0:00:02 > 0:00:06Heads. It's money, but it's also known as sterling.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12And so is this. I'm in the beautiful Scottish town of Stirling where the term for money came from.
0:00:12 > 0:00:19Coins were minted in that castle over there using silver from local mines from over there.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Stirling is known for the castle which saw the coronation in 1543
0:00:57 > 0:01:04of young Mary, the future Queen of Scots. Its cobbled streets are a picturesque reminder
0:01:04 > 0:01:07of this historic past.
0:01:07 > 0:01:14We're outside the imposing Albert Halls, which have entertained people in Stirling for 100 years.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16What an architectural delight it is.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Today our two experts are Anita Manning and Mark Stacey.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25It's their objective to help people here make a mint at auction.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40June, when I looked at this glass, I thought, "Yes!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42"A lovely piece of Scottish glass."
0:01:42 > 0:01:48It's lovely to have Scottish glass shown in Scottish Flog It at Stirling.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Tell me, did you buy this?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Inherit it?- We bought it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58- Do you collect glass? - I do. Scottish glass.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01What do you have in your collection?
0:02:01 > 0:02:08- We have tulip lamps, mushroom lamps, and quite a few vases and plates. - Uh-huh.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- It's Perthshire glass?- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:18- Or Monart?- Monart and Vasart. Vasart now because Monart is too expensive!- Of course!
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Of course. Well, it's an interesting factory.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Monart glass was produced in the 1920s.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33It was sold in the prestigious shops in London - Harrods, and so on.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36It wasn't cheap at the time.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42Production of Monart glass stopped at the beginning of the Second World War.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47After the war, production of Monart started again.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53But the whole look of the glass changed.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Instead of using the vibrant colours, they used more muted colours.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05A little later on the brothers separated and...
0:03:06 > 0:03:12they went on to make Vasart glass. And when I looked at that,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I thought it was Vasart.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18The post-war Vasart.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Because these colours are Vasart colours.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27This lovely, delicate blue and the delicate pink.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30When I picked it up,
0:03:32 > 0:03:37and looked at the base, there were no Vasart marks on it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Now Monart is never marked.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45So I felt it is Monart, it's late Monart,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48definitely post-war.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I would estimate it
0:03:51 > 0:03:56probably in the region of... 60-80.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- Are you happy to put it to auction? - Yes, I am.- At that estimate?- Yes.
0:04:01 > 0:04:08Well, we're selling it in Edinburgh, we're selling it on the right side of the country!
0:04:08 > 0:04:14- That's right!- Monart is popular everywhere now.- So I believe.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18So we'll put it in, 60-80, a reserve of £60 on it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- And hopefully it will go more. - That'll be great.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Thank you for bringing it in.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36- Hello, Berwyn.- Hi.- You've brought this interesting tea set in.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- Give me the family history.- Well, we as a family have always believed that it was
0:04:41 > 0:04:44a Chinese silver tea service.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49My mother came from Shanghai, my grandparents lived there.
0:04:49 > 0:04:57And the family story was always that my grandparents, when they left, brought this with them.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01And my mother presumably inherited it from my grandmother.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08I can understand why you assumed that. There is a retailer's mark in the box that says Shanghai.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12But the actual tea service was made here in the UK.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18- Well, that's a puzzle, then. - Made in Sheffield, hallmarked for around 1912.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24I suspect what happened is that back then in the Victorian/Edwardian period,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27we had a very big empire.
0:05:27 > 0:05:34We made a lot of things for our own market, but we made a lot of pieces for people who were ex-pats,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36who were living in the colonies.
0:05:36 > 0:05:44And I presume that this was supplied to the retailers in Shanghai to sell to the English market there.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50It's still a nice, interesting set and it's nice to get the four pieces together - a teapot,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53the water jug, the sugar bowl, the creamer,
0:05:53 > 0:05:57and then, slightly later, the sugar nips.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01All decorated, this typical design of these hanging flowers,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04in a slightly sort of shaped form.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Now why have you decided to sell it now?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Well, my mother, who is 89,
0:06:12 > 0:06:18has been talking about "the silver Chinese tea service" for years and years and years.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25And that has been in the box in her hall cupboard
0:06:25 > 0:06:31and I visited her just this week and she said, "What about that tea service?"
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- I said, "Mother, I'll take it away." I knew you were coming.- Fantastic.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- So it's time to get rid of it, put it in the sale.- Please!
0:06:40 > 0:06:44We're probably looking at around £300 or £400.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- Something like that.- I didn't think it was worth very much, actually.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Well, it's out of fashion a bit, but I like it
0:06:52 > 0:06:57because it's complete and with its travelling box and a nice story.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- Do you recommend a reserve? - I think we should. We don't want it going for 50 quid.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- If we put a reserve of 300, with 10% discretion.- OK.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10And if we did get a reasonable sum, any plans?
0:07:10 > 0:07:17Well, my mother says spread it out. Five grandchildren, university debts, all that.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- We might be able to pay a bit of it. - A bit!
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- I hope so.- That would be great. My mother wants it to be sold.
0:07:25 > 0:07:33- Well, thank you very much. Let's keep our fingers crossed we'll be toasting our success.- Thank you.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Marie, in the old days,
0:07:43 > 0:07:48you used to go to the movies, have your arm round your girlfriend
0:07:48 > 0:07:52and smoke a cigarette with the other hand. What you have here
0:07:52 > 0:07:55is a home entertainment kit.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- It looks like an Indian club or a skittle or something.- Uh-huh.
0:08:02 > 0:08:08But in actual fact it has various different functions, as you probably know.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11And if we unwind it here,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15we have this part which comes out,
0:08:15 > 0:08:19which could be your cigarette holder.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22If we turn it round there,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24a cigar holder.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31If we lift this piece here, and turn this back round again,
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- put it in there, a pipe for your grandpa!- Uh-huh.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41And while everybody was having a wee smoke,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44you could look through here
0:08:44 > 0:08:46and see a little picture
0:08:46 > 0:08:50of the piper outside Edinburgh Castle.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54It's a little piece commemorating
0:08:54 > 0:09:00the Scottish National Exhibition, which was in Edinburgh in 1908.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06Now, in late Victorian and Edwardian times, they had these huge exhibitions
0:09:06 > 0:09:10which would celebrate the glory of their city.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14It would exhibit new products and things of interest.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20This was a little thing that folk would buy as a souvenir.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25- Tell me, where did you get it. - It was my great-grandfather's,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- then my papa's, then my dad gave it to me.- And what did you do with it?
0:09:29 > 0:09:33It's been lying in a dish in the house! Doing nothing.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36So you're not a smoker, you haven't used it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41- And you've looked through the glass and seen the piper.- Uh-huh.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Value, I would keep it low. In the region of £25-£35.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It's not a lot of money, Marie,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52but you've had your fun from it.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57Pass it on. Someone will collect it. At that price, Marie,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- would you be happy to put it into auction?- Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05There's no point in it lying in a dish. No point at all.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08So we'll put it in, 25-35,
0:10:08 > 0:10:13say a reserve of maybe about 20 just to protect it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19Let's hope someone there will be interested in it. I'm sure they will.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Thank you.- Thanks for bringing it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Hello, Dorothy.- Hello. - Nice to see you.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34You've brought this charming little bronze figure.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Well, we've had her for 25 years.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43And my husband's aunt before that had her for 20-odd years.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49- So she's quite old. - She's a little bit older than that. That's 45 years, isn't it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:56This actually goes back to the end of the 19th century, sort of 1900-ish, here or there.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- Where has she been living in your home?- In a cupboard, lately.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03A glass cupboard or locked away?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Locked away.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11- So nobody's seen her for a while. - Not for a while, no. - It's a shame.- Yes, maybe.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15It is difficult, unless you have the space.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21What I like about it, Dorothy, is that we've got this nice bronze body with the little bonnet
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and the flowers and her shawl.
0:11:24 > 0:11:31But instead of making the face bronze, they've carved a little piece of ivory,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35very delicately, and produced a face in ivory.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Sometimes you can see hands or feet or legs in ivory,
0:11:40 > 0:11:45but we've just got that very delicate, pretty little face.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It is also signed on the back here.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53E Meler. M-E-L-E-R. I don't know a lot about that particular sculptor.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59He's not one of the big names, but it's very competently done.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04She's holding a nice bouquet and she's on this granite/marble base.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I think it might be a bit later.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11It looks a little bit too big for the actual thing.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16But it's quite a decorative piece. What made you bring it along today?
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Just decided to come along and see what value she was,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23see if there was any interest.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28I think there will be some interest. It's a very decorative figure.
0:12:28 > 0:12:36- I would say at auction, we would put it in at £200-£300.- Yes. - With a reserve of 200.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42And hopefully on the day other people will agree that she's quite decorative
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- and maybe it will make a little bit more than that.- Thank you.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51It's time to remind ourselves of what's going to auction.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54We start with the Scottish glass.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Anita is sure this pretty vase is pure Monart.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Not from Shanghai, but Sheffield, the boxed silver tea service.
0:13:02 > 0:13:09Followed by the Stanhope smoking kit, a reminder of bygone times, especially here in Scotland.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15And, finally, the bronze figure, whose unusual ivory face should enchant the bidders.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23We've travelled to Edinburgh for today's sale
0:13:23 > 0:13:30where we have two auctioneers on the rostrum - Sybelle Thomson and Will Smith.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37We're suffering from bad weather here in Scotland and the worst is around Stirling,
0:13:37 > 0:13:43so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't stop our sellers making it here today.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47There's no time to waste. The auction is just about to start.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Something for the locals here. It's Scottish, it's Monart glass.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57And it's June's, but hopefully for not much longer. £60-£80.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I've been watching you and I saw you buy something.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- It was a Monart vase! - So why sell this piece of Monart?
0:14:05 > 0:14:12- Because I want to buy another piece. - Well, somebody else who absolutely adores Monart
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- is our expert here. - I love Scottish glass.
0:14:16 > 0:14:23This is later and not the best of colours. It has none of the little gold flecks in it,
0:14:23 > 0:14:28so it's not going to fly. It's an ordinary piece of Scottish glass.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31£60-£80, fixed reserve at 60.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34How much was the piece you bought?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- £45.- Gosh.
0:14:36 > 0:14:43- And it's a better piece.- Yes. - Gosh.- Let's hope somebody has pink and blue curtains!
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- 10 years ago that was fashionable! - Yes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52- It's the colour scheme, isn't it? - I know.- We're going to find out right now. The pressure's on.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Good luck to you. And Anita.
0:14:54 > 0:15:00Lot 209, a very nice Monart mottled pink and blue glass vase.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03£50 for it? 30.
0:15:03 > 0:15:0630 bid. 30 bid. Who's going on?
0:15:06 > 0:15:1130 bid. 35. 35. Any advance on 35?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15At £35. Not today, I'm afraid.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- No. You were the only buyer in the room.- Yes.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- I'm quite pleased to take it home. - Yes! Keep it in your collection.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28You've got a lot. Hang on to it. In fact, it matches your scarf.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Up next is a boxed silver tea service. It belongs to Berwyn,
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- who is stuck at home because the weather is so bad.- It's dreadful.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49- But let's hope we can get £300-£400. - I hope so, but if we don't, my cover for the day is the weather.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55- It was against us. - I just hope the silver dealers came to the preview days.
0:15:55 > 0:16:01There's been viewing all week here and the weather has been fine and this is a good lot.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07It is. It's a nice lot to sell on. It's all there, in a box.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12- Just give it a clean.- Just like us. - Exactly. Fingers crossed, it's going right now.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Lot 330A, we've got this engraved silver four-piece tea service
0:16:17 > 0:16:24and a pair of tongs in a fitted case. We're starting the bidding on two commissions at £280.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Right, come on. We're in, yes!- 290.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30300. 310.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Any advance on £310? 320.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35325. I'll take five again. 330.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40Any advance on £330 for the tea service?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43At 330. At £330.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- He's sold it! £330. - The weather was on our side!
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Oh, I'm relieved!
0:16:59 > 0:17:05It's just the two of us, Anita and myself. Marie can't be here. The weather is shocking outside.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10We won't let her down, though. We've got a wonderful smoking kit
0:17:10 > 0:17:14with a little, tiny, micro image of Edinburgh inside.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18It's a little conversation piece. It's just a wee silly thing,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22but it's commemorating an exhibition in Edinburgh in 1908.
0:17:22 > 0:17:28So we're selling in Edinburgh and we're not asking for a lot of money for it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32We're in the right place. A fixed reserve of £20.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38These things are cheap. Not a lot of people collect them, do they?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42It's going under the hammer right now, so good luck, Marie.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48Lot 430, a nice cigarette holder and pipe combined. Who'll start at 20?
0:17:48 > 0:17:5020 bid. 25. 30.
0:17:50 > 0:17:535. 40. £40, seated. At £40.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Any advance? 45. 50.
0:17:56 > 0:18:005. 60. 5. 70.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06£70. The gentleman seated, at 70. Any advance on £70?
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- Crack!- That is a very good price. - £70!- I'm delighted.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Marie will be delighted as well. I can't wait to tell her.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24This next lot is a real gem. It's Dorothy's bronze figurine
0:18:24 > 0:18:28and it caught the eye of Mark. You love this kind of thing.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I do. It's not only bronze, but it has the ivory face.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38- It's a lovely combination. - It's got that look to attract decorators.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44- £200-£300, that's a bargain. - Hopefully.- And I'd love to see it do the top end.
0:18:44 > 0:18:51- Let's hope the bidders find their way to the rooms and don't sit on their hands.- Hope so!
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Good luck. This is it, Mark. This is it, Dorothy.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Lot 474, the bronze Edwardian female model. Rather nice, this.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Who'd like to start me? £200 for it?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06100? 100 bid. 120.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08140. 160.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13180. 180. 180. I'm selling at 180.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17180. Any advance on 180?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- 190.- Oh, 190 they've got.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23200. 200. 200.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26£200. Any advance on 200?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28210. 210.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30210. 220.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32230.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34240.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39- 240. Any advance on £240? - The hammer's gone down.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- That's a sold sound.- That's good.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- £240, Dorothy.- Very good. - What will you put the money towards?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Oh, we'll have something transformed in the garden.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Oh, planting something up? - Landscaping.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59A bit of landscaping. That's a nice thing to spend the money on.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05- You can watch it flourish.- That's right.- Well, thank you so much. A lovely item.
0:20:16 > 0:20:23At the beginning of the 20th century, four young Scottish artists looked to Paris
0:20:23 > 0:20:29for their inspiration. They were Cadell, Peploe, Hunter and Fergusson.
0:20:29 > 0:20:36The vibrant influence on their work was so dramatic that they became known as the Scottish Colourists.
0:20:36 > 0:20:42Patrick Elliott, senior curator at the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, introduced me to their work.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46I've been looking forward to this. Tell me about this one.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52This is by Cadell. He's an artist who was born near Edinburgh
0:20:52 > 0:20:57in the early 1880s. And he went off to Paris for a little while
0:20:57 > 0:21:01and then to Venice in 1910. This work dates from 1910.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- This was where he got to grips with painting.- I love the hot colours.
0:21:05 > 0:21:12You wouldn't expect them. Especially the Italian flag there right in the centre of the image.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18You've got these little grey spots, which I'm sure are pigeons.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- You can see influences here of Impressionism.- Exactly.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26It's quite like works by Monet, all those Impressionist people.
0:21:26 > 0:21:33- Lively brush strokes. - Oh, yes. It's rich and it's heavy in texture, isn't it?- That's right.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39If you've tried painting and tried doing that sort of rough, lively brush work,
0:21:39 > 0:21:45it can get really stodgy and that's the problem. He's kept it lively, partly by not too much detail.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49If you look at the faces, they're just blanks.
0:21:49 > 0:21:56If he'd gone into detail of noses, eyes, mouth and chin, it would become a portrait of three people
0:21:56 > 0:22:00at a cafe table. Here you've just got Venice.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04The lights, the atmosphere, the vibrancy of the whole theme.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08It's probably Florin's Cafe, which is still around.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12It was very popular for painters of the time to paint cafes.
0:22:12 > 0:22:18These are where they hung out. If they wanted to meet and find out about the latest techniques,
0:22:18 > 0:22:24- they'd go to the cafe.- Marvellous. That's Cadell. Who's next? - We're going to look at Peploe.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27He's probably the best known.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33He was a little bit older than Cadell and he went out to Paris in the 1890s and studied there.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38And then went back in 1910. Compared to the Cadell which we've just seen,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42which has an Impressionist flavour, this has a more Cubist flavour.
0:22:42 > 0:22:48- Cubism is partly about flattening the picture plane. - Which Picasso did.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53He's the main one. You've got very geometric outlining of things
0:22:53 > 0:23:00and it's like a flat surface. Instead of trying to draw you in with compositional lines,
0:23:00 > 0:23:08he's kept it flat, so the background is just as bright and colourful and commanding as the foreground.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12If you look around it, you can still make out what the items are,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- the fruit bowl with the banana... - A cup and saucer.- A rose, perhaps.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23A jug. And you get these in all of Peploe's paintings - a permutation of the same things.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29He's not interested in the subject matter. What he wants is to concentrate on the painting.
0:23:29 > 0:23:35So what he's interested in are the colours, the brush strokes, and the arrangement of the forms.
0:23:35 > 0:23:42- It's a lot harder to do that than you think.- It's very tempting to get into the detail
0:23:42 > 0:23:48- and show that's a rose or a cup... - He lets you use your imagination. - Exactly.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54It's a very powerful, colourful design. A daring thing to do in Scottish art at the time.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57It's as close as it gets to Cubism.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02There was controversy. People were upset that he was following the French tradition,
0:24:02 > 0:24:10- the new-fangled French avant garde. - Were they well off in their day? Were they struggling artists?
0:24:10 > 0:24:17Three of the four were quite well off. Hunter, this is George Leslie Hunter, he wasn't well off.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22He had family money, but didn't want to use it. He lived in great poverty.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26He's the odd one out. He was born on the isle of Bute,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30on the west coast, and the others were born in and around Edinburgh.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34And he trained, oddly, in California.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40And he came back to Scotland thereafter and only got into his stride in the 1920s.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46- Where did he do this? - It's reflections from a lock just north of Glasgow.
0:24:46 > 0:24:53- It's a beautiful, economical use of paint and line and dabbing textures. - Wonderful reflections.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Beautiful reflections. This beautiful light blue mixing with the greens
0:24:58 > 0:25:03and the browns from the trees. He later became really quite ill
0:25:03 > 0:25:10and was advised to come back to Glasgow. In his last two years, he did a lot of work here
0:25:10 > 0:25:15- and this would be about a year before he died in 1931. - That's done with confidence.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21That shows 30 years of experience. A really top notch artist.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Now the Fergusson.- My favourite.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Mine, too.- It's lovely. - Not just lovely, it's fantastic.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34One of the best paintings in the gallery, one of the best paintings you'll see, full stop.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Flashy and sexy and vibrant. It speaks of Paris cafes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44It's the Cafe d'Harcourt. We know quite a bit about it. It's where artists met.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50- Artists and their models and writers. - Do you know who the model is? - We don't, actually.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57But there are a number of hat shops around there. Women from the hat shops would come along.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- And parade.- Yes. They've got some fabulous hats.- Aren't they just?
0:26:01 > 0:26:08I think that little figure just behind her breast is Fergusson. It looks rather like him.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- A self portrait.- Just sort of perched on the lady's breasts.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- I think that's not accidental.- Gave himself a good position.- He has.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23It's terribly dramatic with that glowing yellow light from the tables.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28- Definitely cafe society at night. - And beautiful fiery paintwork.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34- And that pink is done in about ten different strokes. - Bold strokes, aren't they?
0:26:34 > 0:26:39He's at the top of his game here, with complete freedom and bravado,
0:26:39 > 0:26:44trying to get that cafe society buzz and he's got it spot on.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Fabulous sexy lips as well.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52And again it's letting the viewer interpret it. Use your imagination.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Yeah. You can really walk in amongst them.- I'm there now!
0:26:56 > 0:27:00We've got creme de menthe!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03And look at the chap's hand. Super.
0:27:03 > 0:27:09- Just a fabulous bit of painting. - Thank you so much for showing me round. It's been a real pleasure.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15- The exhibition is here and permanent.- That's right. - So everybody can enjoy it.- Yes.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:27:21 > 0:27:27Back at the valuation day, Anita thinks a cameo should have a starring role.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Linda, what a lovely wee cameo.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34I like this. Nice quality carving. Where did you get it?
0:27:34 > 0:27:39- It was my gran that left it to me. - Is it something you would wear
0:27:39 > 0:27:42going out on a Saturday night?
0:27:42 > 0:27:43No.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- Why not? - Em, just not really my thing.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52- Do you wear jewellery?- Not a lot. I don't wear a lot of jewellery.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- Keep things simple?- Yeah.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Now a cameo is made by carving a piece of shell.
0:28:00 > 0:28:08And you get this very nice contrast of the darkness of the inside of the shell
0:28:08 > 0:28:10and the light of the outside.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15It dates from the mid-1800s to late-1800s.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20What it's showing on the front is a classical scene.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24So it was probably made in Italy.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29And we have a dancing maiden holding a garland of flowers.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34We have one of her sisters, again dressed in classical costume,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37playing the harp. And a sweet little cherub
0:28:37 > 0:28:43playing a tambourine or some drum-type instrument.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's encircled
0:28:45 > 0:28:50by this engraved band of gold.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55It's a very delicate cameo and I like it for that delicate quality.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58If we look at the back, Linda,
0:28:59 > 0:29:04we will see that the back of the cameo
0:29:04 > 0:29:07has been engraved with a name
0:29:07 > 0:29:15It's G Moto. Now that would have been the carver of that cameo.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19That makes it more interesting and more desirable.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24These things are not as popular now as they used to be,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28but this one is a particularly pretty one.
0:29:28 > 0:29:34The estimate I would put on it would be in the region of £80-£120.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Would you be interested in selling it at that price?
0:29:38 > 0:29:43- Yeah, definitely.- Uh-huh? Let's flog it!- OK.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56- Hello, Brian.- Hello. - What an interesting collection of film posters you've brought in.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01We've got seven in total. A couple are quite amusing.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06One here is Hombre, obviously a nice Western title.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10My favourite of all is the classic Dad's Army.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15Thank goodness they repeat them over and over again.
0:30:15 > 0:30:22My favourite character, being Welsh, is the chap who calls him Captain Main-waring!
0:30:22 > 0:30:28- Where did these come from? - Well, in the 1960s, I used to run a cinema
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- near Billingham in Cleveland.- Right.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37I ran it for two years. We used to get all these from National Screen Services in London
0:30:37 > 0:30:44along with trailers and stills. And a lot of them were ripped up, week by week.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- As the new ones came in. - That's right. I kept a few.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Just on the side, really.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56- The ones that appealed to you. - Yes, that's right.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01They're quite interesting for the history of moviegoing.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08Those early posters, of course, those ones for the early horror films, Frankenstein
0:31:08 > 0:31:13and Dracula, and wonderful movies with Rudolph Valentino
0:31:13 > 0:31:19playing the pharaoh and the sheik, those are now sometimes highly sought after.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23They can make tens of thousands of pounds.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28- These are slightly later still. - In the 1960s, cinema was declining.
0:31:28 > 0:31:34That's right, but these are really interesting. Where have they been living?
0:31:34 > 0:31:39- At home.- Not up on the wall. - No, they've just been put away.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45- Why did you bring them today? - Well, just so that somebody can benefit more than me, I think.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- Have you ever thought about the value?- I haven't, really.
0:31:49 > 0:31:55I think we'd be sensible to put them in with an estimate of maybe £150-£200.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01- Ah, yes.- And put a reserve maybe slightly less, if you're happy.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03But then who knows?
0:32:03 > 0:32:09If there's collectors out there, they might well decide on more.
0:32:09 > 0:32:15Where Eagles Dare, I understood the poster alone was £150-£200.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19That is a good one. It was quite a momentous film.
0:32:19 > 0:32:25- That one should be worth a bit, but again we've got these folds and the condition.- Yes.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- We've got to tempt those bids in. - Yes.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34Some of them are only £20 or £30 and others will be £50 or £60.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40I think, in theory, they're worth that, but we're putting them into a mixed sale.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46- I'm sure we'll tease the right bids in.- Good, excellent. - Are you happy?- Very.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51- Wonderful. I'll see you at the auction. Thank you for bringing them.- Thank you.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Lindsey, thanks for coming in.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03You have made my day. You've brought a piece of furniture,
0:33:03 > 0:33:06and it's oak, my favourite wood.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10We know what it is - a Robert "Mouseman" Thompson.
0:33:10 > 0:33:18- How did you acquire this? - I got it in a house sale maybe 20 or 25 years ago.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24- And you've used it ever since? - It's been in the bathroom quite a lot.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I sit on it when I come out the bath.
0:33:27 > 0:33:33- What else? - You got it in the right area because it originates
0:33:33 > 0:33:39and is still being made in Kilburn, North Yorkshire. And, looking at this little joint stool,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I'd say this is built in the 1940s. An early one.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46The mouse is much slender with a much longer tail.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Recent ones are more robust, larger with a shorter tail.
0:33:51 > 0:33:58Look at the grain on the oak. He's cut that to show that wonderful ray.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03See that fleck running through there? You only get that on oak.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07It's made on the same principle as a 16th-century joint stool.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10All mortise and tenons.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15There's a tenon on this rail which goes into a mortise in here.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17And then it's peg-jointed. No nails.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21A wooden dowel is driven through a hole right through the two.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25That pulls and tightens together.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29That joint would be done when the oak was quite green,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31when the wood hadn't fully seasoned.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36So as the wood seasons, it tightens the joint and strengthens it.
0:34:36 > 0:34:42The grain is beautiful, the colour is stunning. That gives it its personality.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46It's completely hand-made, not machine-made.
0:34:46 > 0:34:52These early examples, I think, they're hard to find now. People don't sell them.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Which is why I want to know why are you flogging this?
0:34:56 > 0:35:03Because Mr Blair and Mr Brown are not going to look after me. I have to look after myself.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06What do you think this is worth?
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Well, I saw one on the Antiques Roadshow a few weeks ago
0:35:10 > 0:35:14- and they valued it about £800 for insurance.- Yeah.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20So I would guess somewhere around a third to half of that price.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25I'm so pleased you're up-to-date with insurance valuations.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29They are normally 40% higher than its street value.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35And its street value is obviously a lot less than its mark up price would be in a shop.
0:35:35 > 0:35:41We're putting it into auction with a street valuation, what it's worth on the open market.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46I'd like to put this into auction with a valuation of £250-£350.
0:35:46 > 0:35:52- OK.- With a fixed reserve of £250. If it doesn't sell, please hang on to it.
0:35:52 > 0:36:00- It's worth every single penny. I'd like to see it do £400. - So would I, of course!- Of course!
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Let's have another look at all our items going off to auction.
0:36:06 > 0:36:12Anita loved Linda's delicate cameo, which could be Italian, maybe picked up on a Grand Tour.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17Next, Brian's film posters. They came from his own cinema.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21And, finally, all the way from Yorkshire, my favourite -
0:36:21 > 0:36:29the Robert "Mouseman" Thompson stool. Let's see if Sybelle likes it as much as I do.
0:36:31 > 0:36:37Right, my favourite item of the whole valuation day and the sale
0:36:37 > 0:36:41has got to be this Mouseman stool. Lindsey is flogging it.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46I would personally keep it. I think it's divine.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51And it's an early one as well. The mouse has the right shape.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56- £250-£350. That's worth bidding for. - Definitely. It's a lovely one.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02- Do you know why they put the mouse on it?- He was a church carver and his colleague said to him,
0:37:02 > 0:37:10- "I'm as poor as a church mouse." - That's it!- He said, "Don't worry, my friend, I'll carve you one."
0:37:10 > 0:37:15- And they really took off. - Absolutely.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20This is nice because it is a saddle seat, a nice feature.
0:37:20 > 0:37:27- And it's such lovely quality oak. - The right fleck in the grain.- Nice, genuine, country-made furniture.
0:37:27 > 0:37:35We've seen Mouseman products before do about £120. This SHOULD do £350-£450.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40- That's what I'd like to see.- I think it will make the top end, plus.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43I do actually agree with you.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- There are people who just collect this.- And it's very practical.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Fit into any size of home.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55Sold! To the lady in the blue suit!
0:38:02 > 0:38:07Next up is that wonderful cameo brooch, a classical Italian scene.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13It belongs to Linda and she can't be with us because of the weather! It's really bad out there!
0:38:13 > 0:38:19But I do have Anita, our expert! We're looking at £80-£120. Will we get the top end?
0:38:19 > 0:38:24We may not. Cameos are not the most popular things at the moment.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Brooches are, though. - This is very pretty.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32It's delicate, lovely carving, good quality carving,
0:38:32 > 0:38:38- and three pretty figures. It's an appealing item. - Would you like to wear it?- I would.
0:38:38 > 0:38:45We're pinning our hopes on £120 for Linda. Let's hope we do it. This is it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48We're on to the next lot now. Lot 366.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53A Victorian mounted, carved, shell oval cameo.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- Quite a few commissions on this one. - Ohh!- Yes!
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Starting at £85 for this cameo. Any advance on £85?
0:39:01 > 0:39:0590. 95. 100.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08105. 110. 115.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12120. 130. 140.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14150. 160.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17They love it.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20£160 in the front centre. 160.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24The hammer's gone down. Job done, Linda. £160!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I'm absolutely delighted with that.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Brian, this is it. Your seven film posters.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Just about to go under the hammer. Brian ran the cinema.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- Did the projectors? Advertising? - Did the advertising.- Gosh.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54You managed to save a few posters. Most of them are real boys' movies.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Hopefully lots of guys in the room will love them.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03A little bit of damage, but the auctioneer agreed with you.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Sort of £30-£40 for each poster, which takes it up to £200.
0:40:07 > 0:40:13- Very good. Keep our fingers crossed. - Fingers crossed for that, eh? - Not too bad.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Well, let's make a movie. Good luck.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20270, the interesting collection of seven film posters.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Quite a lot of interest in these. We start at £80.
0:40:24 > 0:40:2780 bid. 85. 90.
0:40:27 > 0:40:305. 100. 110.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34- It's healthy.- 130. 140. Very good.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37150. Do you want in on the phone? 160.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40160. 170.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43180. 190.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48190. The lady in the corner at 190.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Any advance on £190?
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Top end! £190!
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Very good indeed. - Must be the power of Dad's Army!
0:40:59 > 0:41:03What are you going to do with £190, less a little bit of commission?
0:41:03 > 0:41:10I promised my friend Jane and her mother, who is not with us today, something.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14- A little something? - I hope they like fish and chips!
0:41:21 > 0:41:26It's my turn to be the expert and I've been looking forward to it.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30It's my favourite thing here. It belongs to Lindsey.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35But for not much longer. The Mouseman stool with the saddle seat.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- Who have you brought along?- My wife, Sandie.- Pleased to meet you.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43You've both had this stool at home for 25 years.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47It's going to be a sad goodbye because it's definitely going.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52- We had a wee pat and said cheerio. - It's there over there. Good luck.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Good luck. Fingers crossed. This is it. I can't wait for this.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Now we're onto Lot 562.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04A very nice Robert "Mouseman" Thompson oak joint stool.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Lots of interest in it. I can start at £300.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Yes! We made it straight away.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14300. 320. 350.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16380. 400.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19420. 420. 420. 420.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Anybody else want in? Would you like in at 420? 420.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27430. I'll do the same for you.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30430. 430.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34430. It's on commission at £430.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Any advance on £430?
0:42:37 > 0:42:42- Yes! The hammer's gone down. - Well done.- That deserved that.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44I said to you sneakily £400.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49- Well, that's going to pay a few bills.- Absolutely!
0:42:57 > 0:43:01It's all over for our owners. The auction is still going on.
0:43:01 > 0:43:07We've had a mixed day here. If you've got any antiques or collectables you're unsure about,
0:43:07 > 0:43:13bring them along to one of our valuation days. You can find details on our BBC website at:
0:43:13 > 0:43:15bbc.co.uk/lifestyle
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Until the next time, it's cheerio.
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