0:00:22 > 0:00:27With the Mersey on one side and the Manchester Ship Canal on the other,
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Warrington was perfectly placed for the Industrial Revolution.
0:00:32 > 0:00:53It became known as the town of many industries,
0:00:53 > 0:00:58Judging by that queue, they've got their work cut out!
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Before the room has even filled up, Anita is doing her homework about her first item.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19John, lovely to have you along to Flog It today and to bring these three very nice items.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Now, what are they? They're all Charlotte Rhead pieces.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29From two different sources, my two sets of grandparents.
0:01:30 > 0:01:38Well, Charlotte Rhead was one of the most interesting decorators working in the early 1900s
0:01:38 > 0:01:43up to the 1930s. Now she came from a family
0:01:43 > 0:02:00who had been associated with the North Staffordshire potteries
0:02:00 > 0:02:08And as a young woman she studied at the Fenton School of Design. Where's that?
0:02:08 > 0:02:12In the Potteries. Right. In the Potteries.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16She was one of the people who introduced tube lining,
0:02:16 > 0:02:24which is this icing cake decoration where you have lines of slip which are filled with colour.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29The individual pieces, what wonderful colours, John.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Wonderful autumnal colours. Really nice. Greens, oranges, yellows.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Love it. Now if we look at the other pieces,
0:02:38 > 0:02:43they're nice, but not of the same quality. Would you agree?
0:02:43 > 0:02:49Certainly, colourwise, they're not. They're not as exciting. Not as exciting.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51I would sell these together.
0:02:51 > 0:03:10One lot? One lot.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15I would estimate the three of them, and I estimate conservatively,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19because I'm a conservative type of girl. Yeah, yeah.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23You don't count your chickens.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29I would estimate them in the region of 120-180. Yeah.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34And we'll put a reserve at 120 on them. Right.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37If you're happy. That's fine.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Well, let's hope that they do well on the day. I'm sure they will.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Thank you for coming along. I'll see you at the auction. Thanks.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01Doreen, hello. You've brought along a pair of watercolours
0:04:01 > 0:04:24which I think are signed and dated. Yes. And quite charming.
0:04:24 > 0:04:32At the time I was going to painting classes. Right. And I wanted frames for my paintings.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38Well, these aren't the original frames. I used the frames. You did? For pictures of my own.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44They're by a chap called Whittaker. TJ, I think. Yes. Initials.
0:04:44 > 0:04:4919th century watercolour artist from the north of England.
0:04:49 > 0:04:56There are two things I like. I like the scenes. I like that they have figures doing things,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00rather than just ordinary landscapes.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06The other thing I particularly like is the fact that they are a pair.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Very nice to hang either side of something. Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:36And a pair, in my view, is worth much more than twice one, whether it be chairs, paintings, whatever.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40for a professional to do that.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45I dare say the pictures, as you remember them, were a little bigger. Yes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51So they're worth more than five shillings. Any ideas? I haven't got a clue.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56I rather think that 100-200 should be a safe and sensible estimate.
0:05:56 > 0:06:03Reserve them at ?100, with a bit of discretion should they get close. I'd be surprised if they don't sell.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07I think that estimate should get a little competition
0:06:07 > 0:06:12amongst the bidders. It should drive them up. Lovely.
0:06:21 > 0:06:41Look at this. It wheels so freely, Mike. Tell me all about it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47What was the business? It was an old engineering merchants, then it became an ironmonger's shop.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52What was its name? H Hopkinson Ltd. And this is in Nottingham.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Right in the city centre? That's right. We sold steel
0:06:56 > 0:07:01and delivered steel to the railway factory in Nottingham.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06I work with somebody who delivered with this cart when he left school.
0:07:06 > 0:07:13He was a director who worked with my father. This did the hand deliveries, some young apprentice on foot,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18round the streets of Nottingham. It would have had quite a load.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22That explains why, structurally, it's so well built.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28But also...freedom of movement there. That really is a little bit of precision engineering
0:07:28 > 0:07:53on something that looks so crude. Isn't it? Yeah.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58I would suggest this was painted in its day, on the outside, with coachwork
0:07:58 > 0:08:05that would have matched the wheel down there. That's a lovely crimson red, typical of that bygone era.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10And that's got a wooden wheel with steel spokes to reinforce it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13A steel hub and a steel tyre.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Can you imagine the racket that made over those cobbles?
0:08:18 > 0:08:23But it was built to last. Right. It was lovely pushing it here.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29Why are you selling this? It's been in your family such a long time. It's space, really.
0:08:29 > 0:08:35It would be nice to put it in the garden, but it's too nice. Too good for the garden.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39And too big to have in the house. Have you thought about value?
0:08:39 > 0:09:00I have no idea. I've looked at it for a long time.
0:09:00 > 0:09:08That's the most important thing. As a decorator's piece, we need to put it in at ?120-?200. Yeah?
0:09:08 > 0:09:12That's great. Thank you for bringing it in. It must be so sad to sell it.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16It is. You're keeping the photograph. Yes, I'd like to keep that.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Maybe, I think, to give this a little provenance,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24we could get a copy of this, just the print,
0:09:24 > 0:09:30and we could let that go with the cart. Good idea.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35It might get you an extra ?30 or ?40. We'll see you at the auction. That's great.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Beverley, have you been up into the attic or onto your mantelpiece?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47In the cupboard. It's been there for 32 years.
0:09:47 > 0:10:08So I thought it was time it had an airing. How do you know exactly 32 years?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11It's 1910, 1920.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And it's a mantel or bracket clock. Right.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18In the style of a Georgian clock.
0:10:18 > 0:10:25The case is made of mahogany. It's pretty good quality, like a lot of Edwardian items.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Open up the door here...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Aaaw!
0:10:31 > 0:10:37It's got a silvered dial with what they call a silver chapter ring, here.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40It'll be a chimer.
0:10:40 > 0:10:47There are two things to tell you. A) It's a twin train. B) It's got chime and silence.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51You don't have to have the chimes on if you don't want to.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57And if we could just turn it round, we'll see what sort of movement it's got,
0:10:57 > 0:11:20whether it's reasonable quality. There's a brass grille door
0:11:20 > 0:11:24CHIMES Makes a good noise, doesn't it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:30It's pendulum driven. Right. And I should think, if we wound it up,
0:11:30 > 0:11:36it would probably be in working order. Nothing there tells me that it shouldn't be working.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Value. It's worth getting on for ?100. Right.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Probably not more than that because of its lack of real age.
0:11:45 > 0:11:52If it were 100 years earlier, it would be several hundred. Should we put a safe reserve? 50? Fine.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55OK, we'll do that for you. Thank you.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Let's have a reminder of the first lots for the auction.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06The decorative Charlotte Rhead pots, the matching pair of watercolours,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Mike's smooth-wheeling wooden barrow
0:12:09 > 0:12:28and the elegant Edwardian clock.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34We've got two lovely watercolours here by TJ Whittaker. Adam's not smiling when I said "lovely"!
0:12:34 > 0:12:39I'm not sure lovely's the case. They don't do it for me, Paul.
0:12:39 > 0:12:45Good decorative pair, though. Doreen bought them for a few bob and Charlie put ?100-?200 on them.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50I think that's good value for a pair of original watercolours.
0:12:50 > 0:12:57It's not a lot of money. When I unwrapped them, I was excited to see what came in.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And I thought they were a bit boring. I looked him up, found his dates.
0:13:01 > 0:13:061828-1876. So he is a listed artist. Recognised. People can look him up.
0:13:06 > 0:13:14But I just don't rate them. And what really spoils them is this terrible, non-reflective glass.
0:13:14 > 0:13:39It makes everything look like a print. It's very dull. I don't like it.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44We might scrape them away, but we won't have a major result.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46But, you know, we could be wrong.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51So here we go. Let's find out who's right.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Two watercolours by TJ Whittaker up for grabs right now.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04Our auctioneer seems to think they're still going to belong to you.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08He feels they're going to struggle. I have reduced them.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13You've reduced them? The reserve. To ?50.
0:14:13 > 0:14:19OK, right. So you're slightly worried as well. You don't like them, don't want to take them home.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24I think these will still do the ?100. There's no need for that.
0:14:24 > 0:14:46You'll definitely sell them, but I said to Adam, "They're a pair, they're original, watercolours.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50We know what Doreen thinks, and Charlie, and Adam Partridge.
0:14:50 > 0:14:56Time to find out what the bidders think. Let's go to the auction now. This is it.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00JW Whittaker. We've got a phone line. All is not lost.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03A phone line! You see? Have faith.
0:15:03 > 0:15:081828-1876, a listed artist. ?100?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10100 bid. 10 now. 110.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13120. 130. 140.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16150. Brilliant. 160.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21170. 180. And everyone was getting so worried. I know. 200.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Where have you gone? No?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26190 on the phone. ?190.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Are you all finished at 190?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Yes! I'm so happy. ?190.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Bless you, Doreen. You didn't have to reduce it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:57Adam got it wrong. Well done, Charlie. I'm afraid I got the wind up in the end!
0:15:57 > 0:16:01So it'll go towards that trip. Going to see him. Ah, lovely.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Thank you very much. Thank you. What a great result.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15Right, this next lot, the three Charlotte Rhead pots really caught the eye of Adam.
0:16:15 > 0:16:22Anita, you said 120-180. Good valuation. He said he thinks he can get 300 quid for them.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Does he? Anita did say she was conservative. She always is.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30"Come buy me." That's a typical auctioneer's trick.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34She's a canny lass. Yes. We know they'll get the top end plus.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40Why are you flogging them? Charlotte Rhead is a legend. It's very desirable.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46And you're getting rid of them. Well, the style and the colour doesn't go with our decor.
0:16:46 > 0:17:05We've had them literally stored since they were inherited.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08110. 120. 130. 140.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11150. 160. 170. 180. 190. 200.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15And 10. 220. 230. 240. 240 bid. 240.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Any more now at 240? At 240 we sell... 250!
0:17:19 > 0:17:23260. 260, then. All finished?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25At 260.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29At ?260. Nearly did the 300, didn't we?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Got to be happy with that, John. Oh, yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:43The hand barrow has got to go. It's been in Mike's family's business for such a long time.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47And now you're getting rid of it. The business has gone, now this.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Lack of space. We need 180-220 quid.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Hopefully ?250. That's right.
0:17:54 > 0:18:17And what's the money going towards? I'm sailing to the Caribbean.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20?100 the cart? Oh, come on. 80, then.
0:18:20 > 0:18:2380 bid. 90. 100. 110.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26120. 130. 140. 150.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28160. 170. 180. 190.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31200? 190 here. 200.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35210. 220. 230. 240.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37250. 260. 270. 280.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39This'll get you some lifejackets!
0:18:39 > 0:18:43290? Any more? At 280 we sell, then.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Yes! Hammer's gone down. ?280. Congratulations.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Please, please, take it easy on that journey. Have you sailed a lot?
0:18:53 > 0:18:58Yes, yes. But this is the first really long journey. Good luck with it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03A lifetime's experience. Record it on camera. Yes.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We're moving it on today, hopefully for ?100.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35You look fantastic for 92. What's the secret?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Well, they tell me I've got to say gin!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Beverley said that!
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Gina and tonic, that's your tipple. She doesn't like the tonic!
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Don't you like the tonic? No.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53Takes the taste of the gin away. Oh, you like the hard stuff.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57It's nearly tome for it, Charlie. Let's hope we get the top end.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Edwardian eight-day inlaid mantel clock.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Held aloft there. Nice clock.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08I've got six bids here and can start at 130. 140 now?
0:20:08 > 0:20:14140. 150. 160. 170. 180. 190. 200. 210. 220. 230. 240.
0:20:14 > 0:20:38250. 260. One more? Yours at 260.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Gold-plated!
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I think Edwardian, really!
0:20:45 > 0:20:51Thank you very much for coming in. You did all the hard work at the valuation day.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55There was a big queue. A huge queue. Thank you very much.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Thank you very much for coming in, Mary. Thank you.
0:21:09 > 0:21:16Mention the Titanic and the date 1912 and the whole world knows exactly what you're talking about.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20But if you mention a ship called the Tayleur and the date 1854,
0:21:20 > 0:21:25precious few people know about it. She was built not far from here in Warrington.
0:21:25 > 0:21:44She sadly sank on her maiden voyage with a huge loss of life.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48and was chartered by the White Star Line to sail to Australia.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52400 men, women and children would lose their lives.
0:21:52 > 0:21:59It seems absolutely astonishing that such a massive ship was built here in the heart of Warrington,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03which is a good 17 miles inland from Liverpool.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08She was laden with a million pounds of cargo at today's prices
0:22:08 > 0:22:12and carrying 652 crew and passenger members.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16She set sail for Melbourne in Australia.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25Just like the ill-fated Titanic, the Tayleur was to sink on her maiden voyage.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So how did this tragedy come about?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I'm with Janice Hayes from Warrington Museum,
0:22:32 > 0:22:55who's studied and researched the story of the Tayleur.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59she was run aground and smashed to pieces on the rocks there.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Was this just really bad luck or was the ship defective?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07The survivors had varying accounts of it. Some blamed the crew,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11the foreigners said they couldn't understand their instructions.
0:23:11 > 0:23:18Others said the ship had been rigged at the last moment so the ropes were too stiff to pull down.
0:23:18 > 0:23:25Other people claimed that the most likely cause was the compasses being misled by the iron hull,
0:23:25 > 0:23:30so it was much closer to shore than they thought it was.
0:23:36 > 0:23:44There's absolutely nothing left here to remind us that this was once a thriving centre of shipbuilding.
0:23:44 > 0:24:03What few precious reminders remain of that stormy night in 1854 are in Warrington Museum.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08These are two christening ribbons from the yard.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13This is what they would have originally have looked like - bright red.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And this is the crucial one.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19It's just faded with sunlight.
0:24:19 > 0:24:26I'd love to be able to take it out, but it's so fragile it would fall apart. I can see it start to split.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30This is an extract from a newspaper cutting.
0:24:30 > 0:24:36The Warrington Gazette. Those are the eyewitness accounts of the survivors.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Very graphic detail in them. Then it goes on to the inquest.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Some really heart-rending stories. We've actually photocopied a couple of sections.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48That's in very tiny print.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Here we go. "Wives clinging to their husbands, children to their parents.
0:24:53 > 0:25:13"Women running wildly about the deck uttering heart-rending cries,
0:25:13 > 0:25:17"floating about on the surface of the still heaving sea.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23"Husbands and wives, parents and children, clasped in each other's arms."
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Gosh. That really is moving. Beautifully read.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30You can imagine the mayhem, but this vessel was huge!
0:25:30 > 0:25:33She is absolutely massive.
0:25:33 > 0:25:39240 foot long. That was obviously painted retrospectively, a bit later,
0:25:39 > 0:25:44because she's in full rig and she wouldn't have been in full rig sailing out to Ireland.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48No, it was barely rigged before they actually set sail.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51A stunning looking ship.
0:25:51 > 0:25:57And, lastly, we've got some blue and white plates here. Is that from the restaurant?
0:25:57 > 0:26:04Probably from the ballast that was carried. Really? There was so much of this found about the wreck.
0:26:04 > 0:26:24I'm told somebody in Ireland has a shed load of this pottery!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27The salt water has eroded that.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Janice, thank you very much. Thank you.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Christine, who said that Flog It was hard work?
0:26:50 > 0:26:56I've just had the best time in my life playing with these animals! What a wonderful collection!
0:26:56 > 0:27:03Where did you get them? I got them in Llandudno at an antiquarian bookshop.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07She had the odd one in the window.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12And instead of buying the one that was in the window, I ended up...
0:27:12 > 0:27:32..with the lot!
0:27:34 > 0:27:38I think I like... the penguins!
0:27:38 > 0:27:43I think they're wonderful. They're so cheeky.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Your eye is drawn round and round. It's absolutely wonderful.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Here's Farmer Jones and Mrs Jones to attend to them all.
0:27:51 > 0:27:58We've got really two collections. We have the farm animals and we have the wild animals.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01So it's a Noah's Ark array of them.
0:28:01 > 0:28:08I think they are very appealing. They are something that people will fall in love with
0:28:08 > 0:28:12as I have fallen in love with them. I'm not allowed to bid for them.
0:28:12 > 0:28:18So I think I would like to estimate them between ?200 and ?300.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Would you be happy with that, Christine?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Yes. I'd...
0:28:24 > 0:28:44You never know. Other people might fall in love with them as well.
0:28:44 > 0:28:51200. Right. We'll instruct the auctioneer to put a ?200 reserve on them.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55What will you do with the money? Spending money
0:28:55 > 0:29:02when I go on a very expensive horticultural trip to Japan!
0:29:02 > 0:29:06The trip of a lifetime. Yes.
0:29:06 > 0:29:12Well, let's hope these animals will help you to get that spending money for your trip.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16It sounds wonderful. Thank you very much.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27June, quite an interesting little mixture of things here. Have you collected them for long?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I have. About four years, basically.
0:29:30 > 0:29:54Right. I started off with that one. They're all from car boot sales.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58I thought, "This is item of the day on Flog It."
0:30:00 > 0:30:06It's silver, it's Russian, it purports to be 1884. And it's fake.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Oh, no!
0:30:08 > 0:30:14That's the story of my life. It's such a shame. The quality is fantastic.
0:30:14 > 0:30:20I was slightly suspicious when I looked at the bottom of it and it's got a couple of nuts
0:30:20 > 0:30:28that look relatively modern. And then I spoke to one of our valuers who is an expert on it,
0:30:28 > 0:30:32and he said he was 98% certain that it's fake.
0:30:32 > 0:30:38Such a shame. It would have been worth several hundred pounds. What did it cost? That cost ?3.
0:30:38 > 0:31:04May I say that it doesn't matter that it's fake, but because it's fake, we shouldn't be selling it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10coming through the Edwardian period to that little service there,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13which is actually post-war. Right.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18This little set is 1920s, '30s.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And, I think, hugely collectable.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Then three little items. Know what they are?
0:31:25 > 0:31:30That's a pencil, but I have no idea what that is. No idea?
0:31:30 > 0:31:35The first time I saw it, I thought it was an eye-piece.
0:31:35 > 0:31:41An eye-piece to look through? You wouldn't want to look through that. Look what happens!
0:31:41 > 0:31:46A spear! You don't know what it is? No idea. It's a cigar piercer.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50I wouldn't know that because I don't smoke cigars.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53No, I should hope not.
0:31:53 > 0:32:15Hold that against the end of the cigar, hold the cigar and pierce it.
0:32:15 > 0:32:22All of it, including that, it's definitely under ?20. I'd say ?15-?18.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27I think that's great. So if I said you'll get ?50-?100 for it, you'll be all right. I would.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31I think we'll flog 'em. Yes, please. Keep your Russian figure. Thanks.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36Wendy... this is mouth-watering.
0:32:36 > 0:32:42The fruit that's painted on this porcelain looks good enough to eat.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Where did you get it?
0:32:45 > 0:32:51I got it off an old lady who was moving into a home. She sold up and I bought it.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Did you have a choice of things? No, the good stuff had gone.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00The good stuff had gone? Yeah. And you were left with these rejects?!
0:33:00 > 0:33:21You lucky girl!
0:33:21 > 0:33:25They were famous for this range of wares.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32All these pieces are individually hand-painted.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36And although they are not painted by the same artist,
0:33:36 > 0:33:43all of the artists who painted these pieces were renowned for their work.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47This particular plate was done by Harry Price.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52Another one by Townsend and another one by Moseley.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57All good artists and painters in the Worcester factories.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02They're not early. What sort of age would you think they were?
0:34:02 > 0:34:08All these pieces were made between 1930 and '34.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Now how much did you pay for these, Wendy? ?21.
0:34:12 > 0:34:32?21? How long ago was that? About 30 years ago. 30 years?
0:34:32 > 0:34:37I would estimate them between ?600 and ?800.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41And we might...we might get a little surprise.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Here.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Very collectable. Quality items.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Quality sings in the saleroom.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54So I think they might do very well indeed. Are you happy? Very happy.
0:34:54 > 0:35:00I'm delighted that you brought them along to Flog It. I'll hold your hand on the day
0:35:00 > 0:35:03and we'll see how they do. Thank you.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10So in our second batch of collectables heading to Knutsford,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13we have the charming carved animals,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15June's assortment of silver
0:35:15 > 0:35:20and the one my money's on - Wendy's Royal Worcester coffee set.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Well, actually this is my home territory. I'm a Cheshire girl.
0:35:45 > 0:35:52I moved to Cornwall in '72. I have a sister in Congleton, so I'm back here. Visiting.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Checking out the salerooms. Yes, oh, yes.
0:35:55 > 0:36:02You know, we had Benny Sirota, who started Troika, on the show. With Lesley. With Lesley.
0:36:02 > 0:36:08Two years ago he was on the show. I asked how many pieces of Troika he had in his collection.
0:36:08 > 0:36:15I expected him to say thousands, but he said just seven. How many have you got? Two.
0:36:15 > 0:36:21One very badly broken and mended. Lots of memories, then. A lot of memories.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27You enjoyed it down there? Very much. Missing Cornwall? I'll be glad to get back.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32There's a little piece of Troika on sale today. It's a London plaque.
0:36:32 > 0:36:52It looks like that. It's by Benny Sirota and its value is ?800-?1,200.
0:36:53 > 0:36:59Christine, it's great to see you again. Christine was first in the queue on that valuation day.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Yes. You kept nice and warm, though.
0:37:02 > 0:37:09We're just about to flog your collection of wooden animals. We hope for ?200-?300. Top end?
0:37:09 > 0:37:15I hope so. I reckon we will. Don't you, Anita? They certainly deserve the top end. They do.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21The next lot is 117, this lovely collection of carved and wooden animals.
0:37:21 > 0:37:28There's lots of them. We reckon about 55, but we're not very good at counting.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31?200? 2 bid.
0:37:31 > 0:37:3310. 220. 230. 240. 250.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38250 bid. 60 now? At 250. 260. 270. 280.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41290. 300. 310. 320. 330.
0:37:41 > 0:38:01340? 330 bid.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04What are you going to spend ?370 on?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Food. Food?!
0:38:09 > 0:38:15I'm going to Japan and the extra money is for my evening meals.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21Fantastic. You'll have lots of sushi out there as well. What a trip!
0:38:21 > 0:38:24A great result! I'm very happy for Christine.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34June's collection of silver and, my word, there's a lot of it! All sorts, from a car boot,
0:38:34 > 0:38:39over four years. With a valuation - let's hope for top end - of ?100.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44I hope so. I think we'll crash through that. There's a lot there.
0:38:44 > 0:38:50So why have you decided to flog them all after only collecting for four years.
0:38:50 > 0:39:10They're only in a drawer.
0:39:10 > 0:39:16All the money is going towards a tour around the country with your caravan. That's right.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19And then you're off abroad. Yes.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24Well, let's get these sold. Let's do the business. This is it.
0:39:24 > 0:39:30540 is this quantity of items including a miniature coffee service.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Nice little lot there. Lot 540.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36?100? 100 bid.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38110. 120. 130. 140. 150.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42150 bid. Any more now? Straight up! 160. 170.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45180? On the books at 170.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48170.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Yes! ?170!
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Congratulations! Plenty of petrol in the caravan! Wonderful.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00Caravan?! Touring caravan, isn't it? Do you tow it or drive it yourself?
0:40:01 > 0:40:23You both know what I meant. And I know you did as well.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28They've given you at least four inches in height.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32We are saving the best till last! The Royal Worcester coffee set.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37?600-?800 put on by our bonny expert Anita.
0:40:37 > 0:40:43What did you think of that? Very good. You bought these for 21 quid 30-odd years ago.
0:40:43 > 0:40:49Yeah. Did you realise today they were worth ?600-?800? Not when I bought them at the time!
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Good eye, eh? Good eye. What will you do with the money?
0:40:54 > 0:40:59I'd like to invest it in something else. More antiques.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03You can pick Anita's brain for top tips on what to look for.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Will we get the top end? We have eight pieces
0:41:07 > 0:41:30beautifully made, beautifully painted. Eight little works of art.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Various painters. Lot 388.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38There we go. ?500 bid.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Yes! 50, then?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44550. 600. 650. 700. 750. 800.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46850?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48850. 900. 950. 1,000.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50And 50. 1,100 here.
0:41:50 > 0:41:531,150. 12. 1,250. 1,250!
0:41:53 > 0:41:561,200 still with me. At 1,250?
0:41:56 > 0:41:591,300. 1,350?
0:41:59 > 0:42:021,400. 1,450?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05?1,400 Gosh! At ?1,400.
0:42:05 > 0:42:081,450. 1,500. 1,550?
0:42:11 > 0:42:131,550. I'm out now, it's yours.
0:42:13 > 0:42:161,550. Is there 1,600 then?
0:42:16 > 0:42:18?1,550.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Yes!
0:42:22 > 0:42:39?1,550! Those shoes brought you some luck!
0:42:39 > 0:42:43What a great day! I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47See us next time for more thrills and spills!
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