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0:00:03 > 0:00:05Today, we are going mad in Dorset.

0:00:05 > 0:00:11It is antiques ahoy at the Lighthouse Arts Centre in Poole. Welcome to Flog It!

0:00:43 > 0:00:45Poole is a bustling seaside town

0:00:45 > 0:00:49and it's home to one of the largest natural harbours in the world.

0:00:53 > 0:00:57What a fantastic queue we've got outside the arts centre.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Despite the weather, it has not dampened people's spirits.

0:01:00 > 0:01:07They have come in their droves to see Flog It! favourite, Mark Stacey, and Charlie Ross.

0:01:07 > 0:01:11It's starting to pour down, so let's get this fantastic queue inside.

0:01:25 > 0:01:31Ziggy, you have brought in a very nice piece of war memorabilia.

0:01:31 > 0:01:36Before we look at it in detail, can you give us the family history?

0:01:36 > 0:01:40Well, my father-in-law was an engineer

0:01:40 > 0:01:44and he designed the engines for aircraft

0:01:44 > 0:01:50and also, um, railways, etc.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53And there was this dinner given by him...

0:01:53 > 0:01:58and a signature, which is Winston Churchill, on it.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00The other people I do not know...

0:02:00 > 0:02:07- because my husband is dead and I cannot refer any longer to it.- No.

0:02:07 > 0:02:12We have found out, of course, that Alan Chorlton was a well-known engineer.

0:02:12 > 0:02:16He worked on projects such as the Ayrshire R101.

0:02:16 > 0:02:20- Yes.- So was very well known in his generation.

0:02:20 > 0:02:24So, of course, he would have been involved at that time

0:02:24 > 0:02:29- in producing aircrafts to fight the war.- Yes.

0:02:29 > 0:02:35And we have got here a victory dinner given by the Assistant Controllers of Aircraft Production,

0:02:35 > 0:02:41at Claridge's Hotel, on 28th January 1919,

0:02:41 > 0:02:43so just after the war had ended.

0:02:43 > 0:02:49And you quite rightly point out some of the signatures, which we have not looked at in great detail,

0:02:49 > 0:02:54because at the time they might have been well known, but not so much now.

0:02:54 > 0:02:58But the key one, of course, is Winston Churchill.

0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Yes.- And I also like the little watercolour in the middle,

0:03:01 > 0:03:06- that somebody has put on as a bit of fun, really.- I suppose so. - It's a very interesting piece.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09I think they will be quite a lot of collectors around.

0:03:09 > 0:03:14But, tell me, it is obviously an important part of your family's history.

0:03:14 > 0:03:16Why have you decided to flog it?

0:03:16 > 0:03:21Well, I wouldn't hang it up, and I have no children to leave it to.

0:03:21 > 0:03:25So it would only be packed away in a suitcase, or something.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29- It could deteriorate - That is a very good point.

0:03:29 > 0:03:33- A very good point. Have you thought of the value?- No, no idea.

0:03:33 > 0:03:39Because I have been talking to one of my colleagues, an off-screen valuer, who is good in this field,

0:03:39 > 0:03:47and he thinks that an estimate of somewhere in the region of £250 to £350

0:03:47 > 0:03:49would not be inappropriate.

0:03:49 > 0:03:52And it might even do a bit more than that.

0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Does that surprise you?- Yes. Very.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Pleasantly?- Yes. Very pleasantly.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00Well, I look forward to seeing you at the auction.

0:04:00 > 0:04:04Let's hope we can generate those collectors, and you and I might be flying high.

0:04:04 > 0:04:09- If it sells for a lot more. - Thank you very much. - Thank you very much, Ziggy.

0:04:17 > 0:04:22- Ian, Isabel, have you got a doll to go in here?- Afraid not.- No?- No.

0:04:22 > 0:04:25- What is the story behind it? - Ian can tell you.

0:04:25 > 0:04:32I bought this from a secretary in our department in London, in 1975.

0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Right. Why? - Because I had two daughters.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37- I still have two daughters!- Do you? - Yes.

0:04:37 > 0:04:42- But they don't want it?- No. - Well, it is for dolls, obviously.

0:04:42 > 0:04:45It is a bit too small for a real baby to sit in.

0:04:45 > 0:04:50It is mass-produced, it has got a plywood tray here,

0:04:50 > 0:04:52which again indicates that it is mass-produced.

0:04:52 > 0:04:58It has got some wheels here which, when we metamorphosize it, you will see what they are for.

0:04:58 > 0:05:00I am sure you have used it, anyway.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03It is simple wood, made of beech, I think.

0:05:03 > 0:05:06So, it is not mahogany or rosewood

0:05:06 > 0:05:09or a fine wood or an expensive wood,

0:05:09 > 0:05:11which it wouldn't be for a doll.

0:05:11 > 0:05:16So, if we open it up...I am hoping that if I do it the right way,

0:05:16 > 0:05:20the little footrest goes out of the way, folds out of the way,

0:05:20 > 0:05:23and down it goes. ..There we go!

0:05:23 > 0:05:27The thing I really like about it is the decoration on the tray here.

0:05:27 > 0:05:29Which is in super condition.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31Again, it is just a simple piece of ply,

0:05:31 > 0:05:35but there is a wonderful family scene here,

0:05:35 > 0:05:38which I think has been done with a stencil.

0:05:38 > 0:05:42But it is charming, isn't it, the family scene here...

0:05:42 > 0:05:49The cat going up the tree, and it's still got the original counting buttons on the side here.

0:05:51 > 0:05:53Any idea how old it is?

0:05:53 > 0:05:56- I think at the start of the last century.- Yes.

0:05:56 > 0:05:59If I had to put an exact year, I'd say 1910,

0:05:59 > 0:06:02but I think 10 years either way of that would be fine.

0:06:02 > 0:06:05I don't think it's English, I think it's European.

0:06:05 > 0:06:10Looking at that stencil decoration, something leads me to believe it's, perhaps, mid-European.

0:06:10 > 0:06:13Germany, or possibly Austrian. How much did you pay for it?

0:06:13 > 0:06:15I think about £20.

0:06:15 > 0:06:20- Did you? When?- 1975.- Did you think it would be an investment, or was it just fun?

0:06:20 > 0:06:25- Fun.- I am jolly pleased about that. I do not think it has been much of investment!

0:06:25 > 0:06:30I think we can, with your permission, sell it without reserve.

0:06:30 > 0:06:35If the auctioneer publishes an estimate... Some auctioneers don't below £100, £50.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37My estimate would be £30 to £50.

0:06:37 > 0:06:41Possibly £40 to £60 on a steaming day.

0:06:41 > 0:06:43- But about that figure.- That's good.

0:06:53 > 0:06:55We all know what this is, don't we?

0:06:55 > 0:06:58If you don't, you haven't been watching Flog It!

0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Hilary, thank you for coming in. - Pleasure.- You watch Flog It?- Yes.

0:07:02 > 0:07:08- You have seen a couple of these sell on Flog It?- Yes. - Two or three years ago?- Yes.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10And they fetched quite a bit of money.

0:07:10 > 0:07:14It is the Whitefriars drunken bricklayer.

0:07:14 > 0:07:20It is a classic design, an icon of the mid-1960s.

0:07:20 > 0:07:24Designed by Geoffrey Baxter, who was a designer for Whitefriars.

0:07:24 > 0:07:29- This company has been going since the end of the 17th century.- Has it?

0:07:29 > 0:07:33The original factory was in Whitefriars, in London, hence the name.

0:07:33 > 0:07:38And the factory has since moved, throughout the generations and the centuries,

0:07:38 > 0:07:42and every time the factory moves, they took the original furnace,

0:07:42 > 0:07:46which was still burning, on the back of a horse and cart, and took it to another site.

0:07:46 > 0:07:52- So they never lost the light. It is like the Olympic torch, really, isn't it?- Yes.- The eternal glow.

0:07:52 > 0:07:57- And here we are, with the last of... really the last of the product. - That's right.

0:07:57 > 0:08:00This design came out in 1967.

0:08:00 > 0:08:05It came out in two sizes, this is the larger of the size.

0:08:05 > 0:08:1033 centimetres. The smaller one - 180 centimetres.

0:08:10 > 0:08:13Originally with three-colour waves.

0:08:13 > 0:08:17Then it was followed by another three colours, and I believe another three.

0:08:17 > 0:08:22And within that nine-year period, over a couple of years, certain years, only lasting one year,

0:08:22 > 0:08:25they introduced the odd other colour. In total,

0:08:25 > 0:08:28in this textured look, you could have 12 different colour waves.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31So that is why people had to collect the set.

0:08:31 > 0:08:36- Let's hope this colour is missing from somebody's set.- I hope so.

0:08:36 > 0:08:38Did you buy it in the '60s?

0:08:38 > 0:08:42I was given it by my mother in the '60s. It was new, yes.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45In the '60s, she bought it as a present.

0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Do you know how much she paid for it?- I've no idea. It was a present.

0:08:49 > 0:08:53- I shouldn't think more than a few pounds or so.- I'd have thought £5 to £7.- I should think so.

0:08:53 > 0:09:00- I can tell you what this is going to do - £250 to £350.- Yes.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03Would you be happy with £250 to £350?

0:09:03 > 0:09:08Yes. It might as well go. It's not doing anything at home, so I would do that.

0:09:08 > 0:09:09- Shall we Flog It?- Yes.- OK.

0:09:19 > 0:09:21Hello, Louise. Hello, John.

0:09:21 > 0:09:25Now, you've brought an interesting item in to show this, haven't you?

0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Where did you get it? - It was my grandfather's.

0:09:28 > 0:09:32He inherited it from his aunt, so my great-great-aunt's.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34Did she have any connections with France?

0:09:34 > 0:09:37As far as I know, yes, she spent quite a bit of time in Paris.

0:09:37 > 0:09:42She was an artist. Whether she picked it up from a flea market,

0:09:42 > 0:09:47- or whether it was given to her by a fellow artist, I have no idea. - It is quite an interesting object.

0:09:47 > 0:09:51- I would not say that I particularly like it. Would you?- I do. I do, yes.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54I have grown up with it, so it has always been there.

0:09:54 > 0:09:59You have really got, basically, a classical influence going right through it.

0:09:59 > 0:10:04You have these very nice hoof feet with this sort of hairy shoulder,

0:10:04 > 0:10:07going up then to these chimaera-type figures.

0:10:07 > 0:10:09Then leaf decoration

0:10:09 > 0:10:13and this very naturalistic - which is Victorian, of course -

0:10:13 > 0:10:17very naturalistic base, supported, then, by this heron or stork.

0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Now I can see you have had it converted...- Grandad did that.

0:10:21 > 0:10:24- ..to make it more usable today, into a lamp.- Yes.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27Which happen is a lot. But then, originally, of course,

0:10:27 > 0:10:33we would have had these Romanesque-type oil-burners

0:10:33 > 0:10:38- as the original lights, one with this swan device.- Yes.

0:10:38 > 0:10:42- And one, then, which matches the snake device.- Yes.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44In terms of date,

0:10:44 > 0:10:49- I think we're probably looking at 1880.- Really?- So late Victorian.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51And I think it probably is French.

0:10:51 > 0:10:55I mean, the Victorians were very wacky with some of their designs

0:10:55 > 0:10:58but I think it looks more of a French-inspired piece.

0:10:58 > 0:11:03Now, in terms of value, did you have any ideas yourself of how much it is worth?

0:11:03 > 0:11:08- No, I have never had it looked at. - I would like to put it in as a tempting estimate

0:11:08 > 0:11:13- of £120 to £180.- Really?

0:11:13 > 0:11:18- And maybe it put a reserve on it of £100.- OK.- To protect it.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20So you have had it for a long time?

0:11:20 > 0:11:24- You like it.- Yes. - Why on earth do you want to sell it?

0:11:24 > 0:11:27I have got to get John through his driving test.

0:11:27 > 0:11:30- So the money is going to you? - Yes, it is.

0:11:30 > 0:11:31Are you not a bit old?

0:11:31 > 0:11:34- I'm only 50.- Ah, well, that is OK.

0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Why have you never learned to drive before now?- I never had any need.

0:11:38 > 0:11:44All of a sudden, a few weeks ago, I had this sudden desire, I think I need to learn to drive.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47Well, I hope that we'll see each other at the auction.

0:11:47 > 0:11:53- Let's hope two buyers love the wackiness of it, and we get a good price.- Yes!

0:11:56 > 0:12:02Now let us hope the auction room is going to be as packed as the valuation day has been.

0:12:02 > 0:12:07If so, we may gain a victory for Ziggy's Winston Churchill thank you card.

0:12:07 > 0:12:12Unfortunately, Charlie does not see much profit in the doll's high-chair

0:12:12 > 0:12:16but we should be raising our glasses for the drunken bricklayer vase.

0:12:16 > 0:12:21And the will of the bidders love or loathe Louise and John's chic lampstand?

0:12:26 > 0:12:32For our auction today, we have come to Dorchester, to Duke's auction room, which is just up the road.

0:12:32 > 0:12:37So let's catch up with auctioneer Garry Batt, and see what he has to say about our items

0:12:37 > 0:12:40but, more importantly, our experts' valuations.

0:12:52 > 0:12:57So Glenda's thank you card, we have a valuation.

0:12:57 > 0:13:01Very brave man put this one on. £250 to £350.

0:13:01 > 0:13:03It is such a hard thing to value.

0:13:03 > 0:13:05Well, he probably had the beers at lunchtime.

0:13:05 > 0:13:10It's an interesting thing, but there is only one signature of any merit,

0:13:10 > 0:13:14which is Winston Churchill. It is before he became prime minister,

0:13:14 > 0:13:16so it was very early in his career.

0:13:16 > 0:13:21A Winston Churchill signature that just says, "Thank you for coming for tea", is £50, £60.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24If it was a more interesting letter that had said,

0:13:24 > 0:13:28"I don't want to do this Second World War. It is a bad idea", is worth a lot more money.

0:13:28 > 0:13:33So I think we will struggle to get to that kind of £250, £300 level.

0:13:33 > 0:13:37If this came into the rooms and you had to put a valuation on it,

0:13:37 > 0:13:40- what would you give it? - I would say £50 to £100.- Would you?

0:13:40 > 0:13:45Yes. But we will see. There may be the Winston Churchill collector there who really wants it.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55Ziggy, it is great to see you.

0:13:55 > 0:14:00This is a lovely thank you card. Obviously, the dinner after the Great War,

0:14:00 > 0:14:04signed by Winston Churchill and some other very famous people and brave men,

0:14:04 > 0:14:08but I think one of the bravest men here is our expert Mark Stacey.

0:14:08 > 0:14:10- What have I done?- What has he done?

0:14:10 > 0:14:15Well, no, I could not come up with a valuation for that. £250 to £350.

0:14:15 > 0:14:19I had a chat to the auctioneer earlier and he said...

0:14:19 > 0:14:23if he had to value that, he would value it at £50 to £100.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26Oh, I say.

0:14:26 > 0:14:29Fingers crossed on this one. We need all the luck in the world.

0:14:29 > 0:14:34Now lot 85. Which is a Winston Churchill piece.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Signed victory dinner.

0:14:36 > 0:14:38Interesting lot of history.

0:14:38 > 0:14:44And I've got £150 bid with me. I will take £160 now anywhere.

0:14:44 > 0:14:48£150 for the Churchill. £160? £160.

0:14:48 > 0:14:50Any advance £160? 160 bid.

0:14:50 > 0:14:51170? 170?

0:14:51 > 0:14:55180? 180. 190? 190. 200?

0:14:55 > 0:14:58200. 220? 220.

0:14:58 > 0:14:59240? At 220.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01At £220, then.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04220. 230 anyone?

0:15:04 > 0:15:06230 is bid. 230. I'll take 240 now.

0:15:06 > 0:15:08- We are so close, aren't we?- Yes.

0:15:08 > 0:15:10I have £230. It is going...

0:15:10 > 0:15:13On the side... 240 bid at the last minute, 240.

0:15:13 > 0:15:16- £240.- It's £240.- £250, do you say?

0:15:16 > 0:15:20No, you're out. £240 and now it is going.

0:15:20 > 0:15:22At £240...

0:15:22 > 0:15:25Yes! Brilliant, Ziggy. Fantastic, Mark.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27- Not bad. Not bad, was it?- No.

0:15:27 > 0:15:29We got there.

0:15:29 > 0:15:35- What a good call. So, £240. There is a bit of commission to pay.- Yes.

0:15:35 > 0:15:37What will you spend the money on?

0:15:37 > 0:15:40- I think some travel.- Some travel? Where would you like to go?

0:15:40 > 0:15:42I don't know yet.

0:15:42 > 0:15:46Poole is so beautiful. I'm sure you do not want to travel anywhere, if you live here!

0:15:46 > 0:15:52- Not in the summer.- Well, good luck with that.- Thank you.- Mark, what a fantastic valuation.

0:15:52 > 0:15:56I'm very pleased with the result, because the auctioneer had a point,

0:15:56 > 0:15:59in all honesty. It is a very difficult thing to value

0:15:59 > 0:16:03and needs maybe a specialist sale, but we got it away and I am pleased!

0:16:10 > 0:16:13Is it a table, is it a chair? No, it is both!

0:16:13 > 0:16:17It is metamorphic furniture. Ian and Isabel are on holiday,

0:16:17 > 0:16:22so we have the neighbours standing in, Maureen and Ted. How long have you been neighbours?

0:16:22 > 0:16:25They've lived next door, what, two years? Yes, two years.

0:16:25 > 0:16:28Not that long, then. You've only just got to know them.

0:16:28 > 0:16:31- You can't choose your neighbours, can you?- You can't!

0:16:31 > 0:16:35- If you get a rotten lot, that makes your life hell. - They're good neighbours!

0:16:35 > 0:16:36Lot 197 -

0:16:36 > 0:16:42is this very pretty little early 20th-century doll's highchair.

0:16:42 > 0:16:44I'll start it, please, at £20.

0:16:44 > 0:16:48£20? 10 to start, then? Ten is bid.

0:16:48 > 0:16:4915 for you, madam? 15.

0:16:49 > 0:16:5120, anyone?

0:16:51 > 0:16:55I have 15 only. 15 only. I'll take 20. 20 bid.

0:16:55 > 0:16:5825 now. At 25. 30, anyone, then?

0:16:58 > 0:17:01- At £25...- 25...

0:17:01 > 0:17:03I'll take 30, anyone. I'm selling it, then.

0:17:03 > 0:17:06It's going under the hammer at... 30 bid.

0:17:06 > 0:17:0835? 35.

0:17:08 > 0:17:11- You're out now.- Come on.- Come on...

0:17:11 > 0:17:13Going, at £35...

0:17:13 > 0:17:15- £35.- A snip of the day!

0:17:15 > 0:17:19- A snip of the day. It's gone. - They said they wanted it to go.

0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Where's it been? In their garage? - In their loft, I think.- In the loft.

0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Oh, well. It's gone. £35. That's not too bad, is it?- No, no.

0:17:34 > 0:17:37Right, it's time to light the saleroom up.

0:17:37 > 0:17:40We've got a lovely French decorative lamp-base

0:17:40 > 0:17:42that belongs to Louise and John.

0:17:42 > 0:17:45Money is going to get you on the road, isn't it?

0:17:45 > 0:17:50Get the driving test sorted out, the car fixed. A lot of pressure! Let's hope we get that top end, 220.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53- It was a good buy from the flea-market. I like it.- Yes.

0:17:53 > 0:17:59- I do like it. I absolutely love this.- Do you?- I know you hate it.

0:17:59 > 0:18:03- It's got too many styles to it. - But it's got that shabby-chic look.

0:18:03 > 0:18:07- Their feet - it's a bit over the top.- A bit over the top!

0:18:07 > 0:18:09Not me at all.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12Not you...? Oh, come on(!)

0:18:14 > 0:18:15Look at him.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18He's lying through his teeth.

0:18:18 > 0:18:24..With this French oil lamp. Rather imaginatively modelled.

0:18:24 > 0:18:26It's a crane. Who'll start me off?

0:18:26 > 0:18:32very decorative belle epoque piece. £50? 50 bid. 60 I'll take.

0:18:32 > 0:18:3460. Thank you, madam.

0:18:34 > 0:18:3660. 70 now, anyone? At 60 seated...

0:18:36 > 0:18:42- 70...80...- We're getting there. Slowly but surely, we are climbing.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44100 anyone?

0:18:44 > 0:18:46I've got it. £90.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'll take 100 from anyone.

0:18:48 > 0:18:50It's easier for the accounts department!

0:18:50 > 0:18:51- 100?- One more?

0:18:51 > 0:18:53No?

0:18:53 > 0:18:55He's put it down on 90.

0:18:55 > 0:18:58It's made 90, we need £100.

0:18:58 > 0:19:00I'm so sorry it didn't sell.

0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Well...- You win some, you lose some.

0:19:03 > 0:19:09- Get on the road, though, and I hope you pass your driving test first time.- Ooh, that would be cool.

0:19:09 > 0:19:13It would be, wouldn't it? There is another saleroom on another day,

0:19:13 > 0:19:16if you do want to sell it. Where's it going?

0:19:16 > 0:19:19Back in the trunk in the bedroom, where it came from.

0:19:19 > 0:19:21Fair enough.

0:19:27 > 0:19:31The Whitefriars drunken bricklayer vase. Are we ready for this, Hilary?

0:19:31 > 0:19:37- I think so.- You've been instructed not to wave your hands around, in case she buy something.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39Yes. I might be buying something I didn't want!

0:19:39 > 0:19:42What I'm hoping for is that we've got some serious collectors,

0:19:42 > 0:19:44they will find this on the website,

0:19:44 > 0:19:50- and that's one of the colour waves they're missing in their collection. - Let's hope so.- So do I.- Yes!

0:19:50 > 0:19:54Lot number five is this interesting Whitefriars drunken bricklayer.

0:19:54 > 0:19:56I think it explains itself.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58Blocks of glass, all in piles.

0:19:58 > 0:20:01Drunken bricks. Who'll start me off with this lot, please,

0:20:01 > 0:20:03at £100? 100 to get on with it.

0:20:03 > 0:20:04100 bid.

0:20:04 > 0:20:08I'll take tens now, from anyone. Collectable item. 110...120...130...

0:20:08 > 0:20:10140...150...

0:20:10 > 0:20:13160...170...180...190...200...

0:20:13 > 0:20:17and 20...240...260...280...

0:20:17 > 0:20:21300? No? At £280 in front. At 280...

0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Come on.- 300 anyone?

0:20:23 > 0:20:24280, yours, sir.

0:20:24 > 0:20:26280, standing at the front. 300 anyone?

0:20:26 > 0:20:28Fill it up?

0:20:28 > 0:20:32Going then, at £280, I'm selling...

0:20:32 > 0:20:35- 280, it's gone. Happy with that? - Yes.

0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Thank you. - What will you put that towards?

0:20:38 > 0:20:41I don't know. I'll put in the bank, then find something I like.

0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Save it for a rainy day? - Yes, yes, it was sentimental, my mother bought it.

0:20:45 > 0:20:49- I'd like to buy something with it... - OK.- ..that she would like.

0:20:49 > 0:20:54- Or maybe plant something up in the garden ?- Something like that, yes, would be nice.

0:20:54 > 0:20:58- I'll spend it wisely.- Hilary, thank you very much.- Thank you, Paul.

0:21:23 > 0:21:29Now, it may look like we're in typical British suburbia, a sort of Terry And June street, if you like,

0:21:29 > 0:21:32but step inside the bungalow just across the road there,

0:21:32 > 0:21:36and you enter into a completely different world.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50Once inside this house,

0:21:50 > 0:21:56you do enter into a very strange world of kitsch 1950s Americana.

0:21:56 > 0:22:00It is literally everywhere. The walls are covered with it.

0:22:00 > 0:22:05But it doesn't stop there. If you carry on further, you hit 1970s retro cool.

0:22:05 > 0:22:10# Every man has a place In his heart there's a space

0:22:10 > 0:22:14# And the world can't erase his fantasies... #

0:22:14 > 0:22:18And the man responsible for all of this is Andy Saunders,

0:22:18 > 0:22:20and he is sitting right in front of you.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22Andy, you're a mechanic by trade,

0:22:22 > 0:22:25so how did you get involved in interior design?

0:22:25 > 0:22:29The interior design thing came about, really, just through the love of cars.

0:22:29 > 0:22:32The design of the cars from the '50s

0:22:32 > 0:22:37and the eccentric way that the fins grew just led me to '50s architecture and the diners.

0:22:37 > 0:22:41Drive-in cinemas and hotels, and everything from that period.

0:22:41 > 0:22:46Why in British suburbia? Did you not feel like relocating to Miami, maybe?

0:22:46 > 0:22:49Well, I was born in Poole and I love Poole.

0:22:49 > 0:22:52So, it's really funny.

0:22:52 > 0:22:56If People come back here for a party they just can't understand,

0:22:56 > 0:23:00they walk into what is a very, very normal-looking house and then go, "Wow!"

0:23:00 > 0:23:04- And it usually blows their mind, to be honest.- I bet it does.

0:23:04 > 0:23:06You've transported them to LA.

0:23:06 > 0:23:10It baffles them, why anyone would want to live like this, to be honest.

0:23:10 > 0:23:14What is it about Americana that fascinates you?

0:23:14 > 0:23:20It's just the flamboyant-ness of such kitsch and almost tacky ideas.

0:23:20 > 0:23:23Like the female form was everywhere in the '50s.

0:23:23 > 0:23:29You could get vases and water bottles and dolls and everything in the shape of women.

0:23:29 > 0:23:31And then the car thing was fins and chrome.

0:23:31 > 0:23:32It was just like,

0:23:32 > 0:23:36it was flamboyant for the sake of being ridiculous, in a way.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39Well, you've certainly done it with style and flair.

0:23:39 > 0:23:43You've given every item in here the space it deserves,

0:23:43 > 0:23:45so it looks like a piece of sculpture.

0:23:45 > 0:23:49- Where do you find all your kit from? - A lot of it comes from local auction houses.

0:23:49 > 0:23:54There was quite a bit, about 12 years ago, that came from the council tip.

0:23:54 > 0:23:56You could go there and just pick it up.

0:23:56 > 0:23:59And the people would let you.

0:23:59 > 0:24:01Which has all been stopped for health and safety.

0:24:01 > 0:24:06The hairdryer in the '50s room, that is actually from the council tip.

0:24:06 > 0:24:10It is just fabulous. Camden Market is a good place.

0:24:10 > 0:24:13Just everywhere. You go to Brighton. You just keep your eyes open.

0:24:13 > 0:24:19When you're trying to get a room completely perfect, you find that one bit and it excites you so much.

0:24:19 > 0:24:22So, you've had some great buys? You did the right thing.

0:24:22 > 0:24:28Invested in something you absolutely loved and put a smile on your face before it was fashionable.

0:24:28 > 0:24:32Because if you try to buy all this kit now, ten years later,

0:24:32 > 0:24:37- it would be ten times the price. - You are correct. In Camden Market, some of the lamps that I bought

0:24:37 > 0:24:43were just a few pounds, and now, if you see very similar articles, you're talking 200 or £300.

0:24:43 > 0:24:50And what is nice is, I didn't buy it for that reason, I've bought it because I wanted them like that.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53You've made the transition to interior designer beautifully.

0:24:53 > 0:24:58Everything is set in its place and it's the space around these objects which makes them work.

0:24:58 > 0:25:03But you are a mechanic by trade - I'd certainly like to see some of the cars you've worked with.

0:25:15 > 0:25:17Well, this is where it all goes on -

0:25:17 > 0:25:19in Andy's workshop just behind the house.

0:25:19 > 0:25:23This is where he remodels all his cars. And what we are sitting in is a prototype.

0:25:23 > 0:25:27- It's the world's safest car. Well, allegedly.- Supposedly!

0:25:27 > 0:25:29Possibly!

0:25:29 > 0:25:31What is it?

0:25:31 > 0:25:34We're sat in the 1957 Aurora.

0:25:34 > 0:25:40Which was made by a priest and his own motor company in 1957 in Connecticut.

0:25:40 > 0:25:47He started the Aurora motor company with the view of making the safest car in the world.

0:25:47 > 0:25:50Some of the safety features which it had are in practice today.

0:25:50 > 0:25:53Such as seat belts - nothing in 1957 had seatbelts.

0:25:53 > 0:25:55It's got side impact protection.

0:25:55 > 0:25:58It's got the rolled cage, so to speak.

0:25:58 > 0:26:00But then it had the ridiculous idea -

0:26:00 > 0:26:03the two most stupid things which make this...

0:26:03 > 0:26:08possibly the most famous parts of it - are firstly the seats.

0:26:08 > 0:26:13In an accident, you can swivel 180 degrees so you go into the accident backwards!

0:26:13 > 0:26:17- I'm sitting in the accident going backwards.- You're in the accident position, yeah!

0:26:17 > 0:26:19And then you've got the windscreen,

0:26:19 > 0:26:23which is possibly the most infamous part of the car.

0:26:23 > 0:26:25He wanted it so that if you run anyone over,

0:26:25 > 0:26:28they didn't go through the glass, they banged of a rounded surface.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31So actually from the driving position,

0:26:31 > 0:26:35you have 4½ ft from your forehead to the glass, which is ludicrous.

0:26:35 > 0:26:37It's virtually impossible to see out the front!

0:26:37 > 0:26:41You found this in Connecticut, bought it, and had it shipped over?

0:26:41 > 0:26:43How much did you pay for it?

0:26:43 > 0:26:45I paid £950 for...

0:26:45 > 0:26:47It wasn't in this condition?

0:26:47 > 0:26:52No. It was left in a field behind a garage in 1962 or '63

0:26:52 > 0:26:55and I bought it 30 years later.

0:26:55 > 0:27:00It's a good job you're a mechanic because obviously you can do a lot of these things at cost price.

0:27:00 > 0:27:03But you must have to put in an awful lot of weekends and late nights.

0:27:03 > 0:27:06When I get into a project, I become locked into it.

0:27:06 > 0:27:09And I will work four, five, six hours a night.

0:27:09 > 0:27:13The nearer it comes to completion, the more hours I put in. Just because I have to.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16Once I start, I can't finish until it's finished.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19And then I'm usually worn out for a couple of months!

0:27:19 > 0:27:21You're a man on a mission!

0:27:21 > 0:27:24Thank you very much for showing me around all the cars.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26I haven't seen one that's roadworthy.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29But I tell you what I'd love to do is hitch a lift

0:27:29 > 0:27:34- to get straight back to the valuation day.- I'll give you a lift to the lighthouse.- Thanks.

0:27:34 > 0:27:37EXHAUST THUNDERS

0:27:37 > 0:27:42Well, I hope we get there in one piece! OK, Andy, take it away!

0:27:42 > 0:27:46# Two hours of pushin' broom

0:27:46 > 0:27:50# Buys an eight-twelve four bit room

0:27:50 > 0:27:54# I'm a man of means by no means

0:27:56 > 0:27:58# King of the road. #

0:28:04 > 0:28:06Well, after that hair-raising journey,

0:28:06 > 0:28:10let's see if there are more thrills and spills to be had back at the valuation day.

0:28:13 > 0:28:17Angela, I can only say one word to you and that's Beswick.

0:28:17 > 0:28:20And I believed you should pronounce it as Bes-wick.

0:28:20 > 0:28:22I understand you say the W.

0:28:22 > 0:28:24- Who told you that? - I think I read it somewhere.

0:28:24 > 0:28:26- Did you?- Yes.

0:28:26 > 0:28:31Well, I'm going to carry on calling them Beswick. I think...

0:28:31 > 0:28:33Different people have different views on this.

0:28:33 > 0:28:36- It doesn't affect what we've got here.- No, quite.

0:28:36 > 0:28:40Which obviously, you know they are Bes-wick. Where did you get them from?

0:28:40 > 0:28:46This one, I think, I bought at the antiques fair.

0:28:46 > 0:28:50- How long ago?- Oh, eight or nine years ago I should think.

0:28:50 > 0:28:52And what did you pay for it?

0:28:52 > 0:28:56Well, my husband seems to think I paid in the region of 150-£160.

0:28:56 > 0:28:58OK. And this one?

0:28:58 > 0:29:00I can't remember where I bought that,

0:29:00 > 0:29:03but he thinks I paid the same amount of money.

0:29:03 > 0:29:04Right. And you want to sell them?

0:29:04 > 0:29:08- Yes, it would be nice. - So why did you buy them? - I liked them at the time,

0:29:08 > 0:29:11but I'm trying to get rid of quite a few things.

0:29:11 > 0:29:15- Having a clear-out?- I am.- Do you know what they're called?- I don't know...

0:29:15 > 0:29:19- That's called the Huntswoman. - Oh, is it a Huntswoman? Oh right.

0:29:19 > 0:29:23Huntswoman. And this is, I think, called Girl Jumping The Fence.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26I think that's the correct expression.

0:29:26 > 0:29:29They're both designed, modelled by the same person.

0:29:29 > 0:29:31Do you know who did them?

0:29:31 > 0:29:36- No, I don't.- Arthur Gressingham did both these two. And dates?

0:29:36 > 0:29:39I think these figures were made,

0:29:39 > 0:29:41roughly speaking, between 1940...

0:29:41 > 0:29:44sort of the end of the war, say, '45 to 1960.

0:29:44 > 0:29:49- Would that fit in with what you were thinking? - Yes, I would have thought so, yes.

0:29:49 > 0:29:51Do you think they have gone up in value?

0:29:51 > 0:29:54- I think so, yes. - Well, I think they have.

0:29:54 > 0:29:57But I don't think they've jumped through the roof!

0:29:57 > 0:30:00I was hoping they would gallop away with the price!

0:30:00 > 0:30:03Oh, very good! Very good!

0:30:03 > 0:30:06- I think they're worth £200-300 each.- Yes.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08That would be a saleroom estimate.

0:30:08 > 0:30:12I'd be a bit disappointed if they didn't edge towards the top of that figure.

0:30:12 > 0:30:16How would that fit in with your theory on selling them?

0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Yes, I think that would be acceptable, yes.- Estimate 200-300.

0:30:20 > 0:30:24Reserve them at 200. And we'll put a fixed reserve on at 200.

0:30:24 > 0:30:28If they do well, it might entice you to go back into the cupboard and pull out some more.

0:30:28 > 0:30:31- Probably! Probably. - That's what Flog It's all about!

0:30:40 > 0:30:44- Hello there.- Hello, Mark. - A lovely little piece here.

0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Give us a little bit of the history of it.- Well, I don't know very much about it.

0:30:48 > 0:30:50It was given to me by a neighbour.

0:30:50 > 0:30:54My husband and I used to keep an eye on her, do a bit of gardening.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56And she gave it to me one day.

0:30:56 > 0:31:00- And was she Danish? - No, she was very English.

0:31:00 > 0:31:02I don't know where she got it from.

0:31:02 > 0:31:04She didn't say anything about it.

0:31:04 > 0:31:06Because it is, of course, Danish in origin.

0:31:06 > 0:31:11It's by a manufacturer called Georg Jensen,

0:31:11 > 0:31:14who is famous for Art-Deco design.

0:31:14 > 0:31:20This particular brooch with this very stylised deer or antelope

0:31:20 > 0:31:27with stylised foliage around it, I think is designed by a designer called Arno Malinowski.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29- A bit of a mouthful. - It's quite a mouthful.

0:31:29 > 0:31:31But it's a lovely piece.

0:31:31 > 0:31:35Originally, as I say, produced in the '20s and '30s.

0:31:35 > 0:31:38This has also got an import mark on it.

0:31:38 > 0:31:42And I think the marks on there are post-1945.

0:31:42 > 0:31:45But still a very attractive and desirable piece.

0:31:45 > 0:31:49And I think it would appeal to young, modern people as well

0:31:49 > 0:31:50because it's such a simple design.

0:31:50 > 0:31:52It's very up to date, isn't it?

0:31:52 > 0:31:54Very. Do you wear it yourself?

0:31:54 > 0:32:01- I don't. I'm not a jewellery person. - So it's been hidden in a drawer all these years?- It has, yes.

0:32:01 > 0:32:05- And now you've decided to come along and flog it today?- I have, yes. - Wonderful.

0:32:05 > 0:32:09Well, I like it a lot, and I think if you put it in for sale,

0:32:09 > 0:32:13we should put maybe an estimate of £150-200.

0:32:13 > 0:32:19And maybe just put the reserve at 100, so that we don't give it away on the day.

0:32:19 > 0:32:21- Is that all right with you? - It's fine, yes.

0:32:30 > 0:32:34On the face of it, Hazel, this is incredibly boring.

0:32:34 > 0:32:37But I think you're going to prove me wrong, aren't you?

0:32:37 > 0:32:41- Tell me where you got it from. - It's from the Queen Mary.

0:32:41 > 0:32:43The old Queen Mary.

0:32:43 > 0:32:49And it was acquired somewhere along the line - it came into the family.

0:32:49 > 0:32:52I like the word acquired! Come on, how did you get it?

0:32:52 > 0:32:54Was there a relative on board?

0:32:54 > 0:32:57A great-grandfather a captain of the Queen Mary?

0:32:57 > 0:33:00Well, it's only a story, but I think so, yes.

0:33:00 > 0:33:07And when the Queen Mary actually went out of commission, certain parts and pieces...

0:33:07 > 0:33:11left the ship before she went to be in America!

0:33:11 > 0:33:15So if we have a look at the bottom, it will tell us all about it.

0:33:15 > 0:33:19Well, it does say Cunard White Star under there, so...

0:33:19 > 0:33:21And indeed, Cunard White Star.

0:33:21 > 0:33:26Tuscan China. So it's Staffordshire Potteries.

0:33:26 > 0:33:31The Queen Mary was kitted out in 1936.

0:33:31 > 0:33:33This was done for first class.

0:33:33 > 0:33:37First-class passengers had this.

0:33:37 > 0:33:41So it's the poshest of the posh, Cunard.

0:33:41 > 0:33:45The problem is, it is what it is - china.

0:33:45 > 0:33:49And if you are sailing on a ship, it's going to damage.

0:33:49 > 0:33:52And presumably this is all there is left?

0:33:52 > 0:33:55Yes. There might be another cup.

0:33:55 > 0:33:56So from a retail point of view,

0:33:56 > 0:34:01we've got a bit of a problem here - three cups, four saucers,

0:34:01 > 0:34:05four plates. There's not enough for me to say to you, this is going to change your life.

0:34:05 > 0:34:08But the story is amazing,

0:34:08 > 0:34:10how it got there.

0:34:10 > 0:34:13If we look at one or two of these pieces,

0:34:13 > 0:34:14I'm afraid...

0:34:14 > 0:34:16It's well cracked.

0:34:16 > 0:34:18Cracked. Rough voyage...

0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Bad waiter!- Bad wait...! Bad waiter or a rough journey!

0:34:22 > 0:34:26Look at that. That's cracked. Once you get a crack, the water then goes under

0:34:26 > 0:34:31the glazing, discolours it - there's nothing you can do with that.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33So we're looking at bits and bobs, I'm afraid.

0:34:33 > 0:34:37Somebody will buy these, I don't think, frankly, for the pattern.

0:34:37 > 0:34:42I don't think for the design. They are purely going to buy it for where it came from.

0:34:42 > 0:34:46And you'll get fanatics that will want to collect things relating

0:34:46 > 0:34:49to Cunard and specifically, relating to the Queen Mary.

0:34:49 > 0:34:53So I think we've got to say it's got a value. How much?

0:34:53 > 0:34:56I'm supposed to be a valuer, but I haven't got a clue!

0:34:56 > 0:35:01I'd be very surprised if you got up to £100

0:35:01 > 0:35:07and would expect, if it's catalogued properly, £40-£60.

0:35:07 > 0:35:10But my advice is let's put them in the auction

0:35:10 > 0:35:13- and see how much they make. - Yes.- Are you happy with that?

0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Play the game!- Yes, have a go.

0:35:20 > 0:35:23Earlier in the auction, we had some mixed results,

0:35:23 > 0:35:25so let's hope we can improve on that.

0:35:25 > 0:35:28What are the odds for Angela's pair of Beswick horses?

0:35:28 > 0:35:32Georg Jensen usually attracts lots of attention.

0:35:32 > 0:35:36Or, there's plenty of history with Cunard crockery

0:35:36 > 0:35:39from the ocean liner, Queen Mary.

0:35:48 > 0:35:51This is what all the ladies are collecting right now - Georg Jensen.

0:35:51 > 0:35:53A wonderful bit of silverwork.

0:35:53 > 0:35:57Our experts have put £150-£200 on this.

0:35:57 > 0:36:01I would have said it's worth that, but I've just noticed

0:36:01 > 0:36:04just there and there, there's a little bit of damage.

0:36:04 > 0:36:07A bit of a crease. It has altered that.

0:36:07 > 0:36:11It will spoil it a bit because people want to buy them in perfect condition.

0:36:11 > 0:36:14You do with jewellery, especially Georg Jensen silver.

0:36:14 > 0:36:21He was a big, big name and it's what people want nowadays. It's part of that 20th century, contemporary work.

0:36:21 > 0:36:25- I'm told we either have to call them Jensen or "Gurg" Jenson?- Really?

0:36:25 > 0:36:30- Because he wasn't actually called George.- It's spelt George! - Him being a foreign kind of chap!

0:36:30 > 0:36:37- OK, Scandinavian jewellery. - I've had big instructions - Georg Jenson is what he is!

0:36:37 > 0:36:40I think we'll sell it, I think it's very attractive.

0:36:40 > 0:36:46And the deer is a nice model and 150-200 seems perfectly reasonable.

0:36:46 > 0:36:50- If that was in good condition, 350 maybe.- I think 300-400, yes.

0:36:50 > 0:36:53With that little bit of damage it will knock it a bit,

0:36:53 > 0:36:56but still I think we'll be over 200 for it.

0:37:00 > 0:37:03Right, Angela's Beswick horses.

0:37:03 > 0:37:07She brought them in to our valuation day and both were valued separately

0:37:07 > 0:37:12with a price tag of £200-£300 on each horse and rider.

0:37:12 > 0:37:16Unfortunately, this horse's rider,

0:37:16 > 0:37:19you can just see here, her leg's fallen off.

0:37:19 > 0:37:21That happened in transit.

0:37:21 > 0:37:27What's going to happen is, lot number 118 has been withdrawn

0:37:27 > 0:37:31from the sale. And she will get reimbursed to the value of the item.

0:37:31 > 0:37:35It's covered because it's property of the auction room for this month,

0:37:35 > 0:37:38while they're lotting it up, cataloguing it,

0:37:38 > 0:37:40photographing it and getting it on the Internet.

0:37:40 > 0:37:43And it's on view for the public to pick up and handle.

0:37:43 > 0:37:46So it's got to be insured and she will get her money.

0:37:46 > 0:37:50We'll see later on if the remaining horse makes a good price for Angela,

0:37:50 > 0:37:54but first under the hammer is the lovely silver brooch.

0:37:54 > 0:37:59Something for all you ladies. Silver Georg Jensen.

0:37:59 > 0:38:03I think this will do the top end of the estimate, hopefully the 250 mark.

0:38:03 > 0:38:05- We're looking at 150-250.- We are.

0:38:05 > 0:38:08Very stylish.

0:38:08 > 0:38:16I like decorative arts and this is really... That stylised decoration.

0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Very collectable.- Very sought after. Good name.

0:38:19 > 0:38:23Jensen silver brooch.

0:38:23 > 0:38:28Very stylish, Jensen, highly collectable, 20th-century jewellery.

0:38:28 > 0:38:31Who will start me, please, at £50 for the Jensen? 50 bid.

0:38:31 > 0:38:3360 I'll take. 70.

0:38:33 > 0:38:3580. 90.

0:38:35 > 0:38:38At £80. 90. 100.

0:38:38 > 0:38:42And 10, 120. 130, 140.

0:38:42 > 0:38:49At £130, any advance on £130?

0:38:49 > 0:38:52140 anyone like? Going 130...

0:38:52 > 0:38:54He sold it, the hammer went down.

0:38:54 > 0:38:56We nearly, nearly got a 40.

0:38:56 > 0:38:59He was wavering.

0:39:05 > 0:39:07Angela and the Beswick horses.

0:39:07 > 0:39:11We saw Charlie value two earlier at the valuation day.

0:39:11 > 0:39:15Angela, I'm so sorry. You know, cos we've been on the phone,

0:39:15 > 0:39:17one of the rider's feet has broken.

0:39:17 > 0:39:22So we've withdrawn one, you have been insured, you'll get paid by the auction room.

0:39:22 > 0:39:26But we're just about to sell the first one now. Good luck.

0:39:26 > 0:39:33Now, lot 117, which is the Beswick figure of a huntswoman. There she is.

0:39:33 > 0:39:34And I've got £100 bid.

0:39:34 > 0:39:40Anyone give me 10 to start it further on? 110, 120, and rightly so.

0:39:40 > 0:39:44130 anywhere? 130 anyone like?

0:39:44 > 0:39:47130, 140, 140.

0:39:47 > 0:39:51150, 160. Any advance on 160?

0:39:51 > 0:39:53170 anyone like?

0:39:53 > 0:39:56At £160, Beswick collectors at 160.

0:39:56 > 0:39:59Is everybody out at 160?

0:39:59 > 0:40:01I'll take 170.

0:40:01 > 0:40:04Selling then at 160.

0:40:04 > 0:40:07He didn't sell that. 170, that's all it got in the room.

0:40:07 > 0:40:10That's auctions for you, isn't it?

0:40:10 > 0:40:13Oh, dear! It's not been a good day, has it?

0:40:13 > 0:40:15Really, it's not been a good day!

0:40:15 > 0:40:16It's been an experience.

0:40:24 > 0:40:26Serving up for you right now,

0:40:26 > 0:40:31- we've got Hazel and that lovely... part tea service.- Yes, it is.

0:40:31 > 0:40:33From the Queen Mary.

0:40:33 > 0:40:37If we sell this, which we're going to because there's no reserve,

0:40:37 > 0:40:39£40-£60, the money is going towards...

0:40:39 > 0:40:43It's going towards a little trip to see the Queen Mary.

0:40:43 > 0:40:45- How lovely!- We hope.

0:40:45 > 0:40:49Exactly! I think Charlie hopes so as well!

0:40:49 > 0:40:52There'll be about as much money to get you on a canoe to go and see it!

0:40:55 > 0:40:57That would be a lot more fun!

0:40:57 > 0:41:02I think the problem is the damage, really. It's been on a rough journey, a rough cruise, I think.

0:41:02 > 0:41:04A lot of bits are chipped.

0:41:04 > 0:41:06It's had a stormy voyage.

0:41:06 > 0:41:10Just a little bit of damage there. We don't want it. We don't like it.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12It's horrible.

0:41:12 > 0:41:15Well, let's flog it, let's do the business. This is it.

0:41:15 > 0:41:17Lot 53 is an interesting lot -

0:41:17 > 0:41:21this collection of Tuscan china cups and saucers.

0:41:21 > 0:41:22Which was, we believe,

0:41:22 > 0:41:26used in the first-class compartment of the Queen Mary.

0:41:26 > 0:41:29Good job it wasn't the Lusitania or the Titanic!

0:41:29 > 0:41:32Otherwise we wouldn't be able to sell it. Here we go.

0:41:32 > 0:41:36For this lot, can you start me off at £10? Interesting lot for collectors.

0:41:36 > 0:41:40- £10!- Have 10, 15 anyone say?

0:41:40 > 0:41:4315, 20, 5 anyone like?

0:41:43 > 0:41:46- 30, 30, at £30.- Go on, more, more!

0:41:46 > 0:41:49There's no further bidding. 5, 40 sir.

0:41:49 > 0:41:52- We've got 40.- I don't want it!

0:41:52 > 0:41:5450, 50, 5.

0:41:54 > 0:41:56No, at £50 on the back there.

0:41:56 > 0:41:59And a fiver I'll take, 5, 60.

0:41:59 > 0:42:0360, 5, 70, 5, 80.

0:42:03 > 0:42:07- This is good.- I'm pleased with this.

0:42:07 > 0:42:1090, 5, 100 and 10.

0:42:10 > 0:42:14120, 130, 140.

0:42:14 > 0:42:19150, no, £140 near me,

0:42:19 > 0:42:22against you on the back. Going at 140, I sell.

0:42:22 > 0:42:24140, the hammer's going down!

0:42:24 > 0:42:26£140, Hazel!

0:42:26 > 0:42:28Think what that'll be with 28 black.

0:42:28 > 0:42:31Buy you a lobster, on the flight.

0:42:31 > 0:42:33Not in the canoe!

0:42:33 > 0:42:37I can't believe that that went for that much. It's really damaged.

0:42:37 > 0:42:42What would it have made had it been perfect, had there been a full service?

0:42:42 > 0:42:47- I'll look to see if there's any more.- Why don't you? Enjoy the trip to the States as well.- Thank you.

0:42:47 > 0:42:49Thank you very much for coming in.

0:42:57 > 0:43:01The auction is still going on behind me, but it's all over for our owners.

0:43:01 > 0:43:06We've had a mixed day, but we've had some good results and I've made some new friends - look at this!

0:43:06 > 0:43:10If you've never experienced auction fever and you want to come to a Flog It! auction,

0:43:10 > 0:43:13you have to attend one of our valuation days.

0:43:13 > 0:43:17Details of up and coming dates and venues you can find on the BBC website.

0:43:17 > 0:43:20Click on to...

0:43:20 > 0:43:23We'll see you there. That's it from Flog It!

0:43:23 > 0:43:25Until the next time, goodbye.

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