0:00:02 > 0:00:04The Romans relaxed in its luxurious baths,
0:00:04 > 0:00:09the Georgians strolled its handsome streets, but today we're in Bath for Flog It!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe,
0:00:42 > 0:00:46and it's famous throughout the world for its Roman baths.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Alongside these ancient ruins, are the elegant facades of its Georgian buildings.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54But the centre of attention today will be the Bath Pavilion,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57where our experts - Catherine Southon and Jethro Marles -
0:00:57 > 0:01:02will be rummaging through bags and boxes, looking for unwanted antiques to take to auction.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- So, what have we got? - What's it worth?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13It's time to get out of the rain and onto the seats.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And Jethro's wasted no time in getting to the table.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Let's meet his new friend.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Well, Ken, thank you for bringing in such an attractive...
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- Is that the word I'm looking for? I'm not too sure!- Grotesque! - Grotesque. Exactly.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31It's an amazing character jug, this.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34You know quite a lot about it. You tell me what you know.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Well, my wife's auntie, Auntie Grace,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41was quite an antique collector,
0:01:41 > 0:01:47and I think she purchased it in the '20s, the 1920s, some time then.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Who is this character? - Madame Lafarge.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- The lady who sat by the guillotine. - Yes.- That's as much as I know.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Yes. She sat knitting by the guillotine, watching the heads roll into the basket.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00And, of course, she had that smile all the time.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Grinning away, chuckling away to herself.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07The features are lovely but, of course,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12my wife doesn't like it, and my granddaughters -
0:02:12 > 0:02:14we have to put it away when they come round!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Well, it's not surprising, is it?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18She is a bit terrifying-looking.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Yes, she is, yeah. - And to have this character...
0:02:21 > 0:02:27- Going to the guillotine was bad enough, but to have this woman... - Sitting there!- ..as you go up...
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Anyway, what's it all about? Well, the first thing is, it's a good size.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Yes.- There is a certain amount of damage to it.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- I understand, yes.- You've got some damage on the rim here.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42There is a bit of damage down at the very front here - there's a little chip.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46But the worst damage of all is the handle.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49If we turn it around here, we can see that the handle's been off
0:02:49 > 0:02:53and on completely, and it's been stapled here in the 19th century.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59This is the sort of repair work that would have been done in the latter part of the Victorian period.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05Now, of course, the character Madame Lafarge was a character from the French Revolution.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Yes.- And if we tip it up,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09there is a maker's mark just here.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Now, my knowledge of this sort of thing is very limited, I have to tell you.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I've had to consult with one of the off-screen valuers,
0:03:18 > 0:03:24who tells me that you probably know as much as she does, as well! Who is this maker?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Well,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Auntie Grace used to correspond with Arthur Negus,
0:03:30 > 0:03:37and what she told me was that they'd discussed this and he'd seen it,
0:03:37 > 0:03:43- and it's Jacque Patine, who was a French ceramic artist. - So, Jacque Patine?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Jacque Patine, yes.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46French. It's hard-paste porcelain.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- It's extremely heavy!- Very.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51By the time you've got any liquid in there, if you ever did...
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- It's really just a display object, isn't it?- Yes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56So, what's it worth?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Well, what do you think it's worth?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Well, I'm not really worried too much about that because, basically,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06my wife and my granddaughters want to get rid of it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10We do need to do a little bit more research on it, but my gut reaction
0:04:10 > 0:04:14is that it's going to be worth something between £100 and £200.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Reserve at 100. Start off with that?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Very happy with that. - Put it in the auction?- Yes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Let's see if she'll fly off.- "Fly"!
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Norma and Hilary, thank you for coming along today.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Thanks for bringing along this pocket barometer. Where did you get hold of this?
0:04:34 > 0:04:41It was actually donated by a very nice elderly lady to raise funds for guide dogs.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44And that's a charity that you both get involved in?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Yes. Yes, we're both friends and puppy walkers.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Oh, lovely! So you're walking the puppies to raise money.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Yes, raising them from six weeks to about a year.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Oh, wonderful! So you've brought along this lovely little piece, little pocket aneroid barometer.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Some of the earlier ones were the big banjo-type barometers,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06but we've gone right down to a nice small pocket barometer,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09which the gentleman would have kept in his pocket.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14The date of it is gonna be late 19th century, about 1880s, that sort of date.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16The name on it is Aronsberg.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It's not a name that I'm particularly familiar with.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Other names that I'm familiar with are Negretti and Zambra.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24They were made very cheaply.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Lots of these were churned out, so we do see quite a lot on the market today.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Nevertheless, what I like about it is, it's in its original case.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36A lot of these have been taken out of their case.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38So, it's in its original case.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Not in bad condition. We can see that it's been used, it's been loved.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Value-wise, probably be looking at about £100 to £150.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Gosh! That's wonderful.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- Are you happy to sell that? - Yes, definitely.- Yes. Absolutely.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And what about the elderly lady who donated it?
0:05:55 > 0:06:01- She'll be delighted.- She will be delighted, and I do have regular contact with her, as it happens.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Give her a call, let her know we're putting it in auction. Let's hope that we've got some buyers.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Now, Sheila, you have made my day.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- Oh, good! Good!- Not just by being you and coming along, but what you've brought with you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:30Now, it's a wonderful little booklet, but before we open it up, tell me how you came about having this piece.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Well, I had an elderly spinster aunt
0:06:33 > 0:06:37whose family were ruined in Victorian times by a wicked solicitor,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41so they had to leave the big house, and that was all she'd salvaged.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45She'd kept it all these years, so I feel I owe it to her
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- to do something with it.- So you've just had it tucked away on a shelf.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Well, it's delicate, as you will see.- Yeah. Let's open it up.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58First of all, the outside of this little book is really quite colourful, isn't it?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Very good colour. - And you've got different characters.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04This looks like a fellow from the Far East,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07and then you've got a fellow in European dress on the front.
0:07:07 > 0:07:14He's obviously a sailor. You've got the anchor representing the sailor there. Do you read German?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16No, unfortunately not.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18"Kunstlicher Erd Globus".
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Well, I only recognise one word - "Globus",
0:07:21 > 0:07:24which obviously means something to do with the globe.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27And as we open it up...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30..we have got
0:07:30 > 0:07:34first of all this arrangement of folding cards
0:07:34 > 0:07:37which, if we do it carefully -
0:07:37 > 0:07:41and we do have to be very careful when we do this...
0:07:42 > 0:07:45..we have...
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- A globe.- ..a globe.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Perfect in every respect at the time that it was created,
0:07:58 > 0:08:03which I'm guessing is something between 1820, maybe 1850.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07So, first of all, that's the globe. Isn't that fantastic?
0:08:09 > 0:08:15And, then, in here we have the different representations
0:08:15 > 0:08:18of the globe at different times of the sun and the moon.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21We have other information over here which is,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23again, information to do with the globe,
0:08:23 > 0:08:28to do with the Earth as it revolves around the sun in its orbit.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Fascinating work, when you think this was done 180 years ago.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Amazing.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40And then we open out this pull-out sheet,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and we have...
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- the nations of the known world at that time.- Beautiful.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50And now, the colours really are vibrant, aren't they?
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- They're almost as fresh as they were done.- I don't think it's been taken out very much.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57No, I think you're absolutely right.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01This has been hidden away, folded up, in immaculate condition.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Absolutely wonderful.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05So, how much do you think this is worth?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Well, I wouldn't sell it for less than 200, which I was offered some years ago.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Well, I don't blame you, and I think it's worth more than 200.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I think...
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- we're gonna get something between £600 and £800.- Wow! Good.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- I'd be very happy with that. - That would be a bit of a wow?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Oh, I think so. It's from my Auntie Bessie.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28What would you do with the money?
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Give it to my granddaughter, who's going up to university and will have massive debts.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Well, so in a way, you're putting this educational tool towards the education of a new young person.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Jane, you've brought along a classic piece of Clarice Cliff,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53which is always what we like to see on Flog It!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Where did you get this?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Actually, it's my mother's.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59She's not with me today.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03It was my grandmother that bought it, certainly before I was born,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05probably 45 or 50 years ago,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09in a church jumble sale for the princely sum of one and sixpence!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12One and six! If only she knew!
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Yes!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- And you've had it in your family ever since.- Yes.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19My mother is a regular watcher of Flog It!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Once she knew it was worth something,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25she's had it wrapped up in cotton wool in the back of the cupboard ever since.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Good old Mum! That's good to hear.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Is it something you quite like? Or does your mother like it?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- No, none of us like it.- Oh, really?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- I think it's hideous, myself! - Oh, well, at least you're honest!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41D'you know anything about this particular pattern?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Other than it's called Melon, nothing.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47OK. Indeed it is called Melons.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49We can see all the shapes around it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53This is a good classic 1920s Art Deco piece.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56It's about 1927, that sort of date.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58A wonderful piece in really good condition,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01which is always what we like to see.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05You say your grandmother bought it for one and...?
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Sixpence.- One and sixpence. Well, I think we can say it's worth a little bit more than that today.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15How about a valuation of about £500 to £600? How does that sound to you?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- That sounds very good. - Happy with that?
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Yes.- OK, we'll put it at £500 to £600, 500 reserve,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23and let's hope that it flies.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Good.- Thank you very much for bringing it along.- Thank you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31A couple of real gems at the valuation day today,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35but the real jewel in the crown is the city of Bath itself,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37so I'm off to find out more.
0:11:37 > 0:11:44It wasn't just the Romans who came, saw and conquered Bath, it was the Georgians, too.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48And just like their Roman predecessors, they left lasting monuments to their memory.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04But even among these rich architectural treasures, of which there are some 5,000
0:12:04 > 0:12:08listed buildings, there's two of them which really do stand out.
0:12:10 > 0:12:17The Circus and the Royal Crescent are the work of just two men, both by the name of John Wood,
0:12:17 > 0:12:24father and son - an unassuming name, but their legacy is the Georgian wonder of Bath.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28To tell me a bit more about their achievements
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- is the Director of the Building of Bath Museum, Cathryn Spence.- Hello.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Thank you for taking time out to talk to us. Let's take a stroll down here.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Now, what I want you to do is paint a picture of what Bath was like when John Wood the elder was living here.
0:12:42 > 0:12:49Well, John Wood was here at the very beginning of the 18th century, but Bath was incredibly small,
0:12:49 > 0:12:54really only within a 40-hectare space round a medieval wall system.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59So, what was his dream for Bath? What did he try and create? What did he want to do?
0:12:59 > 0:13:06Well, John Wood realised that the type of people who were coming to Bath wanted good-quality houses.
0:13:06 > 0:13:12At the time before, it was just rather pokey, vernacular architecture, sort of lodging houses.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16You've got royalty coming, They need something more prestigious to stay in.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20So he really wanted to bring back Bath.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24He called himself the Restorer of Bath. He wasn't the Builder of Bath.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27So, we've got quite an interesting man here.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- So he was a modest man(!)- Yes!
0:13:30 > 0:13:34He says in his obituary, which he probably wrote himself,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37that if you want to know about me, look around you.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Cathryn, we're in the centre of the Circus.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It is one huge architectural circle.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Where did he get the idea for this from?
0:13:53 > 0:13:58It's John Wood's absolute masterpiece, and he always wanted to build a circular building in Bath.
0:13:58 > 0:14:06- His inspiration is actually coming from his beliefs in early British history, in the Druids...- Ah, right.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- ..and Stonehenge.- Really?!
0:14:09 > 0:14:16He actually measured Stonehenge, with his son, and there are various mathematical things which add up -
0:14:16 > 0:14:19the amount of stones and the actual space that it occupies.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25- It's actually a temple to the sun. - That is incredible!
0:14:25 > 0:14:30Looking around, it's all very soft and very delicate, but when you look at the facades
0:14:30 > 0:14:35of the building, you can see three orders of classic column going on there, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38What's going on? It's a mix-match.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Well, I think John Wood knows what's popular, what's fashionable.
0:14:41 > 0:14:47He knows people like Palladian architecture. He's commercially minded. He's gotta sell these things.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51It is architectural detail, and he was stickler for attention.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Absolutely. The things like, at the very top we've got actual acorns.
0:14:55 > 0:15:01It was quite fashionable at the time to have pineapples, and many people wouldn't have realised
0:15:01 > 0:15:06that these were acorns, but what that refers to is the Druids, the Princes of the Hollow Oak.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10There's lots of little things that if you want to look beyond that surface layer...
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Lots of symbolism.- Absolutely.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19And I've noticed, looking around, it's built in three sections around this circle. Why is that?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I think it's got a lot to do with the symbolism.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Some people believe John Wood was a Freemason,
0:15:25 > 0:15:30although we've got no evidence of that, and they read these symbols.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35The three entrances or exits, they form a triangle within a circle, the all-seeing eye.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Sound a bit like The Da Vinci Code!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41I think some people here would like to think that this may be where the Holy Grail is.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44You have to remember, none of these trees were here.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47This as completely cobbled, and underneath
0:15:47 > 0:15:51was a container for water, to actually supply the houses up here.
0:15:51 > 0:15:58But of course, there's this great unknown chasm underneath the Circus that could hold all sorts of secrets.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01How long did it take him to complete this?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Unfortunately, as with most of these things, there's money problems,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07and only this first segment is up for quite a long time.
0:16:07 > 0:16:15And unfortunately, John Wood the elder didn't actually see his vision completed. He died in 1754.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18But his son, also John Wood, who he worked very closely with,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22finished this and then went on and created the Royal Crescent.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37The Royal Crescent is one of the greatest examples of Georgian architecture in the world,
0:16:37 > 0:16:42and it certainly was part of the master plan of the elder John Wood.
0:16:42 > 0:16:49What I've noticed straightaway, though - all Ionic capitals on the columns. Architecturally correct.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Yes, this is John Wood the Younger. Probably a far better architect.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Technically much more accomplished than his father.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00When you think what has been achieved here, in the 18th century, when they
0:17:00 > 0:17:03didn't have the sort of equipment and computers we've got now -
0:17:03 > 0:17:07to be able to create this perfect crescent,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12with the two end houses in line, is just phenomenal.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Well, there's a fantastic address here - No. 1, Royal Crescent.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It is as good inside as it is outside?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23It's a beautiful museum, and they've set it up to give us, the hoi polloi,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25a taste of what it must have been like here.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- Looking out over all of this. - This wonderful architecture.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30It's stunning, isn't it? Let's go inside and have a look.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Well, when you're inside, it really doesn't let you down.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It's rich, it's sumptuous.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Just how the elite lived in those days. It's wonderful.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- And what a view as well! - Absolutely superb.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56You'd come into the drawing room, which we're standing in now, to take tea, to entertain your friends.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- Look, it's beautifully laid out. - The amount of windows as well in these end houses.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05You've got so much light in these rooms. As you say, you'd take tea.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Tea, of course, was such an expensive commodity.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Only the lady of the house had the key...- For the caddy!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Supposedly kept it down their bosoms!
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Cathryn, thank you very much for showing us around. It's been a real pleasure.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23It definitely gives you a sense of connection back to your past.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Back in the 21st century, and the auction's almost upon us.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Here's a recap of all our items.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We've a frightening figure from revolutionary France.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I get the feeling Ken will be happy to see the back of Madame Lafarge.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46The pocket barometer whose profits will go to the guidedogs for the blind.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Sheila's pocket book with the whole world between its pages
0:18:50 > 0:18:52and that incredible folding globe.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Finally, a 1902s Art Deco vase by the legendary Clarice Cliff.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Will this classic item deliver the goods for Jane?
0:19:00 > 0:19:05For our auction today, we've come to sunny North Somerset,
0:19:05 > 0:19:10the Clevedon sale rooms where Marc Burridge is in charge of the day's proceedings.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Let's hope he can work his magic on our lots.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Remember the porcelain jug, it's about to go under the hammer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- It's Ken's, and who have you brought along?- My wife.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Hello, you look absolutely lovely.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Has he been in the garden or on the golf course?- Both.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I noticed straight away. Both. What a tan, eh?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33We're looking at £100-200 for this porcelain mug.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Early 19th century. A bit of damage. Will that hold it back?
0:19:37 > 0:19:43- Damage always does. The fact it looks like one of your former girlfriends might hold it back.- Oh!
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- I dunno...- Oh!- It's one of those things, I've no idea. Absolutely no idea.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- Let's find out. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck.- Thanks.
0:19:52 > 0:19:58The Jacob Petit French character jug, Madame Lafarge.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Base with a JP mark. Lot 324.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03What can we say? 40. 5. 50.
0:20:03 > 0:20:075. 60. 5. 70. 5. 80.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- 80. 80. 80.- Come on, come on.
0:20:11 > 0:20:145. 90. 5. 100. Now 10?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17110? 110? It's £100 in the room.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Selling on £100, then.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22We've done it at the bottom end. Hammer's gone down.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Madame Lafarge, goodbye! - You didn't like it, did you?- No!
0:20:26 > 0:20:29The grandchildren hated it.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31They didn't want to inherit it, did they?
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Grace and Louise, our granddaughters, will probably get the money.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- Some of it.- Oh. - "Some of it," she says!
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Treat yourself as well, won't you?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Thank you very much.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I've been joined by Norma and Hilary,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and we have a pocket barometer up for grabs,
0:20:57 > 0:21:02valuation £100 to £150, and all the money is going towards these.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Come on, let me pick you up.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06This is little Lottie.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11Look at this. The money is going towards the guide dogs. I've gotta be careful of my microphone.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Here we go, Lottie, say hello to the camera.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Oh! Awww, look!
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- And she's only, what, six weeks old? - Nine weeks.- Nine weeks old, right.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Is that a little blind dog I see down there?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Very nice. Little puppy there.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32Lot 358 is the glass-cased pocket barometer, with a thermometer,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34in its leather case. Lot 358.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Nice small but quality item,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41and I can start at 70, 80, £90.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42- Good start!- £90. Come on, come on.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44..Guide Dogs for the Blind.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- At £90 here.- Good calls.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Yes. We're in. 100. - Who's gonna make it 110?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50110? 110?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53That's £100. £110.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Come on, somebody.- 120?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57No. £110 in the middle.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00And selling on 110, then.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Well done, well done!
0:22:02 > 0:22:05That's £110 towards the guide dogs.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Oh, smashing!- Who's training her? - I am.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11You are. And how long will you hang on to her for?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Till she's about a year old.- So it's a year's training, virtually.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Yes. And then they go for the harness training.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- So at the moment she's just sort of toilet training, isn't she?- Yes.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24That's the tricky bit. Ohhh!
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Oh, I think Catherine wants to take Lottie home.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32I really do! She's one Lot I would take home, definitely!
0:22:37 > 0:22:43£600 to £800 - a lot of money riding on this gorgeous little map of the world as a globe.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45It belongs to Sheila, who cannot be with us.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- You're Sheila's sister. What's your name?- Mhairi.- Sorry?- Mhairi.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Mhairi. What a lovely name!
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It's Gaelic for "Mary". It's spelled M-H-A-I-R-I.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Oh, how beautiful!
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Sheila's in New Zealand.- She is. - She's a long, long way away.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00So, fingers crossed.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Are you gonna get on the phone to her and tell her the result?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Yes, I think definitely.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11- Jethro, our expert, very brave man, you've stuck your neck out here - £600 to £800.- I have.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14This is something for the academics, and the academics do normally have
0:23:14 > 0:23:16a lot of money, so, hopefully, they're gonna part with it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19It's a lovely example of its type.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21It's in pristine condition, really.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I haven't seen one as good as this for a long time.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27It's not my field, really. I'm confident in my estimate.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- It's gonna make £600 to £800, I'm pretty sure about that.- A brave man!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- He's sticking by his guns.- Indeed!
0:23:34 > 0:23:41307 is the early 19th-century Bauer of Nuremberg globe.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Interesting item.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45What can we say?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- £300 I'm bid. 320.- Come on, come on.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- 350. 350. 380.- I'm getting hot.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54400.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58420. 450. 480.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01500.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04520. 550.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Come on, now.- We're so close.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09£520 against the phone. 550.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Oh, yes!- It's gonna go. - 600. 600 in the room.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- 620.- Come on.- 650. 680.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22680. 700. 720.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25750. 780. 800.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29820?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32£800 in the room.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35And selling on £800. Make no mistake.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36We've got a Jethro dance!
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Do it!- Thank you very much!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40How very good of you!
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Well, it wouldn't be Flog It without Clarice Cliff, would it?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I've just been joined by Jane and her mum, Queenie,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and our gorgeous expert, Catherine Sutton.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58This is your Melon vase, isn't it?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- Yes. - 500-600 Catherine's put on this.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- You don't like it, do you? - No, it's hideous!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Do you like it?- No.- No!
0:25:07 > 0:25:10It's been in my cupboard for years.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12At least you've looked after it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Oh, yes, definitely. - Its condition is fantastic.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16It is, isn't it? Yes.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I've got to admit, I can't get my head around Clarice Cliff.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I like this one, actually.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- I think it's quite nice.- You do, yes.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25We're looking for £500-600.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Good luck! - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Fingers crossed. It's going under the hammer now.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34And 188, the Clarice Cliff Isis vase.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Melon pattern.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Good example. Interest here on the book and on the phones.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45What can we say? 300. 320. 350. 380.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48400. 420. 450. 480.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52£500 with me. 520.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- 520!- 520. 520. 550. 580.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00580 on the phone. 600 now.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- 600, Queenie.- Oh, lovely.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06620. 650.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Exciting, this, isn't it?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Especially as you don't like it.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14720. 750.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19780.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21£750. Anyone else in the room?
0:26:21 > 0:26:26All done, selling at 750...
0:26:26 > 0:26:28£750.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- That's lovely. Thank you so much. - Oh, no. Thank you, Catherine.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- She put the valuation on. - And you, my dear.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39It just goes to show how collectible Clarice Cliff is worldwide.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Yes, I'm surprised. Really surprised.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44I can't understand the values.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48I do respect it. I do know that every single piece is hand-painted.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53- Yes.- Unlike White Friars glass, which fetches an awful lot of money, but it's all moulded.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Yes.- Right, OK, £750.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Who gets that, Queenie? Are you going to share that out?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- It's all yours, I bet.- Yes, I think perhaps a holiday or something.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Where do you fancy going?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I don't know. I haven't thought yet.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Where would you like to go?
0:27:09 > 0:27:12What's the first place that comes to Queenie's mind?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Austria.- Austria.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16- Yes.- Why did you say that?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Because I was supposed to go on one
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and I wasn't able to go. I had a bad leg.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- Ah!- It would be nice to go some other time, perhaps, wouldn't it?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- Jane, make sure she gets there. - I certainly will.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Enjoy it. - Have a great time.- Thank you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Well, it's all over for our owners.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43As you can see, the auction's still going on behind me.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47We've had a mixed day here, but I've got to single out one very good result.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Clarice Cliff does it again for Flog It,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Jane's vase making a "fantastique" £750.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I hope you've enjoyed the show. Join me next time for lots more fun.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11For more information about Flog It, including how the programme was made,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14visit the website at bbc.co.uk/lifestyle.