0:00:04 > 0:00:07Today, we're on the banks of the River Thames in the capital city
0:00:07 > 0:00:11and we are treading on regal ground here at the Old Royal Naval College
0:00:11 > 0:00:15in Greenwich, because kings and queens were born on this site,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21The building which stands today was designed by the architect
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Sir Christopher Wren, as a grand sanctuary for wounded
0:00:24 > 0:00:27and retired seamen in the 18th century.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29So, with so much history,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32and a fantastic queue, laden with antiques and collectables,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34what more could we ask for?
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Welcome to "Flog It!".
0:00:55 > 0:01:00The Royal Borough of Greenwich here in London carries a unique legacy.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02A crown charity owns much of the land
0:01:02 > 0:01:06and it has been providing charitable support to Royal Navy veterans
0:01:06 > 0:01:09and their families for more than 300 years.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15There's something so special about Greenwich
0:01:15 > 0:01:16which I can't explain.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Maybe, possibly, it's because this is where the hemispheres meet.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Longitude is measured at zero degrees,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and every place on Earth is measured east or west of this line,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27so we'd better stay on course here today
0:01:27 > 0:01:28at the Old Royal Naval College,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31because this lot only have one thing on their mind.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34They want to know the answer to that all-important question, which is...
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- ALL:- What's it worth?!
0:01:36 > 0:01:37You'll find out.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Our expert Mark Stacey is a wealth of knowledge...
0:01:44 > 0:01:47I can tell you straight away, without reference books,
0:01:47 > 0:01:48that's a cup, a teacup.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- Wow.- Are you impressed?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Yeah.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56..while Philip Serrell is stealing a few accessories for himself.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58You put it over your shoulders.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Yeah, it's really lovely. Thank you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- It looks very nice.- Bye-bye. - Oh, no! Don't...
0:02:02 > 0:02:05So, let's open the doors and get everyone into the glorious,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09painted hall, so we can get those valuations going.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10But before all that,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12let's take a peek at what's happening in today's show.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Now, come on, Philip, don't spare the horses.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- What's the name of the pub? - Coach & Horses.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- What are you looking at? - A coach with no horses.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- So it's actually the Coach & No Horses.- True.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27And, of course, there's always the sweet smell of success.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Oh, yes.- It confirms what I think.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30- This is auctions for you. - I don't believe it.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35And this is the very first letter that Admiral Lord Nelson wrote with
0:02:35 > 0:02:38his left hand after losing his right arm in battle.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Later on in the programme, I explore how he became the nation's hero.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50The Old Royal Naval College started out life
0:02:50 > 0:02:51as the Royal Hospital for Seamen.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53It was built in the 18th century,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58designed to give refuge and shelter to retired or injured sailors.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00It even had its own bakery and brewery here,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03the latter proving very popular with the naval pensioners.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05They were given a daily beer allowance,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and quite often some of them got into trouble,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11so the hospital had to come up with clever ways of dealing
0:03:11 > 0:03:13with the drunken behaviour.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14They made an example of them.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17They told them to wear yellow jackets,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and they were called canaries,
0:03:19 > 0:03:20and they were assigned menial duties,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23so they could be spotted by everybody else.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Right now, we're catching up with expert Philip Serrell,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28and hopefully, he's keeping himself out of trouble
0:03:28 > 0:03:29at the valuation table.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32June, how are you? All right?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- Fine, thank you.- Were you there?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35No.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36In 1966?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37No, I was too young.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Do you know, I can remember coming back from a Scout camp
0:03:40 > 0:03:43for the day of the World Cup final.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44- Scouts.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I'm a lot younger than I look.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50So, this isn't actually a programme from the final, is it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52This is more of a tournament programme.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53But if we open it up,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56it's quite a special tournament programme, isn't it?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- It is.- Because look at this here. Fantastic.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02How do we know that all of these are genuine?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Well, my son-in-law's great uncle was a cameraman.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Really? - Yeah, at that particular game
0:04:08 > 0:04:12and he got them from the players themselves.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Now, this is going to test my memory now.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Gordon Banks was in goal.- Right.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- George Cohen, full-back.- Right.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Ray Wilson was left-back.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Nobby Stiles, he was right-half.- Yeah.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Jackie Charlton, centre-half.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32The greatest player of them all, Bobby Moore.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Geoff Hurst, inside-left,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36and he is the only man to have scored a hat-trick
0:04:36 > 0:04:38in a World Cup final.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The great Bobby Charlton at centre-forward.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45And then we've got Martin Peters at inside-right
0:04:45 > 0:04:46and Alan Ball at outside-right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- And we've got Alf Ramsey, who was the England manager.- Yeah.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55England won 4-2 in extra time, with the Geoff Hurst hat-trick.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It was the first time that we'd won the World Cup
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- and, I have to say, we haven't won it since.- Since.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02So, where were you when this was being played?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I was at Clacton, on holiday.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Really?- In a caravan, yeah, and we were watching it
0:05:07 > 0:05:08on a small television.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Were you cheering?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Yeah! Of course we do, don't we?- Yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16So, what's it worth?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Well, it's up for you to say!
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- Well, it says here two and sixpence.- Six.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23That's twelve-and-a-half pence, isn't it?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24It's worth more than that, isn't it?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It is, it is, a lot more than that.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- All them signatures and...- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Worth £50?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- I would think so.- Would you?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34And more, yeah, I would think so.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- Worth £100? - Well, I would think so, but...
0:05:38 > 0:05:40OK, this is what I...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42This is what I think we should auction estimate it at.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I think we should put an estimate on it of £200 to £300
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and I think we should put a reserve on it of 180.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Right.- Are you happy with that?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Yeah.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52I've got a line for you now.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57So, on that note, they think it's all over.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59It is now.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And here comes Hurst, he's got...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Some people are on the pitch. They think it's all over.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- It is now. It's four! - CHEERING
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Yes, if you didn't know,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14that was the legendary commentary line from the match.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Speaking of legends,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17what's Mark up to?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Kevin, Meg, this is a bit of an unusual one for us.- Yes.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Let's identify what we've got.
0:06:23 > 0:06:30You got hearts, you've got clubs, I've got diamonds and spades,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33so I think we're talking playing games here, aren't we?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Possibly.- Yes.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Bridge.- Bridge.- Yes.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38I've never anything like this.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- I've seen bridge chairs with the various suits on them...- Yes.- Yeah.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44..and you get bridge ashtrays,
0:06:44 > 0:06:49and you get bridge pens enamelled with, again, the suit of clubs,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- but I've never seen a little set of tables.- No.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54And they're beautifully... I love the turned legs.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Where have they come from?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59They were left to me by a neighbour I used to look after.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01She was a very keen bridge player.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02- Was she?- Yes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04And you followed in her suit, did you?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06No, unfortunately.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Do you know what? I don't know how you play bridge, either.- No.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12You know... Well, I love these. I think they're great fun.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14They're unusual.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15It's quite interesting, you know,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- cos I've looked at them and I think the top is oak...- Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22..but the legs may be some sort of fruit wood.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- Each one of them seems to be carved with a different pattern.- Yeah.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29And these have been done by hand,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32so somebody's taken, like, a hot poker or something
0:07:32 > 0:07:33and then carved all of this in.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I mean, it's difficult to date them.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I love the turned legs, so I'd like to think they were, sort of,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- late Victorian, Edwardian. - Mm-hmm.- Yes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43So, they go back 100 years or so.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44- Nice.- Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And I just think, if you like playing cards,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50or even if you'd just like four different lamp tables
0:07:50 > 0:07:52or coffee tables in your house,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54these would go down a treat, wouldn't they?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I think they are.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57The condition is generally very good.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58One of you is holding a wobbly leg.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Yes.- You've got the wobbly leg.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- I've got the wobbly leg. - And I mean the table, of course.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Of course. - And I've got a bit of a chip here,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08but, other than that, they're in good condition.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Yeah.- Very good, yes.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I think if we put £100-£150 on the four...
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Very nice. - ..and we'll put £100 reserve fixed.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Lovely.- Lovely, yes.- Because if you can't get 100 for them,
0:08:19 > 0:08:20I don't think you should sell them.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- No.- No.- But I wouldn't be surprised if they make a bit more than that.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- I think they're wonderful. - That's very nice.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Thank you very much, indeed. I love it.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31All I can say now is, anybody for cards?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Well, it's not fun and games for everyone here today.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- I'm talking to Linda, who is sitting patiently.- Mm-hmm.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I thought she was admiring the ceiling and the wonderful artwork,
0:08:40 > 0:08:41- but actually...- I have.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Yeah, but you've been doing some revision, haven't you?- I have.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- What's all this about?- It's all about neuromuscular fitness.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Right, OK, so what do you do, then?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- I teach Pilates.- Oh, do you?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Yes.- Oh, right, OK. Oh, so you're very healthy, then.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Well, sort of, yeah!
0:08:58 > 0:08:59And how's your antique skills?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Not very good, no. - What have you brought along for us?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- I've brought... - Where have you come from?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- I'm originally from Newcastle, but I live down here in Bexley...- Yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12..so I've brought that, which was given to me by my grandmother.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Good make.- Yeah, very nice. - Boxed and ready to go.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- And...- Very small, though. - Very small, and then I've got...
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Oh, that's more like it.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21That's quite old. I've got lots of Georg Jensen.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Oh, wow, that's really nice.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- You know, Jensen's really collectable.- Yeah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- It's lovely, I do like it. - It's up there with the best.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30- Yeah.- Yeah, it's really nice.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33That could be worth a lot of money, that little box, for you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- I hope so!- Well, look, good luck. SHE LAUGHS
0:09:35 > 0:09:36- Thank you.- Good luck.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Ray, how are you?- How do you do, Philip? Pleased to meet you.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Yeah, you too. You, too. This is lovely.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Have you got a connection with this?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Yes, I worked on this pub, the Coach & Horses,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- when it was refurbished.- Right.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And when was that?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Back in the mid-'90s.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And this was thrown in the skip.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I was sat having my lunch break when they threw it in the skip.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03And what was your role in the refurbishment?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Well, I was a painter and decorator on the refurbishment.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08You didn't do the ceiling here, did you?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Not really, no! A bit before my time.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14OK, well, I think it's really interesting
0:10:14 > 0:10:18and there's a process that you can go through that dates it for you,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22because the brewery is a local one.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- It was set up in Bethnal round about 1860-ish.- Oh, really?
0:10:26 > 0:10:31And they merged with a much larger brewery and they became part
0:10:31 > 0:10:34of that large concern at the back end of the 1970s.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38So, you'd, kind of, think from that that this might date
0:10:38 > 0:10:42to somewhere between 1955 and 1965. Would you agree with that?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Yeah, I would agree with that, because it's on a metal base.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Yeah, absolutely, because a lot of these originally
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- would have been wooden, wouldn't they?- Yeah.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51But there's one thing about it that I absolutely love.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Right.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Does anything strike you strange in any way?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57You know, it does seem a little bit twisted.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- So, you think it's slightly twisted?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- But it's character, isn't it? I like the character.- Anything else?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Not really, no. - What's the name of the pub?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Coach & Horses.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08What are you looking at?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09A coach with no horses.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12A coach and no horses, so it's actually the Coach & No Horses.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- True!- You know, it's all hand-painted and you can tell.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17If you look all around here,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20you can actually see the brushstrokes,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22and just here, look, you can just see where the paint's run.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26I think... I love it and it's...
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I would have really loved it, if it had been wooden,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30perhaps turn of the last century. That would have been great.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33You'd have been talking hundreds and hundreds of pounds
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and I think if this were just on a piece of canvas,
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- you know, you'd be thinking perhaps £40-£60, £50-£80.- Yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44That's what we should use as an estimate.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Put £50-£80 on it and put a reserve on it of £40,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51but I just think it's a great bit of fun
0:11:51 > 0:11:53and what would be lovely is if
0:11:53 > 0:11:55a pub called the Coach & Horses bought it,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58but I suspect this is going to
0:11:58 > 0:12:02just end up as a decorative item in someone's house.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03- Yeah.- Are you happy with that?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04I'm fine with that, yeah.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07What you should have done, you know, is get another piece of metal
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- and paint in some horses just here! - Put a horse on it. Yeah!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Well, I'll tell you what, it's going really well.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19We're having a fabulous time here.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Enjoying yourselves, everyone?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- ALL:- Yes! - Yes, that's what it's all about.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Right now, our experts have found their first three items
0:12:26 > 0:12:27to take off to auction.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29This is where it gets exciting.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Anything could happen.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Don't disappear, it could be a roller-coaster ride.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Hang on to those armchairs.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Here's a quick recap of all the items that are going
0:12:36 > 0:12:38under the hammer.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41We've got team spirit, so let's hope we can score with this World Cup
0:12:41 > 0:12:44football programme from 1966,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47with all of the players' signatures.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48And we need a good deal
0:12:48 > 0:12:50for these card coffee tables.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53The drinks are on Philip if we can get a good price
0:12:53 > 0:12:55for the Coach & Horses pub sign.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00We're heading now to our auction room in Chiswick, west London,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04which is home to London's largest and oldest brewery.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07300 years ago, London was home to thousands of breweries,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09large and small,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13but Fuller's is the only one that has survived since then.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Unfortunately, there's no time for a pint right now,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19as we need to head ten minutes up the road to Chiswick Auctions.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Stephen Large and William Rowse are on the rostrum.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Remember, when you're selling at auction, or buying,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29you need to pay a commission fee,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32which here, today, it's 15% plus VAT.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35First up, the coffee tables.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Kevin, it's good to see you. Where's Meg?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38She's poorly at the moment. She's sick.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Rather than suffer and give it to anybody else...- Yeah, in bed.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- In bed. Exactly, exactly. - We're grateful for that.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Anyhow, we've got this wonderful set of little tiny occasional tables.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- I adore them.- Oh, they're brilliant.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- They're bridge tables. - Bridge tables, yeah.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Hopefully, they'll find a loving home
0:13:52 > 0:13:55with someone that plays cards and someone that loves furniture.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Well, I've been very realistic. £100-£150.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Not a lot of money. - They've got to make 100.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02They're going under the hammer right now.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Good luck, both of you. Here we go.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Bridge occasional tables.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I haven't seen a little set like this before.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10421, an unusual lot.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Start me, at £100 to go.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14100 is bid. Next to me at 100.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16110, I'll take elsewhere.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18So far, it's a maiden bid of 100.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Is that it?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21For £100...
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Are we all done, then?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Selling for £100.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27In the room at 100...
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Hammer's gone down, £100.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33What a pity, but the money's there.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- The money's there, isn't it? - The money's there.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36- £25 a table. - It's not a lot, really, is it?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Yeah, that's right. No.- No.- That was good.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Right, now it's time for last orders.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Yes, there's a nice link to that pub sign.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Philip's laughing. Ray, it's great to see you. Who's this?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I'm Jane. I'm his wife.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Oh, hello. You weren't at the valuation day, were you?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- I wasn't, no.- Well, thank you for joining us today.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55I love this pub sign.
0:14:55 > 0:14:5750 quid?! What a bargain!
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Absolutely. A great decorator's piece.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Yeah, I hope it goes for twice as much,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02because, you know, the Coach & Horses,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04that's an iconic name in pubs, isn't it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Right, let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Here we go. Let's hope for that top end of the estimate.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It's going under the hammer right now.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12A very good example.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13I've got some interest.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Let's try and start this off at £40.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17We're not going to go any lower than £40.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18£40 is bid.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Great. Come on. - £40. Any advance on £40?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Is there a bid? 45, in the room.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Yeah, I think we're going to sell now.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- We're going to sell. - £45, in the room.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29£50, on the internet.
0:15:29 > 0:15:3155, sir? It's 55, in the room.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32£55.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Someone's going to be happy.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35£60. 65...
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Would you like 65, Tony?
0:15:37 > 0:15:3865, in the room.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40At 65, yes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41£70, on the internet.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's against you. Going for 75?
0:15:43 > 0:15:4475, in the room.
0:15:44 > 0:15:4680, on the internet.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Brilliant, brilliant.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- This is more like it.- 85?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50- Come on, come on... - It's 85, in the room.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52And don't spare the horses!
0:15:52 > 0:15:53£90, on the internet.
0:15:53 > 0:15:5595? 95, in the room.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57We're pushing it up. 95, in the room.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00£100, on the internet.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02£100 - that's the room out.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03£100.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I think that's going to be it. Any further interest?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06We're selling at £100.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Yes, we've done it.- It's selling.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- It's now sold at £100.- Yes!
0:16:10 > 0:16:12We did get twice the bottom end and that's gone online,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16hopefully, to a collector, and that'll be on the wall somewhere,
0:16:16 > 0:16:17where it belongs.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- A work of art.- Yes. - Thank you so much for coming in.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22- Lovely to meet you, as well. - Thank you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Next up, the 1966 World Cup programme.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29June, you're a footie fan, aren't you?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31This one's going to hit the back of the net, that's for sure.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Hope so.- I hope so.- Oh, it will do.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Real legends, weren't they?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Yeah, especially with the signed autographs.- Yeah.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38So, why are you selling this?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Well, it's my son-in-law's...- OK.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- ..and he does nights, so he isn't here.- OK.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45And he, erm... I think he wants to do his motorbike up.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Right, OK. Let's see what we can do.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Let's put the tournament programme to the test
0:16:50 > 0:16:51and it's going under the hammer now.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57The World Championship 1966 football programme.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00And start me at £150 to go.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03150 is bid. 200 is bid, on the internet.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Straight in at 200.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- 200.- Yeah.- That's a good start.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09We're in there straight away at 200.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Is that it?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13220.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Come on, come on, come on, a couple more bids.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18A signed programme at £220.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20At 220...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I'm going to sell it, then, for 220.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Make no mistake. We're all done, at 220.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Yes, yes... - That's good, isn't it?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Yes.- I'm really pleased with that. £220, that'll help.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Well done.- That will help, won't it?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- It was only in the drawer, so...- Yeah!
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Yeah.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Gosh, there you are. Wasn't that exciting?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Our first lots done and dusted under the hammer,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46and we are coming back here later on.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Right now, I'm going back to Greenwich, to visit
0:17:48 > 0:17:51the National Maritime Museum, to find out about
0:17:51 > 0:17:52one of our national heroes,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56someone who helped put the Great in Britain, Horatio Nelson.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06The 18th century was a turbulent period for the Royal Navy.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09While the dockyards were bustling with activity,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12ferocious battles with the Dutch, Spanish and French
0:18:12 > 0:18:14were happening at sea.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17This was the backdrop for a confident young sailor
0:18:17 > 0:18:20from humble beginnings to make a name for himself.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26The National Maritime Museum, next door to the Naval College,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29holds a massive collection of several thousand items
0:18:29 > 0:18:33relating to Nelson, including paintings of battles,
0:18:33 > 0:18:37the clothes he wore, and even the personal letters he wrote.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Right from his early days in the Navy,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Nelson was always ambitious and he rose through the ranks rapidly.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47When he was stationed as a young lieutenant in Italy,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49he wrote to his new wife, Fanny.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54"I wish to be an Admiral and in command of the English fleet.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57"I should very soon either do much or be ruined."
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Although Nelson was not from a privileged background,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06his mother's brother, Captain Maurice Suckling,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10took control of Nelson's career from when he was 12 years old.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14His uncle made sure Nelson spent a lot of time at sea
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and acted as his sponsor.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20In the Navy, the system allowed sailors to rise up
0:19:20 > 0:19:21through the ranks.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Nelson was trained up and his clear talent was spotted.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Most of us have an image of Horatio Nelson - the iconic image,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33as a man wearing an eye patch and the loss of one arm.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Well, it may surprise you to know that he actually didn't
0:19:36 > 0:19:38lose his eye - he lost the sight in one eye,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40so he never wore an eye patch.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44His eye remained intact, and he lost his right arm three years later
0:19:44 > 0:19:46at the Battle of Santa Cruz in Tenerife.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Now, what we have here is a letter in front of me that he wrote for
0:19:50 > 0:19:52the very first time with his left hand,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54and he's writing to his superiors,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58telling them that he's just lost the battle, but it begins with,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02"I became a burden to my friends and useless to my country.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04"I became dead to the world."
0:20:04 > 0:20:08And here on the back, it says, "You will excuse my scrawl,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11"considering it is my first attempt."
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Now, is this Nelson emotional and depressed?
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Well, if it is, then it's short-lived,
0:20:18 > 0:20:19because Nelson was a fighter
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and, a few years after losing his arm, he writes,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24"I am envious only of glory.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26"If it is a sin to covet glory,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29"then I am the most offending soul alive."
0:20:33 > 0:20:37It was the victorious Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797
0:20:37 > 0:20:41that made Nelson famous.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45He attacked a Spanish ship vastly superior to his own
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and boarded it in armed combat.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52From that ship, he then boarded another, even bigger vessel.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57His performance in this and subsequent battles
0:20:57 > 0:21:00ensured Nelson's place in naval history.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05He was mobbed in the streets like a modern footballer or pop star
0:21:05 > 0:21:10and thousands of souvenirs were produced with his face upon them.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13The only thing that tarnished his reputation
0:21:13 > 0:21:16was his love affair with Lady Emma Hamilton.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20She was one of the most glamorous and celebrated women of the day
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and the wife to the Ambassador of Naples.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It was their scandalous affair at the turn of the 19th century
0:21:26 > 0:21:29which would last for the rest of Nelson's life.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31It was Emma and their daughter, Horatia,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35who were on his mind when he entered the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43This painting by JMW Turner depicts the battle against Napoleon
0:21:43 > 0:21:46at Cape Trafalgar in autumn 1805.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51'I'm meeting with James Davey, who is the curator of naval history
0:21:51 > 0:21:54'here at the National Maritime Museum,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57'and can explain what happened on that fateful day.'
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Well, it certainly is Turner on a grand scale.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Can you talk me through it?
0:22:02 > 0:22:06It was commissioned in 1822 by King George IV
0:22:06 > 0:22:08and finished a couple of years later.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10And is it historically correct?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It is absolutely not historically accurate,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15and, actually, when the painting first went on display,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17it received quite a lot of criticism.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20A lot of the people that came to see it had actually served in the Battle
0:22:20 > 0:22:23of Trafalgar, but they didn't quite get what Turner was trying to do.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26He's not trying to depict one moment of the battle
0:22:26 > 0:22:27and render an accurate description.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30What he's trying to do is bring together various stages
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- of the battle in one large canvas.- Sure.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36So, right here in the centre, you have HMS Victory itself,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38this very imposing ship.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Over here, on the right of the painting,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43you can see the French ship, the Redoutable.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46This was the vessel that the Victory was locked in combat with
0:22:46 > 0:22:49during the majority of the battle.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Right here, and central to the painting,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54you can see Nelson's famous signal,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57"England expects that every man will do his duty,"
0:22:57 > 0:23:00hanging down from the main mast.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02He hoisted the signal just as the British fleet
0:23:02 > 0:23:04was approaching the enemy,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06but what makes it really, really remarkable is
0:23:06 > 0:23:09this was the first time in naval history that a commander
0:23:09 > 0:23:12had been able to compose a message in his own words
0:23:12 > 0:23:14and communicate it to his entire fleet.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18It was a comforting message that every crew member on each
0:23:18 > 0:23:21of his 27 ships heard as they went into battle.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Just before the battle commenced,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28he wrote a last amendment to his will,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30while in sight of the French and Spanish fleets.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34He's trying to make sure that Lady Emma and Horatia
0:23:34 > 0:23:36are looked after, if he is killed.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Admiral Nelson was shot by a musket ball
0:23:46 > 0:23:48in the final hours of the battle,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52but he stayed alive long enough to know that they were victorious.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58And this is the uniform he wore on that fateful day.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Nelson's last words were, "Thank God I have done my duty."
0:24:02 > 0:24:03And he did.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08His body, pickled in brandy in a cask,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10was brought back to his homeland
0:24:10 > 0:24:14and carried ashore at Greenwich by his beloved men from the Victory.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Lord Nelson lay in state in the painted hall
0:24:19 > 0:24:24and crowds stacked up inside to see him for one last time.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29More than 30,000 people came here to pay their respects.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31They eyed the coffin with melancholy,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35but Nelson's last wish, that Lady Emma Hamilton be cared for
0:24:35 > 0:24:37after his death, was not upheld.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Their scandalous affair was a stain on the reputation of this
0:24:41 > 0:24:46national hero and, without support, she died in 1815, in poverty.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Nelson's daughter, Horatia, was now on her own.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Earlier, I met with Horatia's
0:24:57 > 0:25:00great-great-great-great- great-granddaughter,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03to find out what happened to Horatia.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Becks, thanks for meeting me here.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09So, how does it feel being a descendant to Lord Nelson,
0:25:09 > 0:25:14being here where he was laid to rest before being taken to St Paul's?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Yeah, it's amazing really.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18It's a really special place, this.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I've never actually been to this spot before.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Haven't you?- No, I haven't, so it's incredible to actually see it.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30And the name Nelson and Horatia crop up regularly throughout the line?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Yeah, it's been passed down.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Me and all of my cousins have either
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Horatia or Emma or Nelson in our name somewhere,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42but it's usually a middle name.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45When you hear and you read about Emma dying in poverty,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48what do you think, what do you feel?
0:25:48 > 0:25:53I think it's really sad, because she was such an important person to him
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and she was quite a remarkable woman, really.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I think, to make a name for yourself
0:25:58 > 0:26:02at a time when women had no social standing, is quite incredible
0:26:02 > 0:26:06and I think he felt confident that she's be taken care of
0:26:06 > 0:26:09and, then, she wasn't, so it was sad.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12So, what happened to Horatia, after she died?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14She went to live with Nelson's sister
0:26:14 > 0:26:18and she was married at 21 and had eight children.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20So, a happy ending for her?
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Yeah, I think so.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31The Battle of Trafalgar sealed Lord Nelson's place in the history books
0:26:31 > 0:26:34as a national hero - a status which would be
0:26:34 > 0:26:38forever enshrined in popular myth and iconography.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41He got the glory that he craved
0:26:41 > 0:26:46and the victory gave Britain an unrivalled supremacy at sea
0:26:46 > 0:26:48for the next 100 years.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Welcome back to our valuation day venue here
0:26:58 > 0:27:00at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04It's now time to join up with our experts, to see what other items
0:27:04 > 0:27:06we can find to take off to auction.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Thank you for coming to visit us on "Flog It!".
0:27:12 > 0:27:15You've brought two very difficult items in
0:27:15 > 0:27:16and you've got a little bit of history.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Your father was a great collector, is that right?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20He was a collector, yes.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23He used to love going round second-hand shops
0:27:23 > 0:27:25and, when we'd be on holiday,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28he would spend a lot of his time walking around second-hand shops
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and, as kids, we'd be traipsing behind him.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Oh, no, not another one!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36My mum was never very pleased with all the things he brought home,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40because she'd just think, "That's something else to dust, really!"
0:27:40 > 0:27:43He sounds like a man after my own heart,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45because I love doing that myself.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49He had an eye for things and he'd just buy something he liked.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54This type of collecting field really has grown up over the last 30 years.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Yeah.- I mean, millions of bronzes have been made,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01particularly representing Buddha.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05These are standard representations of the figure, as well.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08The values, of course, depend on the age of the item.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- Yes, I see.- To me,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16the earliest they would be, to my eye, is late-19th century.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18So, that's 1880, 1890.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Oh, right, OK.- This one, I quite like because, to me,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24it's got quite a nice patina. It's a nice, brown colour.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27It's had a lot of people touching her.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32All our greasy, dirty hands that go on there, over time,
0:28:32 > 0:28:37- that creates a nice, waxy bronze patina.- Yeah.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39This one...
0:28:39 > 0:28:43has not really got much of a warmth or colour to it.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- OK.- It doesn't mean that it's not old.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- No.- But those are some of the things I look for.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51But they are interesting
0:28:51 > 0:28:55and the market likes decorative Asian articles.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59This one, I think we should put in at 200 to £300, with a £200 reserve,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- so we protect it.- Yeah.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06This one, I really don't know, to be honest with you.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08What would you like that to sell...
0:29:08 > 0:29:11If you said, "I would like that to make a sum of money,"
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- what would you like it to be?- I remember him saying that he actually
0:29:15 > 0:29:16preferred that one.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I think probably
0:29:19 > 0:29:23400, I really do. I do.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27I think we could try it at four to six, with a 400 fixed reserve.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- Yes.- I mean, look, I think it might struggle,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34but with the market the way it is, I don't know.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37And when you're valuing things like this,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39when there's great uncertainty,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41it is up for other people to decide.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44If it doesn't make that, I shall blame you.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- You know that, don't you? - Obviously, you will, yeah.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49So let's hope we have a good day, Stephen.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- I hope so, as well. - Do you know the fun part?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- Go on. - We won't know until the auction.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- No, that's very true. - But we'll both be smiling after it.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- All right?- I hope so, anyway.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- Great. Thank you, Stephen. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Let's hope Mark's wisdom will fare well at auction.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Right now, though, we had better stay focused.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Greg, how are you?- I'm fine. - Good to see you, good to see you.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- Great.- Now, what I was hoping that you were going to tell me that your
0:30:14 > 0:30:16- family name is...- Nelson.- Nelson.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19And you are actually Gregory Horacio Nelson.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21No, no. Unfortunately not.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23We've failed here, haven't we, miserably.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- Is this a family thing?- Yes.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28It was my maternal grandfather's.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- Your maternal grandfather's? Was he a mariner?- No.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35He was a farmer... in Nottinghamshire.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39That's fantastic. I'm, sort of, kind of, hoping, we're in Greenwich
0:30:39 > 0:30:42and it might belong to Nelson and you're telling me it's a farmer from
0:30:42 > 0:30:45landlocked Nottingham. And why would he have had it, do you think?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I'm not even sure whether he might have inherited it.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Does it work?- Yes.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52- It does. - Let's just have a look at it.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Absolutely.- What we want to do is just open that first drawer there.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- Yeah, right.- Just roll that around like that
0:30:58 > 0:31:01and you want to see a maker's name just there.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Oh, right, yeah. - Perhaps someone like Doland.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Yeah.- You'd normally see it just there.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- We don't know who it's by.- Nope.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12But we've got all these drawers here which just pull out.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- Right, yeah. - And then we've got a cover,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17just on the end,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19and very often you'll find a maker's stamp on there.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Oh, right.- So let's just slide...
0:31:21 > 0:31:22That unscrews as well.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24That just comes open as well, there.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Yeah, yeah.- And then we've got another one here, look.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- So I just open that. - Right.- See what I can see now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Absolutely.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39It's a very, very powerful scope, that.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45And I would think that it's possibly a marine one.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47It's got this...
0:31:47 > 0:31:51it looks like a part-mahogany case here, sometimes they're in leather.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Right.- It's brass-mounted here.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57In terms of date,
0:31:57 > 0:32:02I would think it's probably around the last half of the 19th century,
0:32:02 > 0:32:07somewhere between, let's say 1850 and 1880, something like that.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Right.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10It's missing a case, which it would have had, initially.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Yes. - Possibly leather, possibly wooden.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- Yeah.- But I quite like it, actually.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17What's it worth?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- A good question.- I think a sensible estimate is £60 to £90.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Right.- And we'll stick a fixed reserve on it at 60 quid for you.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Yep.- And with the internet, this will get caught at auction.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30It'll be picked up and the buyers will be there for it.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35- Right.- Someone is going to see a profit in it.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Although Greg's telescope doesn't have a Nelson connection,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41here at the Royal Naval College,
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Nelson became a central part of its maritime history.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46I've just stepped outside for a moment,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48because there is something unusual
0:32:48 > 0:32:52I want you to show you and it's up there with the stone pediment.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58Seven years after Nelson's death in 1805, this pediment,
0:32:58 > 0:33:02entitled The Immortality Of Nelson, was designed by Benjamin West.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09It is over 40 feet long and ten feet high and it depicts Nelson's body
0:33:09 > 0:33:12being handed over to Britannia by a winged female figure,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15representing victory.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19The trident symbolising Britain's domination over the sea.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Interestingly enough,
0:33:23 > 0:33:27the frieze within the pediment isn't made of stone,
0:33:27 > 0:33:29it's made of coade stone.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32And it's a lot simpler to use because it's made from a mould,
0:33:32 > 0:33:34it's a special sand and a special glass mixed together,
0:33:34 > 0:33:38so you don't have to carve it, so it's cheaper and easier to produce.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40But, boy, does it looks fantastic.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45A lot of coade statues still exist today, but sadly, come the 1840s,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47everybody fell out of favour with coade,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49so the industry really just fizzled out.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53But it does stand the test of time and once it's weathered and it's got
0:33:53 > 0:33:56a bit of detail, a bit of dirt and grubbiness to it,
0:33:56 > 0:33:58the whole thing comes alive.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Right, back inside now, to catch up with our experts, to see what else
0:34:03 > 0:34:05we can find to take off to auction.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Naomi, you've brought in a right pair here, haven't you?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Now, where did they come from?
0:34:14 > 0:34:19Well, it belonged to my grandmother and then they went to my mother
0:34:19 > 0:34:23and 25 years ago, when she died, I took them.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25My grandmother lived in the Argentine.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Oh, did she? - She was Anglo-Argentine.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- Yes.- Gosh.- And I think what must've happened was
0:34:30 > 0:34:33her husband worked for a shipping company
0:34:33 > 0:34:36and I imagine he would have brought them out as a gift for her.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Gosh, he must really loved her.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42He had a whole array of scent bottles he could have bought.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43I suppose so.
0:34:43 > 0:34:51But he's chosen a wonderful pair of exotic, to match the Argentine.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53As an antiques dealer,
0:34:53 > 0:34:57one of the things I regularly see are scent bottles.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- Yes.- Because every Victorian lady had an arrangement.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04They come in all shapes and sizes,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07some silver topped, some gold topped,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09some silver-plated.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11And every time we do a "Flog It!",
0:35:11 > 0:35:14we find something just a little bit different.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16And these are very different.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19We've looked the hallmarks up for you.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- Yes.- And they are hallmarked in 1888.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Now, when you first look at glass like this, which is overlaid,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30so you've got a clear glass and then a green glass and a brown glass
0:35:30 > 0:35:33overlaid and cut away,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35you think of Bohemian.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37They were absolutely skilled at doing this.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40I don't think these are Bohemia. I think these are British.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43And they might have been made in Stourbridge.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44The quality is wonderful.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47I've never seen this colour before.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I just adore them.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53If I had my way, I'd pack them up and take them home with me,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55but I can't, sadly.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58The difficulty is that one of them has had a bit of damage,
0:35:58 > 0:36:00the hinge has come apart,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03but I think any scent bottle collector would adore these
0:36:03 > 0:36:06for their collection.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09You've had them for a long time, would you be sad to get rid of them?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12I'll be sad, I'll be sad, but I can't take them with me.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- No.- And if my family are going to sell them,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18I might as well do that myself.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19- Absolutely.- And do it here.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21I quite agree with you.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25I've got to put a sensible estimate on them because of the damage.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27So, I think we should put them in, maybe, at...
0:36:29 > 0:36:32..£200 to £300, with a fixed reserve of 200.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35But I think they will make more than that,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38because I think they're absolutely wonderful.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40How do you feel about that?
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- Absolutely fine.- Are you sure?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Yes.- You've made my day.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Thank you very much. - Thank you so much.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Well, sadly it's time to say goodbye to all of this.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54We've had a marvellous day
0:36:54 > 0:36:57at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Everybody has thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02But right now, we are making our way up the River Thames,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05to the auction rooms in Chiswick. Here is a quick recap
0:37:05 > 0:37:07of the final items that are going under the hammer.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Let's hope these bronze Buddhas
0:37:09 > 0:37:13can lead to a path of enlightenment at the auction.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18And wouldn't it be great if we could magnify the value
0:37:18 > 0:37:20of Greg's telescope?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23And I'm sure the collectors will sniff out
0:37:23 > 0:37:25this lovely pair of scent bottles.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Back at the saleroom,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Stephen Large and William Rouse are the auctioneers.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39First up, Stephen's Buddhas.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Stephen, we have two Buddhas going under the hammer, two separate lots.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45We're starting with the smaller lot. This is my favourite, actually.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- I like this one more. - You see, I'm with you there.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Yeah, I know.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52I think the colour... It's got a great patina.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55It's good, it's good. Look, these were your father's, weren't they?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- They were. He was a collector.- He collected them. He was in and out of
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- all these little second-hand shops and antique shops.- That's right.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Fingers crossed. I just hope we have an exciting moment on this,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06because you never know, we've seen it on the show before.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- It could happen. - We do like exciting moments.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10It's an auction, it could be a roller-coaster ride.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Anyway, this lot is going under the hammer.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Here's the first of the two.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17There we go. Nice little lot there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21And a little bit of interest to start me. I'm in at 150.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Not enough. 160, I'll take.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25With me at £150, for the Buddha.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27150. 160, I'll take.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Is that it? We've stopped at 150.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- What are you thinking? - It's not flying, is it?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36There's nothing coming in...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38which you would expect, obviously.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39Not selling, I'm afraid.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- That was my favourite.- Me, too.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Right, OK.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Fingers crossed for the next, OK?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50This is... Everyone else rated this one.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52So, hopefully, WE got this one wrong.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Which we can do, Paul. - Which we can do.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- We often do.- Here we go. Here's the next lot, Stephen.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Under the hammer now.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02There we go. I'm bid 350,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I'm bid 380, I'm bid 400.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Here we go.- £400. 450.- 450.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10480.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11500.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13On the internet, for 500.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16For £500. 550.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21600. Internet bidder of 600.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24At £600, selling it, then.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25It goes for £600, all done.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28£600, there you go, Stephen.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- Yes.- 600.- £600.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- You happy? He's smiling. - That's the one I thought
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- was the nicer one, personally.- OK.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Next up, we have a three-drawer telescope, belonging to Greg.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44This has been in the family a little while, hasn't it?
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- Yes, yes.- Your grandfather's? - Yes, but where he got it,
0:39:48 > 0:39:50nobody knows.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I think it's going to go for that top end.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- I hope so.- Happy with this?- Yes.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Let's get it in focus. Here we go, this is it.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01The Victorian mahogany and brass three-drawer telescope.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Very nice, this. I used this earlier.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Let's start this off at £60.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Rather attractive.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Come on, bidders, come on.- £60.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13£60, do we have a £60 bid?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Surely?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- I don't think so.- Nope.- Sadly.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Nope, no bid.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21No sale, sorry.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23I'm very sorry.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Look, I think it's meant to be in the family.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28I think it's meant to be in the family.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Pass it down to the next generation.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36It's such a lovely thing, I'm sure Greg won't mind holding on to it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Next, the pair of silver-mounted scent bottles.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Naomi, thank you very much for coming along to our valuation day
0:40:43 > 0:40:48and bringing, for me, I think one of the best things, the scent bottles.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- £200 to £300.- Yes. - They are fantastic.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I wouldn't be selling these. I think they look stunning.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I think they are wonderful.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58They were one of the nicer things I saw.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- Yes.- The colour is so unusual.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Beautiful. It's beautiful.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03We see hundreds of scent bottles.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Yes. Be prepared to say goodbye.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07I think these will fly away.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09They're going under the hammer right now. This is it.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15A pair of silver-mounted scent bottles.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Where shall we start this? Start me £150, to go.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20150. 160 with you.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23170, 180, 190, £200, in the room.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26210, 220, 230,
0:41:26 > 0:41:30240, 250, 260, 270,
0:41:30 > 0:41:34280, 290. 290, in the doorway.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36300, on the internet.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38320, on the internet.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40340, in the room.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44360, 380, 400.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47420, 440.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50- Yes!- Will we get to the 500?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Yes, we will. We'll get £500, we will get 500, come on.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- 500.- Yes!
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Wow.- 550.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- 600. 650.- Good Lord. - This is auctions for you.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01I can't believe it.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03700, 750.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05800, 850. £800.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- They are quality. They're just beautiful.- 900.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10They're definitely English. I thought they were Stourbridge.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11£1,000.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13A thousand?
0:42:13 > 0:42:151,200, 1,300.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19The internet seems to have stopped.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22We are in the room now, at £1,300, in the far corner.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25At 1,300. Lovely pair of bottles.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26At £1,300.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28All done?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- Yes!- Wow.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31- How about that?- Fantastic.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34How about that? What a lovely surprise.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- A lovely, lovely surprise. - You're lost for words.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- Not quite.- Come on, then, what do you think?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Have you got any more like that at home?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- I think it's terrific. - Do you know what I think?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Thank you so much.- That was the sweet smell of success.- It was.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Do you know, I said to you,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49"Thank you for coming along and bringing those in",
0:42:49 > 0:42:50because that made my day.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Best thing in the sale for me and what a surprise.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55That's the one we wanted. I hope you've enjoyed today's show.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58See you for many more surprises to come in another sale room.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01For now, from Chiswick, it's goodbye.