0:00:05 > 0:00:08Well, I'm certainly in a party mood today and I bet this lot are keen
0:00:08 > 0:00:10- to have a good time, aren't you? Yes!- Yes!
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Well, we've come to the right place,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14because we're in Reading in Berkshire,
0:00:14 > 0:00:18which is renowned globally for its music, mud and mayhem.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Yes, I'm talking about the Reading Festival.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Our venue today is The Concert Hall,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25which is housed inside this magnificent building, the town hall.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29We haven't even opened the doors yet and I've already lost my voice, I'm so excited.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Today, we are taking centre stage.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Welcome to "Flog It!"!
0:00:35 > 0:00:36CHEERING AND PAUL LAUGHS
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Let's rock!
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Reading Festival is the world's oldest popular music festival
0:01:02 > 0:01:05that's still in existence today.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10It started life in 1961 at Richmond Athletic Ground in Surrey
0:01:10 > 0:01:13as an annual jazz and blues festival.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And then, in 1971, it moved to Reading.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20By this time, it was almost exclusively playing rock music.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Today, Reading Festival is known worldwide for featuring
0:01:23 > 0:01:27the biggest and the best acts of the contemporary music scene.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Almost 90,000 music fans invade Reading every August bank holiday
0:01:32 > 0:01:33for the festival.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Now, I know we can't rival that, but just look at this queue,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39because it goes all around the centre of the town.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I tell you what, today, we are going to rock
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and I can't wait to get inside there and find out
0:01:44 > 0:01:47what all of these antiques and collectables are worth.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48I know this lot are excited,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51so let's get the doors open and get on with the show!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Already working the crowd like the rock stars they are,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57we have our experts...
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Anita Manning.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- I think it's lovely.- Do you really? I like you.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03And Nick Davies.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- If she was an original...- Aye-aye.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You and I would probably elope!
0:02:08 > 0:02:09LAUGHTER
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And it looks as if Anita is the headliner
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and Nick's the supporting act.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- I'm going to have it, off you go. - Oh, all right!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20It's time for the first act, so let's get this crowd inside.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Our valuation tables are set up inside the Victorian concert hall
0:02:24 > 0:02:25and are ready to go.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28So, whilst everybody takes their seats and makes themselves
0:02:28 > 0:02:33comfortable, let's take a look at what's coming up later on.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36An exotic walking cane turns up on Anita's table.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41There is a whole zoo of embossed animals on here.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43This makes it even more interesting.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48And we have a fantastic surprise at auction.
0:02:48 > 0:02:501,400, 1,500.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Wow!- 1,600...
0:02:52 > 0:02:53- Whoo!- I'm going hot.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59And I'll be paying a visit here to Cliveden House
0:02:59 > 0:03:02to tell you about two events that changed the face of British politics
0:03:02 > 0:03:04in the 20th century.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09But first, we are immersing ourselves back in the world of pop,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12as Nick has come across a piece of music history.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Now, Sandra,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17you've brought us something I wish I had at the time,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20and it won't make sense till I turn it round, will it?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23A ticket to go and see The Beatles.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Were you there?- I was there, yes.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I was a student at Newcastle University at the time.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Right, what were you studying up there?- Classics.- Classics, OK.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34And The Beatles came to Newcastle.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36We had to apply for tickets by post.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Oh, yes.- And so lucky we got some.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Very lucky dip. And what was it like? Come on, the atmosphere,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- it must have been electric. - It was very noisy outside.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Yeah.- Everybody was screaming and yelling.- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- And I had a seat in the balcony. - Right.- Which was excellent.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Just like here?- Just like here. - Just like here, fantastic.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Paul McCartney's piano was exactly underneath us.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Really?- I can remember him playing Yesterday.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- Oh, like it was yesterday? - Like it was yesterday.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Fantastic, that's brilliant.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08But this is 1965, so for Beatles collectors,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10it's just a wonderful thing.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Yes, it is.- You know, with all the festivals and things that go on nowadays,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16this is where it really started and really kicked off, didn't it?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20All the music that's come from there was these type of shows
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- in the mid and early '60s. - Yeah.- And it's so simple.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And how much was the ticket? Ten and six?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Sixpence.- Ten and sixpence, what's that? That's about 52p.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Yes, not much nowadays.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Could you imagine going to see the Beatles for 52p?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38That would be unbelievable. I'm very envious, I'm very envious,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40cos I'd have loved to see The Beatles,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42one of my favourites, without a doubt.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46I mean, as a bit of memorabilia, it doesn't have an awful lot of value,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49it's just the heritage almost and the story behind it,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51which is so interesting.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I would probably say at auction, it's going to fetch
0:04:53 > 0:04:55somewhere around about £40 to £60.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Oh, as much is that?- Yeah, which is not bad for a 52p ticket, is it?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- No.- We'll put a reserve on of 40, with maybe a bit of discretion,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05but I think it's just such a good entry-level thing for a Beatles
0:05:05 > 0:05:09collector who's going to start off collecting this type of memorabilia.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10- Are you happy with that?- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13And thank you for telling me the story. Loved it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Next, over to Anita,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18who has come across something of interest.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Well, Barbara, we're going to have a great time today
0:05:23 > 0:05:25playing with these marvellous wee dolls.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Tell me, where did you get them?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29They were my mother's. She's American.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Oh, right?- So I'm not sure whether they're American dolls or German.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Yeah. Let's have a wee look at them.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42You know that usually on dolls we look at the back of them.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Yeah.- To see if we can see... - I've never found anything.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- Have you not?- No. - ANITA LAUGHS
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Well, if we look on the bigger one...- Mm.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Now, there is a very big hint here.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It was Madame Alexander, New York, USA.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- Madame Alexander was a doll maker, a New York toymaker.- OK.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06The label on the dress is giving us another hint.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08It's McGuffey Ana.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12And McGuffey Ana was the name of this doll,
0:06:12 > 0:06:17this particular doll. That was her name, McGuffey Ana.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19If we look at the wee doll...
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Again, looking at the back, this is Judy Ann.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27And again, this is an American doll.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Different maker.- Mm-hm.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33But still round about the same period.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- OK.- What I want to now, I want to know about your mum.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Why did she come across here?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40What did she do in America?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42What brought the family here?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43She was born out there.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Er, I believe that she was working in a toy shop.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50A toy shop?!
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Erm... And I also believe that that's where she met my father.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57So what happened? Did they come over to...?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01They came over together and my mother was over here,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- actually, for 27 years.- Did she worked in a toy shop over here?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07No, no, no, no. She ended up as a book-keeper.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Ah, right.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Both of these dolls, they are made of composition.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13- Mm.- They have painted eyes.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Mm-hm.- They have limbs that move. - Yes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18But they're fairly sort of basic little dolls.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22But they are of that wonderful 1940s period,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25just post-war there in America.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- And we have with them...- I know. - ..this selection of clothes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I love these wee shoes.- I know.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33ANITA LAUGHS
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Tell me, Barbara, did you play with these dolls?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- I did, yeah.- You did? Well, you were obviously a very careful child,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43because the dolls are still in good condition.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Price on these,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49I'd like to put them in, conservatively, at £60 to £80.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Would you be happy to put them in at that price?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- I would, yeah.- Yeah? And I think that they're absolutely charming.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Thank you.- So thank you very much for bringing them along.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Thank you very much.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Earlier on, I mentioned the Reading Rock Festival,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11where tens of thousands of visitors invade the town each year.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12What's it like living here?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I found a local resident who's going to tell me a bit more about that.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18So, what is it like? What is it like?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I don't mind the change to the town at all.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24There's lot of people, I'm ashamed we call them swampies,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26because everywhere gets so muddy.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30My earliest memory of the festival is sitting on my grandad's
0:08:30 > 0:08:33outside toilet, because the music sounded fabulous from there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Did it? You could hear it? - I heard, you know,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Rod Stewart in his heyday there.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39But now I've got an allotment,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42which is in the next field to the main stage.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Oh, really? - And the acoustics are fabulous.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And does it help the vegetables grow?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Well, there've been some clues. So, yeah, I guess it does.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Thank you for talking to me today. - Thank you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Well, we need one more item before we go off to auction
0:08:54 > 0:08:57for the first time. Who is that lucky owner going to be?
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Let's find out.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Well, Diane, now you've brought a load of hat pins in.- Mm-hm.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12When these were in their heyday, 1890-1920,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14everybody would have had a hat on
0:09:14 > 0:09:18and all the ladies would have had a hat pin to secure it in place.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- True.- And the reason why it changed about 1920, do you know why?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- No.- Haircuts changed.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26As your hair is, the bob came into fashion,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28didn't need hat pins any more.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31They could secure them without going through the hair.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Where did all these come from?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38A great aunt who had lived as a companion with two sisters.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Right.- And when they died, she inherited...
0:09:40 > 0:09:42So she collected them?
0:09:42 > 0:09:46They did, I presume, because there are two of some of them.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- OK.- Which means they must have liked the same things.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Yeah, sometimes you have pairs of hat pins.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Oh, possibly.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55I've sold all sorts of hat pins.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59But there's a couple in here that are made by a very famous hat pin maker.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01A chap called Charles Horner.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Oh.- He was based in Halifax
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and he produced that hat pin.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Shape of the treble clef.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10And that little heart one.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14And he manufactured them, used to hallmark them in Chester,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16and these are bang on his period.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I think from, that's 1908, and that is 1906,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22so right at his peak of manufacturing hat pins.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23He made all sorts of other things as well,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25but hat pins he is quite known for.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Interesting.- People still collect hat pins,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30even though they don't wear them. They still collect them.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34And I know this is just a sample of what you have,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36there are very many more that you brought along.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39So we've just pulled out the better ones, if you like.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Yeah, OK.- The two little thistle ones topped with amethyst there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Yeah.- Little Amethyst stones.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47They are quite nice. A little bit of detail to them.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51And they are standing in, what you must have if you have hat pins,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53because I have already been pricked by a couple of these,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- and I have the scars to show for it...- Me, too.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58..is a hat pin stander.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59That is a silver-plated one.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01And that is a little silver one.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04So they are just quite nice to go with the collection.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Have you ever worn them? - I have, yes.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Ascot?- No, Henley.- Henley.- Yes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And you've no use for them any more?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- I haven't.- I've got lazy about cleaning.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Got lazy about cleaning.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17We get that quite a lot, I must admit.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Should we talk about a value?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Yes.- Yes. I think...
0:11:22 > 0:11:25in total, as a group, we'd sell them as a lot.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26It's not really worth splitting.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28They're not that rare.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33I would put the group lot in at around about £100 to £150.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- What do you think?- Yeah.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37We'll put a reserve on them, say £90,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39so we're not giving them away for nothing.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Can we say 100 as the reserve?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Oh, go on, then, I'm not going to argue for a tenner. £100 reserve.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Brilliant.- What are you going to do with it?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Well, that'll get my grandson a trip to Amsterdam.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Your grandson a trip to Amsterdam?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Fantastic. Well, that should work out really well.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55You never know, we might get him a flight back as well.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Well, that would be even better.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Having a good time, everyone?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yes. That is what it is all about.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Reading is rocking.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Our experts have now found their first three items
0:12:10 > 0:12:13to take off to auction. This is where it gets exciting.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Anything could happen. Do not go away.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Stay with us on this
0:12:17 > 0:12:19because I think there could be one big surprise.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22And here's a quick reminder of what is going under the hammer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Will the Fab Four's fans go wild for Sandra's 1965 Beatles ticket?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Barbara's two dolls have come all the way from America,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39and we are selling them with a selection of dolls' clothes too.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44And finally heading under the hammer are Diane's two stands
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and collection of hat pins.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Including the treble clef and the heart-shaped pins by Charles Horner.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Today, it's auction time.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00This is where it gets exciting.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Now you heard what our experts said about the items at
0:13:02 > 0:13:05the valuation day. You've probably got your own opinion.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08But right now we're going to find out what the bidders think inside
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Martin and Pole auction rooms in Wokingham.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Come on, let's put them under the hammer,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14and fingers crossed they hit the roof.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Remember, whether you are buying or selling at auction,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19there is always commission and VAT to pay.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24Here the rate if you are selling is 15% plus the VAT.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Already hard at work on the rostrum is our auctioneer for today Matt Coles,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31so let's hope the Beatles ticket belonging to Sandra
0:13:31 > 0:13:33doesn't go for a song.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Talk me through that concert. I want to know what it was like.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Was it loud, to start with?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It was, yes. Yes. All the girls were screaming.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Well, good luck. Let's hope we get top dollar.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It's going under the hammer right now.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Start this for me at £28.
0:13:47 > 0:13:4830 anywhere?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50With me at £28.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Any further offers at £28?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I've got 30. 32, 35, 38.
0:13:55 > 0:13:5840, 42, 45. 48, 50.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I'm running out of breath. 65, 70, 75.
0:14:01 > 0:14:0780, 85. 90, 95. 100.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10So £100 on the internet.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Any more in the room at £100?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I don't know why I'm here, it's all on the internet.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16At £100, any more?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17At £100 and selling.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Are we all done now? Fair warning.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21£100.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22£100!
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Great. I can't believe it.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26No, it was a good result, wasn't it?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Good provenance as well.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- Yes. I was there.- I wish I could say that.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35The Beatles' fans are definitely online today.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Next, hold on to your hats, it is Diane's collection of hat pins
0:14:38 > 0:14:40with two stands.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And I know you want to sell these to raise money for some flights
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- to Amsterdam.- That's right, yeah. - Send your grandson to Amsterdam?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- That's right. He's going to work for Mattel for a year.- OK.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52So either for him or him and his brother.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Who knows?- Little trip out there? - Yeah.- Oh, good on you.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Good on you.- Should do it. - We should do this.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59There is a lot here.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Yeah. Let's stick it to them, let's find out.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's going under the hammer now.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04A collection of Victorian hat pins.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Start this off for me at £75.
0:15:06 > 0:15:0880 anywhere?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10With me at £75.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Any further offers? At £75...
0:15:12 > 0:15:15At £75, are we all done then?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17At £75?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19At 75, then, all done.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I'm so sorry, I don't know what to say, I'm actually lost for words,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26thinking that was obviously going to sell because of the quantity.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29It just goes to show, there wasn't a market for them today, not here,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31not even online.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- C'est la vie!- I'm ever so sorry.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- Don't worry.- They'll get to Amsterdam, won't they?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- They will.- They'll have to row!
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Next, it's those two American dolls and a selection of clothes.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45These were your mum's dolls, weren't they, Barbara?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Yes.- Nice thing, though, nice thing.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50We know there are lots of doll collectors out there,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52so hopefully we're going to find them right now,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54as they go under the hammer.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56This is it, good luck.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I have an absentee bid here of £45.
0:15:58 > 0:15:5948 anywhere?
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Oh.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Selling at £45...
0:16:02 > 0:16:0448 on the internet.
0:16:04 > 0:16:0550 now on the internet.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11- 50.- 55.- 55.- 60. 65. 70. 75.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- Good, good.- 80. 85. 90. 95... At 95.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Look, it's two internet bids bidding against each other.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- At £100 now. And ten.- Yes, yes!
0:16:22 > 0:16:23At £110.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Are we all done on the internet? I've got people in the room here,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27they might want to bid as well. £110.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29That was a good little flurry.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- £110. 120 on the internet. - Oh, brilliant.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34£120.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Any more? At £120.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40On the internet, then, at £120.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- Are we all done?- Fantastic.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Absolutely brilliant.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Yes! You know, wasn't that great?
0:16:47 > 0:16:48You know,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50and hopefully bought online, the internet,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52hopefully they're going to go back to America.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- It would be lovely, wouldn't it? - It would be good.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56What a great result for Barbara,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00and we'll be back at the auction for more surprises later on in the show.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02While we are filming in Berkshire,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I had the opportunity of visiting the magnificent,
0:17:05 > 0:17:09the majestic Cliveden House, to find out more about the role
0:17:09 > 0:17:11the house has played in British politics.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22Cliveden was purchased at the end of the 19th century by William Waldorf Astor,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24one of the wealthiest men in America.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28He and the Astor family settled quickly in England
0:17:28 > 0:17:31and soon became part of the British aristocracy.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35In 1906, William gave Cliveden House to his son Waldorf
0:17:35 > 0:17:39and his American wife Nancy Langhorne as a wedding gift.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Nancy and her husband gave Cliveden a new lease of life -
0:17:42 > 0:17:46they entertained on a lavish scale.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The house quickly became a destination for film stars
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and politicians such as Charlie Chaplin,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Ghandi and Winston Churchill.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Nancy Astor, the First Lady Astor,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00came from the American South and shortly after her arrival here
0:18:00 > 0:18:03she came a figure of great interest, everybody wanted to know her.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05She was only five feet high,
0:18:05 > 0:18:10yet on all accounts she was both beautiful and very intelligent.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Both the young Astors were actively involved in politics
0:18:13 > 0:18:16and they saw themselves as being a lot more liberal than the former,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18more conservative Lord Astor.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23And it would be Nancy who went on to become the more famous of the two.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26In 1919, just one year after women were given the right to vote
0:18:26 > 0:18:29and become a member of Parliament,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Nancy Astor, to a fanfare of worldwide publicity, made history.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36She became the first woman to take a seat as an MP for
0:18:36 > 0:18:38the Conservative Party.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Women had died for the vote.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Mrs Pankhurst and that woman who threw herself...
0:18:46 > 0:18:48and I realised
0:18:48 > 0:18:52that I was there because of what they'd done.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56I've come to the Lady Astor bedroom to meet Sue Williams,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58general manager here at Cliveden,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02to hear more about Nancy's political life.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05So what was she like outside of politics, as a person?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07She's written up as a tale of two halves.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11She had a big heart, but with her own family I think she was very,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- very tough.- And in politics, what was she like?
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Her real aim was to improve the welfare for families,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21so that would cover everything from education, health,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23living accommodations and actually it is Nancy
0:19:23 > 0:19:26who brought in our drinking laws of today, which are...
0:19:26 > 0:19:27I didn't know that, really?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Yeah, being able to drink over the age of 18.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33So how was Nancy treated in the House of Commons upon her election?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Her attributes really offended all the male politicians
0:19:36 > 0:19:38that she kind of was working alongside.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Her whole style was just, just tenacious.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44I mean, my best friends didn't speak to me hardly, they couldn't.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47It was like going into a members club.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48- MAN:- An all-male club, as it were?
0:19:48 > 0:19:49An all-male club.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And I was very conscious of that.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53She was controversial.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56They really shunned her and wouldn't speak to her barely at all.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59They wouldn't sort of open doors and stand up for her to move along
0:19:59 > 0:20:00the benches and things like that.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02They didn't disagree, many of them,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04and certainly this was the position of Winston Churchill.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08They didn't disagree with the vote for women and women in politics,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11but he didn't care for some of the more aggressive tactics
0:20:11 > 0:20:15that they would use. Nancy and Churchill were...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- They didn't get on? - They did not get on at all.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21There was this one wonderful occasion that is well recorded.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Nancy was so wound up by him, she said,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26"Sir, if you were my husband I'd poison your coffee".
0:20:26 > 0:20:29He came back with his razor-sharp wit and said,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32"Ma'am, if you were my wife, I would drink it".
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Wonderful sort of put you down with just wit and intelligence.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Lady Astor died at the age of 84.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Her life at Cliveden and her involvement in British politics
0:20:44 > 0:20:47meant she left a lasting impression and legacy.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Thanks to the next generation of Astors,
0:20:49 > 0:20:53the parties at Cliveden continued throughout the '50s and '60s,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57and it was in 1961 that a meeting took place here that rocked
0:20:57 > 0:20:59the British establishment.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01It was the height of the Cold War
0:21:01 > 0:21:04and the building of the Berlin Wall
0:21:04 > 0:21:07had created a divide between East and West.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11This was the backdrop to a meeting that put Cliveden at the centre of
0:21:11 > 0:21:14political life for the second time in a century.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Now a frequent visitor of the Astors here at Clivedon the early 1960s
0:21:20 > 0:21:24was a successful Harley Street osteopath called Stephen Ward.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27He'd massaged the backs of the rich and the famous,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30people like Winston Churchill, the Royal family, Elizabeth Taylor,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34but he also specialised in introducing beautiful women
0:21:34 > 0:21:39to powerful and influential men, who attended parties here at Cliveden.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Stephen Ward had friends in high places,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45including the British secret services - MI5.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48And Ward would frequently stay here in Spring Cottage on the estate
0:21:48 > 0:21:54and he'd arrived with handfuls of gorgeous young women by his side.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01One of these women was a model, 19-year-old Christine Keeler,
0:22:01 > 0:22:06and on one summer's evening at the Cliveden swimming pool in July 1961,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10she caught the eye of the Conservative Member of Parliament
0:22:10 > 0:22:12and Secretary of War John Profumo.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The minister became smitten with the model
0:22:17 > 0:22:20and they began a three-month affair.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Profumo's affair would have probably remained unknown if it hadn't been
0:22:24 > 0:22:27for the arrival here, at the swimming pool,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31of a handsome Russian spy called Yevgeny Ivanov.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Now, the very same weekend that Ward introduced Ivanov to Christine Keeler here,
0:22:35 > 0:22:40later on that evening John Profumo turned up on the scene
0:22:40 > 0:22:42and the inevitable happened.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47The Russian spy met up with the British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Shortly after that, the circle was complete.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Ivanov also had an affair with Christine Keeler.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Now I know this is beginning to sound like a John le Carre novel,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58but the plot is about to thicken.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Due to the growing influence of the tabloid press in 1960s Britain,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05the story soon came out.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08The love triangle between the British cabinet minister,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11the Russian spy and their girlfriend became headline news,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15and a political scandal for the Government of the day.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Rumours of the affair between Keeler and Profumo were raised in
0:23:18 > 0:23:21the House of Commons. John Profumo, the British Minister of War,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25was hauled before his party to answer questions about the affair.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister of the day,
0:23:27 > 0:23:31was furious that the reputation of the Government was at stake -
0:23:31 > 0:23:33both at home and abroad.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36John Profumo denied having an affair with Christine Keeler.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40He lied. And later on in a statement of the House of Commons
0:23:40 > 0:23:43when he addressed them he read out the same lies.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47The press and the Opposition were determined to get to the truth.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50The Minister John Profumo eventually confessed
0:23:50 > 0:23:55and made a public admission of guilt and resigned from the Government.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58The Russians spy Yevgeny Ivanov fled back home.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03The publicity around the case alarmed the secret services, MI5,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07who felt that Stephen Ward's intelligence activities
0:24:07 > 0:24:10and links to the Russian spy might be revealed,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13so they decided the best course of action was to hand him over to
0:24:13 > 0:24:15the police.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Stephen Ward was charged with living off immoral earnings
0:24:20 > 0:24:22and his trial began in July 1963.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26It was characterised as an act of political revenge,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28for the embarrassment it caused the Government.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32After a damning speech by the trial judge,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Ward committed suicide before the verdict was read out.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Ward felt he'd been made a scapegoat of the Establishment
0:24:39 > 0:24:42and many of Ward's so-called well-connected friends
0:24:42 > 0:24:44didn't turn up to speak on his behalf.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48And MI5 didn't reveal the uses they made of Ward
0:24:48 > 0:24:53as a channel of communication to the Russian spy.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55In a separate trial later that year,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Christine Keeler was found guilty of perjury
0:24:57 > 0:24:59and served six months in prison.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03She always insisted Stephen Ward was not guilty of the charge
0:25:03 > 0:25:06of living off immoral earnings that he had faced.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09The Profumo affair had aroused such national interest
0:25:09 > 0:25:12that seven months after the death of Stephen Ward,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16the Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigned.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21In the following year, the party lost the 1964 election to
0:25:21 > 0:25:22the Labour Party,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26who went on to hold power for the rest of the decade.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29So there you have it, two dramatic events that put Cliveden House at
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the centre of British politics during the 20th-century.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Now that's quite some story for one house.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Back at The Concert Hall in Reading, it's still a packed house,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48with hundreds of people waiting for a valuation.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Let's now join up with our experts
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and see what else we can find to take off to auction.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Hillary, welcome to "Flog It!".
0:25:59 > 0:26:05Now there is nothing more elegant than a silver-topped walking stick,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08but tell me, where did you get them?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11They belonged to my husband's grandfather
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and were passed down to his daughter,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17my husband's mother, and then they were passed to my husband.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Have they been used throughout the family?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22They would have been used by the grandfather.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I myself have used this one,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28I used it to help me along sometimes because it was more elegant
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- than an ordinary walking stick. - Exactly, exactly!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34What you have here is fashion and style.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Let's have a wee look at them.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Now I like this one here, with this...
0:26:39 > 0:26:47It's mythical or exotic-looking bird, with a bit of a hooked bill.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48I thought it was a swan,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50but my husband said he thought it was an eagle.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Right, OK.- Because it's got the hook, as well.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55That's right, that's right.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59What I like about this one are the details of the eyes.
0:26:59 > 0:27:06We have these glass eyes, which give it an almost human, animated look.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08So I do like that.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13Now I've had a wee look over this top and I can't see a hallmark,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16but it feels like silver.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19But I think this may have been a continental one.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24The walking sticks that are making money in the salerooms today
0:27:24 > 0:27:27are ones which have an added element,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31or a little bit of novelty value or a little bit different.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35This one certainly fits into that bill.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38LAUGHTER
0:27:38 > 0:27:39So it's a good-looking item.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42The base of the stick,
0:27:42 > 0:27:47we usually have a little metal sleeve that fits in there.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49That's missing,
0:27:49 > 0:27:53but we're not bothered too much about that, easily replaced.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56And the shaft is made of some sort of hardwood.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00This one is a very interesting stick.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05Oriental. This silver is Chinese silver.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10The motifs are beautifully embossed,
0:28:10 > 0:28:16so I want to have a wee closer look at the decoration on this one here.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18And you know, as I look at it,
0:28:18 > 0:28:23there is a whole zoo of embossed animals on here.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- I've never noticed that. - There are tigers,
0:28:25 > 0:28:31some sort of antelope-type creature, there's an elephant...
0:28:31 > 0:28:35This makes it even more interesting, and it's, again,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37in perfect condition.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39You have this ebonised shaft here.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42We do have the base on that one,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46so we've got two really quite nice sticks here.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Price...
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- I think that they should be sold together...- Yeah.- ..in one lot.
0:28:52 > 0:28:58And probably, maybe 80-120 on the pair.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00They might go further than that, in fact, I hope they do.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- That's fine.- Would you be happy with that, Hillary?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Yes, yeah, I would be. And the reserve, would you put a reserve?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- We'll put a reserve of £80 on them. - 10% is discretionary normally?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- 10% is discretionary. - That's fine, yes, yeah.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Thank you so much for bringing them along.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- Thank you so much, thank you. - Terrific.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Next I'm meeting Mick,
0:29:17 > 0:29:21who's worked as stage security at Reading Festival since the 1970s.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27And he has amassed a huge collection of memorabilia.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30So all of this is basically band detritus.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Plectrums that have been lost or flicked about.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Drumsticks that were dropped from the kit
0:29:34 > 0:29:38and set lists that were Sellotaped to all the monitors and PAs.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- That's right, yeah.- You just picked it up and took it home?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42I certainly did, but I gave a lot of it away to fans down at
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- the front of the stage.- Aw, that's a really good thing to do.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47You must have met a lot of these guys as well,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49showing them backwards and forwards?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52That was the big thing about it, it was who you were going to meet,
0:29:52 > 0:29:53who you were going to have a drink with
0:29:53 > 0:29:56and who were you going to talk to and what would they give you?
0:29:56 > 0:29:57Look at all the plectrums you've got.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59What's the most famous plectrum there?
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Guitarists would personalise their own plectrums.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05So you'd see someone like that,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick with his autograph on one side
0:30:08 > 0:30:10and his picture on the other.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14It became things like that that you would pick up.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16That's the bass guitarist from the Ramones.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18And he gave me a handful.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21It was people like Phil Collins, gentleman that he is,
0:30:21 > 0:30:23"Phil, can I have a set of sticks?"
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- He would say...- "Of course you can."
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It's all here, rock and roll history.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Thank you so much for talking to me.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31You know what? You brought back memories for me.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35- Lovely, thank you.- What a fantastic contemporary collection.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Next it's over to Nick who's found some much older items.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Well, Susan, here we are in the choir stalls
0:30:42 > 0:30:44with our ace choir behind us.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you to sing,
0:30:46 > 0:30:49and even more importantly, I'm not going to sing!
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- So you've brought in these lovely paperweights.- Mm-hm.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Where on earth did you get them from?
0:30:54 > 0:30:58In the '70s my husband found them in an old sack by a skip
0:30:58 > 0:31:01and he said he liked them and they were quite pretty
0:31:01 > 0:31:02and he didn't want to leave them
0:31:02 > 0:31:04and he thought perhaps I would like them.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07There was a lot in there and they were all damaged,
0:31:07 > 0:31:09but these were among them, these were about the best
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- and I kept these in my cabinet. - Do you know anything about them?
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I don't know anything about them at all.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Except I found some dates.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18There's a date on that one and a date on this one.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- That's right. - I didn't know what they were.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25If you look really carefully, that's got 1847,
0:31:25 > 0:31:26that's the date that was made.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Gosh!
0:31:28 > 0:31:29That's pretty impressive.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31We got some "oohs" and "ahs" from behind!
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Wow! These are all by the same company.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Are they?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38It's a French company called Baccarat,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40who are very famous for making glass.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43They started in 1745 under Louis XV from France
0:31:43 > 0:31:45and they made all sorts of things -
0:31:45 > 0:31:49chandeliers and drinking glasses and decorative pieces.
0:31:49 > 0:31:55These paperweights, there is a classic period about 1845 to 1860,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57these are all from that period.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Now there's some odd things about them.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02This one is my personal favourite.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05It's called a scramble because it just looks like a mess.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09All these multicoloured canes in here start in a length of glass
0:32:09 > 0:32:12and then they cut them and insert them in there
0:32:12 > 0:32:15and lay them on this base and then encase them.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19It's quite a complex process. It's so beautiful when it's in your hand.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22All these canes have got little motifs on them
0:32:22 > 0:32:26and there's one round the side here, just there,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30it's called the Diablo cane, which is the devil came.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32And Baccarat used to put them in,
0:32:32 > 0:32:34just a little tweak of what he used to do.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35The one you're holding in that hand...
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- That's the one I think is prettiest. - You like that one?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Butterfly garland, but there's a problem with it.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43You can see the difference between all three of them.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46What's the difference with that one? It's all been faceted, hasn't it?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Yes, yes.- I believe they didn't do faceted paperweights.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I think that's had a bruise in it at some time
0:32:51 > 0:32:56and they've cut the bruise out and made the facets.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58So you're getting different styles,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01but by accident really with that one.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Then we move again now to the third one.
0:33:03 > 0:33:09Not as crisp, not as clear and really with the millefiori canes,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12all these canes round here, the whites and the blues and greens,
0:33:12 > 0:33:16you really have to have a little bit more definition to them.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19It just looks, if you compare them, a little bit blurry, I think.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- Yeah.- Collectors like crisp and clean.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Shall we talk about value?
0:33:23 > 0:33:29The one I like the most, I think at auction would fetch £300 to £500.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34OK? That one, even with the facets, same sort of value.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- £300 to £500.- Gosh.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Not so exciting, not so well made,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I would say that one is probably near £150 to £250.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Yes.- Reserve?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47£300, a bit of discretion?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Same for that one and 150 on that one.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- How does that sound? - That's lovely, yes.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53We could skip off together.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Lovely.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Now for our final valuation of the day, over on Anita's table.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Veronica, welcome to "Flog It!"!
0:34:03 > 0:34:07You've brought along a "Flog It!" favourite.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Two terrific pieces of Troika.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Tell me, where did you get them?
0:34:13 > 0:34:16The small piece came from a car boot
0:34:16 > 0:34:19and it was actually filled with dried flowers.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22The larger piece, I think I got from a charity shop,
0:34:22 > 0:34:27- but many, many years ago.- Can you remember what you paid for them?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29I think I paid £1 for this.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31£1? Wow!
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I have no idea, I wouldn't have paid a lot for it.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Tell me what drew you to them.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Oh, the designs. The abstract and the colour.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44I collect studio ware, so I do like it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49Was that before the time when Troika was, I suppose,
0:34:49 > 0:34:51known to us all or became popular?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Yes.- So you'd a good eye?
0:34:53 > 0:34:59- Hopefully, yes.- Troika, of course, was the wonderful Cornish studio
0:34:59 > 0:35:06which made these wonderful abstract or modernist designs set up by
0:35:06 > 0:35:09the three potters and, really,
0:35:09 > 0:35:14it went from '62 to maybe '83, but we had many designs.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19This particular design is called the wheel design.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20If we look underneath,
0:35:20 > 0:35:26the monogram will tell us who made this particular wheel vase.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29We see LJ, that's Louise Jenks.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- OK.- OK. So it's good that we can identify the potter.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38This one here, this possibly could be...
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I'm not recognising that monogram,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43but your auctioneer will do his research
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and identify it before the sale.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- OK.- I have to say to you that the bigger the vase is, very often,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53the more expensive it is.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58- OK.- These are, I suppose, more traditional shapes.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02I'd put them together and I would put an estimate of say
0:36:02 > 0:36:06£200 to £300 on the pair.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09If you're happy, we can go forward and sell them at that.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- Yes.- So you bought well, you bought well.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Do you want to put a reserve on these vases?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- I would like a reserve. - Perhaps £180.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- OK.- And give the auctioneer a little discretion?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Yes.- Thank you for bringing them along.- Thank you.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Well, there you are. You've just seen them,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33our experts have now found their final items
0:36:33 > 0:36:35to take off to auction. So, sadly,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38it's time to say goodbye to our magnificent venue,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40The Concert Hall here in the heart of Reading.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Have you had a good time, everyone?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- ALL:- Yes!- Well, thank you so much for turning up.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48We thoroughly enjoyed it today, but right now
0:36:48 > 0:36:51we have some unfinished business to do in the auction room,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54so here's a quick recap of all the items we're taking with us.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Let's hope Hillary's two walking sticks appeal to the animal lovers.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Nick split Susan's collection of 19th century glass paperweights
0:37:06 > 0:37:07into three separate lots.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17And finally, heading under the hammer are the two pieces of Troika
0:37:17 > 0:37:19belonging to Veronica.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Back at Martin and Pole in Wokingham,
0:37:24 > 0:37:28auctioneer Matt Coles is still hard at work on the rostrum and first up,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31it's Hillary's two walking sticks.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33I think these will go to a collector.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I think these will be highly sought after.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Yeah, I think they are more collectable as a say for a collector
0:37:38 > 0:37:39rather than someone using them.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Yeah. Happy, everyone?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Shall we find out what the bidders think?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45This is the moment of truth, isn't it?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47You've probably got your own idea,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49but let's find out exactly what they're worth.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51They're going under the hammer right now.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53We'll hand the proceedings over to the auctioneer.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Absentee bids on this.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57I'll start it with me at £90.
0:37:57 > 0:37:5995 anywhere?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01With me at £90.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Any further offers at £90?
0:38:02 > 0:38:0595, 100.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09110, 120, 130 with you now. £130.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Any more at 130?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Selling then at £130.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14All done?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- That's a good result, £130. - That's good.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- We're happy.- They deserved that. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Did well.- Pleased?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Very pleased, thank you.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28- Good.- Next let's see if we can make a good profit for Veronica.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30We're talking about Troika.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Yes, and you know I love my Troika.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36And two, twice as good as one.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Antiques travel well, that's what it's all about.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Troika in vogue right now and hopefully we'll get the top prices.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44We're putting them under the hammer now.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48We'll have to start it with me at 170. 180.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51It's on the internet for £180.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Any further offers at £180?
0:38:54 > 0:38:59I'm selling at 180. 190, 200 now on the internet. At £200.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Right, we're in. We have 200.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03We all done, £200?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Selling at £200.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Any more? Are we all done on the internet?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I see you're hovering. Are you all done?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Come on, come on!- £200, all done?
0:39:13 > 0:39:14The gavel's gone down.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17We had 2-3, they gone for £200.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18- That's fine.- Happy with that?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- I am, yes.- Well done, thank you.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26And finally, it's Susan's three paperweights.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Since the valuation day,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30the auction house have had more time to study them
0:39:30 > 0:39:34and they've now catalogued the last one that's going under the hammer
0:39:34 > 0:39:37as being by a different maker called Saint-Louis.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I love your little collection, I really do.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42We've got three to sell.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44We're splitting them up into individual lots.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45They are quality, aren't they?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49The clarity when you look deep inside them, it's exquisite.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Right, this is my favourite going under the hammer.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53This is the first one. Hopefully it does £300 plus.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Let's find out. We'll add it all up at the end, OK?
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- Yes, yes.- With a big grand total. Here's the first one.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Lot 345 is the Baccarat paperweight.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06With me at £280. 290, 300, 320,
0:40:06 > 0:40:09350, 400.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I have £400.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15450. 500. 550.
0:40:15 > 0:40:21600. 650. 700.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Anyone want to come in at £700? 750 on the internet.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- 800.- Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Any more at £800?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30850 on the telephone.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32850 on the telephone.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33900 on the internet.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36950 on the telephone.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40At £950 on the telephone.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41All done?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Yes! £950.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Two more to go. Your favourite's going under the hammer right now.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Let's find out what it's worth. Here we go.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Start this with me at £240.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55250 anywhere? We've got 250 on the internet.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57300, 350 now.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58380 now.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00It's creeping.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06420, 450, 480, 500, 550, 600.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10650, 700, 750, 800.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12850 now on the internet.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13At 900 now.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Are we all done at 900?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19900, another great result for that one.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- Gosh!- What's going through your mind right now?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23My heart's racing.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24I bet it is.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Mine would be if I owned them!
0:41:26 > 0:41:27One more to go yet.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- Oh, dear!- Oh!
0:41:30 > 0:41:32I'm going hot.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36OK, fingers crossed, this is the last. Here we go.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39The Saint-Louis millefiori paperweight.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Start this with me at £100.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44200, 300, 400, 500, 600,
0:41:44 > 0:41:49700, 800. 900. 1,000.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55At 1,000. 1,100, 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Wow! I'm speechless.
0:41:58 > 0:42:011,800. At £1,800.
0:42:01 > 0:42:041,900. 2,000.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07At £2,000 on the internet.
0:42:07 > 0:42:082,100.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Any more? At 2,100.
0:42:10 > 0:42:122,200 on the internet.
0:42:12 > 0:42:152,200 on the internet now.
0:42:15 > 0:42:162,300 on the internet.
0:42:16 > 0:42:182,300.
0:42:19 > 0:42:222,400 on the telephone.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26At 2,400 on the telephone now.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- Susan!- My goodness!
0:42:30 > 0:42:322,600 on the telephone.
0:42:32 > 0:42:342,700.
0:42:36 > 0:42:382,800 on the telephone.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41At 2,800.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42I don't know what to say!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Lost for words!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- Susan's spellbound.- I'm spellbound.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Are we all done at £2,800?
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Give us a hug! £2,800.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Susan, my darling, that's such a lot of money.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- I can't believe it.- Those three paperweights add up to £4,650,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05if I'm right.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Some serious collectors out there. - Some serious collectors.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- I didn't think there would be. - Wow, what a day!
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- You've got tears in your eyes. - Thank you for bringing them in.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Please, please, please, please enjoy the money, won't you?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Thank you very much.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19If you've got anything like that, we would love to sell it,
0:43:19 > 0:43:21but until then, join us again for many more surprises,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24but it's goodbye from all of us here in Wokingham,
0:43:24 > 0:43:27especially Susan here with such a lovely star lot.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29- Well done, you.- Thank you very much.