0:00:37 > 0:00:41Flog It visits many places which are described as market towns -
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Chesterfield certainly fits that bill.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45There are around 250 stalls here,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49which makes it one of the largest open-air markets in the country.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52And market day is every Monday, Friday and Saturday.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56On Thursdays, there's an antique and farmers market combined.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01So there's not much you can tell the good people of Chesterfield about value for money.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06We're certainly going to have a work cut out today convincing them that our estimates are right.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12And this is where it all starts, and quite literally so, because it is the beginning of the queue.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15All the people of Chesterfield are here to get their antiques and
0:01:15 > 0:01:20collectables valued by the best in the business, our Flog It experts Nigel Smith and Charlie Ross.
0:01:20 > 0:01:27And if they hear favourable news, well, they might just decide to flog it, and that is what it's all about.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37So let's get straight down to business. What's Charlie found?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44This has taken my eye. I haven't got a clue what it is, but you can tell me.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- No, I've no idea.- You have no idea what it is?
0:01:47 > 0:01:52- It's got a little cutter inside, that's why I brought it, to see what it was.- I know it's a poodle.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I know it's a poodle!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- But its tail is unusually long.- Yes.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I'm hoping it's silver.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Aha, I can see what it is.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05It's a cutter. It is a cheroot cutter, it's not big enough to be a cigar cutter.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- Quite obviously this is not for a masculine...not for cutting a Havana cigar.- No.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14Besides, you would think the chap was a bit strange if he took this out of his pocket.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19You would say hello, hello, hello! So it's a very female object.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24I think we'll find a collector. I think the auctioneers will find a collector for this.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29I'm not finding a hallmark, so it's silver plate.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Right.- So we're not going to be selling it to silver collectors,
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- but we are going to sell it to cheroot cutter collectors.- Ah, good.
0:02:37 > 0:02:43It's splendidly modelled. I think the wackiest thing is the tail. SHE LAUGHS
0:02:43 > 0:02:47But I think this is one of those golden Flog It moments
0:02:47 > 0:02:50where I've fallen in love with something that isn't worth much!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52But I don't think that matters.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I think it's splendid. I think it's worth about £50.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Oh, nice.- I think with your permission we'll get the auctioneers
0:02:58 > 0:03:00to sell it without reserve, if you're happy with that?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- No, that's fine.- I think we will get plenty of interest, and if people think it's there
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- to be sold, which it is, I think we might get a pleasant surprise.- Nice.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11It won't provide you with a huge amount of money,
0:03:11 > 0:03:16but it'll provide a collector with something that they've got to have, they've got to have.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- Thank you for bringing it along. - You're welcome.- I love it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Geoff.- Yes.- Thank you for struggling in with this marvellous array of trains.- It's OK.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- It's mainly Hornby, isn't it? Nearly all Hornby.- Hornby and Triang, yes.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41- Are you a train enthusiast? - No, it's a dream I've always had, of course.
0:03:41 > 0:03:48- Really?- Yes, but we belong to the Staveley Methodist Church and one of our members...
0:03:48 > 0:03:52while we were fund-raising for refurbishment work...
0:03:52 > 0:03:56..donated all this equipment that used to belong to her husband
0:03:56 > 0:03:59to sell on behalf of the church.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- How wonderful! It was very generous.- Yes.
0:04:02 > 0:04:08Some of these aren't terribly old. I think they date from the 1970s most of it, really.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15- Yes.- But some of them are quite good quality die-cast engines, and others are plastic-cased ones.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18An awful lot are in the original boxes, which is what the collectors like.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Nice little set there.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It has the original price on there.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27In addition to this, we have an extensive collection of track
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and all sorts of paraphernalia. We've got a bridge here.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36And some very smart Pullman coaches. I've had a look through the collection.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40I think if we put a broad estimate of 100 to 200 on the lot,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45- that's where we're going to be, and we'll sell them for you.- Good.
0:04:45 > 0:04:52But the railways stuff is still very commercial, very saleable, a lot of enthusiasts and collectors out there.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- I don't think we'll struggle to get you a reasonable price for this. - Good.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- Let's hope we make a lot of money for the Staveley Methodist Church.- Yes.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Diana, this is something for the purists.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13- It's possibly the oldest thing we've had on the show for a long time.- Oh, right.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- It's from the 18th century. - Really? - Do you know what it's called?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20No. It's a leather blackjack, or sometimes they're costrels.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24They would be for carrying beer or wine.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29You've got two holes here, which would take a rope. You can hang it on the side of a cart.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34You can put it over your shoulder, or just take the rope off and use them in the house.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- And you could use it as a pitcher. - Mm-hm.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41And the leather is absolutely rock hard.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46They get the leather this hard by tanning it in water.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It's steeped in a hot mixture
0:05:48 > 0:05:49of water and bark.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54It's taken out, and they then tan the leather
0:05:54 > 0:06:01by putting it into fresh running water and getting a couple of really flat stones and literally beating
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- the hell out of the leather. - Quite a process, then.- Literally.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09And once the leather has dried out, it absolutely goes rock hard.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Where did you come by this?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15It was in the house. We bought an old property 20 years ago, and the lady who was selling
0:06:15 > 0:06:19the house had quite a few pieces, and this was one of them.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- And you just acquired it? - Yeah. I didn't know what it was.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Where has it been in the house?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27It's been in...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- the toilet.- Has it?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31In the children's toilet.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36And they put their marbles down there or something.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Yeah, marbles, sweeties, pennies, and I don't know what else is in there.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42These are real decorator's item.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Country furniture and oak dealers absolutely love them, and they look
0:06:46 > 0:06:50at their best when you get them three or four in a group together
0:06:50 > 0:06:57of varying different sizes, and they look great on an old Welsh dresser or court cupboard.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And it definitely is 18th century.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Gosh.- It's that early.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Look at the wonderful stitching. The stitching has survived the passage of time.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Look how thick it is.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I just love
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- that's rusty, crusty look.- Mmm.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15It's grotty, that is.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Well, yes, that's its charm. It's got its own little personality.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24I could see that on the side of a hay wagon, something like that.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27It's gorgeous. Any idea of value?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31I haven't got a clue, actually. A few hundred pounds?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yes, it is actually. You're spot-on. A couple of hundred pounds.
0:07:33 > 0:07:40On a good day in the right sale, maybe £250 to £300. I love it.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- I absolutely adore it. Shall we flog it?- Yeah.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Let's put it into auction with a value of £200 to £250.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53- OK.- OK?- Mm-hm. You think that's a fair price? - I think that's a fair price.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56And if it gets £300, then we're laughing.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Cos it would have done £300 a few years ago.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Karen and Jane, hunting in a pack today, I see. Not just one of you. Why have you both come along?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Not that you shouldn't, of course.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Because we've both got an interest in these chairs and where they're going to go.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Right. - And we couldn't carry them...
0:08:22 > 0:08:26And we couldn't carry them...one of us couldn't carry them ourselves.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- How many have you brought along? - Two.- Two. And how many have you got? - Six.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- And are they all in the same condition?- They are, yes.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36And you inherited them?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Yes, our other sister in Newcastle passed them on to me.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Right. Does your sister know you're selling them?- Yes, she does. - She does, you're sure?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- The first thing she won't see is you on telly raking the money in? - No, she knows.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I presume you know how old they are?
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- Yes, we think they date back to about 1860.- Yeah, I would think that's pretty well spot-on.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03You've been told that, or have you worked it out yourself?
0:09:03 > 0:09:08We were told that they will balloon backs dating back to 1860 and made from walnut.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Well, you're absolutely right in every regard there.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17They are walnut, they are balloon back and nicely carved front cabriole leg.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19A delicate cabriole leg.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21They are...WERE...
0:09:21 > 0:09:25a very, very popular design of chair.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Quite often, they were made as part of a salon suite.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30You might have six chairs -
0:09:30 > 0:09:37a lady's chair, gent's chair and a chaise longue of the same sort of format.
0:09:37 > 0:09:45The problem with walnut is it's a very soft wood and invariably gets the dreaded worm.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I'm going to turn them upside down now.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And see the worm, which...
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Not a single hole.- No.- Good.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Have you ever looked underneath? - Yes.- And it's amazing.
0:10:01 > 0:10:08And the brackets, the strengthening brackets at each corner are, I'm sure, the original ones?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Yes.- With the original screws.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15This is about to the original as you can get from a Victorian chair.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20It's astonishing. And it's got a stamp on it here.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24It says "R Robson, Newcastle".
0:10:24 > 0:10:30I have to say, sadly, I don't know who R Robson was, but he made a damn good bit of furniture.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Had you come along years ago, I would have been giving you
0:10:33 > 0:10:38a much different figure to the figure I give you today.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43And I'm going to ask you what you think they're worth.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- We don't really know.- No, we don't. - You must have a...
0:10:46 > 0:10:51You can't have brought them along thinking they're worth a fiver or 5,000 or...
0:10:51 > 0:10:57- I think they're sort of like, erm... - Have a go.- About £350 for the six of them.- Yeah.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- £350.- That's right. - You're agreed with that?- Roughly. - I think that's pretty good.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I think I would estimate them at 300 to 500.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11If we could put a reserve of...let's say £300, give the auctioneer a bit of discretion in case he gets close.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Right. - Would you be happy with that?- Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18So if we can turn them into a few hundred pounds, who's having the money? Your sister?
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- Yes... No, no, definitely not. - You're having it to go and see another sister.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25You're having it. What are you going to do with it?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Me and my family are going on holiday to Australia at Christmas.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Fantastic!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Great. Well that will get one of you halfway there!
0:11:34 > 0:11:35It certainly will.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Well, it's now time for our first visit to the auction room,
0:11:41 > 0:11:46and an owner's quirky poodle-shaped cheroot cutter is certainly unusual.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48But will it catch somebody's eye?
0:11:48 > 0:11:55Are the Hornby trains on track to make a decent donation to the church restoration project?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58The girls' balloon back walnut chairs are in great condition
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and could fund a trip Down Under.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05And finally, it's my favourite. The leather blackjack pitcher.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17For our auction today, we've come to Bamfords auction house in Matlock.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21It's one of my favourite auction rooms. On the rostrum is our good friend, James Lewis.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I wonder what he thinks of some of our valuations.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I absolutely love this. I've fallen in love with it.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Belongs to Diana. Not for much longer.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42This is going to sell, definitely. I put £200 to £250.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I've seen them do a lot more. It's a shame it's not dated.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- It'd be up there in the £1,000 sort of value.- Yeah.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51It's a lovely blackjack, leather, English, 17th century -
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- says it all, doesn't it?- Yes, it does. Do you know, I unwrapped that and I knew exactly who'd had that.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I knew you'd valued it, I knew you'd picked it. And I love it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04- It's fantastic.- It's so rare! Not many of these things come in, I've got to stress that.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08We don't get a lot of purist things. This is folk art at its very, very best.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13And whoever buys this, I'm sure they'll have a collection, cos they'll understand it.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16A lot of people don't understand this. It's like the leather fire bucket.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20It's, "No, I wouldn't give you £300 for one of those," but they're worth every single penny.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22It's a purist. If you have a 17th- century interior,
0:13:22 > 0:13:27or an early 18th-century Derbyshire farmhouse, this will look fantastic amongst the oak...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and the copper and...oh, fantastic!
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Love it. If I was allowed to bid, I would.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Well, let's get straight on with the auction and first up it's Anona.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40What's the history of that name?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Believe it was North American Indian.- Yeah.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- In the name books now, it's classed as Latin.- Classed as Latin.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Beautiful, isn't it? First time I've ever come across that
0:13:49 > 0:13:52and it's the first time I've seen a little poodle dog modelled as a cheroot cutter.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54We've got £50 on this.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58It is absolutely charming. It is razor sharp, isn't it, as well.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- But you're flogging it. You don't want to keep it.- No, it's just been in a drawer, so it might as well go.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Well, I know it caught the eye of our expert, Charlie Ross here. ..It's very nice.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09It's a nice little thing and we're selling it without reserve, so...
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It's bound to go. There's no pressure, is there?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Good luck, Anona. It's going under the hammer, right now.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Lot 120
0:14:17 > 0:14:19is this very pretty little cheroot cutter -
0:14:19 > 0:14:21there it is in the form of a poodle.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I've got a single bid on commission
0:14:25 > 0:14:29and I'll start it at £40 on commission. 40 and two. 42. 45.
0:14:29 > 0:14:3448 and 50. At £50 with me. And 2? Are we all done, 52 anywhere?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37At 50, and selling.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Bang, yes, well done.- About right.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42What a great valuation! You said £50. That was a spot-on valuation.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46That was a proper value, for once.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47For my poodle.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51It's not a great deal of money. I guess, have a meal, a few bottles of wine.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54That's for the children - donkey rides, ice creams on holiday.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Exactly. Thank you very much for coming in.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Thank you very much.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I've just been joined by Geoffrey and Barbara.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13We've got some Hornby trains with a lot of rail in original boxes, up for grabs.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15£1 to £200 we've put on this.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Now, the money is going towards the church, isn't it?- Yes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Tell me all about it. What church, where and what are you doing?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's Staveley Methodist Church.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26The train set has been donated by an elderly lady.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29In the last few years, we've had to have some new windows.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- What church is this? - Staveley Methodist Church.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- Whereabouts is this? - Near Chesterfield.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38This is it. Good luck, you two.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41For 490, the Hornby railways.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43There we are. Quite a lot of this.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Again, interest. We've got one internet bid.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50We've got one absentee bid, and I can start it at £85. 90.
0:15:50 > 0:15:5395 anywhere? 95 front row.
0:15:53 > 0:15:5995. 100. 110. 120. 130.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02140. 150 has it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04160 new place. 170.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07180. 190. 200. Shakes his head at 200.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12190 still at the front. At 190.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Yes, hammer's gone down.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17£190, Barbara. Got to be pleased with that.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Yes, yes.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21A little more would have been welcome.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- At least we almost made it to the 200.- Exactly.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30They're a great group of people, mostly elderly members now, but they're very supportive
0:16:30 > 0:16:35and generous, and we were hoping we'd have good news to tell them when we went on Sunday.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37You'll have to organise some more church fetes.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- You can flog your things down there. - Yes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- The money's going to a great cause anyway.- Yes.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Are you sitting comfortably? You would be if you were on one
0:16:50 > 0:16:54of Karen and Jane's balloon back chairs, stamped in Newcastle, "Robson".
0:16:54 > 0:16:57We've got a value of £300-£500 on these.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- Let's hope we get that top end, shall we?- Definitely.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04They're just about to go under the hammer. ..Charlie?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I hear you've revised the estimate slightly.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I haven't revised the estimate. I think the estimate 3-5 should be right.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15But the ladies do not want to take them home, so they said, "What about no reserve?"
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I said, "I can't!" But 200 we've settled on.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22If they don't make 200, I'll shoot the auctioneer.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Right, we've got 200 fixed reserve.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Let's see what they do. It's going under the hammer now. This is it.
0:17:27 > 0:17:33Lot 430. This very pretty set of walnut balloon back salon chairs.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36There we are. 200 I can start them at on commission.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38At £220. 220 do I see?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42At 200. Letting them go at £200, it's a single bid.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Gosh, they'd have made so much more two years ago.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49At £200. 220 do I see? 220 anywhere?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53No. At 200. Going to go, though.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56No mistake, they are selling. At 200.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Blink and you'll miss it. That was quick.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03Straight in at £200. That was our fixed reserve, and he sold on £200.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Someone got a good deal, but you're happy with that, aren't you?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Yeah.- I know you didn't want to take them home? It's a lot of chairs.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- Mmm. Absolutely. - Cracking chairs. They're going to last another 50 or 60 years, easily.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Robson. Good maker. They're made right the way through the 18th and 19th century.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20It was Robert Robson who made these chairs.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25It's a silly price in my opinion, but thank goodness we put some reserve on.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28If we hadn't had any reserve, they might have made 40 quid!
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Next up, my favourite item. This was my valuation.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Diana's late 17th-century, early 18th-century leather bombard.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47It is a wonderful, wonderful vessel. It's survived the passage of time, and I absolutely adore it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52It's my favourite item I've seen possibly all year. Unfortunately, I can't find Diana.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54We've got a packed sale room. I don't know where she is.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58It's just about to go under the hammer and in fact, it's going under the hammer now.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59This is it. I don't know where she is.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Hopefully, she'll join me in a minute.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05What a fantastic lot.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Look at that. It's brilliant. It really is a good thing.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Early 18th-century English leather jack.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Wonderful, so rare to find them.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17190 starts it. 200. 220.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21240 on the steps. 260. 280.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24300. 320. 340. 360.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29360 on the steps. At 360. 380 now.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32380 on the phone. 400. 420. No?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36At £400. On the steps at 400.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I don't believe it. I don't believe it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Hang on, this is your lot.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- GAVEL GOES DOWN - Did it! £400!
0:19:42 > 0:19:43- Fantastic!- Where were you?
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- Moving the car. I'm really sorry. - It's a nightmare out there, isn't it?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- I know that.- That's brilliant, though. I'm really pleased.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Are you happy with that? 400 quid? - Yes. Really pleased.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I thought you were going to miss that for a moment.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59What will you put £400 towards?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01My youngest son wants a guitar.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Does he? There's a Gibson for sale in this very auction!
0:20:05 > 0:20:10It's about lot number 500, and I know our expert Nigel Smith fancies it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Thank you so much for coming in. That was just so beautiful. - Really pleased.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Well, how about that? Some great results.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23And there's plenty more auction action later in the show.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26We've just seen the leather blackjack sell, and what a great result.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30It's a survivor from the 17th century, due to the tanning process.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35I've just been told there's a tannery using traditional methods in Chesterfield,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37so let's go and find out what it's all about.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46About 1 in 10 people in this country don't eat meat for various reasons. I'm one of them.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51I'm a veggie, but I do wear leather shoes and I've got leather belts. I love leather.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56Almost all of us rely on the casing that the meat comes in, the pelt of the animal, if you like.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00So I've come to one of Britain's last remaining working tanneries
0:21:00 > 0:21:03to find out exactly how good quality leather is made.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I know I've come to the right place, because I can smell it.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Let's go inside and find out.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14Joseph Clayton set up his tanning business here in Chesterfield in 1840.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20There was a growing demand for leather products in rapidly industrialising Victorian England.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25And the arrival of the railways swelled the demand for leather for upholstery, and the factories
0:21:25 > 0:21:30and mills needed miles and miles of leather drive belts for their new machinery.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Tanning itself was becoming an industrial process.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And Clayton's was at the forefront.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44OK, so how is it done? I'm going to give it a go.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Hope you're not feeling squeamish, but you have to get your pelt.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50This would arrive from the slaughterhouse,
0:21:50 > 0:21:55either fresh, like this lot here - look, there's a whole herd here - or it dried and salted.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The skin of the cow would have been cut in such a way
0:21:57 > 0:22:00to produce the most desirable piece possible,
0:22:00 > 0:22:06so this meant you had to cut the sides, the back and the rear end
0:22:06 > 0:22:08to produce one whole piece.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Then it's got to be heavily soaked.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27Afterwards, it's scraped with a very sharp blade, on one side to remove
0:22:27 > 0:22:31the remnants of flesh, and on the other to get rid of all the hair.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34It's the bit we don't like thinking about.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It doesn't smell, it absolutely stinks!
0:22:42 > 0:22:46We've soaked the skin, we've cleaned it on the back and the front.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50It then goes through a lengthy process of being dipped in a series of tanks
0:22:50 > 0:22:53which you can see here - look at them all - and they're very deep.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59Once the skin is immersed in that, it will then stabilise it, give it its strength.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04- I've just been joined by Barry Knight, who's been working on this shop floor for 25 years, yes?- Yes.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Now you're flogging leather all over the world, so you've worked your way up.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12What is in these tanks, and is it dangerous?
0:23:12 > 0:23:18It's only dangerous if you fall in it. It's a mixture of tree bark, that's extracted, and we produce
0:23:18 > 0:23:21a liquor out of it which we use as the basis for the tanning.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25That is a good example of what it looks like when we get it.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26This one is called quebracho.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- So that's the ground-down bark?- Yes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33This is a South American hardwood, its translation is axe breaker.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Because it was so hard?- Yes.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39So that also gives it a bit of its colour.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Absolutely. The colour of natural leather is determined by the tannage.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- This is the most popular colour. - Absolutely.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52As you can see here, this is a piece of pelt that has been in tanning liquor for just one day
0:23:52 > 0:23:55and, over a series of pits and a short length of time,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57the leather is tanned through.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02It's full of fibre. Those fibres toughen and augment,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- do they? - That's right, it's cross linking,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08from a technical point of view, it is referred to as cross linking.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10How long will that process take?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13You start in one tank, and keep moving it from tank to tank?
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Yes. You start off two or three days in the first pit, and the tans become
0:24:18 > 0:24:24increasingly stronger. They'll spend approximately a week in the second pit, and so on.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- And after about eight or nine weeks, the leather is struck through.- Right.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Have you ever fallen in there?
0:24:30 > 0:24:35Yes. When I was working on the tan pits, yes, many times.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38What happened? Straight into the shower?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41In recent years, yes, but back in the old days
0:24:41 > 0:24:47- we'd fill up a process drum with cold water, you get in, quick scrub, back on the job.- You're joking!
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Seriously.- Eugh!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53By the end of the 19th century,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Clayton's had more than 400 tanning pits in daily use,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and the site had expanded to cover three acres.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04With the demand for leather so great, America was driving the search
0:25:04 > 0:25:07to discover a faster tanning process.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Traditionally, it's believed that it would take exactly one year and one day
0:25:17 > 0:25:21to successfully tan leather in those big vats of soup full of oak bark.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26As you would expect, the Americans wanted things done a lot faster. And they got their way.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31They did lots of experimenting and they finally came up with chromic chloride,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and this reduced the whole process down to exactly one month.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37But the problem was the quality control.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42It wasn't as good as the traditional methods using that oak bark.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Only in the 20th century did Clayton's embrace chrome tanning,
0:25:47 > 0:25:53and they maintained their vegetable tan yard alongside the new chemical process, and this paid dividends.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Clayton's are now exporting to more than 50 countries worldwide.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Barry, what is Clayton's leather famous for?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05What are you making or supplying?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07OK, that's a good question.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- We're bespoke leather makers, so... - You can make anything?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14We'll make anything, for example, saddlery.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19We're making the leather for the saddle flap as well as the saddle straps.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22So what percentage of the business goes to the equestrian field?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Around about 30% of our business goes to equestrian.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- That's big, isn't it? - Yeah, very much so.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30We then come onto the fashion leathers.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36- OK.- We're supplying the world with great fashion leathers, very much en vogue at the moment.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Will it make handbags as well, boots and purses?
0:26:39 > 0:26:44This is chiefly for waist belts.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Industrial use - what's that?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Well, this is used for polishing razor-blades and stainless steel.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54I'm told that a bank of discs made of this leather would polish and sharpen
0:26:54 > 0:26:59approximately 22 million razor blades without being changed.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00- Wow.- Great piece of leather.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- That's tough.- Very, very tough.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04And also, contemporary floor tiles, I see.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08This has been a great success over the last three or four years.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14Very much en vogue and, again, we're winning design awards worldwide with it. Designers love this stuff.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18What would flooring cost per metre of, let's say, that sort of thick,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20aged leather like that...
0:27:20 > 0:27:24OK, you're talking around about £150 a square metre.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- That's a lot of money, isn't it? - It sure is.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- I bet your house is full of it, isn't it?- Certainly not leather floor tiles!
0:27:38 > 0:27:42They also do a fantastic range of red leather, and you're probably thinking,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45"What do they use that for?" Well, I can tell you.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49If you're ever watching a game of Test cricket anywhere in the world,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52you can be sure that the ball is made of Clayton's leather.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54How's that?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03So it's back to the Winding Wheel for more valuations.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09We've already taken some great items to auction, so let's see what other treasures we can find.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- Angela?- Yes.- What a great teddy bear.- Yeah, he is.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- He's probably the best condition teddy bear I've seen in a long time. - He's been well preserved.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- He's been well looked after.- Yeah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22He's got his original felt pads...
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Yeah.- All his fur's there, all his stuffing's there.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- He's got his lovely snout, and he's got his eyes.- Beautiful eyes.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32He's not been very well loved up till now.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38- He has, but he's been kept in the cupboard.- That's not fair.- Away from the children with his moveable bits.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- You don't want to be in a cupboard, do you?- Not really.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Tell me how you got him, anyway.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49About 20 years ago, I was working with an old lady who had him stuffed in a box in the cellar.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55I collected teddy bears at the time, I decided to take him home and I've had him ever since.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- Oh.- I think he's probably about 50 years of age or something more.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- I would say probably something, probably, a bit more.- Yeah.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- I think he's English, probably Chad Valley.- Yes.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- And he's still got his growler? - Yes, he has.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13It's a very short one and very faint, but you can try it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- How...?- Take him forward and then bring him back.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- FAINT GROWL - You can hardly hear it. - It's very faint, but it's there.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22He's got a little burpy growler.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- I think it's fantastic.- You love him, don't you?- I love him.- Yeah.
0:29:27 > 0:29:33Price - I think cos he's such good condition, I think he's gonna make at least £200 to £300.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Probably been a bit conservative.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39I think I would recommend, certainly, a fixed reserve of 200.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- Yes, I think so.- I think somebody's gonna fall in love with him
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- and pay nearer 300, probably a touch more.- Probably, yes.
0:29:45 > 0:29:51- Are you going give the money away to your two bruising sons? - No, on the contrary.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54I need to spend my own inheritance to do what I want to do.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59I like travelling and I might just buy a holiday home and put it towards the fund for that.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Right. I often think these are better if they've got names.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Yeah, we just called him Mr Growler, because he growls.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10We'll put that in the catalogue - Mr Growler.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I think he'll sell extremely well for you.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Thank you.- Thank you for bringing him in.- Yes, thank you. Pleasure.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Hi, Joe. Hi, Chris. What have you got there?
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- It's a Chesterfield Transport ticket machine...- Oh, local interest!
0:30:31 > 0:30:33This is what we always want.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36I remember those!
0:30:36 > 0:30:39That reminds me of, sort of, Reg Varney in On The Buses.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- "I'll have you, Butler." - Yeah, that's it.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45This was a Chesterfield Transport one belonging to Richard Leslie Bramley.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47He was the actual driver, yeah.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51They carried these round. When they got on a bus, clicked it into place.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- They used it to issue the tickets. - So we're talking about 1960s,
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- 1950s, '60s? - It's possibly as early as '50s, but it's largely '60s and '70s, yeah.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05So what is the interest with ticket machines? Are you a bus driver?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Yes, I am, yes.- There you are!
0:31:07 > 0:31:10So you know the streets like the back of your hand?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Oh, yes. I've been driving round them for 18 years.
0:31:13 > 0:31:1818 years? Crikey. I think that's a nice piece of history you're keeping.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Thank you for bringing it in. - Thank you.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29Marjorie and Bob, lovely to see you here, with quite a collection.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30I hope you wrapped it up well.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- Oh, yes.- No damage? - Not that we know of.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37We'll have a look. Not that you've done! Oh dear, that sounds ominous.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Where did you get them from?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- It was my grandma's. - Your grandma's?
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Which was passed down to my dad.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- Yeah.- And then my dad died, then my mother died.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53This was the one thing I wanted out of the whole house.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55You know what it is, I suppose? Yeah?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Cranberry glass. Have you had it displayed at home?
0:31:58 > 0:32:00It's been in a glass cabinet.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02In a glass cabinet? It looks good.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I think any cranberry looks good in quantity.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07It looks nicer, the more you've got of it, really.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Each shade is slightly, slightly different.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15And it's Victorian. If you pick up a piece,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19and we'll pick up this very, very pretty little jug,
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- and you run your finger over the bottom... Have you done that?- Yes.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28- Yes.- And that's the pontil mark on the bottom where they blew it and then they broke it off.
0:32:28 > 0:32:34So you know it's not modern because if you go to a modern piece, reproduction, A, they haven't
0:32:34 > 0:32:39really been able to replicate the cranberry colour. It's a bit reddish, it's a bit garish.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42B, one quick flick of the finger along the bottom
0:32:42 > 0:32:47and you'll find out that it hasn't got that pontil mark.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52I don't think I've seen a pair of jugs of that size before.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- No.- They're lovely. Have you ever used them as jugs?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- No.- No. They look as though they ought to pour all right.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Before we come on to value, why do you want to sell them?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Well, they're just stuck in the cabinet for 21 years.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- You're fed up looking at them? - Yes. I've two sons
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- and I wouldn't split them.- Oh, right. Value.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17- I think if we're going to sell them, the best way is to sell it as a collection.- Yeah.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21I think you've got a total value of about a couple of hundred pounds here.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24We could pitch the reserve at 150. Would you be happy with that?
0:33:24 > 0:33:32- Yeah.- We'll bump the old estimate at 200 to 300 and put the reserve at £150.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Yeah.- Who has the money, Marjorie?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- You or Bob?- We share.- You share it?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- Yes.- Right. So we've got to get 200 readies
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- so you can have 100 each.- Yes. - So what will you do with your hundred, Bob?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- Well... - Perhaps you'll give it to Marjorie! - Holiday.- Holiday.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- We're going next week. - You're going next week?
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- Yeah, to Devon.- Well, don't spend the money in anticipation!- No.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- We might not sell them! - OK.- Then you'd be in a pickle.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Thank you very much indeed
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- for bringing them along. - OK. Thank you very much.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13- Gerald?- Yes, sir?- Now, you know I'm a porcelain man, don't you?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15That's a cracking thing, isn't it?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18It's very, very nice, yeah. It's one of the...
0:34:18 > 0:34:21We do have quite a bit of it and that's one of the stars.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- You've got quite a bit of it?- Yes. - You collect it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26We did do for quite a number of years.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28It's held its value, I think.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Well, I hope it's held its value but I haven't told you
0:34:31 > 0:34:33what I think it's worth yet, have I?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36It's a lovely ewer, it's very much in the classical style
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and it's very typical of Royal Vienna.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Think of the work that's gone into producing that,
0:34:41 > 0:34:46the different ground colours, the gilding, it's a fantastic thing.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- Date wise, I would think around 1880, something like that.- Yeah.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52That's my guess. It might be a touch earlier.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56I'd have thought, originally, probably one of a pair or one of a garniture.
0:34:56 > 0:35:01- We didn't see the pair. - You've only ever seen the one? - We've only ever seen the one.- Right.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Now, what are we gonna say about it in terms of price?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I would think, 400 to 600.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- Brilliant.- Would that disappoint?
0:35:08 > 0:35:13- No, that'd be fine.- Good, cos I'm gonna try and squeeze you down on the reserve now.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19350? We'd be happy with 350 as reserve?
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Yeah, cos we didn't pay 350 for it.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23I wish you'd told me that before.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- No!- How long ago did you buy it?
0:35:25 > 0:35:271986.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Right, OK. Well, that's quite a while, that's 20 years ago.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Well, we've had 20 years of pleasure.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35What are you going to do with the money?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Well, I'm just going to try and recoup my losses.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- Right.- And if there's any spare, the granddaughter's twisted my arm
0:35:42 > 0:35:45slightly and she would like a new phone.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47A new phone?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Depending how well you do is depending how well she does with the phone.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53A bit of pressure on it for a new phone.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Piece of lovely 19th-century Royal Vienna
0:35:56 > 0:35:58is converted into a mobile phone.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- Yes.- Sad really, isn't it?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02It is. It is sad, isn't it?
0:36:02 > 0:36:09Well, our first lots did well at auction so let's try and do it again. Here's what's coming up next.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Dorothy's got her eye on a holiday home, so let's hope
0:36:12 > 0:36:16this cute and cuddly chap raises more than an "ah" with the bidders.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Bob's grandmother's Victorian cranberry glassware
0:36:19 > 0:36:25has been stuck in a cabinet for 20 years, so they're keen to flog it.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27And finally, it's old for new.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31If we can get the right price for this 19th-century Royal Vienna ewer,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34one lucky granddaughter will get her new mobile phone.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45It's now time to up the tempo.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47It's auction time.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Angela's Chad Valley teddy bear is about to go under the hammer.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00We are looking at £200 to £300.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Great make. A good English make.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Was he yours as a little girl?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09No, he wasn't. I acquired him about 20 years ago from a cellar,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- an old lady's cellar in a box. - You gave him love, though.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Absolutely.- Does he have a name?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Yeah, Mr Growler.- Mr Growler.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- He was a growler.- He does growl.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Yeah, he caught Nigel's eye.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24I think that's a spot-on valuation. You have a Chad Valley yourself.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27I've got a 1958 Chad Valley. That's given the game away.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- Not as nice as this one, but it's my favourite. I'd never part with mine.- Well, no, but...
0:37:31 > 0:37:35But as it wasn't yours as a little girl, that doesn't count. You can flog him.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Lot 330, there he is.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40What a wonderful, cuddly bear.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Needs a loving home and £200, he's gonna get one.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45We've got a bid starting at two.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47At £200 and 10, do I see?
0:37:47 > 0:37:51At 210, sir? 220? 230? Are you sure?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53One more?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Come on.- 230?
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Come on, James.- 240. Keep going!
0:37:59 > 0:38:01At £240, it's with me.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Near the pillar, it's against you. At 240 is with me. Are you sure?
0:38:04 > 0:38:08At £240, absentee bid at 240.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11We will take that. Mid-estimate.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- Yeah, between the posts. - That's not bad.- 240 quid.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16What is £240 going to go towards?
0:38:16 > 0:38:21- Well, it'll have to go towards a holiday home in Turkey. - Sounds good, doesn't it?
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- Why Turkey?- It's a lovely place. I've been there many times. - Fallen in love with it?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- It's lovely, it's an underestimated country.- OK.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Marge and Bob's family heirlooms -
0:38:36 > 0:38:39they've been in your family a long time, the cranberry glass.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42It's just about to go under the hammer.
0:38:42 > 0:38:49We had a valuation of £150, £250, with a reserve at 150, but I think
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- you've actually dropped that now. - Yeah.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I didn't think you needed to, cos there's a lot of it.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Erring on the side of caution. You don't want to take it home.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00We're gonna find out right now what they are worth.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- They're just about to go under the hammer. Good luck.- There we are,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06lot 475,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09this huge lot of cranberry glass.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Mainly 19th century, it's a nice lot.
0:39:11 > 0:39:18We've got one, two, three, four bids, and the lowest bid is £170.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Oh!- And the under bidder... - See, no pressure.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Didn't have to reduce the reserve.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26220? At 210.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29220, Sir, by the stairs. 230? 240?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32240? 245 with me and 250 has it.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35In the room at 250.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- 260, now?- This is great, Marge.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39To the left at 250.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Anywhere else at 250?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Yes! Sold. Top end.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49- Can I uncross my fingers now?- £250. Bob, brilliant news, wasn't it?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- Yes.- Yes, it was.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54We brought bags to take it home again!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Oh, fear not. They have gone.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- The cheque will be in the post in about three weeks' time. - That's wonderful.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04What will you put the money towards?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Well, we like coach holidays in this country. It will go towards one.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Towards a holiday. - Ah. Where do you fancy going?
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- Well, we...- Anywhere in this country. Anywhere in this country.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22This is a lovely little item.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27It belongs to Gerald here, a Vienna ewer. We've got £400 to £600 on it.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29You've got quite a few of these.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Gerald's testing the market, because he wants to flog the lot.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- So this is just like a little sample going out, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41- It's a good idea, not selling them all at once. If you flood the market, that's them cheap.- Yeah.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46And, of course, the more you collect, the more you push the price up as well.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- True.- Cos you're buying them all up!
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Why have you decided to flog the lot?
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Well, we're retired now and we'd like to put the money to some other use.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58We've got two grandchildren who are very demanding.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59- You wanna treat them?- Yes.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04The expert that put the 400 to 600 on is our very own Nigel Smith.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08- A great valuation, Nigel. - Well, I hope so. - I think you're spot-on.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12It's a quality thing. Quality will always sell, I think. I think you'll do well.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Lot 290
0:41:14 > 0:41:18is this very nice Vienna ewer and stand.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 bids on it.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- 11 bids!- And we've got 350,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30390, 420,
0:41:30 > 0:41:34440, 460, 470,
0:41:34 > 0:41:37490, 510,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40525 and higher. So 530.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44We're in at £530.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46540 in the room? 540, yes, sir.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49By the pillar. 550, 560?
0:41:49 > 0:41:52570, 580? 590?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- 600?- I love it when this happens.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56600, nodding. 610. 620?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59620. 630, 640?
0:41:59 > 0:42:03640 has it. At 640, this time.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07At 640, are we all done? At 640 and selling.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- Cracked.- Brilliant.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Very good.- £640.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15I think that's tested the market absolutely perfectly.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19- You'll be flooding the market next. - How many have you got?- One or two.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22One or two? How many is one or two?
0:42:22 > 0:42:23About 30 pieces.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- 30!- 32 pieces.- 32.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28What's 30 times 640?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- A very rich Gerald!- Get the van!
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Not all of that quality.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Very nice.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Thank you so much for putting a big smile on our face.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- It's brilliant. - And a big one on mine.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Well, that's it. It's all over for our owners
0:42:45 > 0:42:49and I think it's safe to say everybody has enjoyed themselves.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52As you can see, it's been a mixed day.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Doing those valuations isn't an exact science, so all credit to our experts.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Join me next time when we put lots more theories to the test.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04So, until then, it's cheerio from Bamfords auction rooms in Matlock.
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