0:00:02 > 0:00:05This is the life, isn't it?
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Do you know, four million people a year
0:00:07 > 0:00:11visit this stunning south coast seaside resort.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14You can understand why, can't you?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It's full of the most wonderful attractions - a gorgeous pier,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20lovely beaches to stroll along -
0:00:20 > 0:00:23and to add to those attractions, today Flog It! is in town.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26There's one other thing Eastbourne is famous for -
0:00:26 > 0:00:29and you wouldn't guess what it is.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08It's a little-known fact
0:01:08 > 0:01:13but the world-famous banoffee pie was invented in Eastbourne in 1972.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17In fact, just outside Eastbourne, in Jevington.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And here is the banoffee pie!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Look at that. What a good excuse to take a bite.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27But before I do, let's get this massive crowd inside the town hall
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and get the show on the road.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33I don't think that banoffee pie's gonna be there very long.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Our experts, Mark Stacey and Jethro Marles, have been going bananas
0:01:38 > 0:01:42as they hunt out the cream of today's antiques.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47While our visitors polish off the pie, Mark gets stuck into his first valuation.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- Hello, Tony.- Hello, Mark.- What a great bust you've brought in.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Yes.- Has she got a name?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Yes, she has. It's a sort of a nickname -
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Madonna with no boobs. - And did YOU give her that name?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Yes, I did.- Well, it does sound appropriate.- Yes.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06What do you know about her?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, she was my wife's grandmother's.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12And it comes from France. It was in France.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16And it was her aunt who had it in the end,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- who died, and my wife brought it back.- Inherited it.- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- When was that?- 20 years ago. - 20 years ago?- Yes.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Where does it live? Because it's quite big.- On top of a high cabinet
0:02:27 > 0:02:33and we put a bouquet of flowers round here just to brighten her up a bit.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- She's got quite a dour face. - Yes, she has.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Do you live in a big, baronial home? - Oh, yes.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43A two-and-a-half-bedroom bungalow in Eastbourne!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46So she's quite a handful, really.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Well, yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Well, almost. I like it.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- You're right with the French. It's Continental faience.- Right.
0:02:54 > 0:03:00- When I first saw it, I would have put it down as Italian but knowing the French connection...- Yes. OK.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02..I think we can call it French.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06It's typical delft or tin-glazed pottery,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08which has got this high glaze.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I think myself, in terms of age,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14even though these can go back 400 years,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I think this is probably a late 19th-century interpretation,
0:03:18 > 0:03:24even though the lady is wearing her hair and a costume of the 16th century.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30- I think we're looking at something that's been made between 1880 and 1900.- OK.- Something like that.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I think the nice thing about her is she's in quite good condition.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38She's had a bit of wear of the enamel paint
0:03:38 > 0:03:41but there's no chunks missing, there's no big cracks.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Her nose is not missing or anything.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49No. And I can see somebody who's got an interesting old house
0:03:49 > 0:03:53with a couple of big alcoves and wants to fill it with this.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56She's quite impressive looking.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59In terms of value... Have you ever thought of the value?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Not really, no. - I think you could put her in
0:04:02 > 0:04:07with what I hope is a conservative estimate of £200 to £300.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12And if I'm right about that interior decorator out there,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- we might end up finding she makes £300, £400, £500.- OK.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21So if you're happy, we'll put it in at £200 to £300 with a £200 reserve.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26- OK.- And we'll go from there. - We are happy.- Fantastic.- Very good.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Now, Mary, you have brought along a rather intriguing jug.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40It's a jug typical of the middle of the 19th century,
0:04:40 > 0:04:431860s, 1870s. The design on the front...
0:04:43 > 0:04:46we've got the depiction of a cock fight.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The "set too" of the two cocks.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Then there's "knock down blow".
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Then, sadly, we have "the death".
0:04:56 > 0:04:59This was an everyday event
0:04:59 > 0:05:02150 years ago. Who's this character on the side?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I think it's Grimaldi, who was a clown.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Victorian...- Italian...- Yes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- I believe so.- ..pantomime jester.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13That's right. Famous clown.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18So it's a fairly odd mixture of characters. I wonder why, do you think?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I don't know. It's a puzzle jug.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- It is a bit of a puzzle, isn't it? In more than one way.- That's right.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30The handle continues down inside the jug.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34And in the back of the handle, on the inside,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- there is a hole.- Uh-huh.- And also...
0:05:37 > 0:05:41at the top of the handle, there's a hole up here.
0:05:41 > 0:05:47There's a certain size of hole... which, if it's not too large
0:05:47 > 0:05:53- and it's not too small, will allow water to be suspended without it coming out.- Right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55If we look underneath...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Here is the hole underneath.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It would have been designed for a certain diameter
0:06:01 > 0:06:04so that water won't come out.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Yes.- By virtue of the fact that if you put your hand on the handle
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and put your finger over that hole...
0:06:11 > 0:06:16If you move the jug back like that with liquid in it,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19the handle is filled up.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Then you pass it along to the next person
0:06:22 > 0:06:27and by dropping it down like that, you keep your finger over that hole
0:06:27 > 0:06:31and a siphon effect will allow that water to come out.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34To stop it, you take your finger away.
0:06:34 > 0:06:41- So it...- It plays a joke on the person you're passing it to.- Right.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45So it's a puzzle in every respect. When we turned it up
0:06:45 > 0:06:50we did see that it said, "Warranted ironstone china",
0:06:50 > 0:06:53"Elsmore and Forster".
0:06:53 > 0:06:57I don't know much about this company, if anything at all.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01I think they were one of the smaller companies producing ironstone china,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04which was a type of pottery
0:07:04 > 0:07:08which contained the same materials as bone china had in it,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- so it had certain properties that people liked.- Yes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- How did you come by this jug? - I got it in Covent Garden.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- You bought it in Covent Garden? - In the '70s or '80s.- Why did it appeal to you?- Being in the theatre,
0:07:20 > 0:07:27being a professional singer and my hubby's well-known for his clown paintings, so...
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- this was a must.- What's its value?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Ah!- I would hope that you might get £80 to £100.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I'm hoping that. Only because it's in such good condition.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44£80 to £100. Would you be happy with that with a reserve at £80?
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- Yes.- Just about.- Yes.- You were obviously hoping for more.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- No. On the day, you never know. But £80, yes.- 80 reserve?- Yes.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- Let's put it in with a reserve of 80 and see what happens.- Right.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Penny and Roger, I absolutely adore this. This could hang on my wall.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- I suspect it's been on your wall. - No.- No.- No?!
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- Why not?- It's been in our shed for the last three years.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I don't believe it. In the shed?!
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Why isn't this on the wall, Penny?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- It was your father's, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31And it had been in the sitting room, I think, all my life
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- and I hadn't even noticed it. - So, let's get this right.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- You recently found it in the shed?- No.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44When we cleared out my parents' house, we brought it all back home.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- How long ago was that? - About three years.- Three years ago.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53- Since that date, this has been in the shed.- Yeah.- I don't believe it!
0:08:53 > 0:08:58Why didn't you look at it and go, "I like that, I want that on the wall"?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59You don't like it?
0:08:59 > 0:09:04- It's not one of my favourites. - What about you, Penny?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06No, I wouldn't have it in our house.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Well, I love it, I love it, I love it. There's something about it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16I reminds me of a lot of Welsh and Irish art, people like Paul Henry,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- early 20th century.- Yes. - British modern.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21The artist...I have never heard of.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25I've looked him up and I can't find any references.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Have you done any homework? Do you know who the artist is?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Alan Clutton-Brock.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34He's got connections with the Slade College of Art,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- also with Hastings College of Art. - Yes.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- And his pictures are on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum.- Cambridge.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Yes, the Fitzwilliam's in Cambridge.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I can see his work fitting in nicely there.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Let's look at the back. You can tell a lot by looking at the back.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53You can see it's been in an exhibition.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It's been in Bond Street in London.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58"Exhibition of Recent Paintings, January 1954",
0:09:58 > 0:10:01which is great, because...
0:10:01 > 0:10:05When I first saw this I thought, "I love the oil on board".
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It's a cheap way of painting instead of a canvas.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- But the frame put me off. - There's a possibility that my father put it in that frame.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18This was probably given to him by one of his customers
0:10:18 > 0:10:22or the ladies he used to do some decorating for.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Not as payment, but just as a gift.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29That's remarkable because that means your father really liked the painting.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Oh, yes, yes. He had several paintings up in his bedroom.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Not ones that we'd have.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39It is subjective. And it's hard...
0:10:39 > 0:10:43to put a value on it, which brings us round to this question -
0:10:43 > 0:10:45what exactly is it worth?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I'm going on the fact that I like it.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51If I saw this for sale...
0:10:51 > 0:10:55for £200, I'd go, "Yeah, it's worth £200."
0:10:55 > 0:10:58I think that would be its current market value.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04I'd like to put it into auction with a valuation of around £120 to £220
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and see what happens. Would you be happy to sell it for that?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- That'd be great. - We'll call it 120 to 220.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Yeah.- It's got the look, the decorator's look.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Yeah, that's great.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Hi, John.- Hi.- This is a nice little watch clock here.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- Tell me about it. - It was my grandfather's.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33He was a jeweller and he dealt in watches and clocks.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35When I was a boy that was on the mantelpiece
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and I used to push it in and out to wind it up.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It's come straight to you?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42When he died, yes. Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Well, it's a lovely little thing.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48You don't really appreciate what happens here,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51because if it's on the mantelpiece it looks like a little clock.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Maybe a slightly odd Art-Deco design.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- But apart from that, it doesn't look strange.- No.- It's a Movado.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03It's a Movado pocket watch because this is completely separate.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07If you don't want to check what the time is, you can close it up,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09put it in your pocket and go on your travels.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Or it comes with that little ring for you to hang it
0:12:14 > 0:12:17on your watch chain. That's how it used to be worn.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22- I'd no idea.- All you thought of it was a mantelpiece clock.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Yes, that's all I can remember.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27You opened it up and there were two little springs...
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Unfortunately, these are not there any more.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35..with two little rods so that when you opened it and closed it,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38it automatically wound the watch.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42So if you kept looking at it and closing it, you could overwind it.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47- I think I did that when I was a boy, then. Cos I'd go like that all the time.- Did you?
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- Yeah.- It becomes a bit compulsive. It's wonderful engineering.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58And Movado were the company that patented this mechanism.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Other people copied it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04And it's got this lovely little stand,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06which is unusual.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09That would signify somebody in the jewellery trade, probably,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- like your grandfather.- Right. - Because it isn't just any old stand.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18This marble stand has been perfectly carved to accommodate
0:13:18 > 0:13:21that little ring on there.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- I had no idea.- So this was his pride and joy probably.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26What's it worth, then? Now, we've lost the springs.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28That needs to be attended to.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- That will affect its price.- Right.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- It's probably worth £80.- Right.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36On a good day it might make £100.
0:13:36 > 0:13:43If we were to put a reserve at £80 that would encourage people who'd like to put it right.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45How much would it be worth if it was perfect?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48In perfect order, it might make £150.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Sometimes they can make a couple of hundred pounds.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Blimey!- It's got a lot in its favour.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58I think 80 reserve is a fair reserve. If somebody wants to,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01they could get it in working order with time and effort.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I wonder what the bidders are going to think of our lots today.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Tony's tin-glazed Madonna is certainly big enough to attract attention.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13There could be laughter or tears
0:14:13 > 0:14:15when the puzzle jug goes under the hammer.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I love the oil painting brought in by Roger and Penny
0:14:19 > 0:14:25but anything can happen at auction. Let's hope it's an open-and-shut case for John's watch.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29It's time to take a trip down the road to Eastbourne Auction Rooms
0:14:29 > 0:14:32where auctioneer Paul Achilleous is on the rostrum.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35The sale is already underway.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Tony, this is real quality. We've got the tin-glazed statue of a lady
0:14:41 > 0:14:45just about to go under the hammer. Why are you flogging this?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Uh...well, it's my wife's, actually.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- She doesn't like it? - Well, it's got to go.- OK.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- So we need the money, basically. - Yeah.- Pressure's on for Mark.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- £200 to £300.- I'm not sure about it.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- To me, it's an interior decorator's bid.- It is.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06If you've got a nice alcove in a Georgian study, it'd look stunning.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Great space and a talking point.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Talking's over and done with, it's going under the hammer now.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Large Continental pottery tin-glazed bust of a young woman
0:15:16 > 0:15:19decorated in blue, white and yellow glaze. Nice quality.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Plenty of interest. We start this at £260.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Oh, no. You see.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26At 260.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Blink and you'll miss it.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32All done, then, at 260?
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Wasn't that quick? Straight in and straight out. £260.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Well done.- Less a bit of commission.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- What's the money going towards? - My bathroom.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47- Oh. Maybe that'll get the tiles and the grout.- Just about, yeah.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- A couple of taps.- Or the grouting.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52No, we'll get more than the grouting.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- Are you doing the work yourself? - Some of it.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Some of it. Good for you.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06It's time to # Send in the clowns... #
0:16:06 > 0:16:10The clowns on the Victorian puzzle jug which belongs to Mary.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15- Mary, you used to sing on stage. And you still do.- Still do a bit.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- West End musicals... - Whatever. Like we do.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Not so much now.- Good luck. You're in good company,
0:16:21 > 0:16:26because our expert Jethro put a valuation of £80 to £100 on this.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29His son is on stage in the West End as we speak.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32As we speak, he's treading the boards. Tap dancer, singer.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- What's he in?- Mary Poppins.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38And he plays the part of Neleus, the statue who comes to life.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- There you go.- There we are.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42They can swap stories afterwards.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Absolutely.- This is why I love this object.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Ceramics isn't really my subject
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- but I love the association with theatre.- That's why we got it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53It's a tricky thing,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56cos it's a puzzle jug that plays a trick on somebody.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- A joke.- It has worked.- To make you laugh. Why are you flogging it?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02It's time it went.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- OK.- I'm trying to cut down, as you do as you get older.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08This is it.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Lot number 149 is the Victorian Elsmore and Forster puzzle jug.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Hand-coloured and transfer-printed with cock fighting scenes and clown.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18We start this at £80.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20We're selling at 80.
0:17:20 > 0:17:225. 90. 5.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24100. 110.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Higher.- Come on.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27£120.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Is there 30?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31At £120 then...
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- It's sold.- 120.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36£120. That's good, isn't it?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- It is.- What are you going to put £120 towards?- Christmas is coming.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Christmas.- I've got to go halves with my husband anyway.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Well, good luck.- Thank you. - Happy shopping.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Right, now for my favourite item of the show. It's not a lot of money
0:17:55 > 0:17:58but I did the valuation and I need a little prayer.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02It's a gorgeous watercolour. It's owned by Roger and Penny.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05It's by Alan Clutton-Brock and it's gorgeous.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I don't like these moments,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11cos you run out of things to say when it all goes wrong.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15If it doesn't sell, we've got a reserve on it, and you take it home
0:18:15 > 0:18:19and put it in a fine art sale. I'm not making excuses.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22But I'm gonna say a little prayer.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Alan Clutton-Brock.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Oil onto panel. With me at £100.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27£100.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31At £100. At £100.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Come on!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34£100 only...
0:18:34 > 0:18:36All done, then, at £100...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38That was short and sweet, wasn't it?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41That's the last picture I ever value.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Well, I'm quite pleased now, cos, like you say,
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- we'll take it home. - It's got to go home.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Yeah.- Yeah.- I can't believe it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I cannot believe it. That looks like £200 to me.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58It's lovely. Take it home and enjoy it and think of Flog It!
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- OK?- Yes.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Yes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Oh, dear.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14The sale's buzzing along
0:19:14 > 0:19:19and now it's time to see what the bidders think of John's watch.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24I gather your grandfather... it was his. He was a jeweller.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- So you're flogging a bit of family history.- Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Does that bother you? - No.- Not in the least.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- No.- Why are you getting rid of it?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38My mum died and we didn't want anything. You just hoard it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39I just want it to go.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- It is damaged.- I did that. - YOU did that meddling with it!
0:19:43 > 0:19:48When I was a boy. I used to keep... Every time you open and shut it
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- it winds itself up.- Yeah.- And I used to do that all the time.- Fascinated.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- Jethro told me...- Well, Jethro, I think that's the right valuation.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Well, yeah. It's a shame you kept doing that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03But it's a fascinating thing, isn't it? Great for a kid.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05That is the kind of thing I would do.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- What, break it? - Yeah. Break it. Bust it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13The Movado, Swiss-made travelling watch. Nice little lot.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Due to conflicting bids, we start this at 120.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- Straight in.- 120 is bid. 130. 140.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21150. 160.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24170. 180. At 180. Any more?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- My, my!- Are you bidding, sir?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31180 it is, then. At 180. We all done at 180?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- Yeah! Hammer's gone down. - That was good.- £180.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37What are you going to do with that?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I'm going to split it with the two children.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42They've both got champagne tastes and beer money.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- LAUGHTER - What about the wife?
0:20:45 > 0:20:50- Are you gonna spend some on her? - No, just the kids. She has enough.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- She has...!- And she's got me!
0:21:01 > 0:21:06It may be a little too early to start celebrating just yet.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10There's a break in the auction. More hammer action later in the show.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14But I've been told there's a place nearby that's very interesting.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I've never been to one before so I can't resist going to have a look.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27What a fantastic spot this is!
0:21:27 > 0:21:31You'll have to agree, that is such a dramatic backdrop!
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You may be forgiven for thinking we're in France.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Flog It! has gone to France?
0:21:35 > 0:21:40We haven't - we're just outside Eastbourne. And, yes, these are grape vines.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45English wine doesn't always get the attention it deserves.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49But here on the South Downs the geology is almost identical
0:21:49 > 0:21:51to that of the Champagne region in France.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57I've come to meet Peter Hall who's been producing his own champagne here for more than 30 years.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00And here he is. Hi, Peter.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04What a beautiful, idyllic spot. It's stunning.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06I do think I'm in France.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08It's so sheltered. You can't feel a breeze.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Why is this region so good for growing grapes?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14For a start, we're very near Champagne. I make sparkling wine.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- Uh-huh.- Sparkling wine, just as they do 170 miles away from us
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- just over that way.- Just across there.- Yes, it's not far.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It's northeast of Paris. People forget.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- So it's nothing to do with the soil content?- It's the soil as well, because they grow on chalk,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34exactly the same Paris basin chalk as on the South Downs here.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- Exactly the same.- And how many vines do you have here?- Nearly 10,000.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Over six acres.- And have you planted them all up?
0:22:41 > 0:22:47- I have. From... 1974, we started. - How long does it take to harvest a grape?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51We normally harvest the third week in October. But this warm summer
0:22:51 > 0:22:55has made us start already. With a crop like this,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58when I'm looking at maybe 15,000 bottles, maybe more,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01it's going to take ten days of picking.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05And ten days of pressing and me staying up all night when my pickers go home.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10- What's the process throughout the year? There's a lot to do before the picking.- Yeah.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14It starts in the winter once the leaves fall off.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19If Christmas dinner's a bit too long, I might go out and start pruning.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Pruning takes me about three months. - How did you get involved in this?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- I'm half French, my mother was French.- It's in the blood!- Yeah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32Well, it's something... Privileged to be born in a household where we drink wine twice a day.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35What makes a good wine? If I just pick a grape now...
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Can you look at these grapes and say X, Y, Z about them?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Yeah.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Il faut manger. Delicious!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Oh, that is good. - It's got a nice big pip
0:23:45 > 0:23:50which cultured table grapes don't have. They edit those out.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54But it's nice and sweet and it's good acidity.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Fantastic acidity.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Doesn't it taste almost like a glass of champagne?- Exactly.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- You don't have to do much to it, do you?- You're kidding. You're kidding.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- You do.- Do you?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09You have to start with good grapes
0:24:09 > 0:24:12like a restaurateur has to start with good food.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Some are turning different colours.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Shouldn't they have been picked?- No.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23When they're fully ripe, they'll be golden. I need ripe grapes to make good fizz but not over-ripe ones.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28There's a leanness-meanness that you have in a bottle of brut champagne.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32You want to retain that. You do that with this variety.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35It's got a good variety and a high acidity.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37What's the rule with champagne?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Because I do know... I've read up and heard discussions on TV.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- You can't call something champagne unless it's grown in Champagne.- Yes.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Paul, people get hung up about this. It's extraordinary.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52They've no business to. Champagne comes from Champagne.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54When I was at college, some years back,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57in Newcastle, you could buy Spanish Chablis.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58That's an outrage.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Chablis is in north Burgundy.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04That's all been outlawed now and so should this.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- I'm not making champagne. I'm making sparkling wine.- Yes.- Call it fizz...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11whatever you like. Call it champagne method
0:25:11 > 0:25:14so that the consumer knows what he or she is getting.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- They know the second fermentation has taken place in the bottle in my cellar.- Two fermentations?- Yes.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22That's what constitutes a sparkling wine?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Yeah. You make a still dry white wine
0:25:25 > 0:25:29and then you add extra sugar and yeast...
0:25:29 > 0:25:35- Ferment again.- And you bottle that in a champagne bottle with a crown closure. Put it in the cellar.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Then the second fermentation takes place in the bottle.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41And the alcohol goes up by one degree, from 11 to about 12.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46The CO2 can't escape, of course, and that's where you get your mousse.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- The fine bubbles.- I'm going to pinch one more grape
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and then I think we can go back down to the farmhouse.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57- Yeah, yeah.- And do some real sampling!- OK.- Mm!
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- That is SO good.- Yeah. Would you like to taste...?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- I would.- I got that feeling.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10After they've been harvested, the grapes are weighed
0:26:10 > 0:26:15and then pressed almost immediately to extract the juice.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20The sugar content is measured and more can be added to increase the alcohol strength of the wine.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Yeast is then put in and the wine is fermented for the first time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29They say the proof of the pudding is in the eating,
0:26:29 > 0:26:35- in this case, Peter, in the drinking.- Indeed.- Why is it called Breaky Bottom?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Bottom is a common word in Sussex to describe a little dry chalk valley.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43So there's Long Bottom, Frog's Bottom.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48- Breaky Bottom. Break comes from old English from scrub.- Breaky Bottom.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Somebody told me champagne was invented by an Englishman.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56- Is that true?- It is true. That's how to get up the noses of Frenchmen.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01It's true. Christopher Merritt delivered a paper to the Royal Society in London
0:27:01 > 0:27:07some 30 years before Dom Perignon was credited with having invented champagne.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Well, that's cleared that fact up.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- I can see Pepe the winery cat's come for a tasting as well.- Yeah.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- Shall we open a bottle and have a taste?- OK.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- Do you drink a lot of champagne yourself?- A fair bit.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23OK...
0:27:25 > 0:27:29A lot of people may have two glasses and save the rest for later
0:27:29 > 0:27:33and put a spoon in the neck of the bottle. Do you advise that?
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Or do you think once it's opened it should be drunk straightaway?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39It's a good way of selling spoons.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43The gas is going to escape once you open the bottle.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46There's only one thing to do and that's to finish it all off.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- Let's have a go. Cheers.- To you!
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Gosh, that is good.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05That's very good. Should champagne have a nose to it?
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- A distinctive...?- Oh, Lord, yes. - What are you smelling?
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Well, when it's made into champagne in the bottle
0:28:12 > 0:28:15the dead yeast cells lie in the bottom of that bottle
0:28:15 > 0:28:18and impart flavours to the wine.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23The description given by wine tasters is "biscuity", "bready",
0:28:23 > 0:28:24"yeasty", "brioche".
0:28:24 > 0:28:30- All those sort of things. - So it should have all of that? - That little...
0:28:30 > 0:28:31That little sniff.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36And then you're getting fruit. Wonderful fruit coming through.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Mm.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- This you could go on drinking until the evening.- I could!
0:28:42 > 0:28:46- Are you fussy about champagne? Is this the only champagne you drink? - No.
0:28:46 > 0:28:52Many other wonderful vintage champagnes, I'd be on my knees to the people who make it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- But this is valid in its own way. - When you started this 30 years ago
0:28:55 > 0:29:01- people were very sceptical, weren't they, about English wines? - Well, I was.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04There were only about a dozen vineyards.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06There are now nearly 500.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- So you've got lots of competition. - Yes.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11But Kent, Sussex, Hampshire...
0:29:11 > 0:29:13good areas, especially in chalk downs.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- Do you think it'll ever get exported to France?- It's possible.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20I actually sell wine to my French cousin
0:29:20 > 0:29:24- who has a restaurant in the south, in Provence.- That's great!- Yes.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26That's really nice.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42- Hello, Susannah.- Hello, Mark.- You've decided to have a little clearout.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- You've got far too much jewellery. - Well, enough
0:29:45 > 0:29:49and some of the things I don't wear I want to get rid of.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Let's have a little look.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54A charming little bar brooch.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Yes.- Which is set with rose-cut diamonds
0:29:56 > 0:30:01and five nice-sized sapphires going across there.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07- Do you know anything about it? - I've had this brooch for years.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10And...I wear it so rarely.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14So it can go. My daughter doesn't want it
0:30:14 > 0:30:17and I thought I'd get rid of it.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- It's a nice piece, actually, because it's a simple design.- Yes.
0:30:21 > 0:30:27We've moved on from that very decorative foliate style of the Victorian period.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32You know, with very over-the-top scrolls and leaf decoration
0:30:32 > 0:30:34and floral subjects, insects, that sort of thing,
0:30:34 > 0:30:40to a very simple line set with nice diamonds, five nice sapphires.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46- We've got a piece here which is Edwardian, probably 1910.- Uh-huh.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Just before the Art Deco movement.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52I think it will appeal to a younger market.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- In terms of value...- I've no idea.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59I would put an estimate of something like £300 to £500.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03That sounds great. I thought it was worth about £80.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Oh, no, no. Those sapphires are nice.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10If we put £300 to £500 on it with a £300 reserve,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- if you're happy with that... - I'm very happy with that, yes.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- Well, we look forward to seeing you at the auction.- Indeed, yes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Wonderful.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28Now, Valerie, you've brought along this picture for us to look at.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- What do you know about it? - Very little, actually.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37Purely that I went to...used to go to Edgar Horn's auction rooms when they were down in South Street.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41I used to go every time they had an auction
0:31:41 > 0:31:44and I bought several things over the years.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48It was about 14 years ago that I went there and saw this plaque.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- So you saw it as a plaque.- Yes.- It didn't have this frame on it.- No.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57When I first saw it I thought, "A bit of modern art."
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Then you look more closely, take the frame off...
0:32:01 > 0:32:06- ..and this is the panel that you bought.- Yes.- Why did you buy it?
0:32:06 > 0:32:10I fell in love with it. I thought it was well done and unusual.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12It is unusual. It is lovely.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Decorated pottery and porcelain plaques do vary considerably
0:32:16 > 0:32:19in the quality and the subject matter.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24And the quality and subject matter will determine the value.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- And the factory where they were created.- Yes.- Berlin plaques are up in the higher echelons
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- and subjects with naked women are always a good seller.- Yes.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Here we have a lovely little countryside scene,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- almost a bit chocolate-boxy.- Yes.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Painted by the artist GE Savage.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46And we've got a lovely scene.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49This little group of figures
0:32:49 > 0:32:52pointing up to the children up in the tree,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56and the little dog. What's the story as you can see it?
0:32:56 > 0:33:01It looks to me as though it's a family that have gone out for a day
0:33:01 > 0:33:05for a picnic and found this lovely piece of countryside
0:33:05 > 0:33:08and settled down there, all playing with their children,
0:33:08 > 0:33:13- having a good time.- I couldn't have put it better myself. Spot-on.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18Let's just turn it over and have a little look at it.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21We've got a stamp here.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26- I believe... I will need to check this out, because I'm not a porcelain specialist...- No.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32But I believe this is one of these smaller pottery producers
0:33:32 > 0:33:35which produced plaques like this. Not in vast quantities.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39They weren't big producers. But the quality is... They're nice.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43They're good commercial pieces. When you purchased it,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- how much did you pay? - I paid approximately £110.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51£110. Well, after 15 years you'd hope that it would have appreciated.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57But I think you're probably right. You'll get something back on your investment.
0:33:57 > 0:34:03- Not a great deal.- No.- But it could appeal to somebody.- Yes.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05- Like it did to me.- Absolutely.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09I'd have thought an estimate of £150 to £200.
0:34:09 > 0:34:15- Yes.- But what about a reserve of £150? Shall we suggest that?- Yes.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- That's fine.- Let's put a reserve of £150 and put it in the auction.- OK.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Hello, Chris.- Hello. - Nice to see you.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32You've brought an interesting object along.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Can you give some information?
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- Where did it come from?- Um, it belonged to my father's father.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42That's basically all I do know. My father passed away
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- two years ago, and we found it in the wardrobe.- In a box?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- In a carrier bag! - You didn't know it was there?- No.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Do you think your grandfather it would be...?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Yes.- Did he serve in the First World War?
0:34:53 > 0:34:59- Yes, I think so.- It certainly dates from that Kaiser Wilhelm period.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04The Great War, 1914-1918. And of course,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06it's a German army officer's helmet.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09With the imperial German eagle on the front, then the regiment.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It's in quite good condition.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14You've known of its existence for a couple of years,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- and haven't done any investigating yourself?- No.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21You thought you'd bring it along today and flog it, hopefully?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- Hopefully.- Did you have any idea of what it might be worth?
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- No, not at all.- Because it is an interesting object,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30and it's a very specialist object. I'm hoping the auctioneers
0:35:30 > 0:35:34would obviously put this on the internet to attract collectors
0:35:34 > 0:35:36that would be interested in it.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Sometimes they can do very well. There's been a lot of discussion
0:35:40 > 0:35:43with my colleagues about this.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45There's all sorts of different estimates.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50I guess we'll never know what it's worth unless it goes into auction.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Some of them think it's worth at least £300.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55I think it's worth £150 or so.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58I'm going to follow their advice and suggest we put it in
0:35:58 > 0:36:03with an estimate of £200-300, with maybe a reserve of £200
0:36:03 > 0:36:06with 10% discretion. So the lowest it can sell for is £180.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- I see, yes.- Would you be happy with that?- Yes, yes, I would.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Perfect. Then, of course, the proof will be on the day.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18- If we can attract bidders, we might have a surprise.- Yeah.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Might even get more. What else are you going to do with it?
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- Put it back in the wardrobe. - That's no good, is it?
0:36:25 > 0:36:28With such a nice-looking helmet, it needs to be shown.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- It needs to go to a collector. - It does.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35Somebody who especially collects this and will enjoy this object,
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- and add it to their collection.- OK. - Are you happy with that?- Yes.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Perfect. Thank you so much for bringing an interesting item in.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Thank you.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48And it's back to the sale room with our next batch of items.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Susanne was surprised at the high valuation
0:36:51 > 0:36:54for her diamond and sapphire brooch. But as you know,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57it's up to the bidders on the day.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Valerie hopes she'll make a profit on the painted panel
0:37:00 > 0:37:04she bought at auction. And what will the bidders make of the helmet?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Even our experts are unsure!
0:37:06 > 0:37:12First, auctioneer Jeanette May is about to offer the brooch for sale.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Right, now for the jewel in our crown.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18It's a diamond brooch with sapphires, it belongs to Susanne,
0:37:18 > 0:37:21but she can't be with us today in the Eastbourne Auction Rooms.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25But our expert who valued it can! Mark Stacey.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Mark, you put £300-500 on. Little bit of discretion there?
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- A little bit, yes.- Do we need it?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Possibly. I mean, jewellery is so funny.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Sometimes I can get it right, and others I get it completely wrong!
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- And there's not a lot of jewellery in the sale.- No.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Although it's quite stylish. It's Edwardian, very simple bar brooch.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- You know, 270, 300, we're hopeful. - There's a lot of bidders here.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52It's a ladies' item, the room is full of ladies.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55The diamond and sapphire bar brooch.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59There it is. Here with me on commission at 160.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Take 180 to move on? 160, 180 to move on?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Come on.- No, no.- All done, £160?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- Oh, dear. In a way, it's a blessing Susanne wasn't here.- It is a bit.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- I got that one completely wrong. - You gonna ring her or shall I?
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- I think you'd better.- OK! - Send her my apologies!
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- We can't win them all. - No, you can't.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Valerie is having a clear-out, she's downsizing and this is the first item to go.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- A painted panel.- Yes. - We're looking at £150-200.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35It is quality, I love this.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39I'm sure you could find a space on the wall to keep this.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42No, I've had to make the decision, and that's it.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- I've got to be hard.- Got to be ruthless in this business!
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- Our expert who put the value on it is Jethro.- Rrragh!
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- It is quality. - It is sort of quality.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55You've got to have the right sort of place to put it.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58It wouldn't go in my house, it doesn't go in your house.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- There'll be someone here who's got the spot for it.- Let's hope we get the top end of the valuation.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- To put towards moving costs! - Oh, yes.- They haemorrhage money. - Don't they just!
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Whose house will it go into? We're gonna find out.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Let's hope the bidder is right here. This is it.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17Lot 121, the rectangular Victorian china plaque,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19with children by a stream, signed G E Savage.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23It's got the factory mark to the reverse. Been a bit of interest.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25We start this on reserve at 150.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30At 150 only. At 150. I'll take 60 from you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- At £150 only, then...- That's OK.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35150, 160 seeing you. 170, will you? At 170.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40170 seated. 180, where? At £170 then,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42seated at 170...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Good one. Nice, Jethro, spot on.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46£170.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Lovely.- Not bad, is it? - No, that's good.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I've just been joined by Christina in the nick of time.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00We thought we'd lost you! The room is packed.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Your German WWI helmet, just about to go under the hammer.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07I had a chat to the auctioneer. I'll bring you in on this.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10You put £200-300 on this. I said, "It is a minefield, militaria."
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- She agreed with me. - Unless you know the subject.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17I thought it was very interesting. It's got to be worth 200-300.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21We agreed a 200 reserve, which we were both happy with.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Anything above that is going to be a bonus.- Yes.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27But they have illustrated it, it's been focused on the internet,
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- and I'm sure that's gonna tinkle all those...- Condition is fantastic.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- It's tactile, and it's got the look. - Untouched, as well.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- The brass isn't... You haven't tried to clean it.- No.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41And that's just what a collector wants.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43We'll keep our fingers crossed.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Good luck on this, it's going under the hammer now. This is it.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50The Prussian military helmet for the guardsman.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52A lot of interest in this one.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55We can start this one on commission at £220.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00230, 240, 250. 260 on the telephone?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04250 here. 260, 270, 280, 290.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- 300?- Quite a popular helmet!
0:41:07 > 0:41:09300 on the telephone. 320, new bidder.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13340. 340, 360?
0:41:13 > 0:41:14380.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18400. And 20.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21440, 460.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26- 480. 500.- Gosh!- Wow!
0:41:26 > 0:41:28500 on the telephone. 520 in the room.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30540.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35540, 560, 580.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40- 600. 620.- (This is good! 620!)
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- (I can't believe it!)- 620, 650. 680.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47700? 700 in the room.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50720 on the phone, 750. 750.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- 780.- (Oh, my God!)- 780 on the phone.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56800. And 20.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02820, 850. 820 on the telephone. Anybody else getting involved?
0:42:02 > 0:42:06You all done at £820?
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Hammer's gone down. £820!
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I don't believe it!
0:42:12 > 0:42:13Whew!
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- God!- That is a surprise. We had a chat with the auctioneer,
0:42:16 > 0:42:20just before the sale. I said, "These are so hard to value.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25"It could be 200-300, or it just fly out at £1,000."
0:42:25 > 0:42:27She said, yes, she doesn't know either.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- There are people out there that do understand that kind of thing.- Yes.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32They wanted it.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36That's a lot of money! What's the first thing that comes to mind?
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Shopping!- No.- No, what?- No.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- It's going to go towards a memorial for my father.- Oh, lovely.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- How wonderful.- We all decided on that.- That's lovely.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- That's fantastic.- That's good. That's a good call, isn't it?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Surprised?- Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03That's it, it's all over.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06And what a fantastic day we've had here in Eastbourne.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09It'll be sad to leave. All our owners have gone home happy,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11all credit to our experts,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14because it's not an exact science doing those valuations.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Hope you've enjoyed the show. Until the next time, it's cheerio.
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