0:00:31 > 0:00:36Today, Flog It! comes from Nottingham, and we all know why Nottingham's so famous, right?
0:00:36 > 0:00:41That's right! The first genetically engineered tomato was produced here,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45and Nottingham Forest was the first ever football team to wear shin pads.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52But the city is also home to someone who belongs in the canon of truly great Britons,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and his name is F Garton,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and he was the inventor of HP Sauce.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04And here's two fellas who like a bit of sauce... Today's experts,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Philip Serrell and Adam Partridge.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Later on in the show, we'll go to the auction room to put all those valuations to the test,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18but now, let's see what Adam's looking at.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Karen, you've brought some interesting toys in, haven't you?
0:01:23 > 0:01:24- Yeah.- Are they yours?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Yeah, they was mine as a child, Dad got them for me.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32- So they're not that old, then?! - I hope not! I'm not saying!
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- I'd think these are 1960s, in my...- Yes, roughly.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm looking at the toys, of course!
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- 'Course!- So we've got three here, all with their original boxes...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- Yes.- Did you play with them a lot?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Not really, no. They was mainly in the cupboard.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47They're all Japanese manufacture, aren't they?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- I think you're right.- And they're all working, aren't they?- Oh, yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55So we've got first of all, the clockwork musical merry-go-round...
0:01:55 > 0:01:58MECHANISM WHIRRS AND RASPS
0:02:00 > 0:02:01There we are...
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Needed a bit more winding up, probably!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08And then we've got this Golden Falcon train.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10It's a good one, isn't it?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Yeah. This one smoke comes out of. - Does it?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Yeah, it's brilliant. - Can you show me?- Yeah.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- When it bumps into things, it turns back and forth.- Oh, really?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21MECHANISM WHIRRS
0:02:21 > 0:02:23WHISTLE HOOTS
0:02:23 > 0:02:25There was the smoke!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I saw some smoke, yeah!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Excellent! Whistling and smoke...
0:02:34 > 0:02:38It's like a night out with Philip Serrell!
0:02:38 > 0:02:39- That's one's good!- Yeah.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43And we've got the battery-operated Capsule 5 here as well.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44What does this one do?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47That one, his head goes backwards and forwards,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49and the coloured lights go round.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50- Can we have a look?- Yeah!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54MECHANISM WHIRRS
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Oh, he moves? Oh, wonderful!
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- Is that sensitive to where it goes as well, does it reverse?- Yeah.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Karen, why have you brought these in to Flog It! today?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I've had them in the cupboard for ages, they're not doing any good there,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- so I'm quite happy to sell them. - Never out, no-one to give them to?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Well, there's my daughter, but she's not getting them.- Sell 'em instead!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22There's going to be a bit of value in them.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- How much, d'you reckon?- I dunno,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- I'd like as much as possible, to be honest with you.- Good answer!
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- I'd say, £60-£100 for the group.- Oh, right.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Probably a bit disappointing, but they're not that old.- Mm-hm.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38But they're boxed, they're collectable, so if we put a reserve of £60...
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- Yeah.- ..then, hopefully they'll make towards 100, or maybe even just a bit more.- Yeah.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- But I don't think they're gonna really fly away.- Fine.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Would your daughter get any of the money?- Definitely. Take her out and spoil her.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- That's nice. How old is she?- Eight.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57- Want to say hello?- Hello, Jade, I love you!- Aw, ain't that nice?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Whenever you see a box like this, Brian,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07you know exactly what's going to be in there - a little clock.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- And more importantly, a little carriage clock. Right?- Yes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- How long have you owned it? - It was my mother's, originally.- Yeah?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- My grandfather gave it to her... - Oh, right.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19..for looking after him.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22That's a good present. Let's look inside.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24There we are... That's lovely.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30The interesting thing is, this front here, will just slide out, so that then you could close that up,
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and still see the case in there.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- And someone's been at work with this bit of handmade tape - is that you?- No!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38No, my mother.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42So, there we are, there's the case. We've got the little key just here.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46This is really, really sweet, isn't it?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50So this is a carriage clock, and it would date to about...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54end of the 19th century, perhaps 1905, something like that.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59And it's just got a super face on it. This is all enamelled,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03and we've got foliage and birds down here,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05and a lovely little gilt butterfly up at 11 o'clock.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Have you seen him before?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Oh, yes.- Lovely, isn't he? - Yes, it is.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15And there's the retailer's mark, which is Finnigans of Manchester,
0:05:15 > 0:05:20and they really were a good retailer. If you just look up in this top corner just there,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- can you see there's what looks to be a little bit of damage?- Yeah.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Now, I suspect that's probably on the glass rather than the enamel.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34Enamel's a very difficult thing to repair. Once you've damaged enamel, you're in trouble, really.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38What I love about this is that architectural form, there.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- It's almost like a Chinese pagoda, isn't it?- Yes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45And that form there, is replicated just there.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's a really sweet thing. Why d'you want to sell it?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- Got some repairs to do at home, that's it!- Right, so...
0:05:53 > 0:05:58I think at auction, that we can estimate this at £150-250,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- and we'll put a reserve on it for you of about £120.- Uh-huh.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- And I think that will do very well. - OK.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Gosh! This looks very architectural, Ann, and I absolutely adore it.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18It's got everything you want from a teapot,
0:06:18 > 0:06:23all the sort of classical styles - rococo, neoclassical, Queen-Anne -
0:06:23 > 0:06:27I think it's a sort of a Victorian melting pot, as a teapot, really.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29How did you come by this?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Well, it's come from my family. It was my grandfather's.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37There was a teapot, and a bigger coffee pot.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- You've got a matching coffee pot... - No.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46Somebody else has, I haven't. When my mum died, it was split between my brother and myself,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- so I have this one and he's got the coffee pot.- Well!
0:06:50 > 0:06:55And have you looked after this? Polished it, and had it on display in the house?
0:06:55 > 0:07:00- I have, actually.- Oh, great! So it's not been in the loft or in a box under the bed.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- No, it's not. It's been on show. - Why d'you want to flog it now, then,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06if it's been on show and you've been enjoying it?
0:07:06 > 0:07:13Because I've enjoyed it and, erm, I feel that my son and his wife,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16they've entirely different house styles...
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Minimalistic, and it wouldn't look right.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25It would be put up in a box in the loft, more than likely.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Let's have a look. What d'you know?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- It's been in the family three generations...- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35- Have you done any research on this, to find out a little bit about it? - No, I haven't, actually, no.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Well, it's quite easy to do. You just get yourself a little book,
0:07:38 > 0:07:43from any good bookshop, £10. It'll tell you where everything was made,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47cos you can identify the assay office, it gives you a date letter,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50and hopefully the maker's name, so you know who they are.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53And you need a jeweller's loop, or a good magnifying glass.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57So, kit yourself out, and you can tell the history of your silver.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00So, I'm going to turn this over and have a look. Instantly...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02you see the lion, look.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Now that's a mark to say it's sterling silver.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09If you look at this one, that's got a leopard's head.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11That says the assay office is in London.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Now, that's the important one - the initials G A.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Now, that's George Angel, and it's 1855.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Isn't that stunning? But look at all the influences.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22See these little C scrolls just there?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26You see this pattern repeated on furniture a lot as well,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29where legs and arms terminate and they roll around,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31that's called a C scroll.
0:08:31 > 0:08:38- And that detail was pioneered by Thomas Chippendale, the ultimate cabinet maker.- Yes, quite.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I've noticed, when you look at it head-on, the spout's slightly skewwhiff there.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44That can be straightened up.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47The finial is a little bit bent.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- The handle could do with tightening. - Oh, yes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54And see these little ivory insulators?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56There's a little bit of damage,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58but they can be repaired as well.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04- So, have you any idea of value? - No, not really.- It's a nice weight.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08There's a good four ounces there. Isn't that lovely?
0:09:08 > 0:09:15I think we could easily put this into auction, with a valuation of £300-400.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Is it something that you'd consider selling at that price?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Yes, it is now.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25- Yeah.- We'll put a fixed reserve on it of £300.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31No discretion, absolutely nothing. It's got to get more than £300.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Shall we do it? Shall we flog it? - Yes, we'll flog it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Andrew?- Yep.- I'm Adam.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46These are by Charlotte.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Certainly are.- Charlotte Rhead.
0:09:48 > 0:09:54- What can you tell me about them? - I only acquired them about two months ago, so, not a lot.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Where from?- An antiques shop, near where I live.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58- In Nottingham?- Long Eaton.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- So that's outside of town, isn't it? - Yeah, yeah.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So, you got them from an antiques shop a few months ago.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08How much did you pay? Cos it always worries me that you might have overpaid, I dunno.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14Well, I didn't give any money over. I just took lots of stuff in, and we just sort of swapped them.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17So, you did a swap. OK... What did you swap?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Erm... Perpetual calendars, some Art-Deco clocks...
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Perpetual calendars? How many of them?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Oh, I dunno, there must have been about ten...- Right.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- What else?- Some Art-Deco clocks.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- Right.- And some other bits and bobs that I can't remember.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- Quite a lot of stuff. Equivalent value of, how much?- £100.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- Is that what they were asking for them in the shop? - Well, that's what he said he wanted.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Right. So why sell them two months later?
0:10:45 > 0:10:51I want to get a Drunken Bricklayer vase by Whitefriars.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53OK. I thought you meant just a drunken bricklayer!
0:10:53 > 0:10:56You could probably find one in most pubs
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- on a Friday afternoon at 4.30... - Not that sort of thing!
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- So, you're into Whitefriars glass... - Well, any glass, really, but Whitefriars is my favourite.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- So if you were to sell these, you might put the money into a Drunken Bricklayer?- Yes.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13OK, so they're by Charlotte Rhead, as we all know, Staffordshire again.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17These are made at the Crown Ducal factory which is marked on the bottom there.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20This is a pattern reference number here,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- and that's the Charlotte Rhead signature.- Right.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27People like to see them signed, and decoration's the stylised flowers,
0:11:27 > 0:11:33typical 1930s pottery, a tube-line decoration which people are going to be very familiar with as well.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Now, collectors of ceramics are fussy,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and there's a little, very light, hairline crack
0:11:38 > 0:11:41on the rim of that one. Goes down a little bit, inside and out.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45So that's going to detract from the value a little bit.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48What I'd suggest is an auction estimate of £60-100,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- so you may be a little bit out of pocket...- Mm...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- But, you've got to have a go, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57At auction, one day you could do better than another,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- so we'll put a reserve of £60, cos we wouldn't want to go for any less. - OK.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Let's hope we can get your £100 back or maybe more. But I don't think an awful lot more.- OK.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10- So that'll go some way towards a Drunken Bricklayer vase, won't it? - It certainly will!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13You'd probably have to give, for a small one, £300,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- or more for that?- Yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- So it goes some way towards it. See you at the auction...- OK.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- ..and let's hope we get these sold for a good price.- Good.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Right, now it's time for my favourite part of the show.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36It's time to turn up the heat, put the pressure on our experts, put those theories to the test.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41So while we make our way up to the auction room at Neales, here's a run-down of all the items.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47These mechanical toys dating from the 1960s have survived very well.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Adam thinks they could make a tidy sum.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Brian's mum has always looked after this carriage clock.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55But now it's time for it to find another home.
0:12:55 > 0:13:02I think Ann's High Victorian teapot is a real beauty and it should go for a high price.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06A pair is always a good bet, and these Charlotte Rhead Staffordshire vases
0:13:06 > 0:13:08are bound to catch a collector's eye.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21And this is where it all ends up. Neales sale room in the heart of Nottingham.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Before the sale starts for our owners, let's catch up with auctioneer Stuart West,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and see what he's got to say about our owners' items,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31but more importantly, our experts' valuations.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I think these are a good investment. Charlotte Rhead studio pottery.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Great name, great design, and it's a pair.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Yeah.- You can't go wrong. Value £60-100.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I think this is where the next investment is.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53I couldn't afford to invest, let's say, in Clarice,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I don't know it well enough, and don't really like it.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58But good studio pottery, there's always a market.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Definitely. The quality of these, for that kind of money, really is exceptional.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Very nicely decorated, great shape, and, like you say, a pair.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Really, really nice. They should do well.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And it's an odd pair, slightly, as well.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Same decoration, but one's slightly bigger,
0:14:15 > 0:14:20so you get that little bit of uniqueness about the whole thing, that it's hand-thrown.
0:14:20 > 0:14:26It's not, let's say, from a mould like Whitefriars glass is, fetching loads and loads of money.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29But is studio pottery a good investment?
0:14:29 > 0:14:35It is. These haven't really increased in value over the last few years dramatically,
0:14:35 > 0:14:40just a steady increase in price. They're never going to be as big as Clarice Cliff.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Will it just top the £100, do you think?- I think we'll be lucky.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55This is a choice lot, the two Charlotte Rhead vases. We're looking at £60-100.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00They're quality. We chatted to the auctioneer, and I'm just about to tell Andrew what he said.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06- Oh, right!- He agreed with Adam's valuation - spot on - and these are an investment for the future.- Right.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Not fetching a great deal, but they're an investment,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- so we're going to get them away, at the top end, we hope.- Good!
0:15:12 > 0:15:17We will, won't we, Adam? Fingers crossed. Everything you touch turns to sold!
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Usually!- Usually! Well, we're going to find out right now.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23This is it! Good luck, both of you.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28A pair of Charlotte Rhead decorated Crown Ducal baluster vases.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Lots of commission bids,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34one slightly high, so I have to start it at £122.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Straight in! At £122!
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Commission bid of £122, then, all done and selling at £122.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48That was lightning fast! One commission bid left, £122.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Job done.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The funny thing is - you're not going to believe this -
0:15:53 > 0:15:58when I was having a chat to the auctioneer, we said, "Charlotte Rhead - good studio pottery,
0:15:58 > 0:16:03"unique, individual, something to invest in, and that's worth its money...
0:16:03 > 0:16:08"Unlike Whitefriars, cos it's all come from a mould! Where's the value there?"
0:16:08 > 0:16:13But I can understand what you see in Whitefriars, cos I do like it. So, good luck - happy shopping!
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Well, that's it, time's up! No, it's not the end of the show.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28- And I'm not flogging my watch but we are flogging Brian's clock, aren't we?- Yes.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Hopefully we'll get £150 for this. I think Philip's value was spot on.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Will we get the top end value on this?- Time will fly.- Time will fly.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37We're going to find out right now.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39The gilt carriage clock there,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42in its original travelling case, nice quality clock.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45And...lots of bids on this one,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I have to start it at £160. Any advance on...
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Yes! Good. Straight in.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Any advance at £160...
0:16:51 > 0:16:5470... 80...
0:16:54 > 0:16:57He's got a bid left, he's working it up.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59..180... All done then, selling,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01commission bid of 170.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05We'll take that, won't we, Brian?
0:17:05 > 0:17:10£170. What are you going to put £170 towards,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- less a bit of commission?- Well, I've got a loft insulation to...
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Sorry?- I've got a loft insulation. - Oh, have you?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23- I've never heard that on Flog It! before, he's insulating the loft! - Ah, well!
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Can't beat it. I like a bit of lagging, now and then.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34This has got to be my favourite lot of the whole day.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Luckily enough, I picked it!
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- I joined Ann at the valuation, and got to see it, absolutely gorgeous! - Thank you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43I would be keeping that teapot if I was you. I fell in love with it.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47We've got a valuation of £300-400. Detail's superb.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- It should get the top end. - Hope it does!
0:17:50 > 0:17:53We're going to wave goodbye. This is a sad moment.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Very nice, good quality piece of silver there,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59the Victorian silver teapot by George Angel,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02and where are we with this one, please?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05£300? £300 to get it started.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07280 then, to get any interest.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Any interest in it at £280?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Nobody interested in it, £280.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Pass that lot by.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15I don't believe it!
0:18:15 > 0:18:19That was the steal of the day at £300.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- I'm so pleased we protected it with a reserve of £300.- Yes.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23It means you can take it away.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26There's another sale, on another day...
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I would go to a specialist silver sale next time,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31cos this is a general sale and there's a lot of furniture.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Yeah, that's right.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37- Ann's piece of silver was the only silver, virtually, in the whole show, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42- Apart from a little figure. - Yes. Never mind.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53Next up, the Japanese toy brought in by Karen. We're looking at £60-100.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Were they yours?- Yes. - Why are you getting rid of them?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- They're in the cupboard and I thought, "Holiday money!" - And where would that be?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Benidorm.- Oh! Oh, lovely! - Christmas!
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Christmastime, we need some spending money in Spain!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Yes!- Will we get it, Adam?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Should do, should do.- OK, top end?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13I think we were probably fairly accurate with the estimate.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- You normally are, aren't you? - Well, I hate to rub it in, but...yes.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18A collection of Japanese toys.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Interesting lot there, and all in their original boxes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23May I say £60 for them?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26£60 to get them started, £60 is bid.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28And 5. And 70. And 5. And 80.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29And 5. And 90. And 5.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32100. 110. 120. 130.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- 140...- Those are doing well. - I'm pleased.- This is great.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- 180, 190, 200. And 10. - Ah!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- We're at 200, do I see 210? - Viva Espana!
0:19:41 > 0:19:43All done, then, at £200.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49- Yes! £200!- Yeah, that's well good. - That's well good, isn't it?
0:19:49 > 0:19:54- Job done, that is!- Yes. - Great result, that is!
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Well, some great results so far.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05But don't go away, there's plenty more auction action to come.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07But right now I'm going to nip outside
0:20:07 > 0:20:10and take a look at an extraordinary piece of local history.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18In 1945, Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22and his government introduced the welfare state to Britain.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28In the aftermath of the Second World War, people demanded a new, and much more just society,
0:20:28 > 0:20:33where money could be paid into one big tax pot, to look after the most vulnerable.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37In the 19th century, before the advent of the welfare state,
0:20:37 > 0:20:43Britain was a much tougher place if you were old and infirm or out of work.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51In those days, each parish was responsible for looking after its own poor,
0:20:51 > 0:20:56and this was funded by a collection of taxes from local property owners.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Sometimes the parishes would club together and form a union,
0:20:59 > 0:21:04and build a house, a house that they could put the unemployable in.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07And these houses were known as workhouses.
0:21:09 > 0:21:16Southwell workhouse, 12 miles northeast of Nottingham, was built in 1824.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Today, it's the best preserved building of its kind in England,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and stands as a reminder of what it was to be poor.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Even now, workhouses occupy a dark place in our collective memory.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38The very mention of the word "workhouse" conjures up real fear, especially amongst the elderly.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46There was a terrible stigma and shame attached to being in a workhouse,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and it was often the last resort of the desperate.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54For the unemployed, it was an indignity. They were set mundane and arduous tasks,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58such as breaking stones or unpicking old rope.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02For the old and infirm, it was a place where they came to die.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07I've come to meet Nikki Williams, the house manager of the Workhouse Museum at Southwell.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11It IS a big place! I never thought workhouses would be as big as this.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14It's on the scale of a grand mansion, really.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- What room are we in now? - We're in the able-bodied men's room.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23But though it is huge, remember you'd probably only see three rooms this size, as an able-bodied man.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28What would the able-bodied men be doing in here? Is this for sleeping, or walking around, or...
0:22:28 > 0:22:31This was a rest room, so got very little use.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34They'd probably have eaten here. There would have been benches.
0:22:34 > 0:22:40You would have had signs on the wall to tell them the rules, such as "No Gambling", "No Swearing".
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- So even things like racing two bugs along the floor... - Which obviously went on!
0:22:45 > 0:22:52..would have been scorned upon, because that was something typical of an idle person,
0:22:52 > 0:22:57to want to while away the hours through gambling. It's a very judgemental system.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- What sort of person came here? - Mostly for us, it was going to be agricultural people,
0:23:01 > 0:23:06a very seasonal job, so come the end of the harvest, nobody would want to keep these people,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10cos they couldn't really employ them and make use of them through winter,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14so they would literally become homeless people, out on the street.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19- They had no rights, there was nothing that was theirs... - Pushed from pillar to post.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22So they had to put themselves into the workhouse, and that's the thing.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25You didn't get put in, you got yourself in there.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31Cos they would have been caught in a cycle of seasonal work, coming here, seasonal work, coming here,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and would have felt very used by the whole system.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38But there were some people, particularly for children, there was an education -
0:23:38 > 0:23:42it's before the Education Act - so they were getting something
0:23:42 > 0:23:45that poor children outside would never have got.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Whole families would enter the workhouse, but men, women and children lived separately.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Children were discouraged from seeing their parents, never mind talking to them,
0:23:55 > 0:24:01because it was felt their young minds would be corrupted by the sight of adult idleness.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- So as we come through this room, it brings us into the central stairway space...- Oh, yes.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11What was the discipline like in here, because all of a sudden,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13this feels like we're in prison.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Absolutely. The whole idea was that it was a very regimented and strict system
0:24:19 > 0:24:21that these people lived within,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24so there was a lot of discipline, because you were here to work,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26that's the nature of the name "workhouse".
0:24:26 > 0:24:30So were there wardens walking around to ensure there was law and order?
0:24:30 > 0:24:36Yes, the master and matron's job was to ensure that everything was being ran efficiently, effectively,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39and that people were here doing the work that they needed to do,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42and living by the timetables that the workhouse system set.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Families were in here, and were segregated.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Did they ever get to meet, one day a week, or a couple of days a week?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52If you were well-behaved - meaning all members of the family -
0:24:52 > 0:24:58then you would have a special dispensation on a Sunday morning, accompanied by a member of staff,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00to meet together to see the rest of your family,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03but it would have been only when you were all
0:25:03 > 0:25:06very much pulling your weight and behaving as you should be,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09that they would have allowed that to happen.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15The system seems cruel to us now, but it wasn't designed to be.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20It was supposed to offer rehabilitation to those considered idle and undeserving,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23but as the system grew, conditions deteriorated.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26GHOSTLY LABOURED BREATHING
0:25:26 > 0:25:31I gather there were workhouses all over the country, 15-20 miles apart,
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- an awful lot of them.- Absolutely. - Was there much corruption?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39As they got bigger, particularly into the cities, you still got the same amount of staff,
0:25:39 > 0:25:44so just three or four staff trying to run a workhouse for thousands of people...
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- You just can't control... - ..it became impossible, so you hear of things like
0:25:48 > 0:25:53the Andover scandal, where men were nibbling the raw marrow out of bones that were rotting,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55that should have been used for fertiliser,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59trying to survive off that, they were so emaciated.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02The masters and matrons just couldn't cope,
0:26:02 > 0:26:07or maybe they were corrupt in themselves, and if you imagine, this is a seven-day-a-week job,
0:26:07 > 0:26:12no-one comes in to relieve you, there's no weekends or bank holidays for them.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17They are here, permanently, 24 hours a day, responsible for this house and those inside.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20So eventually, they cracked, just as the inmates cracked.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25The Reverend James Becher masterminded the workhouse at Southwell,
0:26:25 > 0:26:30and many of his ideas provided the prototype for workhouses
0:26:30 > 0:26:35which were built across the country under the New Poor Law of 1834.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41- This room holds the final symbol that Becher put in place for this workhouse.- What's that?
0:26:41 > 0:26:46When you look out of that window, you will see the spires, over the top of the trees,
0:26:46 > 0:26:51of Southwell Minster and it stands there as a symbol of the pillar of society,
0:26:51 > 0:26:55the community that you want to get back to, by no longer being idle and profligate,
0:26:55 > 0:27:00and getting yourself back on your feet, and getting out to work and being part of those people.
0:27:00 > 0:27:07The system may have been austere and harsh, but some inmates were able to make a better life for themselves.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12And would you believe, one of Hollywood's highest paid stars
0:27:12 > 0:27:14spent some of his childhood in a workhouse.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19All those experiences gave him the inspiration for one of his main characters,
0:27:19 > 0:27:23a very famous character, the Tramp. And his name...
0:27:23 > 0:27:24was Charlie Chaplin.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Back at the valuation day and it looks like Adam's spotted something.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- Heather, this is a lovely bronze figure, isn't it?- It is, yes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46What can you tell me about it? Have you owned it a long time?
0:27:46 > 0:27:51- Yes, it was my mother's. I can remember it ever since I was a child.- Your whole life...
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- Where did it live when you were growing up? - It lived on the mantelpiece.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Well, it's survived quite well, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03And you've brought it in today, presumably cos you want to sell it. Can I ask you why?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Well, I thought I'd like a holiday. - Right.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11Well, this is an Art Deco period bronze figure of Pierrot, a boy, there,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16and it's marked by J Garnier. I think that Jean Garnier is a French bronze sculptor.
0:28:16 > 0:28:22We've also got these foundry marks on the bottom, showing a Hamburg foundry.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28And you mentioned something about Hamburg. What was the connection?
0:28:28 > 0:28:33Well, my father was in the army, and just after the war we were one of the first families to go over.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Oh, right! So is that when it became part of... - I think that's when it became...- OK.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42So overall, it's in pretty good condition. I think there's a slight little dent there, on the base.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47You see, just slightly misshapen. I don't think that will affect it too much.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49What's nice to see is the original patination on it.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53It's that nice chocolate brown colour that you expect to see on a bronze.
0:28:53 > 0:28:59And d'you know, so many people clean them up and we had a lady, she brought a bronze in,
0:28:59 > 0:29:03and it was lovely and we told her what it was worth. She came back a year later...
0:29:03 > 0:29:07- "I've cleaned that bronze up for you!", she said, and it was all brass...- Oh, no!
0:29:07 > 0:29:11..and worth nothing compared to... It was about £500 and it turned into £50.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16So, erm... Don't clean your bronzes! Just a light dusting!
0:29:16 > 0:29:22So, erm... Nice original condition. Price-wise, have you got any idea about the value?
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- I haven't, no.- Just as a signed bronze of a nice subject like that,
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- it's got to be worth £200-300. - Oh, right.
0:29:29 > 0:29:35- So, if we put that on provisionally, with £180 reserve, so it doesn't go for any less than that...- Yes.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- Thanks very much for bringing him in, he's delightful.- Thanks.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- How you doing, Mark, all right? - Very well, thanks, yeah.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Let me guess. You are...47 years old.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Slightly older!- Really? Go on, then.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- 51.- Oh, you're making me feel better.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56- Oh, thank you.- I'm 52, and these are like toys of our childhood, aren't they?
0:29:56 > 0:30:01- They are. Absolutely fabulous. - I love them to bits. There's some great cars here,
0:30:01 > 0:30:05I mean that is a Ferrari 250 LM -
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Le Mans is the LM -
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- the old back lifts up, look. - Beautiful.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14D'you know, that would be worth about £3 million if it was the real model.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16I know, but it's a dream world!
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Absolutely. Then you've got a great Lotus Elan...- Yeah.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22..and it's the old Esso, Tiger In My Tank.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- That's right, one of my favourites. - Tiger In The Tank on the back, there.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31And they're all boxed. And we've got the Wall's ice-cream van up here.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37These are all Corgi, so they all date from, what? Probably 1960s, aren't they?
0:30:37 > 0:30:42About '67-'70... Up to late 60s, most of these.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46They started to produce different sorts of things to make the cars quirkier,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48so some of them had suspension.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53- I think the mini was the first one to have some sort of suspension. - That's right, yep.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58And then others would have lights, the engine lifted up. This is a great one - look at that - steering!
0:30:58 > 0:31:02- Yeah.- You just turn the thing on the roof, and off it goes.- Yes.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05It's a driving school car, with the L-plates on the front...
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Absolutely brilliant. Look at that!
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- So you are now going to sell your childhood.- I am.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16Well, I think they're going to show you a fairly healthy return, this little group here.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- What would that have been about? Four and sixpence? - Six and thrupence!
0:31:20 > 0:31:26Hold on, six shillings is 30 pence, so that's 31 pence, isn't it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30So you've probably got under £10 worth of cars here.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33I think this little lot at auction is going to make £200-300.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- And we'll put a reserve on this little lot of £150 for you.- Mm-hm.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Now I've pulled one out separately,
0:31:39 > 0:31:43cos it's James Bond Aston Martin DB5,
0:31:43 > 0:31:49and it was that car, that when Bond flicked over the gear lever, and pressed the button on the top,
0:31:49 > 0:31:54- he shot the little guy, Mr Goldfinger's assistant out through the roof...- That's right.
0:31:54 > 0:32:00- That's the one in the film. - When Corgi made these, they knew what we were like, didn't they?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04And they knew that we'd lose that one little guy in the blue overall.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05- So they put two guys in.- Correct.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- Have you still got the two guys? - Yes.- Let's see.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- This is really sad, so sorry about this.- Awful, isn't it?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- So we've got this... You press that there...- That's right, just...
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- Oh, there's the man. And then we press...- Press the...
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- Did you press the exhaust? - It brings the screen up.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26The screen comes up. Then do you press another one at the front?
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- That one there?- Yeah, - And something happens...
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Oh, yeah, machine guns at the front, we've got a bulletproof screen,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38we've catapulted the little guy in the blue overalls into kingdom come...
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- And still with the car, there's the spare man...- The spare man.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47- ..and the top secret instructions. - Top secret! It doesn't get any better than this, does it?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Goodness me!- That's authentic.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54- Why are you selling that?! - It's been in the collection a long time, it's sitting there.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Well, I can't believe it. That is going to make, erm...
0:32:58 > 0:33:00£50-80, reserve £40.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- But I just think that's a top car. You happy to sell them?- I am, yes.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- I think you're bonkers! - Probably am, but...
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- We'll find out later! - They've gotta go, haven't they?
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Yeah, they gotta go.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- Welcome to Flog It!- Good morning!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- Thanks for coming. Do you live in Nottingham?- Yeah, just outside.
0:33:20 > 0:33:26Excellent. And we've got an interesting-looking leather pouch on the table here.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- Let's have a look what's inside. - Yeah, go ahead.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Have a look. There we are. Isn't that sweet?
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- A Coronet Midget camera.- Yep. - Where did you find this?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40It was in my uncle's flat when we cleared it out earlier this year.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43It just appeared and my mum was going to throw it away.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47And so you thought, hang on a minute, that's a bit too good to throw out.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- We'll have that.- We'll have that.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Well, I know you've done a bit of research on it,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55but I know a little bit about these, and it actually works.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59A lot of people think they were just a novelty, but it is a functioning camera,
0:33:59 > 0:34:03you can look through it and press that down, and take a photo of glamorous directors.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08And these were made in Birmingham by the Coronet Camera Co, and it took 16mm film.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- I sound very knowledgeable, eh? - It says it there...- On the front.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15And there, of course, is where your film goes in the back.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17They made them in three colours -
0:34:17 > 0:34:20this is a bakelite body from the 1930s -
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- and they did them in a green and a blue.- Yeah.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26As far as I know, the most valuable's the blue, is that right?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28- Yes. Then green... - ..Then your one...
0:34:28 > 0:34:30- ..brown!- ..which is the common one!
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- But that's the only common thing about you, isn't it?- Yeah, OK!
0:34:35 > 0:34:38So the blue ones were worth £150-200, I believe,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42- green ones less than that, and the brown one is a humble £30-50.- Yeah.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47But d'you know what? This fellow here, he probably started out using one of these.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50SHE CHUCKLES
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- So we'll put it in the auction with an estimate of £30-50.- Lovely.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Is that all right?- That's fine. - Reserve of £30?- Great.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59And we'll see what develops, shall we?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- Very good, yeah.- Yeah!
0:35:01 > 0:35:04So, straight off and back to the auction room.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08This well-patinated Art-Deco bronze has some slight damage
0:35:08 > 0:35:12but Adam doesn't think that will matter.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17Phil was transported back to his boyhood by this fantastic collection of Corgi cars,
0:35:17 > 0:35:21which he suggested selling as two separate lots.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24And finally, Tracy's Midget Corona camera
0:35:24 > 0:35:25is not the rarest of its type,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27but it's a good example, all the same.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Let's see how the estimates measure up.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36This brings back childhood memories for me.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37I HAD one of these!
0:35:37 > 0:35:41I've still got the car, but not the box and there's a lot of value in the box.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45We've got a value here of £50-80, and it is Aston Martin DB5.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49It's not the real one, but it's the next best thing!
0:35:49 > 0:35:55- And I think that's quite cheap. - I agree. It should really outstrip that estimate quite easily.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Lots of other toys on sale, as well...
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- So there's going to be interest. - Yes.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04The toy and juvenilia buyers will be there, and, fingers crossed, we'll do well.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09- It's a cracking little car, isn't it?- Good condition, with the box.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- Just a shame the box isn't 100%, then we would have been talking... - £200!
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- Easily, easily.- It's all in the packaging now, isn't it?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19It is. Not just the car, they want the whole thing.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22If it does sell at only £80, somebody's got a bargain.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26I personally think that should do the £100-120 mark.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Let's hope so.- Fingers crossed, it's gonna screech away.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37I love this Art-Deco bronze, Heather.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41We are just about to flog this, we're looking at £200-300.
0:36:41 > 0:36:48There's a lot of furniture here, not a lot of bronzes. I just hope the collectors and the buyers are here.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Why are you flogging this?
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Well, I'm just clearing out and trying to tidy the house a bit.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57OK. And what are you hoping to put the money towards?
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Well, towards a holiday, I think. - Where d'you fancy going?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Erm...Cornwall. - Oh, I was hoping you'd say that!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Oggie, oggie, oggie! Yes!
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- St Ives, I love. - Somewhere down there.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- Trip to Cornwall is on offer here, if we can get...- For me?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- No!- I was gonna say! This gets better and better, this programme!
0:37:15 > 0:37:18If it makes a thousand, you can take me as well!
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Take your earplugs as well!
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Art-Deco bronze of a boy,
0:37:27 > 0:37:31signed J Garnier. Nice quality thing.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Where are we with this one? £200 for it, please?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- £200 to start...- Should be worth that.- Yeah.- All day long.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40£180, then, to get it on... Any interest at £180?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- £180's bid...- We're in!
0:37:43 > 0:37:45With me at £180, any advance on £180?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47All done, then, at £180...
0:37:47 > 0:37:48C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!
0:37:50 > 0:37:54He's put the hammer down, the gavel has gone down. £180.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- That's a couple of nights in Cornwall.- Yeah.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59St Mawes maybe... Yeah?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Enjoy it, won't you? - I will.- Bye-bye!- Thank you.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- So sorry I can't come.- Never mind! - 180 - under the threshold!
0:38:10 > 0:38:15Tracy, we're just about to find out if the price is right! £30-50 for this little camera.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Hopefully, it's had full exposure in the sale room, and we get that top end.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- It's a nice little thing, isn't it? - It's cute.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26I just hope, Adam, we've got a lot of camera collectors here, cos it's a nice little bit of memorabilia.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- I hope they've seen it, cos it's tiny!- As I said, it needs full exposure!
0:38:30 > 0:38:35- Let's see what develops, shall we? - Yes, don't be negative! Here we go!
0:38:35 > 0:38:42Lot 60 is the Corona Midge 16mm camera,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44and £30 for it, please. £30 for it...
0:38:44 > 0:38:48£25 to get it started, £25's bid...and 8...
0:38:48 > 0:38:50and 30...
0:38:50 > 0:38:52and 2...and 35...
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Ooh!- They like it!
0:38:54 > 0:38:58..and 40... With you at £38, do I see 40?
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Standing at £38, are we all done then? Selling at £38.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Bang! 38 quid!
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- That's a meal out! - It is, definitely!
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- And that's the top end of the estimate.- The middle, Paul.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12- Oh, was it?- £30-50.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- Oh, right!- It's pretty much the middle! Happy with that.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27I love this next lot, it brings back so many boyhood memories for me, as I said earlier.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31I'm just about to tell Mark. I had this car. I played with it a lot,
0:39:31 > 0:39:35I pushed the ejector seat button, I lost the man in the first week,
0:39:35 > 0:39:40then I think I trashed the box and threw it away and now the box is possibly a third of the car's value.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Anyway, you've looked after it!
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Yeah, from boyhood. Played with them, but put them back in the box!
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- Lots of memories there. Why are you flogging? - The time's come to move on, y'know.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Let's hope we get that top end of Philip's estimate.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I reckon, Philip, we'll get 80, maybe 120.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- I would hope so. We're all boys at heart.- Yeah!
0:39:57 > 0:40:01- Disappointed to hear you were a naughty boy, though.- Nah...
0:40:01 > 0:40:06That's the nearest thing to an Aston Martin DB5 I'm ever going to get to!
0:40:06 > 0:40:12Lot 100 is the Corgi Toys model 261,
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Special Agent 007,
0:40:15 > 0:40:17being shown with its original box,
0:40:17 > 0:40:19and I'm bid, on commission, £40.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Any advance on 40?
0:40:21 > 0:40:232, and 5 and 8, sir...
0:40:23 > 0:40:26With you at £48, 50, 5...
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- C'mon, c'mon, steady climb... - It's got to go.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32..and 5, and 80. With you at 75, do I see 80?
0:40:32 > 0:40:3380's bid.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Seated at £80, any advance on 80?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Gentleman seated at £80, all done then, at £80...
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- 80 quid!- Very good.- That's good.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Bang on your top estimate there.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Now, let's see what the rest of Mark's collection does.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Lovely cars, all in their original boxes. That's the secret!
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- Keep the packaging, that's where the value is.- It is.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02Hopefully we'll get just over the 300, might get 400, you never know.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05We need two eager bidders fighting it out, Philip, will we get it?
0:41:05 > 0:41:10I hope so, because there are some classics amongst this lot. Ferrari, Lotus...
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Let's just hope they race away.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17- Yep. And which was your favourite? - My favourite, probably, was the ice-cream van.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- The ice-cream van? Why was that? - It was so unusual.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Y'know, you don't see them. It was just a beautiful toy.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Nice collection here of Corgi toys.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Various models, and nicely boxed as well.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Lots of bids on these with me on commission,
0:41:33 > 0:41:37and I have to start it at...
0:41:37 > 0:41:40£190. Looking for £200...
0:41:40 > 0:41:43200. 210. 220.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Your bid of 220. 30. 40.
0:41:45 > 0:41:4850. 60. 70. 80. 90.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51300. 320, sir.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- This is great... - 320, sir? No, you're out.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56With you at £300, and 20 bid...
0:41:56 > 0:41:59and 40, 360, 380, 400
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- 420, 440...- They keep going up.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Your bid at 420, do I see 40? Any advance on 420?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07All done then. 40's back in.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10460... No, you're out. With you at 440.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13All done, then, at £440.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- Yes! What a result!- Absolutely!
0:42:17 > 0:42:19What are you gonna put all that towards?
0:42:19 > 0:42:21£440, less a bit of commission?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Probably add to my cigarette card collection.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- How long have you been collecting? - About...15 years.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33OK, how many hundreds, or thousands, have you got?
0:42:34 > 0:42:35- About 100,000.- Ho-ho!
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- Do you know exactly what each one is?- Nope!
0:42:41 > 0:42:46- Philip! 100,000 cigarette cards! - A lot of smoking, that is, isn't it?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Is your throat all right?
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- I've never smoked in my life! - That's the best way!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Well, happy hunting and great results.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- All credit to you, for keeping them boxed.- Good result.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Well, that's it. It's all over. The saleroom...
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Well, it's empty, everybody's gone home!
0:43:08 > 0:43:12Our owners have gone home happy and we've had some cracking results.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15It was really nice to see that big smile on Mark's face
0:43:15 > 0:43:19when those Corgi toys raced out of the saleroom with a staggering £440.
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