0:00:02 > 0:00:06Sun, sea, sand and bathers just charging in the water there.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08What more could you ask for?
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Weymouth is reputed to have the highest sunshine record in England, and today, it's got Flog It!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Weymouth is called England's Bay of Naples,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53because of its stunning coastline, cliffs
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and its golden sands.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58But there's no time for lazing on the beach.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03Our experts Susan Orange and Mark Stacey have got treasures to dig up.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Everybody's been searching attics and cellars,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11looking for unwanted antiques to be valued here today.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Our experts are getting a sneak preview before the doors open.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Oh, that's nice, isn't it?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Oh, that's rather pretty, is that yours?- Yes.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Not of huge value because it's not an antique.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31It's under £100 but very decorative and very pretty.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Our chosen lots will be going under the hammer here, at Duke's auction room in Dorchester,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40where hopefully there will be a few surprises for our owners.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- £15.- Come on!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45260, 280.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47- All done?- Yes!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Is that it now?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50He didn't sell it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:5260...
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- That's amazing.- Well....
0:02:00 > 0:02:06Everyone's pouring into the pavilion so, without further ado, Mark's getting down to business.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Keith, what an interesting biscuit barrel.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Tell me, how did you come across it?
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I was at a jumble sale in Wolverhampton about 15 years ago,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19saw it there on the table, asked the lady how much it was.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22She gave me the price and I bought it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23What attracted you to it?
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Well, when I saw it I knew that it was Art Nouveau from the style,
0:02:28 > 0:02:35and obviously about 100 years old, and for the price they mentioned I thought I couldn't go wrong.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- And what was the price there? - It was 10p.
0:02:37 > 0:02:4010p is not a lot of money to invest on a lovely object
0:02:40 > 0:02:44which is very stylistically influenced by the Art Nouveau period.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49And it's not an English one, it's not a Liberty's design piece.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52It's a continental factory, Urania.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54But the style is still there.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56It's just a little bit more Germanic -
0:02:56 > 0:02:59the style is a little bit more formal.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03I particularly like the decoration with the trees
0:03:03 > 0:03:05and these very high pointed handles.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09And the lid, I like that sort of undulating feel.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12It's got a very organic feel about it, hasn't it?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Now, do you know what it's made of?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Well, I thought possibly spelter.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Right, well, I can understand why you think that. It's actually pewter.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24And a lot of pewter was used in the Art Nouveau period.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Now you paid 10p which is a nonsense, even 15 years ago.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Have you ever wondered what sort of figure it would be?
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Well, I thought maybe the £30 bracket, somewhere around that.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Well I think it's a little bit more, at least I would like it to be more.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I think it if we put this into auction,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44we should put £80 to £120 on it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Oh, right.- There is a little bit of wear here and there,
0:03:47 > 0:03:52but I think it would certainly do that and should attract the right collectors in for that price
0:03:52 > 0:03:54because it's a very nice object.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59But if you've had it for 15 years, why have you decided to sell it now?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03When in Wolverhampton, we lived in a vicarage - it fitted in with the decor.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08We moved to a modern house, and it just doesn't fit in, and my wife absolutely hates it.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11She thinks it's an urn for ashes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Well, it could be. I'm saying biscuit barrel, but who knows, you know,
0:04:15 > 0:04:20if anybody out there wants to use it for an alternative reason, and they want to pay more money,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22they're welcome to do that.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26But I think we'll call it a biscuit barrel, don't you?
0:04:26 > 0:04:30And if we get a good price for it, what do you think you might do with the money.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36Well, I think as my wife has had to put up with it for this length of time, a nice slap-up meal.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Oh, wonderful, wonderful.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Audrey, I'm pleased that you've brought along this little box
0:04:47 > 0:04:48and it's no ordinary box, is it?
0:04:48 > 0:04:53No, slightly more than an ordinary box, if you take the top off.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58- It's actually a nutmeg grater. - You see some remains of the nutmeg, don't you?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I don't think I ought to smell.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02It looks rusty, but it's not.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Yes. It's a dear little box.
0:05:04 > 0:05:11If we just look at it a bit more closely, the inlay on the top is known as Tunbridge Ware,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15because it was made in Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Tunbridge Ware has been made from the 17th century but they needed to make it more commercial
0:05:20 > 0:05:24and make more things. Tunbridge Ware after about 1820
0:05:24 > 0:05:28became the most typical sort with sticks from Tunbridge.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32And lots of different coloured sticks of wood were cut out, stuck together,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36and then they were put on a piece of cardboard and sliced through.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41And then laid in these different inlays in mosaic patterns.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44So they could get quite intricate.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- They are, aren't they.- Yes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50They were able to mass produce it. So you get lots and lots of things, you know -
0:05:50 > 0:05:54glove boxes and tea caddies, card cases, cigarette cases.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56But you know, it's very collectable.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00So what's nice about this is you have the Tunbridge Ware on the top,
0:06:00 > 0:06:01and then the nutmeg grater.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- Now if you turn it upside down, you'll find it opens again.- Ah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07And that's where you keep your nutmeg.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Ah, yes, of course, you put that in there.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13And nutmeg, of course, was an important spice
0:06:13 > 0:06:16for flavouring and for preserving food.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Why are you thinking of selling it?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I'm at the time of life
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- where I want to cut down on all the stuff I have.- Yes.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- If anyone is a collector, I'm sure they'll be happy to have this.- Yes.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Well, I think it would certainly be worth putting in the auction.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36And if we put an estimate of £60 to £100
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and hope it would sell well within that.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Well I hope every collector of Tunbridge Ware in the country
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- would put in a little bid for it. - Well, that's it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- Liz, you've brought a wonderful piece of Clarice Cliff, do you like it?- No.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- Well, that's blunt! Why not? - I don't know, it's the colours, it's too bright. I prefer glassware.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Oh, do you? It's a bit too garish for your taste, is it?- Yes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08What have you been doing to get scratches in there?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09I stood a plant in it.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Oh, the old trick of putting a plant in it.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15You haven't done too much damage. There's a little wear.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19But I think if I get straight on to the pattern.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23It's called the melons pattern, and it's the general version
0:07:23 > 0:07:26with this very bright, vivid orange border
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and these sort of stylised geometric fruits.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33And it's a lovely octagonal shape.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36But it was made, I suppose, about 1930-1931,
0:07:36 > 0:07:41at the height, or the beginning of the Art Deco period.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And, actually, underneath we'll see that it's hand-painted
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Fantasque, which is one the ranges of Clarice Cliff,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51by Clarice Cliff, made at the Wilkinson pottery.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53The design is bold, imaginative.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56The enamel colours are still in very good condition.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00But what's the history of it with you?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02It was an old lady that gave it to me
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and I don't think she thought it was valuable.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10And a friend came to visit and he offered me £10 for it,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12so I hope he's watching now!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Are you sure he's a friend?
0:08:15 > 0:08:20And he said, " I should take care of that if I was you, because it's Clarice Cliff."
0:08:20 > 0:08:25So I took the plant out and polished it up and put it in the cabinet.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I think it's worth a bit more than that.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32I think, bearing in mind that bowls are not the most commercial pieces -
0:08:32 > 0:08:37people prefer jugs or plates because they are more easy to display -
0:08:37 > 0:08:39but the pattern on this is delicious.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I think if we put it in with an estimate of something like
0:08:43 > 0:08:46£250 to £350,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49we're going to attract a lot of interest.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Would you be happy with that? - Yes, I think so, yes.- It's a bit more than £10.- Yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57If we get a good price for you, I hope that we can toast our success
0:08:57 > 0:09:01in a nice lead-crystal glass or something. We'll have a large gin and tonic
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- after the sale.- We will.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Joan, this is a really delightful basket.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It looks in such lovely condition, doesn't it?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Yes.- So, where did you get it from?
0:09:10 > 0:09:16I bought it in an antiques shop in Park Street, which is in Weymouth. It's no longer there.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- How long ago was that?- I think it must have been about 20 years ago.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Do you remember what you paid for it?- No, I bought it with some Chinese rice bowls.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I haven't the faintest idea what I paid for it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- What attracted you to it?- I just thought the colours were lovely.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Yes, it's so nicely decorated, isn't it?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- I thought it was rather prettier than a mixture of flowers.- Yes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41The colours really were excellent, I thought.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Yes, the fruit - the blackberries have been beautifully done,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47and the leaves all in different colours,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and the different greens and the flowers.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- They're almost very true-to-life, aren't they?- Yes.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58When I first saw it, the glaze - this iridescent glaze -
0:09:58 > 0:10:02is very much like Belleek, you know, the Irish factory.
0:10:02 > 0:10:09I thought, "Ooh!" When I turn it over, I can see it is actually Crown Staffordshire.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13So, it's an English basket.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17The mark tells us it's around 1906.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Yes.- That sort of thing which seems to date it quite nicely.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25What's remarkable is - the condition. How have you kept it so well?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- It was like it when I bought it. - How have you cleaned it? - I have never cleaned it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31I just wash it occasionally.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34It's in a cabinet, so it's hardly been touched.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So, can I ask, why are you thinking of selling it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:42I really have a shower room which I've not completed. It was a coal house.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46There's a lavatory and a shower room between house and garden.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50I'm a keen gardener and I would like to have it insulated
0:10:50 > 0:10:53so that when I come in from the garden in winter, I can use it.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- Yes, it's cold otherwise. - It's restricted to summer use only.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- Yes. Had you considered its value at all?- No.- No, you've no idea.- No.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07I think, what we'll do is we'll put it in and try an estimate of £100 to £150.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I think it should do well.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It should do the top end of that.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Joy, you've brought a wonderful little intriguing object in to show us.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Before we have a look at detail, let's get a bit of the family history.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29This item was given to me by my grandfather when I was about ten years old.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I really don't know where he got it from.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Obviously, I've looked after it all that time.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40- I don't want to be rude but that was a little while ago! - Er, yes.- Yes, OK.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46- He didn't give you the history of it. - No, not at the time. When you're 10, you don't think to ask.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49To me, then, it was a novelty thing to play with.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51It's remarkable that the pieces have survived.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54It's stayed wrapped up in tissue paper.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Perfect! Does it have any sentimental attachment to you now?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02No, I'd be quite happy to see it go.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I think it's a real collector's piece.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- It's continental, I think. It's not English.- Is it?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's made somewhere in Europe.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12It's what we call an articulated piece.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- It moves. Actually, the movement is similar to fish.- Fish, yeah.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19We've got very sort of little...
0:12:19 > 0:12:22naive detailing on the fins here.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27And we've got some nice, naive decoration on the face with two little gem-set eyes.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Then, when we open it up, we can see three little sections.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35We've taken the pieces out but we've got a little tooth pick,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37an ear cleaner there,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40a little pair of scissors there and a little penknife.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Yeah.- I would put the date - looking at the naivety of it -
0:12:44 > 0:12:46into the first half of the 19th century.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- Oh, right!- It's quite an old piece. It's a really intriguing item.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's for a collector.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Someone who collects these little necessaires or etuis, as we call them.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02If we got a good price for it, have you thought of another way that you would remember your grandfather by?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I could do. I could possibly think of something nice to buy.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09That would be a good idea actually. Something that I would display.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Have you ever thought of a value?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13No, I haven't.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I think if we were putting it into auction,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- I would hope to see it making about £150.- Oh, right!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22I think, if you asked me sensibly,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I think we should put an estimate of £100 to £150 on it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29But I can see two people...
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- Wanting it.- Yeah, I can. Hopefully, at that estimate, it'll swim away.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Right now, we're halfway through our day and it's time to put those valuations to the test.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Just how good are our experts? We'll find out.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Before we go to the auction room, here's a run-down of the items that going under the hammer.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Keith's wife thinks this lot would be perfect
0:13:57 > 0:13:58for bringing home the Ashes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01But she's in for a real treat if the biscuit barrel sells.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Will Audrey's Tunbridge Ware nutmeg grater spice up the auction?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Susan certainly thinks it will attract lots of attention.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Lizzie's friend offered her just £10 for this Clarice Cliff bowl.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Mark is hopeful it will do a lot better than that.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Joan's delicate lattice basket is in remarkable condition.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Let's hope the bidders agree.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25And lastly, Joy's fish etui is pretty and practical too.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29With a bit of luck, it'll catch the eye of the collectors.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Dorchester has its roots in Roman times.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49They built up a town here in AD 43 - that's a long time ago.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51These vintage cars aren't that old
0:14:51 > 0:14:55but I bet they've travelled a few Roman roads in their time.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58This one's a little Austin and this one is a Morris Traveller.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01This brings back lots of wonderful memories for me.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I had one of these 20 years ago.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07It was my very first car. It was a lovely, creamy-white one.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10It just goes to show what classics are on sale in today's auction.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13While everybody's enjoy a burger and cup of tea,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16I'm going inside to catch up with auctioneer Gary Batt
0:15:16 > 0:15:19to see what he thinks about our classic models.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31I love this little articulated fish. I think he's really cute.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Now, it belongs to Joy and probably for not much longer.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I can see this really doing well.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Mark has put an estimate of £100 to £150 on it.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Have a look at the tools inside.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44One of them looks like a little spoon. Mark said,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- "That is for cleaning your ear." - I think it's this spoon. It isn't coming out easily.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52I don't know where cleaning your ear comes into sewing really.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55No. I think the sharp end is the bit you'd use for needlework.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59The little indentation at the other end is just decorative.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00- Yes, a finial.- Yeah, a finial.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It is a really lovely object.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05It's small. It's top quality.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08As you say, it's silver, garnet-set eyes.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I think the estimate is quite cautious.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13These small sewing accessories are very popular.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16People really love these little objets d'art.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21I would say this, because it's a fish and because it's a desirable shape as well -
0:16:21 > 0:16:25and it's amusing - it would make more than £200, could make £300.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Really, as much as that? - I think so, yes.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I think Joy will be pleased with the results of selling this.
0:16:31 > 0:16:3330. 30.
0:16:33 > 0:16:375. 5. 40. 5.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40No, at 40. At the back, in the doorway, £40.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Well, we can't go wrong, can we? We're just about to flog Lizzie's Clarice Cliff.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Let's hope we give you a big surprise on this one. Let's hope it does a lot more than the 350.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Hmm?- I hope so.- Can it though, Mark?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Can it? Clarice Cliff does do the business.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57It does do the business for us. It is a nice pattern.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02I think this even shows that in a general sale, they've actually catalogued this properly.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You don't need a lot of fancy description.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- You've all the facts - Clarice Cliff, Fantasque, melon pattern.- Yes. - That's all you need.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12The Clarice Cliff bizarre Fantasque fruit bowl.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Decorated with the melon pattern here.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17At £200?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18100 to get going.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23100 is bid. In tens I'll take. £100. 10, Clarice Cliff.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27110. 120. 130. 140.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32- Here we go!- 150. 160. 170. 180 standing. 190.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35200. And 20. 240.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37260. 280. 300.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Brilliant!- And 20. And 20.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Going at £300... I sell.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- Hammer's gone down. £300.- Good. - Better than a tenner.- Certainly is.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Right now, we're going to try to grind out a result of £60 to £100 for Audrey's little nutmeg grater.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- You've upped the reserve, haven't you?- I have.- It was £60 to £100.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05You've put £80 on this.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Well, a thing of beauty is a joy forever and I'd be quite happy to keep it.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15Well, I'm with you on that actually. Treen is so collectible. But it should do the top end.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18We'll find out now - it's going under the hammer. Good luck!
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Lot 31 - a pretty early-Victorian Tunbridge Ware nutmeg grater.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Nice little bit of kitchenalia.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27What for this? Can I have £50 to start it?
0:18:27 > 0:18:3050 bid. 5. 60. 5.
0:18:30 > 0:18:3270? Any advance on 70?
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Selling at 70. It goes. Done at £70?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40He's put the hammer down but he's put it down on 70
0:18:40 > 0:18:42because nobody was bidding any higher.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48- Well, as I said...- You know what it means? It didn't sell. - And I don't really mind.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50240. 260.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52280.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55300. 40? 40.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Next up, Joy's little articulated fish - the etui -
0:18:58 > 0:19:02which valued at £100 to £150 by Mark Stacey.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Should be a good catch, according to our auctioneer. We had a chat to him earlier. Oh!
0:19:07 > 0:19:12Ooh! And he said £300 at least for something like that.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- It's good quality and very collectable.- Good Lord!
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- That is a surprise.- It is, isn't it? That would be a good catch if someone got it at 100 to 150 quid.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Let's hope it isn't the one that got away. He's building it up. Get somebody on a hook and reel it in.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Lot 283 is this very attractive little white metal -
0:19:32 > 0:19:37probably silver - etui in the form of an articulated fish.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Start me at £50 to get on with it. 50 is bid. 60 is got.
0:19:41 > 0:19:4270 bid. 80.
0:19:42 > 0:19:4690. 100 seated. And 10.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48120. 130.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50140. 150.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54At £140. Near me at 140. 150.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58160. 170?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00At £160, then?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04We're quite clear at 160. 170 bid?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07180, sir? 190. Fill it up.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Going at £180.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15- He's sold it. £180. Mark was right. - Sorry.- Spot on, really.- Spot on.
0:20:15 > 0:20:1735.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19360?
0:20:19 > 0:20:20At 360.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Up for grabs right now, a gorgeous little lattice basket made by Crown Staffordshire.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28And it belongs to you, Joan. Why are you flogging this?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I bought it myself. I wouldn't sell something that somebody gave me.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- Right. Susan...?- Joan's kept it in lovely condition.- It's perfect.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It's so delicate. All the flowers - you haven't knocked any off.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- I'm amazed! - I had a lovely Belleek one.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I'm afraid that came to disaster when I gave it to my daughter.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47It's going under the hammer right now. Good luck!
0:20:47 > 0:20:51A very pretty, Crown Staffordshire pierced and floral-encrusted basket.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Who'll start me with this, please?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55A pretty piece at £50.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58£50 is bid. I'll take £60 if I can.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Any advance on 50? 50. 50. 60?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Thank you, madam. 60. Any advance on 60? 70, you will, at the back. 80.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09At 70. 80. 80 bid. 90?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11£80 now. 90, anyone like?
0:21:11 > 0:21:1590? Going then, at £80, all done.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18He didn't sell it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- That's fine.- Is that OK?- Absolutely.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23It reached £80 in the room.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Absolutely. - You'd rather take it home.- Yes.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I don't blame you - a bit of quality.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Here's something to digest - the Art Nouveau biscuit barrel brought by Keith.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41We've got a reserve of £80. A valuation of 80 to 120.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- You've altered the reserve, haven't you?- I have.- What is it down to now?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- I've dropped it down to 50. - Are you worried?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I was worried it might not sell.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53You don't want to take it home. He doesn't want it any more.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Oh, crumbs! Why is that?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57My wife hates it!
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- I quite like it.- You've got to keep her pleased, haven't you? - I have indeed, yes.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04You've done some research on this. What have you found out?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08It was designed by a German by the name of Friedrich Adler.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11It was produced in 1903.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- Sadly, Friedrich Adler was killed in Auschwitz...- Mm-hm.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18..because he was a member of the Jewish faith.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20That's about it, really.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Keith's becoming an expert, Mark. - He is, isn't he?- Mark's worried now.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Displayed here is this pewter,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Art Nouveau biscuit barrel and cover.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Good pewter lot, typical of its period.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Can you start me off with this lot at £30?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37£30 to start. 30 is bid.
0:22:37 > 0:22:3935 I'll take, if you will.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42At £35. 40 anywhere now, then?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46At £35. And 40, if you will. 40. 40.
0:22:46 > 0:22:485. 50.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50At £50. Any advance on 50?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Going at £50 near me.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Well, it's gone for 50 quid.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- It's a good job you did that.- Yes.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00He got the valuation right, Mark.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Well...
0:23:03 > 0:23:0815. 20, anywhere now then? £15. 20.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Thomas Hardy is one of the all-time greats of British literature
0:23:11 > 0:23:15with books like Tess of D'Urbervilles and Far From The Madding Crowd to his name.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18And he's always been one of my favourites.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So, while I'm here, I'm going to find out a little bit more about him
0:23:21 > 0:23:25and the local countryside which inspired him to write so much.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Hardy was born in this cottage, just outside Dorchester, in 1840.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49He lived here and grew up here with his family of stonemasons and builders.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54In his novels, he liked to describe real settings as the scenes for the plots.
0:23:54 > 0:24:02In Under The Greenwood Tree, published in 1872, the cottage was described like this.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- WOMAN:- "It was a long, low cottage with a hipped roof of thatch.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08"Having dormer windows breaking up into the eaves.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11"A chimney standing in the middle of the ridge and another at each end.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14"The window shutters were not yet closed and the fire
0:24:14 > 0:24:19"and the candlelight within, radiated forth upon the thick bushes."
0:24:19 > 0:24:22After leaving school, Hardy became an apprentice to an architect
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and spent five years working and living in London
0:24:25 > 0:24:27but his real passion was writing.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31So, he returned to Dorset to try to get his books published.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36Towns, villages and buildings throughout the county are all recognisable from Hardy's novels.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41In the Mayor Of Casterbridge, Casterbridge is a thinly disguised Dorchester.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46The story centres around Michael Henchard, who sells his wife and his daughter when he gets drunk.
0:24:46 > 0:24:4918 years later, they return to the town to find out
0:24:49 > 0:24:51that he's become the mayor
0:24:51 > 0:24:54and he's presiding over dinner here in the King's Arms.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00"A spacious bow window projected into the street over the main portico
0:25:00 > 0:25:03"and from the open sashes came the babble of voices,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06"the jingle of glasses and the drawing of corks."
0:25:08 > 0:25:10And this appears as the mayor's house.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Michael Henchard decides to make up for his past bad behaviour by courting and remarrying his wife.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18He brought her and their daughter to live here.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22If you want to know what happens in the end, you'll have to read the book.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I've come to Dorset County Museum
0:25:30 > 0:25:33to see some of Hardy's treasured possessions
0:25:33 > 0:25:35and talk to museum director Judy Lindsay.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Hardy didn't come from a very wealthy background, did he?
0:25:38 > 0:25:43No, he didn't. He was born to a labouring family in the village of Bockhampton.
0:25:43 > 0:25:49Although he describes his cottage as seven bedroomed and rambling, it was still very much a labourer's cottage.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51When did he start to write novels?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Thomas Hardy published his first novel in 1871.
0:25:54 > 0:26:00He had written one previously - The Poor Man And The Lady - but had failed to find a publisher for that.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02His first novel was Desperate Remedies.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05He followed that up, however, with a much more popular novel -
0:26:05 > 0:26:09and the one which really brought him public acclaim - Under The Greenwood Tree.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14Looking around, I notice musical instruments. We've a cello there and violins. There's one.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Did he actually play the violin?
0:26:16 > 0:26:19He started to play the violin, aged only eight.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23He played with the Stinsford Band which was a church band.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It was very much a family tradition to do that.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29His father, grandfather and uncle all played in the string band.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- This was his violin.- May I hold this?
0:26:32 > 0:26:38- Yes, you may.- Wow, Hardy's violin! You really couldn't put a value on something like that.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42In antiques, we talk about provenance and its history, which adds to the value.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- I don't think it gets much better than this, does it?- No.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48We're very lucky in that all of the items
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- in our Thomas Hardy collection come with excellent provenance.- Yeah.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Tell me a little bit about the pens.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Thomas Hardy was self-conscious enough to label some of the pens that he wrote with
0:26:59 > 0:27:03so that we would know which pens he used to write which novels and poems.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05So, this one is labelled "Jude".
0:27:05 > 0:27:09I can see - he's scratched it into the bone handle.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11It was also used to write some poetry.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14This one is labelled "Tess", as in Tess Of The D'Urbervilles.
0:27:14 > 0:27:20And this one is "The Dynasts" - which was his epic poem about the Napoleonic Wars.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Wow, thoughtful chap, passing on his legacy there and then, really.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Very much so.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- You mentioned his manuscripts. Can we have a look at them?- Of course.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34- You'll have to put your white gloves on to do that. I'll move the violin. - Thank you.- Just to there.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38So, this is the manuscript of the Mayor Of Casterbridge.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42And this is a bound copy of the original manuscript.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- So, it's extremely precious.- Wow!
0:27:44 > 0:27:49One of the things I think is particularly lovely is that inside the cover,
0:27:49 > 0:27:53it says "Presented by Thomas Hardy", distinctively in his own signature.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57There's also a note here saying, "Hand it on to the museum."
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Gosh, how exciting! Can you turn the page, please?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Yes.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06When you research Thomas Hardy,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09you become so familiar with the handwriting -
0:28:09 > 0:28:10it's absolutely distinctive.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Yeah. Was he happily married? Did he have children?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Thomas Hardy married twice.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17His first wife was Emma Lavinia Gifford.
0:28:17 > 0:28:23He met her in Cornwall when working on a church restoration project when he was still an architect.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26She died and he married Florence Dugdale in 1914.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Unfortunately, there were no children from either marriage.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- Thomas Hardy died without issue. - Was he buried in Dorset?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Sort of. Partly.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39When Thomas Hardy died, his family were very keen that he would be buried here.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44His heart was actually taken from his body and interred with his first wife, Emma,
0:28:44 > 0:28:49at the church in Stinsford which is very close to Bockhampton where Hardy grew up.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55The rest of his body was cremated and the ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey in Poets' Corner,
0:28:55 > 0:29:00which is particularly fitting because many people see Thomas Hardy as a novelist.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05Those who know his work better are aware that Thomas Hardy saw himself first and foremost as a poet.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Phew, what a complicated ending!
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Indeed. A bit like one of his novels.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Thank you very much. - That's a pleasure.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17It's time to start a brand new chapter and join our experts back at the valuation day.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Hello, Benita.- Hello. - I must say, that's a lovely name.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34- Thank you very much.- There must be a bit of Spanish in there somewhere. - Ooh, maybe.- I think so.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- You've two interesting pottery figures in to show us.- Yes.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Before we have a look at them, I know there's a nice family story to this.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43- Will you share that with me, please? - Yes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48My uncle, many years ago, used to work at Carter's Pottery.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52He used to bring home the odd ornament for my auntie.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54When my uncle died, my auntie said to me,
0:29:54 > 0:29:58"I think you ought to have these figurines, you know."
0:29:58 > 0:30:01I just kept them in the box in the attic.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- That's where they've been, right up until recently.- Why is that?
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Why have they been kept in a box?
0:30:06 > 0:30:10I think mainly because there's not a lot of colour to them.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- You like things that are more decorative.- Yes.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Of course, part of the reason why they're this colour is because,
0:30:16 > 0:30:20when they were made in the '20s and '30s,
0:30:20 > 0:30:25there was a particular vogue for the sort of matt finish in one colour.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30The Carter factory specialised in this type of figures.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34What else have you found out about the figures in your own research?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Well, we did look through catalogues
0:30:37 > 0:30:40and we've tried very hard to pin them down.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42We've got nowhere with them.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43We can't trace them anywhere.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- They seem to be unrecorded figures. - I think so.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50As your late uncle worked for the factory,
0:30:50 > 0:30:54they might have been some prototypes or something like that,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56which would be very interesting.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- I think we've got to mention, of course, now that the Carter Stabler Adams factory...- Yes.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03..became the Poole factory, which everybody knows.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08And these are marked, in actual fact, underneath, Poole, England.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14But they are very typical of that 1920s, 1930s period. Again, even the figures are very typical.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18You've got a flower seller and a sort of busker really,
0:31:18 > 0:31:24playing his accordion with a little dog here, holding the hat out as the begging bowl,
0:31:24 > 0:31:26which are rather charming and sweet really.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29There needs to be a little more research.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32We've agreed, I think, to put them in at £600 to £800
0:31:32 > 0:31:35and ask the auction house to do some more research.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40We're selling them, of course, in Dorchester which is local to Poole.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- Very local. - So, you'll attract the local market.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46If they illustrate them in the catalogue and mention them on the internet,
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- you're then going to pull in that wider collecting field as well.- Yes.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53I think they're charming. I like them because they're simple.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57If you look at a lot of Poole from the '20s and '30s, it's very much like this.
0:31:57 > 0:32:03You have leaping stag bookends that are all matt finish in one colour.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Even those now fetch 300 or 400 a pair.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09So, if these are a prototype,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12we could be looking at a very exciting find indeed.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17- You could make Flog It! history for Poole.- Wouldn't that be lovely!- It would be lovely, wouldn't it?- Yes.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Val and Geoff, I see you've brought along your glasses.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Do you have a collection of them?
0:32:27 > 0:32:32I have several - about 20 or 30 of them in actual fact - not a great collection.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- Do you have them on display? - Yes, most of them are.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40They're not exactly on display but they're certainly on show, one way or another.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45These are stuck in a cupboard, doing nothing because they don't fit in with the decor of the place.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- So, you've been collecting them from a number of years?- Yes, about 30.
0:32:49 > 0:32:511970s.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- Ah!- It's quite a long time.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Why did you start collecting glasses, particularly?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01I went to an antiques fair one day and decided to buy one and that was it.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- That was the first one I'd ever bought. That little one there. - This one?- Yes.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Yes. Well, this is nice, isn't it?
0:33:07 > 0:33:12It looks, datewise about 1740 with the plain stem here.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17The air twist would be about 1750s, 1760
0:33:17 > 0:33:21and the cotton twist slightly later, maybe up to 1770.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It's quite nice. You've got the sort of run of them.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28These two are the ogee bowls - the shape of the bowl here.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33And this is a trumpet bowl, which is fairly self-explanatory.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37And you'd probably drink maybe cordial out of the smaller ones
0:33:37 > 0:33:39and then ale out of the trumpet one here,
0:33:39 > 0:33:44which, of course, was a strong drink and not like the pint glasses we get today.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Have you any idea of value?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Not really, no.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52It's a long time since I bought any glasses
0:33:52 > 0:33:55so we hadn't any cause for finding what the value is at all,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57- in actual fact.- OK.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02If we could put a reserve, as a lot of the three, at 220,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06and then they can have an estimate of 220 - 250.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I think it might encourage more people in.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I'd hope it would make well towards the top end.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16If we put too high a reserve, it may put people off - if you're happy about that.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20It sounds all right to me in actual fact. I'll be guided by you.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24OK, that's great. We'll give them a go and I'm sure they'll do well.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34Mary, you've brought a very interesting pair of bracelets in to show us.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Where did they come from?
0:34:36 > 0:34:37They're actually my daughter's.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Her dad gave her... He moved house.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45They were in a box and he just said, "Oh, jewellery - a daughter."
0:34:45 > 0:34:47See if you want them for anything.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51So, they came home and they got stuck in a cupboard - that was it.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55When she left home - she married and left home - they got left with me.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58She wasn't really interested in them.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01You don't know where he got them from. Are they family pieces?
0:35:01 > 0:35:06No. I think he found them when he moved house or moved into a house or something like that.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09They just appeared magically from somewhere.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14They're quite an interesting pair of bracelets. They're 19th century.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18If we just have a look at this one... They're a pair.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24We've got a cameo in the centre which would have been carved in Italy, maybe around the Naples area.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28On this particular cameo, we've got Cupid and Psyche -
0:35:28 > 0:35:31well-known classical figures.
0:35:31 > 0:35:38Then, they're set in this sort of gilt metal bracelet with enamelled panels, which is probably Swiss.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- Right.- Which of course, Italy and Switzerland, they share borders, etc,
0:35:42 > 0:35:46and Europe was always trading with each other.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48So it's actually quite a nice thing.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Made probably in the mid-19th century, 1850 onwards, that sort of period.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58- And the other one is very similar indeed with a different carved cameo in there.- Yeah.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Your daughter's never worn them?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Oh no. No. I mean...they...
0:36:03 > 0:36:08I just rung her and said about them and she said, "Oh, mum, just do it."
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Get something I can wear.- Yeah.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14There would be a commercial aspect to them.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16People collect this sort of jewellery.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21They're not terribly practical to wear. In those days, they didn't have wristwatches.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25So you could wear bracelets on both wrists.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29I would have thought, if we are putting them into auction,
0:36:29 > 0:36:33we'd be looking maybe at an estimate of £150 to £200 for the pair,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37with a reserve of 150 with 10% discretion.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Would your daughter go for that? - She'd love that.- Wonderful.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46- You'll be happy to put them in?- Yes, she's happy with that.- Fantastic! You'll come to the auction?- I will.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- Let's see who we can attract. - Lovely.- Thanks.- Smashing. Thank you.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52You two look alike. Are you sisters?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Yes.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57And this is a bit of a wow factor, isn't it?
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- Yes.- So, how did you come by it?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I was left it nine years ago.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Oh, right!- By a friend of mine.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07She'd bought it on her way back from Tanganyika
0:37:07 > 0:37:13and she'd bought it on a boat from one of the sultans of Zanzibar to bring home to give to her father.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Oh, wow! That's a nice story, isn't it?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19I'm not sure 100%, whether it's ivory or bone - the inlay.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24It doesn't sort of make a huge amount of difference but it's been very nicely done, hasn't it?
0:37:24 > 0:37:29The sort of circle in the middle here and all the foliage and leaves all around it.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34- And the decoration continues all round the box, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37You've got a little bit of inlay missing here.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42And then, round the box, you've got brass bindings, just to protect all the corners.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- That's kind of done its job, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50I'd have said it was a sort of 19th-century box, maybe 1890s, something like that.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It's kind of got that feel.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54If we open it up...
0:37:56 > 0:37:59it's very nice inside here, isn't it?
0:37:59 > 0:38:04You've got the pin pieces here, the red silk there and the mirror in the middle.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09And all the little sections - the little lift out tray here.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12And this roll-top. That's unusual, isn't it?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Yes, that rolls back to...- Oh, right!
0:38:15 > 0:38:17That's clever - a secret drawer.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22- That's nice.- What do you think the box was used for?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I thought it was a workbox because you've got here, pins and things like that.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31But that could have been hat pins because you've the mirror there and sections you could put jewellery in.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35It's similar to a workbox, jewellery box and all the compartments.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37So most probably jewellery.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41So, is it something you display at home?
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Yes, I've had sewing things in it.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- So, you keep it as a workbox?- Yes.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Had you considered what it might be worth?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52No, sorry. No idea.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57I think we could put it in with an estimate of, sort of,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- 120, 150, something like that.- Really?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02As much as that?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Would you be happy?- Yeah.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- OK. So, shall we give it a whirl for you?- Yes, please.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31Originally, there were two towns here - Weymouth on that side on the water and Melcom Regis on this.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35You can imagine, can't you, plenty of disputes going on over trading at the time
0:39:35 > 0:39:41until Queen Elizabeth stepped in and granted a charter amalgamating the towns in 1571.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56But, I'm not going quite that far today.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58I'm only going across the other side.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03Believe it or not, a ferry has operated on these waters since the 16th century.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Originally, the ferry boats were pulled across by ropes.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Today, I've got Bob who's going to row me across.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13I'm also going to have a chat to Derek, who knows all about the port
0:40:13 > 0:40:15because he's worked on the waters all his life.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19So, when did you start working in the port?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22I've been involved for the last 45 years.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27My first job here, I worked for a local contractor - Joe Basso.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31I did that for a few years and then I came and I worked for the Lifeboat Institution.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34I completed 35 years in 2002.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- That's a long service, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41- So, what was the harbour like back then? It wasn't like this. - Bustling. This is quiet now.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43There was always one or two
0:40:43 > 0:40:47what they call fruit boats come in, tomato boats, every day.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- All sorts of cargo. - All sorts of cargo. There was timber and all sorts of cargo.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54It's a rich man's playground now, isn't it?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57It's more of a yachting type harbour.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- You've been in the lifeboat service...- That's correct. - ..and you're a brave man.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05I know that Bob who's rowing us to the lifeboat was one of your crewmen, wasn't he?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Tell us some of the rescues you got involved in.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12One - I suppose the highlight of my career and, I'm sure, Bob's -
0:41:12 > 0:41:17was when we rescued five from a catamaran called Sunbeam Tracer.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22on the night of the hurricane in October 16th 1987.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28Um, I was very privileged then to have a medal involved
0:41:28 > 0:41:34and it was presented by Princess Alexander in London.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39Well, you're both very, very brave men and you did get a medal and we've got it here. Look at this.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Take a look at that.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- You must be very proud of this. - I'm very proud of that.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Well, Bob and Derek, you're both heroes.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51This medal is a fantastic tribute - something for your kids to be proud of for the rest of their lives -
0:41:51 > 0:41:55nautical memorabilia to inherit. Talking of maritime memorabilia
0:41:55 > 0:42:00there's a shop just on the other side of the harbour. Let's go there and find out a bit more.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03INSTRUMENTAL SEA SHANTY PLAYS
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Well, here we are! It doesn't get much better than this, does it?
0:42:21 > 0:42:27You'd think this was a ship's cabin but no - I'm in a nautical antiques centre. It really is chock-a-block.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29It's full of nautical memorabilia!
0:42:29 > 0:42:33There are different areas of collecting within nautical memorabilia -
0:42:33 > 0:42:36you've one for the academic, you've got one for the decorator.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40For the academic - cannonballs. It's obvious really, isn't it?
0:42:40 > 0:42:43These date back to the 18th century. Five pounds in weight.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48These would be shot from a cannon and shot into he broadside of another man-of-war
0:42:48 > 0:42:50putting a hole in its hull.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53But those holes could be plugged quite easily.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57If one hit you on the head, well, you wouldn't know anything about it, would you?
0:42:57 > 0:43:00In order to do more damage you used something like this.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02This is called a bar shot.
0:43:02 > 0:43:08This would be fired from the cannon. If this hit the ship on a broadside as it was turning in the air
0:43:08 > 0:43:12it would make a whacking great big hole which you couldn't plug.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16It would also get caught in the rigging which would slow the vessel down.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19And, lastly, I wonder if you've seen one of these?
0:43:19 > 0:43:23It's another cannonball - it's called chain shot.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26What happens is, as that leaves the cannon, it splits in half...
0:43:26 > 0:43:32opens up and swings around in the air at hundreds of miles an hour
0:43:32 > 0:43:36and actually gets caught in some of the ship's rigging, or rips the sails apart.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38That will slow the vessel down.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42You could then come alongside and board it and, hopefully, capture it.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Something like that would set you back about £200 to £300.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50A standard cannonball from the 18th century, like that,
0:43:50 > 0:43:54£50 to £60. There's quite a lot of those about.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57And one of these? Well, they're a little bit rarer.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01That's probably £100 to £200 but that's something for the academic.
0:44:01 > 0:44:06They look great on a table top. My advice is to go down the decorator's route
0:44:06 > 0:44:08because then it's practical, it cheers you up
0:44:08 > 0:44:11and you can create a nautical theme at home.
0:44:11 > 0:44:16If I was doing a bathroom the first thing I'd go for would be a ship's pulleys - the block and tackle.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19You can pick them up for around about £50.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22This one's of elm and dates form the 18th century. The pulley's inside.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25The rigging would pass through there.
0:44:25 > 0:44:31They're made of Lignum vitae a hard wood from South America - incredibly oily so it self-lubricates,
0:44:31 > 0:44:36so these blocks and tackles will never jam up which is quite essential if you're at sea.
0:44:36 > 0:44:41Well, that's a good starting point. For the walls you need a ship's bulkhead clock,
0:44:41 > 0:44:46maybe some models and maybe a little bit more decoration, so let's have a look.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49INSTRUMENTAL SEA SHANTY PLAYS
0:44:53 > 0:44:57OK, that's the shelving and the deck sorted out in the bathroom. Now for the walls,
0:44:57 > 0:45:01and the most obvious thing to do is decorate them with ships' flags, or fishing nets,
0:45:01 > 0:45:06or even lobster pots and fishnet floats like these. We see a lot of these around.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10There's port and starboard lights, or there's some converted gimbal lights.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14These are designed for when the ship rocks and rolls around at sea.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18The light actually stays still. Here's a good example. Look.
0:45:18 > 0:45:24And that'll set you back around £50. The ones that are converted to electricity? About £80.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27But for my wall I'd go for a clock.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29A bulkhead clock like this...
0:45:29 > 0:45:33There's a little range here in brass. They start from around £100
0:45:33 > 0:45:38to £200. But this one here is rather a specialist clock.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42It's made by Astral Smith and it was supplied to the Royal Navy in the Second World War.
0:45:42 > 0:45:47It's an eight-day wind-up clock and it's made of brass - extremely good quality.
0:45:47 > 0:45:53But the brass has been painted, as supplied to the Royal Navy, in its original black enamel paint.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55This would be to dull it down
0:45:55 > 0:45:58so it wouldn't shimmer away at night or day to attract the enemy.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01You wouldn't want to do that, would you?
0:46:01 > 0:46:03If you look really closely at the dial,
0:46:03 > 0:46:06something very interesting is going on here.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10The little dial in the centre is for the hours.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12The outer ring, well, that's got the minutes on it
0:46:12 > 0:46:17cos midshipmen would have to keep a handwritten log of all the ship's engine movements.
0:46:17 > 0:46:22At every vital point and turn, it would be logged to the exact minute.
0:46:22 > 0:46:27So he would look up as he was charting and he could see it from a distance. That's very, very handy.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31One of these, if you can find one, will set you back about £300.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36And, to top the look off, how about a couple of pond yachts or some ships' models.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40We've got a few here. This one is quite cute.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44This one starts at around about £35 or, you could go upmarket,
0:46:44 > 0:46:49for some lovely pond yachts in full sail, or a dinghy like this one.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54That will give you a look for 200 quid. Do you know, I could spend hours in here.
0:46:54 > 0:46:59Right now, I've got to weigh anchor and cast-off and head straight back to the auction room.
0:46:59 > 0:47:05But, before we do that, let's have a quick recap of all the items that are going to go under the hammer.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08Anita's uncle brought these home from the factory.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Mark hopes they're rare and not run of the mill.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15Beryl and Geoff's glasses didn't go with their collection -
0:47:15 > 0:47:17are they the toast of the sale room?
0:47:17 > 0:47:18Is Mary's daughter in the money?
0:47:18 > 0:47:23Will Cupid's arrow finds its mark with these cameo bracelets?
0:47:23 > 0:47:27And there's a touch of the exotic about this little inlaid wooden box
0:47:27 > 0:47:31which Susan is confident can do really well.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48Gary, something you should be familiar with - Poole Pottery - maybe not these figures.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50These were brought in by Benita.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54Mark Stacey, our expert, got extremely excited on the day.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58Two wonderful figures and he's put £600 to £800 on them.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00We don't know much about them, but are they rare?
0:48:00 > 0:48:06Well, that's a fundamental question which, equally, we're not entirely sure about, to be entirely honest.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10We sell a lot of Poole Pottery in here because we're not far away from Poole.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12We get a lot of standard Poole.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16We ourselves have never seen objects similar to this.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21We've been able to do some research but haven't been able to get an absolutely finite answer
0:48:21 > 0:48:25so, they are a bit speculative which really is what makes them quite interesting.
0:48:25 > 0:48:31- We think they're probably quite early from the production of the Poole factory.- What - sort of 1910?
0:48:31 > 0:48:361910, 1915, 1920 and possibly designed by Phoebe Stabler,
0:48:36 > 0:48:41who was one of the founders of the Poole Pottery with Carter, Stabler and Adams.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44They've come from a mould. There must be more about.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47- They're not that finite, are they? - No, they aren't.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50It depends, I suppose, how popular that production was.
0:48:50 > 0:48:55The ones we have seen were similar to this but with a coloured glaze to them.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58These are plain - not quite as desirable.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02I like them. They're quite naive. Will they do the £600 to £800 mark?
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Well, if it was me, I think we'd be more likely to get near 400,
0:49:05 > 0:49:07but you never know, you're not entirely sure.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10You wouldn't fall of the rostrum if they made 600.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15A typical, cautious auctioneer. You've to go on the rostrum. I hope they get the top end.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19I'd like to see it. It's a case of suck it and see. Let's let the bidders decide.
0:49:20 > 0:49:2320. 5. 5. 20.
0:49:23 > 0:49:255. That's it.
0:49:25 > 0:49:30£600 to £800 riding on this one. They belong to Benita, hopefully for not much longer.
0:49:30 > 0:49:35It's the two Poole figures. They've got the look but have they got the price right? We had a chat.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37I'll bring Mark in on this - our expert.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40- We had a chat to the auctioneer before the sale.- Right.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44He said he's not come across anything like it before.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48He's seen them glazed in colour but not left plain like that.
0:49:48 > 0:49:55- He would have been cautious and put a sort of maybe £300 to £400 on them.- Right.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59He's playing the market here. He's going to let that bidder decide.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02It's what auctions are about. It's where tension creeps in.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- I think we'll see some today. - There might be.- Mr Stacey.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- There's a bit of tension here, I can tell you.- There is.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Now, we're on to lot 252,
0:50:10 > 0:50:13these unusual Poole Pottery white glazed figures.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17And who will start me with this lot? We've got £200 to start me.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20I'll take 220 in the room. At £200.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22220, anyone?
0:50:22 > 0:50:24At 200. And 20.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26240.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28260.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30280.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33300. At £300. Any advance on 300?
0:50:33 > 0:50:3520, anyone like?
0:50:35 > 0:50:39320 on the telephone. 340.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41360. 380.
0:50:41 > 0:50:46400? 400. And 20. 440?
0:50:48 > 0:50:51At £420. 440, anyone like?
0:50:51 > 0:50:53440. All done? I sell.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55GAVEL THUDS
0:50:55 > 0:50:59The hammer's gone down at 440, which means he didn't sell them, did he?
0:50:59 > 0:51:01- He didn't sell. - You've a reserve of 600.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Yes.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Well, I'm surprised. I'm very surprised.
0:51:07 > 0:51:13They're 1924 and as far as we know, there's no others like it.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15You can't do comparables, can you?
0:51:15 > 0:51:22I think also, maybe what you should do, as we say before, Paul, for something as specialist as them,
0:51:22 > 0:51:27is really find an auctioneer's that have a specialist decorative arts sale and get a little bit...
0:51:27 > 0:51:31- dig a bit deeper in the provenance of it.- Yes.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36Well, that's a disappointment for Benita. Let's hope Beryl and Geoff's glasses will do better.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Something for the purist here, these really are. I love them.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41The oldest thing in the sale.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44I think they're priced to sell. We've got 220 to 250.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46They should do more than that.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49I'm hoping they do a lot more than that. 100 quid a glass, at least.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53That's what I'm hoping for. Can we get that sort of money for them?
0:51:53 > 0:51:55I hope so. They're worth that.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57They're worth the top end of the estimate.
0:51:57 > 0:52:01What's concerned me a little bit is there's not much glass of that kind in the sale.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05- But buyers will find it - they'll always find quality.- Let's hope.
0:52:05 > 0:52:08- Hopefully.- Let's hope they find them. Good luck. This is it.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10An interesting lot.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13English 18th-century wine glasses.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Three of these. Who will start me with these - at £100 for the three?
0:52:17 > 0:52:20£100 for the three. 100 is bid.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22And 10 I'll take. 100.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26And 10, thank you, sir. 110 at the back. 110. 120 now, then?
0:52:26 > 0:52:29110. 120. 120.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32130. 140. 150.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34160. 170.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36180. 190.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39200. In tens, I'll take.
0:52:39 > 0:52:43210, sir? At £200. 210.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46220. 220. Any advance on 220?
0:52:46 > 0:52:48230, well done, sir. 240.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52250. It's not my money.
0:52:52 > 0:52:53250?
0:52:55 > 0:52:58- Oh, come on.- At £240, the bid's against you, sir. Are you sure?
0:52:58 > 0:53:01If you're sure. At £240.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04I'm selling. Out and clear, I sell.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07That's not bad - that's top end of your estimate, actually.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- Happy with that?- Ooh, yes.- Yeah?
0:53:09 > 0:53:11- Yes.- What's that money going towards?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15More glasses? Yeah, more glasses.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17180. 190.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19200.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21And 20. Going round the room.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22No, at 40 at the back.
0:53:22 > 0:53:27We've got two lovely, 19th-century early ones - bracelets going under the hammer.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30£150 to £200 is our estimate. They belong to Mary.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33In fact, they belong to your daughter, don't they?
0:53:33 > 0:53:35- They do.- So she should be here flogging them.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39She only came back from Cyprus yesterday on holiday
0:53:39 > 0:53:43and so I've got to let her know what happens at the end of this.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Will it get it? Will it get the top end?
0:53:45 > 0:53:48I don't know whether it's more of a specialist thing.
0:53:48 > 0:53:53- Yes.- Fingers crossed.- What did you think of the valuation? Were you happy?- Very. Shocked.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Very shocked. Well, happy, yes.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57They were just in a box of old jewellery.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00It's nice to get the pair of them.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05Early 19th century, they would have had one on each wrist because they didn't have wristwatches.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Gilt metal and probably Swiss. The quality's very good.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10The cameos are Italian of course.
0:54:10 > 0:54:15- But they're nice, I like them. - Unusual.- Let's find out what the bidders of Dorset think.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- Great.- It's going under the hammer.
0:54:17 > 0:54:18Very attractive,
0:54:18 > 0:54:2519th-century cameo, enamel and gilt metal bracelets - a pair of these.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29OK, who will start me with this lot? £100 if you will, to get on.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32£100 is bid, thank you. And 10.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34120 at the back.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36130 seated. 140.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38150. 160.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43- 170. 180. 190.- Getting there.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46200. And 20. 240?
0:54:46 > 0:54:49At £220. And with me at 220.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Any advance on 220?
0:54:51 > 0:54:54- Come on, tease them!- £220 then. 230.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56240.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58250. 260.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00270 on the side.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03At £260, sticking to it.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06At £260, I'm selling now, all clear and done.
0:55:07 > 0:55:12Yes. £260. We'll take that and you'll take that as well.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13Brilliant.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17I think your daughter will. Does that goes to her or a bit to you?
0:55:17 > 0:55:21Well, we'll hand it over but we'll look pitiful, sort of thing.
0:55:21 > 0:55:29What a great result! Sisters Sally and June are up next, hoping to sell their 19th-century inlaid box.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31I wouldn't be parting with this
0:55:31 > 0:55:37but at £120 to £150 I reckon this is going to go because it's quality. I love it.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Why are you flogging it - because it's yours, isn't it?
0:55:40 > 0:55:44Yes, it is. Well, I don't want it and my children don't want it. So...
0:55:44 > 0:55:46What about you, come on?
0:55:46 > 0:55:50- No, I don't really want it. It's hers.- It's hers, is it?- Hers to sell.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53- Let's see if we can get top money for it, shall we?- I hope so.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56It's a lovely box - a bit of a wow factor, isn't it?
0:55:56 > 0:56:00The condition's good. There is a bit of inlay missing but it's unusual.
0:56:00 > 0:56:04It's got the touch, it's got the rub and it's got the age, so that's quite nice.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07- It's going under the hammer... - Fingers crossed.- ..now.
0:56:07 > 0:56:12This Anglo-Indian inlaid bone or ivory dressing box.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14Very smart thing.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17OK, who'll start me off with this lot? At £100 to start it.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20100 is bid. 110, anyone say?
0:56:20 > 0:56:23100. 10. 120. 130.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26140. 150.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29At £140 then. 150, anyone? 150.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31160. 170.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33180. 190.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36200. And 20?
0:56:36 > 0:56:39At £200. And 20, anyone say?
0:56:39 > 0:56:41- 200.- It's worth every penny.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43220 commission. 240.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46260. 280.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49300. And 20.
0:56:49 > 0:56:54340. 360. 380. 400.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56At £380 commission. At 380.
0:56:56 > 0:57:00400, anyone say? 400. And 20.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02440. 460.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05Against you at the back. 460 on the book.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08Commission bid on the book, against the room? I sell, all done.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11GAVEL BANGS
0:57:11 > 0:57:14Fantastic! £460.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17- Amazing.- Well...
0:57:17 > 0:57:20you didn't think you'd get that, did you? Hmm?
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- No.- What a lovely moment!
0:57:23 > 0:57:27What's going through your mind? I mean about the money. What would you do with that?
0:57:27 > 0:57:31Well, we're going to have a weekend away - me and my sister and our husbands.
0:57:31 > 0:57:37- Where are you thinking of going? - We're going away in a caravan just for a nice, restful weekend.
0:57:37 > 0:57:42- Ah! Do you ever squabble, you two, at all because you spend so much time together?- No.- Not at all?
0:57:42 > 0:57:44We're like a couple of book ends.
0:57:45 > 0:57:47Well, enjoy it, won't you?
0:57:47 > 0:57:50- It's a lot of money. That's a good surprise.- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53260. 280.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56300. 20.
0:57:56 > 0:58:02Well, the auction's still going on behind me but it's definitely all over for our owners.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06All I can say, from Duke's in Dorchester, it's been a mixed bag.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10What did sell sold extremely well and what didn't,
0:58:10 > 0:58:14it wasn't all bad because our owners wanted to take their items home.
0:58:14 > 0:58:20The star of today's show had to be Sally and June's colonial box, selling for a staggering £460.
0:58:20 > 0:58:24I hope you've enjoyed the show. See you next time on Flog It!
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