0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome to the greatest rugby stadium in the world,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08Home to the world champions, England, this is Twickenham, and this is Flog It.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48The stadium is home to the English Rugby Union, and when the redevelopment on the south stand
0:00:48 > 0:00:56over there is finished in 2007, the arena will hold 82,500 people.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02And the two stars of our Flog It team today are experts David Barby and Philip Serrell.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Let's see if they can spot any record deals on the blue tables.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20Hopefully, David will be scoring a few points for Flog It with his first item.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Well, Deirdre, I think you and I are of the same opinion. We don't like this, do we?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Not very much.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I can understand why you want to sell it as well.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Yes, it's not quite my...my style.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Not your cup of tea.- No, no.- Erm...
0:01:35 > 0:01:41It's set firmly in sort of the middle of the rather prudish Victorian period.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- Mm-hm.- I say prudish, because this is an inkwell,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49and to cover up anything so utilitarian,
0:01:49 > 0:01:54they had to put this rather over-decorated top on the surface.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00- Date of it...about 1860, 1865, that sort of period.- Gosh.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05- It's in hard-paste porcelain, and this was produced in old Bohemia. - Yeah.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09This is intriguing, because they loved to look back to the past,
0:02:09 > 0:02:16and here we have an 18th-century scene of two fairly young people, one painting on an easel.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20What is so remarkable is the condition of it, there's no damage.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- No.- There's nothing missing, nothing chipped off.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Has it always been protected in your home?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Yes, yes, it's been in the cabinet.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31It's been in the cabinet. So you must have treasured it somewhere along the line.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Well, it came from my uncle, so it had a sentimental value, but it wasn't quite my cup of tea.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Right, well, I think there's going to be a market.
0:02:38 > 0:02:46There are collectors of inkwells, and I think what is so nice about this...we take the top off,
0:02:46 > 0:02:51and there we have the two inkwells that can be removed to wash out.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57It's rather nice, and it smacks of the social history of the middle middle-classes.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Yeah.- Price?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05I would say probably around about £45-60.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Oh, that's not bad... Yeah.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- It surprises me, actually. - Really?- Mmm.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- I should have said 20, shouldn't I? - No!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17No? Well, let's hope we get that sort of price range.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- I'm sure somebody's going to love it as part of their collection.- Yeah.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Deirdre, thank you very much for coming along.- Thank you.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Well, Jenny,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33neither you nor I need to be told what this is, do we?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38- No!- I reckon that this stuff makes more appearances on Flog It than anything else.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- It's a piece of Troika, isn't it? - Yes.- How did you come by it?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45About 30 years ago in Bridport Market I was looking
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- for a modern vase, cos I'd recently started flower-arranging...- Yeah.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52..and, erm...bought it for £10.
0:03:52 > 0:03:5410 quid.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57If we turn it over, we can see the mark, "Troika, England,"
0:03:57 > 0:04:02and there's nothing I can add to that. We've all seen it so many times -
0:04:02 > 0:04:06from Cornwall. A painter's mark here, which I can't recognise.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10I think it's RSB or RGB, erm...
0:04:10 > 0:04:16Date, I would think probably 1965 to about 1972.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20I mean, some of it's quite sweet, isn't it? I mean, that is quite
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Beatles guitar-shaped, isn't it, you know?- Yes, yeah.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- And that looks like it's just come out of Doctor Who, really. - That's right.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It's either Doctor Who or it's a train coming at you, isn't it? I can't quite work out which.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Troika's really collectible.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Whether it's gonna be collectible or not in ten years' time, I'm not sure.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40These things tend to come and go in fashions and fads.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45I think this is worth today...£200-300,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49and I think we put a reserve on it of...£200 with 10% discretion.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55So that would be my idea. I'm sure the auction house can identify the artist for us,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58but, you know, I think it'll sell and sell well.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03What I find really strange about this business - and I find it really, really strange -
0:05:03 > 0:05:06we've got here a piece of...
0:05:06 > 0:05:12- mid-20th-century art pottery that's worth £200-300.- Yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I'm a bit biased, cos I come from Worcester.
0:05:15 > 0:05:22You can go and buy a piece of 18th-century Worcester porcelain that was made in the first 25
0:05:22 > 0:05:28- years of the factory, you know, when English porcelain making was really at its birth, you know?- Yes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:35Right up at the cutting edge, and you can go and buy a tea bowl or a saucer for well under £100.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38And it's 1765, 1775.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Yeah, yeah, that much older.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Now, this, you know, which is 200 years later...I just don't understand that.- No.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- But it doesn't matter what I think, does it?- No, not really. - Shall we get it sold?- Yes, please.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So what are you gonna spend your £200 plus on?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- A visit to the dentist.- Oh, that sounds painful! Really?- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I'm not sure whether I hope it sells or not for you,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- cos you've got a lot of grief coming if it does sell.- Yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Kim, this looks so striking, it really does.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14It's sort of big and bold, and it says everything about
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Austin, a lovely little pressed-steel pedal car. Now, is this yours?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Yes, it is.- So did you have this as a young girl, then?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Yes, I had it from the age of two.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- And who bought this for you? - My mum and dad.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Did secretly they want a son, do you think?- I don't know!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Why did they buy you, a little girl, a pedal car?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Yeah, my dad just come home one day from work with it and...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- I think he fell in love with it, don't you?- Probably, yeah, yeah.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43It is a fantastic pressed-steel pedal car, a little Austin car.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It's a J40, a little joy car.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47They also made a Pathfinder, which is extremely popular.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52And there should be a serial number in the boot, just down there,
0:06:52 > 0:06:58which is punched in with a stamp, which is 30009.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01So that is a lovely little...J40.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05This was the Rolls-Royce in pressed-steel cars in its day.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- This would have cost a lot of money in the '50s.- Right.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10So you've got lots of memories of pedalling this around the garden?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15- Yes, and in the park and... - Have you got kids yourself? - Yes, I have.- And did they use this?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- No, they didn't.- They never did?- No. - So what did you do, then, when...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Obviously, as an adult, you put it in the garage or in the loft?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25It was in the shed, in the garden shed, all covered up with blankets,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- so it kept it away from the rain and the damp.- For the last 30-odd years. - Yeah, yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Well, it hasn't started to rust, but you have had it resprayed, haven't you?- Yes, we have, yeah.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36So obviously you realised its worth
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- to look after it like that.- Yeah.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43And I've noticed...its front grille, its back bumper and its front bumper
0:07:43 > 0:07:49- are missing, so you've taken them off to be re-chromed.- Yes, we have. - And you've got them here.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51It looks like brand-new, doesn't it?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53The chroming is very good quality.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55So this just needs reassembling, cos it's all here.
0:07:55 > 0:08:01- Yes.- Good for you, looking after it and not chucking it away.- Thanks. Are you sure you want to sell this?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Yes, I do, I want it to go to a good home
0:08:03 > 0:08:07and someone else get some fun out of it, as I did when I was a child.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I would like to think this will get
0:08:09 > 0:08:14the sort of £1,200 mark in an auction, on a good day, fingers crossed...
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Yep- ..with two people bidding against each other.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21But I'd like to put it into auction with a valuation of £700-1,000.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- OK.- Would that suit you?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Yes, that would, that would be great.- Are you sure?- Yep.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Well, shall we flog it, then? - Yes, I think we should.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Well, this is the first time I've met two peas in a pod.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42- Oh, right.- We've got Pete and Pat. - Indeed.- So who does this belong to? Does it belong to you, Pat?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43No, it belongs to me.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- It belongs to you.- Yeah. - So how did you acquire this?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Well, my brother got it from his mother in-law and...
0:08:49 > 0:08:51He gave it to you?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Well, he didn't, he sold it to me. - Well, I never!
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- He said, "If you can restore it, we'll split the difference." - So you brought it along to Flog It.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02So I thought, "No, I don't want to know,"
0:09:02 > 0:09:08- so I've brought it along here, yeah. - Oh, good, good. So in fact you are a professional antique restorer.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Yeah, yeah.- Do you have your house full of antiques, Pat?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I wish!
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Just one or two, yes.- Untouched!
0:09:16 > 0:09:19And beautiful furniture that Peter has made, actually.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Ah, right, that's where the skill is.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Absolutely.- So this was a piece of furniture which...
0:09:25 > 0:09:29gentlemen of quality had in their office or their study,
0:09:29 > 0:09:34and the two doors retained everything relating to the office.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And also...
0:09:37 > 0:09:42at one stage, there would have been a calendar here
0:09:42 > 0:09:49in this little compartment, which moves out, so foolscap or A4 paper could have gone in the back there.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55Nice little piece. I notice that you've done some restoration on the hinges here,
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- but you didn't go as far as to put the divisions in. Why was that?- I ran out of wood.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- You ran out of wood.- Yeah, I couldn't get the walnut.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Right. Now, there are other things that are missing on this,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07in particular, inkwells,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11although you can buy replacement inkwells today.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And what I like is this section here, which pushes up,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18so if you had any pens there, you could easily retrieve them.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23And also it has a secret compartment, cos when I move this...
0:10:23 > 0:10:26oops, that shoots out underneath.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28So what would you put in there?
0:10:28 > 0:10:34Stamps, seals, postal orders, anything of that ilk.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Now, how much is this going to realise at auction?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39What are you expecting?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Well, I paid 150 for it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- I think you'd be fortunate if you recovered that amount...- Mm-hm.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53..so I'm going to place...probably around about 160-180.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- Yeah.- If we make any more, I should be delighted for you.- Wonderful!
0:10:59 > 0:11:03It's time to see if we can get some early points on the scoreboard.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Even though it's not to David's taste,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09I'm sure someone will be charmed by Deirdre's Victorian inkwell.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Love it or hate it, there's usually money to be made with Troika.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18And has my heart ruled my head with this beautifully restored Austin pedal car?
0:11:18 > 0:11:24David hopes the time and energy Peter put in to restore the wooden office box will pay off.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36For today's sale, we've travelled down the road to the Chiswick Auction Rooms, and, as you can see,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40the room is absolutely jam-packed, full of potential bidders hoping to pay top prices.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Fingers crossed for our owners' items.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47And the man in charge of the day's proceedings is auctioneer Tom Keane.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Tom, I'm feeling slightly nervous at this point - this is one of my valuations.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02As you know, it's an Austin J40, it's a lovely pedal car.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06It belongs to Kim. We've come to an agreement between the two of us.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12She won't go any lower than £700, so we've gotta get £700 for this. That is the threshold.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I think it's lovely and I think it's undervalued,
0:12:15 > 0:12:22even at £700, but...the research we've done, they're not really making £700 - sort of 650, 600.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24I'm just bubbling over the top, aren't I?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27This has been resprayed - she spent a lot of money on it.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31And I think she wants to get her money back, otherwise she's going to keep it for the rest of her life.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I think she devalued it by getting it so over-restored, if you like.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36She'd have been better off not spending the money,
0:12:36 > 0:12:41putting it into auction as it was and probably getting £400-500 for it - for someone else to restore it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- But she's, em... - But she's proud of it, you see?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46She should be, it's nice. I used to make mine out of prams - this is fantastic, isn't it?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49But they're undervalued just because...
0:12:49 > 0:12:53they're on the internet making £650, £600 at the moment,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57so I can't see someone coming to auction paying £700 plus a buyer's premium,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01which makes it over eight, and then go somewhere else and buy it a bit cheaper.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05So that's where my reasoning comes from, but I hope I'm wrong.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08We can't say any more. It's down to the bidders of the Chiswick
0:13:08 > 0:13:14- Auction Room to decide if this is gonna go under the hammer and sell. - We'll see.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26For those of you who are short on office space, this is definitely the lot for you.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28It's a little tiny stationery cabinet.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31It's so compact, and it belongs to Peter and Pat here.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35We're looking for a valuation of hopefully around £180-200.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I'm pretty sure we'll get it, it's a lovely little item. It's been restored, hasn't it?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Have you sort of got your hands over it and sort put some magic on it?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- A little bit, yeah.- A little bit.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46What is it about wood that fascinates you?
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Well, I've been doing it all my life, and it's alive, isn't it?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- I love passing my hands over wood and things like that.- So do I. - You get such a thrill, don't you?
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Yeah, you do. And you just realise the life and the energy
0:13:57 > 0:14:00that's there, you know, and what it's been used for, and it tells a story.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Well, that's right, it's got a story, that's right. - Well, we've been bigging this up.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Let's hope we do get the top end, cos it's going under the hammer right now.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Victorian walnut table-top stationery cabinet, with the fitted interior there.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Number 224, it's also got a secret frieze drawer.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17It's a good lot, start me at £100, please, no less. £100 for it?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Thank you, I'm bid £100...
0:14:19 > 0:14:20We're in, 100.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23..Give me 110 for it and take it along. 110 I'm bid, at 110.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27120, 130, 140. 150, 160. 170...
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- We've sold it.- ..160 is bid.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32The bid's there at 160, at 160 are you saying no? Are you out?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35£160, then. Selling. All done? Are you sure? £160 and going.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38So what are you going to do with £160?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Well, we've got a little granddaughter, Tilly.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Aw, that's a sweet name. - She's only ten weeks old. So we're going to buy her something.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Oh, she is an absolute joy. - Is that the first grandchild?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49No, I'm a great granddad.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51You're a great granddad?! Aw...!
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Well, enjoy it, won't you? Thanks you so much for coming.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Thank you, David.- Well done, David. - Thank you.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Jenny and myself are flying the flag for Cornwall right now.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Kernow, in fact, because we've got some Troika just about to go under the hammer.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18It's a gorgeous vase. £200-300 our expert Philip has put on this.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21This has really surprised us on Flog It. Over the last two years,
0:15:21 > 0:15:27it has become the collectible to get your hands on, and it's just escalating out of proportion.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It has got to stop one day, but hopefully not today.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34I think the rough thing about antiques, Paul, is if anything goes like that, it goes like that.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And what you really want is a nice steady appreciation.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41But while there are people out there collecting Troika, it's going to make its money.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47- Exactly. We're going to turn 10 quid into £200-300.- We hope.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48- That's not bad, is it?- No.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Lot number 257 now.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53A good Troika square-section blue glaze vase. Troika.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56What is it worth, for the Troika? £200 for it?
0:15:56 > 0:16:04£100 for it. I'm bid £100. 110 I'm bid. 120, 130, 140, 150.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08There's an opening. 150, 160, 170, 180.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12180, 190? 180. I'm bid at 180. He says no. 180, we're done at 180.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14190 again? 200 there...
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Bit more!- Bit more!
0:16:16 > 0:16:17..220, 230,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20240, 250,
0:16:20 > 0:16:25260, 270, 280, 290. 300?
0:16:25 > 0:16:29290? Standing at 290.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Anyone else want to come in at 290? £290 and going.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Yes! £290.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- It never fails, does it? - Excellent.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Right now, Kim and I need some pedal power for this lovely little Austin car.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- And there's lots of memories?- Yes.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I did have a chat with the auctioneer earlier.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59You know this, but YOU don't, Kim.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03And he said... I think I've overvalued it.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05That is what he said, "I think you have, Paul."
0:17:05 > 0:17:08He would have put, probably, 650 on it.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11We have a reserve at seven, but probably with a bit of discretion.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14So, hopefully, my lower end would be his top end.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Right.- So we will sell it.- OK. Let's hope.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20The postbox-red Austin J40 car.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Who's there? Old tin-plate car there, original '50s one in very good condition, recently restored.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Nice thing. £500 for it?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Who will bid £500 to start me?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Where's a bid at £500?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I'm bid £500.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38550 now, £500. 550 or not? At £500.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43No further bids at £500? Starting bid and finishing bid at £500.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48Have another look. If you change your mind, come and see us. It's worth more.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- I'm so sorry.- It's all right. We saw one on the internet for £1,200,
0:17:52 > 0:17:53- so we'll go back to that idea.- Yep.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Unfortunately our next owner, Deirdre, cannot be with us today.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09She's got work commitments. So good luck, Deirdre, we're flying the flag for you.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12David Barby's here, your valuer. And we have that inkwell just about to go under the hammer.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Excellent.- Here we go.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18360 is a late-19th-century glazed ceramic double inkwell.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22What shall we bid for this? £50?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24£50? £30?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27£30, 32, 35, 38,
0:18:27 > 0:18:3140, 42, 45, 48, 50. 5?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32- 60...- Oh!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34This is good.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- ..£60, you've got it, all done. - Yes! £60.- Oh, that's good. Well done, Deirdre.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- I hope she's pleased with that. - So do I. So am I.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Now, what could be a more logical choice for an international rugby
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0:19:03 > 0:19:08If you love rugby, this is definitely the place to come and visit, because it houses the best collection
0:19:08 > 0:19:12of rugby memorabilia in the world and it takes you on a journey
0:19:12 > 0:19:17through the history of the sport - its origins in an English public school, right up to the present day.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Now, one man who's a walking almanac on rugby is the curator here, Jed Smith.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Jed, this has got to be a dream job for you, because you absolutely adore rugby.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45What is it about the sport that's so addictive?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47The game is just a wonderful coming-together of people.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51It's got a wonderful spirit, friendship, camaraderie. If you come to the Twickenham Stadium
0:19:51 > 0:19:55on a match day, you've got 80,000 people all cheering for their team, but they're sitting all together.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00There's no hint of aggression or violence, it's a wonderful day out, and it's just a lovely culture.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Why was Twickenham the home of international rugby?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Why did they build a stadium here?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Well, for many years, England didn't have their own home stadium.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10They used to rent club grounds around the country.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15So they played in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, wherever they could get a good pitch.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18But then they found they weren't making a profit.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21They were spending more money each time than they were making income.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25And about 100 years ago, the All Blacks came over for the first time, the New Zealand side.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- A cracking team!- A wonderful side, they just revolutionised the game.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33We played in the Crystal Palace and the had to hire the ground and it cost us more money than we took in
0:20:33 > 0:20:36in revenue, and we thought, "No, we need to have our own ground."
0:20:36 > 0:20:39So they looked around for a pitch and they bought this plot of land here in 1907.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Just to the west of London, which is ideal really, isn't it?- Absolutely.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Tell me a little bit more about the history of the game.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Where did it start and who invented it?
0:20:47 > 0:20:51It started at Rugby School in Warwickshire, hence the name "rugby football".
0:20:51 > 0:20:56It gradually evolved over about 20, 30 years. 1820s, 1830s.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02And it slowly developed, piecemeal, as the boys at Rugby School added more to it and took more away
0:21:02 > 0:21:05from it, until eventually, in the 1840s, you had a set of rules written for the first time,
0:21:05 > 0:21:10and those set of rules were then spread around the country, taking the game with them.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14So tell me how it's changed, then. How's it developed? I mean, were there 20 players in a team?
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Well, at Rugby School, you'd have had hundreds, and the game could officially have lasted three days.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23And they used to have a set of rules that said if the game was drawn after three days,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25you could call it quits.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30There were laws which allowed you to throttle, to hack the shins.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32There was all sorts of laws.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36We think the game's rough now, but if you played at Rugby School, you would die. It was horrific!
0:21:36 > 0:21:42To demonstrate how the game has changed, we've got a couple of artefacts here.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The heavy cotton England jersey.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Very heavy, very strong, very hard-wearing.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And of course, when it gets wet, it's twice as heavy.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55It sticks to you, and it's easy for opposition players to grasp, hold onto, pull you back.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59And this was the England jersey for over 100 years. It didn't really alter.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04But then over the last few years, the jersey has been revolutionised.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- This is a modern jersey. Feel how lightweight it is in comparison. - Yes, and very quick-drying.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Very tight to the skin, so there's less chance of being caught hold of.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16You've got these sort of textured lumps here, so you can hold onto a colleague in the scrum.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Also, if you're holding the ball close to you, there's less chance of it slipping off you.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Not as strong, but it doesn't need to be.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25These jerseys were made when you needed to have a jersey for two or three years.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Now the England team, you know, they swap a half-time and have a new jersey at half-time!
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Here's two other items which again show how the game has changed.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38This is a replica of how a rugby ball would have appeared in the 1850s.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43- Absolutely massive.- It's enormous. You can feel it's got some weight to it. And that's when it is dry.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- If that was soaking wet... And that's going to have some power behind it.- And that's a modern ball?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52This is an absolute genuine, up-to-date ball.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56But this is more than a ball. This is the ball that was used in the Rugby World Cup final
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- when Jonny Wilkinson kicked that goal to win England the competition. - That famous kick?- That famous kick.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05'And it's coming back for Jonny Wilkinson!
0:23:05 > 0:23:08'He drops for World Cup glory!
0:23:08 > 0:23:09'It's over!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11'He's done it!
0:23:11 > 0:23:15'Jonny Wilkinson is England's hero, yet again!
0:23:15 > 0:23:19'And there's no time for Australia to come back!
0:23:19 > 0:23:23'England have just won the World Cup!'
0:23:23 > 0:23:29Well, from a modern-day superstar to something that reminds us how the game used to be played.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Who wore this shirt, cos it's absolutely tiny?- It is tiny.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35It's a guy called Clayton, who played in Liverpool at the time.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- The rose has faded, hasn't it? - It has, yes.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It would have been red originally, but the colours have died off.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- A lot more foliage? - A lot more foliage, absolutely, yes.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47The jerseys would have been purchased by the player, the wives would have put the embroidery on it,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and all the roses were different.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53So you can usually tell a player by their jersey, because the sign of the rose was quite unique.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58So he came from Liverpool, his name was Clayton, it's an England jersey. Who were they playing?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00They were playing against Scotland, in Edinburgh.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The very first international match, 1871.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06They went up on third-class carriages, on wooden boards, overnight.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10This was very, very much an amateur sport. And we lost.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15So it was a Scotland victory, first international, and we've held it against them ever since.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18And did Scotland then win the Calcutta Cup for that?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- The Calcutta Cup wasn't introduced until about six years later. - Right, OK.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26- And that was the first home international?- Absolutely. - Well, let's look at that cup.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Let's look at the Calcutta Cup.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Well, there is so much to see here, Jed.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Where does the core of the collection come from? Has it been donated?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Yes, absolutely. We rely on donations, like any museum.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43But also former players and their families are very kind and they let us have items of interest.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46That's quite nice, ex-professional letting go.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- But it's our social history. - Absolutely, and it's a place for
0:24:49 > 0:24:52the memorabilia to go. It will be here forever for the public to see.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Well, here it is, the Calcutta Cup.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- Yes and no. - Why? What's wrong with it?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01This isn't the original, cos the original's in Edinburgh.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Why's that? - Because Scotland beat England.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- Of course they did!- So whoever wins the trophy gets to keep it for a year, and it's up in Edinburgh.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Hopefully only for a year!- So we win next year, the original comes back.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Does the replica go up to Scotland? - This replica will go into storage.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Hopefully for a long time, but you can't guarantee these things.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21It's very impressive looking and I know it was made from melted-down silver rupees.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Absolutely, hence the name Calcutta Cup.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27There was a club in India who played the game. They went into liquidation
0:25:27 > 0:25:31They took their coins out the bank, melted them down, had them made into a trophy,
0:25:31 > 0:25:35presented it to the RFU and said, "Our club might be going, but we'd like the name to survive."
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- And it has - everyone knows Calcutta Cup.- Why England-Scotland?
0:25:39 > 0:25:44- What's wrong with Wales and Ireland? - At the time, Wales weren't playing international rugby.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47There was only three nations - England, Scotland and Ireland.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Ireland had played six matches, had not scored a point.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54So they thought, "Forget that. Let's just call it England-Scotland."
0:25:54 > 0:25:57So it by default became the England-Scotland Trophy.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Jed, thank you for taking time out to show me around.- Pleasure.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Well, it looks like sport is the theme today.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Back at the valuation, Philip has been bowled over.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Do you know what I love about this programme, Diana? You meet different people with different things.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And I've been doing this job now for 30 years.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23I've never seen one of these before.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It's brilliant. How long have you had it?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Well, I've had it quite some time.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31My grandmother used to keep it in a cupboard.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33But I think, originally, my aunt,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37who used to work for a doctor in Gloucestershire,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39and I think he gave it to her and then,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41obviously, my grandmother kept it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Then when I started teaching,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46my grandmother gave it to me, cos she thought it would
0:26:46 > 0:26:48be useful for me to use it at school,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50that the children would be interested in seeing it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Do you know what the great thing is?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54All we've done is talk about "it", and no one who's
0:26:54 > 0:26:57watching this at home knows what "it" is! Shall we show them?
0:26:57 > 0:27:01The easiest thing to do... You've got basically three wheels.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05And they flick round like that.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10And they effectively, all these little still photographs...
0:27:10 > 0:27:13On each of these little pages there's a still photograph.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18And if you move them very, very quickly on a wheel so that they spin round and round like that,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- you almost get the appearance of a movie.- Yes.
0:27:21 > 0:27:28So now we've got the "Kinora", which is a make of a viewer.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30And we prop it up like that.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32That goes there like that.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34And I can see that's a nice touch.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37We've got this oak base. Hamley's.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Hamley's, Regent Street, London.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43They're the best toy retailer there was. That's brilliant.
0:27:43 > 0:27:50This is, like, I suppose, the Gameboy of about 1910,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- something like that?- Yes, probably.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57And how it works is you peer down here and you just turn this round and round, and this is brilliant.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00And there's two cricketers here, any idea who they are?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Well, I have been told that it's probably CB Fry
0:28:03 > 0:28:08- and Prince Ranjitsinhji. - CB Fry.- Probably in 1901.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- A great man, CB Fry. - Yes.- He went to Repton School.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I knew he'd captained England, that's all I know.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17This is going to be really sad, now. Do you remember...
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- Well, you wouldn't remember, a boys' comic called The Hornet? - No. Was that before my time?
0:28:21 > 0:28:27Well, just a bit. And there was The Great Wilson and he was brilliant at every sport there was.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30And they reckoned The Great Wilson was modelled on CB Fry.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Really?- He went to Repton School, he played cricket for England,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36played rugby for England, he played in goal in the FA Cup final,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39he held the Olympic long-jump record,
0:28:39 > 0:28:45and I think he was offered the kingdom of some minor European country.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50And he was a war hero, and eventually ended up teaching children.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51A great, great man.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56- This one's a ballet scene, isn't it?- Yes, it's The White Dove.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- And this one here is... - That's supposed to be three children of the Duke of York,
0:29:00 > 0:29:04who was later George V, at Marlborough House, I think it is.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09So what we need to make sure is that when they catalogue this, they get that in,
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- they get in the Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry on the cricket reel...- Yes.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15And this is then going to appeal to two people.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21And we want the auction room to perhaps notify cricket collectors,
0:29:21 > 0:29:26of which there are many, and also collectors of this type of viewer.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31I think, in auction, we can put an estimate on this of £150 to £300.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- And I think we'll put a reserve on it of £150 with a little bit of discretion.- Yes.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41But I think it's brilliant. I'm just going to take a bit of time to watch the perfect off-drive.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53This has gotta be one of the nicest guitars I've ever held. Do you play?
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- I do a bit, yeah. - Go on, play a bit for us.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Lovely.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13OK, tell me - I'm quite excited to hear, does this have pride of place in your home?
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Well, it's on my bathroom wall.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- On your bathroom wall? - On my bathroom wall, yes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Where did you get it from?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24It belonged to my mother-in-law.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26She was in service.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Um, the person she worked for
0:30:29 > 0:30:32emigrated to New Zealand and allowed her to have it.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- And she's no longer with us? - She's no longer with us, not for long since.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40This is an extraordinary piece, why are you contemplating selling it?
0:30:40 > 0:30:47Well, I'm moving soon and I don't think it'll have a place in my new home cos it's a much smaller house
0:30:47 > 0:30:51and lots of bits and bobs have to go and this is one of them.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Right, cos what you have in front of you,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56in front of US,
0:30:56 > 0:31:00is one of the finest examples of Minton coloured glaze
0:31:00 > 0:31:04called Majolica wares that I've ever seen.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08The design was based on a Palissy ware,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11which is 17th-century French.
0:31:11 > 0:31:18And he produced these huge platters which were used for serving exotic food.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Oh, not to hang on a wall?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22That came later, that's a Victorian concept.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28As you ate your meal, you gradually reveal this design underneath.
0:31:28 > 0:31:34One of his most famous designs was a fairly large platter with Venus in a bath.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- Wow.- That would have had seafood all around.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42So here we have this wonderful example, this is Minton,
0:31:42 > 0:31:47dating from, I would say, 1867-70, that sort of period.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49And it's very finely worked.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54Even forgetting the little section, just looking at the border,
0:31:54 > 0:32:01these grotesque heads and seraphim are reminiscent of the Renaissance period.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07The sort of things you'd find on Della Robbia pottery of the Renaissance.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11It's got so much in this piece that would attract me.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Now this is a very sought-after market at the moment.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21It became fashionable about ten years ago and I think it is still
0:32:21 > 0:32:24there, it hasn't peaked.
0:32:24 > 0:32:31And the price this will achieve at auction is somewhere between £1,500 and £2,000.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33- Wow!- Does that shock you rather?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- Yeah.- Oh, dear - I hope I'm right!
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Yeah, that's fantastic.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40I hope it makes that sort of level.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42My heart's going, bang, bang, bang.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I never usually have that effect on people!
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- You know what you've brought? - We do indeed.
0:32:58 > 0:33:04Clarice Cliff, Newport pottery, crocus pattern, 1930s,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- nothing much more to be said, is there?- Not a lot.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Well, I want to talk to you about the history behind it,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14cos there's a bit more history than usual with this.
0:33:14 > 0:33:21Well me husband and me new family all came from Stoke on Trent and the family story goes that
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Granny Mould, my mother-in-law, was a personal friend of Clarice Cliff
0:33:26 > 0:33:31and we had loads of it in the '50s and '60s and I've
0:33:31 > 0:33:35watched it being broken over the years and I feel now it's time to...
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- Stop breaking it!- ..part with it before I watch any more go.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41So your family has this connection with Clarice Cliff?
0:33:41 > 0:33:47Yes - the girls who painted it used to say they could do the crocus pattern in their sleep.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51They said it was literally just a case of blobbing their paintbrushes on.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56It's just a brushstroke, a brushstroke, with a final brushstroke down the middle.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- That's right. - Just four little strokes and that's the crocus pattern.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- That's almost mass production, isn't it?- Yes!
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Some interesting bits here - we've got the cruet, the mustard
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- the teapot has got a bit of a dink out of it.- It has indeed.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14The little pot, there's a bit of a dink out of it.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17That was in the garden with a pot plant in at one time.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- Was it a crocus?- Don't think so.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- I'm gonna propose that we offer it all as one lot.- OK.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I'm gonna propose that we put an estimate on it of...
0:34:26 > 0:34:33- £200 to £400. We'll put a reserve on it of £200 and give the auctioneer 10% discretion.- OK.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Can I ask you,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37it's gonna be quite a whisper this...
0:34:37 > 0:34:40(do you like Clarice Cliff?) You've got to be honest here.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- Not terribly, no.- Not terribly?
0:34:42 > 0:34:46No, I can't say as I'm overkeen.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- (I don't like Clarice Cliff either.) - I know - you've said before.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55But it doesn't matter what you and I think, the whole point is there's a market out there for collectors.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- So you're happy with that? - (I'll say my prayers.)
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Well, let's say a quick prayer for all our items going under the hammer.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Our resident sportsman, Philip, fell in love with the unusual Kinora mutoscope.
0:35:08 > 0:35:15David is just as excited by Kay's Minton plate, but will his high valuation stand up to scrutiny?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17And it's normally a winner on Flog It!
0:35:17 > 0:35:22but will the family connection help this Clarice Cliff keep up the trend?
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Tom, what do you think of this? A bit of Victorian Minton - has it got it for you?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Unexcited.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47He's not excited. I can tell you David was over the moon, our expert.
0:35:47 > 0:35:55I belongs to Kay and he's put a valuation of £1,500 to £2,000.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56- I think we'll struggle.- Why's that?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I don't think it's got enough going.
0:35:59 > 0:36:05Minton, to make big money, it has to be figurines, and very impressive and "look at me".
0:36:05 > 0:36:07And this hasn't got it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12They do do well at auction, but I'd have said more like £600 to £800 on that, to get it away.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Really? That low? Surely this is the kind of thing though, it's got a
0:36:16 > 0:36:19great name, the condition is superb, it's got the look -
0:36:19 > 0:36:23this is the sort of thing the Americans might buy, on the internet?
0:36:23 > 0:36:28That'll help, but what would help even more is a more reasonable estimate in the first place
0:36:28 > 0:36:32and I think it's been a touch overestimated, but I've been wrong before.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35A touch over at 6 to 8 - I think we're well over.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Hopefully there's a happy medium, but I know there's a reserve of 1,500.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Well, we'll try our best and if there's a chance...
0:36:42 > 0:36:47This one could be a struggle, but don't go away, watch this space, cos we need to get this away for Kay.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49We'll try.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03This next item is a cracking lot, it's a Kinora mutoscope and it belongs to Diana.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I've got to say, I would not be selling this.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10It's been in your family a long time, it was at your grandma's house?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12She must have had some fun with that?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Cos that was really inventive - back then, that was almost as good as TV.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Yes, it was.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Without the licence fee!
0:37:19 > 0:37:23I know you love the Doves, but Philip, our expert,
0:37:23 > 0:37:25fell in love with the cricket and I think, like you,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28this could be a little sleeper, if two people want this.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Yeah, it's not mentioned in the catalogue that
0:37:31 > 0:37:33there's a cricket connection and that might be CB Fry.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36It could be, couldn't it?
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- It's just a great thing - I'd love to own it. - Anyway, all the talking's over with,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44it's just about to go under the hammer. This is it.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Lot 120, I'm selling an oak-and-metal mounted
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Kinora moving picture machine.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53With three reels and retailed by Hamley's, a good little lot.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Is that worth £100? Start me please, at £100.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Who's in for £100?
0:37:57 > 0:38:03I'm bid £100, thank you. 110, I'm bid, at 110. 120, 130, 140.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Still cheap.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10140, 150. 160, 170.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13180, 190. 200?
0:38:13 > 0:38:18190 is bid, standing bid of 190. Selling for 190, all done at 190?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20You've got it at 190, thank you.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23We've done it, we've sold it mid-estimate, not bad going.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25No, that's not bad...
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- I'm probably quite sorry. - Oh! That's the problem, isn't it?
0:38:30 > 0:38:36When you're selling things that you've seen as a child, lots of memories, it evokes lots of passions.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Oh, you're not upset, are you? - No, no!
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Kay, your gorgeous Minton plate.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52We've got a valuation of £1,500 to £2,000.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I had a chat to the auctioneer earlier,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57he thinks it might struggle.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03He said he'd put something around 800 on this to get it away, so we've got to prove him wrong.
0:39:03 > 0:39:09346 now, a scarce Minton Majolica over wall charger, lot 346.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Nicely described and catalogued, what's it worth?
0:39:13 > 0:39:151,000 - who'll start me at £1,000?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Starting at £800.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Or I'll pass along.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Do I hear £500 then?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Looking for a bid of £500 to start me.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- No bid at all?- Nobody.- £500.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Who'll give me 550? 600. And fifty.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39£600, 650, 700. 650 over here.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Are you all out at 650?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- That's where the bidding stops. - They're petering out now.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Last chance at 650, no other bids?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49If you change your mind, come and see us, the owners want more.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It's a packed room, but nobody here to buy that, that's for sure.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Kay, I'm very, very sorry.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Put this into a specialist ceramics sale, I think.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00It's quality all the way through.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05When people buy antiques, they look for makers name, quality and conditions, it's got the lot.
0:40:05 > 0:40:12I agree with David's valuation, he is our ceramics expert. David does know his onions, so stick with him.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- So be it.- It's the wrong room.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Thanks for trying anyway.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Wrong room. Wrong time.- That's all we can say!
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Yeah. I'm so sorry about that.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22It's a very interesting day anyway.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26This is auctions for you - it's not an exact science, it's all about
0:40:26 > 0:40:29getting the bidders here on the day or on the phone.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40It wouldn't be Flog It! without Clarice Cliff, would it?
0:40:40 > 0:40:45We couldn't let you down, we've got some on right now, it's a tea set and it belongs to Iris.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48There's a connection between your family and Clarice Cliff?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Yes, my husband came from Stoke-on-Trent
0:40:51 > 0:40:55and Granny Mould was a personal friend of Clarice Cliff.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Let's hope that's a lucky omen. Were you happy with the valuation, two to four?- I was.
0:40:59 > 0:41:07- Will we get that top end? - We should do - Clarice Cliff perhaps not as popular as it was,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10but still hordes of people out there collecting.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12And Americans still love it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14This is it, it's gonna be under the hammer now.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I've been waiting for this, this is a great moment. Here we go, Iris.
0:41:17 > 0:41:23A collection of seven Clarice Cliff crocus pattern tableware, lot 316.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26£200, who'll start me at £200?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28£100? I'm bid £100 in about four places.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33110. 120, 130. 140, 150.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I do see you, I'll come back to you. 160, 170?
0:41:36 > 0:41:41170, would you like? 170, 180.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43190. 190, 200?
0:41:43 > 0:41:49Against you, the bid's at 190, gimme 200. 210, 220.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52230.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Against you. 230. 240. 250, 260.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57270?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59260 bid, 270 now.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02280, 290. 300.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05320.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Slowly but surely.- 320, new bidder.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11340. 360, 380?
0:42:11 > 0:42:15380 or not? 370, would you like?
0:42:15 > 0:42:16370.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20380? 370, are you all done at 370?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Selling at £370. 370 and gone.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- Yes! - Lovely.- That was a great result!
0:42:27 > 0:42:30It was her friends.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32£370!
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Iris, what are you going to do with £370?
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Less a bit of commission, but what will you do with it?
0:42:38 > 0:42:42I've recently moved house and I need lots for the garden.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Are you planting up?
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- Yeah.- Lots of borders?- There's going to be a few crocus bulbs.- Oh, good.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Watch it grow, water it and think of Flog It!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53In memory of Clarice.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55That's lovely. Enjoy it, won't you?
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- And it keeps you fit and healthy, being out in the garden.- Absolutely.
0:43:07 > 0:43:12Sadly, we're coming to the end of our day here at the Chiswick Auction Rooms and we've had our work cut out,
0:43:12 > 0:43:18but bailing us out at the end, our dear old friend, Clarice Cliff, does the business once again.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21I hope you've enjoyed the show. See you next time for lots more.
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