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Today, we are in the seaside town of Morecambe. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
It's bright and breezy and very cold - not the ideal weather | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
to get the bucket and spade out, but that doesn't bother us. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
Welcome to Flog It! | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
Morecambe Bay, it's a vast area of stunning views. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
It's this natural beauty that attracted the first tourists | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
in the 1850s, when the railways arrived and our venue, the Platform, | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
was part of that holiday boom. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
Built in 1907, it started life as a railway station, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
when millions of people came to Morecambe for their holidays. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
These days, the station has become an elegant venue for shows | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
and events like our Flog It! valuation day. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
Our crowd's already starting to gather and somewhere in all of these | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
bags and boxes, there's some real treasure for our experts to find. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
The lucky ones will be going off to auction and going home with a small fortune. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
Who is it going to be? | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
Well, stay tuned and you'll find out. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
It could be you, you, you or you. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
And to help us find those antiques to flog are our dogged experts, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
Catherine Southon. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
-Are you selling her? -No. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
I don't blame you. I don't blame you. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
And Charles Hanson. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
I'm going to give you one of my green stickers, | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
and say I would like to identify these later. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
Inside, our dedicated team of cameramen, researchers, stewards, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
are doing their final check, | 0:01:39 | 0:01:40 | |
making sure everything is where it needs to be, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
and that we have a great valuation day. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
There's not a minute to spare. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
-Are you ready to go in? ALL: -Yes! | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
Come on then, let's get on with it! | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
CHEERS | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
While everyone gets seated and comfortable, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
let's see what's coming up later on in the programme. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
Charles shares one of his top tips for buying antiques. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
I think it is always right place, right time. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
Well, yes. Yes. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
Catherine's find brings plenty of smiles at the auction. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
That's cheered you up, hasn't it? | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
-Oh, yes. -Brilliant. -I'll come and see you again. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
You should have bought more of them at the time. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
And I discover the rags to riches story of Eric Morecambe, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
the town's most famous son. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
-HORN TOOTS -Look at that, eh. Remember that? | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
Oh, do I remember? We used to use that as part of the act. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
-Of course we did. -Come on, do the gag. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
-What's the difference between... -SINGLE TOOT | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
-And...? -DOUBLE TOOT | 0:02:30 | 0:02:31 | |
I don't know, what is the difference? | 0:02:31 | 0:02:32 | |
SINGLE TOOT | 0:02:32 | 0:02:33 | |
Well, as you can see, everybody is now safely seated inside, | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
so it's time to get on with our first valuation | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
and it's over to Catherine Southon. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
Jenny, it's lovely to see you here on Flog It!, thank you very much | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
for coming along and thank you for bringing along your collection | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
-of World War I postcards. -Yes. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
So, first of all, we've got some nice little embroidered postcards | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
and these are the sort of things that soldiers would have sent back | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
to their sweethearts. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
-Yes. -But who did these come from? | 0:03:03 | 0:03:04 | |
Have these come through the family to you? | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
No, they haven't. When I got married in 1971, | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
I came up from Oxford and went into an unfurnished flat | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
on Morecambe promenade, this is 1971. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
The estate agent said if there's any stuff you don't want, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
clear it out, but these two volumes I didn't have the heart to, | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
because it was obviously a love story between Gordon Atkinson | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
to a Miss Gladys Barker. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
So, these two albums, am I right in saying, that they were just left | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
in this house that you moved into? | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
-Yeah, just left. -I mean, you've got a huge collection here. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
-Yes, all from him. -All from him? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
-But we know nothing about him? -No. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:40 | |
So, is he writing these postcards throughout the First World War? | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
Is it just for a year or so? | 0:03:44 | 0:03:45 | |
No, this goes from 1915 right through to 1919, after the war. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
-After the war. -So he stayed in France. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
So we have no idea whether he ended up with Gladys? | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
No, I'd like to think he did. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
I'd like to think he did. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:57 | |
My goodness me. Let's have a little flick through. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
I'm amazed that each one is written on. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
Turn up any, it'll say, "Fondest love, Gordon." | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
Wouldn't it have been lovely to know what happened to them? | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
I'd like to have known what he looked like, to be honest. Or her. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Yes, but we shall never know. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
But it wasn't just these postcards that were sent, | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
it was these as well. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:16 | |
We've got some which had sort of humorous scenes. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
Yes, a classic, English, ironic humour. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
It sounds to me, Jenny, like you've had a couple of really good evenings | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
sitting in front of the fire and going through the whole lot | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
-and having a really good read. -Yes, yes. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
And I'm so pleased that someone who hasn't been connected with these, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
yet you have kept them. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
This one is quite interesting. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:37 | |
A photograph here, well, a postcard really, of all these soldiers, | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
and it says there on the back, "A few of our fellows." | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
And that's dated 1917. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
-Yes. -I've only known of these for five minutes and | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
I feel quite attached to them. I mean, you've had them even longer | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
-but you are happy to get rid of them now? -Yeah. I think they can go now. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
Well, I think it would be nice to put an estimate on of, sort of, | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
-£60 to £100. -Really? | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
-£50 reserve. -Yes. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
I hope that there's a couple of old romantics at the auction | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
who feel the same way as us and that they make good money. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
-Thank you so much. Thank you, Jenny. -OK, thanks. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
Time now for Charles to catch up with Len, who he met earlier. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
Now, you've brought along two walking sticks. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
-I have, yes. -Are you a collector? | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
Well, just starting sort of thing. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
Where do you find your walking canes? Do you go to antique fairs? | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
Auction houses? | 0:05:29 | 0:05:30 | |
-Car boots. -Car boots? | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
Car boots, charity shops. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
I don't go to pay top dollar for them. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
These weren't from charity or car boots, were they? | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
They were from charity shops. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
-They weren't?! -They were, yes. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:41 | |
May I have a look at one? | 0:05:41 | 0:05:42 | |
-Yes. -What's this made of, Len? | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
I'm not quite sure about that. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:45 | |
-Malacca. -Malacca. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
-Malacca, malacca. -Malacca, malacca. -And it's a cracker. -Yeah. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Where does malacca come from? | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
-The Orient? -Sumatra. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:52 | |
-Yeah. -And they've been making canes from malacca for over 300 years. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
We then look at this handle to the cane and what's really lovely is, | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
first of all, we've got these quite obvious Japanese or Chinese figures, | 0:06:01 | 0:06:07 | |
-which are repousse - or embossed - in relief. -Yes, yeah. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
And here we've got this Japanese elder with what appears | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
-to be Japanese script as well. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
And what's lovely is a very indistinct monogram. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
And I think it reads HRT. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
And that would have been the owner's initials, and that Gothic type | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
-of script would date this to around 1885. -Yeah. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:32 | |
OK. Shall we do a swap? | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
We can, yes. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:35 | |
This one also is beautifully made in what appears to be | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
blackthorn of some type, an oriental hardwood, very dense. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
And what I like so much is that wonderful colour, | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
which has been built up over the oily retreat of sweat | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
that's created that wonderful colour, and I love that collar, | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
there, as well. Not silver, but that... | 0:06:54 | 0:06:55 | |
It's got a nice finish to it. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
That serpent just gives it that exotic feel and that would certainly | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
indicate to me a date of around 1885. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
-Were they expensive when you bought them? -No, no. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
So, how much was this one? | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
Oh...250, that one. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
-£2.50? -£2.50. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:11 | |
-You're joking? -Yeah. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
It's amazing, and this one must have been more. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
No. £2. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:16 | |
I like your style. I think it's always, right place, right time. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
Well, yes. Yeah, yeah. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
I wouldn't dream of paying £100 or anything like that.. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
Amazing. I admire you. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:25 | |
-What are they worth? -I don't know. Tell me. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
Well, I would say your £4.50, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
you could multiply it by 20. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
-And a bit more. -Ah! | 0:07:34 | 0:07:35 | |
And I'd be very happy to put these into an auction | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
with a guide price of £100 to £150. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:43 | |
That sounds good to me. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:44 | |
-Are you happy? -Yeah. -I bet you are. No, well done, you. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
And I would probably put a reserve on, at the bottom estimate, | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
at £100 and, hopefully, they might just walk away. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
I should have brought more. I've got more at home. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
-Have you really? -Yeah. -I can't believe it. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
It sounds like Len could have an auction all to himself. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Meanwhile, has Catherine found a collection with Eastern promise? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
Richard, Gail, | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
this is a very colourful collection of accessories that you have brought | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
to Flog It! today. Where did you get them from? | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
Well, I inherited them from my father and aunt, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
both of whom were the children of missionaries in China | 0:08:17 | 0:08:22 | |
at the turn of the century, through to the 1930s. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
And this has all been then handed down to you? | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
It has, yes. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
And where do you think they got all these from? | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
Do you think they got them from the locals? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:32 | |
Yes, almost certainly they were given by the locals, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
who didn't have two pennies to rub together. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
So, these were love gifts to them. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
You've got some really lovely Chinese accessories. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
The first thing one may think when you see shoes like this, indeed, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
is that they were used for children - but they weren't. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
They were more for adults and their feet would have been bound... | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
Yes, to restrain them. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:53 | |
-..as young children, to get into... -To get into those. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
..something like that. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:57 | |
So, these shoes have all been... They came back, when, in the '30s? | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
They came back in the '30s from China with a box full of things like this. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
And this has just been sat in the same box... | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
-I mean, have you looked through it as the years have gone by? -Yes, yes. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
Yes, we've had Chinese folk look at it and, of course, | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
it comes from their history, so they've been very interested. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
Very interesting to see. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:15 | |
Now, this waistcoat here, this interests me, | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
because it's beautiful, a lovely colour blue. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
Again, it's just so finely done. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
We've got the butterfly there, and the beautiful flower, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
-right in the middle. -Mm. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:25 | |
Who did this belong to? | 0:09:25 | 0:09:26 | |
Probably my father, and we think that and the doll was probably his. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
-The doll as well? -They were kept for sentimental reasons. -Absolutely. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
-And you've got a spectacle case here as well. -Yeah. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
-What's your favourite piece? -I love the waistcoat. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
-And you, Richard? -And mine as well, for sentimental reasons. -Yes, yeah. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
Well, I think, looking through it, one of my favourite pieces | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
are these little shoes. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
-I think they're wonderful. -Yes. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
And I'm especially interested in these because of the little | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
-cat motifs at the front. -They are lovely, aren't they? -Yes. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
Now, do you know why cat motif? | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
-No, we don't. -No. -Well, the cat is known in Chinese culture | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
to bring good fortune, so perhaps that's why you would have the cat | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
on the front of the shoes, | 0:10:04 | 0:10:05 | |
but I just think it gives them such great character, I really do. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
Well, I think, overall, this is a really interesting collection. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:13 | |
I think a lot of Chinese buyers would be interested in it. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
Now, it's something that you want to sell? | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
-It's been in your family a long time. -Mm-hm. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:19 | |
It has, but I'm not sure the next generation, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
who live in a different world now, would be interested in having it. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
-Right. -We feel that some people will be interested enough | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
-to want to buy them. -Absolutely. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
I think, let's put it together as a nice little collection, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
a nice group, selling it all together. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
I wouldn't put a particularly high estimate on first of all, | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
but I would put say 80 to 120 | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
as a nice sort of come-and-get-me estimate. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
-Right. -I suggest that we do protect these | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
-with a reserve of £70 at least. -Yes. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
I think let's put 80 to 120, 70 reserve on, | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
-and I think we could well be surprised. -I'd be happy with that. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
Thank you very much indeed for bringing them along and thank you | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
for sharing your family history. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:00 | |
-Thank you, Catherine. -Thank you. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:01 | |
Well, there you are, our experts have now found their first three items to take off to auction. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
We're having a fabulous time here in Morecambe, but right now, | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
we've got some business to do in the sale room. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
Here's a quick recap of all the items | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
that are going under the hammer. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
Will those albums from the bottom of the basement | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
get top price in the saleroom? | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
Let's hope the two walking canes from the boot sale | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
run at the auction. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:30 | |
And those Chinese shoes may be small, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
but we'd love them to be a big hit. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
We're heading east but only to the other side of Lancashire for our | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
auction, in the town of Clitheroe. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Our lots will be going under the hammer at Silverwoods, | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
where Wilf Mould is in charge. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
The saleroom is filling up. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:51 | |
I'm going to catch up with our owners. Any minute now, | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
the auctioneer's going to be on the rostrum. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
Let's get on with our first lot. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
Remember, there's commission to pay in auction and here today, | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
the rate is 10% plus VAT. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
Going under the hammer right now | 0:12:03 | 0:12:04 | |
we've got two fabulous postcard albums belonging to Jenny, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
and we normally have good surprises with these. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
-But I like the story that you found them in a dry cellar. -Yes. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
Did you want to do any detective work and try and trace families? | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
It's typical, it's something you think to do tomorrow... | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
You know, tomorrow and tomorrow... | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
And put it off and you never do. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:22 | |
..and put it off. And then, at the end of the day, I thought, | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
"Someone will be collecting these." | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
I think they're going to sell at £60-odd. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:27 | |
-There's a reserve of 50, isn't there? -There is. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
They're going to sell. Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
It's going under the hammer now. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
This album of 292 postcards | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
and then you've got an album of 180 souvenir postcards. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
And we'll start these again on interest at £38. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:47 | |
38, looking for 40. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
I have 38, 40. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:50 | |
Two, five, eight, 50. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
Five, 60. Five, £70. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
75. 80, five, 90. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
95, 100. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
And ten. 120. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:03 | |
130. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
At £120 on the front. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:06 | |
130. 140. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
-Oh, my goodness me! -140 now, if you like. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
I have 130 bid on screen. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
140 is bid. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:13 | |
150 now. 160, if you like. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
At 150 then. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:16 | |
Are you all quite sure? | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
At £150. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:19 | |
It's going at 150... | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
-Well done. 150, I think that's the right value. -I'm surprised! | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
That's the right value. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:25 | |
That's fantastic. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
There's local history there. There's so much history in those albums. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
Yeah, that was amazing though. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
Well done, and thank you for bringing them in - and if you've got | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
anything like that, we would like to sell it for you. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
Bring it along to one of our Flog It! valuation days. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
You can pick up details on our BBC website or on our BBC Facebook page. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:43 | |
If not, check the details in your local press. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
Dust them down, bring them in - we'll flog them. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
That's a great start to our auction. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
Can we keep up the pace with those walking sticks? | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
I've just been joined by Len and in a moment, we're putting those | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
two walking canes under the hammer. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
Bought for a total of - Charles, do you know this...? | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
-£4.50. -Yeah, £4.50. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:00 | |
-Could you do that? -No way. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
Do you do a lot of this, sort of buying and selling? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
Well, I look around shops and see what's going in car boots, yeah. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
-And you're always learning and that's the main thing. -Oh, yes, yes. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
-We find that, don't we? -Absolutely. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
Len's got very discerning eyes so we've gone in quite strong | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
with the reserves. I'm hoping we can just hit the 100. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
Look, let's find out what the bidders think, | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
because I think you're on the money here, I really do. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
Good luck, this is it. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:23 | |
You've got the two items in this lot. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
You've got a very nice root stock walking cane | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
and you've got the Chinese malacca walking cane | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
with a white metal, decorative pommel. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
And again, interest on the pad. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
I shall start these at £65. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
-Come on. -65, 70. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
-Five, 80. -Here we go. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:41 | |
Five, 90. Five, 100. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
-They're walking out. -100 is bid in the room. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
110 from anybody else? | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
I have £100, two good sticks here. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
110, 120. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
130. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:53 | |
At £120 then... | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
All finished at 120. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
£120. Well done, Len! | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
Will you reinvest that in some boot fairs | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
and some antique markets and some antiques shops? | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
-I don't think so. -Probably go towards a holiday. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
Oh, good. OK. Well, all right. Look after yourself, then. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
Yeah, thank you very much. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
No doubt, you'll be back out at the car boots. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
Oh, definitely, yeah. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:15 | |
When the weather picks up. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
Auctioneer Wilf has delivered two great results. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
Can he make it a hat-trick with that Chinese collection? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
Richard and Gail, it's great to see you again. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
Fingers crossed, OK? It's a mixed lot, this one. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
It really is. I mean, you've got something for everybody, | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
Chinese collectors, cos we've got spectacle cases, we've got little watches, as well... | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
-Shoes. -But everything's Chinese, and we've got a really nice selection, so... | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
Yeah, and I'm pleased you didn't decide to split them up, | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
-and I think the auction has agreed with you, because otherwise they would've done it anyway. -Yes. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
And we're looking at 80 to £120. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
-Good luck, both of you. -Thank you. -Thank you. -Going under the hammer now. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:53 | |
This collection of Chinese curios, | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
which are mainly silk embroidered shoes for bound feet. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
Nice little mixed lot for you there. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
And we shall start this straight on at £48. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
48, 48 and 50 now. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
50 is online. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:09 | |
-Halfway. -55, 60 now. 65. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
Looking for 70. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
£70 is on the screen. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:15 | |
75 now. 80 is bid now. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
£80 - and five from anywhere else? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
85. 90, all online at the moment. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
-£90... -That's what we need. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
95. I'll take 100. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
-And 100 is bid. 100... -Good. -110 now. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
110, 120. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
130. 130. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
-Ooh, it's going up! -130, 140 now. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
140. Anybody else? | 0:16:36 | 0:16:37 | |
-150... -Internet's in on it. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
-Brilliant. -That's good. -160. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:41 | |
I'll take 170. At £160... | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
-It's a steady climb, but it's going in the right direction. -It is... | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
Anybody in the room? All done at 160. Online, then. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
At 160... | 0:16:50 | 0:16:51 | |
Fabulous. Fabulous. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:54 | |
Well over the top there. Well done, Catherine. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
That's a hard one to put a value on. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
-It was a hard one. -Yes, cos it's such a... | 0:16:58 | 0:16:59 | |
-Yeah. -But I'm pleased for you. I think that was a good result. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
-Yes. -And thank you for bringing such gems in, as well. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
-OK. -Yeah, they really were good. -Mm. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
All done at 170. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
Well, there you are. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
That's our first three lots under the hammer, done and dusted. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
We're coming back here later on in the show, so do not go away. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
Before we return to the valuation day to find some more treasures, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
I want to find out more about one of Britain's biggest comedians, | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
who was a Morecambe boy in every sense of the word. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
This modest house in Morecambe | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
was the birthplace of John Eric Bartholomew. He was born in 1926 | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
and he went on to form the greatest comedy duo on British television. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:44 | |
He was also regarded as the funniest Brit of the 20th century. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
You may know him better by his stage name, Eric Morecambe. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
He took his surname from his beloved hometown | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
and he went on to become the funny bloke of Morecambe and Wise. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
How you teamed up first, whose idea was it? | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
-Shall I answer that? -Please do. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:01 | |
-His mother, actually. -Yes. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
-His mother? -His mother, Eric's mother. -Could take a long time, this. -Yes. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Tell him the story. And let me interrupt and get a few laughs. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
Like so many people, | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
I grew up laughing at the antics of Eric Morecambe. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
The Morecambe and Wise Show | 0:18:18 | 0:18:19 | |
became one of the most watched programmes on British television. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:23 | |
But how did the boy from such humble beginnings in Morecambe go on to be | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
one of the biggest names in comedy? | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
Morecambe was a thriving resort, | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
attracting millions of holiday-makers, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
who flocked to the theatres dotted around the town, | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
the largest of which was the Winter Gardens. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
It was the ideal place for Eric's talent to be spotted | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
at a very early age. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
Eric's eldest son Gary | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
has documented his father with several books | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
dedicated to his life and career, | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
including how Eric's mother played a pivotal role in shaping his future. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:56 | |
She'd seen her husband work for the council all his life and it was | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
literally down the mines, or digging roads, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
and she wanted more than just that for her son. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
And noticing that he had some kind of talent, it was worth pushing. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
That's how she felt. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:10 | |
And that began with talent competitions, locally, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
and he went from there. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
By the time he was 13, | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
Eric was regularly performing in theatres around Morecambe, | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
like this one, in fact. He performed on this stage many times. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:28 | |
He won so many times that he actually was barred from taking part | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
for a short while to give the holiday-makers a chance of winning. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
His natural comic genius soon caught the eye of scouts and agents | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
and he was booked on a big show to tour the country, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
and that's where he met, in 1940, Ernest Wiseman, | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
who we know as Ernie Wise, another comic genius, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
a child prodigy. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
Both men were conscripted into military service during World War II, | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
but joined forces soon after | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
and started performing as a double act, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
touring the country and becoming known as Morecambe and Wise. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
Thank you, thank you. Who's come on? | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
-Oh, it's us. -LAUGHTER | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
-Good evening. -All right, darling? Working? | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
Oh, you're up there, are you? | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
Oh, where have I gone? That's the wife. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
Eric and Ernie weren't just talented comedians, | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
they were bright young men with vision and forward-thinking. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
They realised variety theatre was on its way out | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
and television was the future, | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
and that's where they wanted to be. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
Eventually, in 1954, they got their big break, | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
their very own TV series, Running Wild, on the BBC. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
Sadly, it was broadcast live, so no footage survives. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
Unfortunately, it didn't go down very well. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
I remember all the write-ups, all of them... | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
Psychologically damaged... | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
How dare they put such mediocre talent on television. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
First man, "Is that a television in the corner?" | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
Second man, "No, that's the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in last night." | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
-Did you feel very depressed afterwards? -Oh, yes. -What happened? | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
We said, "That's it, we're not going on television again." | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
Our career, we said, is in ruins. We didn't even have a career then. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
But they weren't deterred. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
They went back to the stage | 0:21:10 | 0:21:11 | |
and carried on doing what they knew best, | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
biding their time, honing their skills, refining their act, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
and rebuilding their reputation. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
Within weeks, they were billed to appear at Manchester, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
and they went down a storm there, | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
and that sort of gave them their confidence back. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
And they realised for the very first time | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
that TV always plays into your favour. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
You can't go wrong with TV. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
Because they were billed as these | 0:21:35 | 0:21:36 | |
great comics of television, type of thing. So it was wonderful, yeah. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
The hard work and talent shone through. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
Eventually, they got another shot at television, and this time, | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
they grabbed hold of it and didn't let go. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
From then on, Eric and Ernie really took off. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
And with success and fame came wealth, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
and Eric splashed out on the car he always dreamed of, a Rolls-Royce, | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
and this is the model, a 1971 Silver Shadow. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
Mike, pleased to meet you. You were his chauffeur. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:02 | |
-I certainly was. -Mike drove Eric around in this very car, | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
still in pristine condition today. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
So, how did you get to be Eric's chauffeur? | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
I got to be Eric's chauffeur when he was at the BBC, | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
and when the contract was finished, | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
Eric came to me and asked me to be his full-time chauffeur. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
-And you just jumped at the chance? -Almost, yes. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
After about two or three seconds, I said, "Yes, please." | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
And then I was Eric Morecambe's chauffeur. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
-Can we go for a spin? -Of course. -Along the seafront? Come on, then. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:31 | |
-Let me do it, sir. -Oh, thank you very much. -There we are. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
-Oh, it smells good, doesn't it? Oh, the leather. -You can smell... still smell the leather. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:40 | |
Ah! | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
Ah, this is fantastic. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:43 | |
What does it feel like, driving the car now? | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
I know Eric's not here, but do you sometimes think Eric's in the back still, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
whenever you're in this car? | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
Yeah. When you drive it, all those memories come back from years ago. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
Sure. Every time I saw Eric on TV, especially in interviews, | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
he was really jolly and happy and he always had a smile on his face. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
But you must have known the real Eric. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:07 | |
-What was he like? -He always worried about how it was going to come out when it came out on television. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
That was the first thing he asked me and asked everybody else was, | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
"Is it OK? Was it better than last time?" | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
And that was the pressure, really, of being on TV. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
-Yeah, forever the perfectionist. -Yeah, absolutely. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
Oh, yeah, he was his own critic, as I say. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
Everything had to be absolutely right. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
Eric and Ernie worked incredibly hard | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
to make their comedy seem effortless and natural. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
And the hard work and the stress of it all, staying at the top, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
took its toll on Eric. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
In 1968, aged just 42, he suffered his first heart attack. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
It was obviously a massive blow, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
but Eric wasn't going to let it affect him. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
Eric and Ernie were now established stars on television, | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
and after Eric's health was back on track, | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
they recorded some of the greatest comedy ever, | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
with the stars of the day queueing up to be guests on their show. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
Now I'd like to introduce to you the greatest star | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
we've ever had on the show. The one and only Sir Lawrence... | 0:24:09 | 0:24:13 | |
-Can't come. -LAUGHTER | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
# Yeah, yeah, yeah... # | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:27 | |
At the height of their success in the 1970s, | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
the Morecambe and Wise Christmas show | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
was about the biggest thing on TV. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
An incredible 28 million people, including me, tuned in to watch it. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:39 | |
That's about half the population of the UK. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
It was no longer a TV show, it was a cultural event | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
that certainly proved the critics wrong. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
When you're getting in the 20 millions of viewers, you know, it's a big thing. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:53 | |
People were literally defining their Christmas Day | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
on the quality of the show, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:57 | |
and when you do a great Christmas show, next year, what do you do? | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
It has to be at least another great show, if not better. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
That was a lot of stress, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:05 | |
particularly on my father, because he was the renowned funny man, | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
the glue for the show, and he was carrying that burden, | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
and that was a real strain on his health. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
In 1979, Eric suffered another heart attack | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
and needed a seven-hour bypass operation. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
-Seriously, how are you feeling? -Great. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
What's the doctor's verdict though, you've got to...? | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
Very good. Very good. I'm not really here at the moment, I am a recording. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:25:28 | 0:25:29 | |
-He's going to rest. -I've got to rest. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
-For several weeks. -For a couple of weeks, is it? | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
-Several. -You've obviously got to take it easy for a bit though, presumably? | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
Well, if I can get a bit, I'll take it easy, yes. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:38 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:25:38 | 0:25:39 | |
Intensive care unit, please. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:40 | |
See you. Bye-bye. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
Eric and Ernie continued to make their TV series | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
for the next few years, | 0:25:48 | 0:25:49 | |
but obviously at a much reduced rate. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
Eric finally slowed down | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
and took time out to write a couple of novels, | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
but sadly, in 1984, | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
Eric Morecambe passed away after suffering another heart attack. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
He was only 58. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
His funeral was attended by the biggest names of the day. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:10 | |
Ernie Wise, Eric's partner for 43 years, | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
described his death as the final curtain. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
Even at his own funeral, | 0:26:18 | 0:26:19 | |
Eric had the last laugh, when Dickie Henderson, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
a friend from their music hall days, read a few words from Eric. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
"I would just like to say | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
"that your tribute to Arthur reminded us all | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
"what a great comedian Arthur was. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
"And I should like to book you for mine, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
"just to remind everybody what a great comic I was. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
LAUGHTER "Love, Eric. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
"PS - I will pay you when I see you down there." | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:26:43 | 0:26:44 | |
And I can remember that day well. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
It was a terrible loss to the nation. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
There was a real sombre mood in our house. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
My mum and dad were really upset. They never missed an episode. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
It was like losing a relative, really, because he was always on our TV sets. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
This statue of Eric was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
as a mark of respect to a comic genius. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
People from all over the country come here | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
to have their photograph taken with Eric in the classic pose. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
There's his binoculars, cos he was a keen twitcher, | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
looking at all the birdlife out there in Morecambe Bay. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
And for me, Eric Morecambe was very much like his comedy. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
He was clean, he was innocent, he was intelligent. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
He never upset anybody. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
He just wanted to make people laugh. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
And do you know what? For me, Eric Morecambe is still doing it. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
In the lyrics of that song that played out on the credits at the end of the show, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
he's bringing me sunshine, he's bringing me laughter, | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
and he's bringing me love. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:44 | |
Well done, mate. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
# Bring me sunshine | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
# In your smile | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
# Bring me laughter... # | 0:27:52 | 0:27:53 | |
Time now to get back on with our valuations at the Platform. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
There's still plenty of bags and boxes full of treasures, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
and hoping to bring some laughter and sunshine to one lucky owner | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
is Catherine Southon. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
John, good to meet you. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
-Thank you. -You've brought along a rather nice diamond cluster ring. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:12 | |
Can you tell me a little bit about it, please? | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
I got it from a shop, it was about 30 years ago. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
And I bought it for my wife. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:18 | |
And was it for an important time in your marriage? | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
Not really. It was close to 25 years, | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
-but I was working away and she wanted a pressie... -Right. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
..so I took her out to the diamond shop. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
And this is what she chose. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:31 | |
-That's correct. -Was it the biggest, shiniest ring in the shop? | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
-I think it was, yes. -So, where did you meet your wife? | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
-At school. -At school. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
-Yeah. -Gosh, so you've been together all that time? | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
-Yeah. -So, 30-odd years ago, this is sort of early '90s, about that sort of time? | 0:28:41 | 0:28:45 | |
Diamond cluster rings were very fashionable. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
Cluster rings today aren't so fashionable, but nevertheless, | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
this is still a jolly nice example. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:53 | |
Do you know how many diamonds you've got there? | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
Not the number of, but I know I've got 2.19 total carats. | 0:28:55 | 0:29:00 | |
Right, OK. And do you remember what you paid for it, | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
-if you don't mind me asking? Back then? -£1,100. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
Right, so that was a significant investment, then. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
-That was a lot of money. -A lot of money then. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
Let's just have a look at this ring. I'll take it off the little cushion. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
-The diamonds are still sparkling... -Yeah. -..and still look good. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
And you've got here an 18-carat gold shank. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
Now, the price that you paid, which was over £1,000, | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
you were buying retail... | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
-Yes. -So you are spending, sort of quite high value, really. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
And buying from a diamond shop, so you were really paying top dollar. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
We are now talking about sending this off to auction | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
and you've got to think that the price will be reflected in that. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
So you wouldn't be looking at £1,000, you'd be looking at lower than that. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
Also, thinking about the fact that, as I said before, | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
cluster rings aren't as fashionable as they once were, | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
I think value on this, you're looking at about 600 to £800. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:54 | |
-Ah-ha. -How does that sound to you? -That's fine. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
-Are you happy to sell at 600 to 800? -Yes, that's fine. | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
We can put a £600 reserve on. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
-That would be ideal. -You'd be happy with that? | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
-That would be ideal, yeah. -But this has been with you, | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
or with your wife, for such a long time. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
Why is it now the time to sell it? | 0:30:08 | 0:30:10 | |
Well, it's time for myself... | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
I've got two sons, but that's... | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
It gives me a problem, maybe, what son will get the ring. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:20 | |
-Right, OK. -And so on, so I'd rather move on now | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
-rather than after I've passed away. -Right. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
Your wife is no longer with us. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
-No, she's passed away, almost six years ago. -Right. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:31 | |
Right, OK. So let's try and sell this ring | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
and perhaps, you know, enjoy the time with your sons, as well. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
And hope that it does very well at auction. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
Thank you so much for coming along. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:41 | |
-Thank you. Thank you very much. -Good luck. -Cheers. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
-RADIO JINGLE: -Loving the Red Rose county. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
BBC Radio Lancashire. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
Earlier on this morning, I was interviewed by Sally | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
from BBC Radio Lancashire. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:53 | |
We rely on the local radio stations to flag up publicity for us. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:58 | |
It's part of the big machine that the BBC have here. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:00 | |
-And, hello, Sally... -Hello. -I talked to you earlier on. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
We're trying to get more people to come down. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
-I want to talk to you about Eric Morecambe, because you've met him, haven't you? -I have, I have. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:09 | |
It was very exciting. I used to be a Tiller girl. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
-OK. -Have you heard of the Tiller girls? -No, I haven't. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
Well, the Tiller girls were a high-kicking group of girls, | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
we were top of the bill wherever we were as dancers. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:19 | |
And I appeared at the theatre just down the road here, | 0:31:19 | 0:31:22 | |
-the Winter Gardens... -Yes. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:23 | |
And we're talking the early '70s here. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
And I can remember being on stage as one of the Tiller girls, | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
doing our routine, and suddenly the word spread along the line, | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
"Eric Morecambe's in the wings." "Eric Morecambe..." "He's not." | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
"Eric Morecambe..." So as the word passed along, | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
we all kept our feet going, doing the routine, | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
we did the final bar, looked up and then everybody gazed into the wings | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
and there was Eric Morecambe, giving us a big round of applause. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
He met every single girl. He was absolutely fantastic. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
I think it was the time he turned the lights on here. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
-But, yeah, what a memory to have. -And can you still do the high kicks? | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
-Do you want to see? -Come on! -Go for it... -Ready? | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
HE LAUGHS AND CHEERS | 0:31:59 | 0:32:01 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:32:01 | 0:32:02 | |
-You can still do it! -Thank you! | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
-Well done. Thank you, Sally. -You're welcome. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
I think I pulled a muscle just watching those high kicks. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
Let's move inside to a more sedate setting, | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
where it looks like Charles | 0:32:14 | 0:32:15 | |
has found some Eric Morecambe memorabilia. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
Ann, I was hoping today | 0:32:18 | 0:32:20 | |
-to come across something which would bring me sunshine... -Yes. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:24 | |
And to come across this 1963 season Show Time pamphlet | 0:32:24 | 0:32:30 | |
signed by the great men themselves, Morecambe and Wise. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
Tell me how you acquired it. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:35 | |
I was on holiday with my parents in Blackpool, | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
we were staying at my auntie's, and we always went to the pier show. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
And that year, it was Morecambe and Wise. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:43 | |
How famous were they back in '63? | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
Not as famous as they became. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
I suppose for me, when the great Mr Morecambe died in '84, | 0:32:48 | 0:32:53 | |
I was only eight. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
-Wow! -So I never got a chance to really see... | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
-No. -..him and his great wingman. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
-How good were they? -They were brilliant. -Why? | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
Because they had the ability to make you laugh | 0:33:02 | 0:33:05 | |
without having to tell a joke. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
They were funny. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
-It was the way... -Yes. -..they just interacted, I suppose. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:12 | |
-Yes. -So, this was Blackpool. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
What I can see straight away is here we've got the autograph | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
of Eric Morecambe just here, there here is, looking very youthful. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
-Yes. -And beside him, the great Mr Wise. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:24 | |
Show Time, a show of the stars. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
It's just wonderful. And is it complete? | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
-Yes. -What do you remember about the show? | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
I remember standing outside, waiting for them to come out. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
It was so thrilling that we could actually speak to them. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
-A bit like yourself, you know. -Get out of here. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:39 | |
I'm a humble man. When they came out, what did you say to them? | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
Just "Hello" and "Did you like the show?" | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
We said yes. That was more or less it, | 0:33:44 | 0:33:46 | |
because there were lots of us around wanting autographs. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
-But they were quite polite... -Oh, yes. Yes. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
-They were lovely. -Wonderful. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
-So you saw them once... -Yes. -You acquired their autographs. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
And do you feel it's now time to say au revoir to this little...? | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
-Yes. -Why? -Because it was in my autograph book in a dark trunk | 0:34:01 | 0:34:06 | |
and I know there are collectors that will appreciate it. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
There really are. What's this autograph here? | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
It's Matt Munro's. He was also on the programme. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:14 | |
He was really well known. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
-Was he? -He was a really well-known ballader. Yes. -Was he? -Singer, yeah. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
-And that's him here? -Yes. -Matt Munro. Wow. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
But did Morecambe and Wise really stand out for you? | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
-Yes. -As a talent? | 0:34:24 | 0:34:26 | |
-Oh, yes. -And of course, what's lovely, | 0:34:26 | 0:34:27 | |
we've also got here the running order of that programme, | 0:34:27 | 0:34:31 | |
on that evening. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:32 | |
Oh, it's tremendous. I think it's wonderful condition. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
-Apart from the back... -Yes. -..which obviously was stuck down. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:37 | |
That will affect value somewhat. But the autographs, particularly, are nice and clear. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
-Yes. -And the fact that you were there on that very night... | 0:34:41 | 0:34:45 | |
-Yes. -That's provenance. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:46 | |
-Yes. -And pedigree is so important to say, Ann, as a 14-year-old, | 0:34:46 | 0:34:51 | |
saw the hands that signed the pamphlet. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
What's it worth? Well, its auction market value today | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
is between 60 and £90. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:01 | |
-Goodness me. -So, it will be a real pleasure... | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
-Yes. -..to give it a send-off. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
-Yes. -And with your blessing, we can put a reserve on, maybe at £50... | 0:35:05 | 0:35:09 | |
-Yes, that's fine. -If that meets your approval? -Yes. -Happy, Ann? -Yes. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
-On that note, thanks a lot. -Thank you. -Thank you. Pleasure. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
And finally, it's time now to tick off | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
Catherine's last find of the day. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:19 | |
Michael, welcome to Flog It! | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
-Thank you. -And what have you brought with you today? | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
What I've brought is this Rolex watch, | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
which I've had since the 1950s. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
So you bought this back in the '50s. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
Where did you buy it from in the '50s? | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
I bought it from a shop in Kuala Lumpur. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
And what were you doing in Kuala Lumpur may I ask in the '50s? | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
I was in the RAF. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:39 | |
And I was posted to Kuala Lumpur and I ended up being an instructor | 0:35:39 | 0:35:45 | |
at Malayan Auxiliary Air Force. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
How old were you, if you don't mind me asking in the '50s? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
Well, in 1956, I'd be 20. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
So this then was a bit of a special thing to then go out and buy. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:55 | |
Yes, I mean, Rolex watches have always been a status symbol. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
Yes, absolutely. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:00 | |
So, erm, that's why I bought it. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
You're clutching something there. What's in the envelope, sir? | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
That's the receipt from the watch dealers, | 0:36:05 | 0:36:09 | |
which tells you that I paid 200 Malayan dollars. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
Do you know how much that was then? | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
About £25. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:15 | |
Was that a lot of money for you back then? | 0:36:15 | 0:36:17 | |
It was when you were on RAF pay, yes. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:19 | |
-Right. -It took a bit of saving up, yes. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
A bit of saving up. Can I hand that back to you for one second? | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
-Thank you. -And what's the other piece of paper | 0:36:24 | 0:36:26 | |
-that you've got there? -This is the Rolex guarantee, | 0:36:26 | 0:36:28 | |
which has the number of the watch on it. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
Now, that's quite crucial, to have the number on the watch | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
because as soon as we see Rolex watches, | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
alarm bells start ringing straightaway and we think, | 0:36:36 | 0:36:39 | |
it's going to be a fake. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:40 | |
But the main sort of period that they started faking Rolex watches | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
was in the '70s and the '80s. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:45 | |
But looking at this, and looking at it quite closely, | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
I can see that there's numbers between the lugs here. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:52 | |
-Yes. -And these numbers here equate to the numbers that you've got... | 0:36:52 | 0:36:57 | |
-On the watch... -Written, not only on the guarantee there but also... | 0:36:57 | 0:37:02 | |
-Also on the receipt. -On the receipt there, so that all does match up, | 0:37:02 | 0:37:05 | |
which is a nice sign. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
It looks like it's been through the wars a little bit. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
-But I'm guessing you've worn it a lot. -Well, I did, yes. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
It was the only watch I had and it got knocked about a bit | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
and eventually, when it stopped working, | 0:37:15 | 0:37:17 | |
I decided that rather than send it back to London again | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
to have it serviced, I'd just buy myself a cheap watch. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
Right, OK. The fact that you bought it in the '50s and looking at it, | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
the fact that you've got the numerals here, | 0:37:27 | 0:37:29 | |
and it all seems to match up, is good enough for me. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:31 | |
So, why are you thinking of selling it | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
because this is so important to you? | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
It's got a lot of history behind it. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:36 | |
Well, yes, it has, but as I said, | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
I eventually bought another watch and it hasn't worked | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
since about, erm... 1965 or something like that. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
-Gosh, right, so quite a long time. -So it's 50 years since it worked. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:49 | |
If you are willing to sell it, my feeling is, | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
put a reasonable estimate on of £200 to £300, with a £200 reserve. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:57 | |
I hope it will do very well indeed because it's got Rolex on the watch, | 0:37:57 | 0:38:01 | |
it's got Rolex on the guarantee, it's got Rolex on the receipt, | 0:38:01 | 0:38:06 | |
and even on the envelope. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
-Yes. -So I'm thinking this will probably do well. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
We've just got to get it to work again. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
-Very good. -Michael, are you happy with that? | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
Yes, I'm very happy with that. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
Well, it's been a pleasure to meet you | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
and sharing your stories and let's hope we do well | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
with this little gem. Thank you very much indeed. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
Thanks very much indeed. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
Well, you've just seen our experts have now found their final items | 0:38:28 | 0:38:31 | |
to take off to auction, which means sadly we have to say goodbye | 0:38:31 | 0:38:35 | |
from the Platform here in Morecambe. It's time to say goodbye, everybody. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
Give that camera a big wave. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
We have some unfinished business to do in the auction room. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
That's where we're going right now, | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
to put those valuations to the test | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
and here's a quick recap of what's going under the hammer. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:51 | |
We're hoping the bidders simply fall in love | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
with all the diamonds in that wonderful ring. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
Will the comedy duo of Morecambe and Wise's signatures | 0:38:58 | 0:39:01 | |
raise some serious money at auction? | 0:39:01 | 0:39:03 | |
And surely the time is right to be selling that Rolex. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
Keep watching and you'll find soon. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:12 | |
Back at Silverwoods saleroom, | 0:39:12 | 0:39:13 | |
Wilf Mould is in full flow on the rostrum. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
And it's show time, as Ann's musical programme | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
is about to go under the hammer. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:21 | |
Now, since the valuation day, you've decided to cancel the £50 reserve. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
-OK. -So there's no reserve, it's going. It's definitely going. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:27 | |
-Yes. -Good on you, because we wanted Morecambe and Wise memorabilia, | 0:39:27 | 0:39:30 | |
we really did. It sums up the whole area, doesn't it? | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
-Yes. -And you were 14 years old when you met them. -Yes. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
Well, look, fingers crossed, these go to a good home | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
and they're going under the hammer right now. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
We have the North Pier Pavilion programme, signed, more importantly, | 0:39:40 | 0:39:45 | |
by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
Now, who will start me at £80 for this one? | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
-80 from any of you? -Come on. -50 then. 30, if you like. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
-Come on. -At £20. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:55 | |
22, anybody else? | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
With the two autographs on it. | 0:39:57 | 0:39:59 | |
At 22 and 25 from anybody else then? | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
-Come on. -At 22 and 25. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
It's got that local pedigree. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:05 | |
£22 now, I'm going to sell. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
-It's gone. -Make no mistake at £22... | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
Well done for reducing the reserve. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:12 | |
-Yes. -That means we got it away. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
Quite right. It is the right place, Paul, to sell it. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
-It definitely is. -But the market didn't call it. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
Thank you for bringing that in because it made our show. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
We needed something like that, Morecambe and Wise memorabilia. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
It didn't make as much as we'd hoped but it was the memories of meeting | 0:40:24 | 0:40:27 | |
Morecambe and Wise that were priceless for Ann. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
John, good luck. Let's hope this next item | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
sparkles in the saleroom and lights it up. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
It's that diamond cluster ring. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:36 | |
I know you bought it in the '80s, | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
you paid the proper retail price for it. Just over £1,000. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
The problem that we have today is they are just not fashionable. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:44 | |
But would this be bought and split up then? | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
-For earrings and... -It could possibly be bought and split up. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:49 | |
-That's the thing. -Yeah. We need top money. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:50 | |
Let's hope it sparkles. Here we go. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
Lady's 18-carat gold and diamond cluster ring. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
Who will start me at what, £700 for this ring? | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
-700... -700 would be nice. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
600 quickly. Five. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
400. 400. 420 now. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
At £400. 420 from any of you? | 0:41:05 | 0:41:07 | |
At £400 and 420, I'd take, 420 | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
for this ring. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
-Where's 420 for it? -It's struggling. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
It is really struggling. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:14 | |
-Yeah, yeah. It is. -Are you all quite sure at 400? | 0:41:14 | 0:41:17 | |
Well, I'm very sorry, folks, but... | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
We are not selling it. I'm very sorry, John. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
You're right, it is the fashion. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:22 | |
Fair enough. What would you advise? | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
I would suggest just keeping hold of it and probably not doing anything | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
with it for a while because the thing is, you never know, | 0:41:28 | 0:41:30 | |
something like that may well come back into fashion | 0:41:30 | 0:41:32 | |
but there's a lot of diamonds there. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
And you shouldn't just let it go for £400, | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
-which is what they were asking. -Right. -It's a nice ring | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
and you paid a lot of money for it so I would keep hold of it. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
It was a shame about John's diamond ring | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
but that's sage advice from Catherine. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:46 | |
And now, time for the final item, | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
will Michael's stopped Rolex make the auction tick? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:52 | |
Well, I'm a big fan of our next lot. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
I like my watches. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
-Why are you selling this one? -Partly because it doesn't go. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
But I got tired of it. | 0:41:58 | 0:41:59 | |
Look, it's a good watch. It is a man's watch, | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
but the fashion for women nowadays is to wear bigger watches. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:06 | |
So there's a big market, | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
so I think this is going to sell | 0:42:08 | 0:42:09 | |
and I think 200-300 is a great pitch. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:11 | |
The important thing is all the numbers matched up... | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
-They correspond. -Yes. -And that's what people like. -Yeah. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
So, fingers crossed we get the top end plus. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
-Hopefully. -Yes, that's what we want. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
Time is definitely up now. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:21 | |
It's going under the hammer and this is it. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
It's the Rolex Oyster perpetual gentlemen's wristwatch. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
Has its original receipt. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:28 | |
It also has its original guarantee card. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
And I shall start at £600. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:33 | |
£600, straight in. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:35 | |
700 online. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
-800 now. -Oh, my goodness me. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
1,000 on the internet. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:41 | |
£1,000. 1,200 now, jumping up. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:44 | |
£1,400. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
Wow! | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
1,400. 1,500, I'll take. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
This is a come and buy me, isn't it? | 0:42:51 | 0:42:52 | |
It was a bit of one. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
And they are on the phones and they are going up. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
£1,500, on the telephone. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
All done at £1,500... | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
Yes! Hammer down. £1,500! | 0:43:02 | 0:43:06 | |
-Put it there, Michael. -Well... £1,500. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
Thank you so much for bringing that in. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
That's cheered you up, hasn't it? | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
-Oh, yes. -Brilliant. -We'll have to do this again. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:15 | |
You should have bought more of them at the time. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
Look, it's a great way to end a show. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:19 | |
We needed a big surprise and we certainly got one today. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:22 | |
-Oh, yes. -200 to 300? | 0:43:22 | 0:43:23 | |
No! £1,500. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:25 | |
I hope you enjoyed that | 0:43:25 | 0:43:26 | |
and come back for many more surprises, but until then, | 0:43:26 | 0:43:29 | |
it's goodbye from all of us. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 |