Poole Flog It!

Today, we are going mad in Dorset.

It is antiques ahoy at the Lighthouse Arts Centre in Poole. Welcome to Flog It!

Poole is a bustling seaside town

and it's home to one of the largest natural harbours in the world.

What a fantastic queue we've got outside the arts centre.

Despite the weather, it has not dampened people's spirits.

They have come in their droves to see Flog It! favourite, Mark Stacey, and Charlie Ross.

It's starting to pour down, so let's get this fantastic queue inside.

Ziggy, you have brought in a very nice piece of war memorabilia.

Before we look at it in detail, can you give us the family history?

Well, my father-in-law was an engineer

and he designed the engines for aircraft

and also, um, railways, etc.

And there was this dinner given by him...

and a signature, which is Winston Churchill, on it.

The other people I do not know...

-because my husband is dead and I cannot refer any longer to it.

-No.

We have found out, of course, that Alan Chorlton was a well-known engineer.

He worked on projects such as the Ayrshire R101.

-Yes.

-So was very well known in his generation.

So, of course, he would have been involved at that time

-in producing aircrafts to fight the war.

-Yes.

And we have got here a victory dinner given by the Assistant Controllers of Aircraft Production,

at Claridge's Hotel, on 28th January 1919,

so just after the war had ended.

And you quite rightly point out some of the signatures, which we have not looked at in great detail,

because at the time they might have been well known, but not so much now.

But the key one, of course, is Winston Churchill.

-Yes.

-And I also like the little watercolour in the middle,

-that somebody has put on as a bit of fun, really.

-I suppose so.

-It's a very interesting piece.

I think they will be quite a lot of collectors around.

But, tell me, it is obviously an important part of your family's history.

Why have you decided to flog it?

Well, I wouldn't hang it up, and I have no children to leave it to.

So it would only be packed away in a suitcase, or something.

-It could deteriorate

-That is a very good point.

-A very good point. Have you thought of the value?

-No, no idea.

Because I have been talking to one of my colleagues, an off-screen valuer, who is good in this field,

and he thinks that an estimate of somewhere in the region of £250 to £350

would not be inappropriate.

And it might even do a bit more than that.

-Does that surprise you?

-Yes. Very.

-Pleasantly?

-Yes. Very pleasantly.

Well, I look forward to seeing you at the auction.

Let's hope we can generate those collectors, and you and I might be flying high.

-If it sells for a lot more.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much, Ziggy.

-Ian, Isabel, have you got a doll to go in here?

-Afraid not.

-No?

-No.

-What is the story behind it?

-Ian can tell you.

I bought this from a secretary in our department in London, in 1975.

-Right. Why?

-Because I had two daughters.

-I still have two daughters!

-Do you?

-Yes.

-But they don't want it?

-No.

-Well, it is for dolls, obviously.

It is a bit too small for a real baby to sit in.

It is mass-produced, it has got a plywood tray here,

which again indicates that it is mass-produced.

It has got some wheels here which, when we metamorphosize it, you will see what they are for.

I am sure you have used it, anyway.

It is simple wood, made of beech, I think.

So, it is not mahogany or rosewood

or a fine wood or an expensive wood,

which it wouldn't be for a doll.

So, if we open it up...I am hoping that if I do it the right way,

the little footrest goes out of the way, folds out of the way,

and down it goes. ..There we go!

The thing I really like about it is the decoration on the tray here.

Which is in super condition.

Again, it is just a simple piece of ply,

but there is a wonderful family scene here,

which I think has been done with a stencil.

But it is charming, isn't it, the family scene here...

The cat going up the tree, and it's still got the original counting buttons on the side here.

Any idea how old it is?

-I think at the start of the last century.

-Yes.

If I had to put an exact year, I'd say 1910,

but I think 10 years either way of that would be fine.

I don't think it's English, I think it's European.

Looking at that stencil decoration, something leads me to believe it's, perhaps, mid-European.

Germany, or possibly Austrian. How much did you pay for it?

I think about £20.

-Did you? When?

-1975.

-Did you think it would be an investment, or was it just fun?

-Fun.

-I am jolly pleased about that. I do not think it has been much of investment!

I think we can, with your permission, sell it without reserve.

If the auctioneer publishes an estimate... Some auctioneers don't below £100, £50.

My estimate would be £30 to £50.

Possibly £40 to £60 on a steaming day.

-But about that figure.

-That's good.

We all know what this is, don't we?

If you don't, you haven't been watching Flog It!

-Hilary, thank you for coming in.

-Pleasure.

-You watch Flog It?

-Yes.

-You have seen a couple of these sell on Flog It?

-Yes.

-Two or three years ago?

-Yes.

And they fetched quite a bit of money.

It is the Whitefriars drunken bricklayer.

It is a classic design, an icon of the mid-1960s.

Designed by Geoffrey Baxter, who was a designer for Whitefriars.

-This company has been going since the end of the 17th century.

-Has it?

The original factory was in Whitefriars, in London, hence the name.

And the factory has since moved, throughout the generations and the centuries,

and every time the factory moves, they took the original furnace,

which was still burning, on the back of a horse and cart, and took it to another site.

-So they never lost the light. It is like the Olympic torch, really, isn't it?

-Yes.

-The eternal glow.

-And here we are, with the last of... really the last of the product.

-That's right.

This design came out in 1967.

It came out in two sizes, this is the larger of the size.

33 centimetres. The smaller one - 180 centimetres.

Originally with three-colour waves.

Then it was followed by another three colours, and I believe another three.

And within that nine-year period, over a couple of years, certain years, only lasting one year,

they introduced the odd other colour. In total,

in this textured look, you could have 12 different colour waves.

So that is why people had to collect the set.

-Let's hope this colour is missing from somebody's set.

-I hope so.

Did you buy it in the '60s?

I was given it by my mother in the '60s. It was new, yes.

In the '60s, she bought it as a present.

-Do you know how much she paid for it?

-I've no idea. It was a present.

-I shouldn't think more than a few pounds or so.

-I'd have thought £5 to £7.

-I should think so.

-I can tell you what this is going to do - £250 to £350.

-Yes.

Would you be happy with £250 to £350?

Yes. It might as well go. It's not doing anything at home, so I would do that.

-Shall we Flog It?

-Yes.

-OK.

Hello, Louise. Hello, John.

Now, you've brought an interesting item in to show this, haven't you?

-Where did you get it?

-It was my grandfather's.

He inherited it from his aunt, so my great-great-aunt's.

Did she have any connections with France?

As far as I know, yes, she spent quite a bit of time in Paris.

She was an artist. Whether she picked it up from a flea market,

-or whether it was given to her by a fellow artist, I have no idea.

-It is quite an interesting object.

-I would not say that I particularly like it. Would you?

-I do. I do, yes.

I have grown up with it, so it has always been there.

You have really got, basically, a classical influence going right through it.

You have these very nice hoof feet with this sort of hairy shoulder,

going up then to these chimaera-type figures.

Then leaf decoration

and this very naturalistic - which is Victorian, of course -

very naturalistic base, supported, then, by this heron or stork.

-Now I can see you have had it converted...

-Grandad did that.

-..to make it more usable today, into a lamp.

-Yes.

Which happen is a lot. But then, originally, of course,

we would have had these Romanesque-type oil-burners

-as the original lights, one with this swan device.

-Yes.

-And one, then, which matches the snake device.

-Yes.

In terms of date,

-I think we're probably looking at 1880.

-Really?

-So late Victorian.

And I think it probably is French.

I mean, the Victorians were very wacky with some of their designs

but I think it looks more of a French-inspired piece.

Now, in terms of value, did you have any ideas yourself of how much it is worth?

-No, I have never had it looked at.

-I would like to put it in as a tempting estimate

-of £120 to £180.

-Really?

-And maybe it put a reserve on it of £100.

-OK.

-To protect it.

So you have had it for a long time?

-You like it.

-Yes.

-Why on earth do you want to sell it?

I have got to get John through his driving test.

-So the money is going to you?

-Yes, it is.

Are you not a bit old?

-I'm only 50.

-Ah, well, that is OK.

-Why have you never learned to drive before now?

-I never had any need.

All of a sudden, a few weeks ago, I had this sudden desire, I think I need to learn to drive.

Well, I hope that we'll see each other at the auction.

-Let's hope two buyers love the wackiness of it, and we get a good price.

-Yes!

Now let us hope the auction room is going to be as packed as the valuation day has been.

If so, we may gain a victory for Ziggy's Winston Churchill thank you card.

Unfortunately, Charlie does not see much profit in the doll's high-chair

but we should be raising our glasses for the drunken bricklayer vase.

And the will of the bidders love or loathe Louise and John's chic lampstand?

For our auction today, we have come to Dorchester, to Duke's auction room, which is just up the road.

So let's catch up with auctioneer Garry Batt, and see what he has to say about our items

but, more importantly, our experts' valuations.

So Glenda's thank you card, we have a valuation.

Very brave man put this one on. £250 to £350.

It is such a hard thing to value.

Well, he probably had the beers at lunchtime.

It's an interesting thing, but there is only one signature of any merit,

which is Winston Churchill. It is before he became prime minister,

so it was very early in his career.

A Winston Churchill signature that just says, "Thank you for coming for tea", is £50, £60.

If it was a more interesting letter that had said,

"I don't want to do this Second World War. It is a bad idea", is worth a lot more money.

So I think we will struggle to get to that kind of £250, £300 level.

If this came into the rooms and you had to put a valuation on it,

-what would you give it?

-I would say £50 to £100.

-Would you?

Yes. But we will see. There may be the Winston Churchill collector there who really wants it.

Ziggy, it is great to see you.

This is a lovely thank you card. Obviously, the dinner after the Great War,

signed by Winston Churchill and some other very famous people and brave men,

but I think one of the bravest men here is our expert Mark Stacey.

-What have I done?

-What has he done?

Well, no, I could not come up with a valuation for that. £250 to £350.

I had a chat to the auctioneer earlier and he said...

if he had to value that, he would value it at £50 to £100.

Oh, I say.

Fingers crossed on this one. We need all the luck in the world.

Now lot 85. Which is a Winston Churchill piece.

Signed victory dinner.

Interesting lot of history.

And I've got £150 bid with me. I will take £160 now anywhere.

£150 for the Churchill. £160? £160.

Any advance £160? 160 bid.

170? 170?

180? 180. 190? 190. 200?

200. 220? 220.

240? At 220.

At £220, then.

220. 230 anyone?

230 is bid. 230. I'll take 240 now.

-We are so close, aren't we?

-Yes.

I have £230. It is going...

On the side... 240 bid at the last minute, 240.

-£240.

-It's £240.

-£250, do you say?

No, you're out. £240 and now it is going.

At £240...

Yes! Brilliant, Ziggy. Fantastic, Mark.

-Not bad. Not bad, was it?

-No.

We got there.

-What a good call. So, £240. There is a bit of commission to pay.

-Yes.

What will you spend the money on?

-I think some travel.

-Some travel? Where would you like to go?

I don't know yet.

Poole is so beautiful. I'm sure you do not want to travel anywhere, if you live here!

-Not in the summer.

-Well, good luck with that.

-Thank you.

-Mark, what a fantastic valuation.

I'm very pleased with the result, because the auctioneer had a point,

in all honesty. It is a very difficult thing to value

and needs maybe a specialist sale, but we got it away and I am pleased!

Is it a table, is it a chair? No, it is both!

It is metamorphic furniture. Ian and Isabel are on holiday,

so we have the neighbours standing in, Maureen and Ted. How long have you been neighbours?

They've lived next door, what, two years? Yes, two years.

Not that long, then. You've only just got to know them.

-You can't choose your neighbours, can you?

-You can't!

-If you get a rotten lot, that makes your life hell.

-They're good neighbours!

Lot 197 -

is this very pretty little early 20th-century doll's highchair.

I'll start it, please, at £20.

£20? 10 to start, then? Ten is bid.

15 for you, madam? 15.

20, anyone?

I have 15 only. 15 only. I'll take 20. 20 bid.

25 now. At 25. 30, anyone, then?

-At £25...

-25...

I'll take 30, anyone. I'm selling it, then.

It's going under the hammer at... 30 bid.

35? 35.

-You're out now.

-Come on.

-Come on...

Going, at £35...

-£35.

-A snip of the day!

-A snip of the day. It's gone.

-They said they wanted it to go.

-Where's it been? In their garage?

-In their loft, I think.

-In the loft.

-Oh, well. It's gone. £35. That's not too bad, is it?

-No, no.

Right, it's time to light the saleroom up.

We've got a lovely French decorative lamp-base

that belongs to Louise and John.

Money is going to get you on the road, isn't it?

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

-It was a good buy from the flea-market. I like it.

-Yes.

-I do like it. I absolutely love this.

-Do you?

-I know you hate it.

-It's got too many styles to it.

-But it's got that shabby-chic look.

-Their feet - it's a bit over the top.

-A bit over the top!

Not me at all.

Not you...? Oh, come on(!)

Look at him.

He's lying through his teeth.

..With this French oil lamp. Rather imaginatively modelled.

It's a crane. Who'll start me off?

very decorative belle epoque piece. £50? 50 bid. 60 I'll take.

60. Thank you, madam.

60. 70 now, anyone? At 60 seated...

-70...80...

-We're getting there. Slowly but surely, we are climbing.

100 anyone?

I've got it. £90.

I'll take 100 from anyone.

It's easier for the accounts department!

-100?

-One more?

No?

He's put it down on 90.

It's made 90, we need £100.

I'm so sorry it didn't sell.

-Well...

-You win some, you lose some.

-Get on the road, though, and I hope you pass your driving test first time.

-Ooh, that would be cool.

It would be, wouldn't it? There is another saleroom on another day,

if you do want to sell it. Where's it going?

Back in the trunk in the bedroom, where it came from.

Fair enough.

The Whitefriars drunken bricklayer vase. Are we ready for this, Hilary?

-I think so.

-You've been instructed not to wave your hands around, in case she buy something.

Yes. I might be buying something I didn't want!

What I'm hoping for is that we've got some serious collectors,

they will find this on the website,

-and that's one of the colour waves they're missing in their collection.

-Let's hope so.

-So do I.

-Yes!

Lot number five is this interesting Whitefriars drunken bricklayer.

I think it explains itself.

Blocks of glass, all in piles.

Drunken bricks. Who'll start me off with this lot, please,

at £100? 100 to get on with it.

100 bid.

I'll take tens now, from anyone. Collectable item. 110...120...130...

140...150...

160...170...180...190...200...

and 20...240...260...280...

300? No? At £280 in front. At 280...

-Come on.

-300 anyone?

280, yours, sir.

280, standing at the front. 300 anyone?

Fill it up?

Going then, at £280, I'm selling...

-280, it's gone. Happy with that?

-Yes.

-Thank you.

-What will you put that towards?

I don't know. I'll put in the bank, then find something I like.

-Save it for a rainy day?

-Yes, yes, it was sentimental, my mother bought it.

-I'd like to buy something with it...

-OK.

-..that she would like.

-Or maybe plant something up in the garden ?

-Something like that, yes, would be nice.

-I'll spend it wisely.

-Hilary, thank you very much.

-Thank you, Paul.

Now, it may look like we're in typical British suburbia, a sort of Terry And June street, if you like,

but step inside the bungalow just across the road there,

and you enter into a completely different world.

Once inside this house,

you do enter into a very strange world of kitsch 1950s Americana.

It is literally everywhere. The walls are covered with it.

But it doesn't stop there. If you carry on further, you hit 1970s retro cool.

# Every man has a place In his heart there's a space

# And the world can't erase his fantasies... #

And the man responsible for all of this is Andy Saunders,

and he is sitting right in front of you.

Andy, you're a mechanic by trade,

so how did you get involved in interior design?

The interior design thing came about, really, just through the love of cars.

The design of the cars from the '50s

and the eccentric way that the fins grew just led me to '50s architecture and the diners.

Drive-in cinemas and hotels, and everything from that period.

Why in British suburbia? Did you not feel like relocating to Miami, maybe?

Well, I was born in Poole and I love Poole.

So, it's really funny.

If People come back here for a party they just can't understand,

they walk into what is a very, very normal-looking house and then go, "Wow!"

-And it usually blows their mind, to be honest.

-I bet it does.

You've transported them to LA.

It baffles them, why anyone would want to live like this, to be honest.

What is it about Americana that fascinates you?

It's just the flamboyant-ness of such kitsch and almost tacky ideas.

Like the female form was everywhere in the '50s.

You could get vases and water bottles and dolls and everything in the shape of women.

And then the car thing was fins and chrome.

It was just like,

it was flamboyant for the sake of being ridiculous, in a way.

Well, you've certainly done it with style and flair.

You've given every item in here the space it deserves,

so it looks like a piece of sculpture.

-Where do you find all your kit from?

-A lot of it comes from local auction houses.

There was quite a bit, about 12 years ago, that came from the council tip.

You could go there and just pick it up.

And the people would let you.

Which has all been stopped for health and safety.

The hairdryer in the '50s room, that is actually from the council tip.

It is just fabulous. Camden Market is a good place.

Just everywhere. You go to Brighton. You just keep your eyes open.

When you're trying to get a room completely perfect, you find that one bit and it excites you so much.

So, you've had some great buys? You did the right thing.

Invested in something you absolutely loved and put a smile on your face before it was fashionable.

Because if you try to buy all this kit now, ten years later,

-it would be ten times the price.

-You are correct. In Camden Market, some of the lamps that I bought

were just a few pounds, and now, if you see very similar articles, you're talking 200 or £300.

And what is nice is, I didn't buy it for that reason, I've bought it because I wanted them like that.

You've made the transition to interior designer beautifully.

Everything is set in its place and it's the space around these objects which makes them work.

But you are a mechanic by trade - I'd certainly like to see some of the cars you've worked with.

Well, this is where it all goes on -

in Andy's workshop just behind the house.

This is where he remodels all his cars. And what we are sitting in is a prototype.

-It's the world's safest car. Well, allegedly.

-Supposedly!

Possibly!

What is it?

We're sat in the 1957 Aurora.

Which was made by a priest and his own motor company in 1957 in Connecticut.

He started the Aurora motor company with the view of making the safest car in the world.

Some of the safety features which it had are in practice today.

Such as seat belts - nothing in 1957 had seatbelts.

It's got side impact protection.

It's got the rolled cage, so to speak.

But then it had the ridiculous idea -

the two most stupid things which make this...

possibly the most famous parts of it - are firstly the seats.

In an accident, you can swivel 180 degrees so you go into the accident backwards!

-I'm sitting in the accident going backwards.

-You're in the accident position, yeah!

And then you've got the windscreen,

which is possibly the most infamous part of the car.

He wanted it so that if you run anyone over,

they didn't go through the glass, they banged of a rounded surface.

So actually from the driving position,

you have 4½ ft from your forehead to the glass, which is ludicrous.

It's virtually impossible to see out the front!

You found this in Connecticut, bought it, and had it shipped over?

How much did you pay for it?

I paid £950 for...

It wasn't in this condition?

No. It was left in a field behind a garage in 1962 or '63

and I bought it 30 years later.

It's a good job you're a mechanic because obviously you can do a lot of these things at cost price.

But you must have to put in an awful lot of weekends and late nights.

When I get into a project, I become locked into it.

And I will work four, five, six hours a night.

The nearer it comes to completion, the more hours I put in. Just because I have to.

Once I start, I can't finish until it's finished.

And then I'm usually worn out for a couple of months!

You're a man on a mission!

Thank you very much for showing me around all the cars.

I haven't seen one that's roadworthy.

But I tell you what I'd love to do is hitch a lift

-to get straight back to the valuation day.

-I'll give you a lift to the lighthouse.

-Thanks.

EXHAUST THUNDERS

Well, I hope we get there in one piece! OK, Andy, take it away!

# Two hours of pushin' broom

# Buys an eight-twelve four bit room

# I'm a man of means by no means

# King of the road. #

Well, after that hair-raising journey,

let's see if there are more thrills and spills to be had back at the valuation day.

Angela, I can only say one word to you and that's Beswick.

And I believed you should pronounce it as Bes-wick.

I understand you say the W.

-Who told you that?

-I think I read it somewhere.

-Did you?

-Yes.

Well, I'm going to carry on calling them Beswick. I think...

Different people have different views on this.

-It doesn't affect what we've got here.

-No, quite.

Which obviously, you know they are Bes-wick. Where did you get them from?

This one, I think, I bought at the antiques fair.

-How long ago?

-Oh, eight or nine years ago I should think.

And what did you pay for it?

Well, my husband seems to think I paid in the region of 150-£160.

OK. And this one?

I can't remember where I bought that,

but he thinks I paid the same amount of money.

Right. And you want to sell them?

-Yes, it would be nice.

-So why did you buy them?

-I liked them at the time,

but I'm trying to get rid of quite a few things.

-Having a clear-out?

-I am.

-Do you know what they're called?

-I don't know...

-That's called the Huntswoman.

-Oh, is it a Huntswoman? Oh right.

Huntswoman. And this is, I think, called Girl Jumping The Fence.

I think that's the correct expression.

They're both designed, modelled by the same person.

Do you know who did them?

-No, I don't.

-Arthur Gressingham did both these two. And dates?

I think these figures were made,

roughly speaking, between 1940...

sort of the end of the war, say, '45 to 1960.

-Would that fit in with what you were thinking?

-Yes, I would have thought so, yes.

Do you think they have gone up in value?

-I think so, yes.

-Well, I think they have.

But I don't think they've jumped through the roof!

I was hoping they would gallop away with the price!

Oh, very good! Very good!

-I think they're worth £200-300 each.

-Yes.

That would be a saleroom estimate.

I'd be a bit disappointed if they didn't edge towards the top of that figure.

How would that fit in with your theory on selling them?

-Yes, I think that would be acceptable, yes.

-Estimate 200-300.

Reserve them at 200. And we'll put a fixed reserve on at 200.

If they do well, it might entice you to go back into the cupboard and pull out some more.

-Probably! Probably.

-That's what Flog It's all about!

-Hello there.

-Hello, Mark.

-A lovely little piece here.

-Give us a little bit of the history of it.

-Well, I don't know very much about it.

It was given to me by a neighbour.

My husband and I used to keep an eye on her, do a bit of gardening.

And she gave it to me one day.

-And was she Danish?

-No, she was very English.

I don't know where she got it from.

She didn't say anything about it.

Because it is, of course, Danish in origin.

It's by a manufacturer called Georg Jensen,

who is famous for Art-Deco design.

This particular brooch with this very stylised deer or antelope

with stylised foliage around it, I think is designed by a designer called Arno Malinowski.

-A bit of a mouthful.

-It's quite a mouthful.

But it's a lovely piece.

Originally, as I say, produced in the '20s and '30s.

This has also got an import mark on it.

And I think the marks on there are post-1945.

But still a very attractive and desirable piece.

And I think it would appeal to young, modern people as well

because it's such a simple design.

It's very up to date, isn't it?

Very. Do you wear it yourself?

-I don't. I'm not a jewellery person.

-So it's been hidden in a drawer all these years?

-It has, yes.

-And now you've decided to come along and flog it today?

-I have, yes.

-Wonderful.

Well, I like it a lot, and I think if you put it in for sale,

we should put maybe an estimate of £150-200.

And maybe just put the reserve at 100, so that we don't give it away on the day.

-Is that all right with you?

-It's fine, yes.

On the face of it, Hazel, this is incredibly boring.

But I think you're going to prove me wrong, aren't you?

-Tell me where you got it from.

-It's from the Queen Mary.

The old Queen Mary.

And it was acquired somewhere along the line - it came into the family.

I like the word acquired! Come on, how did you get it?

Was there a relative on board?

A great-grandfather a captain of the Queen Mary?

Well, it's only a story, but I think so, yes.

And when the Queen Mary actually went out of commission, certain parts and pieces...

left the ship before she went to be in America!

So if we have a look at the bottom, it will tell us all about it.

Well, it does say Cunard White Star under there, so...

And indeed, Cunard White Star.

Tuscan China. So it's Staffordshire Potteries.

The Queen Mary was kitted out in 1936.

This was done for first class.

First-class passengers had this.

So it's the poshest of the posh, Cunard.

The problem is, it is what it is - china.

And if you are sailing on a ship, it's going to damage.

And presumably this is all there is left?

Yes. There might be another cup.

So from a retail point of view,

we've got a bit of a problem here - three cups, four saucers,

four plates. There's not enough for me to say to you, this is going to change your life.

But the story is amazing,

how it got there.

If we look at one or two of these pieces,

I'm afraid...

It's well cracked.

Cracked. Rough voyage...

-Bad waiter!

-Bad wait...! Bad waiter or a rough journey!

Look at that. That's cracked. Once you get a crack, the water then goes under

the glazing, discolours it - there's nothing you can do with that.

So we're looking at bits and bobs, I'm afraid.

Somebody will buy these, I don't think, frankly, for the pattern.

I don't think for the design. They are purely going to buy it for where it came from.

And you'll get fanatics that will want to collect things relating

to Cunard and specifically, relating to the Queen Mary.

So I think we've got to say it's got a value. How much?

I'm supposed to be a valuer, but I haven't got a clue!

I'd be very surprised if you got up to £100

and would expect, if it's catalogued properly, £40-£60.

But my advice is let's put them in the auction

-and see how much they make.

-Yes.

-Are you happy with that?

-Play the game!

-Yes, have a go.

Earlier in the auction, we had some mixed results,

so let's hope we can improve on that.

What are the odds for Angela's pair of Beswick horses?

Georg Jensen usually attracts lots of attention.

Or, there's plenty of history with Cunard crockery

from the ocean liner, Queen Mary.

This is what all the ladies are collecting right now - Georg Jensen.

A wonderful bit of silverwork.

Our experts have put £150-£200 on this.

I would have said it's worth that, but I've just noticed

just there and there, there's a little bit of damage.

A bit of a crease. It has altered that.

It will spoil it a bit because people want to buy them in perfect condition.

You do with jewellery, especially Georg Jensen silver.

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

-I'm told we either have to call them Jensen or "Gurg" Jenson?

-Really?

-Because he wasn't actually called George.

-It's spelt George!

-Him being a foreign kind of chap!

-OK, Scandinavian jewellery.

-I've had big instructions - Georg Jenson is what he is!

I think we'll sell it, I think it's very attractive.

And the deer is a nice model and 150-200 seems perfectly reasonable.

-If that was in good condition, 350 maybe.

-I think 300-400, yes.

With that little bit of damage it will knock it a bit,

but still I think we'll be over 200 for it.

Right, Angela's Beswick horses.

She brought them in to our valuation day and both were valued separately

with a price tag of £200-£300 on each horse and rider.

Unfortunately, this horse's rider,

you can just see here, her leg's fallen off.

That happened in transit.

What's going to happen is, lot number 118 has been withdrawn

from the sale. And she will get reimbursed to the value of the item.

It's covered because it's property of the auction room for this month,

while they're lotting it up, cataloguing it,

photographing it and getting it on the Internet.

And it's on view for the public to pick up and handle.

So it's got to be insured and she will get her money.

We'll see later on if the remaining horse makes a good price for Angela,

but first under the hammer is the lovely silver brooch.

Something for all you ladies. Silver Georg Jensen.

I think this will do the top end of the estimate, hopefully the 250 mark.

-We're looking at 150-250.

-We are.

Very stylish.

I like decorative arts and this is really... That stylised decoration.

-Very collectable.

-Very sought after. Good name.

Jensen silver brooch.

Very stylish, Jensen, highly collectable, 20th-century jewellery.

Who will start me, please, at £50 for the Jensen? 50 bid.

60 I'll take. 70.

80. 90.

At £80. 90. 100.

And 10, 120. 130, 140.

At £130, any advance on £130?

140 anyone like? Going 130...

He sold it, the hammer went down.

We nearly, nearly got a 40.

He was wavering.

Angela and the Beswick horses.

We saw Charlie value two earlier at the valuation day.

Angela, I'm so sorry. You know, cos we've been on the phone,

one of the rider's feet has broken.

So we've withdrawn one, you have been insured, you'll get paid by the auction room.

But we're just about to sell the first one now. Good luck.

Now, lot 117, which is the Beswick figure of a huntswoman. There she is.

And I've got £100 bid.

Anyone give me 10 to start it further on? 110, 120, and rightly so.

130 anywhere? 130 anyone like?

130, 140, 140.

150, 160. Any advance on 160?

170 anyone like?

At £160, Beswick collectors at 160.

Is everybody out at 160?

I'll take 170.

Selling then at 160.

He didn't sell that. 170, that's all it got in the room.

That's auctions for you, isn't it?

Oh, dear! It's not been a good day, has it?

Really, it's not been a good day!

It's been an experience.

Serving up for you right now,

-we've got Hazel and that lovely... part tea service.

-Yes, it is.

From the Queen Mary.

If we sell this, which we're going to because there's no reserve,

£40-£60, the money is going towards...

It's going towards a little trip to see the Queen Mary.

-How lovely!

-We hope.

Exactly! I think Charlie hopes so as well!

There'll be about as much money to get you on a canoe to go and see it!

That would be a lot more fun!

I think the problem is the damage, really. It's been on a rough journey, a rough cruise, I think.

A lot of bits are chipped.

It's had a stormy voyage.

Just a little bit of damage there. We don't want it. We don't like it.

It's horrible.

Well, let's flog it, let's do the business. This is it.

Lot 53 is an interesting lot -

this collection of Tuscan china cups and saucers.

Which was, we believe,

used in the first-class compartment of the Queen Mary.

Good job it wasn't the Lusitania or the Titanic!

Otherwise we wouldn't be able to sell it. Here we go.

For this lot, can you start me off at £10? Interesting lot for collectors.

-£10!

-Have 10, 15 anyone say?

15, 20, 5 anyone like?

-30, 30, at £30.

-Go on, more, more!

There's no further bidding. 5, 40 sir.

-We've got 40.

-I don't want it!

50, 50, 5.

No, at £50 on the back there.

And a fiver I'll take, 5, 60.

60, 5, 70, 5, 80.

-This is good.

-I'm pleased with this.

90, 5, 100 and 10.

120, 130, 140.

150, no, £140 near me,

against you on the back. Going at 140, I sell.

140, the hammer's going down!

£140, Hazel!

Think what that'll be with 28 black.

Buy you a lobster, on the flight.

Not in the canoe!

I can't believe that that went for that much. It's really damaged.

What would it have made had it been perfect, had there been a full service?

-I'll look to see if there's any more.

-Why don't you? Enjoy the trip to the States as well.

-Thank you.

Thank you very much for coming in.

The auction is still going on behind me, but it's all over for our owners.

We've had a mixed day, but we've had some good results and I've made some new friends - look at this!

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