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27I'm not referring to the face, but to the case.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32The glass has become detached, but that can be put back easily enough.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36And if we lift the face out,
0:28:36 > 0:28:41we should be able to see the inside of the back of the case.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44There it is, and it is hallmarked.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Now, I'd expected this to be continental, this case.
0:28:49 > 0:28:56- But as large as life, I can see a crown for Sheffield...- Oh.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59..and 18, which tells us it's 18-carat gold.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01They weren't great timekeepers.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Never really were. And of course it's damaged.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Yeah.- So I think the chance of it being got to work again
0:29:09 > 0:29:12are pretty slight. And I also suspect it would cost more
0:29:12 > 0:29:15to get this roadworthy than you'd add to the value.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- Yes.- Beautifully chased, I mean, the decoration on the dial is amazing.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26I must say that these things are not really worth as much as people
0:29:26 > 0:29:28sometimes hope that they are.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31And I might have to let you down gently here.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Now, I think we ought to be thinking in terms of an estimate
0:29:34 > 0:29:37of around about 80 to 120 for these.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I think we might just push it up a little bit,
0:29:40 > 0:29:42so can we go for 100 to 150?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Yeah, I'd definitely...
0:29:44 > 0:29:46- 100, I wouldn't want to go any lower than that.- Yeah. OK.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Well, I look forward to seeing you at the sale,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50and we'll hope for the best.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- Thank you.- OK.- Thank you very much, David.- And keep smiling.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57It appears Charles needs his eyes testing when it comes to
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Blake and Leslie's statuette.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03I saw you in the queue and I thought, goodness me,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07we have got sitting in this bag what appeared to me to be a wonderful,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10bronze, Art Deco archer.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- But it's wooden.- Yeah!
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I'm so wrong. I'm so wrong.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23- Where's it come from?- I inherited it from my uncle who, between the wars,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26was in the cavalry, the Lancers in India.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Was he really?- Now, whether it came from there I've no idea.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- How interesting.- But I've had it about 30 years.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35That's really interesting. Leslie, do you like it?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37It's grown on me over the years.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42I like it, and it's so nice to try and locate its source because
0:30:42 > 0:30:47this object, I suppose, really was made for a highbrow souvenir market
0:30:47 > 0:30:52and it's in that great Deco style. It's pulling that angular pose.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Yes, it's got strength in it.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I suppose you'd call it tactile, wouldn't you?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Absolutely. You've taken the words out of my mouth.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- And it looks, in its patinated sheen, like a bronze.- Yeah.
0:31:03 > 0:31:11In fact, it is just a wonderfully patinated hardwood, which is teak.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Very intricately done at the back.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18If we just turn it round, what I love is the magnificent drapery just...
0:31:19 > 0:31:21..languishing over this oval base.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25The intricacy of this ornamental attire.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28And I think it's probably from Bali. Balinese school,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- probably from Bali...- Yes.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33..and what's so remarkable about it is the fact it's in good condition,
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- because if it was dropped or knocked...- Oh, yes.- Oh, yes.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41..this whole bow and arrow would have been lost.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- Yes.- And it hasn't, and the only real issue we've got is this
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- broken left arm here.- Yes, we've tried to repair it as best we could.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Would it have been carved out of a solid piece of wood?
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Yes, it would. Carved out of a solid piece. I think it's great.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Today it's one of those objects which on a really good day
0:32:00 > 0:32:01could make £60.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05- On a flattish day, it could make 20 or 25...- Yes.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09..because of the condition, but it's tactile, and it just has that
0:32:09 > 0:32:11great Art Deco look, and that's what I thrive on.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13- Are you a jazzy lady?- Oh, yes.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14I thought you were.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19I feel its auction market value would be between £30 and £50.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23And I propose we put a reserve at £20, just as a safety net,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26but I would hope it will make between 30, 40.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29On a good day, maybe £50.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33So, with your blessing, we'll pull back, let the auctioneer release,
0:32:33 > 0:32:35and hopefully we'll give the archer a great send-off.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Yes, that would be great.- OK. Lovely.- Yes, thank you.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Thank you very much.- Sell away? - Yes, I need to "Flog It!".
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Thanks very much. That's a line.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Tracey's brought in a silver tea set and David's wasting no time
0:32:49 > 0:32:51in weighing up its melt value.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56That weighs 25 ounces,
0:32:56 > 0:33:02and I suspect therefore that the four-piece tea set has
0:33:02 > 0:33:05a melt value in the region of about £450.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Or would have...
0:33:09 > 0:33:11..if it wasn't for this inscription.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Now, normally an inscription is a kiss of death, or can be on a
0:33:15 > 0:33:19piece of silver, but this particular inscription -
0:33:19 > 0:33:21it took my breath away when I saw this just now.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up on end.
0:33:24 > 0:33:30Presented by Stoke City Football Club to their player S Matthews,
0:33:30 > 0:33:35the great Stanley Matthews, "in recognition of his creating a record
0:33:35 > 0:33:38"of 44 appearances for England,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42"which established when playing against Belgium.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45"January 19th 1946."
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I mean, I'm sure you know about Stanley Matthews.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52He was the oldest person to be capped for England.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55He received a knighthood whilst he was still playing for England.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58He appeared, of course, in that famous cup final in 1953
0:33:58 > 0:34:01at the Matthews Final for Blackpool against Bolton.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04I was three at the time but I sort of remember it.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07I think everybody who was around at that time knew about
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Stanley Matthews, and knew about that football match.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14If you're interested in football, or know anything about football,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17this is just a must-have thing.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18If you've got the money to buy it.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Now, how come you own it?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Add how come you're selling it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28We went to a local auction in Stoke-on-Trent and this popped up
0:34:28 > 0:34:31obviously in the brochure and my husband thought, "Oh, that's cheap."
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- Yeah. And he stuck his hand up. - Yeah.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38And numerous others were bidding but my husband's quite stubborn, so...
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- HE LAUGHS - OK. So he kept going.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Right. Good for him. That's what auctioneers like.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- Stubborn punters who keep going. - Mm, yeah.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48And, I mean, I've got to ask you what you paid for it.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50- 1,200.- £1,200.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52OK. So...
0:34:53 > 0:34:55..you're selling it.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56Your husband's happy with that?
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Does he know you're selling it?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00He does. He's outside with our puppy.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- Your puppy.- Hence the reason why it's going.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03She's a Saint Bernard.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06In the house there's a lot of items, but this one she keeps going for
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- in the glass cabinet.- She's got very good taste. And you're frightened
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- that she'll knock it off.- Or smash the glass.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Or smash the glass, yup.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18So, I take it you're not going to want to give this away if you paid
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- 1,250 for it.- No. No.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22But you're reasonably realistic, are you?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Oh, yeah. I live in the real world.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Good for you. OK. So, let's put the estimate
0:35:26 > 0:35:29just a little bit above what you want for it.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- Say 1,500 to 1,800.- OK.- And a reserve of 1,250.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39And I think we'll do jolly well and your Saint Bernard, whose name is...?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Darcy.- Darcy.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Right, OK. Will have the run of the house.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Here's Darcy waiting outside.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Now I can see why the antiques might be at risk.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Well, not many grand houses have the honour of flying a banner like that
0:36:00 > 0:36:02in their stairwell.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06That is the Order of the Garter presented to the second Earl.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08That's a real piece of history.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12In fact, this whole house is full of history.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15It's been a real pleasure filming here today but sadly,
0:36:15 > 0:36:16we have to say goodbye.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19We've got some unfinished business to do in the auction room so
0:36:19 > 0:36:23as I walk down this grand staircase one more time today,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I'm going to leave you with a quick reminder of all the items
0:36:25 > 0:36:27that are coming with us.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34First up, it's little and large, inherited by Karen from her grandad.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40This beautiful carved archer from the East is an exceptional
0:36:40 > 0:36:41piece of craftsmanship.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46And finally, this silver tea service, with its link to the great
0:36:46 > 0:36:52Stanley Matthews, might be David's favourite ever "Flog It!" find.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53£40.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Let's rejoin auctioneer Jeremy Lamond for Karen's two tickers.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01You've got lots of memories of the jumbo watch?
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Yeah. I used to love that.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06As a child it fascinated me because it comes out of the case.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08I think these jumbo watches were dual purpose.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11You could carry them in your pocket, but they were big enough
0:37:11 > 0:37:13to be put on a bedside table as well.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Yeah, yeah.- Let's see what we can do for you.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Fingers crossed we get the top end of David's estimate, and it's
0:37:18 > 0:37:21going under the hammer, both of them, right now. A joint lot.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25A ladies' 18-carat gold open-face pocket watch, 1910,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28and an Edwardian white-metal case travel watch as well.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30What about that, sell me £100 for them?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33£100, 100 bid on the internet, at £100.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38110 in the room, at 110, 120, 120, at £120.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43It's on the internet. 130, £130 now, at 130, 140,
0:37:43 > 0:37:45140 on the internet, at £140.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47At £140, anybody else?
0:37:47 > 0:37:49At 140. 150.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53At 150. 160. At £160 now.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54£160.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- It's over the estimate.- At 160, it's an internet bid, then, at 160.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Yeah, it's going online.- Selling it at £160.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Yes, £160.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Thank goodness for online bidding.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05- It does help.- Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Cos you never know how many people are bidding for these things.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- No.- And all of a sudden, the phone lines are out
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- but the internet comes in.- Yeah, I was hoping the internet...
0:38:13 > 0:38:14- Well done, Karen.- Thank you.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Thank you for bringing that in. Lots of memories there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Oh, yes, yeah. Brought a bit of a tear to the eyeball.- Aw.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Next, it's the wooden carving.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Sadly, Blake and Leslie cannot be with us but we do have our expert,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Charles. I like this.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30It's not a lot of money but it's good craftsmanship,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32and if you asked somebody to do that today,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34they couldn't do it for £30 or £50, could they?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36No, you're right. It's Burmese.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38It's Oriental, but, important,
0:38:38 > 0:38:40it's got that European Deco look of the archer.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- Yes. Yes.- And it's very lively.- That was the Usain Bolt pose, wasn't it?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Let's hope this goes really fast, shall we?
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Let's hope the bidders like it.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50It's going under the hammer right now.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52The South East Asian carving of an archer.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Balinese or Indonesian.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Aiming for the skies.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Who's going to start me at, what, £30?
0:38:58 > 0:39:02£30, 30 for the archer, £30 bid on the net...
0:39:02 > 0:39:03It's a very decorative item.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05At £30, 30, at 30 it is.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10At 30, 35, £35, £40 now on the internet, at £40,
0:39:10 > 0:39:12at 40 all done, then?
0:39:12 > 0:39:16At £40 for the archer, anybody else for the archer at £40?
0:39:16 > 0:39:17- The sky's the limit.- Selling at 40.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- £40.- Mid-estimate.- You were spot-on. - Good.- Mid-estimate.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- I think they'll be pleased with that, won't they?- I hope so.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25- Well done, Charles. - Thank you very much.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30And finally, it's that special silver tea service that made David's day.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33So you're going to spend all the money on dog food?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36On a rainy day, pop in a treat for her.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Aw. We're looking for £1,500 minimum, aren't we?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Well, it's got to make a bit less than that. 1,250 will do it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Oh, right. OK. You paid 1,200 for this, didn't you?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47You've been very philosophical about that.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I think what's so amazing about this is Stanley Matthews,
0:39:49 > 0:39:52at the age of 31, was presented with this tea set.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Can you imagine a footballer today at the age of 31 being grateful with a tea set?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- Wonderful footballer.- He had such a long career.- Legend.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03Well, let's find out if there's any silver lovers or footie lovers here right now in the room.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04It's going under the hammer.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Four-piece silver tea set, football importance. Stanley Matthews.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10At £900.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12At £900, 950, where?
0:40:12 > 0:40:17At 950, 1,000, 1,050, 1,100, at £1,100 now.
0:40:17 > 0:40:201,150, £1,200, it's on the internet.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23At £1,200, and 1,220, 1,250,
0:40:23 > 0:40:271,300, 1,350, 1,400, 1,450.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Good, the bids are coming in now.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31£1,450.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Selling it. 1,500. 1,550.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36At £1,550.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40It's all the Stoke football fans are bidding right now.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- It's Peter Crouch.- £1,650 now.
0:40:42 > 0:40:451,750.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48At 1,750, 1,800. Anyone want to go in the room?
0:40:48 > 0:40:511,900, 1,950, at 1,950 on the net,
0:40:51 > 0:40:55at 1,950, £2,000, 2,100,
0:40:55 > 0:40:592,100 now, at £2,100,
0:40:59 > 0:41:022,200, 2,300, 2,300,
0:41:02 > 0:41:03at 2,300.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- At £2,300.- Tough competition for this.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06He's still a big name, isn't he?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08- Oh, yes.- Any more?
0:41:08 > 0:41:102,400, 2,500,
0:41:10 > 0:41:142,500, at £2,500.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15- Are we all finished, then?- Listen.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17At £2,500.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Internet, be quick. 2,600.
0:41:18 > 0:41:202,700. 2,700.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24At £2,700.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26At 2,700, one more?
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Yes or no? At £2,700, 2,800,
0:41:30 > 0:41:312,900, 2,900.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33£2,900.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Tracey, £2,900.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Who hasn't had a go yet?
0:41:36 > 0:41:40At £2,900, it's on the internet.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Calling it once at £2,900.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48At £2,900 twice, internet.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Last chance. £3,000, 3,200.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- 3,000!- 3,200. At £3,200.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- All done, then, at 3... 3,400.- They think it's all over.
0:41:59 > 0:42:023,600. 3,600.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05At 3,800, 4,000,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08at £4,000 on the net, 4,200, 4,400,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11£4,400.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Do you need a seat?- £4,400.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16£4,400.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18I can wait. 4,400.
0:42:20 > 0:42:224,600. Worth the wait.
0:42:22 > 0:42:234,800.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27£4,800, at £4,800.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30£4,800 it is on the net.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Anybody want to go in the room at £4,800?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36£4,800.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- It's astonishing. - All finished, then, at 4,800,
0:42:39 > 0:42:40calling once, twice...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- What a surprise! - Selling it at 4,800.
0:42:43 > 0:42:444,800.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- That took us by surprise, didn't it?- I'm thrilled.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- I'm delighted.- I'm gobsmacked.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- Thank you.- Well, thank you for bringing that in and it gave us all
0:42:55 > 0:42:57a surprise, and what a way to end the show.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59What do you think you're going to spend all that money on?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Darcy.- Darcy, the dog. Woof. Woof. Woof.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03I hope you enjoyed that surprise.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Sadly, we've run out of time here from Halls salesroom.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Join us again soon for many more, but until then it's goodbye.