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This used to be a simple parish church but now it's a minster. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
It dates back to medieval times. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
It's been remodelled, redesigned and extended | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
to meet the needs of the community it serves. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
So, today, we're making Grimsby Minster in north-east Lincolnshire our home. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:22 | |
Welcome to "Flog It!". Yeah. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:00:25 | 0:00:26 | |
There's been a church here on this site since the 12th century, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
offering a place for the community to gather and worship. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:56 | |
Originally called St James's, this was made an urban minster in 2010, | 0:00:56 | 0:01:01 | |
giving it responsibility for spiritual and civic life | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
beyond its parish. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
Today, we're making this mother church our base | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
and the crowd's already proving an enthusiastic bunch. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
You see that, look, that is the end of the queue. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
Now, let's march this way. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
Hundreds of people have turned up, they're all smiling! | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
The sun is shining, this is where their journey starts - | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
at our valuation day. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
Hidden in all of these bags and boxes, there is something valuable. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
You don't know it yet, it's our job to tell you, and our experts will! | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
Because you're here to ask them that all-important question, which is...? | 0:01:31 | 0:01:36 | |
-ALL: -What's it worth? | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
Stay tuned and you'll find out. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
And we've brought in the best experts | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
to help answer that very important question. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
Keen to get the party started is Anita Manning. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
-What have you got there? -It's a hymn book. -Oh, right. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
Well, we're going into the minster and... | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
we could have a wee singsong. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
And hot on her heels is Michael Baggott. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
Nice jelly mould. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:02 | |
-You can't have too much jelly, can you? -No. -Or blancmange. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
And, as always, there's no time to waste. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
-Have you found treasure? -Aye, well, fingers crossed! | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
Haven't looked at it carefully yet, Michael. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
Now, time's flying, I must be off. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
Well found, Anita, well found. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
See you later, Michael. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:21 | |
With such a huge crowd, it's time to get people inside. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
We're filling the nave, the aisles and anywhere with a seat, | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
so people can settle down and unpack. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
While they get comfortable, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
let's take a look at what's coming up later in the programme. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
There's an emotional moment on Anita's table... | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
Well, they've got to go, but I shall be sad to see 'em go. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
The thing is, they will be bought by somebody who... | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
-Who'll love 'em, who wants 'em. -..has fallen in love with them. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
And is Michael onto a winner? | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
A hot water jug is worth a few hundred pounds | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
because what you have - the difference in value - is considerable. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
And I'll be walking in the footsteps of kings | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
after a massive restoration project opened up these historic walls. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
The balcony where the organ sits is a wonderful spot for me, | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
because I get a great view from up here. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
I can see what's going on down there, | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
and it really is a hive of activity. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
Right now we're going to find out what's in those bags and boxes. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
It's lights, camera, action and over to Anita Manning's table. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
Let's take a closer look. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
Andy, Vhari, thank you for bringing me a little bit of Scotland | 0:03:33 | 0:03:38 | |
to our valuation in Grimsby. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
A ship's wheel! | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
Where did you get it, what's it all about? | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
Um, I'm from the Isle of Man and where I used to work during | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
my school holidays, we used to have a social bar and this was in the bar, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
and when that closed, my old manager just asked if we wanted it. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
Up until last year we were both in the Navy. I still am and Vhari was. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
Ah! Why do you want to get rid of it now? | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
We're going to move onto a boat and we'd hoped that this was | 0:04:03 | 0:04:08 | |
going to be the ship's wheel and we went to the boatyard last week | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
-and they said it's too big, it won't fit. -Right. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
Well, let's look at this fantastic object here. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:20 | |
Probably Victorian, 19th century... | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
Everybody in the world knows that in the 19th century, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
the Clyde was where two thirds of the world's shipping was built. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:35 | |
The building of them, the fitting of them, | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
the designing of the exteriors, the interiors and so on. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:42 | |
And this ship's wheel was made by John Hastie and Company | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
from Greenock, which is just down the Clyde coast from me. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
I come from Glasgow, I'm a Glasgow girl, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
and shipbuilding is in my blood. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
-Made of mahogany... -Mm-hm. -Which is wonderful. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
What makes this particularly interesting is | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
because this object takes us to a place at a time. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:12 | |
Whoever buys this will find out about John Hastie. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
They will find out about that company. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
It also puts it in a place in Greenock. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
So as well as being a wonderful-looking object... | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
..it has a history of the Clyde... | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
-Mm-hm. -And I am Clyde-built, just like this, and I think that with | 0:05:30 | 0:05:36 | |
online bidding at an auction, there will be bidders in Scotland... | 0:05:36 | 0:05:41 | |
-Yes. -..who will be competing fiercely for this. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:46 | |
There is a good market for marine items. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
-It could be used as a decorative piece... -Yes. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
Or it could go straight to a collector of marine objects | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
in Scotland. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
-Shall we put it to auction at £200-£400? -Yes. -Yes. -Yeah? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
-All right. Shall we put a reserve on it? I -think that would be good. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
-Do we need a reserve? -Well, we could. -Do we want to take it home? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
-No. -No? | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
You don't want to take it home? It doesn't fit your boat. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
-OK, what we'll do is, we'll say with a little discretion. -Mm-hm. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
-With a little discretion. -Perfect. -Thank you very much... -Thank you. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
..for bringing this item in. This is absolutely great fun. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
And Michael's just as enthusiastic with the item he's spotted. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
-Keith. -Yep. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:37 | |
I don't know what you call a collection of mice, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
the collective noun, but you've brought them in today, haven't you? | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -These are wonderful little things | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
and instantly recognisable. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
So before I go and tell everybody what they already know | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
that are watching, where did they come from? | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
Um, from a place near York called Kilburn | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
that I actually inherited them from... | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
from a lady who I regarded as a second mother. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
Yeah, she... | 0:07:03 | 0:07:04 | |
They lived next door to me when I was born and... | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
I'd been visiting her ever since then. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-So, the friendship stayed all that time? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
I inherited the house and everything in it | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
and she was very proud of these. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
She got them as a wedding present, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:19 | |
so I think they should be on display, not stuck in a cupboard. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
Cos everyone will say that they're Mouseman, but, of course, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
it's Robert Thompson of Kilburn, | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
-working really from the beginning of the 20th century... -Yeah. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:34 | |
Very much in the Arts and Crafts tradition, everything handmade. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
The story is famous that, you know, the little church mouse, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
when he used to do the pews, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:44 | |
-he carved it on and it became his trademark. -Yeah. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
But, of course, not only he used it, | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
-but his other craftsmen - as the firm grew - used it. -Yeah. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
And whilst I'm not able to tell you, | 0:07:53 | 0:07:54 | |
there are people that can look at that mouse and tell you whether | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
-it's Robert Thompson or which specific workman it is. -Yeah. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
-We'll deal with the ashtray first, that's a nice little thing. -Yeah. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
-All carved out of oak, these are. -Yeah. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
This is what you'd expect to see, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
a nice bit of patination, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
-probably 1940s, 1950s. -Yeah. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
And the wood here has got this wonderful, rich, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
dark honey tone and you've got all these little flecks and curls. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
Now, this is a burr. So, if, when you see a tree... | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
-Yeah. -And at the base or at the side, | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
-you might have these growths. -Yeah. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
And what that does is all the grain that is lovely and straight, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
it all becomes jiggly and joggly and when you cut it and polish it, | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
-it looks very lustrous, very decorative. -Yeah. -It's much rarer. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:45 | |
It's much more sought-after, it's much more valuable. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
These are burr oaks and I would date these to the late '20s, early '30s. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:55 | |
-Yeah. -So they are early as well. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
And they're going to be the pride of somebody's collection. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
I think what we'll do is we'll put them in as a lot at auction and then | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
if the auctioneer feels that he wants to split off the ashtray, | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
-that's very much up to him. -Yeah. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
Any idea of what they're worth? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
No idea at all. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
-Let's put £250-£400 on them. -Yeah. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
-And a fixed reserve of 250. -Yeah. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
Then they'll find a new lease of life and you've moved them on, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
-and... -Yeah. -Thank you so much for bringing them in. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
Yeah, they did quite well. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
Everywhere you look, here, in Grimsby Minster, | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
there's something to see. Little delights, little treats. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
Now, here in the south aisle, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
I've spotted something I want to show you. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
He's a little imp, he's known as the Grimsby Imp, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
and he's more than likely a stonemason's joke, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
and he's right up there. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
The figure is supporting the weight of the tower on his back | 0:09:52 | 0:09:56 | |
like Atlas carrying the globe. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
Now, it's thought, legend has it, that he was one of two imps | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
that escaped from Lincoln Cathedral, he found his way here, caused | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
lots of mischief, was found out by the angels and turned into stone. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:10 | |
But I've got another theory. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:11 | |
I think it reflects the pride of the master stonemason, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
whose skills underpin the whole building. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
This has been here for centuries. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
It's going to remain here for many more centuries to come. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
I love it, absolutely love it. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:23 | |
And back over to impish Anita's table, | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
where everyone's very much in the pink. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
Girls, welcome to "Flog It!" | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
Do we have a mum and daughter, or is it two sisters we have here? | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
-Mother and daughter! -Mother and daughter. -Yes. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
You've brought along a lovely pair of cranberry glass vases, | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
but tell me, who do they belong to, where do they come from? | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
They belong to me. They came through... | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
My father left them to me. And his parents left them to him. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
So you remember, when you were a wee girl, | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
seeing these on the... the mantelpiece? | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
Oh, yes, yeah. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
They glowed when I lighted them. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
The mantelpiece was exactly where they were made for | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
and it's lovely that you should remember them as a wee girl | 0:11:12 | 0:11:17 | |
and think of them as things which glowed in the light. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:22 | |
-Do you remember them... -Yes, yeah. -..as a wee girl? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
Yeah, they were in Nan and Grandad's front room, front parlour. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
Well, let's look at them closely, find out when they were made. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
-They're from the late 1900s. -All right. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
-Maybe about 1880 to the early part of the 20th century. -Oh, right. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
They're Victorian. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:42 | |
They are made of what is called cranberry glass | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
and it's fairly obvious that... Well, they are a cranberry colour. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
-Yes. -But cranberry glass was an expensive material at that time, | 0:11:51 | 0:11:56 | |
so there was a little bit of money there, little bit of money, | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
-they've spent money on these. -Oh, right, yes. -Yeah? | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
This was because the colour was produced by the addition of | 0:12:02 | 0:12:07 | |
-gold salts or gold chloride into the mix of the glass... -Oh, lovely. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:13 | |
-Oh, I see. -And that gave it this wonderful soft, gentle, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:18 | |
-but glowing pinkish colour. -Yeah. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
-And cranberry glass was a favourite of the Victorians. -Oh, right. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:28 | |
When we look at the front of them, | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
we see this wonderful hand-painted decoration of birds and blossom. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:38 | |
Now, what surprises me is | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
the condition of and colour that these vases have retained... | 0:12:42 | 0:12:48 | |
-Yes. -..in over 100 years. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
-There is a little bit of wear on the gold at the base. -Yes. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
But I...I can expect that. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
And I will admit, I haven't washed them for a long time. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
You haven't washed them for...? I won't tell anyone that! | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
Now, why do you want to sell them? | 0:13:06 | 0:13:09 | |
Well, it's a long story, really. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
Angela's me daughter, I've got two other daughters... | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
I've got two sons... | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
And I've got ten, uh, grandsons, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
four granddaughters and ten great-grandchildren. So, I mean... | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
-Big family! -Who would I give them to? | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
I can't leave 'em to anybody, can I? | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Not unless they're in 100 parts! | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
Now, with antiques, like many other things, | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
-things go in and out of fashion. -Yeah. -Yes, yeah. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
In today's marketplace, there's not the same interest in them | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
-as there would have been several years ago. -Oh, right. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
But what I would say is, we can put them into auction, | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
the estimate that I would put on it would be £80-£120. | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
It's really just that these are out of fashion at this point, so... | 0:14:01 | 0:14:08 | |
But might they come back in fashion as well? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
Who knows? But, uh, probably not in the short term. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:16 | |
-No, no. -Not in the short term. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
-They may go further because of the size. -Oh, right, yes. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
So, what do you think, Mum? | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
Well, they've got to go, but I shall be sad to see 'em go. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
The thing is, they will be bought by somebody who... | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
-Who'll love 'em, who wants 'em. -..has fallen in love with them. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
-That's right. -And that is the wonderful thing | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
about the antiques world, is that things last | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
and they continually give pleasure to the people that handle them | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
-and live with them. -That's right. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
Well, I've had 76 years of looking at them and that, so... | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
You know, it'd be nice if somebody else loves them like I do. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
-Someone will love them, someone will love them. -They will do. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
-I'll be there to hold both of your hands at the auction. -Oh, lovely! | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
-Oh, well, that's good! -And... | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
And say hello to all your big extended family from me. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
I certainly will, yeah. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:11 | |
That may take a wee while, Anita! | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Well, it's almost time to put our experts' valuations to the test | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
in the auction room, but before we do that, | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
let's just take a closer look at some of the piers here, | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
because above the Gothic stone cluster columns, | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
you will see little carved heads. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
These were obviously done by the stonemasons - | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
they're little tongue-in-cheek representations of, let's say, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
their superiors, their paymaster, or indeed, people of local importance. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
Now, I'm trying to be like the Grimsby Imp here, be a little | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
bit naughty and think, "Do they remind me of any of our experts?" | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
But... | 0:15:47 | 0:15:48 | |
I don't think so, maybe you can make your mind up, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
but we're going over to the auction room, we trust their opinions | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
and now let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
Here's a quick recap of all the items | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
that are going under the hammer. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
Will the ship's wheel find a new skipper? | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
The bookends and the ashtray | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
should appeal to Mouseman fans. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
And someone with a big enough mantelpiece could fall in love | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
with the imposing vases. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
We're heading an hour south-west to the historic city of Lincoln | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
as it's time to find out | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
how our items are going to fare in the saleroom. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
We have two auctioneers on the rostrum for us - | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
John Leatt and Colin Young. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
Commission rate here today is 15% plus VAT. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:39 | |
First under the hammer is the ship's wheel. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
Vhari and Andrew, good luck with this, then, | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
it's a lovely thing, actually, mahogany and brass, | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
and it's there on the table, showing here in front of us. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
-£200-£400 is all we need. Ready for this? -Yep. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
Do you know your port from your starboard? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
Is one at the back and one at the front? | 0:16:55 | 0:16:56 | |
-No, port is red, starboard is green. -Paul...! Paul! | 0:16:56 | 0:17:01 | |
But right now we need full steam ahead. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
With that wheel, which started off its life in Scotland. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:08 | |
-It did, actually... -Greenock. -On the Clyde, didn't it? -Yeah. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
-You know me, I'm a wee Scottish girl. -You are... No, really?! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
Anyway, look, our lots going under the hammer. Good luck. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Right, lot number 551. This is this mahogany ship's wheel. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
Who will start me on that one at £200? £200 to start it. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
Two to start it. £200, will you? | 0:17:25 | 0:17:26 | |
£150? No, 150? | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
I've got 120. 120, with me at 120. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
Anyone else? At 120. At 130, 140. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
At 140. 150, 160. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
170, 180. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
-I'll sell at 180. With me at 180. -He's selling, isn't he? | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
-He's selling at 180. -All done at 180... | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
Yes, £180, just under the reserve. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:45 | |
-There was discretion. -A wee bit of discretion. -It's gone. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Do you know, that was worth every penny of 180, wasn't it? | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
It was quality, it was craftsmanship. Thank you. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
-Thank you very much indeed. -Thank you. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:54 | |
Hopefully the ship's wheel will soon be navigating again. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:58 | |
And now it's time for some of the nicest mice I've ever seen. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
Mouseman! Robert Thompson, yes! | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Beautiful bookends and, as Michael has just pointed out to me, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
-burr as well. There is a premium on burr, isn't there? -It's such... | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
It's a much rarer timber. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
And they're early, so let's hope the bidders pick up on that. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
So they're about to go under the hammer right now. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
Let's get excited about this one. Good luck. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
Who's going to start me at £200? 200, who's first in? | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
200, let's get on. 200. 200 on the net. 20 now, at £200 a bid. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
20 now, 220, 240 now. 40. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
260, 260, 280. At 280 on the net... | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
-They are so much better than the normal ones we see. -They are. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
At 300, any more now? 300, 320. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
At 320 bid. 340 now, surely? | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
At 320, are we all done? Selling, then, at £320... | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
-Yes. Brilliant result. £320. -Yeah. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
Well, thank you for looking after them | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
and bringing them in. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:49 | |
-Someone else is now going to enjoy them. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
And now, after 76 years of care, it's time to pass on | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
Stephanie and Angela's much-loved cranberry vases. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
-The condition is lovely, so you've kept them beautifully. -It is, yes. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
-Mm! -The painting is not rubbed. -And nice subject matter, | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
-birds and flowers. -Lovely, lovely. -Everyone's going to love those. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
Fingers crossed. Let's hope we get more than the top end. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
-Come on, the auction house is packed. -Yeah, I hope... | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
They're going under the hammer right now. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
There we go, a lovely pair of those. Nice decoration on them. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
Flowering branches and everything you could desire in | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
a model such as this. Who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100? | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
80 to go, then. 50, if you like. £50, anybody? 50... | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
50, with a bid of 50, at five, five, 65.. Five bid, 70... | 0:19:25 | 0:19:29 | |
Is someone going to bid five? Somebody, five? 80... | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
Do I see 80 bid? Five, 90 and five. 100, 10, 20. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
-130, 140. -Now it's getting exciting. -Oh! -Now we're mid-estimate. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
160 now. 150, 160. 70 now. 160, a bid of 160? Are we all done now? | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
At 160, last call for the room then. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
It's back on the net and it carries on at 200 bid. At 200, 220, 240. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
-Listen, listen... -At 240 bid, 60, do I see...? I see 260 bid. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
-At 260, 280... -This is more like it. This is more like it! | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
Last call for anyone on the net... Room out, net in... | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
Selling at £260... And sold. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
-Hammer's gone down! -Lovely, brilliant! -260, girls! | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
-Hurray! -That is a great result. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
-Yeah, lovely. -There's a bit of commission to pay, | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
-but thank you for bringing that in and well done. -Thank you very much. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
-Are you happy, girls? -Yes. -Of course they are! Look at those big smiles! -Fairly happy, aren't we? | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
Well, there you are - | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
first three lots under the hammer and some great results so far. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
We are coming back to the auction house later on in the programme, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
so don't go away. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
But before that, I'm going to be retracing the footsteps of | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
royalty, soldiers, prisoners and even hangmen, right here in Lincoln. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:34 | |
Not far from the auction house is Lincoln Castle | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
in the very heart of the city. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
Its construction was ordered by William the Conqueror. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:52 | |
Despite his triumph at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
his invasion of England was not straightforward. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
He encountered considerable resistance from the English, | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
all over the country, particularly in the North. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
This castle, built in 1068, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
was a crucial fortress in the Norman suppression of the country. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
What remains is a permanent reminder of its role | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
as a mighty medieval stronghold. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
The military force was managed by a constable, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
whilst a sheriff enforced the King's law throughout the county | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
and collected royal taxes, and there's even a prison here too. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
But Lincoln Castle isn't just a relic of history. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
Unusually for a building this old, it's still very much in use today. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:36 | |
It was designed protectively - | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
architectural fortification, if you like. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
Nothing could get in and nothing could get out, and to do that, | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
it needed the help of big, strong walls. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
And it's the walls I'm exploring today, as they've been the subject | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
of a significant restoration project lasting four years. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
Costing £22 million, the work means visitors can now walk | 0:21:58 | 0:22:03 | |
the full third-of-a-mile circumference. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
And you can see why the castle was built in this position. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
It's all about the location - just look at the view! | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
But you can see for miles out there. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
More importantly, you could see your enemy advancing upon you. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
The Romans spotted this site as a strategic location | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
and they built a fortress on the hilltop there. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
Then the Normans came along. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
They reused a lot of stone, rubble and flint from the Roman ruins | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
to build this castle | 0:22:31 | 0:22:32 | |
and established this city as a powerful base, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
and then Lincoln went on to become the third city of the realm. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
Once the castle was built, the city was able to defend itself. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:48 | |
Four years after completion, William had his symbol of aggressive power, | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
so he ordered that to be built | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
to win the hearts and minds of the local people. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
Pretty impressive, isn't it? Lincoln Cathedral. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
So, there we have it - | 0:23:00 | 0:23:01 | |
the power of the monarchy sitting alongside the might of the church. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:06 | |
Hundreds of people worked within the walls to manage and support | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
the castle and the surrounding area. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
Today it still needs craftsmen to maintain it and someone who's played | 0:23:15 | 0:23:20 | |
a significant role in restoring this is stonemason Heath Shakespeare. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
How long were you here for and what did your work involve? | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Uh, I was here for about nearly four years. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
I was in charge of all the stonemasons, so, yeah. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
-We had about 24 guys here. -24 guys? -Yeah, at the peak, yeah. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
It must be fantastic working on historic sites like this, | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
surrounded by history. Do you ever find anything? | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
-Yeah, we've found a few things. We found a musket ball... -Yeah. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
..in one of the joints. We also found a Roman coin. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
And we also found a sarcophagus. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
So that was four metres down, and we found the old church floor. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
-So, yeah, that was quite interesting. -Quite exciting. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
-Yeah, it was quite. -Do you learn a lot when you're doing this? | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
You do, yeah. You get to see how the old masons worked | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
and you see the individual chisel marks they'd made | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
-and you just think... -They're strike marks to identify who did it. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
-Yes, yeah. -Do you have marks like that? -Yes, yes, we have a mark. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
-It's just an "H" with, like, an apex on it. -Right. -Yeah, so... | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
And, so, if I wander around...carefully...! | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
-You might see it. -I might spot it? -No, they're hidden behind. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
-Oh, are they? -We usually put them behind the back of the stone | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
so they're out of sight. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:23 | |
Can you point out some of your work? | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
Is that your w...? That looks neater at the top, the parapet. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
-Yes, it does. The top metre came off... -Yeah. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
And then we put a waterproof barrier on it, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
got rid of all of the vegetation and did a weathering top on it. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
I mean, considering it's been here for such a long time, you know... | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
-It's stood the test of time, hasn't it? -It has, yeah. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
It's withstood a lot of cannon fire and, obviously, | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
we're quite high above sea-level here as well, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
so the weather as well's taken a toll on it... | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
-Yeah. -And it's still here today, and hopefully a lot longer now. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
How significant is this site to other historic sites you've worked on? | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Uh, I've worked on a lot of castles, Paul. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
Uh, Nottingham Castle, Newark and obviously now Lincoln, | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
and it is very special because nobody's really worked on it, | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
and the workmanship on it in its day and the tools they had, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
it's pretty impressive what the final outcome was. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
After 1,000 years, many marks have been left by the castle's | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
varied inhabitants and visitors, as it's adapted to meet changing needs. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
In 1541, Henry VIII strode these walls with his young wife, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:28 | |
Catherine Howard, lording it over his subjects. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
And, of course, it was a great opportunity | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
for the people of Lincoln to come here and show their royal support | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
because five years previously there had been an uprising here, | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
opposing the King's suppression of religious buildings. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:44 | |
The ringleaders were arrested, executed. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
One was even hung, drawn and quartered for treason | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
on or very near this spot. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
The tower provided watch during the anarchic days | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
of the English Civil War. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
Lincoln, sandwiched between parliamentary and royalist | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
strongholds, was in a strategic spot. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
King Charles I visited during the English Civil War | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
when the city swung between opposing forces. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
Now, although royalist troops threw great, big boulders and rocks down | 0:26:11 | 0:26:16 | |
here, on the parliamentary forces, they still managed to get their | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
ladders up the side of this castle, scale these walls and take control. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:24 | |
And believe me, that is some climb. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
Now, remember, the castle always had a prison | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
and that quirky tower you see up there, | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
look, on top of the watchtower | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
was added in the early part of the 19th century. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
Rumour has it that the prison governor was a keen stargazer, | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
so not only could he watch the sky at night, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
he could keep a watchful eye over the prison below. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
It was designed to segregate the prisoners from corrupting | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
influences, so they could reflect on their bad behaviour. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
People are no longer imprisoned here, but criminal cases are | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
still held at the Crown Court, which lies within the historic walls. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
It is therefore fitting that the castle now holds | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
Lincoln Cathedral's original Magna Carta in a special vault. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:11 | |
This ground-breaking charter of liberties guaranteed every man | 0:27:11 | 0:27:15 | |
the right to justice and a fair trial. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
William the Conqueror picked a good spot. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
Built almost 1,000 years ago, these fortifications have witnessed | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
some dramatic events in our history - | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
battles, uprisings, pomp and pageantry... | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
The castle's even used today for gatherings, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
including a sausage festival! | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
Times may have changed, but these walls can really talk. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
They've seen it all. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:46 | |
Welcome back to Grimsby Minster. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
As you can see, it's still a full house here. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
It's time to catch up with our experts to see what else | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
we can find to take off to auction. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
There's something small and very shiny on Michael's table. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
Dawn, treasures come large and small, | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
-but you've brought a very small treasure here today. -Yes. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
Before we look at it, what can you tell me about it? | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
My husband's grandfather, who was in service to the honourable | 0:28:24 | 0:28:29 | |
Dudley Pelham of Lincoln, who married a Sibthorp... | 0:28:29 | 0:28:34 | |
Very, very well-known people in the city... | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
-Uh, Pelham Bridge is actually named after them. -Oh! | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
And, um, my husband Keith's grandfather passed them on to him. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:44 | |
-So it's got noble antecedents to it. -It has. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
Well, it's a noble little box. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
I mean, if you look at it, it looks like gold, it's gilt metal. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
Gilt cooper and gilt brass... | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
But it's beautifully stamped, "Congress at Verona, 1822". | 0:28:55 | 0:29:00 | |
Well, that's lovely, that tells us the event, | 0:29:00 | 0:29:02 | |
but these boxes usually have a little secret... | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
Ah! There we go. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
You've got all these little tokens, or commemorative medallions... | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
There we've got the Duke of Wellington, and I think we'll | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
go on for the great and the good of Europe. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
So we've got princes, princesses, queens... | 0:29:17 | 0:29:22 | |
I mean, this really comes after the upheavals with the Napoleonic War. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:26 | |
-Right. -And you defeat poor old Napoleon... | 0:29:26 | 0:29:31 | |
And the first congress they have is the Congress of Vienna | 0:29:31 | 0:29:36 | |
and that is to sort everything out after the war, | 0:29:36 | 0:29:39 | |
but it's also a massive party, a political bunfight, | 0:29:39 | 0:29:44 | |
and it goes on for 18 months. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
This, I imagine, | 0:29:46 | 0:29:47 | |
although my early 19th-century history isn't what it should be, | 0:29:47 | 0:29:52 | |
is a similar event. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
I think it was to decide a constitutional matter | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
of Spanish government, | 0:29:57 | 0:29:58 | |
which would have been affected under the Napoleonic Wars, | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
and as people would come to Verona for the congress, | 0:30:01 | 0:30:05 | |
these would be purchased by the great and the good. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:09 | |
-So, it's a little tourist's souvenir, really. -Oh, I see. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:13 | |
Um, but beautifully made and a wonderful collectable, | 0:30:13 | 0:30:17 | |
a little bit of history. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:18 | |
Have you got any idea of what the value might be of them? | 0:30:18 | 0:30:22 | |
We have no idea, no. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
No, I mean, they're tricky things to value | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
because it's a very narrow band of people that collect this stuff. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:30 | |
I think sensibly, and I hate to do it, but let's say £80-£120, | 0:30:30 | 0:30:35 | |
just because it's £10 each per counter and £20 for the box, | 0:30:35 | 0:30:40 | |
-but I hope... -Really? | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
..if two people understand them, we'll be closer to £150, £200 | 0:30:42 | 0:30:47 | |
-on the day. -OK. -But we'll put a fixed reserve of £80. -OK. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:51 | |
So, Dawn, thank you very much for bringing in a very interesting item. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:55 | |
-Thank you for telling me more about it. -It's a pleasure. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
Time to buckle up now | 0:30:59 | 0:31:00 | |
as Anita's spotted a truly scrumptious piece of nostalgia. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
Neville, you have brought along to "Flog It!" today | 0:31:06 | 0:31:11 | |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
"The most fantasmagorical Corgi toy in the history of everything." | 0:31:14 | 0:31:21 | |
Tell me, where did you get it? | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
Tell me the background of it. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
Well, when we was young, I had three young children. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
The film came on, so we went out to look at the film, | 0:31:30 | 0:31:36 | |
then two or three days after, we went around shopping | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
and we saw this in the shop, so I decided to go in and buy it. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:43 | |
Right. Were you so enchanted by the movie? | 0:31:43 | 0:31:47 | |
Oh, yes, I watched it for years and even now I still watch it | 0:31:47 | 0:31:52 | |
-when it comes on television. -Aw... | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
-It gave you such a feel-good factor? -Yes, yeah. Yeah, it does. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:58 | |
You see, the vintage toy market is very, very strong and toy cars... | 0:31:58 | 0:32:03 | |
Well, toy cars gave little boys | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
-endless hours of pleasure all over the world. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:11 | |
They have generally been played with, | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
they have generally been kicked about a lot, | 0:32:13 | 0:32:16 | |
and I have to congratulate you, Neville, for keeping this toy | 0:32:16 | 0:32:21 | |
in mint condition, and that's what the toy collectors want. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:27 | |
Yeah, yeah. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:28 | |
-It's a Corgi toy. Corgi made good toys. -Toys. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:32 | |
There was great attention to detail. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:35 | |
This little toy was made over a period of maybe three or four years. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:40 | |
The film came out in 1968, | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
and the film was loosely based on one of Ian Fleming's novels, | 0:32:43 | 0:32:49 | |
The Magical Car. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:50 | |
This writer of serious spy books, | 0:32:50 | 0:32:55 | |
-uh, also made this wonderful novel about a car. -Yeah. | 0:32:55 | 0:33:02 | |
And Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was inspired by this novel. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:07 | |
-You had kids at the time? -Yes, we've got three. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
Were you not tempted to give it to the kids? | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
No, because I wanted that for myself. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
-That's why I bought it. For a keepsake. -Do you know, Neville, | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
-I think you're just a big kid at heart. -Yeah. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:24 | |
So, why are you wanting to sell it now? | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
Well, I've enjoyed it for so long and, you know, I'm getting on now, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:32 | |
so I thought, why not let somebody else have their enjoyment out of it? | 0:33:32 | 0:33:37 | |
-You had the pleasure, now time to pass it on. -Yes, it is, yeah. -OK. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
Um, an estimate that I would put on this would be, say, | 0:33:41 | 0:33:45 | |
-between £70 and £100. -Well, that's fine. -Would...? -That's fine, yeah. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:50 | |
OK. So, we'll put it into auction. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
-Would you like us to put a reserve on it? -Yes, please. Yeah. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:56 | |
-Will we put £70, £60...? -Yeah, 60, 65, something like that. -60. | 0:33:56 | 0:34:00 | |
-Uh-huh, with a wee bit of discretion. -Yeah, please. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
Well, Neville, uh, thank you for all the fun that you've brought along | 0:34:03 | 0:34:09 | |
with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang today and I'll see you at the auction. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:13 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
Anita really enjoyed that one - who doesn't love a flying car? | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
The crowd here at Grimsby Minster are doing us proud. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
Never, ever, ever come across one of those before. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
-It's for measuring the pitch of a... -Propeller. -Propeller. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
I think that's really quite delightful. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
-Is it something you're willing to sell? -Yes. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
I'm easily distracted by a fine bit of craftsmanship | 0:34:34 | 0:34:37 | |
and it looks like Michael's the same. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:39 | |
Keith, thank you for making my day with this absolutely wonderful jug. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:46 | |
Before I take you through it, | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
what do you know about it and where did it come from? | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
OK, first of all, it was handed down to me from my mother | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
when she passed on | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
and it was handed to her by a lady that she cared for, | 0:34:56 | 0:35:01 | |
so that's how I come to get the jug. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
I took it in for valuation | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
and they classed it as an 1870 Edinburgh claret jug. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:11 | |
-It's what I was told. -Spot on. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
It's nice to have the opportunity to clear this up because what you have | 0:35:14 | 0:35:19 | |
is a claret jug because the handle is one continuous piece of silver. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:25 | |
-Right. -You also get this shape with ivory fillets in. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:30 | |
Those are hot water jugs and for as long as I've been in this business, | 0:35:30 | 0:35:35 | |
most auctioneers haven't been able to tell the difference, | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
so I've got the opportunity to say it now | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
-and the difference in value is considerable. -Right, OK. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
A hot water jug is worth a few hundred pounds - a claret jug | 0:35:44 | 0:35:49 | |
-becomes interesting because it's related to wine antiques. -Right. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:55 | |
It does... | 0:35:55 | 0:35:56 | |
-Bit of a wobble. -..wobble. | 0:35:57 | 0:35:59 | |
And actually, when I look at that, | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
-rather than being something insignificant, it is a crack... -Oh. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:07 | |
..all the way around the foot, and funnily enough, by the same token, | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
as I look there, at some point the handle has been off as well... | 0:36:11 | 0:36:16 | |
-Oh. -..and back on. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:17 | |
So is there any reason why it might have been through the wars? | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
Has it been in the hands of a silversmith or anything? | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
It has, actually, because originally there was | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
-a brassy configuration on this smooth body of the vessel. -Yes... | 0:36:28 | 0:36:35 | |
-And I think my mother thought it was tarnished. -Yes... | 0:36:35 | 0:36:39 | |
And she was putting Brasso on it to clean it up. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
It's only when I took it to the jewellers for the valuation | 0:36:42 | 0:36:47 | |
-that they said that it was high-quality gold. -Gold, yes. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
We asked his recommendations | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
and he said, "Well, we'll send it up to Sheffield and we'll..." | 0:36:52 | 0:36:57 | |
-pickle it or reconstitute it? -Clean it all off. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
Clean it all off. And it come back a beautiful shiny vessel. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:05 | |
I think in the early days, | 0:37:05 | 0:37:06 | |
I think my young children played with it a bit and... | 0:37:06 | 0:37:11 | |
Ah, ah, that won't help. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:12 | |
But apart from that, I can't think of anything else. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:17 | |
Well, thankfully it's still what we class as a commercial piece | 0:37:17 | 0:37:22 | |
-in that people use them. -OK. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
Why now have you decided to part with it? | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
Well, I don't think any of our children would appreciate it | 0:37:26 | 0:37:30 | |
being handed down. I don't think they're interested in it, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
so we might as well sell it, put the money towards | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
-a long-distance holiday that we're planning. -Something you'll enjoy. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
-Yeah. -Excellent idea. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:42 | |
I think, taking into account all the work that's been done on it | 0:37:42 | 0:37:48 | |
and needs to be done on it, | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
-if we put it into auction at £700-£1,000... -OK. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:55 | |
..and we put a fixed reserve of £700 on it for you, | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
-I think that's the most sensible way to get the best price for it. -OK. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
So let's give it a whirl, but thank you so much for bringing it in. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:07 | |
It's been a real pleasure to see it. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:09 | |
Sadly, we've got to bid farewell to this historic setting | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
because we've got some unfinished business to do in the saleroom, | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
so I'd just like to say right now, | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
-have you enjoyed yourselves, everyone? ALL: -Yes! | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
Well, thank you so much for coming in because you have brought us | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
the most wonderful treasures | 0:38:26 | 0:38:28 | |
and we're going to put the last batch to the test. Right now, | 0:38:28 | 0:38:31 | |
here's a quick recap of all the items | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
that are going under the hammer. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
A tourist souvenir from a bygone era, the commemorative coins | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
in a special case. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
Straight from the musical, | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
our fine four-fendered friend. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:47 | |
And a real bit of class, | 0:38:47 | 0:38:48 | |
the silver claret jug. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:50 | |
Back at the auction house, it's fingers crossed | 0:38:54 | 0:38:56 | |
auctioneer Colin Young will have the bidders out in force | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
for the commemorative coins. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
Now, something I've not come across before, | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
so I'm learning every day on "Flog It!" and I hope you are. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
It's a little gilt metal box, it belongs to Dawn here. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
-Well done for you for hanging onto it, OK? -OK. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
Yeah, and looking after it. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:14 | |
It's not a lot of money and hopefully it will find a new home. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:16 | |
It's going under the hammer right now. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
Going over here, lot number 251 is the small gilt metal circular box | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
and commemorative pieces in there, | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
so, what shall we say for this one? | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
Who's going to start me at £100? | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
100. 80 to go, then. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:29 | |
We're already £100 bid, at 100, 110. 110, 120. 120 on the left. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
Oh, they're both on the internet bidding against one another. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
-Excellent! -Bid at 130, 130, 140. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:39 | |
50, 160, at 160, 170. 180, 180 bid. At 180. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
At 180, 190 now, it's the last call for everybody. Are we all sure? | 0:39:43 | 0:39:47 | |
We're done and finished, then. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
Looks like we're going out at £180. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
180! | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
-Brilliant. -Yes! -Well done. Well done, you, as well. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
-That's good. -That was good. | 0:39:57 | 0:39:58 | |
-A good result. -You're happy with that. I was a little bit worried. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
I thought it's not a lot of money, 80-120, is it? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
-That's how it works, isn't it? -At least they've gone. -Yeah. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
-Thank you very much. -Thank you for bringing it in. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
It made our valuation day. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:09 | |
Now we're hoping for a fantasmagorical result | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
on the next lot, but our auctioneer has spotted | 0:40:12 | 0:40:15 | |
a bit of an issue with Neville's famous flying car. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
-We all loved the car, didn't we? -Yes. -Colin had a look at the box | 0:40:21 | 0:40:25 | |
-and he said the box is more recent than the car. -Yes, it is. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
The box got damaged and we lost it. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
-Right, so you bought a more recent box. -A more recent box, yes. Yeah. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:37 | |
-The car is in perfect condition, so we've got that going for it. -Yeah. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:41 | |
-And it's an iconic toy. -Yes. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
Anyway, look, Neville, it's going under the hammer right now. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
Fingers crossed we get the top end because this car is gorgeous. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:49 | |
Lot number 611 is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:52 | |
Here we go, what shall we say for this? Start me at £80 for it. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
80, 80. 50 to go, then, surely. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
£50, anybody? 50. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
30 if you like, then. £30, 30, got to be sold. £30. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
30 over there, at 30 bid. 32 now, do I see it? | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
35, five, bid at five, 38, bid 40. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
40, do I see now? Got a bid at 40. Two now, 42, 45. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
48, 48 bid, 48 bid, 50. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:12 | |
-50, got a bid... -Creeping up. -It is. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:16 | |
58, splits the bid, 58. 60 now, 60 bid. 60 and two now? | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
At 60, should be a bit more than this, | 0:41:19 | 0:41:20 | |
bid at £60, we're on the market at £60 bid, two for anybody else there. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
In the room, then, selling at £60... | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
Sold at £60. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
-He used a bit of discretion. -He did, didn't he? | 0:41:28 | 0:41:30 | |
-Are you happy with that, £60? -I'm happy with that, yeah. -Brilliant. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:33 | |
-Oh, that's good. -What we put on it for discretion, wasn't it? | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
-Yes. -So I'm happy with that. -Good. -Good. -Well done. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
Thank you for bringing that in. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
So Chitty heads to the skies with a new owner. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:44 | |
Our next item got Michael quite excited at our valuation day. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:49 | |
Going under the hammer right now, | 0:41:49 | 0:41:50 | |
we've got a Victorian silver Scottish claret jug and it belongs | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
to Keith, I think, who's brought along your wife, haven't you? | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
-You weren't at the valuation date, were you? -No. -What's your name? | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
-Glenys. -Pleased to meet you. Do you like this claret jug? | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
-I always have done. -Always have done? Why is he selling it? | 0:42:01 | 0:42:04 | |
Because none of the children want it and, you know, | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
it's just taking up space, really. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:09 | |
-It's a lovely thing. -It's gorgeous. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:11 | |
-It's nice that it's got Edinburgh marks on it. -Yes. -Um... | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
-Are there silver buyers here today? We'll find out in a moment. -OK. OK. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:19 | |
-That's the big question, isn't it, really? -Yeah. -It is. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:21 | |
-Fingers crossed. -Let's see if we can find it a new home. -Yeah. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
Here we go, let's put it to the test. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
Showing here, nicely decorated with swags, lovely cast body as well | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
and we start straight in, £500 bid. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:32 | |
500. 550. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:33 | |
550, 600. 650, 700. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
700, 750 now. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:36 | |
750, 800, 850 now, 850, 900, 950 now. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:40 | |
950 now, at £900 bid. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
950, at 950, 1000 surely. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
1000, fresh blood. 1000, 1100, | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
1050, at 1050, 1100. 1100 now. 1100, 1150 now. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
1150, and 1200, 1200 bid. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
1250 anywhere else now then, | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
at 1200, all done and finished and going at £1,200... | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
-£1,200. Brilliant. -Wow. -I'm very happy with that. -Marvellous. | 0:42:56 | 0:43:00 | |
That was good, wasn't it? Quality, you see. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
That's going to go very nicely towards the holiday. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
-I'm going to take her to Australia if possible. -That's a long way away | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
-but look, do enjoy it. -Thank you very much. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
Thank you so much for coming in. You've obviously been our lucky charm | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
and what a way to end today's show | 0:43:12 | 0:43:13 | |
here in the heart of historic Lincoln. I hope you've enjoyed it. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:16 | |
We've thoroughly enjoyed being here and I can't wait to come back. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
Well done to our experts. See you next time. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 |