0:00:03 > 0:00:07Today we are in the West Midlands and hundreds of people are
0:00:07 > 0:00:10flocking here to see us at Wolverhampton's Art Gallery
0:00:10 > 0:00:14and now, I'm on the balcony and just look at this wonderful sculpture.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18It's a sheep and it's flying in the air but all is not what it seems.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Just watch this.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27And it is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Fooled again. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56The city of Wolverhampton was a leading manufacturing centre
0:00:56 > 0:01:01during the Industrial Revolution and was also known for coal-mining,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03iron and steel production.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Today, it's still a buzzing city and hundreds of people have
0:01:11 > 0:01:14turned up to Wolverhampton Art Gallery, that fabulous
0:01:14 > 0:01:17building there behind us, laden with antiques and collectables,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20to see our experts who will steer them in the right direction,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22off to the auction room. But first, name me the answer
0:01:22 > 0:01:25to that all-important question which is...
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- ALL:- What's it worth?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Let's find out.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34So let's meet today's experts.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We have a very excited Caroline Hawley.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I love it. Having a licence to handbag dip!
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Morning, all. Good morning.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46And David Harper is making sure everyone is in good spirits.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Have you had a little tipple this morning?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Is that why you brought this?- Yes.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55And have you ever wondered what happens when our experts like an object?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Are you going to sticker it? - I think I am.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00OK, you sticker it. She's going to sticker it.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And that is not as bad as it sounds, I promise you.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04It won't hurt a bit, madam.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Later on in today's show, some people have all the luck.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21Imagine finding this necklace at a jumble sale for just £4.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It's a Ceylon sapphire
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and this rather lovely diamond here.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30And will this cat get the cream at auction?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32What?! Ooh!
0:02:35 > 0:02:38And I'm down here in the vaults of the art gallery,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41where there is an extraordinary collection of pop art,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45works by the likes of Andy Warhol and Sir Peter Blake.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51But first we had better get back upstairs in the art gallery
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and see what Caroline has already uncovered.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58So, Barbara, tell me all about this lovely pot.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01We were on holiday in Dorset, looking around the shops.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- As you do.- As you do.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Went into this charity shop and on the shelf up high, I could see this.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10First of all I thought it might be Morecroft
0:03:10 > 0:03:14or something like that, you know, something with flowers on.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I asked the girl if she would reach it down for me
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and she reached it down.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I thought how lovely it was.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What attracted you to it?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26It sounds strange, really, but it was the flowers.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31I can remember when I was a little girl, my cousin was...
0:03:31 > 0:03:35During the war, she made some curtains out of
0:03:35 > 0:03:40very rough material and she embroidered these foxgloves
0:03:40 > 0:03:44all the way up and it reminded me of that. It was only £7.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- How much?- £7.- £7?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Well, I think it's gorgeous.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- It's Royal Winton... - Royal Winton, yes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56..which is the trademark of a company called Grimwades...
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- Yes, yes.- ..which was set up - the Grimwades company - in 1885,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03by brothers Leonard and Stanley.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08And this is part of a group of pots called chintzware
0:04:08 > 0:04:11which became very popular from 1928 onwards.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16And at the height of that period, there were almost 60 designs,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18different designs made.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21They were very often floral patterns,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23very often more closely decorated.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Yes, yes. I've seen those.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Yeah. This, I think, is lovely,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29with the foxgloves at the front.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Lovely colouring and this great condition all the way around.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36It is lovely. The more I look at it, the more I like it.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40It's got such a lovely feel to it, hasn't it? The glaze is wonderful.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I'm very envious of you finding that in the charity shop.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- You wouldn't have done if I'd been there sooner.- No, no.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Now, do you have any idea what it's worth now?- No, no, no.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Well, I would think it's still a popular piece.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- It's not going to be worth a fortune.- No, no, no.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00But I think it's going to be worth £30-£50.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Yes, that would be fine, yes. - And what about a reserve?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Say £20, something like that.- 20?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Well, I would agree with you because you don't want it back, do you?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09No, no, no.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Because you'll be out hunting for other things.- Yes, yes.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- So, if we put it in, £30-£50 with a fixed reserve at £20.- Yes, yes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Brilliant. And keep hunting. - Yes.- Well done.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Thank you very much, Barbara. - Lovely, thank you.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Now over to David for some advice on timekeeping.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Now, Gail, I do think you need a new bedside clock. I do.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It hasn't got bells on.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Please don't tell me you use that as your bedside clock.- No, I don't.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- Right. Tell me what you do use it for.- I don't.- You don't?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- In a cupboard.- No.- Yes.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55It comes from my father's side of the family and it goes back
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- a long, long time.- Right.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02I think originally it was from a very old, big house
0:06:02 > 0:06:05that a relation worked for.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Right. Would they have been in service?- No, not in service.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12She looked after one of the children of the house.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Almost like a governess.- Well, yes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18What we have left is the remnants of that early life and it is an
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- oversized pocket watch, isn't it?- Yes.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I mean, as far as pocket watches go, it's a biggie. Let's be honest.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- That is a very big pocket watch, isn't it?- It is.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Feel the weight of that. Imagine that dangling off you.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Unbelievable. - With the chain as well.- Exactly.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39And then the idea is, of course, when you are finished with
0:06:39 > 0:06:42your watch during the day or you are going travelling,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45you are getting your carriage and when you go and stay with friends
0:06:45 > 0:06:48at the weekend, you take it with you and it becomes your bedside clock.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- It's a great design. Does it work?- I wouldn't know.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Well, shall we try it? Let's have a look. I'll give it a bit of a wind.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Always helps.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- Oh.- It's ticking.- Ticking.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- I never knew that. - Isn't that lovely?- I never...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Isn't that lovely, though?- It is.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14The mechanics of these things are almost medieval.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18As long as they are well serviced and well wound, they'll work
0:07:18 > 0:07:22but if that hasn't been used for generations, it's amazing.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24A couple of twists and it's off again.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- The pocket watch is silver-plated... - Yes.- ..with an enamel face.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- No markings that I can see on there. No retailer's mark.- No.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36The case itself is obviously a wooden case,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38lined in a leather or leatherette.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42And then the front facing there, if you can just see, there's hallmarks.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Right.- And made in 1908.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- 1908?- Yeah.- Amazing.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- So, it's in a cupboard.- Yes. - What do you want to do with it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56We are decluttering and, no, it's too heavy to carry around with you.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- All right.- So, I don't... I wouldn't have it around my neck.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- You would look a bit eccentric, wouldn't you?- That's right.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05All right. Well, it's all down to money then, isn't it?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08And it's got age and everything else but it doesn't have
0:08:08 > 0:08:09- a fantastic value.- No?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Because the silver front is just a very thin bit of silver.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16The watch is just plated. No maker's mark on it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- So it's probably only worth about £30.- Is it really?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24It's ridiculously low for such an interesting object
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- but that's probably all it's worth. - Yes.- Does that disappoint you?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Well, no, no. Because I've got no idea. I came with an open mind.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Do you want to reserve it at 30? - Yes.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Put a reserve on and then because of the age of it,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40if it doesn't go for that, I will keep it...
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- OK.- ..and hang it around my neck.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50On that note, I think it's time for me to take a little tour around
0:08:50 > 0:08:54the gallery, which has on display the works of many gifted locals.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Now, I can't pass this bronze sculpture without talking
0:08:59 > 0:09:02about it and admiring it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05It's called Golden Youth and it was created by
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Robert Jackson Emerson in 1939.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Emerson was a very well-respected painter,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14sculptor and teacher in the early part of the 20th century.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19And I think this sculpture shows his passion for the female form
0:09:19 > 0:09:20so beautifully.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24He had a successful career with commissions all over Italy
0:09:24 > 0:09:26and a lot of his work is here in the gallery.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31In fact, his reputation as a teacher in the 20th century
0:09:31 > 0:09:32is almost legendary.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36A lot of his pupils went on to become famous sculptors themselves.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Now, I wonder if Caroline has any noteworthy designs on her table.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- Barbara.- Hello.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- Hello, and welcome to you and your jewels.- Thank you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56I am chuffed to bits, as they say in Yorkshire, to see these.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00And as soon as I saw them, I thought, "Ey up, Charles Horner."
0:10:00 > 0:10:05And they are all by Charles Horner, the great Chester silversmith.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08So how on Earth have you got all this Charles Horner...?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I looked through an auction catalogue
0:10:11 > 0:10:15about two and a half years ago and picked out the things
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- that jumped off the page.- Yeah.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21I knew nothing about Charles Horner and everything that I liked
0:10:21 > 0:10:22- was Horner.- How extraordinary.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Then I had a look to see who he was and now I can look in antique
0:10:26 > 0:10:30shop windows and go, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." Or whatever.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33So is this your total collection of Charles Horner?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- No.- You've got more?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Thimbles, quite a lot of thimbles of Charles Horner.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42But I don't really want to sell everything.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44You've made a very, very wise buy
0:10:44 > 0:10:47in all of these because the condition is fantastic.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49We keep banging on about condition is everything,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51always buy the best you can afford.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54But you have and it does make a difference.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58These little Charles Horner pins here, they are beautiful but
0:10:58 > 0:11:01if they were bashed and crushed, they are not worth anything.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04They are lovely and I love this dancer.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- I didn't believe that was Horner. - No, nor did I.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I've had a good look with a glass and she is.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Sometimes I buy these items in bags of bits.- Yeah?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17This came in a bag of bits. And it cost me... Would you like to know?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Yes, I would.- £7.- Brilliant.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24So, we've got to put a price on them, haven't we, Barbara?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26£3 million.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- You wish!- I do.- Sadly not.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I would think, realistically,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35£200-£300 at auction.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- How do you feel about that? - That would be fine.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- And would you like a reserve? - Oh, definitely.- So, 200 OK?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- Yeah.- We will fix it at 200.- Yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44We'll estimate them at 200 to 300.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Well done, Barbara... - Thank you.- ..for building such a lovely collection.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Thank you.- And I really look forward to going to auction with you and selling it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- And selling it. Thank you very much. - That's a pleasure.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Well, there you are.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04We found our first three items to take off to auction.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07This is where it gets exciting. We're now going to up the tempo.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I've got my favourites, you've probably got yours.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Here's a quick recap just to jog your memory of all the items
0:12:14 > 0:12:16that are going under the hammer.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Barbara was drawn in by the flowers on this Royal Winton vase so let's
0:12:21 > 0:12:25hope these lovely foxgloves will catch someone else's eye at auction.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Now, I don't imagine there will be any time wasters
0:12:30 > 0:12:33around this silver travel clock come pocket watch.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Well, it's got the province and the style, so we shall see
0:12:36 > 0:12:40how this collection of jewellery by Charles Horner will do at auction.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48We are heading 40 miles north to the market town
0:12:48 > 0:12:50of Whitchurch in Shropshire.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Now, one thing you notice here is that there are lots
0:12:53 > 0:12:57of fantastic-looking clocks all around the town.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Well, that's because this was home to one of the oldest
0:13:00 > 0:13:02clockmakers in the world.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06JB Joyce were established in Shropshire in 1690
0:13:06 > 0:13:09and moved to Whitchurch in 1790.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Their work can be found across the globe from Sydney to Shanghai
0:13:13 > 0:13:17but no place has more examples than Whitchurch.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Especially here at Trevanion & Dean auction rooms because this
0:13:22 > 0:13:25in fact was the old Joyce factory.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29And dotted around the saleroom there are a few clues to the past,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33like this old clock, which is still ticking away.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38With time going fast, we had better get on with the auction,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41and Christina Trevanion is on the rostrum.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Remember, you will need to factor in the seller's commission
0:13:45 > 0:13:50in a saleroom. Here, it's 17% plus VAT.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Now, will the history of this old clock-making factory help
0:13:54 > 0:13:56when it comes to selling this timepiece?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58# Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock... #
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Gail, good luck.- Thank you.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02The travel clock is about to go under the hammer.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05It's not a lot of money but it is a nice thing, isn't it?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- I'm thinking very positive.- Very positive.- Yes, so we are hoping.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12OK. Not 30-40, more like 40-60.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15It's going under the hammer right now.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Lot 170 is the silver goliath pocket watch and case.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21There it is. Lot 170.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- And I am bid straight away £30 with the commission at £30.- Good.
0:14:25 > 0:14:2935, 40, sir. 45, 50.
0:14:29 > 0:14:3355. Clears my commission bid, sir. It's yours at £55.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Looking to 60 now. At £55, if we are all done then, at 55.
0:14:38 > 0:14:4055, yes!
0:14:40 > 0:14:43What's lovely about that, that now has a new lease of life.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Someone's very excited to own that watch and it will go on
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- for another few more generations. Marvellous.- Well done, you.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Thank you very much. - There's a beauty in everything.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Next up, the Royal Winton vase.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59They missed that down in Dorset, didn't they?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You did well, then, Barbara.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- It was nice. - Have you sold these before?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Yes, I have. Yeah. And it's pretty. It's got foxgloves down the front.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- And that's what attracted you to it. - Yes.- Very feminine, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13It is. It's pretty, nice quality...
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Yes, please.- Here we go. Let's put it under the hammer.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Lot 382 is the Royal Winton Grimwade ovoid vase.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Interest here on my book at 20. £25.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Here with me at £25.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Looking for 30 now.
0:15:29 > 0:15:3130 is bid online. Looking for 5.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33At £30 then, if you're all done.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35It's against you all at £30.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Online at 30.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- 35.- Late legs!
0:15:40 > 0:15:41My heart. £35.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45At £35 then, if you've all settled at 35.
0:15:45 > 0:15:4940. He's back. Oh, my goodness! What are you doing to me?!
0:15:49 > 0:15:50There's 5.
0:15:50 > 0:15:5345. Slow burners here at £45.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56At £45, if you've all settled.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58At £45.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Well done, Christina. Great auctioneer.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Do you know, I've left the space on the shelf where it was
0:16:03 > 0:16:05because I didn't think we'd sell it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I've got to put something else on then.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Ye of little faith, Barbara.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- You knew we'd sell it. - Well done, you.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Now it's the collection of Charles Horner jewellery.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Good luck, both of you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Barbara, this is the moment where we stick it to the bidders. Yes,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28we're talking about the hatpins, aren't we?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Good name, great name. Quality, quality, quality.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34And we always say on the show - quality sells.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Hopefully. - Are you expecting millions?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I want a million. £1 million.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- £1 million. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:16:40 > 0:16:43We're good, but not that good.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45OK. We need some fierce bidding.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47We're going to find out what the bidders think right now.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Good luck. Let's hope we get the top end. Here we go.- Thank you.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Lot 100 is the collection of Charles Horner.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58All sorts in the lot there.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- Give me 160. At £160 is what I'm looking for.- Come on.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- We're looking for a bid.- 160.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04160. 170.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06180, where are you? It's at 170 with me.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- 190 I have.- Yes.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- One more.- Looking for 200. It's got to be 200 if you want it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- 200 is bid.- Yes!- Yes.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16240 against you, sir. 260?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19250 I'll take. At 250. 260.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Straight back, sir. Will you go 270?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23270 is bid.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26At £270. Room bidder. Make no mistake.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28At £270.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Sold in the room. £270.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34It's not a million but it's still a good amount of money.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35- I'll bring some more next time.- OK.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Well done, both of you. That was a good result.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Quality always sells.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41If you've got something like that, come and join us.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Dust them down, bring them in, and we'll flog them.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46LAUGHTER
0:17:49 > 0:17:53We are coming back here later in the show, so please do not go away.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We could have that one big surprise.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Now it's time to return to Wolverhampton Art Gallery,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00but not to join up with our experts straight away.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02I'm going to have a look at one of the collections that's not
0:18:02 > 0:18:04currently on display.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I've been told, down in the vaults, in the basement,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09there's a unique collection of pop art. And I'm going to check it out.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18When pop art emerged in the 1950s and '60s,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23it was seen as disposable and insignificant by the art world.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Many art critics believed this was a passing fad
0:18:26 > 0:18:28that would soon disappear.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29But they were wrong.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Pop art grew to become one of the most recognisable styles of
0:18:33 > 0:18:35contemporary art.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37This way. Gently.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Marguerite Nugent is the current curator
0:18:39 > 0:18:41of Wolverhampton Art Gallery,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44and she has agreed to show me their exclusive collection.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Lichtenstein and Warhol are big, big names in American pop art
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- and they're big names here, aren't they?- Yes, they are.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56And we've got quite a number of pop works in the collection.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I mean, just here we've got work by Peter Blake, for example,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Allen Jones, Joe Tilson.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06That's just a few of the artists that were collected during
0:19:06 > 0:19:08the 1970s and '80s mostly,
0:19:08 > 0:19:13by curator David Rodgers, who was very pioneering in terms of
0:19:13 > 0:19:16what he was trying to acquire for the collection.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- He was clever, wasn't he?- Yes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Thinking ahead of the game. - He had the foresight.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24He'd been brought in by the council to run the gallery.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26He'd come from a gallery in London and
0:19:26 > 0:19:28he had some quite exciting ideas.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30He thought this was something that could be a brand
0:19:30 > 0:19:32that's quite unique for Wolverhampton.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34So he started to collect pop art.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46It was controversial at the time when those works were being acquired
0:19:46 > 0:19:49because it was perceived that the council was spending a lot of
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- money on art.- Too much money! - That's right.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53And if you take the Lichtenstein, for example...
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- This one?- This one here.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- I mean, that was bought in 1975 for £25,000.- Bargain.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02At the time, you'd think... Well, now it's worth millions.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03But at that time, you know,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06you could have bought a house for that amount of money.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09So it was a little bit frowned upon, I suppose.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Particularly by the local media.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13And I guess back then pop art really
0:20:13 > 0:20:16wasn't sort of embraced by the intellectuals.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It wasn't proper art, was it, really?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- Well, it was a new thing, I suppose. - It was a new thing. Too radical.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Yes. And it was portraying the every day.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28And if you look at the Peter Blake cigarette packet painting
0:20:28 > 0:20:31that we have, it's just a painting of a cigarette packet.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34And that's what the pop artists were doing.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38They were taking everyday items and turning them into art.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47This is by Joe Tilson. A lot of the pop artists were using giveaways.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Sure.- Those kind of things you'd get in cigarette packets.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- Yeah, like advertising as well. - Yeah, like advertising.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56They were using that quite a lot as inspiration in their work.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- I like that as well. I like the collage-y kind of thing.- Yeah.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02This is, again, by Joe Tilson.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05This is based on a press image of Che Guevara
0:21:05 > 0:21:09that was published after he was killed. And it was sort of
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- the idea to prove that he was actually dead.- Yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15But it was an image that was very familiar in the press.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I'm quite privileged you let me down in the vault today.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Your secured storeroom, as it were,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22underneath the gallery. Will you have these on display?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Yeah, we have a dedicated pop art gallery space.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29So the collection is on display there on a rotating basis.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38The gallery's star attraction is this piece by Andy Warhol.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43The screen print was brought in 1979 for £1,600
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and is now worth tens of thousands.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Andy Warhol's work brings together a number of important elements
0:21:51 > 0:21:53in pop art - glamour, for one -
0:21:53 > 0:21:56and that's supplied by America's First Lady,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00an international style icon in her own right, Jackie Kennedy.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And here she is grieving at the sudden loss of her husband,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06who was assassinated in 1963, JFK.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09The whole thing was played out on the world stage.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It was a media frenzy. Everybody saw this happen.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16What Warhol's done, he's taken the front cover of Life Magazine,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19he's cropped it, he's remodelled it and intensified the whole thing,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23so now, as a nation, we can grieve with Jackie Kennedy.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33In Britain, the pop art scene started developing
0:22:33 > 0:22:34in the early 1950s.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39By the '60s, artists like Sir Peter Blake and Pauline Boty
0:22:39 > 0:22:41were at the forefront.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Films were being made about them.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46And they were embracing their new medium.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48This is a Rudy.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- I don't know who the lady peeping out of his eye is.- No.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And that's an announcer announcing that Castro has won.
0:22:55 > 0:23:02# A foggy day in London town... #
0:23:03 > 0:23:07There were very few female artists among the founding members of
0:23:07 > 0:23:10the British pop art movement but Pauline Boty was one of them.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I've always had very vivid dreams
0:23:12 > 0:23:15and I can remember them very, very easily.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I've used the kind of atmosphere of the dreams in my collages.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I think there are two things about this.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24One is that I often take the moment before something
0:23:24 > 0:23:27has actually happened, and you don't know if it's going to be
0:23:27 > 0:23:30terrible or it might be very funny.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33The other thing is that something very extraordinary is actually
0:23:33 > 0:23:39happening and everyone around isn't taking any notice at all.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43# I want to be loved by you, just you... #
0:23:43 > 0:23:45This painting by Pauline Boty
0:23:45 > 0:23:48is another of the gallery's prized possessions.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50It's called Colour Her Gone.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56In Boty's painting, Marilyn Monroe is boxed in by grey panels
0:23:56 > 0:24:01as she looks up at the viewer from a background decorated with roses.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04The painting was made after Marilyn died.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Boty copied the face from a photograph that appeared on
0:24:08 > 0:24:12the cover of a magazine in November 1962.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14This is a rare painting by Pauline Boty
0:24:14 > 0:24:17as she died at the age of 28 from cancer.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20And many of her works are unaccounted for.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Pop art was now being accessed by a wider audience.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36In various interviews, Sir Peter Blake claimed he may even have
0:24:36 > 0:24:39had something to do with the invention of the name pop art.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44A group of us were having dinner in the very early '60s,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47a group of painters, with Lawrence Alloway.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50He was very much a mentor of the younger artists.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54And he was a critic. Very involved with the ICA.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58We were talking about what I was doing and I explained that
0:24:58 > 0:25:02I was trying to make an art that was a parallel to pop music.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04You would read it in the same way.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07And he said, "What, a kind of pop art?"
0:25:07 > 0:25:10And I maintain that's how the phrase came about.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16It was artists like Sir Peter Blake, Pauline Boty and many others
0:25:16 > 0:25:18in Wolverhampton's collection,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21that have paved the way for other young talent.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26They managed to break down the division between high and low
0:25:26 > 0:25:29culture, by incorporating their own hobbies, interests
0:25:29 > 0:25:31and experiences in their work.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It seems to me David Rodgers, the curator of the museum back in
0:25:36 > 0:25:39the '60s and '70s, was a very clever man.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41He had the foresight to put this collection together,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44which holds around 70-odd pieces,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47many by key players who were at the conception of pop art.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52And here they all are in this unassuming gallery in Wolverhampton
0:25:52 > 0:25:53for everybody to enjoy.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Back upstairs, our experts are being kept busy
0:26:10 > 0:26:13with people still flocking to the valuation tables.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18So, what curious item has David found?
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Now, George and Margaret, this is a fascinating object.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Do you know what it's for?
0:26:26 > 0:26:30- It's for incense, isn't it? - Yeah.- Incense burner.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Tell me why you have this object.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Well, we acquired this object. It was actually given to us.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38We didn't purchase it.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And we just liked it because it's unusual and we didn't have
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- anything like it. - How long have you had it for?
0:26:43 > 0:26:48- 20-odd years.- 20-odd years. OK. - We've had it on show in the house.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50On show in the house, but we've never used it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52You've never fired the baby up?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- No.- Right. OK.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Strictly speaking, it's called a koro.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59It's a Japanese incense burner.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03We know it's Japanese because if you look at the flower decoration,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05that is the chrysanthemum.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And the chrysanthemum is the national flower of Japan.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12The shape is the tripod shape, which represents stability.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16A lot of the oriental pieces do have so much more going on in them
0:27:16 > 0:27:18than you ever imagine.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Made from bronze.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25And it is designed to help you meditate.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29To contemplate. To relax. So that's what it's all about.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30When you fire it up,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33you either drop the little pellets in there or you put the sticks in.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36And the plumes of smoke will envelop the room.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Cleansing the room.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41But it's also a time for you to meditate and to pay reverence
0:27:41 > 0:27:43to long gone ancestors.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46The smoke represents the spirits of the ancestors.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50I think it's probably late-19th, early-20th century.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- As beautiful as it is, they were probably mass-produced.- Mm.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56There's no markings on it.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00But I think, as a piece, it's got great story value.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02You know, it's a talking piece.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05You're making us keep it at this rate.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07This is not the idea. I want you to flog it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10How much do you think it's really worth?
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Well, it would only go in at 40 to £60. It might do better.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17But because it doesn't carry any marks,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20that's the estimate it would need to carry.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Are we going to go with it? - Yeah.- 40 to 60.- Yeah.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26It'll be interesting to see how it goes anyway.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Do you want to reserve it?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- No.- It'll make what it makes.- Yeah.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Marvellous. OK.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- Delightful. Wonderful.- Thank you. - I'll see you at the auction.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37OK, then.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41So, while we're feeling relaxed,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44we had better see what gems are on Caroline's table.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50John, you don't strike me as the sort of guy that wears lovely
0:28:50 > 0:28:53pendants like that or even trips around in
0:28:53 > 0:28:55a gorgeous pocket watch like that.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Not at all.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59How on Earth did they come into your possession?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02My daughter got them from a jumble sale.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- A jumble sale?!- That's right.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- About six months ago.- No!- Yes.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Were they on the same stall?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10I believe they were on the same table, yes.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Could you tell me what your daughter paid for these things?
0:29:13 > 0:29:18The necklace was £4, the watch and chain was £5.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Well, I am shocked and stunned.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25We'll start with the pocket watch.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27This is hallmarked silver.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31It's marked 1884 - London.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33It's silver and enamel.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Cleaned up, that would look absolutely stunning.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40The chain that goes with it isn't marked,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43so we would have to call that white metal.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46But I'm sure that will be silver if it's tested.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49It's got a replacement ring, which is a brass one
0:29:49 > 0:29:51as opposed to a silver one.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54It's a lovely quality chain...
0:29:54 > 0:29:56which goes with the watch.
0:29:56 > 0:30:02Not of huge value. Something like this is 40 to £60.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- But £5 was paid for it? - That's right.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07So that is a HUGE profit margin already, isn't it?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Pretty good.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Now, the necklace, on the other hand,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14I don't know whether you know, but I love all things French.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17And I think, I'm wanting to think that this is French.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19It came in this little box, which is...
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Now, this is from a jeweller in Nantes in France,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25and it is just gorgeous.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28It's a Ceylon sapphire, pear cut,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31and this rather lovely diamond here,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34with small diamond chips above,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38and then this oval is little diamond chips.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41The chain... I haven't tested it,
0:30:41 > 0:30:45but I would think that is either white gold or silver.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49But that is altogether gorgeous.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51And I am going to stick my neck out.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I wish it was wearing that.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56But I'm going to stick my neck out and say...
0:30:56 > 0:30:59400 to 600 on the necklace.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Very good, yes.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Now, would you like a reserve on that?- 400.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05And are we allowed a bit of discretion on that,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- or do you want to...? - I would imagine so, yes.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Yeah. So, 400 with discretion.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Excellent. And I'm very, very jealous.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15I'm going to go to sleep dreaming about jumble sales tonight.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- Thank you, John.- Thank you.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Earlier on, we looked at the gallery's
0:31:23 > 0:31:25unique collection of pop art,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28which features works by the likes of Sir Peter Blake and Andy Warhol.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Now, I'm just about to meet a chap, a local chap,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33who was an artist in residence here at the gallery,
0:31:33 > 0:31:37whose work was very much inspired by the pop art movement.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40He's brought along some of his pieces for us to look at, as well.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42And his name's Loz Taylor, and he's with me right now.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Thank you for coming in.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46So, what is the driving force with your work?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Well, consumerism was all around
0:31:47 > 0:31:49in the '60s and '70s,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51but people weren't really picking up on it, the general public.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53It took the pop artists of the '60s
0:31:53 > 0:31:57- to really show the people what consumerism was all about.- Yes.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01And these days, I believe gambling and speculation is something that
0:32:01 > 0:32:03really needs to be picked up on, because it really is all around us.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- So, talk me through some of your pieces that you brought along.- Yeah.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Well, I was able to take the numbering colour code from the dog track,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and the numbering colour code from the roulette wheel in a casino,
0:32:13 > 0:32:17the zero, and create a zero to nine piece.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Once I had the colour code sorted,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22I was then able to extend it
0:32:22 > 0:32:24and put letters on each of the colours
0:32:24 > 0:32:26to create a gambling alphabet.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30And the gambling alphabet enables me to create gambling word art.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32"Get yourself an edgeucation,"
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- as you can see, I've misspelled education.- Yes.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Deliberately, I hasten to add... - PAUL LAUGHS
0:32:36 > 0:32:38..because I wanted to get the word "edge" in,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41because everybody needs an edge to beat the competition.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44And I'm trying to say, "Gamble intelligently," as well.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Hence, "Get yourself an education."
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- It's very clever.- Yeah. - Now that you've explained it.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52For me, it was random numbers over there with different colours,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54and I didn't know what the colour code was,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- and now it all makes sense.- Yeah. - It's very clever.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01If you want my money, I think I'd invest it into good pop art.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02I think that's got the future.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Thank you for popping in. - Thank you, Paul.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07You're a very busy man, you've got lots of commissions on the go,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- so thank you very much for coming in.- Thank you. Cheers.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Now, I wonder if our experts are having any luck
0:33:16 > 0:33:18at our valuation tables.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Well, look at this. John and Diana, you're bringing your family pet in!
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I mean, what's all this about? A black cat!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Where did you get it from?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31It actually came with a house that we bought in 1989.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32It was found in the garage.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34But believe it or not, we did finish having a black cat,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37an old English black, she was called Flossie.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Aww.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Very, very similar.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40I mean, it's funny, isn't it?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43It's an enamel sign, it's advertising,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46but in this environment, it almost looks like a piece of art,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- doesn't it?- DIANA:- Mm-hm. - It does, indeed.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50He seems to draw you in with his eyes.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Oh, he's mesmerising you. He's trying to sell you something, Diana.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57That was the whole idea, this is all about making money.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Do you know what it's made from?
0:34:00 > 0:34:01- It's enamel.- Yes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Well, enamel is a fantastic material.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I mean, it's long-lasting, it keeps its colour,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10its appearance, and the glossiness for much longer than print or paint.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14And so they were made, of course, to sell products.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Now, interestingly, here in Wolverhampton,
0:34:17 > 0:34:21this was an area for making advertising enamel signs.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25It probably was on the wall of a tobacconist or newsagent,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28probably in around 1920.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32The Black Cat cigarette range was introduced in 1904.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34And that was one of the very first mass-produced,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37machine-made cigarettes.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Do you know where the black cat symbolism comes from?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- No idea.- I've absolutely no idea at all.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43This company was founded by Don Jose Carreras,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45he was a Spanish nobleman.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47And during the 19th century,
0:34:47 > 0:34:51they had a shop on Wardour Street in London, a tobacconist.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53And they had a shop cat.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55A black cat.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57And this big, lazy black cat
0:34:57 > 0:35:01would spend his whole day in the shop window...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Do you all have cats at home that do this?- Yes.- Yeah, yeah.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06You know, sit in the sun, all day long, and it took off.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09It was like, "Well, do you know where that tobacconist,
0:35:09 > 0:35:11"what's it called? I don't know, it's got a black cat in the window."
0:35:11 > 0:35:13And it became the black cat shop.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16And the company, the House of Carreras, thought,
0:35:16 > 0:35:18"This is a great idea.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20"We'll introduce a range of cigarettes,
0:35:20 > 0:35:24"and we'll call it after our pet cat, the Black Cat range."
0:35:24 > 0:35:28So, dating to around the 1920s or '30s.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31But you've got it for free, that's the best way to get anything.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Well, we had to buy a house.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35THEY LAUGH
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- What did the house cost you?- 40,000. - 40,000, let's work out...
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- But we got a free sign. - A free sign.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43What is it worth? What do you reckon?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45£25-ish, something like that?
0:35:45 > 0:35:47No, I'd say about 50.
0:35:47 > 0:35:4850. OK.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Well, I think in today's market, we're going to get more than that.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55It's seen life, it's seen excitement,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58it's seen the Second World War, for certain.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00And it's lived a life.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01And it shows it.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And to me, that gives it a great appeal,
0:36:04 > 0:36:08but its value decreases with every scratch and mark.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13I think, to be sensible, we go at 100 to 150 as an estimate,
0:36:13 > 0:36:17and I think you might do very well, I think, with online bidding.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- That's more than we expected. - Very good, really surprised.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- Yeah. It's not going to pay the mortgage off, is it?- Oh, no!
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- We haven't got one.- It's paid for, fortunately.- Well, lucky you!
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Hey, he's rich, but I'm afraid he's married, ladies.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31How very exciting. Marvellous.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- I will see you in sale.- OK. - Fabulous.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Lovely, thank you.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39I see what Diana means about those cat's eyes.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Well, he's already had plenty of lives.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I wonder where his next one will be?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Well, they say the people from Wolverhampton
0:36:46 > 0:36:48are some of the friendliest in the world,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50and I think that's a true statement.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I've met lots of lovely people, lots of new friends.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55You can all come home and have a cup of tea with me if you want!
0:36:55 > 0:36:57We've had a brilliant time here.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Our experts have now found their final items so, sadly,
0:37:00 > 0:37:02it's time for all of us to say goodbye.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Give the camera a big wave!
0:37:03 > 0:37:05We're heading over to the auction room
0:37:05 > 0:37:08to put our final valuations to the test.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10And just to jog your memory, here's a quick recap
0:37:10 > 0:37:12of everything that's going under the hammer.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Let's hope this incense burner
0:37:15 > 0:37:17will give us a sweet return at auction.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22And can we add a couple of noughts to the end of the £4
0:37:22 > 0:37:24paid for this sapphire and diamond necklace,
0:37:24 > 0:37:28together with a silver pocket watch bought from a jumble sale?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32And, finally, will this black cat
0:37:32 > 0:37:34be a lucky sign at auction?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Now, back to Shropshire and the market town of Whitchurch,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43where the auction is in full swing.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Aaron Dean and Christina Trevanion are our auctioneers.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51First up, the incense burner.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55George and Margaret, it's great to see you again.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- We have a valuation, David, of around, what, £40?- Yeah, yeah.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I mean, it's quite low. It looks like it should be worth much more.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02- Yeah, I was thinking 80 to 120. - I know!
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Where's the classic auctioneer's discretion on that?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07I know, but we see them quite often, they're not that rare.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Had it been Chinese, we would have put a much higher estimate on it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- Yes.- But it's got age and it oozes character, and it's fun, isn't it?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15It's here to sell, and it's going under the hammer right now.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Lot 345, ladies and gentlemen.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19A Japanese incense burner.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Who's going to start me at £40, there? 40?
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Surely somebody at 40?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24At £40 for the koro there.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25- At £40.- Come on.
0:38:25 > 0:38:2730, dare I say it? 30?
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Nobody burns incense around here!
0:38:28 > 0:38:29Surely someone at 30.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31And at £30, I have online,
0:38:31 > 0:38:32I knew someone would come in for this.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Internet's going to take this at 30,
0:38:34 > 0:38:35if there's no advance on 30?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36And selling at 30.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39Just!
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- That's fine.- Gosh, that was good value for money.- Yes.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Well, you didn't want to take it home, did you?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46No, no, we're fine.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Yes, it's fine.- Good. Excellent. - We've enjoyed it.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- We didn't expect anything big bucks, like.- No.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Well, thank you for bringing it and being part of the show!
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Not quite the sweet return we wanted, but what a sweet couple!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Next is the pocket watch and necklace,
0:39:02 > 0:39:03bought at a jumble sale,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06and John has brought his daughter along with him.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- It's Francine, isn't it?- Yes. - Pleased to meet you.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- You spotted this?- Yes. - In a jumble sale?- Yep.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15I think this should do around £40-£50, like you said.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Not a lot of money for a single fob watch but, nevertheless,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19you're going to make a good profit.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25145 is a Victorian ladies' silver fob watch and chain, lot 145.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Bid me £30 for it?
0:39:27 > 0:39:28£30 is bid. £35?
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Yes, we're in!
0:39:29 > 0:39:3140 against you. I'm out.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32At £40 in the room.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34At £40. 45?
0:39:34 > 0:39:3650. 55.
0:39:36 > 0:39:3860. 65.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40At £65 with the gentleman.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4270. 75.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45With you, then, sir, at £75. If we're all done?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Looking for 80, but I'll sell at 75.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- Yes!- Excellent.- Great profit.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52£75. Well done, you.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Good luck for our second lot,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57also found by Francine, and you didn't pay much for this, either.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- Are you excited about this?- Yes.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Did you think it was worth an awful lot more?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02I knew it was special, yes.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04What attracted to you to it in the first place?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Did you just gravitate towards it?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Yeah.- Blimey.- Like a magpie. - It is beautiful.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09- Oh, it's French! Ooh!- I want it!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- I can...- I'm a bit of a Francophile.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Something tells me you do like this a lot.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I do. I really like it.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20And I would really love to have been at that jumble sale.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Well, it's going under the hammer right now.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Someone else is going to buy it. - I know.- Here we go.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Les find out who.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Lot 85 is this sapphire and diamond lavalier.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Bid me, what have I got? 300. 320.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Bid me 320 on it?
0:40:35 > 0:40:36320 anywhere?
0:40:36 > 0:40:37300, then.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38300 is bid.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40320. 340.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41360.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42380 I have online,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44at £380, clears my book.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46I'll take 390 if it helps.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48It's at £380.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51At £380, I will sell this, make no mistake...
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- Happy with that!- ..at £380.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- You're not jumping up and down! - I don't jump up and down.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01She's planning her next jumble sale, aren't you?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- Oh, dear! That's turning a good profit. That's fantastic.- Brilliant.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Well done, you.- Thank you. - Well done. John...
0:41:09 > 0:41:12you've got to get her to jumble sales more often.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15So, that's £75 for the pocket watch
0:41:15 > 0:41:20and the discretionary price of £380 for the necklace.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25This means Francine has made a total of £455.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Well done, you.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Now, all eyes on the Black Cat sign.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- I like this.- I love it to bits.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- I love looking at that black cat, looking at you.- Yeah.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- And, of course, advertising signs, very big in this area.- Big news.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Condition's good as well. It's not brilliant, but it's not bad.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- Yeah.- I've seen a lot worse. - So have I.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47And when they are immaculate, we know they take off, don't we? So...
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- This is in pretty good... I think it should do well.- I do as well.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- I'd frame it.- Yeah, I would. - I'd frame it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- I love it. Love it to bits.- Yeah.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57So, good on you for salvaging it.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00And, hopefully, a collector's going to enjoy this.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02We're going to find out what they think of it right now.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Lot 429 is the much admired
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Black Cat Virginia cigarette enamel advertising sign.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13And interest here, as you will expect, I've got, straight away,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I've got 80, 90, 100, £120.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Oh!
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Well, it's gone...
0:42:20 > 0:42:23I'm going to have to start this online
0:42:23 > 0:42:25at £400.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- What?!- What?!- Ooh!
0:42:28 > 0:42:30At £400, I have on the internet,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32at £400.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Which completely wipes out all my commission bids. I've got 420.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- 440 now.- 440!- At £440.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Looking for 460.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43It's at £440, internet bidder now,
0:42:43 > 0:42:45£440. It's against you all.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Online at £440.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- Yes!- Marvellous!- Well done!
0:42:54 > 0:42:56That was the perfect result, wasn't it?
0:42:56 > 0:42:57It was, exactly.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58Good on you!
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Talk about a lucky black cat!
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Wow! What a surprise!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- Absolutely brilliant! - That's a shock, isn't it?
0:43:05 > 0:43:06- It is a shock!- Yeah!
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- My gosh, everyone... And that was short and sweet, straight in.- Yeah.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- Straight in at 400. - Absolutely brilliant.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14Wow. What a way to end today's show.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17We were hoping for that big surprise, and we got one!
0:43:17 > 0:43:20That lucky black cat. Look out for the black cat the next time,
0:43:20 > 0:43:22and join us for many more surprises to come.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26But until then, from the West Midlands, it's goodbye from us.