0:00:02 > 0:00:04This lovely old town was home
0:00:04 > 0:00:07to Johnny Ball, Sarah Cox and Fred Dibnah.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Not surprisingly, it's known as one of Britain's most welcoming towns.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- Today, Bolton welcomes Flog It! - LOUD CHEERING
0:00:46 > 0:00:50It's not often an area is chosen for its damp climate but Bolton was.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54It meant you could spin cotton without it breaking,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57so it was full of large cotton mills. These days,
0:00:57 > 0:01:02Bolton is a much brighter and more welcoming place.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08It's that famous welcome that has attracted our two experts here -
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Philip Serrell and James Lewis -
0:01:10 > 0:01:13to the Albert Halls in the centre of town.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17We've got a massive queue. There's so much to do. It's now 9.30
0:01:17 > 0:01:21so let's get the doors open and see what else Bolton's got to offer.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And now that everybody's settled,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33let's see what Philip has for us.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34- Linda, how you doing?- OK.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Subtle, this, isn't it?- It is, yeah.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41He's a monster. Now, we're in Bolton...
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- Yeah.- Where are you from?- Preston. - So there's North Country flavour.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Would this be something your family might have bought new
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- and it's been stuck in the hall ever since?- We've had it a long time.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- About ten days.- Ten days.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Ten days?! Where did you buy it?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- I bought it from a car boot. - How much did you pay? - You really want to know?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Go on.- Three quid.- Do you have any conscience at all?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09No, he wanted to get rid of it. He even carried it to the car for me.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- You bought this for three quid?- Yes.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- So, what is it? - Burmantofts.- How do you know?
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- It says so on the bottom. - No flies on you!- No. - So tell me about Burmantofts.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Well, I know it was about 1884, something like that.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- Where's Burmantofts from?- Leeds. - What else did they make?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Uh...they did quite fancy...
0:02:31 > 0:02:34William De Morgan-type styles later on.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39- Persian styles.- Yeah.- And they made toilet wares.- Originally, yeah.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43So, basically, you don't need me to tell you anything, do you?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Well, I do really, cos it is cracked.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- Cracked?- Cracked.- Cracked isn't the word for it! Well...
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Let's just describe it first. It's sort of...
0:02:55 > 0:03:00It's a double gourd shape, which is Chinese in inspiration,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03going back hundreds and hundreds of years.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Yeah.- And you've got this sort of...
0:03:05 > 0:03:07monumental lizard...
0:03:07 > 0:03:10or dragon crawling all around it,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13with another little lizard here.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14And...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17we've got the crack to end them all
0:03:17 > 0:03:20that goes all the way round it.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24And because it's almost - not majolica or faience -
0:03:24 > 0:03:28because it's almost like a flaky body, where it's cracked
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- the glaze has actually come away from the crack.- Yeah.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37So, not only have we got this... you can lift the top off the bottom,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39we've got a chunk out the lizard,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- we've got all this damage to the top...- Yes.- ..just here.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48If we turn him over, we can see here the Burmantofts mark on the base.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51So you've researched it all. What's it worth?
0:03:51 > 0:03:56Because it's damaged and it's not a later one, probably not a great deal of money.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58What's it worth perfect?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- It's easy to value these things perfect.- Well, people tell me if it's later,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06the Persian design is worth thousands,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08so I would say £100. 50.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- You think this is worth £100, £150? - If it was good, yeah. - If it was good.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Well, I think if this was good it would be worth between £1,500 and £2,000.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Oh, my goodness! If it was good. - Yeah.- Oh, amazing.- Yeah.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Amazing.- But it's clearly not good.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- What's your husband's views on this? - "Get rid of it!"
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Cos you've got such a huge financial outlay involved in this...
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- I know!- ..I don't want to see you lose money. That three quid is precious.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43I'm going to put on this what we call a "come and buy me" estimate.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- Right, I'm going to put on this £100 to £200. - Amazing! Oh, incredible.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Now, Cath, thank you so much for taking the time to come to Flog It!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- You're welcome. - What have you brought? - A watch. A gent's gold watch.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07You're clearly not a gent, so what are you doing with this?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10It was given to me by an old man that I used to work with.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14He was taken ill and he couldn't get out much,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18so I just did bits of shopping for him and visited him and no-one else did.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Aw!- He was frightened of this watch being stolen so he gave it to me.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27He told me to have a couple of links taken out of it and wear it.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- It's too big for me to wear, though. - It is. Compare it to yours.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- That's more you.- Yeah.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Well, it's still a lovely gift. - Yes, it is.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42It's an Omega, Electronic, it says here, f300, chronometer wristwatch.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48It is a lovely quality watch. Not only is the watch good quality,
0:05:48 > 0:05:54but the strap is too. If we look on the clasp here, it's marked,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57"375", which means it's nine-carat solid gold.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01So it's a good quality watch.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05This is something that will do well, I think. It's in good order,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09the glass is good. The silver dial sometimes starts to pit
0:06:09 > 0:06:13and it has a rough, sort of discoloured area in the centre.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16THIS one is in perfect condition. It's been looked after very well.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19So, is it something you're wanting to sell?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- Yes.- OK. Would you sell it for 20 quid?- No.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28- Would you sell it for £50?- No. - £100?- No.- Wouldn't you?- No.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30How about £150?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33No.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35200?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Possibly.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Oh, well, we've just got in there.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43The estimate I'd put on that is £200 to £300.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Don't forget, you've got all your charges to come off it as well.- Yes.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52So if you sold it for £250, you'd come away with around £210.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57- Right.- Something like that. Well, let's Flog It! for you.- Thank you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Gillian and Michael, I am so in love with this. It's the best thing I've see all day.- Oh, good.- I love it!
0:07:10 > 0:07:15It says it all to me. It's got energy, life,
0:07:15 > 0:07:16it's got vitality.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21It's very tactile. It's behind glass and thank goodness anyway,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24because it's in mint condition.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yes, it is.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31I've got to ask you - why on earth do you want to sell this?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Well, it isn't mine. It's my aunt's.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38She's become quite poorly and needs help towards her nursing care,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- so she's asked me to sell it on her behalf.- She's in care?- Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44And that is really expensive.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- She obviously fell in love with this.- Her husband was an artist
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and he took her to the Royal Academy where it was displayed
0:07:51 > 0:07:55and they both agreed and bought it together.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56It's by Julia Margaret Prout,
0:07:56 > 0:08:01wonderful artist, born 1870s, died in 1965.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Oh.- So she had a long life.- Yes.- She was based in the south of England
0:08:05 > 0:08:09and all her views were of the south of England, lots of Bristol,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11a lot of the south coast. It's lovely.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's like a vibrant babbling brook.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17You can see all the colours, all the sparkle,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19all the light catching the water.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- You almost feel like there's a breeze blowing.- You can see that.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- It's just pushing the trees this way.- Yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I do like this sort of thing and...
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- you stand back from it, the more it comes together.- Yes.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41This was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1959.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44We know that because...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Look at that.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53It's in its original frame, which is fantastic.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54And look.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I do have the receipt of when it was bought.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You've got the receipt as well?
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Oh, we must get that to the auction room.- OK.- That will be so lovely.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09That will put all the history together.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11It's beautifully done. It's in oils.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14A lot of the oil is straight from the tube,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16literally squeezed out of the tube
0:09:16 > 0:09:21and daubed on in great big blobs, just sort of put on.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25It's bold. It's all there. It's confidence.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29And a lot of the oils have been thinned out with turpentine
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and put on very much like a wash
0:09:32 > 0:09:35as if you were putting on a watercolour.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39But look at the vibrancy of the colour. All the hue is still there.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44It's not been hung in direct light, which is absolutely brilliant.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45It's in its original frame
0:09:45 > 0:09:49with a plaque saying, "The willows at Winchelsea
0:09:49 > 0:09:52"by Margaret Fisher Prout"
0:09:52 > 0:09:56and then "Royal Academy 1959", the date.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- So this was bought at the Royal Academy.- That's what we understand.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- What a lovely story! And for £5?- Yes.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04£5.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09OK, value. The big question. We need as much money as possible.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- Yes.- I've looked up other works, relative size and the same medium,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16that she's sold at auction
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- and it's around about £800 to £1,200.- Really?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Now, fix reserve at £800. No-one's buying it for any less.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29Hopefully we'll get the two or three buyers that fall in love with it and bid it up to the £2,000 mark.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34- That's what I'm hoping.- That'd be really good. She'd be pleased.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Dave, these figures certainly make a statement.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Is it a statement you like or dislike?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48It's a statement that we like.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52They're grand figures that should be in a grand drawing room.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Obviously they give a French fancy sort of impression.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Absolutely.- That's what we like about them.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Do they stand in a grand room at home or hidden in a cupboard?
0:11:04 > 0:11:10- They're actually both placed onto antique wardrobes at home.- Oh!
0:11:10 > 0:11:14We're frightened of the damage they might come to elsewhere
0:11:14 > 0:11:18with a small child running around the house.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20They're fine figures.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Do you know much about them?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25No. One of the reasons we brought them is
0:11:25 > 0:11:29we know nothing at all. We can't find anything from the marks on them.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Well, these were made in France,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35somewhere between 1870 and 1890.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40They're French glazed Parian figures and they're in 18th-century dress
0:11:40 > 0:11:43but made a hundred years later.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46This is part of that romantic French influence
0:11:46 > 0:11:50that was around throughout Europe and also in Britain.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55You can imagine a big town house with a very fine drawing room...
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- Yeah.- ..a pair of Louis XVI-style cabinets,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02big gilt fancy clocks and chandeliers
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- and these would be in that sort of interior.- Yes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Today, of course, there's a great fashion for minimalism
0:12:10 > 0:12:15but there are still collectors for them. And they're finely detailed.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17All hand-painted, hand-modelled
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- and it's good to have a pair.- Yes.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24This form of figure is always prone to damage.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29We've got tiny bits of damage on the flower heads and on the bouquet.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34But it's negligible when you look at the figures as a whole.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39At the moment, I would say a pair of fine porcelain figures like these...
0:12:39 > 0:12:44They've got a great look. ..£200 to £300, something like that.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Very good.- Is that all right? - Yes, sounds good.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53So let's look at what we're taking off to auction.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56It's big, it's bold and it's Burmantofts.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Not a bad investment - £3!
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Next is the Omega wristwatch, which is too large for Catherine,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05so it's time for a new owner.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08This was MY choice and I absolutely love it -
0:13:08 > 0:13:11a beautiful impressionist painting in great condition
0:13:11 > 0:13:14and in its original frame.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Finally, a pair of French Parian figures.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Let's hope there's someone out there who loves them.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30We've got an absolutely jam-packed saleroom here at Frank Marshall's in Knutsford.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Let's hope there's lots of interest in our items.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Have our experts got their valuations right?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38You could say the buck stops here.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Before the sale starts, let's catch up with auctioneer,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44our very own favourite - Adam Partridge -
0:13:44 > 0:13:47and see what he's got to say about our lots.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51David's Parian ware figures. They're finely painted.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Are they? - Well, there's a lot of detail.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57But to me they don't look Parian.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- Parian should look like white marble.- Yes.- A Victorian invention.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- Um...- I'd call these bisque porcelain.- Yes. - If I was being polite.- Yeah.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- I can tell you don't like them. - They're horrible, Paul.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- But we've got a valuation of £200 to £300.- Yeah.- And they always sell.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- They always sell. - I'll give it my best shot.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20And, you know...I'm good but I'm not that good.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23There's plenty of people that'll love these.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27The condition lets them down as well. There's a chip here.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32- Oh, don't hold back, Adam!- They're just dust traps, aren't they?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Dust traps or a cherished antique -
0:14:35 > 0:14:37will they sell?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It's time to flog Catherine's nine-carat gold wristwatch.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Omega, it's a lovely make. This was given to you by a friend, wasn't it?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- Yes.- Who you used to look after.- Yes.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53We got a lovely valuation. £200 to £300, maybe a little bit more.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- James, will we get that top end? - Should do.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- Yes, it's a good quality watch. - It is.- Original strap.- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Nine-carat gold. The strap as well.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06It'll do that easily. It's a weird thing, that wristwatches...
0:15:06 > 0:15:10the price of wristwatches follows the price of classic cars.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- I never knew that, did you?- No.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Pens, wristwatches and classic cars.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Well, that's James's theory!- Boys' toys!- That's what it is, isn't it?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23This toy is just about to go under the hammer. Good luck, Catherine.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27One nine-carat gold gent's Omega chronometer wristwatch.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29The second hand moves so smoothly.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34And I'm bid £230 straight in.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Wow! Straight in.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37240. 250.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39260. 260 back there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Any more on this one? At 260...
0:15:42 > 0:15:44All done 260? 270.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46280. 290?
0:15:46 > 0:15:51280 at the back, then. 280, selling... 280...
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- We've done the top end. That's a sold sound, isn't it?- Good.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Happy with that?- I'm very happy. - What are you putting the money to?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- £280 less a bit of commission. - I'm going on holiday next month.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07- Oh, lovely.- I'll spend it.- Where are you going?- Just on a cruise.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Just on a cruise! JUST on a cruise!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Now it's time for my favourite lot.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Gillian... ..Hi, Mike. I zoomed in on this lovely painting
0:16:22 > 0:16:24by Margaret Fisher Prout.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Royal Academy exhibition 1959.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30And your aunt bought it for £5.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Now, the money today is going towards her nursing care, isn't it?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Yes.- That's right.- Brilliant.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- That'll be one of her best investments.- Oh, yes.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- And I'd love to think it gets near the £1,200.- I hope so.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Fingers crossed.- It's going under the hammer right now.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51It's the Margaret Fisher Prout
0:16:51 > 0:16:53exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1959.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Lots of nice labels on the back. Lot 766.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58£800, start me there.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00800?
0:17:00 > 0:17:05550 here. 560, I have. Is there 580?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07At 560... 580.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09600. 620. 640.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11660. 680.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14680, I'm bid, then. 680. Any more on this one?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Oh, come on.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17At 680...
0:17:17 > 0:17:19700.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21£700. Any more on this one?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23At £700...
0:17:23 > 0:17:24At £700, are you all done?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Oh, he's not selling.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27700?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28He didn't sell.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Oh, I'm so sorry.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- It's all right.- Would you let it go at £700?- No. It is worth more.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- It is, isn't it?- Yes.- Yes.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45This is a cracking lot, Linda's Burmantofts vase, in many ways!
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- There's a big crack in it.- Yeah. - The top's smashed.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- The reserve is now... Well, it was 80, it's reduced to 50.- Yes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- I'm with you, it'll do well.- It's one of those things at the moment.
0:17:57 > 0:18:0110 or 15 years ago, you'd have walked past it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05But it's just... I think it'll sell. I hope it does.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Well, we're going to find out right now because this is it.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Looks like it's been under the hammer already, this one.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18But it would have been a lovely vase originally.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Who'll give me £100? It's got to be worth that.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23£100?
0:18:23 > 0:18:2450, then?
0:18:24 > 0:18:2650 I'm bid.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29We're in. We've sold it.
0:18:29 > 0:18:315. 70. 5. 80.
0:18:31 > 0:18:335. 90. 5. 100.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35110. 120.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37130. 140. 150.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39160.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40170. 180.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43190? No? 180 with H42.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45190 here.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Fresh money at 190.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48All done at 190? Any more?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Well done.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Yes! £190, Linda.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- That is fantastic.- It's marvellous.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00What are you going to do with the money? I know cos I've read my notes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04You're going to have a special treat. All your friends here.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10- I will treat them for lunch, cos I thought I wasn't going to sell it. - What about your two mates here?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- We'll buy you a pint.- You're on.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14A pint of milk.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Those Parian figures, remember?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24You can't forget them, can you?!
0:19:24 > 0:19:27They belong to David. You brought them in.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- You don't own them, do you?- No, they're my mother-in-law's.- Yes.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- They don't look like your taste. - No.- They're not my taste.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37And they're not Adam's taste,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39cos we had a chat with the auctioneer earlier.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- He doesn't like them, James. - I think he's pretending.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I've got friends who sell him this sort of thing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48When I looked at that pair of figures,
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- I thought of Adam Partridge.- Adam's got them in his bedroom, no doubt!
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I bet he's got shelves of them, a closet Parian collector.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Well, I never!
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I don't believe that.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- It's a cover. He's pretending. - The value, I think, is right.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Adam disagreed with me. But we've seen them on the show before...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09standing height, they always sell.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13I don't know who to, but there's people that love them.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15They're going under the hammer now.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Very decorative, male and female
0:20:17 > 0:20:22with flowers... Some minor losses. Start me £200?
0:20:22 > 0:20:23200?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25150, then?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28150 bid. 150 bid.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Any more now? 150. Who's going on? 150.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32At 150...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34150. 160. 170.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35180. 190. 200.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36210.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38At 210, all done? At £210...
0:20:38 > 0:20:41All done at 210? Any more?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Yes! 210. Bang on there, James.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Well, so far, so good. But there's plenty more auction action to come.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58With all this excitement, I need to escape to somewhere very tranquil.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08This is Tatton Park in Cheshire.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13When Maurice the 4th Baron of Egerton died unmarried in 1958,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16it was left to the National Trust.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19You can see it's an amazing house,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23but it's the gardens we're particularly interested in today.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Each new generation of Egertons
0:21:25 > 0:21:27pinched a bit more of the parkland
0:21:27 > 0:21:31to convert into the latest garden fashion of the day.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35The most recent of them is this beautiful Japanese garden,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38constructed in the early 20th century,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and it's considered to be the finest in Europe.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Maurice's father, Alan de Tatton,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53employed a team of Japanese workmen to construct it.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Trade with Japan had just been reinstated
0:22:03 > 0:22:08and in 1910 there had been a huge Japanese exhibition held in London,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12so everything Japanese, especially gardens, were all the rage.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19The garden has recently been restored
0:22:19 > 0:22:21to the most stunning conditions
0:22:21 > 0:22:23with the help of Professor Fukuhara
0:22:23 > 0:22:26from the Osaka University in Japan.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I've come here to meet the head gardener, Sam Youd,
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- who's been the head gardener at Tatton since 1979. Sam... a pleasure to meet you.- And you.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38You've done a splendid job. You must be pleased with the way it's gone.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- It was one of the easiest restorations we've ever done.- Why?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Because it took us 14 years to plan!
0:22:45 > 0:22:48So it is all in the planning!
0:22:50 > 0:22:56- Tell me the difference between an English garden and a Japanese garden.- You'll love this one!
0:22:56 > 0:23:00The English garden is complete when you can't put anything else in.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- The Japanese garden is complete when you can't take anything out.- Wow!
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- So that takes a bit of working out. - It does.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I feel like I've arrived in Japan. I'm just outside Manchester,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12but look at that shrine!
0:23:12 > 0:23:17This is the Shinto shrine, which really dominates the garden.
0:23:17 > 0:23:24There are various types of garden in Japan. This one is about the tea ceremony and about taking tea.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34- And is this the entrance? - This is the entrance, the tori gate,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and originally they were used for bird perches, but latterly
0:23:37 > 0:23:41they got to be used as the most important entrance to the garden.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45They usually have a saying on them about the garden itself
0:23:45 > 0:23:49and it's all about humbling yourself, this idea of being at one with nature
0:23:49 > 0:23:52and eventually taking tea, so we'll humble ourselves...
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- And go on this journey.- Absolutely. After you, Paul.- Thank you.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Is this shrine the most important one in the garden?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14It is, really. It's the only one and it dominates the garden.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17It's got that sort of aspect.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- The positioning.- It's important, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24And it was homing places for spirits, really.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29That's what these shrines are all about. Most gardens will have them.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32They believe that the ancestors will come back and visit the gardens.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- It's a tranquil place.- Very calming.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Let's take a walk over the bridge and go over to the island.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I can see lots of green bamboos
0:24:40 > 0:24:42and I love those cedar trees.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46The cedar is used in making the Shinto shrines.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Japanese cedar.- Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53You know, Sam, everywhere you look, there's the most stunning vista.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Indeed.- It's gorgeous. I feel like I'm in heaven.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- HE LAUGHS - Look at that!
0:25:12 > 0:25:14What have we got, Sam?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17This is the waiting pavilion,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21where you'd be asked to wait until they got the garden ready.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- And what's this for?- A water basin,
0:25:23 > 0:25:27because the tea ceremony is about cleansing the hands and the mind.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30This is at a sort of average height.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33You wash your hands in here to remind you to cleanse your mind,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36but as you go round the garden these go lower,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39so eventually you become humbled before you go in to take tea.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- That is lovely.- Wonderful, isn't it?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51I think this is one of my favourite parts of the garden.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55It really is stunning. Why are these stepping stones so close together?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58They're designed so that you have to walk on every one of them,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02to remind you to cleanse your mind as you're walking along
0:26:02 > 0:26:07- before you go in to take tea. - That's what it's all about? Slowing you down.- Slowing you down,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and the idea is that they're only the width of your foot apart,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14to help the girls with their wooden sandals to walk along.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23- So, Paul, we're nearing the end of our journey now...- OK.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28- ..through the Japanese garden. - You don't walk through the garden - you glide, don't you?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- It really calms you down!- Yeah.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- So this really is the destination, isn't it?- The teahouse, yeah.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Yeah.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41- And do most teahouses look like this?- Yes, they're mostly thatched.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I noticed the bowl has got incredibly low.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Almost stooping...
0:26:46 > 0:26:51Absolutely. So the last of the water basins. And also you notice...
0:26:51 > 0:26:55These are sword-resting stones on each side of the steps,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58so the samurai warrior would take his swords off, place them there...
0:26:58 > 0:27:04The only time you'd see the samurai without swords, when he was taking tea and being at one with nature
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- after being in battle.- And meeting up with the geisha girls!- Possibly.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11But before you do go in, there's one more thing to think about,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15and this is this basin here. This is for the last of your bad thoughts.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- Really?- Anything you've still got to cleanse from your mind, put it in.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25It is completely empty. Looks like there are no bad thoughts there.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Thank you for showing me around. It's stunning here. You've done a terrific job.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34This place is worth a visit and it's a shame to leave the tranquillity,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37but I've got to join up with our experts back at the valuation day,
0:27:37 > 0:27:43so time to dip my hands in, banish bad thoughts and go treasure hunting for more antiques.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55You know...you do Flog It
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and this comes through the door
0:27:58 > 0:28:02and you don't have to pick it up to know what it is. I have to say...
0:28:02 > 0:28:07I'm going to get shot here. I really am not a great lover of Clarice.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Why?
0:28:08 > 0:28:13- I think Clarice is a lovely name. - Clarice is boring.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Well, I didn't think I was boring.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- No, not you, my love. This. - Do you think this is boring?
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- I think it's beautiful.- Clarice... What's your name?- Clarice.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- No, this is Clarice. - Well, I'm Clarice.- You're Clarice?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30I'm in a lot of trouble here.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32- So... So this is Clarice.- Yes.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- Clarice Cliff.- I'm the same initials.- Is that why you bought it?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- I think so.- Where did you get it?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Um, an auction room in Bury.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Bury? Is that what us soft southerners would call Bury?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46- That's right.- Bury?
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- You're proper Clarice.- I am.- This is pretend Clarice.- That's right.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Nice Clarice... I'm not going to say "boring Clarice",
0:28:53 > 0:28:57but other Clarice... Why did proper Clarice buy other Clarice?
0:28:57 > 0:29:02I think it was just the initials - hers were CC and mine were CC.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Clarice Cliff and Clarice Couselle.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- How much did you pay for it? - I do not know. I can't remember.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13So why, Clarice, are you, Clarice, getting rid of this Clarice,
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- here, Clarice?- Because it's of no use to me at the moment.
0:29:17 > 0:29:24- Do you not think that this Clarice might come in for some use for this Clarice later?- I don't think so.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- I don't like this Clarice. Shall we get rid of it, Clarice?- You can do.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31This Clarice is going to make £100-200 for this Clarice.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- That's fine by me.- I'm Clariced out!
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Now, Vinnie, Lesley, obviously you either collect postcards
0:29:42 > 0:29:46- or you know somebody who does.- Yeah, I've got quite a collection at home.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- 12½ or 13 thousand.- Oh, my goodness!
0:29:49 > 0:29:53- How long have you been collecting for?- Ten years.- Fantastic.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Tell me about the ones you've brought along today.- These vary.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01A lot of them are from the First World War, what the soldiers
0:30:01 > 0:30:04sent back to their sweethearts, wives and loved ones.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Some are the original comic cards, which originate
0:30:08 > 0:30:11back in the early 1900s, round about 1900,
0:30:11 > 0:30:15so there's a few of them and there's also some very early ones
0:30:15 > 0:30:20- that people sent to their sweethearts pre the First World War.- OK.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Whenever we're talking about postcards and postal history,
0:30:24 > 0:30:28there's various areas, isn't there, that people collect?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Topographical, street scenes,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33transport, costume...
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Which area did you concentrate on?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39At first I was going down the advertising route.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- "We are the Ovaltineys." Advertising cards are worth a lot of money.- Yes.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Then I found one or two retro cards which I liked, the designer cards,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51and it just went on from there.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55I'd pick one up, or pick a boxful of 200 up, so I started collecting.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Just went from this up to...
0:30:58 > 0:31:04- Oh, my goodness!- The wife's not pleased. There are suitcases and boxes and all sorts of things.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09- So I guess you're shedding some of the ones that are... - Surplus to requirement, basically.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14It's interesting, because you can actually buy a whole album of cards
0:31:14 > 0:31:18and take out the couple that you want to keep,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22- then sell the rest and still get your money back.- Yes.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It's a good way of investing money.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Postcards have held their value where a lot of things haven't.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30They've continuously gone up and up.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35Some of them I've bought for 25p at jumble sales.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Certain ones I've wanted to collect, and I've picked two of them up,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42and the ones I've picked up for 25p I've sold for £18 or £20 each.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47Gosh! Can't be bad. Is there anything rare in these albums that I should be looking at?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Um...the black and white ones, I think...
0:31:50 > 0:31:53the real photo issues.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Yes.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- Real characters.- There's one or two within the albums.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- These are the First World War cards. - Yes.- Or just prior to the war.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09I looked at some earlier, at the back here, that had...
0:32:09 > 0:32:12There, look at that. Patriotic.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16"The bravest and the best. England's Navy, British Soldiers true,
0:32:16 > 0:32:18"comrade to comrade,
0:32:18 > 0:32:24"I fight for you. Shoulder to shoulder, firm to the test.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27"Pride of the whole world - the bravest and the best."
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Only the Americans would dare say that today!
0:32:30 > 0:32:36But...really interesting comments on the period.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- How many have you got altogether? - I think it's around 450-ish.
0:32:40 > 0:32:47OK, so 450, all duplicates... and things that don't match your collection.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50You'll know more than I do about these.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55The interesting thing about this job is you often come and meet people,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57and teach them, but you learn as well.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02With these, I'm learning more from you than you are from me! What do you think they're worth?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06At 50 pence apiece, it's around £200.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08That's being conservative.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12If we put £180 to £220 on them,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14reserve of £180,
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- do you think they'll go?- I think so. - You've taught me something.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Thanks for bringing them along. - No problem.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- Vicky, how are you? - I'm fine, thank you.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- Do you like these?- Yeah, I think they're nice. They are.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- Which country do they come from, do you think?- Staffordshire.
0:33:35 > 0:33:42- Absolutely. Very precise. And what are they?- King Charles spaniels. - King Charles spaniels.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46And they're quite rare cos the legs are open-moulded here.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- They're 19th century.- Yes.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51From Staffordshire, King Charles spaniels.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Decorated in this lovely orange-red here.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Why do you want to sell these?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00They don't go with the decor, and it's a shame to store them.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03It's funny how tastes and times change.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07And 30 or 40 years ago, these would have been really popular.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- Yeah.- And so popular that they were reproduced.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14These, perhaps, originally started to be made in the 18th century,
0:34:14 > 0:34:19were made in the 19th century, and reproduced in the 20th century.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22That cottage-y look has gone, hasn't it?
0:34:22 > 0:34:28- Yeah, it has.- What's your thing now? - I don't collect anything. It's for my mum.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31My mum's working today, so couldn't come today.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36- Your mum wants rid of them.- Yeah. She said it's a shame to store them instead of display them.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- How did she get them?- She was given them by a lady who taught her to weave, in the mills.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- And this was quite an elderly lady. - That's fascinating.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48She... It was her mother's mother,
0:34:48 > 0:34:52so her grandma. Her grandma's originally.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- She taught your mum to weave.- Yes. - That's fascinating.- Yes.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00- Your mum worked in the mills? - She did.- What did she weave? - Not a clue.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05She's got that many pictures, but I don't understand it. All the machines used to break all the time.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08What would Mum be happy with for these?
0:35:08 > 0:35:12If we put them in for auction, and they made £15 to £30...
0:35:12 > 0:35:16That would be fine. Yeah.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19- They'll make between £150 and £300. - Oh, right!
0:35:19 > 0:35:20Fantastic, yeah!
0:35:20 > 0:35:24We'll put a fixed reserve of £120.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- Yes.- We'll estimate them at £150 to £300.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31- They'll do really well.- Right. She'll be really happy.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Now a reminder of what's just about to go under the hammer.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43I'm sure Clarice will not be taking HER Clarice back home with her.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49The 450 postcards in these two albums should bring the collectors out in force.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53And with something as classic as the pair of Staffordshire dogs,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55you can't go wrong.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02So, let's find out what Adam thinks about them.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06I love Staffordshire figures. These belong to Victoria.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08They were given to her mum
0:36:08 > 0:36:12by a weaver who was weaving in the same factory that she worked in.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17- We've got a valuation of £150 to £300.- They are good ones.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21You know my taste. I'm not a Staffordshire pottery man,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25but this is the best pair of Staffordshire dogs I've ever seen.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29And the rarest, with green bases. I've never seen any with green bases before.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- I've seen them with blue, but not with green.- So...
0:36:33 > 0:36:38- bearing that in mind...- Not an area I'm really well, well versed in.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41I wouldn't like to own them, but they're gonna fly.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- What do you think they'll do? - I think...
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- You really want me to stick my neck out?- Yeah, go on.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- I think they'll make £1,000-plus. - Gosh!
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- Purely because of the green bases? - And cos they're in great condition.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58They're beautifully painted.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- And the bases - they are right... - Look at that.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06That's what you wanna see. And these bits of chipping round the side.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- It's all part of it.- Not for me,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11but I can appreciate them. Very nice indeed.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13That's really exciting!
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Well, it wouldn't be "Flog It!" without Clarice!
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Here she is!
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Eh?!
0:37:23 > 0:37:28And she's brought in Clarice Cliff. It is a true "Flog It!" moment.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- You've got a spider on your head! - Is that lucky?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34It's a money spider.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Money always goes to money. I dunno!
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Your Clarice Cliff is about to go under the hammer.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41This is it. Good luck.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Lot 383 is the Clarice Cliff bowl
0:37:45 > 0:37:50in the Crocus pattern, and a Biarritz dessert set. Lot 383.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Next lot there. Bid me £100. 110.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57120, 130. 130 bid. Any more?
0:37:57 > 0:37:58130, this lot. 130.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Mid-estimate.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- 140, 150, 160... - It's climbing, Clarice.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06150 here, 160 on the internet,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08160 online bid. Any more now?
0:38:08 > 0:38:13At £160. This is selling at £160. Top end of estimate.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Wow! The hammer went down very sharp.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- £160.- Not bad.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Thank you for coming in.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Thank you. Thank you, Philip. - My pleasure.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Unfortunately, our next owners Lindsey and Vinnie, can't be with us.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38But 450 of their postcards are!
0:38:38 > 0:38:41They're about to go under the hammer, in two albums.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45We've got a valuation put on by our expert, of £180 to £220.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49They are worth writing home about. They're Vinnie's spares, though.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I don't know what they were. Hadn't a clue.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Was this a, "Oh, each card's probably worth two quid..."
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Something like that. That's what he told me they were worth - and he knows.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I asked what he'd buy them at auction for.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- £2 to £3 each.- No, hang on. How many are there?
0:39:06 > 0:39:07450.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12- Oh, no, that would make it 900 quid! - You never know, they might go for £900!
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- 50p to £1, something like that. - These will sell - they won't be returned to sender.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20It's going under the hammer now.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Postcard albums with song cards - wartime examples, etc.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Who'll start me at £200?
0:39:26 > 0:39:29£100, these two.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32£80? 80 bid. 90?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35100, 110, 120,
0:39:35 > 0:39:37130, 140, 150, 160.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40160 in the room. 160. Any more now?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44160 - is that enough? 160. Any more?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47200, 210? £200.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49At 200, we sell. £200...
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- Yes!- He was right, wasn't he?- Yes. He was right.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01Vinnie and Lindsey, I hope you're watching. Good luck with the collection.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11Now it's time for the Staffordshire figures. Could this be the star of our show?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Remember those two lovely little King Charles spaniels?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- They were brought in by Victoria. They were your mum's.- Yes.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- Hello, what's your name?- Lynne. - If somebody offered £400,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- would you take it?- Er...- Yeah!
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I think so.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Philip's getting the cash out.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33What if they offered you £600 or £700?
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- You'd be over the moon.- I would. Shocked.- You'd have got rid of them straightaway.- Yes.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42That's why it's good to have auctions. They are on the open market.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45I think...they're gonna create a lot of interest.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Had a word with the auctioneer, Adam, our old favourite.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Here's what he said. The green base is very rare.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55He's seen them in blue, but not green.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59You could have something unique on your hands.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Oh, right!- I didn't realise that at the time, but Adam's right.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Those bases are rare.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- And they'll make... - We don't know yet!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- Let's say they could do well. - They could do well!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Pair of 19th-century Staffordshire figures
0:41:14 > 0:41:17of orange and white seated spaniels on green bases.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Lot 262.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Commission bids start me
0:41:21 > 0:41:24at £600.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28At £600. Who's going on?
0:41:28 > 0:41:29At 600.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Anyone in the room?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Yes? £620.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34640, 660?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36680, 700...
0:41:38 > 0:41:40720, 740?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42760, 780?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46800, 820?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48840, 860?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51880, 900?
0:41:51 > 0:41:54920, 940?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57960, 980?
0:41:58 > 0:42:001,000, and 50?
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- 1,100, and 50?- This is good.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- 1,200, and 50? - They're pretty special.
0:42:07 > 0:42:081,300, and 50?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I don't believe it.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13At 1,350...
0:42:13 > 0:42:161,400, yes? 1,450.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- 1,500.- I might faint in a minute!
0:42:20 > 0:42:21I might pass out!
0:42:21 > 0:42:241,450 on this phone. 1,500.
0:42:24 > 0:42:261,550?
0:42:26 > 0:42:281,600.
0:42:30 > 0:42:331,550 here. At 1,550. Anyone else?
0:42:33 > 0:42:37At 1,550. All done at £1,550?
0:42:39 > 0:42:45- Bang!- Fantastic!- I don't believe it! - 1,550 quid!
0:42:45 > 0:42:47I don't believe it!
0:42:47 > 0:42:51You sold them for 400 quid to us, just before the auction!
0:42:51 > 0:42:52I know!
0:42:52 > 0:42:55You made a mistake not buying them!
0:42:55 > 0:42:59What are you gonna put the money towards?
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Well, my grandson wants to go on a cruise.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07He's wanted to for ages. We've not been able to take him away for a few years.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- We're thinking about that.- OK. Treat yourselves.
0:43:10 > 0:43:15We were going to put the money towards it, but now it'll pay for it.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Well done. Thank you so much.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19That's "Flog It!" for you!
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Join us next time for plenty more ups and downs,
0:43:23 > 0:43:28lots of surprises. That's all we've got time for. Until the next time, goodbye.
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