0:00:04 > 0:00:08Well, today is a very special day and I am singing in the rain
0:00:08 > 0:00:11because today is the culmination of 15 years of hard work,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14touring the length and the breadth of the British Isles
0:00:14 > 0:00:18selling your antiques. It's our 1,000th episode!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Welcome to "Flog It!"
0:00:20 > 0:00:21CHEERING
0:00:42 > 0:00:44To celebrate this landmark episode,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48we've come to Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49During World War II,
0:00:49 > 0:00:53this grand house and these buildings were home to Britain's codebreakers,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56cracking the secret messages of the enemy.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01And this is where we will be celebrating our 1,000th episode
0:01:01 > 0:01:04of "Flog It!" - here, at Bletchley Park,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07looking back fondly over the last 15 years at some of the most exciting
0:01:07 > 0:01:11antiques we've seen, the most beautiful locations and the most
0:01:11 > 0:01:14thrilling auction rooms. Hundreds of people have turned up,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17laden with antiques and collectables, all here to see
0:01:17 > 0:01:20our experts to ask that all-important question, which is...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- ALL:- What's it worth?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And to help tell that answer, I don't have one, I don't have two,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I have five of the finest experts
0:01:27 > 0:01:29that have been with me for all of these years.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32My darling Philip Serrell, king of the scarf,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Thomas Plant, the secret of eternal youth,
0:01:35 > 0:01:36the glorious Catherine Southon,
0:01:36 > 0:01:41the regal Charlie Ross, and the king of innuendo, Mark Stacey.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Not only will we be sorting out the best items to take off to auction,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48but also they'll be sharing their stories as we look back fondly over
0:01:48 > 0:01:52the last 15 years of "Flog It!". Come and join us.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Today, we're going on a journey through the "Flog It!" archives.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Along the way, we'll see some of the 300 locations we've visited,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05from all four corners of the British Isles.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10As far north as Inverness...
0:02:10 > 0:02:12to Penzance in the south.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19In that time, over 165,000 people have come through the doors...
0:02:21 > 0:02:26..with a staggering 7,000 items of every conceivable description...
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I would not like to meet the guy who's wearing these
0:02:28 > 0:02:29in a dark alley at night.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- You have made my day today.- Oh, good.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35..and some truly memorable sales.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Yeah, £660.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I'm shivering, you guys must be shivering.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Wow!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47There will be plenty more of that to come.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51But first, let's take a look at where it all started.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Back in the summer of 2002, our very first "Flog It!",
0:02:56 > 0:02:59from Cardiff City Hall in Wales, hit the screens.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Hello, welcome to "Flog It!",
0:03:03 > 0:03:06the show that can make you money out of the antiques and collectables
0:03:06 > 0:03:07you don't want any more.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11And there, right at the start, was Philip Serrell.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14It was really great, because on my first "Flog It!" valuation,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17it was in Cardiff, and I saw a whole group of designer items.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20You know, it's really exciting when you see something like that
0:03:20 > 0:03:23for the first time on a valuation day.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Well, when you've got names like Christian Dior, Jaeger-LeCoultre,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and you look on the back of here and you've got "Hermes, Paris",
0:03:29 > 0:03:32they really are the sort of style leaders, aren't they?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Oh, yes.- With the right audience, I'm sure that will sell.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I was working in my antique shop in Marlborough in Wiltshire
0:03:42 > 0:03:44when I was asked to present "Flog It!".
0:03:44 > 0:03:46'It became such a shock and a big surprise to me.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49'I said yes straightaway but then panicked.'
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I'd never done any TV before and I found it absolutely frightening.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55This is a beaut, this is a winner.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58It's oak. It's English, it's a very small proportion.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00It's what's known as a geometric fronted chest.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Meanwhile, Philip came up with a canny way
0:04:02 > 0:04:04to stand out from the crowd.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Through the years, the scarf has sort of become my trademark.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12'Now, that Paul Martin, he thinks the scarf was his idea.'
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I was wearing one before he was born!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16'He wore a scarf, and I thought,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18'"That's quite cool, I might copy that for a little while."'
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Philip's still wearing his scarf, I gave up on mine about, I don't know,
0:04:22 > 0:04:23eight years ago.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24NO AUDIO
0:04:24 > 0:04:27'We all look so young and fresh-faced.'
0:04:27 > 0:04:29NO AUDIO
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Including a dashing young Charlie Ross,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35who joined the team a mere 12 years ago.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41My very first experience on "Flog It!" was in my saleroom in Woburn,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43when "Flog It!" came to do a programme there.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And I was asked to pass judgment on a few things,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48and I rather cheekily asked the director,
0:04:48 > 0:04:52"How do I get on this programme? I'd rather like to do this."
0:04:52 > 0:04:55He said, "Turn up to Cambridge on such and such a date,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57"and we'll give you a screen test."
0:04:57 > 0:05:01So I went off to Cambridge, and I got there and was told,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04"We're not doing a screen test today. You're on-screen.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07"You are today's valuer."
0:05:07 > 0:05:08I thought, "Oh, crumbs."
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Anyway, I muddled through, and I've been doing it ever since.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13And today at Bletchley,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Charlie has dug out a typically over-the-top item.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Sue and Lauren, lovely to see you. And I have to say, Sue,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I think you are the only person I've ever seen on "Flog It!" who has
0:05:25 > 0:05:27gone to the trouble of dyeing her hair
0:05:27 > 0:05:29to match the object she brings in.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I think that is so laudable.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34How long did it take?
0:05:34 > 0:05:35- Not that long.- Not that long.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38How long have you had the vases?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Less than a year. - How long have you had the hair?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- I don't mean your hair, I mean the colour.- Four days.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Now, tell me the story behind these vases,
0:05:46 > 0:05:47why are you both here together?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Sue and I both work for a charity shop, for the elderly,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56and somebody donated these two vases to one of our nine shops.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58They came in with these?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Aren't people generous?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Your eyes must have come out on stalks when you saw these.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07These, at a first glance,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10I thought, were 19th-century or possibly late-18th-century.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Sevres porcelain.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13And I thought, "Ho!"
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I ran across the room looking at them.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19They are in fact 20th-century. They're modern.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Held together by modern nuts, which you can see at the bottom.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24If we have a look at the bottom of one of them...
0:06:24 > 0:06:28There we are - Porcelaine de Paris...
0:06:28 > 0:06:30to say in Parisian.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Which means they're from the Parisian area.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34A bit like our Staffordshire pottery.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37But they're pretty chunky and stylish.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39But they have these saving graces,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41these wonderful pineapple knobs
0:06:41 > 0:06:44on the top, and these bases, which are ormolu,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46which is gilded brass.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51So these would have been retailed in the last...probably 30 years,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53in a very, very smart shop.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55For a LOT of money.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59I've had a look at them and there is a bit of a chip on one of them,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02which is a shame. But they do look hugely impressive
0:07:02 > 0:07:06and I can say that the painting is hand-painted.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Do you like them?- I do, I like them.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- I do.- I can tell YOU like them - you've styled yourself on them,
0:07:13 > 0:07:14it's not surprising, really.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- What about value?- I was going to say £60
0:07:16 > 0:07:20but I don't know if to say for the pair or each, I'm not sure.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- No.- I'd go more than that.- Yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25If I was buying them meself I'd go more than that.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I think we're going to put a very safe estimate on them
0:07:28 > 0:07:30of £100 to £200.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- OK.- Now, I think at that level
0:07:33 > 0:07:36they really will have some competition, and a reserve of £100,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38with a little bit of discretion,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40so if the auctioneer's just squeezed in there...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43he can have our permission to bring the gavel down.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- I think that's fair.- Yeah.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Sorry that they aren't worth thousands, but I like them,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- and I think we'll get a bit of action on them.- Yep.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54As "Flog It!" travelled around the country,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57other experts joined the team.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01In 2003, along came the sparkling Catherine Southon.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05My very first "Flog It!" experience,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08my first valuation day, was a bit of a weird one.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11'Cos I came along under the impression
0:08:11 > 0:08:13'that I was going to shadow somebody.'
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I didn't realise I was actually going to be in front of a camera.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20There I was, straightaway, camera in front of me,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22object on the table, "Speak."
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Sarah, I love Moorcroft.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I want to take this from you and slip it into my bag.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31'I was a bit sort of tongue-tied but I got through it.'
0:08:31 > 0:08:35We were at Leicester football ground and it was a fantastic episode.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I remember weird things like seeing Adam Partridge, who was the other
0:08:39 > 0:08:44expert, filming a big suite of cloud Art Deco furniture in the car park
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and just thinking, "This is really quite strange.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49"Am I going to get through this?"
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But I did. And here I am, I'm still here to tell the tale.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Then Admiral Mark Stacey joined the fleet.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I remember the first day as if it was yesterday.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03'It was Ipswich Corn Exchange.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07'And my other on-screen expert was the lovely David Barby.'
0:09:07 > 0:09:11And I was very nervous and I'd never done television before so I didn't
0:09:11 > 0:09:12know what to expect, really.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15But David was very reassuring, he helped me out.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20'And it was great fun. Except people kept thinking I was his son.'
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Thomas Plant was barely out of school when he signed up -
0:09:24 > 0:09:25almost 15 years ago.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27NO AUDIO
0:09:27 > 0:09:30It was the first series, probably one of the very first shows.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35So everything was new. I look...so young.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39What has happened to this? You know...
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I can't believe it.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And also, I repeat myself so many times about this bowl,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47and I'm looking at it and I'm turning it over and...
0:09:47 > 0:09:50'I must have been so nervous.'
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Tell me, when you bought it for 75p - I'm always tempted to do this -
0:09:53 > 0:09:54did you haggle?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I did not haggle, no.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I wanted it as soon as possible.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- You snatched it away?- I did, yes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04And in what seems like the blink of an eye,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Thomas is still finding treasures at Bletchley.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Angela, I have on the table two items.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14One of them belongs to me and one of them belongs to you.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18But my item is a clue to what your item is.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Tell me about your tortoiseshell Georgian eyeglass.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I remember it when my grandmother was around.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And then, obviously, my mum inherited it.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32And she died about 12, 13 years ago.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33So it came into my hands.
0:10:33 > 0:10:39So, I saw this, and I use my eyeglass every single day.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It is part of my life. And I've said a number of times,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45apart from saving my wife and children,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49maybe the cat, this would be the only other thing I would save.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Everything else can go, cos this is my life.- You need that?- I need it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56I saw this and I thought, gosh, this is a Georgian one,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59so what you've got is this gorgeous tortoiseshell eyepiece.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03But they need a bit of strength and the one issue you have here is
0:11:03 > 0:11:05just this little bit of damage.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09You can see what's happened there. Somebody's got really excited.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12And you can imagine somebody there, desperately, in an antique shop,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14opening it up,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18looking into something, holding it and probably squeezing it a bit.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Yeah.- This is a really rare thing, you know, and it breaks.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And, of course, having it closed keeps its integrity, doesn't it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- Yeah, yeah.- And you've got a solid-silver plaque and,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32what's really special about that, it's dated.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It's dated, and it says on here, the inscription is,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39"John Oliver, the gift of Ann Hester, 1807."
0:11:39 > 0:11:431807! Over 200 years old!
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Yes.- That's amazing, isn't it?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Yeah, it is.- So, your grandmother had this.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Was she an antiques dealer? - She had a lot of antiques.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Did she?- Yeah.- Why was that?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I'm not sure. I think she must have had a liking.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57This is tortoiseshell.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01And we have to say that we can not sell tortoiseshell
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- which is later than 1946.- Right.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08But of course, with the date, we know that this is 1807.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- So, have you ever thought about value?- No, I haven't got a clue.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- You haven't got a clue?- No.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- If it wasn't damaged it would be £200-£300.- Wow.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19But I'm going to put 120-180 on it.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Right, yeah.- With a £100 reserve. It's just because of that damage.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26But I think it's worth every single penny. Is that all right?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Yes, yes, that'll be fine.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I think it's lovely, actually. I'd like to own it myself, but I can't!
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Thomas has always been drawn to the more stylish antiques,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40whereas Philip goes for the rather quirky objects.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44I love things that are bit barmy, a bit bonkers,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and when someone brought that horn desk tidy in, to this day,
0:12:47 > 0:12:52I am still completely baffled as to who would want a desk tidy that had
0:12:52 > 0:12:55got a bell, a clock, made out of ram's horn,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57with dolphin mounts on the bottom.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59That is a troubled thing, it really is.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02If it makes, I don't know, £450, what would you do with that?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Holiday.- Holiday.- Or...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Let's think about this for a moment.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Holiday here, or an "or" here.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I've got a 1969 Mustang that I'm...
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Are you a car man? - Big petrolhead.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I just wonder who got their way in the end.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Was it a holiday or the car fixed?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22I'll bet it's the holiday.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Since when have us men got their way?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Meanwhile, at Bletchley, Philip's living his dream
0:13:28 > 0:13:32with a "Flog It!" favourite - a collection of Dinky toys.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35The thing is, Wendy, you come to "Flog It!"
0:13:35 > 0:13:38and it's not about selling chairs and tables and pots and whatever.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40This is memory time, isn't it?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Yes, it is.- And I tell you, for me, I have huge memories here.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46What about you? They must mean a lot to you.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48They meant a lot to my partner, Tim.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50He had these as a boy.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54And he was ready to sell them just before he died.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57And he was from a farming family so he didn't get to play with them as
0:13:57 > 0:13:59much as he'd like to.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02He often said that he played with them, polished them, put them back
0:14:02 > 0:14:05in the boxes and then he would go and help out on the farm.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08One of the key things about toys is to have them mint and boxed.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10That's the expression, mint and boxed.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11These are mint, and they're boxed.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15See, I can sort of remember these, because my dad was a farmer.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I can remember we had a truck like that on the farm
0:14:19 > 0:14:23and my dad always aspired, instead of having a little truck like that,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26he wanted a big Foden eight-wheeler,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30so all of these have memories for me, you know?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34They are absolutely lovely. And the time's right for you to sell?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It is. I need the space.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39They're in storage, actually, at the moment, so by the end of this year
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I'm going to a smaller property and I won't have room to store them.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Well, the thing that's key about these is the fact that they are
0:14:46 > 0:14:48in such lovely, lovely condition,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50that they've got the boxes with them.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Have you any thoughts as to value?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I wouldn't like to even hazard a guess.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I think that you're going to get between £150 and £250 for them.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Really?- As a job lot, yes, I do. I think they'll do very, very well.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04We'll put a fixed reserve of £120 on them.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- So, are you happy with that?- Yeah.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Good show. Let's go and see what they make.- OK.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Right now we're straight off to the auction room.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14We've found our first three items to put under the hammer.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I think there could be one or two big surprises.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Here's a quick recap of all the items we're taking with us.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25This pair of eye-popping Sevres-style vases are big in size
0:15:25 > 0:15:29but not so big on age. Will this affect their value?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Angela's magnifying glass appealed to Thomas,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36but will it attract the bidders?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Wendy's Dinky toys, complete with their boxes,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43are a collector's dream.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49For the auction, were travelling across the border to Oxfordshire
0:15:49 > 0:15:52to Jones & Jacobs saleroom in Watlington.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01And sharing the rostrum today
0:16:01 > 0:16:04are auctioneers Simon Jones and Francis Ogley.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07First up, it's the Dinky toys.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Well, good luck, Wendy. The atmosphere's building in here.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Philip, I'm feeling a little bit tense. Are you?- Yes, I am.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Anyway, we're just about to sell the boxed Dinky toys,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20and it's not very often you can say Dinky toys, boxed and mint.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Is it? We've seen them on the show before, and they have done
0:16:23 > 0:16:26exceptionally well, especially the lorries, so let's find out
0:16:26 > 0:16:28what yours do, OK? This is it. Good luck, everyone.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32The collection of Dinky toys, Lot 192.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35150 for those?
0:16:35 > 0:16:36170 we've got.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Straight in at 170.- At 170. 180, anyone?
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- On commission at 170. - Come on.- All done... 180. 190, 200.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- 210. - This is good, Wendy.- 220, 230.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48240.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50At 230, still on commission.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55At 230. All done at £230? Finished?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- We'll take that. We'll take that. Well done.- Top job.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Yeah, you're right. Somebody there bought their childhood again.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Next it's Angela's eyeglass, which caught Thomas' eye.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11£120-£180 is what Thomas put on it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13And Thomas, right now, is enjoying a holiday,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17so he's not here to face the music in case it doesn't sell.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20But I think it should do 120. Good luck with this. It's going
0:17:20 > 0:17:23under the hammer right now. Let's enjoy this. Here we go.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Lot 233, the Georgian eyeglass.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- £80, start me?- Go on, it's worth that. Yes, we're in.
0:17:31 > 0:17:3285.
0:17:32 > 0:17:3590. 95, 100.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38110, 120, 130,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41140, 150. 160?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44At 150. Behind me at 150. All done?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- Finished at 150. 150.- £150.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Thomas was right. Mid-estimate, brilliant.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- Lovely.- He knew his stuff, didn't he?- Yeah.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Well, that's two great sales so far, and you never know what an item's
0:17:58 > 0:18:00worth until that hammer goes down.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02That's the thrill of the auction.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05You don't know what's going to happen.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09And with 1,000 shows under our belt we've had some pretty big surprises.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15He might take me out for a nice, romantic meal.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19This is the moment I say it was really a "come and get me" estimate.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I never tire of auctions,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24because you just don't know what's going to happen,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and that is, I think,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29the hook for the bait - what's going to happen at the auction?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32And I remember visiting my homeland of Wales and Margam Park
0:18:32 > 0:18:37and a gentleman brought in a piece of Welsh pottery.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39The sad thing about it is its condition.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Yes.- It really is quite bad condition.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47So I would probably say £50-£70, something like that.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50But auctions can be very surprising places.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52And what did you put on this one?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Can you remind us?- £50-£70. - 50 to 70.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59300? I'll take...
0:18:59 > 0:19:00700.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- Can you remind us what you...? - I think they left a nought out of my estimate. That's the problem.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Those buyers knew something I didn't.
0:19:09 > 0:19:102,400.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Here it goes at 2,400.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17- 2,400!- Thank you so much!
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I'm often asked, "But how could you get the estimate so wrong?"
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's called life. These things happen.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29When James Lewis spotted this little tiny Dalton figure...
0:19:29 > 0:19:33It was a spook. Little tiny ghost, he saw it in Blackpool.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I'd not seen one before.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37He said, "Paul, believe me, it's quite rare."
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- It's worth 200-300. - Oh, crikey.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45Well done! Your £2 has turned into 200-300.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46That is a car-boot dream.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51- I like him now!- Do you?! You'll take him home!
0:19:51 > 0:19:56I thought, crikey, £200-£300 is a great return on a £2 find,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58until the auction came along.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01At 4,250...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Fair warning.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Bang! £4,250!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Bought at a car-boot for just £2.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The biggest surprise had to be when Michael Baggott put a valuation on
0:20:16 > 0:20:18some African tribal art.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Michael didn't know one of the items, a shield,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24was from another continent.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I think, to me, this shield and the calabash are the nicest things.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32I think, as a group, let's put them in at...
0:20:32 > 0:20:35£200-£400.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36- Really?- Yep, yep.- Gosh.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Well, it turned out to be an aboriginal shield and it was spotted
0:20:41 > 0:20:43online by a museum in Sydney.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46At £30,000, going once,
0:20:46 > 0:20:51going twice, your last chance on the internet, for £30,000,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55third and final time. Mrs Squire's client.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Sold. £30,000.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02£30,000! Lewis, high-five!
0:21:02 > 0:21:05That is absolutely incredible!
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- I'm shaking.- Wow.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13We were in a state of shock as well. They didn't know what to say.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15We spotted it, and we sold it.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Well, we can't promise these French vases will fetch a five-figure sum
0:21:20 > 0:21:23but, as we've seen, you never know.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Sue and Lorna, it's great to see you again.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Guess what's going under the hammer. Yes, Charlie pointed out
0:21:28 > 0:21:34the colour of the vases and the hair back at the valuation day.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I mean, it's a match made in heaven, isn't it?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- It really is.- It's perfect. - We've got £100-£200,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- and they look like they're worth an awful lot more.- From here.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44£1,500. Don't they?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Surely it's 100 or 200, they must sell.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49As a showy piece, they've got to.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52All the money's being put back into the charity.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Yeah, every penny improves the lives of our elderly people, so...
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Great, great. Good luck. And good luck, Charlie.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- It's going under the hammer right now.- This is it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Lot 43, then, we have the pair of Paris porcelain vases there.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07£100, start me for them?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10£100 I'm bid. 110 anywhere in the room?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Going away here online at 130, 140,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17150, 160, 170, 180...
0:22:17 > 0:22:19We're going to get the top end!
0:22:19 > 0:22:23200, 210. 210, 220.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Even with a chip!- Look, the telephone hasn't even come in yet.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28260, 270...
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Did we miss a mark on these?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Coming to you now at 270.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36270, 280 online.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39280, 290.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Which Emperor were they made for?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44THEY LAUGH
0:22:44 > 0:22:46310, 320?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49310 in the room on the phone.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53At £310. All done at £310?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55All finished at £310?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- All done? - Yes, that hammer's gone down.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Now we know exactly what they're worth.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Wow! That is the thrill of the saleroom. Wow!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Back here at Bletchley Park,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13it's still buzzing inside the house with visitors arriving to see our
0:23:13 > 0:23:16experts, and with the grand house, the history connected to it,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20the lawns and the lake, it's the perfect setting for a "Flog It!"
0:23:20 > 0:23:23valuation day. Over the years we've been fortunate enough to have seen
0:23:23 > 0:23:27some wonderful locations all over the British Isles.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32From castles...
0:23:32 > 0:23:33to ships.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Museums...
0:23:36 > 0:23:38to stately homes.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41When we first started we were in sports halls, we were in town halls.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44But then "Flog It!" sort of went grander.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47We went to fabulous venues.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I can remember going to Warwick Castle.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I mean, the day was just beautiful.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57You just come alive in these venues.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Ely Cathedral.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Could you think of a better venue for looking at beautiful antiques?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05One minute we can be going to a wonderful cathedral,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08we've been to Guildford Cathedral, and we've been to castles.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Sometimes we go to somewhere not quite as traditional,
0:24:12 > 0:24:16like Weston-super-Mare pier among the arcade machines.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19One of my favourites was Powderham Castle in Devon.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I filmed in the music room
0:24:21 > 0:24:23surrounded by all these wonderful objects.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27And I got to meet some of the family. It was wonderful.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31I love places like Bolton and Paisley, where you have these
0:24:31 > 0:24:34fantastic municipal buildings that were probably
0:24:34 > 0:24:40built by some great entrepreneur in the 18th and 19th centuries.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41You walk in there, and they really
0:24:41 > 0:24:44are a sign of wealth that's gone before.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47For me, I guess it's the stately homes, you know?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48I love the family connection,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50the fact that there's been a dynasty
0:24:50 > 0:24:53there for maybe five or six different generations.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57And Muncaster Castle rings a bell for me, up in the Lake District,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00because that was just such a beautiful day.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01It really was.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04But look, all our "Flog It!" valuation days are just wonderful.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Today's location is no exception.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Bletchley's role in the Second World War is unique.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17And what better than to find an item with a link to our location?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Michael, welcome to "Flog It!"
0:25:20 > 0:25:23and welcome to Bletchley Park, or, should I say, welcome back home,
0:25:23 > 0:25:24cos you were here once upon a time.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Yes.- Now, can I have a little look at what you've brought?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Yes, I've brought my father's watch.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Right. So, tell me about this. Where does it come from?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35My father had this all his life that I knew him, and
0:25:35 > 0:25:40first of all, how we became... to live on Bletchley Park,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44my father bred racehorses down Oxford way and he knew a
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Sir Armine who gave him the watch.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50And he asked my father to come up here to be stud groom.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53This was in 1938.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58And I lived in a farmhouse down there until I was 22 years old.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01So you were always on part of the Bletchley estate
0:26:01 > 0:26:04but you never really knew, I'm sure, what was going on.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Nobody would ever talk about what was going on.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Right.- We knew Churchill came quite regular.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Really?- And it was always around...
0:26:13 > 0:26:16He was coming up here for "a rest".
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Well, let's have a little look at this watch.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21It's actually been manufactured by Pierce,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23which is a Swiss manufacturer.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Not one of the major names that we associate with Switzerland,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28but still a good maker.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32They were making watches from the late 19th century and right through.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35This would date from the 1930s,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38which certainly ties in with your story.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42They also were commissioned by the RAF to produce pilot watches,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44so they are a good maker.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46But what's nice about this one is
0:26:46 > 0:26:50you've got the calendar around the outside, you've got the date, just,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53as well, and also the moon phase.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58So, talking about estimates on this, I mean, it's stainless steel,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01so it's obviously not a precious metal, but estimate-wise
0:27:01 > 0:27:05I'd probably be looking at around £100-£200 and I would protect it
0:27:05 > 0:27:08with a reserve of £90. Would you be happy with that?
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- I'd be quite happy with that.- And all the memories that go with it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Yes, yes.- Michael, it's been lovely to meet you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- And you.- I enjoyed talking to you and hearing about Bletchley Park.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Thank you very much, thank you.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26For me, it's a huge privilege to be part of "Flog It!".
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Not only do I get to come along to the valuation day to meet all the
0:27:29 > 0:27:34wonderful people, but I get to soak up the local history and have some
0:27:34 > 0:27:36pretty hair-raising experiences.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41# You're unbelievable, oh!
0:27:49 > 0:27:51# You're unbelievable... #
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Apprentice Paul Martin reporting for duty.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06OK, so, now you've got a feeling of how hard you need to blow.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- Is that too much? - A little bit too much, I think!
0:28:09 > 0:28:11# You're unbelievable... #
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Today, we're flying over the base in a Lynx helicopter.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Get up, through!
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Up! Get up!
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Drumroll...
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Oh, yeah.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28# You're unbelievable, oh! #
0:28:28 > 0:28:31What opportunities "Flog It!" has given me! I've enjoyed every moment
0:28:31 > 0:28:34and I hope you have, too.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Now for another one of my favourite things - valuing antiques.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Jean, I've brought you outside, far away from the madding crowd,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43and look what you've brought along.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46A squeeze-box, as they call them. Do you say a squeeze-box?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- I always call it a squeeze-box.- It's a concertina, really,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51but we call it a squeeze-box. How long have you had this, then?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- It belonged to my dad. - Could your dad play it?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56No, he never tried.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59He just had it given to him by one of the firemen.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02He was in the Fire Service before the war.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06This is classic home entertainment of the early 1900s, isn't it,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08right up to about the 1940s?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09So, let's get this out.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11MUSICAL NOTE
0:29:11 > 0:29:14There's one note!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It's a reed-free wind instrument,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19because it works by the virtue of bellows.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Look, you see, there's no reed in this, no mouthpiece,
0:29:22 > 0:29:24no reed to wobble about.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26It's all bellows.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29And I can't play one, obviously!
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Played well, they're beautiful.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34That's who made this, look.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37W Davis, Bloomsbury, London.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Generally, the bellows are in very good condition.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44The fretwork on this side and all the buttons, they all work.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46They're very, very good.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48This is rosewood. So it's a sign of quality.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52But it's the other side. We've got some damage to the fretwork.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Oh, dear, yeah.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58That just might hold its value back and put the collectors off.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00If this was in very, very good condition...
0:30:02 > 0:30:04..you would realise around £200-£300 in auction.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- You're joking! - Yeah! They're worth a lot of money.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Because of the condition, I think we could safely say
0:30:14 > 0:30:18£120-£160.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- My God! - Yes? Do you want to sell it?
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Are you happy with that? - I definitely want to sell it!
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Well, you're not going to play it, are you?
0:30:28 > 0:30:33- It just sits in the wardrobe.- Let's put a reserve of £100 on that.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- Is that OK?- OK.- I think we'll call that a sale, don't you?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Hopefully, it will do the top end and we'll hit the high notes!
0:30:41 > 0:30:45HE PLAYS BADLY, THEY LAUGH
0:30:46 > 0:30:50What could be better than an antique you can play?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Over the years we've seen literally thousands of objects, but some
0:30:53 > 0:30:56we'll never forget.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00I remember a lovely lady who came into the "Flog It!" at Herne Bay.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04And she had this charming little French vase that she bought at
0:31:04 > 0:31:06a charity shop for 50p.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08And I fell in love with it.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I so wanted to take that vase home.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I just think it's a charming little object.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16If we put this in at £50-£80...
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Hopefully, if two people like it,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- it could well go for 100.- Lovely.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26I valued it quite modestly cos it did have a few chips,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30and collectors of these pieces do sometimes mark prices down,
0:31:30 > 0:31:33but when we got to the auction it was quite an emotional ride.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Can you hold my hand, please? - Yeah, I'll prop you up, don't worry!
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Anybody at 460?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41460, 480.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- Oh, my God!- 620.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Any interest at 680 in the room or anywhere else?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48If not, I'll sell at £660.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50A bid is on the phone at 660.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53If we're all done at 660?
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Yes! £660!
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Oh, Olive!
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- It's only this big!- I know, I know. But small is beautiful!
0:32:04 > 0:32:08One of my favourite items and one of my standout valuations has got to be
0:32:08 > 0:32:11the samurai sword, what we call a katana.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14We were in Yeovil and it was only a few years ago.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18But I've never seen the like of one on "Flog It!" before or since.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20It was gorgeous.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23For me, the best thing I've seen all day,
0:32:23 > 0:32:25the best thing I've seen in a long time.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27And it went on to make thousands of pounds.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29But that's besides the point.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31At £3,000.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35We did it, we did it, how about that? What a great result.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37The point is, it is a beautiful object.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40It is totally marvellous and magic.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45There is one object that springs to mind.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47It's an Omar Ramsden silver plate.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51I almost ran across the room to see this item, cos it was so exciting.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54And they didn't really know what they'd got.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- Did you inherit it?- I can't remember whether it came through my mum's
0:32:58 > 0:33:01family or whether we dug it up in the garden when I was a child.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- You dug it up? - I'd have to check with my sister,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- but I think that might be where it came from.- That's extraordinary!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I said, how much do you think it's worth? She said,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12"I've Googled it a bit, I think it could be worth £200."
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Of course, I was able to tell her it was worth £1,000-£1,500.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20At £2,600, are you sure you're done?
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Yes, the hammer's gone down. £2,600.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32And it made £2,600, so we were all thrilled, particularly Jack.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35OK, Jack, do you know where all the money's going?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- Has Mum and Dad decided? - To my bank!
0:33:38 > 0:33:39The Jack bank!
0:33:41 > 0:33:46Now for our final item, something that's got Mark's mouth watering.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- Gloria.- Yes?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50What a delicious jewel you brought in today.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- Thank you.- Is it yours? - It's my husband's.- Is it?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56- Yes.- Where's it been lying all these years?
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- In its box.- Hidden away? - Yes.- He's never worn it?- No.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01You've never worn it?
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Don't know what it is.- I think you could use it in a hat, in a bonnet.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08You could have it as your hat decoration or even on a collar
0:34:08 > 0:34:10with the tie going through the middle bit.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Somebody did say they thought it was a cravat pin.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15It could be a cravat pin, and when you open it,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18there could only be one period this would have been made.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21And that's in the height of the Art Deco period.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- Really?- 1920s.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27And, actually, what you've got is... on the ends here,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30these green bits are carved jade.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- Right.- Which were probably carved in China at the time.
0:34:32 > 0:34:38- Yeah.- And then around it is either black enamel or black onyx.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Right.- And they're set with little diamonds.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- They are actual diamonds? - They're diamonds.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- Right.- And, actually, if we take it out of the fitted box,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50we've got a little mark that says 15 carat.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52When you look at something like this,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55you think immediately of names like Cartier.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- Right.- Is this painting a picture for you?
0:34:58 > 0:35:03- Yes.- Are you liking it more? - Yes.- Well, don't like it too much!
0:35:03 > 0:35:06I think it's delicious. Do you know where your husband got it from?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09It was given to his mother by a lady that lived in the village.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12My mother-in-law used to do sewing for her.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15And she gave this to her as a thank-you.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17What a wonderful thank-you present.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20It must've been old when she gave it to her,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22because I think it was about the 1980s.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Yes, it would have been 60 years old by then.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27It's in this box, the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Now, they do make jewellery. I don't think they made this.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32But they also retail pieces.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34This is something I think they retailed.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37This sort of jewellery now is a collector's item.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Because of the quality of it. It's beautifully made.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I would suggest an estimate of sort of £600-£800.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- Really?- Yes.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- Gosh.- So you're happy to flog it? - Yes. So it's appreciated.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Well, it'll be the jewel in the auction, I hope. Thank you very much
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- for bringing it in. - Thank you.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Well, that's it, our work is now done here at Bletchley Park.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04It's time to say goodbye to our magnificent host location as we go
0:36:04 > 0:36:06to auction for the very last time.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11So wish us luck, and here's a quick recap of all the items we're taking with us.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12You can't put a price on memories,
0:36:12 > 0:36:16but will Michael's watch alone reach Catherine's valuation?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Jean's squeeze-box conjures up
0:36:21 > 0:36:23a lost world of travelling troubadours,
0:36:23 > 0:36:27but will it appeal to our technologically savvy bidders?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Gloria's Art Deco stick pin made Mark's day and he's confident
0:36:33 > 0:36:35it will shine in the auction.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Back at the saleroom, first up, it's Michael's watch.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Good luck. Time is definitely up.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46It's time that wristwatch went under the hammer.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49That Swiss one. I tell you what, it's lovely.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52It was a wonderful story behind it, as well, wasn't it?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Michael used to live at Bletchley Park.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56I hope you've got lots of things to remember that by,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58because that is a stunning watch.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- It is.- Let's find out what the bidders think, OK?
0:37:00 > 0:37:03This is it, it's going under the hammer.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08The vintage Pierce triple calendar, moon phase wristwatch, there.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10£100, start me?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12110 we've got on there,
0:37:12 > 0:37:16120, 130, 140, 140?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- 150. 160. - This is shooting up.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22170. 180? 180. 190.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Oh, good! This is shooting up on the internet.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28190. 200 got. 210. 220?
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- Yeah, this is a good watch. - 220, 230.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33240?
0:37:33 > 0:37:35At 230.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Bidding seems to have stopped at 230. 240, anywhere?
0:37:38 > 0:37:42- At £230, selling to the net at £230. - I'm so pleased.- So am I.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Done?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46That's a brilliant result. Yes!
0:37:46 > 0:37:48That's a satisfying smack of the hammer, isn't it?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Well done.- Yeah, well done.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Lovely story, lovely memories, and thank you for sharing them with us.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54You're very welcome.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Now it's my turn with Jean's squeeze-box.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Well, the time has come, we're going to put it under the hammer here.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Oh!- I'm feeling a bit nervous. I am. I know, I am.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Because, you know, I'm worried,
0:38:09 > 0:38:13I'm really worried, because it's the only musical instrument in today's
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- sale.- Is it really?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I've had a look around. There's not a lot else for the collector.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21So, hopefully, they'll find this online.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24It's going under the hammer now. Let's watch this.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And just hope that someone wants it. Here we go, this is it.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Lot 162, the rosewood squeeze-box.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34£100, start me for it?
0:38:34 > 0:38:35£100 I'm bid online.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- 110.... - It's going. Come on, come on.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42130. 120 online. 130...
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- I'm so nervous.- 150, 160?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48160, 170.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50180, 190,
0:38:50 > 0:38:55200, 210, 220.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57We've more than done it.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59At 220, then.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01220, 230, 240, 250.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05At £240, they seem to have stopped.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09240 online. Are you all happy at £240 online?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Against you all in the room, at £240, it's online, 240, online...
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Yes! Hammer's going down. Crack!
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Brilliant. Well done.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20That was good, wasn't it? Did you enjoy your auction experience?
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Oh, yes.- Are you going to come back for more?- Oh, if I find something!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27We'll see you at a valuation in a few years' time, then!
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Yes, of course. Need to be quicker than that, I hope!
0:39:30 > 0:39:32THEY LAUGH
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I can't wait to see what Jean turns up with next.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40And now for our final item, Gloria's stick pin.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45A lot of money, £600-£800. But quality, quality, quality.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47I just hope the right buyer's out there.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- I think they will be.- And it's boxed, and the condition's superb.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Wonderful condition, yeah.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Let's stick it to 'em, shall we? Ready for this one? I am.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I hope it gets that top end. It's going under the hammer now.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Good luck. This is it.
0:40:00 > 0:40:0315-carat gold and platinum cloak pin there.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05600, start me?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07650 we've got.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Straight in at 650.- 700, 800, 900?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13900, 1,000?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- 1,000. 1,100. - Don't believe this.
0:40:16 > 0:40:181,200. 1,250.
0:40:18 > 0:40:201,200 already!
0:40:20 > 0:40:231,300.
0:40:23 > 0:40:241,400.
0:40:24 > 0:40:261,500.
0:40:26 > 0:40:301,600. 1,700.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Are you tingling yet? - Yeah!- I am. Yeah.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- This is brilliant. - I think it's great.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- This is the beauty of an auction, isn't it?- 1,800. 1,850?
0:40:41 > 0:40:46- At £1,800. - 1,800.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47All done at 18...
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- 1,850.- Ooh, a new bidder.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51New bidder. 1,900.
0:40:51 > 0:40:552,000. 2,100. 2,200?
0:40:56 > 0:40:58We've got 2,150.
0:40:58 > 0:40:592,200?
0:40:59 > 0:41:022,200. 2,250?
0:41:02 > 0:41:052,250. 2,300?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- Crikey!- Wow!
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- Do you need a seat?- All done on the net at 2,250, all done?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Finishing at 2,250...
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- Yay!- Wow.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Wow. There's tears in your eyes.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- I know!- That's a lot of money.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- It is.- What do you think you'll do with that?
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Well, the car's got to have a service for a start.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29- And then what's left over will be a treat for the family.- Great.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31That's it for the auction, and back at Bletchley,
0:41:31 > 0:41:34our day is drawing to a close.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39Over 15 years of filming and 1,000 episodes of "Flog It!" we've had
0:41:39 > 0:41:42a veritable army of experts that we've all learned something from.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45It's just a shame they cannot all be here today.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Most of them are still regulars on the show, helping us find those
0:41:50 > 0:41:53little treasures that could be worth a fortune.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Where's Paul? Where's James?
0:42:02 > 0:42:06And joining us on that very first series with his encyclopaedic
0:42:06 > 0:42:09knowledge of antiques was the fabulous David Barby.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Such a gentleman. A real one-off.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18His charm, his charisma, that ability to chat to somebody,
0:42:18 > 0:42:21make them feel so comfortable that they just...
0:42:21 > 0:42:23They'd tell him the world!
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- Are you involved in the Navy or what?- I'm in the Navy, yes.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Yes, I thought you were, actually. You looked far too fit!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32THEY LAUGH
0:42:32 > 0:42:34He was always great fun.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37He was very kind with his knowledge, very generous with his knowledge,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40and somebody that on "Flog It!" we really miss.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43# Borne on the crest of a wave... #
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Ooh!
0:42:46 > 0:42:48A star among many.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51And that brings our roller-coaster ride through the archive
0:42:51 > 0:42:54back to Bletchley.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Well, that's it. That's the end
0:42:55 > 0:42:57of a brilliant day here at Bletchley Park,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01and the end of our historic 1,000th episode of "Flog It!".
0:43:01 > 0:43:05It's been an incredible journey getting to this milestone
0:43:05 > 0:43:08and I have to say a big thank-you to our experts, to our production team
0:43:08 > 0:43:10past and present, but, more importantly,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13to you. Without you, your antiques and collectables,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15this would not be possible.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Let's hope we can make another 1,000 episodes.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Goodbye.
0:43:20 > 0:43:26CHEERING