0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today's programme comes from a city which is the birthplace of writer, CS Lewis.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10It's also home to many famous musicians, such as Van Morrison.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Even the world's best footballer was born here, George Best.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Welcome to Flog It! Welcome to Belfast.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Belfast is renowned for shipbuilding.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54The world's most famous ship, Titanic, was built here
0:00:54 > 0:00:58by Harland and Wolff, once the world's largest shipyard.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02These yards played a vital role in Britain's war effort during the 1940s.
0:01:02 > 0:01:08The famous twin cranes, Goliath and Samson, still dominate the city's skyline.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Belfast is now enjoying a massive process of renewal.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23It's a stylish, modern city with superb facilities
0:01:23 > 0:01:24and delightful citizens,
0:01:24 > 0:01:30of which hundreds of them have been queuing outside the town hall here today waiting patiently
0:01:30 > 0:01:32to meet our experts to have their treasures valued.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37They all want to ask that very important question. What's it worth?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Today, they're in the capable hands of Anita Manning
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and David Barby.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Jo, let's have a look in here.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Ah...
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Being a Scot, and coming from Glasgow, I should know all about whisky.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04What we have is Irish whiskey here.
0:02:04 > 0:02:12It was distilled by Bushmills, who are one of the oldest licensed distillers in the world.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- It is a famous, old whiskey. - Absolutely.- Are you a whiskey drinker?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- I'm afraid not. - Why did you buy this?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I didn't buy it, actually. I won it in a raffle in a charity auction.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Were you never tempted?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Never tempted. Not my tipple, I'm afraid.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- What's your tipple? - I like white wine.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Oh, yes.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35This is called Bushmills Millennium Malt.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41It was made in 1975, especially for celebrations in the millennium.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47- That's correct. - The cask number of bottles was 300.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- It's what we would call a limited edition.- Yes.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55If we look on the label, we can see "selected for UTV", which would be Ulster Television.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56That's correct.
0:02:56 > 0:03:04This would have perhaps been donated by Ulster Television to your charity.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Yes, for the auction to raise funds.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11Pricewise, how much is a bottle of Bushmills? How much would you pay?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15I think you'd probably pay £20 to £25.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21I think we have to pitch our estimate not too high above that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It will find its own level.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27If we put it maybe £40 to £50, would you feel happy enough at that?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Yes, I think someone else can get some pleasure out of it.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35If you sell it, you can buy yourself a good few bottles of white wine with that.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- That would be very nice. - Let's go for it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- Let's put the estimate maybe £40 to £50, with a reserve of £35.- OK.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- See you on the day, Jo.- Absolutely.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Sober?- Absolutely.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Jackie, I like good, solid furniture.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04You can't mistake this for anything else, can you?
0:04:04 > 0:04:09It is a solid piece or furniture, dating from the middle of the Victorian period.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Around about the Exhibition time, 1851.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Where did it come from?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17It came from my grandmother's house.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21It had been in the attic for quite a number of years.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Did it stand on a sort of
0:04:23 > 0:04:26chest of drawers that would look similar?
0:04:26 > 0:04:34Well, in her house there was quite a lot of furniture which would have been dark, old, heavy furniture.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Maybe originally it had sat on that, but she died three years ago.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- Nothing is left of the other furniture?- It went when the house was cleared out.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- The whole lot went?- A lot of stuff went, but she had mentioned a few things we needed to take out of it.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So we had taken this out of it and kept it.
0:04:52 > 0:05:01This is just part and parcel of a huge bedroom suite that would have had a triple wardrobe, wash stand,
0:05:01 > 0:05:07dressing-table, dressing mirror, maybe a set of chairs, bedstead, side cabinets.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12This piece, middle of the 19th century, Exhibition period
0:05:12 > 0:05:15and I would think at auction there is still an element of demand.
0:05:15 > 0:05:22Whereas heavy mahogany furniture, dark furniture, also known as brown furniture, is no longer de rigeur.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24There's very few people that want it.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I think this as a mirror, OK, there'll be a demand.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30If this goes up for sale,
0:05:30 > 0:05:35it will sell for something in the region of £140 to £160.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40You are not going to replace it with anything of quality similar to this.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43If you get rid of it, you get rid of it.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It's a bit big for our house now.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I can see this in a modern home, a minimalistic home
0:05:48 > 0:05:51on a piece of furniture, in a bathroom or cloakroom.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54We can see the whole family reflected in the mirror.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Are they going to the auction?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Yes, I would imagine they would be.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Giving you moral support. - Yes, absolutely.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- I look forward to seeing all of you. - Thank you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15This owl is absolutely adorable.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17I think I love him more because his eyes are missing.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Yes. It's very cute.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21He is, isn't he? How did you come by him?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- I bought him from a bring-and-buy sale many years ago.- How much
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- did you pay? - A few pounds, I'm not sure.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Like a fiver.- Probably, yeah.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It was about 15 to 20 years ago.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- You know he's a pepperette, don't you?- I do.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I'm calling him a he because I think he's a wise old owl.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41I know why his glass eyes are missing.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47Really, the sockets of his eyes, you use to turn and take the lid off.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51They've been over-used and eventually the little eyes have fallen out.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Looking inside, it's been nicely wash gilded.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56There's a gilding wash just there.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00That's to stop the salt or pepper from corroding the silver.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I think he's really, really beautiful.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05He's hallmarked, on the back,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08but the mark is a little bit indistinguishable.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14The good thing about sterling silver is any accompanying piece always has to have a hallmark as well.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17You know they belong together.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19On the rim, just there,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I managed to find one.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I've looked there and I can see that
0:07:24 > 0:07:28it's got the leopard's head for London. We know its London silver.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30We've also got
0:07:30 > 0:07:35the little Q, that tells us, 1859.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36It's lovely. A shame about the eyes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- I know.- I think they can be replaced. It's like teddy bear eyes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43The glass eyes always go missing.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- It was a good investment.- Was it?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It was. What do you think it's worth today?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I haven't a clue.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53It's only tiny, maybe £50 or £60.
0:07:53 > 0:08:00Well, I'd like to say to you let's put it into auction with a value of £80 to £120.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Right.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05A fixed reserve of £80. Don't sell it for any less.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I think this could do the top end, even with the missing eyes.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- I don't think that's a problem. Put him under the hammer and see what he does.- OK.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Angela, what's this guy's name?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Leo.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27How long have you had him?
0:08:27 > 0:08:33I've had him since about 1951, in or around that time.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35So you've had him for nearly 50 years?
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Yes.- As you know, Angela, it's a Steiff lion.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43We can tell that factory
0:08:43 > 0:08:46by the little button on the ear.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52They are still making quality toys, quality teddies, animals and so on.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- This one from about the 1950s.- Yes.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Did you just fall in love with him at the time?- Absolutely.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Whereabouts did you buy him?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04It was Montreal.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07A friend bought it for me.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And he's come across the Atlantic?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- He has, indeed.- He's lovely.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14He has the most gorgeous mane.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18It's lovely. He's got highlights.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- I wish I did. - Slightly squinty eyes. A wee bit of...
0:09:23 > 0:09:29damage on the tail, here. He has been in the wars, did you know that?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I didn't know till I came down today.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Somebody's had a bite out of him.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35That might make a wee bit of difference.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Apart from that, he's a lovely soul.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Value.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43What do you think? Have you had anyone value it before?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46I did have it valued once for £200.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47For £200.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- About ten years ago.- Yeah.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I feel,
0:09:51 > 0:09:58Angela, I would like to pull the estimate down a little bit to give it a chance at auction.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03I would like to estimate between £150 and £250.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Would you feel happy at that? - I would, indeed.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10We'll put it in and hope we've just hit it at the right spot.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Yeah.- Angela, he's been with you for a long time.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Why are you selling him?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- I've nobody behind me that I want to give it to, really.- Right.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22What you would like is for him to have another...
0:10:22 > 0:10:27- ..a good, good home.- A good, good home. For that pussycat.- Yeah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40We're about halfway through the day and we still have hundreds of people to see. We've got our work cut out.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Now we're gonna put our valuations to the test. It's our first visit to the auction room.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47While we make our way over to John Ross's auction house,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50here's a quick reminder of all the items we're taking with us.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56It's not to Jo's taste, but Anita thinks her commemorative bottle of whiskey may have a certain appeal.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00This dressing-table mirror is on the large side for Jackie and the family.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Nevertheless, it's a quality item.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Susan's little silver owl pepper pot may be missing its eyes,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10but I think a wise buyer just may sniff out a bargain.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Finally, Angela's Steiff lion.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It's a bit baggy around the seams,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17but I'm sure he's gonna attract a lot of attention.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Right now it's time to up the tempo, this is where the excitement starts.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25We've come for our first visit to the auction room which is Ross's of Belfast.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Let's catch up with the man with the gavel and all the local knowledge, Daniel Clarke,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31see what he says about our valuations.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Definitely a lot of local interest with this lot. That's all I can say.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Bushmills Irish single malt whiskey. It belongs to Jo.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54She won it in a charity auction and we valued this at £40 to £50.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Quite honestly, I think it's really hard to value things like this, unless you taste it.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01What do you think?
0:12:01 > 0:12:08- Well, the seal is still intact, so nobody has had a swig at it as yet. - I can't fiddle it!
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Bushmills, the oldest distillery in the world.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17It's Irish. You CAN buy it in the shops at about £95.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Not terribly old yet.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23I think probably the estimate is fairly right.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Is this your tipple?
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Not really, for me.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I do like this, I must admit.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Either that or dandelion and burdock.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43We've got something now that has loads of local interest.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I think it will appeal to everybody.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48It's a single malt, Irish whiskey. It belongs to Jo.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53Not for much longer, we got a value of £40 to £60 and it was put on by our expert, Anita.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58- You won this, didn't you, in a charity auction?- Yes.- It cost nothing, it's a good investment.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02It's worth at least 90 quid. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Lot 561, the Bushmills Millennium malt whiskey.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Shall we say £50 for the Bushmills?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12With the porter at 50.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17At £50. 5. 60. 5. 70.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Yes.- I knew it wouldn't let me down.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22£80. The porter's bid at 80 for the whiskey.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24That's a good result.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27£80, I'm selling now. At £80...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Yes.- There we are.
0:13:30 > 0:13:3280 quid. The auctioneer and I
0:13:32 > 0:13:35were musing over this bottle before the auction started,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37saying the valuation was OK.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41We thought, really, to do a proper valuation you've got to taste it.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Did you? - No, we couldn't let Jo down.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46What are you gonna do with the £80?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Anita suggested I might like to buy some of what I really like to drink, white wine.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- There you go. You can get a couple of cases.- I think so, yes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Right now we've got that lovely dressing-table mirror coming up for grabs at £140 to £160.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I've been joined by Jackie.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11But, where is little Ben?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12There he is.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Are you OK? Are you gonna say anything?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I think he's really, really shy today.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I like his little school uniform. Lock View.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Good luck with the mirror. - Thank you.- It's quality, a lovely lump of mahogany.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Here's David, who put the price on it.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32I understand that the Irish dealers buy brown furniture in England,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36where it doesn't sell, and bring it to Ireland where there's a market for it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- I'm keeping my fingers crossed. - So am I.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Let's hope it's a true reflection of the price. £140-160.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Victorian mahogany, dressing-table mirror on a platform base.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Could we say £100? £80, please.
0:14:48 > 0:14:5180, I'm bid. 90. £90, I'm bid. £100.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56£100. At £100 I'm bid now for the mirror at 100.
0:14:56 > 0:15:03At £100, 110, £110 under the rostrum at 110,
0:15:03 > 0:15:08at £110, are we all done at £110?
0:15:08 > 0:15:15At £110 I have, you're all out at 110, all finished, at £110.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20£110 - I'm pretty sure he's used his discretion.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22We had a reserve of £125.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26You got 110. Just shy. Nevertheless, it's a good result.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29£110, sold for.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Is he going to have the money?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Ben? How are you going to spend £110?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35What's Mummy going to do with it?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- I wonder.- It's going to be split between Jamie and Ben.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You've got another son? Two boys?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Lovely. Thank you for coming in.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- OK, thank you.- Phew, just!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Angela, good to see you again.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59Angela brought in that lovely Steiff lion with a value of £150-£250, eh?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- What do we think? A big growl.- Grrr! - Oh, easy, tiger! Easy, tiger!
0:16:03 > 0:16:06And here's another little tiger. You put the valuation on.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10We normally see lots of Steiff teddy bears on the show, and they sell so well.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12But I think the lion could be quite unique.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It will add to any teddy bear collection.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18It has a wonderful expression on its face.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19I fell in love with it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Why do you want to part with this lovely little lion?
0:16:22 > 0:16:26I'm going to Canada next year.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Putting a few bob together? I don't blame you. What part of Canada are you going to?
0:16:31 > 0:16:32I lived in Montreal.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- So, you're going back to visit friends? Any relatives out there? - My brother in Toronto.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Oh...It's a long way.- Yes, yes.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43We'll get you there, hopefully. Half the air fare, at least.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Let's hope we get the top end. It's going under the hammer now.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Lot 76. A Steiff lion, on view there with the porter,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52£100, please, 80,
0:16:52 > 0:16:5460 I'm for the Steiff lion. 70.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57At £70 for the Steiff lion, 80.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- At 90, 100, 110...- We're getting there, getting there...
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Here at £120, against you, madam, at 120.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06130, new bidder.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08£130.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Come on!- 130, on my right.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15At £130, last call, sir, at 130. 140.
0:17:15 > 0:17:23At £140, with you, sir, we have £140,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26at £140...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Yes!- £140.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Thank you so much. - It's a little towards the air fare.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It will get you to Canada.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38- Thank you so much.- Hook up with everybody you know there. All your family and friends.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Thank you for very, very much. - Well cone.- It was close.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Right now, it's my turn to be the expert.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55I'm joined by Susan. We've got that lovely silver owl pepper pot, about to go under the hammer.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I hope we get the top end of the valuation. I'm looking at the 150s, fingers crossed.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02He's got no eyes, but he just needs a little bit of TLC.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- Yes, definitely.- Susan's brought her mum along for moral support.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- What's her name?- Rita.- Rita, hello! Fingers crossed for Susan.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- It's going under the hammer. Are you going to treat Mum, later? - Definitely.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Mum's being treated for lunch. - Lunch to start with.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Lunch to start with!- It depends how much we get. If it sells!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25It's going under the hammer right now.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28£100, please, for the pepper pot.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32£50, anyone? 50, 60, 70, 80, 90...
0:18:32 > 0:18:38- That was our reserve, wasn't it? - 120, 130, 140.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Gentleman here at 140. 150, new bidder. 160, 170...
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- He's gonna bid on it.- 180, new bidder.- I said we should get 180.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- 200.- Ooh, brilliant.- £200. 220, at £220.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55240, new bidder. At 260, 270...
0:18:55 > 0:19:00- Oh, this is fantastic. - I can't believe it.- £270.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- 280.- I said owls are really collectible.- The lady's bid at £280.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Back of the room at £280.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- You, madam, at 280..- Fantastic.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- At 290.- Oh!- 290.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14He's soaring high now!
0:19:14 > 0:19:17We have £290, madam.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- I'm selling now at 290... Lady's bid, 300.- 300!- £300.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I'm shivering. I'm tingling.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- £300, I'm selling now...- This is great. This is absolutely fabulous.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Yeah! 300 quid!- I can't believe it!
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Thank you very much.- . What are you going to put £300 towards?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36I don't know - a good night out.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Mum! That's what you're going to put it towards!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41A good night out and lots of lunches.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Thank you so much for coming.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44They absolutely adored that.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Owls are so collectible. What a wonderful moment.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I've always been a big fan, a huge fan, of traditional Irish music.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04It's exciting, it's romantic, and it's bewitching.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06You can't help but tap your foot
0:20:06 > 0:20:09along to the pulse of that heartbeat.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14And an instrument that's very much central to traditional Irish music is the Irish frame drum,
0:20:14 > 0:20:19it's called the bodhran, and its name means "roaring sound" or "deafening."
0:20:19 > 0:20:21So you can't exactly miss it.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26And a man who knows a thing or two about the bodhran is Eamonn Maguire.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29So I've come for a lesson in the art of drum-making.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I love your workshop. It looks like organised chaos in here.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39My type of place! Tell me, the bodhran, is it pronounced boh-ran?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- B-0, sort of "boar"?- It depends on what part of the country you're in.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- OK.- Up here, they call it a bo-ron.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50- Bo-ron?- Yeah.- Now, where did the interest start with you? I know you're a keen player.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56Well, about 40 years ago, you wouldn't have been able to buy a drum up here, a bodhran.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01- Were they all made down south? - That's it. There was only, maybe, two makers in the south at the time.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04One was the Furey brothers. Their father made them, Ted.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07And another boy, Charlie Burns, made them in Tipperary.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I decided to make one for myself, because I couldn't get one.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Because you couldn't get your hands on one.- I'd worked at curing skins for...ever.
0:21:15 > 0:21:22My brothers used to go out hunting and I cured rabbit skins and hare skins, made Davy Crockett hats.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25So I had a good idea how to cure a skin.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30I got a goatskin and cured it, made a drum, somebody heard it and asked me to make them one.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Made them one, somebody else said, "Another drum,"
0:21:33 > 0:21:36so I just finished up starting a wee business up out of it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Talk me through the process of making a drum. How long does it take you?
0:21:40 > 0:21:46I have to buy sheets of this ply, split it up into sections.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48The right depth. That's the standard depth, then?
0:21:48 > 0:21:54- Well...- Different sounds, different depths?- I make two different depths and two different sizes.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I make a 14-inch and a 16-inch.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Years ago, most people would have played on an 18-inch drum. - That's big, isn't it?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- I've seen pictures of The Chieftains, Massive, big drum. - That's right.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09I made Kevin Conneff two drums - that's the fella who plays with The Chieftains.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- But, in recent years they've shrunk..- Purely because of travel?
0:22:13 > 0:22:17You can pack stuff into it and put it in a travel case and take it away with you.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18It fits in the overhead locker.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21That's important! Yes, that's important.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26So, you've got the plywood around the jig, and you've got two scarf joints. You've glued them up.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27What happens next?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30You take a skin...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32What's this, is this goatskin?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34It's been cured in lime.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39You cure this in a big barrel of lime for ten days.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- That's quite a thick skin, isn't it? - Yep. And then you mark it out into a circle. Cut that circle.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Then that has to be steeped again in water, just to soften.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I'll show you just what I mean.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55So you leave a bit of excess, so you can fold it over.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Yes.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Here's a skin, there.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01My word, that's really supple, now.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Oh, aye.- Is this hard to get hold of, this goatskin?
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Not really. There's quite a few places in the north, where there's wild goats.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11And they have to be culled every so often.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15And I'm in touch with most of the guys who do the culling.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17When they're culling,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I go up and skin the goats for them.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Oh.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24And this is the rim we done earlier.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26This is a 16-inch.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32When I'm putting on a skin, normally, I would peg out where the backbone is,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35and have it running down the centre of the drum,
0:23:35 > 0:23:40so that it leaves the softest pieces for playing on, the playing surface.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44And just tack the four corners...
0:23:44 > 0:23:48and there's no real strain that needs to be put on it now.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56So all the way around, tack it up.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01All there is left to do after I've put the skin on
0:24:01 > 0:24:04is to stud it up.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Usually... There's one here.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11Yes, because it looks quite crude, like that, doesn't it? With staples all the way round.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Normally, I would leave these staples in until the skin's dry,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18then I put a uniform line of staples in
0:24:18 > 0:24:22and then finish it off with a piece of leather, studded round it.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- Hide the staples.- Yeah.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- And as that dries out, that starts to tighten.- That tightens up.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30But this is tuneable drum, with tuning pegs inside.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Oh yes, little lugs.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36Yes, and they're just tuned with an Allen key, so it allows for
0:24:36 > 0:24:40a good bit of tightening, or loosening up - whatever you need to do.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43But with this style here...
0:24:43 > 0:24:44this is unique to us.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I was going to ask that, because most of these handles
0:24:47 > 0:24:50are running right across the drum, but yours just finish halfway.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55That's a wee thing that I developed, from playing with my fingers.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Just using your fingers to dampen the skin.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Dampen the skin, change the tones.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Yes, it changes the tone, doesn't it? Listen.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07You need to do that with a drum with the skin tied on...
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Well, that's the difficult bit.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Incredible drum rolls, just with one hand.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29If you play close to the skin, close to the side here...
0:25:36 > 0:25:38That's great.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40That's really, really good.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Let's have a quick lesson before I go.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Just hold the stick.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- The other way round, Paul. - OK.- Right?
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Quite a loose....- Up and down. You just take it up and down.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58PLAY SAME RHYTHM
0:26:01 > 0:26:03There you are.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Thank you very much!- No bother.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- I'm useless.- We'll sign you up now!
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Thank you very much.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41Back at the valuation day, David's discovered a piece of local craftsmanship.
0:26:41 > 0:26:49Tim, can I ask why you're parting with this quite delightful piece of Belleek porcelain?
0:26:49 > 0:26:54It was given to me several years ago by my mother.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58She had it given to her by her late sister,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01possibly 35, 40 years ago.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04And the whole thing is now turning circle,
0:27:04 > 0:27:09and I know my mother and father are planning to put in a bathroom,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13and any money that this may realise could go towards that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15And they're not aware of it.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I think that's a very nice idea.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21This is what is termed as at cabaret set.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24In other words, a tray.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30In the middle, here, would be a teapot, and then you'd be accommodating on these lily pads
0:27:30 > 0:27:34things like a sucriere - a covered sugar box -
0:27:34 > 0:27:38milk jug, and then four cups and saucers.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Now, with Belleek porcelain, you divide it into various categories depending on the mark.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50You have impressed marks and the early mark, which doesn't include Ireland,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52and you call that first period.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55After 1891, second period.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00This is second period, because if we have a look at the mark,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04it includes the country of origin, Ireland.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09Now, this came about because of an act that went through the American Senate,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and they said that any object imported
0:28:12 > 0:28:16had to have the place of origin, and it has to be printed in English.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21This is why you get, "Made in Czechoslovakia," "Made in France," "Made in Germany," "Made in Ireland."
0:28:21 > 0:28:25So that all came about because of that American act. 1891.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27It affected the whole of the world.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32What I find intriguing is that the factory established in 1857,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35and the factory is associated closely with County Fermanagh
0:28:35 > 0:28:43because of deposits of an ingredient in porcelain manufacture, which was called feldspar rock.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50They imported the clay from Cornwall, and then used this rock, which is ground down to a very fine powder,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53mixed together, and they had true porcelain.
0:28:53 > 0:28:59By using the same sort of ingredients, feldspar, for the glaze, it gave it an iridescent quality.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03This is the beauty of Belleek porcelain.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Now we come to putting a price on this object.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Have you any idea of how much it's worth, in your own head?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I've had a...
0:29:11 > 0:29:17Not recently, but fairly recent valuation on the plate, of £650.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Oh!
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- £650?- Yes.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Well, that's far more than I would have placed on it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30In my own mind, I might have thought 250-350,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and hope to get more.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37But if you were to say, "I want it to go for auction. I will put 650 on it."
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I will go by your decision.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I would like to send it to auction.
0:29:43 > 0:29:49- Right.- And I would like to put a reserve of 650 on it.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I'd like to see how it does.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56So, if we put a reserve of £650 as your wishes,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00the auction house would then have to put an estimate
0:30:00 > 0:30:06that's £650 to £750 - that sort of price range.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09It might just frighten people away.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12£650 has been priced by a dealer or an auction house?
0:30:12 > 0:30:14A dealer.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16A dealer. Well, Tim,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I hope that I'm proved wrong.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25I hope so too, and I hope that the people at the auction will do the plate justice.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Rita, thank you for coming along to Flog It! and welcome.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40This is an interesting thing here.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Let's open it and have a wee look and see what it does.
0:30:44 > 0:30:51This is what I would call a Victorian home entertainment centre.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Tell me where you got it, Rita.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I bought a house. These two old people lived in it and had died.
0:30:57 > 0:31:04And their son sold the house to me, and he took what he wanted and told me to dump the rest.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08So when we saw this, I had no interest in it but my husband kept it.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12And it was kept and never taken off the shelf.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14That's where it's been up until today.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19- Did your husband know what it was? - No, he thought it had something to do with being a doctor.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Well, it's a Victorian stereoscope.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28And every home would have something like this, and they would buy cards
0:31:28 > 0:31:32which would show you perhaps the great exhibitions,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36or scenes in Japan, scenes of India,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40so that people were able to see foreign lands at that time.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Unfortunately we don't have any of the slides or the cards.
0:31:43 > 0:31:50If you had, you would have probably worked it out that it wasn't a medical instrument!
0:31:50 > 0:31:52And it was a piece of home entertainment.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Now, on the front here, we have two eye pieces.
0:31:57 > 0:32:03These would be used when we were viewing the cards which were specially manufactured for this.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08And this big lens here would be used as a magnifying glass for photographs.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14So, interesting that it has dual purpose in that regard.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- What year would you say it was? - It would be the late 1800s anyway.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Now, they used these in the early 1900s.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26In fact, they were still being made up until the beginning of the First World War.
0:32:26 > 0:32:32But with that ebonised decoration, I would say that it would be the late 1800s.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Anywhere from 1880, 1890 upwards.
0:32:36 > 0:32:43So, price-wise, I would estimate it in the region of say, £20-30.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46We could put it into auction with that estimate.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50It might go a wee bit further because it's an interesting thing.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53But it's not a fine thing.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- Shall we go for it at that estimate, Rita?- Yes. All right.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00I'll see you at the auction and we'll have some fun.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- Yes, thank you very much. - Nice to meet you.
0:33:11 > 0:33:18What a wonderful cavalcade of early 20thC life is contained in these three albums.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Where do they come from, all these postcards?
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Well, the collection I inherited from my aunt who was born in 1905.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Her husband was born in 1903 and obviously collected them as a small boy.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36There are some from the shipping ones, where relatives of theirs were emigrating to Canada,
0:33:36 > 0:33:391911, 1912, 1913, that sort of thing.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- Just prior to WWI.- Yes.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Just having a quick look through, there are a lovely selection.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51And the typical holiday ones like this one from Blackpool.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55And it has, "Our dirty darling at Blackpool", which is wonderful.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59And there's another one here which made me smile.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03It's, "Happy New Year, hoping you'll turn over a new leaf."
0:34:03 > 0:34:07And right in the middle of the leaf is a bottle of Guinness.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- Well, you are in Ireland, aren't you?- Absolutely. It's such fun.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16Then you've got this collection of liners, trawlers and other vessels.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22What I like is you've got these lovely symbols - hands across the sea. They really are good.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26There's also some scenes from WWI.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30In particular, the artist, Bruce Bairnsfather.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36So there we have these humorous scenes of Tommy in the most appalling circumstances,
0:34:36 > 0:34:40but with that element of British humour coming through which I thought was so good.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43You've also got a lot referring to views of Ireland.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47You've got Lisburn here. You've got other scenes as well.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50A lovely collection, and they are untouched.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54This is how a dealer or collector likes to buy them, untouched.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Now, price. I think these are going to make a very good price.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03The last collection of albums comparable to this made over £350.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08There are one or two which have the corners rubbed or bent, and some with creases.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10That affect the value terrifically.
0:35:10 > 0:35:16So I think we've got to look in the region of about £280-350, that sort of price range.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18We'll put the reserve,
0:35:18 > 0:35:25let's stick our neck out and say 280, bearing in mind you have to pay a commission.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30- Yes.- Will there be no regret in parting with your family history?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33No, no. Not at all.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Strictly speaking, it's not my family, it's my aunt's in-laws.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41It doesn't have any great emotion from my point of view, just curiosity value.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- Nobody to pass it on to? - Nobody to pass it on to, and when I fall under the proverbial bus,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50someone will have to clear my house and get rid of them so I might as well do it for them.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- Could I leave you my address, please, for future contact? - Well, yes, by all means!
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Tim has high hopes for his Belleek plate
0:36:04 > 0:36:06although David isn't so sure.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11Anita described this Victorian stereoscope as a home entertainment system.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Not of huge value, but of some interest.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17And finally David was fascinated by John's collection of postcards
0:36:17 > 0:36:21which has been in his family since before the Great War.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32Daniel, you must see a great deal of Belleek - it's just made up the road, isn't it?
0:36:32 > 0:36:36This belongs to Tim. It's been in his family for quite a time.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41He wants £650-750 as a valuation.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45David, our expert, was a bit reluctant to put that on it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49But Tim has been offered that sort of money from the antiques trade
0:36:49 > 0:36:53so that's what he wants from the auction room. It's punchy, isn't it?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55I think it's strong.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- What's going for it is it's really reasonably early, second period.- Yes.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03But is not a crouching Venus with all her fingers and toes.
0:37:03 > 0:37:10It's a relatively ordinary piece. There's a lot of Belleek in Northern Ireland.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16It's collectors that are buying it and it's probably not one of the more collectible pieces.
0:37:16 > 0:37:21- So I would have seen the price round £200-300. - That's about right, isn't it?
0:37:21 > 0:37:27- I think so.- I think you've got to be a wizard to work some magic to sell it for £700. Maybe you can do it!
0:37:27 > 0:37:29I hope you can.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34We're keeping everything crossed as Tim's Belleek plate is first up.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Now, the valuation, I've got to bring our expert David Barbie, everybody's favourite, in on this.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42I wish you wouldn't say that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47You were slightly swayed by Tim because you really put the valuation on of £650-750
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- because you've had an offer from... - A local dealer
0:37:51 > 0:37:56and it was just to verify his price that I came along in the first place.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- Right.- I must confess, Tim was rather shocked at my initial low valuation.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- I did not think it was worth £700. - Not in auction anyway.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10- Not at auction.- We had a chat with the auctioneer and he agreed with what you've just said.
0:38:10 > 0:38:17- So, fingers crossed, whoever was prepared to pay you that sort of money for it is in the room.- Right.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- OK.- What will we say for the early Belleek plate?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23A couple of hundred pounds for the early Belleek?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26£200, please, anywhere?
0:38:26 > 0:38:29100. I'm bid £100 for the early Belleek, at £100.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32At £100. 120.
0:38:32 > 0:38:38150. At £150 for the early Belleek, at £150.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39180, thank you.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42190.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44210.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- 210, I'm bid. 220.- This is better. - Against you.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51220. 230.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52240. 250.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- A little climb coming on.- 260.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58At 260 I'm bid now. At £260...
0:38:58 > 0:39:00At 260 I'm bid.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06No. Right, OK. Does that offer, it's not gonna sell,
0:39:06 > 0:39:11does that offer still stand with the private deal?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Can you ring them up and say, I'll accept your offer?- Yes.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20Yeah? I think you should do that pretty quickly, before he checks in with the auction house.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Thank you very much.- Tim, thank you. I'm sorry you were not successful.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Well, hopefully another time.
0:39:31 > 0:39:36I have just been joined by Rita and we've got the home entertainment system,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38the Victorian stereoscope. I love it.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Not a lot of money, £20-40, hopefully a little bit more.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Rita's saying, please don't show if it doesn't sell. But we're going to.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Anita, you put the valuation on. I think it's a "come and buy me",
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- I think it could do a little better. - It's such a nice little thing.
0:39:53 > 0:39:59It's a little after-dinner conversational entertainment, to look at these things.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Much better than looking at the telly!
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Ooh!
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- Apart from Flog It! of course. - Victorian stereoscope with slides.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10There we have it, £20, £10 please.
0:40:10 > 0:40:1210, I'm bid, 15. 20.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13At 25.
0:40:13 > 0:40:1530. At £30.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19The bid's under the rostrum at 30. With you, sir, at £30.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22£30, I am bid now. At £30.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Five. At 40.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26At five. At 50.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- This is good.- At five. At 60.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31At five. At 70.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36At five. At £75, I am bid at the back of the room. At 75.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40At £75, I am selling now at £75.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46- Yes. Hammer's gone down. That was a good result, Anita. - Excellent.- I am happy for you.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Thank you very much.- That's OK.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01We've got a fantastic set of albums, lots of photographs.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05They belong to John. We've got a value of £280-350.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09There is a great deal of social history in these albums.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12What I like also is the fact they are in their original albums.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18So many people put them into these plastic sleeves, which are OK, but you don't get the sense of history.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20No, you don't. Happy with the valuation?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Yes - I'm hoping for the upper end.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26I'm hoping for the upper end. I think this will surprise us.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Fingers crossed. - Have you got prior knowledge?
0:41:28 > 0:41:33No, I can assure you, I haven't, but I'd like to see this do 400-500.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37That sort of figure. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42Three postcard albums, approximately 400 postcards.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Nice lot, can we say £300?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47I'll take 200 to open. £200 anywhere?
0:41:47 > 0:41:51With the porter at £200. At 200. 220.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53250. 280.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55300. 320, new bidder.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- 350.- The porter is still in there.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00380. £400. 420.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03450. 480.
0:42:03 > 0:42:09At 480, it's back with the porter at 480. New bidder at 500. 520.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11550.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- 550. 580.- Brilliant.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16580, I'm bid. £600.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17At 620.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22At 620, it's back with the porter at 620. 650.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- This really is good.- At £680.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I am bid 700.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29At £700. With the porter at 720.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31I think this creates a record for postcards.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Yes, we can dine out on this one.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37£780 with the porter. At 780, any more?
0:42:37 > 0:42:39At £780. Last call.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41At £780...
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Yes! What a result. £780, John.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51- I'm so delighted you brought them along to Flog It!- Well, I'm delighted with the result.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55I thought on a good day, they might go for £450-500.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57There's a lesson to be learned -
0:42:57 > 0:43:01if you've got any photographs albums with lots of old postcards,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04please hang on to them because they are worth a fortune.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11The auction is still going on, it's all over for our owners
0:43:11 > 0:43:14and everybody has gone home happy, especially John.
0:43:14 > 0:43:20It was lovely to see that big grin on his face with that staggering £780 for the photograph albums.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23That made his day. I hope we've made your day as well.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Sadly that's it from Belfast so, until the next time, it's cheerio.
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