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Today we're in Corby, once a major centre of the steel production industry.

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It's now a thriving town whose population is set to double in the next 30 years.

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Judging by the looks of it, at least a third of Corby's population

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have turned out at the Willows Arts Complex,

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which features our two experts today, Jethro Marles and David Barby.

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With so many people filling up the hall,

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our experts are very busy fishing around.

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It looks like David's made a catch.

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Ian, I'm fascinated by these,

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but more particularly the history behind them.

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-It is unusual to find a pair.

-Yes.

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Who do they belong to? Are they family heirlooms?

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Yes, they were first left to me by my grandmother.

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I observed them as a youngster back in the 1950s.

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I was always fascinated by the blue elements to them.

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When she died, she left them to me rather than my parents.

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I suspect, because of the age of them, they were her parents' items.

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So we're going back to your great-grandparents?

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They would have been married about 1860?

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1860, 1870, somewhere round about there.

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That falls in line with the date of manufacture of these objects.

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They would have been used for, as indicated by the finials on the top, fish contents.

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You might have had fish in oil in one

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and maybe in the other one a concoction like a terrine,

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which wouldn't require cooking.

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Say kippers, herring that would have been combined with butter

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and then smeared on a gentleman's toast.

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Would that have been always for any particular meal?

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I think, basically, either for supper

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or maybe one of those gigantic farmhouse kitchen breakfasts,

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which would have been rather nice.

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They're splendid objects.

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They would have been put on the table to impress.

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I love the colour combinations, these rich blues,

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greens that run into the blue and the well-modelled fish.

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I have had the look to see if there's any mark

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and there's no mark whatsoever.

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If these had been by George Jones, you're talking in the terms of £1,000 plus,

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but they're not.

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If you're looking for a mark for Minton, a similar price range.

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There's not.

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What you've got to think in terms of, in Staffordshire,

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there were hundreds of pottery factories

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all producing similar and this could be a lesser factory,

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although the colour inside, which is this brilliant pink,

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is rather indicative of pieces by George Jones.

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I'm looking at these from the point of view of not being George Jones.

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Have you any idea as regards price, in your own mind?

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We've discussed it with people in the past at other auction houses,

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but basically speaking they say it's the price of the beholder to a certain extent.

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Somewhere between maybe 200 and £400.

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I think you've hit the nail on the head, quite honestly.

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You're well prepared.

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I was going to be a little bit closer and say £200-300.

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My reason for this is because the market for majolica in this country

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has slightly slowed down.

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If we say £200-300,

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I'd like to see them do more and I'm sure they will.

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I'd rather play the conservative game with this.

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-Sure, come and buy me!

-Absolutely!

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I'm available!

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-Now, Jan, you don't seem like a girl that would play with a train set or are you?

-No.

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-You're not a tomboy?

-No, no.

-Where have these come from?

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They were my husband's and then my boys had them.

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His father was into trains, he was a train driver...

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Was he? One of the old steam trains?

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He used to work for Stewart and Lloyd's, one of the shunters.

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I live down in Devon and we actually have a steam railway down there.

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It's lovely to see it.

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I'm always interested to see these old Hornby sets

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when they come in for auction.

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-They have been in the attic for some while, haven't they?

-Yes.

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You can tell by the rusting of the staples on the box.

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Once you get inside, to a collector, this is fantastic.

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You've got your locomotive, your rolling stock there...

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You've got the track and this is O gauge,

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which is the standard gauge and the most popular size of this period.

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I'm not a specialist in this sort of thing,

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but I think you're talking about the 1950s, that sort of period.

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There are a lot of very old boys who still like to play with their trains.

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-There isn't anyone in your family you think would like to keep it and use it?

-No, no, the two boys, no.

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You haven't just got this one set, you've got this other set as well.

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That's slightly different.

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You've got the passenger moving locomotives here

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and then you've got the cargo moving locomotive over here.

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You can be doing all sorts in your little set-up.

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You could be moving pig iron around or people around

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and your imagination can run wild.

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In those days, that was what this was all about,

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letting your imagination run wild.

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-What's it worth?

-I haven't a clue.

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There is a bit of damage.

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This coal truck there is a little damaged on the wheel.

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Apart from that, it looks in reasonably good order.

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Yes, it is.

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The trains go well and everything.

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-Cos you wind it up, it's all clockwork.

-It all works.

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What are they worth?

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I would say for the two sets,

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you're gonna get something between £80 and £120.

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-What about a reserve at £80?

-Yes, that's fine.

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Hopefully, we might find another little boy or a big little boy,

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who will put his hand up in the auction.

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Yes, that'd be lovely.

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Right now, the one you've all been waiting for.

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That's what it says here on Carol's promotion of the Rolling Stones getting Out Of Our Heads.

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Were you waiting for these guys a long time?

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No, I wasn't. I was waiting for Dave Berry to come on

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who was on the programme lower down.

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-I see this was a concert.

-Yes.

-Held in Kettering.

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Yes, at the Granada.

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That was a regular occurrence.

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What date are we talking about?

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January 9th, is it? 1965.

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It's a long time ago.

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-So you had the pleasure of seeing the Rolling Stones?

-I did. Yes.

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-Big fan of the Rolling Stones?

-Afterwards I was.

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You had no intention of going to see them to get THEIR autographs.

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-No.

-You were a big Dave Berry and the Cruisers... ..who I've never heard of.

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-Haven't you?

-No.

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They used to wear all black and used to put his microphone down the back and sing.

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You did the right thing, getting the Rolling Stones' autographs.

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I did, I realised that.

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This is with the original line-up with Brian Jones.

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-That's right.

-A tragic accident happened and he was found drowned in a swimming pool.

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I'm very lucky to have Brian Jones on it, really.

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They're all there, Charlie Watts.

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Yes, Bill Wyman.

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on guitar.

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I think whoever buys this will actually get the guillotine out

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and square off the edges and just square off the top

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and frame it up with this cut out as well underneath it.

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I realise I shouldn't have put the Sellotape in,

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but when you're 15, you don't think of these things.

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-You've had this since you were 15?

-Yes, 40 years.

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Why do you want to part with it now?

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Whatever money I get, I shall go on holiday with it.

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-Have you seen these sold on Flog It? before?

-No, I haven't.

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Well, I did a valuation.

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-We did one in Wiltshire.

-Yes.

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Rolling Stones on a signed promotion package just like this

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with all of their autographs.

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-It got £850.

-Gosh, really? I was thinking more on the lines of £100.

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Although the quality was slightly better.

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We had a lovely letter from the local police which were policing the event.

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-This needs a little bit of work doing to it.

-Yes.

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Some of the autographs are upside-down which devalues it

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because you like to see all the autographs facing the same way.

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At least they're all in pencil, which is good because pencil doesn't fade.

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-Oh?

-If these autographs were written with ink or Biro,

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over 20 years, they would start to fade.

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-Pencil will never fade.

-That's good.

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-It's Mick Jagger that's written upside-down.

-Naughty Mick!

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I think still £600-800.

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Excellent. I'm thrilled to bits.

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-We'll put a reserve of £500.

-Really?

-Gosh, I'm over the moon.

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-That's fantastic news.

-Are you happy with that?

-Yes.

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Let's hope we can get you some satisfaction.

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Thank you very much. Thank you.

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BOTH SING: # Ida, sweet as apple cider... #

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-Are you as sweet as apple cider, Ida?

-Yes, I certainly am, David.

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So you have this wonderful Scottish lilt.

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Did you come to Corby because of the industry?

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Yes, my husband came to work in British Steel and I moved with him in 1963.

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You collected these when?

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When my husband was alive, we started buying small jugs

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as souvenirs from holiday and we graduated into antique fairs.

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When he died, I decided that I didn't want to do it any more.

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These ones don't have any particular sentimental value

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so I decided I would bring them along today.

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These are beautiful examples.

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You've got two Worcester ones, which are absolutely superb.

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Then this one in front which is a lovely Doulton one.

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If we look at this one, at the very end here,

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this is a Worcester one in the form of a tusk.

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-Oh, I hadn't realised that.

-It's very much in the Oriental mould

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and if you look at the decoration there, Oriental flowers

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and then we've got butterflies at the top here.

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Also this gilt handle, this banded decoration all the way around,

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is typical of Oriental wares.

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The date of that is round about 1897.

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Much collectible, very nice piece.

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This one here, a bit later,

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probably tucked into the beginning of the 20th century.

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This is Worcester blush ground.

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If you look at that very white, ivory ground,

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then look at this here, you can understand why they call it blush.

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It's yellow ground with a slight apricot tone.

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The beauty of this is the floral painting.

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We bought it because of the thistles on the side,

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that was the reason why we chose that one

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because of our Scottish origins.

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That is such a lovely piece.

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The third jug you've brought along, which is the one in the front,

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that is a Royal Doulton piece.

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The whole concept of design is Victorian.

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That unusual shape almost, I think, expensive perfume bottle.

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The design is partially hand-painted but there's a transfer design

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and then it's infilled with colour by hand.

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Three very beautiful, but individual jugs.

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Now we've got to put a price on these.

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Either the auctioneer is gonna sell them as one lot

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or they're going to be sold individually.

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-We'll leave that to the auctioneer's discretion.

-Yes.

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-With this jug, I would anticipate a price between £90 and £120.

-Yes.

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This one, I would anticipate a price in the region of about £80 to £100.

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Oh, yes.

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And your Doulton one, probably thinking in terms of £45 to £60.

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Would you be interested at that sort of level?

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Yes, certainly, I can't remember what we paid for those two.

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Certainly, that one is more than we paid for that.

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That would stand you in good profit?

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Yes, that's my Scottishness coming out, there is a profit.

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-Thank you.

-Thank you very much and thanks for the song.

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Thank you!

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Well, we've been rocking and rolling in Corby today.

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We've got Hornby train sets and a nice pair of majolica fish boxes,

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a selection of hand-painted jugs

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and topping the bill for me,

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signatures from the original line-up of the Rolling Stones.

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For today's sale, we've skipped over the border

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from Corby in Northamptonshire to Market Harborough in Leicestershire.

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We're at Gilding's Auction Rooms, a father and son-run operation.

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Today's auctioneer is John Gilding.

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All done?

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I love this lot, it belongs to Jan.

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Not for much longer, I think, because this one will steam ahead.

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Hornby train set, all boxed, it's all there.

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The condition is good.

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Value - 80 to 120 for the lot.

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-Well, wouldn't it be a snip if you managed to buy it for that?

-Oh, yes.

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-It's definitely going to double its price.

-Do you think so?

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Yes. I would have thought it would be 80 to 120 per box.

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-Sounds good to me.

-It's in very good condition.

-Has there been much interest?

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Yes, a lot of interest. We've got a lot of Hornby in at the moment.

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There's bound to be the collectors and excited boys,

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the little old boys!

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What is it about railway memorabilia? It is big business.

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It's huge. I suppose it's because it's never going to be back again, is it?

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-No. Just going off the rails. Well done, John.

-I like that.

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Will the bidders of Market Harborough like the train set?

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We'll just have to wait and see. First up, it's the three jugs.

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Ida, it's great to see you again and I love that horsey badge.

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-Isn't he super?

-He is wonderful.

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The auctioneer has split your three items up.

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We've got the two Worcester jugs up first, followed by the Doulton one.

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This first one is worth a flutter. It's got butterflies all over it.

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There was a butterfly flying around this morning.

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£90 to £120 we need for this.

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Let's see if we can get it. David, will we get that top end?

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It's quality, quality, quality.

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Worcester is still very collectible.

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The second lot is the smaller of the jugs, it's the floral one.

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We are looking at £80 to £100 for that one.

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-Yes.

-Which I know David is absolutely in love with, aren't you?

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The technique is entirely different to the other one.

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-It is indeed.

-This is beautifully painted on a blush ground.

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Let's hope this butterfly flies away, shall we?

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-I hope so indeed.

-Let's get that top end, £150.

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This is it, Ida, good luck.

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I have a wonderful piece here.

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You're all out at £65. 65 had a bid, 65 for the jug.

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70, 5, 80, 5, 90.

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Outside at 90.

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£90, I'm bid. Are you all done?

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You're out. 5, 95, 100 and 10.

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120, 130.

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We are inside this door at £130.

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Are you all done? Finished and sold at 130.

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It peaked your top end, that's great. Well done.

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Right, next one. We're looking at 80 to £100.

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It's the slightly smaller one, floral pattern. This is it.

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Another lovely Worcester jug here, please.

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I'm bid 65. 70, 5, 80...

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Gentlemen, you're both out?

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85, 90, 5...

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On the dresser at 95.

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All done? Finished and sold at £95.

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That's mid-estimate.

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Now we're looking at £45 to £60 for the Royal Doulton one.

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This is different and £28 bid.

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On commission, 30, 5...

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40 in the room. 42.

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45, 48, 50, 5.

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Girls, you lose it, then at 55 in the doorway. At £55, sold.

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That is a sold sign.

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If we add those three up, it's £280.

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That's absolutely marvellous.

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-That is a brilliant result.

-I'm thrilled.

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-I'm so pleased he decided to separate them.

-Yes.

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-I think he got more money for them. He knows his market.

-Yes.

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What are you gonna put that money towards?

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I'm going on holiday to the North Cape through the Arctic Circle.

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It'll help to finance my holiday.

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-Fantastic.

-What a wonderful experience!

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-Yes.

-I'd love to do that. I'd love to do that.

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You know that old saying, "a rolling stone gathers no moss"?

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We've got all five of them - signed autographs.

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-That puts the value up, doesn't it?

-Definitely.

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-600 to £800 is what we want, Carol.

-Excellent, that sounds good to me.

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It does to me as well. We have sold them before on the show and got £850.

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Let's hope there's no difference in Market Harborough.

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If you can find it on the internet,

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you can sell it anywhere in the world.

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That's right. Yeah.

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Let's hope we get a smash hit here today. Good luck.

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A poster cutting, pencil signed from days gone by.

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£220 bid on commission.

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220, I'm bid. 220. 240, 260, 280, 300.

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£300, I'm bid.

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At £300 I'm bid, at 300, do I see 20 anywhere?

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At 300 and I'm watching you all carefully.

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At £300, are you all done?

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You're quite sure?

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All finished and away at £300...

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I have to withdraw that lot, ladies and gentlemen.

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Not a smash hit here today.

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-No.

-I'm very, very sorry, Carol.

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-Quite all right, I've enjoyed the day.

-I'm gonna stick by my guns.

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We've sold exactly the same thing on Flog It before.

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OK, the autographs were all up the same way.

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We got £800 plus for it.

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I think it was in Cardiff, I can't remember where it was.

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I said to you 600, the lower end

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-because some of the names were upside-down.

-Yes.

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-Don't ever sell them for anything less than £600.

-OK.

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It was the wrong auction room on the wrong day.

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Yeah, I'll take your advice.

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I've just been joined by Jan and we have that lovely two-box set of Hornby trains going under the hammer.

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Valuation, 80 to 120.

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Let me bring our expert in here.

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We had a chat to the auctioneer earlier

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and he said these should fly away.

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He would put 80 to 120 on each box and he's hoping for £300.

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-They could go off the rails.

-Let's hope he's right.

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These are in immaculate condition.

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They don't look like they've been played with.

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-You should store them away again.

-They were stuck in the loft.

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It's too late, you can't withdraw them now.

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Now is the time we're gonna sell them. This is it, good luck.

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-If they go for more money, Jethro's promised a little dance.

-Oh, good.

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Here's a lovely couple of boxes of train sets.

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Here we go, I have to start the bidding at £160.

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-Oh, brilliant.

-160, I'm bid.

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All out in the room? £160 I'm bid... 160, do I see 70?

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180, with me at 180.

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You're still out in the room at 180.

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£180, are you all done?

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Sold and away at £180.

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Bang! Hammer's gone down.

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Come on, give us a little wiggle.

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# Oh, it's a little dance... #

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-How about that?

-Good result, eh?

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-Good result.

-Thank you both very much.

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What will you do with £180?

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-I'll give it to my two boys.

-Yeah?

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They played with them and basically they didn't want them.

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-How old are they?

-20 odd!

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One's just got married last year.

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Give it to your little boys!

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Now, we've got a little fishy on the dishy.

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It's the majolica fish plates. They belong to Ian.

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£200 to £300. A lot of money.

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These have been in the family three generations.

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Are you sad to see them go?

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Fish dishes don't fit in our scheme of things at the moment.

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We're downsizing.

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-It's the tip of the iceberg for us.

-You saw these when you were a little boy.

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-Surely there's lots of memories?

-I got other things from my grandmother.

-OK, good.

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Hang on to those, then.

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Someone who would like those little dishes is Mr B here.

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I like 19th century ceramics.

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-You do.

-These are the epitome of 19th century invention,

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particularly in the ceramic world.

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They'll appeal to the American market and there's American buyers here today.

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They're going under the hammer right now.

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Lot 50, the majolica fish boxes.

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The sardine boxes, if you like.

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They look like sardines on the top.

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You're all out, please.

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Bids start with me on commission here at £200 for the two.

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-£200 I'm bid.

-That's good.

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At £200 I'm bid. 220, 240, 260.

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£280 I'm bid. 280 bid.

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At 300 on the telephone. 320.

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320, I'm bid. 320, 340.

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340 on the telephone. At £340.

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At £340. Are we all done?

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All out in the room. Sold at 340.

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£340, Ian.

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That will help my daughter go to New Zealand

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for her university education.

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That's where the money's going.

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-Why's she going to New Zealand?

-She decided to go to university in New Zealand.

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-She's going to do her degree out there in the South Island.

-Lovely!

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-That's where the money's going.

-What a lovely place to go!

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Sounds very good.

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-South Island, New Zealand.

-He's biased cos he's been there.

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Talking about places to go, that majolica,

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-do you think that went to the States?

-I think so.

-I'm very pleased.

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-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

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On Flog It, we tend not to see a great deal of furniture

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which is a shame as it's my particular passion.

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I guess it's difficult to bring to valuation days because it's bulky and heavy.

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Not far from here, there's a castle.

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It's called Rockingham Castle and it has the most stunning collection of furniture.

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While I'm in the area, let's go and check it out.

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William the Conqueror ordered a castle to be built here between 1068 and 1071. You can see why.

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It's a superb, defendable vantage point with far-reaching views across five counties.

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Many medieval kings came to Rockingham Castle -

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Richard the Lionheart and his more unpopular brother, King John, to name just two.

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King John would have certainly enjoyed hunting in Rockingham Forest, of which little remains today.

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In the Tudor period, Henry VIII leased the house to Edward Watson -

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a direct ancestor of the present owner who still lives here today.

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Rockingham Castle has dozens of rooms.

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I've decided to pick on just one and I'm in it now, the Great Hall.

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Obviously, it's changed over the centuries, but it's still the hub and core of the house today.

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The furniture here is absolutely exquisite.

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I love it, because it tells the history of the house

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through the evolution of furniture design and styles.

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To help me decipher it all is one of the tour guides, Basil Morgan.

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-Basil, thank you for spending time with me.

-Good to see you.

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Where does my history lesson start?

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Well, I thought with this trunk of King John, about 1210.

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He came here more than any other king, probably about 15 times.

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-Was that to hunt in the forest?

-And to put down baronial revolts.

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He was always chasing barons. This is obviously his treasure chest.

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He was here three weeks before he died and, this was left behind.

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Now, that is some strongbox. That is all hand-wrought and hand-hammered.

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I love these rose head rivets here.

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It's got, interestingly enough, five locks. There would have been five different key holders, I guess.

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Absolutely. The middle one has the actual lock for that period.

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Yes, so it does. Look at that! The original padlock.

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-I guess it's too much to ask if you've got the key for it.

-Alas, no!

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Lost long ago. Wow!

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1210. This one next to it looks slightly later.

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Yes, this one belonged to Henry V, who was the last king to come and stay in 1422.

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Are these his coat of arms?

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Yes, his coat of arms of England and the coat of arms of France as well, since we ran France at that time.

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Original paintwork, that's lovely!

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But that has certainly caught my eye, Basil.

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You know I love my oak furniture. Tell me the history of this.

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It looks 17th century.

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Well, this is the table that James I, who was the last king to visit,

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is supposed to have dined at when he came in 1619.

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It's a very fine piece of furniture.

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Obviously, refectory tables in a great hall would have been massive, everybody would have dined at them.

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It looks like a side server or as you say, used as just a private table for the king himself.

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It's constructed of oak - probably Welsh oak.

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I love these very simple, gun barrel turnings. They're quite austere.

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There's no fanciness about them.

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A cracking table, absolutely cracking table.

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It feels so nice as well.

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-That could tell a few stories, couldn't it?

-I should think so.

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Basil, there's a date up there, 1579.

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-What's that all about?

-That was the date when Edward Watson, the first owner, finished this room.

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-And the motto?

-The motto - "A house shall be preserved and never

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"will decay where the Almighty God is honoured and served day by day."

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Now, this piece of furniture brings us up to the Commonwealth.

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Cromwell would not have liked this chair, would he?

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No, and he - his local commander, Lord Grey of Groby -

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captured the castle in the 1640s and were here for about three years,

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during which time they destroyed most of the outside - the keep - and of course most of the furnishings.

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Cromwell, he would have chucked this out.

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He would have used much more heavy, robust pieces of furniture.

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He wouldn't have liked this chair, because the royalty loved it.

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This was very fashionable from Charles I onwards.

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This is quite interesting - the barley twist.

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You can tell it's an early one, because it actually tapers, it gets narrower at the top.

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That's something to look out for on 17th-century pieces of furniture.

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Looking up there, there's a screen and that's obviously 18th century,

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because there's a chinoiserie look to that which Chippendale adopted.

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In the 18th century, the family didn't live here.

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They had another house in Kent called Lees Court and a town house in London.

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The estate was really put under an agent and they just came up occasionally to hunt.

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Yeah.

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Here, we've come up to the Victorian period, haven't we?

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These are Victorian chairs.

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From the early 19th century, begins the family's long naval tradition from the Napoleonic Wars on.

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And they inhabited the castle again from 1836.

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You can see the difference between the Victorian craftsmanship

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and something from the 17th and 18th century.

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The carving is cruder, it's much sharper

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and there's too much of it.

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For me, it's just a little bit too busy.

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What a fascinating history this place has.

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-Basil, thank you very much for showing me around.

-Thank you.

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Isn't it wonderful how different pieces of furniture that come from

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different periods of our history, when you put them side by side,

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they complement each other, but they also tell a fascinating history of Rockingham Castle?

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So, now back to Corby where another piece of furniture is revealing its history.

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Now, usually, our Flog It valuations are carried out at a blue table.

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But today, you've brought along this brown, round table.

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What do you know about it?

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Not a great deal.

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It was given to me by a friend

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about 25 years ago, something like that.

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-Just a gift?

-Just a gift.

-So had you taken a shine to it?

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Yeah, I'd always liked it.

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When I sort of set up home on my own, she just sort of presented it to me.

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What a lovely thing to do!

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It was really nice, really nice.

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When you look at this table, it's quite elegant, isn't it?

0:28:550:28:57

-It is, it is. Yeah.

-What do you use it for? What have you been using it for?

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It's been in a corner with the kitchen door open, virtually hiding it.

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I really felt that it's time to part with it.

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It needs to be in a house that's going to use it so you can sit around and have tea.

0:29:070:29:11

-Exactly.

-Tea and cakes.

-Exactly.

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Now, essentially, when you look at a table like this from a distance,

0:29:130:29:18

you wouldn't know how old it is,

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-because it's in the style of an 18th-century table.

-Right, yeah.

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With this simple, circular top, this lovely, balustrade column support

0:29:230:29:29

and these very slender, pad feet.

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-Typical late 18th century.

-Oh, right.

-In design.

-Yeah.

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But it's not as old as that.

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This is a late-19th-century copy.

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-Middle to latter part of the 19th century.

-Right!

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Something to look for with table-tops like this...first of all,

0:29:440:29:47

around the edge, is it the original edge?

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They often get cut down. This is nice and simple.

0:29:500:29:53

It looks like the original edge to me. No major damage at all.

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I don't think that's been ground down. That's original.

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Is this top made of one piece? Because that's really good if it is, but, no, it's not.

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It's actually made of three planks.

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You can actually see the joins, just beginning to sort of show

0:30:060:30:10

with age as the wood warps and splits up a little bit.

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Now, let's tip it up and have a look underneath.

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Now, it doesn't have its original clip.

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-No, no.

-Why's that, then?

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Well, because when I had it, there was nothing there at all.

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If we stood anything on one side,

0:30:260:30:29

-it flipped.

-Not a brilliant idea. Not a brilliant idea.

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Is it a table of any means?

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Sometimes they call them breakfast tables, sometimes it's a tea table.

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-Or is it just an occasional table?

-It's exactly that.

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It's designed to have this tip-up top, so you could put it on the side.

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It doesn't take up any space. You just bring it out occasionally.

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That's why it's called an occasional table. There you go, a lovely thing.

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I like it. They're not uncommon.

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I think it will make over £100.

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I'm hopeful it might make £150.

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-Oh, yes, good. That would be nice.

-That would be nice.

-That would be nice.

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If we put it into the auction, I think if we encompass that figure of 150 in an estimate and say,

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120 to 180, on a good day with a following wind,

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maybe it might make a couple of hundred pounds.

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What about a reserve? Should we say 120?

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That would be good.

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-I think 120 firm reserve.

-Yeah.

-OK.

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If not, I'll find a corner for it.

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-Mary...

-Yes.

-Have you ever seen, No, No, Nanette?

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-No, I haven't.

-Well, there's a wonderful song, Tea For Two.

0:31:340:31:38

-Oh, lovely!

-# Tea for two... #

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This is the sort of service that would have been used at that period.

0:31:400:31:44

Sort of 1920s-1930s.

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The Jazz Age period.

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And who did this belong to?

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-My mother-in-law.

-Mother-in-law.

0:31:490:31:51

-Yeah.

-And was she a Jazz Age baby?

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Well, yes, in her younger youth!

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Because this is by Clarice Cliff.

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So many people know about Clarice Cliff.

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What I'm constantly amazed by it is that shock of design. This is the Rhodanthe pattern.

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I find the colours' contrast, with the oranges and yellows,

0:32:090:32:14

visually exciting, which is so reminiscent of that particular period.

0:32:140:32:18

Just tell me, why don't you like it? Obviously, you don't. Otherwise you wouldn't sell it.

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Well, I do like it, but I'm getting very nervous about washing it and using it.

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-You don't take it up to your husband for breakfast in bed in the morning?

-Definitely not!

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Right.

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The market for Clarice Cliff is still strong, but I think

0:32:330:32:38

there's indications that possibly it's not as popular as it used to be.

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And there are other makers and designers which are coming to the fore.

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So, when this goes up for auction... it's going up for sale at Gilding's.

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It's got a very, very good name.

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I think we should do quite well, but I want to put a figure on that is going to attract buyers.

0:32:520:32:58

Yes.

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I think we should put a price...

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round about an estimate of 250...

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to 350.

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Yes.

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And hopefully get more and I think we shall do.

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If we put the higher figures, you're going to blow it.

0:33:170:33:22

So we take into account present state of the market,

0:33:220:33:25

particularly for Clarice Cliff, and also the consideration

0:33:250:33:29

this is in lovely, lovely condition and it's going to be quite stunning in the auctioneer catalogue.

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On the website, we're going to sell it for a good price.

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-But we want to be sensible.

-Yes, I agree.

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Mary, short but sweet.

0:33:400:33:42

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

0:33:420:33:44

This is a lovely oil on panel in a superb frame.

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-Is it yours?

-Yes, it is, yes.

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I think, personally, looking at this, this is a classic case of the frame

0:33:540:33:59

is probably worth more than the picture itself.

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The chap that painted it apparently is quite well-known for his peaches

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and he's caught the texture of the peaches and the grapes as well.

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He's famous for his peaches and his grapes.

0:34:090:34:12

Was he a grocer(?) I don't think there's a lot of value in this.

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It does need a lot of restoration.

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If we take this lovely oil on panel out,

0:34:180:34:23

you've got to a frame, which is easily worth £150, £180.

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It's an early one. Look at that!

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It's early 19th century.

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It's wonderful. It's good weight.

0:34:320:34:34

There's a lot of relief

0:34:340:34:36

here in the gesso work. It's plaster

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actually laid onto the pine frame and then it's been gilded.

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What you could do is go down to your local glass shop, get some mirror

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cut, a nice bit of bevelled glass, put it in it and, hey presto, you've got something nice to look at.

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Now, Joan,

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-this...

-JINGLING

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-..is every Flog It sound recordist's nightmare.

-Hooray!

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Yeah. They are really quite noisy actually when people wear them, these charm bracelets, aren't they?

0:35:080:35:13

We used to have a girl in our office, every time she came up the stairs,

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you knew it was her, because you could hear her charm bracelet going. So have you collected these charms?

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No, my mother did.

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Right. And what about the bracelet?

0:35:220:35:23

That looks a little bit older.

0:35:230:35:25

That was my father's 21st birthday gift.

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-It was an Albert that they had across the chest with a pocket watch.

-That's it.

0:35:280:35:32

-It was an Albert chain?

-Yes.

-That's named, of course, after Prince Albert, who made them popular.

0:35:320:35:37

Aren't you a bit sentimental about it, then?

0:35:370:35:40

-Why are you thinking of selling it?

-I don't like jangly stuff myself.

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I gave it to a friend and I said, "You don't wear it." She said, "No, I don't like jangly."

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So she's given it back to me and we'll split the money if there's anything to come.

0:35:470:35:51

Right. How much are you going to get, that's the question? Let's have a little look at it.

0:35:510:35:55

There are a few charms on here which are fairly...I wouldn't say common, we see them a lot.

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For example, the £5 note one.

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Now, you've got to a £5 note, a £1 note and a 10 bob note.

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On the side, it says, "In emergency, break glass," because you've got the glass on the front.

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If you're short of a fiver, you could just break it.

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-That's the theory.

-Shall we share?

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-Shall we open it now?

-Why not?

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And look at this little box here, look.

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Two little love hearts on the front.

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You open it up and inside you've got that little engagement ring...

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-It's sweet, isn't it?

-And the little wedding ring.

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That's actually quite an unusual one. That's quite a nice one.

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You've got lots of others as well.

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They weigh quite a bit.

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So there's a certain amount of gold value, but today,

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in the early 21st century, they are becoming fashionable again.

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-I think that this bracelet should make over £400.

-Good, thank you.

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-So, you'd be happy to put them in an auction with a reserve at 400?

-A reserve at 400, yes.

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I think an estimate of 400-500 would be a fair guide to anybody who wants to buy them.

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You're not going to feel sorry to let it go?

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-No. I'd rather somebody enjoy it than it lie in a cupboard.

-Yeah.

0:37:020:37:04

-I shall give some to the air ambulance fund as well.

-That's nice.

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-It's a good cause.

-Yeah.

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-Lovely. Let's hope we get a good price on the day.

-Fingers crossed.

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So, let's see how lucky we are at the auction with Joan's charming gold bracelet and the Victorian

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occasional table and, lastly, the 1920s Clarice Cliff tea set for two.

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£2, I'm bid. At 4. £4.

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We have a lovely Albert chain going under the hammer right now.

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-£400-£500, Joan.

-Yes.

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And it must have a charmed life, because there's lots on there.

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-And these were Dad's and your mum's? She collected the charms.

-Yes, she collected the charms.

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-There's a lot of money is worth on there, and you don't like wearing it, it's too jangly.

-It's too jangly.

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Far too jangly. £400-£500, Jethro. It's a lot of money.

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There's a certain value in the gold.

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You use that as your base price.

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Hopefully they're going to make within the estimate which is more than the gold value.

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Gold is doing well at the moment. So, I'm happy it will make the estimate.

0:38:030:38:07

-Charms and charm bracelets with half a dozen charms are popular at the moment.

-Sad?

0:38:070:38:12

No, no.

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-Just happy to see it go now?

-Yes.

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-Let's hope we can get you £500.

-Hope so.

-This is it, good luck.

-Thank you.

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Weighs extremely well.

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What would you say for that? 500?

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I'm bid 300 on commission.

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All the gold here at £300 I'm bid.

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320, 340.

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360. 380, 400. And 20.

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-£420.

-420(!)

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At £420, I shan't dwell if you've all done. £420, away.

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That's a good result.

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-That was a fair price.

-Thank you.

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£420. What are you going to do?

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I feel a holiday coming on, but I need a new washing machine.

0:38:490:38:52

-That's very important.

-Very mundane.

-You can't do without a washing machine.

0:38:520:38:55

Right, now we have some furniture on the show.

0:38:580:39:01

We don't get a lot of furniture. It's only occasionally we get it, because obviously it's bulky to carry.

0:39:010:39:06

This is quite fitting, because it's Pat's occasional table. Yeah?

0:39:060:39:09

-That's right.

-£120-£180 we want for this.

0:39:090:39:13

-Getting excited?

-Very, very.

-It's been a long wait today, hasn't it?

0:39:130:39:18

The room is absolutely jam-packed. It's packed full of bidders.

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I think we can get a little bit more than Jethro's top end.

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I'm secretly hoping for £250, I don't know about you, Jethro.

0:39:240:39:28

I wouldn't put that limit on it.

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It's a lovely colour.

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It's not very old. It's only a Victorian piece.

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It's got everything in its favour.

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I've got good vibes for this one.

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I can feel a dance coming on.

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I sold the last one.

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We're going to find out right now. Here we go. Ready, this is it.

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An occasional table.

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Here's a lovely little table.

0:39:480:39:50

The bidding starts with me at £110.

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110 I'm bid. 110, 120, 130.

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-140. 150. 160...

-This is good, this is very good.

-..170, 180. 190.

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It's got a beautiful colour.

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OK, it's climbing well.

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-210, 220.

-They've got a phone bid.

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That's always a good sign.

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230, 240.

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250? On the telephone, £250. 60?

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£260 with Brenda. All done.

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Finished and sold at £260.

0:40:220:40:25

-Yes!

-Isn't that good news?! He's done a little dance.

0:40:250:40:29

-You were going to do it as well. Shall we do it together?

-No!

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What are you going to put £260 towards?

0:40:360:40:39

At the moment, not sure. I don't think I'll have any difficulty.

0:40:390:40:42

No, there's always bills to pay, isn't there?

0:40:420:40:45

-Holidays.

-Holidays, saving up.

0:40:450:40:47

-Treat yourself, won't you?

-Yeah, I will do.

0:40:470:40:50

Mary, you were saying earlier, you get so nervous using your Clarice Cliff tea set...

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-I do.

-Are you getting nervous now?

0:40:590:41:01

-Yes, I am.

-Very. £250-350, we need.

0:41:010:41:04

It is unusual.

0:41:040:41:06

David loves the teapot.

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-I think that's where the value is and you do as well.

-Yes.

0:41:080:41:11

Why were you getting nervous using it?

0:41:110:41:13

Well, my hands are getting a bit dodgy...

0:41:130:41:16

They're not, are they?

0:41:160:41:17

At least you had a go at using it.

0:41:170:41:20

A lot of people just put them in a cupboard and look at them or put them in a box and don't look at them.

0:41:200:41:24

-It's time to sell, is it?

-Yeah, I think so.

0:41:240:41:27

David... These are going to fly away, aren't they?

0:41:270:41:30

One hopes, Paul, one hopes.

0:41:300:41:32

-One hopes.

-Don't predict the market.

0:41:320:41:35

What I like about it is it's such an intimate tea service for two people.

0:41:350:41:39

We've never had Clarice Cliff on the show that hasn't sold before.

0:41:390:41:43

LAUGHTER

0:41:430:41:45

That's tempting providence, isn't it?

0:41:450:41:46

Ooh, ooh!

0:41:460:41:49

It's Clarice Cliff. This is it. Good luck.

0:41:490:41:51

I have to start the bidding at £320.

0:41:510:41:56

340 in the room.

0:41:560:41:59

-Short and sharp.

-£340. I'm bid 340.

0:41:590:42:01

360. 380?

0:42:010:42:03

380. 400 on the telephone.

0:42:030:42:06

A phone bid, that's good.

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440.

0:42:090:42:11

Thinking about it then, on the telephone now, at 440. 460.

0:42:110:42:16

480.

0:42:160:42:18

£480 on the telephone, once.

0:42:200:42:23

All done, finished and sold? 480. I shan't dwell.

0:42:230:42:26

Their hammer's gone down. 480.

0:42:260:42:29

What are you going to do with that?

0:42:290:42:31

Well, I want the kitchen redoing.

0:42:310:42:33

It will go towards the tiling, I guess, or a new worktop.

0:42:330:42:37

Yes. A new worktop. Definitely.

0:42:370:42:39

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-What sort of kitchen would you like?

0:42:390:42:41

Is it going to be a hi-tech or a country one?

0:42:410:42:44

No, more hi-tech than country.

0:42:440:42:47

Don't like the country look, then?

0:42:470:42:48

No, not really. We live in the town, so...

0:42:480:42:51

OK.

0:42:510:42:53

It's not in vogue, is it, the country look? It's all hi-tech.

0:42:530:42:56

Minimalism and all that jazz.

0:42:560:42:58

That's why you got rid of the tea service.

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It will all come back, don't you worry. It will all come back.

0:43:010:43:04

-And you'll still be in business.

-Oh, yes, exactly!

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What a fabulous day with some great results!

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Clarice Cliff has done it again, crashing through the top estimate and exceeding all expectations.

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If you've got any antiques and collectibles you're unsure about and you want to flog, bring them

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along to one of our valuation days and we'll see what we can do for you.

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Till the next time, goodbye.

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