0:00:02 > 0:00:06Lennon and McCartney wrote She Loves You here. I know you'll think, "Never, Paul!"
0:00:06 > 0:00:12Well, you're totally wrong! It was in Newcastle and that's where we are today. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Newcastle and the northeast once meant mining and shipbuilding,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52but times have changed, and now it's a lively, modern city
0:00:52 > 0:00:55known better for the arts and its leisure facilities.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03The Metro Radio Arena was modelled on Madison Square Gardens in New York,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06and it's a stunning venue,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09and I bet the noise is deafening when there's a capacity crowd.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13It was conceived by local lad Chas Chandler of The Animals,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17and on its opening night, it brought David Bowie to Newcastle,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19but today Flog It! is top of the bill.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24The centre is filling up. Everybody is unpacking their bags and boxes.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Searching for the big names in the collectibles today
0:01:27 > 0:01:31are experts Kate Bliss and Anita Manning.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It seems funny to get excited about a pair of book ends,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40but I think they're lovely. Where have they come from?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- They came from Southall, near Nottingham.- Right.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- My daughter, she used to be in rather a posh school...- Right.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52We had this garden party. These were on the white elephant stall.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58Before they said, "I declare this garden party open," I was ready. I saw they were Asprey of London.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- I thought, "I'll have them." They were 50p.- 50p?!- 50p.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- How long ago was that? - About 20 years ago.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- So your daughter has long left the school.- Yes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13So as soon as the fete was opened, you were there, dashed straight in.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- What a bargain, Pam. I think they're absolutely super.- Good.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24We've got the Asprey's name on the bottom. "Retailed by Asprey & Co Ltd, London."
0:02:24 > 0:02:28A Bond Street name like that is so well-known, it's always going to add a premium.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34And, for these, it shows the quality they are. Beautifully made.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37They are, course, leather, and they FEEL so nice.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39They feel absolutely lovely.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45But if we look at the inside, we can see, originally, they were that beautiful dark green. Really nice.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Regency green, really.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52That's the style I'd call them - Regency-style,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55with this beautiful, generous classical scroll,
0:02:55 > 0:03:02and then this lovely gilt tooled running border - floral, leafage border - all around the scrolls.
0:03:02 > 0:03:08- A joy in any study, wouldn't they be? - Yes. How old do you think they are?
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- I think they probably date from about 1910, 1920.- Really?- Yes.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Certainly early 20th century, I'd say.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19The detail is just lovely, even to these little borders.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22They've been finished off beautifully.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28- Why do you want to sell them, what made you bring them along today? - I don't know, really.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- I'm not sure you do want to sell them!- I picked them up and thought, "I'll take them.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- "See what happens." - What about value? Any ideas?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- No, none at all.- You paid 50p? - I paid 50p.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46I think they're super quality, also very useful items. Very functional.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50I think somebody could pay £100 for these.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Really?- Hm.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57I'd like to put an estimate of 70 to £100, an auction estimate,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00but I'd pay that for them, easily. I can see someone else paying more.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I think they'll go pretty well for you.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06A very good buy all that time ago.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- It'll go towards my pocket money for my holiday in Cape Town. - Cape Town? Lovely.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Catherine, this certainly isn't a baby doll.- No, she's quite big!
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- One of the biggest dolls I've seen for a wee while.- Right.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27She's lovely.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33She's a German doll, made by Armand Marseille.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38This factory started in Germany in about 1867.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41This is a later doll.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Where did you get her? - I know that she was bought in 1930
0:04:44 > 0:04:50for an aunt of mine, and she was bought in a trade fair in the Midlands.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53But, apart from that, I don't know anything else about it.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56How did you come by her?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Well, this auntie died last year and I inherited.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03You became her adoptive mother!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Yes, yes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Where did she stay in your house? Did she get a room of her own?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Well, she's in the bedroom - but not my bedroom.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16She's a big girl
0:05:16 > 0:05:18but she's quite an interesting girl.
0:05:18 > 0:05:25Her composition body, all the limbs are jointed which is good.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Wrists, elbow, shoulders and thighs.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35She has this wonderful colour blue in her eyes which is good
0:05:35 > 0:05:39and an open mouth with these dainty white teeth.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45So if we turn her round, we can see the markings of Armand Marseille
0:05:45 > 0:05:47on the back. We have AM
0:05:47 > 0:05:55and we also have 390, the number 390, which is the head mould.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59She's all there and I'd say in good condition -
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- her hair is a bit straggly... - It is a bit.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I think it's the original hair.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's a bit fly away.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10She looks as if she's been dragged through a hedge backwards!
0:06:12 > 0:06:16I know she's got a wistful expression
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- but there's something quite sweet about it.- I know.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21You want to look after her.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23You don't want to look after her?!
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- No, she's too big. - You want to flog her. Price-wise.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I'd say between 200 and £300.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Would you be happy to sell her at that price?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Yes, I would.
0:06:35 > 0:06:43I think we'll put her into auction and perhaps a reserve of 180. Would you feel happy with that, Catherine?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Yes, I would. That's fine. - Tell me, does she have a name?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50No, she never had a name.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Poor wee soul.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Never ever had a name which is strange but she was never called...
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- Maybe her next owner will give her a name after all these years. - I hope so, definitely.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Something has just caught my eye and it's here.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12We're always looking out for that odd curio and I think I've found one today. Hello, what's your name?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Alison.- May I move your handbag and sit next to you?
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Now, wow, is it an early bingo machine? Can I play with it?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Yeah.- And all these little balls are marked.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31- Tell me the story. - Well, my uncle had a pub and it was used as a bingo machine
0:07:31 > 0:07:38and then we went to Beamish for the day and apparently the number on the ball is the Pitman's number
0:07:38 > 0:07:45and when they sank a new shaft, if it was dangerous the ball dropped out and he would open the seam.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47So it's a bit like drawing the short straw.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49You turn the handle like that.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50And the dust comes out.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56Well, I can see where the ball comes out here, which is spring-loaded.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And then it drops into the tray at the bottom.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05This is a hard thing to value because it does belong to a bygone museum.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I've not seen one for sale before and I've never seen one in my life
0:08:09 > 0:08:14before but I'd love to see this get around about 150 to £250.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17That's what I'd like but...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I bet an auctioneer would come along and say what's the use of it.
0:08:20 > 0:08:29Very hard to sell. He'll probably put his cliche 80 to 120 on it but it might find the 150 mark.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30A lot of work has gone into that.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33It's been made by an engineer and it's built to last.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It does take a lot of abuse.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I think it's a piece of a functional sculpture. I love orbs.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I love round things and globes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43That to me has got the look.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Why do you want to sell it?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Well, I've got a big Singer sewing machine
0:08:48 > 0:08:52and it sits underneath the Singer on the treadle of the old Singer.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- It's on display then?- It's on display but it gathers dust
0:08:56 > 0:08:58and I think it's been there too long.
0:08:58 > 0:09:05I don't mind putting it into auction with the 80 to 120 and I'd like to see it do 150.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Good grief.- Shall we?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Go on then. Go for it.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13And I'll probably never see one in my life again.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17I don't want to sell it now!
0:09:17 > 0:09:18I do, I do!
0:09:24 > 0:09:28This stood out among all the tea sets in the queue I was looking at.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30What made you want to bring it along today?
0:09:30 > 0:09:35I bought a picture, I've had it about three years and I saw a moth
0:09:35 > 0:09:39go in the back so I opened it and I came across the picture.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42You came across this at the back of the picture you bought?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- So didn't know that you got it? - No, I didn't know at all.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And where did you get the original picture from?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- I got it down at Clitheroe. - At an auction house?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- At an auction.- And what was that of?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57A Shire picture but it was a tea towel.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00So what did you pay for the picture of the Shire horse?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02£12.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Well, not bad having that stuck on the back as well.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Have you tried to do any research or anything?
0:10:07 > 0:10:14No, I just saw Flog It! advertised in the paper and I thought I'd come along and see what it was worth.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16If it was worth anything at all.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17OK. Let's have a closer look.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20This is an original gouache picture.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Gouache and perhaps a little bit of watercolour.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26You can see it's a really vibrant battle scene, isn't it?
0:10:26 > 0:10:31It's signed, down in the bottom left-hand corner.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35We've got a signature for Mortelmans, '73.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40He's in fact a 20th century artist and it's a battle scene but we've got
0:10:40 > 0:10:45it titled on the back, it's printed "At Them With A Bayonet".
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I see we've got some notes in the margin,
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Worcester's, in brackets, which is the Battalion, at Perozeshah, it looks like.
0:10:53 > 0:11:00The setting is in India with these gentlemen in turbans fighting. Do you like it?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Yes, but it doesn't appeal to me because of the fighting.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05It's a bit gruesome.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07We've somebody here
0:11:07 > 0:11:11at death's door. The bayonet about to puncture him.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15In fact, there's something else important about it.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19It's for a book illustration, I believe.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25Mortelmans did various illustrations, several novels by P G Wodehouse.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29There are noted a couple of battle scenes that have come up for auction.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33So what about price? What sort of value do you think would go on that?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I wouldn't know.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39I think at auction, his prices do vary,
0:11:39 > 0:11:45and I think on this, because it's for a book illustration, it makes it less commercial.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'd like to put 150 to 250 on it.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- How does that sound to you?- Fine.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Are you happy to sell it at that? - Yeah.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58It's not bad considering you paid £12 and got two pictures for that price.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03- Very nice.- That's lovely. We'll put it in with that estimate
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- and I hope we get a good price for you.- Thank you.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11We've all been working flat out.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14It's halfway through our day which means it's our first trip
0:12:14 > 0:12:17to the auction room, one of the most exciting parts of the show.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Let's hope we hit the top end of our experts' valuations.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Fingers crossed for our owners.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Before we go to the auction here is a quick recap.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I loved these leather bookends.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30They should go far.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35The German doll is looking for a new owner who will give her a name, hopefully.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39And I found this machine and I hope it's number comes up.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42As should the painting which was revealed by a moth.
0:12:50 > 0:12:56Today's sale comes from the Boldon Auction Galleries and today's auctioneer is Giles Hodges.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01They've got to be doing something right. They're about to celebrate 25 years in business.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Pam's scrolled bookends.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11They are great. They've got the look.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Fabulous quality, perfect decorator's piece, good-quality leather and got the name.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19They have, Asprey, haven't they? They look right.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Little tiny capitals. What wonderful bookends.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I think these are cheap at £70.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26So do I. Definitely.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Extremely confident we'll do over 100.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35I was going to say extremely confident we will do over 150.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I'd think you're probably right.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- They're going to go.- I'd hope so. - I'd have them in my house.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45And me, too. Favourite lot of the day. Shame about the little dent on the top.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It doesn't really matter.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52It would be good to see how they do later but first up it's Catherine's big German doll.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57200 to £300 is riding on this next lot.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- It's a German doll and it's Catherine's - hopefully for not much longer.- I hope it goes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Why are you flogging it?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07It's not really my thing. It's a very large doll.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11My daughter and son don't want it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13So we need a doll collector.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Yes, we do.- Will we find one? The pressure is on. Are you a doll collector?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20It's not the kind of doll you could hold in your arms.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It's a big cracker!
0:14:26 > 0:14:31This one is going to be interesting. I think the valuation is right.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- I hope so. - Good German maker, as well.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Not an uncommon head but people might like it because of the size.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Let's hope big is beautiful.- It is,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43so they say.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44You're looking at me?!
0:14:46 > 0:14:50The Armand Marseille German doll. I'm bid 100 to start.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53120. 140.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54160. 180.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- 200.- We're there.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00220. At 220. Still with me.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02240. 260.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Still climbing.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06280. 300.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09At £300, anybody else left?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12At £300 and we're away at 300.
0:15:12 > 0:15:18- Bang on target.- Big is beautiful. - Big is good.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Brilliant. I'm delighted.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22What's that going towards?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Probably a treat for my son and daughter.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Maybe a nice meal out.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Because if Sarah had wanted it she could have had it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I'll treat them to something.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Do something daft. - And treat yourself as well.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39How would you spend it doing something daft?
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Well, something extravagant you'd not do at any other time, like put the money on a horse.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Go gambling!
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Yeah, live dangerously.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58This is a great story and a great watercolour and it belongs to Deborah.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You found this behind another painting?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Yes.- As Kate unearthed at the valuation day,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08putting a valuation of 150 to 250 on this. It's divine and charming.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Lots of action. It's full of life.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I think the movement in it is fantastic.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19But it's great that there's a good book section in this sale because it's a book illustration.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23All the book people will have viewed it as well as the watercolour buyers.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Which might just put the price up. It's unfinished which I love.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Whoever buys this could cut the top off because there's a lot of the sky that's unfinished.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37If you lower it down, hey presto, you could have a slightly finished picture on the cheap!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Anyway, let's see if it goes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41"At Them With A Bayonet".
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Edward Mortelmans, dated 1973.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50I'm bid 100 straight in. 100. 110. 120.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54At 120. 130 now?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56At £120. 130 anybody?
0:16:56 > 0:17:02At £120, are we all done at 120?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04We had a reserve of 150.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06A couple of bids short on that.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08That's really disappointing.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09You know what you've got to do.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Hang on to that for a little while.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15That needs to go to a specialist sale.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17No problem, you know.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- I think it's great. - Never costs anything to keep it.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25- Exactly.- Just keep it in that condition because the colours are still so vivid.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30It's not marked at all. Because it's not framed around the glass it could easily be damaged.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Look after it.- Keep it out the sunlight.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I'll put it back where it was.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- Well, I suppose you could. Watch out for the moths. - Tuck it away for a few years.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Fingers crossed, Alison. Are we ready for this?
0:17:46 > 0:17:52You could say Alison's number is up because you've been using this as a bingo caller. Or it has in the pub.
0:17:52 > 0:17:59We know the miners used this, who drew the short straw opened the new seam.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Hopefully I haven't drawn the short straw and the valuation is right.
0:18:03 > 0:18:09I had a word with Giles and he's contacted all heritage centres, the Beamish Museum, you never know.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I don't know anyone who would want it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15As long as it doesn't go home to my dining room where it'll gather more dust.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I'm sure it's created the interest here.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19You could use it as a bingo caller.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24I think that's a great idea. And we have a full house here so who knows?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Fingers crossed, this is going to do the business.- Let us go for it.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Lot number 372, slight alteration to the catalogue.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32It's called a cabling machine
0:18:32 > 0:18:35used by the miners when they dug a new seam.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Each miner was allocated a number.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41If you got number one you with first in.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45I've got two bids to start. I'm bid 50. At 50.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51Five. 60. Five. At £65. 70. 5.
0:18:51 > 0:18:5680. Right at the back by the door at £80.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58At £80, all done at 80.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Yes! Hammer has gone down.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- £80.- I don't believe it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07At least I don't have to take it home to gather more dust.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09It needs to be on display.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I loved that. I'd have that in my house.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14It's a great talking point.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Fab. Excellent.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Well, fancy that!
0:19:23 > 0:19:28I've just been joined by Pam who's hopefully turning 50p into £100
0:19:28 > 0:19:31with those Asprey bookends. I absolutely adore them.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I love the leather. They're so tactile.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I would certainly like to own them and I know Kate would as well.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39They're super.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Pam has such a good eye to pounce on them and beat everyone else to them.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I had a chat with the auctioneer earlier
0:19:46 > 0:19:49and he said, yes, they're quality.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53You're going to do money and hopefully £50 plus.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Let's hope we get 150 quid.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01- That would be fantastic. - The money is going towards a big trip to Cape Town.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- How stunning. How long are you going out there for?- Three weeks.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Oh, wonderful. Kate has been there.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I have. I did my first parasend off Lion's Head.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- Gosh.- Will you be doing that?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- I don't think so. I don't like heights.- You want to go whale-watching, don't you?
0:20:17 > 0:20:24Good luck. Right now, let's watch these bookends go. They're going under the hammer now.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28664 - the pair of Asprey & Co Ltd gilt leather,
0:20:28 > 0:20:33Regency-style scrolled bookends. 1920s stamped.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I'm bid 100 to start them.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Straight in.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41120, 130, 140, 150,
0:20:41 > 0:20:46160, 170, 180, 190.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50200, 210, 220.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Ooh, they love them.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53240, 250!
0:20:53 > 0:20:58250, 260, 270, 280.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02290, 300.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Good heavens. - Good heavens, yes, good heavens.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09340, 360, 380,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13380, the pillar at 380.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Missed anybody? At £380.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Hammer's gone down.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20When two people really love something at auction,
0:21:20 > 0:21:25they will pay a lot more than what we thought they were worth, that's for sure.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Fantastic.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30£380, South Africa, here we come.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Fantastic. Thank you very much. - A nice bit of spending money.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I'm shocked.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39So am I. Wish I had a few of those.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Do you want to go next door and have a drink?
0:21:41 > 0:21:45I know. If I had some bookends like that, Asprey ones identical at home,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- I'd sell them for 380, that's for sure.- They're lovely, aren't they. - Yeah.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm now heading back to Newcastle to meet a Durham artist
0:21:56 > 0:22:02who drew much of his inspiration from Spennymoor, a local mining town.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Norman Cornish exhibits and sells his work here
0:22:05 > 0:22:10at Northumbria University Gallery and he's been a professional artist for 40 years now.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16But way back in 1933 at the age of 14, he started out his working life
0:22:16 > 0:22:20down a pit - and the colliery was nicknamed the butcher's shop.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24And we can all imagine how tough conditions were down the mines.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28A life where boys were quickly made into men.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32You always had the feeling that if you've got an ability to draw
0:22:32 > 0:22:37and a desire to do so, you think, "Oh, why can't I use this
0:22:37 > 0:22:41"rather than go round with a pick and shovel and work with that."
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Let's remember this. The pick and shovel business, the pit if you like,
0:22:46 > 0:22:52it was a kind, a rough kind but a kind of art school in itself.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Norman, it sounds pretty grim.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58I don't know how I would have coped at the age of 14 working down a pit.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00What was it like and how long were you a miner for?
0:23:00 > 0:23:0332-and-a-half years, actually.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05That's hard graft.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Well, it's like everything else, you get used to it.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13The first shift starts at about half-past three in the morning and you get used to that as well.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I've got to say, your work is absolutely stunning.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20What's going on here in your mind when you're painting this?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Well, it's very important to tell you that I was just 14
0:23:22 > 0:23:27and I had started work and, believe it or not, it sounds like a story written by one of these romantic
0:23:27 > 0:23:34writers but it's gospel truth, the first thing I had to go through was a big long tunnel under the railway.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40It was pitch black and when I got the other end, it was fine and it started to snow and blizzard
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and I was delighted because it lightened everything up.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- However, I walked to the mine, that's what I saw.- That's what it was.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53It was this great gantry and there was men and it was all very strange and all very mysterious.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58And there was all these steel ropes and steel handrails and steel things.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01The men were going up with oil lamps and as they walked, they were going
0:24:01 > 0:24:06with all these lights, like that, they looked like a load of fireflies
0:24:06 > 0:24:13and I thought, "My God, it looks like a big steel spider's web that has got them,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17"has captured them, is going to load them down this big hole into the pit."
0:24:17 > 0:24:19That's that picture.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Would you say you had any influences then, any famous masters or contemporary artists around you?
0:24:24 > 0:24:31Well, I knew nothing about painting and I wasn't particularly interested in painting in that sense.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32But I was very interested in drawing.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37However, when I started work I was very, very fortunate
0:24:37 > 0:24:41because I saw a poster advertising an exhibition
0:24:41 > 0:24:44of work by the Spennymoor settlement sketching club.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Marvellous, I didn't know we had one.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48So I went straight away to the exhibition.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Wonderful, I thought I was in heaven. You know.
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Norman joined the sketching club and it gave him the confidence to paint the people and the places he knew.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01And it changed the course of his life.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03How can one paint about
0:25:03 > 0:25:06life if we don't live?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09You see, we must have something about which to paint
0:25:09 > 0:25:12and if we want to paint about life, if we want to snatch
0:25:12 > 0:25:14little pieces of life as they happen,
0:25:14 > 0:25:20they're happening all the time in the mainstream of the world,
0:25:20 > 0:25:27and it doesn't matter where you're at, provided it's a sincere job of work which is being
0:25:27 > 0:25:30sincerely done. Life is happening there.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36When did you actually realise you could leave the mine and work as an artist?
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Well, you see, for 20 years, working in the mines, I also was
0:25:41 > 0:25:46painting and exhibiting work from time to time and selling work.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Indeed, sometimes I made far more as an artist than as a miner.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Not too often but sometimes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:59Norman's paintings are a powerful record of an industry and a way of life that are no more.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03You painted a lot of your fellow colleagues in the pubs and on the way to work and down the mine.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05What did they think of your work?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Well, they were wonderful because they didn't bother me.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11When I went into lovely pubs
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and I discovered that local pubs, or any pub,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18more so then than now, actually, was a wonderful place to draw.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21There was men just being themselves.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25There weren't trying to be Cary Grant or John Wayne, they were being
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Joe and Harry and Tom, you know. Wonderful.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Do you think, to be a successful artist, you've got to have more
0:26:39 > 0:26:41than just the ability to draw or paint well?
0:26:41 > 0:26:46If you can draw very well, and if you can work hard and you can
0:26:46 > 0:26:53paint very well, that's very useful, but it's no good at all if you haven't got the other ingredient,
0:26:53 > 0:27:00and that is to have the kind of brain which thinks and feels intensely.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05It feels enough to want to do something about the feel about the thing.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Norman, you're now 86.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12- I must say, you don't look it. You look really young, but are you still painting?- Yes, well, you don't stop.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14If you're a writer,
0:27:14 > 0:27:21actor, a painter, I reckon you go on until you can't go on any longer.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23You don't just stop.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25It's a bit like breathing.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Norman, thank you very much for taking time out to talk to us.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It really has been a pleasure talking to you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34You've certainly had a life of two halves and a great one by the sounds of it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Well, thank you very much, but to me it's just life.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Now, back to the valuation day, where Anita has found a little box of delights.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Tricia, what a lovely little set of William Shakespeare.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Let's have look in the box.
0:27:58 > 0:28:04Beautiful box, by the way, little leather-bound box and if we open it up,
0:28:04 > 0:28:13we have this delightful little set of six volumes and it's the complete works of William Shakespeare.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17I always say to people today condition is so important.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22And these little books are really in mint condition.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Thank you.- Let's take one out and have a look at it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Again, leather-bound with the gilt titles of the plays
0:28:30 > 0:28:35on the front here and very nice gilt flowery decoration on the spine.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38And let's have a look at the inside cover here.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41What we have is "The Bijou Shakespeare".
0:28:41 > 0:28:45I think that's a lovely name, The Bijou Shakespeare.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- The wee books.- The wee books. - As we would call it in Scotland, the wee books.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55- Now, these little books are illustrated, Tricia, which is always better.- Right.
0:28:55 > 0:29:01However, these aren't lithographic illustrations, they're photographic,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03which are usually not as good, but...
0:29:03 > 0:29:10what these pictures are of is famous actors and actresses of the day.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15And I think that adds to the charm and collectability of them.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18If we look at this one, we have Ellen Terry,
0:29:18 > 0:29:22who's a very famous actress of the early 1900s
0:29:22 > 0:29:25and there she is as Viola in Twelfth Night.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- And for me, I think that gives added interest.- Yeah.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31So, why do you want to sell them, Tricia?
0:29:31 > 0:29:37My mother-in-law's obviously put them in the cupboard and they've been forgotten about
0:29:37 > 0:29:41and it's a shame to leave them there, because obviously, my son doesn't read them.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Right, is he not into Shakespeare?
0:29:43 > 0:29:48He's more into Harry Potter and Horrid Henry books than Shakespeare.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- These are things of the day. Maybe he'll come round to Shakespeare in time.- Hopefully one day.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Now, Tricia, this type of item is quite desirable because it's complete
0:29:57 > 0:30:00and it's in a nice little box and it's in good condition.
0:30:00 > 0:30:07- Right.- I would like to put an estimate of perhaps 25-35,
0:30:07 > 0:30:1030-40, in that region and hope,
0:30:10 > 0:30:15you know, that someone will go a little further than that. I don't think we can go too high.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20- That's fine.- Would you be happy to sell it within that estimate?- Yes.
0:30:20 > 0:30:26Let's put it in 25-35 with a reserve of perhaps £20.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27That's fine, yes.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Not a lot of money but it'll go to someone who'll enjoy it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Exactly, somebody might get pleasure.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36That's one of the important things.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- Let's put it to auction, let's flog it.- Exactly.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49The first thing I'd like to see is it's great to have a pair.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Pairs always sell better than single items
0:30:51 > 0:30:56and with these particular vases, they're in really good condition.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- Yes.- So you've obviously looked after them very well. - Just leaving them there, I think.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Had to give them a good wash last night.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Did you? They've come up well.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07So, how long have you had them? Where have they come from?
0:31:07 > 0:31:11I inherited them from my father, well, from my parents, obviously.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- Why have you brought them along? - I wanted to know more about them.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I mean, the date on the bottom,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- I've looked and it's 1882. - You had a good look then.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22They're in remarkable condition for...
0:31:22 > 0:31:24For something that old. Well, you're absolutely right.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26You've had a good look, obviously.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28We've got the date there, 1882, which is exactly when
0:31:28 > 0:31:32they were manufactured so we can pinpoint them exactly.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35They're very late Victorian and typically designed for that period.
0:31:35 > 0:31:41Doulton Lambeth produced them but the other word here
0:31:41 > 0:31:44incorporated in this stamp is faience and do you know what that is?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46No.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50It was really the name given to a range that Doulton produced
0:31:50 > 0:31:58in that period and this faience range is rather like Delft pottery.
0:31:58 > 0:32:04It's an earthenware body as opposed to stoneware, so a lot lighter, and then it has a tin glaze,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07which then gives an opaque effect which is then printed or painted over.
0:32:07 > 0:32:15So instead of a stoneware range which could have a three-dimensional moulded effect with moulded motifs
0:32:15 > 0:32:22in relief or impressed, this has a very smooth texture to it
0:32:22 > 0:32:28and the tin glaze provides that very smooth surface on which to print and paint.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30So what do you think about the decoration on them?
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- It's all right.- "It's all right,"
0:32:33 > 0:32:36she says, "it's all right." Well, it's very Victorian, isn't it?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- Isn't it, yes. - Not particularly fashionable today.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44And the way it's been done is what we call printed painted decoration.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47So the outline is printed on with a transfer
0:32:47 > 0:32:50and then somebody's actually hand-decorated it over the top.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54So are particularly on these green ground panels, here the flowers have
0:32:54 > 0:32:57been over-painted by hand in the different colours.
0:32:57 > 0:33:04But the actual basic design is printed on first to give it a sort of outline. So what about value?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Any ideas at all?- Absolutely none. - Have you ever had them valued before?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09No, no.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Well, I think conservatively speaking,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14we're probably looking at 200-300 at auction.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18But I wouldn't be surprised, actually, if they made 300-400.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23- Right.- So I would suggest we put a sort of "come and buy me" estimate of 200-300.- OK.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Would you be happy with that?- Yes.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30You just want to get them gone, now, don't you?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32I haven't talked you into keeping them.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I only brought one because I didn't think anybody would
0:33:35 > 0:33:39be interested and I didn't think anybody would buy them.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- Then we sent you home to get the other one.- Yes.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46Thank you very much for making two trips for us today but I think you'll find it's worth it.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49OK, thank you very much.
0:33:55 > 0:34:01Richard, do you and your wife have a nice, wee cup of tea from this set in the morning?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- No, we don't use this set.- You don't use it. Where do you keep it?
0:34:04 > 0:34:05In the cabinet in the kitchen.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Right, OK. Do you know anything about this?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Do you know the period it was made in?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13No, I don't know the period at all. I just know it's Shelly.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Shelly, uh-huh. Now, Shelly was one of the good factories,
0:34:17 > 0:34:22it was one of the Stoke factories, and they made very nice china, particularly tea china.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27The thing that makes this so wonderful is the design.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32It's what we call Art Deco and it was made in the 1930s.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36This is a very stylish little set.
0:34:36 > 0:34:43If you look on the inside of the cup, we have these rectangles, squares, oblongs and so on.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Now, this was very typical of the Art Deco period,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52where they liked angular items and these handles are just wonderful.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56So this is hot and it will be well-fancied.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59One or two wee things against it, or not in its favour.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02We have a crack in one of the cups.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05It's a pity but these things happen over the years.
0:35:05 > 0:35:11And we have a little bit of wear on the sugar bowl round here, a little
0:35:11 > 0:35:16bit of the silvering has come off, possibly with washing over the years.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20So I like this very, very much.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22What about you, Richard, do you like it?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Oh, yes, very nice.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27But you've enjoyed it over a period of years.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Oh, yes, it's been on display and we see it every day.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Uh-huh. Tell me, why are you selling it apart from that?
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- My daughter's getting married this year.- Oh, that's expensive.- Yeah.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- And you're the father of the bride. - Yeah.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44That means you're the guy that has to dig deep down in his pocket.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- Part of it, yeah. - Remortgage your house?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- No.- Sell all your possessions?- No.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Work 18 hours a day?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Yes.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56They only get married once, hopefully!
0:35:56 > 0:35:57Hopefully.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03Pricewise on it, I tend to estimate conservatively because
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I like to encourage the bidders
0:36:06 > 0:36:12but I still think we should put it in at an estimate of, say, 140 to 180.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Would you be happy to sell it at that, Richard?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- Yeah.- I mean, it may do more.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20An estimate is only an estimate.
0:36:20 > 0:36:27The auction is a live thing, it's not a definite science, an exact science.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32So we'll put 140 to 180 on it, but I hope it goes much more than that.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34With a bit of luck.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37We've got your daughter to think about. And we've got your wallet to think about!
0:36:37 > 0:36:45I'm sure it will do well on the day so see you at the auction, Richard ,and let's hope it does well. OK?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Thanks.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Well, it's now time to go back to the auction room
0:36:50 > 0:36:54so let's have a quick look at all the items we're taking with us.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59Tricia's bijou box of Shakespeare plays would make a wonderful present.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04As would this big, bright, colourful pair of Doulton vases.
0:37:04 > 0:37:10And let's hope for a good price for the father of the bride's stylish Art Deco tea set.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21We've got something for all you scholars out there,
0:37:21 > 0:37:25the complete works of William Shakespeare, brought in by Trish here.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28£25-35, that's not a lot of money to spend, is it?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- Well, it'll go toward something.- All leather-bound and you found them.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35I estimated them conservatively.
0:37:35 > 0:37:42It's quite a nice, neat little set with quite nice illustrations of actors in Shakespearean plays.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47I've put 20-40 but I'm hoping it'll do more. It's a sweet little set.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I hope it'll double that. Condition's good as well.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Everything's right about it and it is a nice little set.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- They'd make a wonderful little present for anybody. - Someone who enjoys Shakespeare.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59I mean, my son doesn't read them so it's a shame to leave them in the house.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Yeah, exactly.- Might as well go to someone who's going to enjoy them.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06And they're going under the hammer right now. Good luck, Trish.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Good luck, Anita, this is it.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Lot number 145, box bijou set,
0:38:10 > 0:38:14the complete works of William Shakespeare.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15I'm bid 20 to start.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- 20 to start.- Five, 30, five, 40,
0:38:19 > 0:38:24five, 50, five, 60, five, 70.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26£70 with me. At £70.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Anybody I've missed? All done at 70.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Yes, that's more like it.- Good!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- £70.- Thank you.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38That's OK, that's OK.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40I think they were definitely worth that.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Did you enjoy that?- I did, yes.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Was your heart beating?- I didn't expect them to go up that much.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48That's brilliant, thank you.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Excellent.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58On Flog It we're always telling you to invest in quality,
0:38:58 > 0:39:02a good maker's name and condition and this lot has got the lot. It belongs to Jean, here.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Two Doulton vases. You don't like them so much.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10I know Kate absolutely loves them and I think these are going to fly away at £200-£300.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14You're so frightened because you don't want to take them home, do you?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16You won't be at £200.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19The nice thing about these is that they're tin glazed rather than
0:39:19 > 0:39:23the much more ordinary stoneware so they look completely different.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Yes, they do.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Fingers crossed. They're just about to go under the hammer right now
0:39:28 > 0:39:33and I'm pretty sure people are here to buy for some cracking results. Let's do the business, this is it.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Pair of late Victorian Doulton faience vases,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I'm bid 100 to start them.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41120, 140, 160,
0:39:41 > 0:39:45180, at 180, at 180,
0:39:45 > 0:39:48200 standing.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52At £200, 220, 240.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54It's climbing.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57At £240, away at 240.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00- Bang! Mid estimate. - You're not taking them home.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- That's not bad, is it?- That's good.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05There was a moment of disbelief, then, thinking, "Oh, 180."
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I thought they weren't going to sell.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Funnily enough, I was listening to the auctioneer and I missed the one, I thought he was saying 80.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13I thought, "Gosh, that's low to start!"
0:40:13 > 0:40:16What are you going to do with the money? £240.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Give it to my grandsons. - What's he going to do with it?
0:40:19 > 0:40:20- Well, I've got three.- Have you?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- Three grandsons? Divide it up.- Yes.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26What a good grandma.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36If you love Art Deco, this is the lot for you.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38It belongs to Richard and not for much longer.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41It's a jazzy Art Deco tea set.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- I love it. 140-180. I'm pretty sure this is going to sell.- I think so.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48The geometric design is wonderful
0:40:48 > 0:40:53but what really makes this little tea set are the little triangular handles.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- Very jazzy!- I love them!
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Especially you, from Glasgow, with that whole Art Deco look.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Richard, I know you're flogging these because there's such a great cause here.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Your daughter's getting married.- Yeah.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08So all the money's going towards the wedding, which is fantastic, and what's her name?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10- Michelle.- Michelle, good luck.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12What a lovely dad you've got. Just about to go under the hammer.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Fingers crossed we get lots of money, Anita.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19A wee bit of damage, wee bit of damage.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Hairline crack in one of the cups.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25That might make a wee bit of difference but hopefully not too much.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Get the flowers for the wedding. Let's see if we can get £200.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31It's going under the hammer right now, this is it.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Lot number 125, again plenty of interest.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- Lots of interest.- Yep. - Shelly eight piece tea set.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41We're on the phone as well and I've got one, two,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44three, four, five, six commission bids.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45- Six?- You see, Shelly will do the business.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50340 starts me.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Yes! 340 straight in.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54350, 360,
0:41:54 > 0:41:58370, 380, 390.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00They love it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- Yeah.- 400, 420,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- 440, 460...- Yes!
0:42:07 > 0:42:09480, 500.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Bit of wee damage, you were saying.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- Might hold it back. - Hasn't made any difference.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16On that phone at 520, are we all done?
0:42:16 > 0:42:19At 520, 540 on the other phone.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21They love Shelly. They just love it.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27540 all out. £540 on Caroline's phone, at 540.
0:42:27 > 0:42:33The hammer's gone down, that is a sold sale £540. Put it there.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Are you happy?
0:42:35 > 0:42:37- Yeah.- Will your wife be happy?
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Now she will be.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Your daughter will be.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45That's wonderful, Paul, I'm so pleased.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47What a great result.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- I wasn't expecting that. - No, nor was I. You weren't.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I was maybe a wee bit cautious.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55I won't comment.
0:42:55 > 0:42:5810. Anybody else for another fiver?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- £80.- That's it, it's all over.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07What a great day we've had here from the Boldon Auction Galleries up here in the North East.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10If you've got any antiques and collectibles you're unsure about
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and you want to flog, bring them along to one of our valuation days.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16You can find details of up and coming venues and dates
0:43:16 > 0:43:18on our BBC website.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22We'll see you there. Cheerio.
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