0:00:03 > 0:00:07Today we're at the historic city of York's magnificent racecourse,
0:00:07 > 0:00:13but we're here to speculate on antiques. Welcome to Flog It.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52There's been horse racing on this site for nearly 300 years
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and it's the sport of kings.
0:00:55 > 0:01:03It was here that the notorious outlaw Dick Turpin swung from the gallows pole in 1739.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11As always, the conditions here are superb and both our experts are in fine fettle.
0:01:13 > 0:01:20And here they are in their Sunday best - Mark Stacey and Michael Baggott.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35- Judy, thank you for bringing in this wonderful vase. Can you tell me where you got it?- Yes.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41- I got it from my father, but he got it as part of a wedding present from my great aunt.- Oh, right.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47- Where did she get it from? - I believe she brought it back from China or wherever on a world trip.
0:01:47 > 0:01:55- She probably visited Japan as well. - Yes, I'm sure she went to both. - It's a Japanese vase.
0:01:55 > 0:02:02It's a rather lovely one. The Japanese are exquisite potters and she probably bought this
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- back in 1900, 1910. - Around about that sort of time.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08When it was brand new.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14But that's not to say that because it's modern it's poor quality.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- The Japanese really reached the peak of the decorative arts in about 1860 up to 1900.- Right.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23That was its technical best.
0:02:23 > 0:02:29And what the Japanese potter here has tried to do is copy a very impressive piece of porcelain
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- from about 1660, 1680.- Right.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34In a palette called Koimari.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40It's a rather splendid pot because it's got this wonderful dragon-scale decoration
0:02:40 > 0:02:44with these butterflies and these wonderful green reserves.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48And each one is patterned with these little circular reserves,
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- each painted differently. - Are they all done individually?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58All done individually, by hand, which is breathtaking.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- But there is one little bit of damage on a panel here.- Yes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07It's had a touch or a bang. This red does flake off.
0:03:07 > 0:03:14- However, I have a feeling you don't like it.- I hate it! - Because it's covered in emulsion?
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- I'm not guilty of that!- It wasn't you!- That was in my father's house.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22He wasn't that fond of it, either!
0:03:22 > 0:03:28I think he was, but it was because it was part of a wedding present, rather than the actual vase.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Thankfully, this will come off. - I haven't tried to.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38There are little specks that would ping off, but we'll leave that be.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40It is signed underneath.
0:03:40 > 0:03:48- And apart from telling you that's Mount Fuji...- I was going to say, can you read it?- I can't!
0:03:48 > 0:03:53It's the artist's signature. It's lovely. Any ideas what it's worth?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56None whatsoever.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59At auction it should easily make £100-£200.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- Right!- And if we pop it into the sale with £100 reserve on it
0:04:04 > 0:04:06we'll see where it goes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10But why now have you decided to part with it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:16I don't like it and I've thought it's either worth something or it's not.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21If you had told me it was worth nothing, I'd have given it to a charity shop.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26I should have told you that and waited at the charity shop door!
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- I love it. We'll pop it into the sale.- Yes.- Hopefully, it'll do well.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Hopefully two Japanese buyers will help it make £1,000!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- That would be wonderful!- Thank you for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Hello, Jock.- Hello. - This is a very interesting collection of Great War memorabilia.
0:04:51 > 0:04:57We'll go into some of the pieces in a moment, but give us a little bit of history
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- of the man this belonged to. - He was a local man from York.
0:05:02 > 0:05:08He served throughout the war in the field artillery and I do believe he was wounded.
0:05:08 > 0:05:15So he served through this hideous four-year battle in the trenches. What happened to him?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19He survived the war and went to work at the railway.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Unfortunately, he was killed in 1921.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Two years after.- After the war, yes. - And how have you brought us this?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I actually bought them off a relation of this man.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I believe he was his great grandfather or something.
0:05:37 > 0:05:44- I collect militaria, so I bought it.- So he was in the Royal Field Artillery.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48We can see part of the collection. Pip, Squeak and Wilfred,
0:05:48 > 0:05:52which is the general nickname for the three general war medals.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58And then we've got a whole series of photographs and postcards, Valentines,
0:05:58 > 0:06:03ration books, et cetera. And a little novelty group of buttons.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09One thing I find which is very interesting is this little letter which was written to him.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15It says, "Dear Tommy, I once again have much pleasure in sending another pair of socks.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20"I hope you will soon be one of the helpers to bring this war to an end.
0:06:20 > 0:06:27- "Yours a schoolgirl, Myrtle Bennett."- Yes.- And then she signed it in little kisses with "Luck".
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- Yes, very nice. - Lovely, It shows the whole spirit of the country was behind them.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39It's always difficult, of course, when you're dealing with a lot of sentiment like this
0:06:39 > 0:06:43to put a value on it, but you have to look at it financially.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48If I was putting this in as a little group,
0:06:48 > 0:06:53all that sentiment must help a collector look at the character.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58I would probably suggest £150-£250.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Is that what you were thinking? - Something about that price, yes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Shall we hope they go to a collector who keeps it all together?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- I'd hope someone in the artillery would buy it.- You collect militaria?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Yes. Scottish if I can find it, being a Scotsman, of course.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20And why have you decided to sell it now?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- There's something else I've got my eye on.- What's that?- A German helmet.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- Like this miniature one here? - Like that one. - With the big spike on the top.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36- Yes.- It's a great pleasure to meet you. Thank you for coming in.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42- I'll see you at the auction and let's hope we can get those buyers in.- Thank you.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53Robert and Julia, what have we got here? A chart, "The Anatomical Model of the Human Body."
0:07:53 > 0:08:01Well, I'm a pharmacist and a very nice lady customer of mine a few years ago came in
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- and donated this to me. - Thought you could use it?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Has it come in useful?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10It's a little dated, I think!
0:08:10 > 0:08:16It looks, judging by the way the artist has drawn the chap's hairstyle and moustache,
0:08:16 > 0:08:21- like 1910, 1915, somewhere in the early 1900s. - I would have thought so.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- That moustache is a giveaway. - Let's open it up.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30It opens up to reveal the internal organs.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34We've got lots of numbers here. For instance, number 101.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I guess there's an index.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- If we look up here... - There is, indeed, an index.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45We can go to number 101. Why did I pick that?!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47The urinary bladder!
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Well, I think it's absolutely fantastic.
0:08:51 > 0:08:58- It's in excellent condition and I'm pleased that you're looking after it.- I do want to hang on to it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02I think, value-wise, not a great deal,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- but somewhere around £60-£80. - That's lovely, yeah. Thank you.
0:09:13 > 0:09:20Keith, I'm always fascinated by little boxes, little instrument maker's boxes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Let's have a look inside here.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25That looks promising.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- I hope something pops out at me. Will it?- I know nothing.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35- It's some scales, but... - There we go. They're familiar to a lot of people.
0:09:35 > 0:09:41We've had them on Flog It before. They're guinea scales.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44You get guinea scales and sovereign scales.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49They're because everyone in the 18th century was a little bit dodgy
0:09:49 > 0:09:55and they would have gold guineas. That's the face value - 21 shillings.
0:09:55 > 0:10:02But if you were clever or devious, you would take your guinea and file and have a little pile of gold.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06If you did that for long enough, you had a big pile of gold.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09It was devaluing the coinage.
0:10:09 > 0:10:15You also get fake guineas that are brass or copper and they've been gilded.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21To prevent this, a trader had this little devil. You put the guinea on that side.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25You move the slide along here for a guinea or a half guinea.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31And if it were a bad 'un, it didn't tilt it and you didn't take it.
0:10:31 > 0:10:38- It's an interesting piece of social history. Where did you get it? - I found it when my father died.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43It was left in his effects and has been cluttering a drawer.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47What's lovely is we've got a maker's label.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Wilkinson's, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53We've also got, if I fold it down...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55This is the tricky bit.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57There we go, back in the box.
0:10:57 > 0:11:05We've got probably not the original owners, but a name on there - Henry Bowland something.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Yes, I had absolutely no idea what it is at all.
0:11:09 > 0:11:15My father worked in Australia for a number of years and I assumed it came from there.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22- But you've told me it's definitely from the UK. - Lancashire, not that far away.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26And sovereigns came in as a coin in about 1820.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30So it's well before that. It's probably about 1800, 1805.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37It's quite collectable, although there are a number about. Any idea what it's worth?
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- Absolutely no idea. Absolutely. - It's not a fortune for what it is,
0:11:42 > 0:11:47- but we could put it into auction at, say, £50-£70.- That's fine.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52£45 reserve. And see which level it finds. It's the nicest one I've seen
0:11:52 > 0:11:56so I wouldn't be surprised if it did £100 on the day.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- If you're happy to do that... - I'm quite willing to, yeah.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- You don't have any guineas to weigh at home?- Unfortunately, no.
0:12:05 > 0:12:12- They'd be worth more than the scales!- Nothing of value. - It's been delightful to see it.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Our first batch of antiques have travelled from afar.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Something from the Orient, some poignant memories from WWI
0:12:27 > 0:12:31and pocket guinea scales which may have been to Australia.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40For our auction today we've headed west to Ilkley.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Hartley's auction room is going to be jam-packed,
0:12:45 > 0:12:51full of potential bidders all looking at our items. Let's catch up with the action.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Our auctioneer is Andrew Hartley. It's his job to sell our lots.
0:12:57 > 0:13:04Let's hear what he's got to say about Jock's collection of World War One memorabilia.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09This is a very interesting little lot. You've had a look at it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Brought in by a chap called Jock.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18This WWI soldier was a Yorkshireman. It's some memorabilia - his medals, his photographs,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21his pay book, some cap badges.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27He served throughout the war and two years later was killed working on a railway line.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33Mark has put a valuation of £150-£250 on the whole collection.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39- What bad luck to go right through the war and then get run over by one of his wagons.- So sad, tragic.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44- It's really hard to put a price on. - We get this all the time.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49We get ranges of medals which are worth £50, £60, £70.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53But it's all the other bits and bobs that's the value.
0:13:53 > 0:13:59It's difficult to put a price on it. My view was to temper the initial estimate
0:13:59 > 0:14:03in order to get the blokes in the market, these collectors.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06They will hopefully get it up a bit.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- What have you reduced it to?- 120.
0:14:08 > 0:14:16That's not a vast amount, but it will make a difference to people's perceptions.
0:14:17 > 0:14:24Let's hope word has got around. First up, it's Judy's Japanese jar.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28A touch of the Orient today with Judy's Japanese vase.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- I'm so pleased it's not in the charity shop!- So am I now!
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Especially when Michael's put a top end of £200 on it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42Wonderful, isn't it? I just thought it was an old vase, not worth anything.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Looking forward to this?- Definitely. - What have you been up to?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Mostly cooking for WI markets. - Lots of cakes?- Lots of cakes, yes.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- And some jam.- Let's hope we can cook up a really good price today.
0:14:55 > 0:15:01- Michael, are we hoping for the top end?- Fukagawa! You didn't expect me to say that!
0:15:01 > 0:15:07That's what the vase is. So hopefully a few people will pick up on it. It's very collectable.
0:15:07 > 0:15:13- It's got a lovely shape. - Beautiful shape, lovely form. A pure Japanese work of art
0:15:13 > 0:15:19- so hopefully we'll do the top end. - Fingers crossed. Why did you decide to flog it?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23It was a wedding present to my parents. I have never liked it.
0:15:23 > 0:15:31My father died a few years ago. My son's getting married this year, and he was fond of his grandfather,
0:15:31 > 0:15:36- so maybe I could buy him something from his grandfather.- That's nice.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Good luck.- Thank you. - It's going under the hammer now.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Japanese porcelain vase. I'm going to start bidding at £70.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Do we hear 80 in the room?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50At 80. 90. 100, sir.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54110? Anybody else? Come on, quickly. Nobody else?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Finished at £100 to you, sir.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Just.- That was a close one.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- Better than I'd have got in the charity shop.- Exactly.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10Exactly what I was going to say. You'd have given it away. That's going to a wedding present.
0:16:15 > 0:16:22This next item is so hard to put a price on, but Mark has made a brave attempt - £150-£250.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24World War One memorabilia.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29It's so hard to put a value on this because it's full of sentimentality.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34It's more the history of the war and the medals.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38The medals are lovely, as well. I had a chat to the auctioneer.
0:16:38 > 0:16:45He said it's hard to put a figure on. He thinks the medals together will fetch around £70-£80.
0:16:45 > 0:16:54It's who can find the interest, who wants the value in the officer's books and personal effects.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Going under the hammer right now.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01World War One memorabilia regarding Gunner Oswald Spavey.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05A full collection, including the medals.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Starting the bidding at 120. Do we have 130?
0:17:09 > 0:17:14Anybody else at 130? Quickly. Anybody else at £130?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17All done at £120?
0:17:17 > 0:17:22- Sold it.- Lovely.- Straight in, 120. Short and sweet.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Well, our lots are selling quickly despite a packed auction room.
0:17:26 > 0:17:32Jock's memorabilia went to a single bid left on the books. Let's see about our next lot.
0:17:32 > 0:17:39- Weighing this lot up was Michael at £50-£70. Quite a good price. - A "come and get me" estimate.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42It's Keith's lovely guinea scales.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Gorgeous, with the right sleeve. Inscribed.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50- Why are you flogging it? - Well, I don't have any guinea coins.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- It's surplus to requirements. - You could collect some.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I'd have to pay for them, though!
0:17:57 > 0:18:03- This should do the top end. - It's a lovely thing, the best thing I saw all day.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07A real collector's lot. Don't buy Troika - buy this!
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- This is cheap.- And an academic toy. What a talking piece!
0:18:12 > 0:18:18- Open and close it all day. - For 100 quid, that's nothing. You can enjoy it and look after it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22A set of brass guinea scales.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26I have to start the bidding at £90. Do we hear 100?
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- Anyone else at 100? At £100 anywhere?- Come on.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- All done and finished.- Bang! Well, that was short and sweet.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- Straight in at 90. Not bad. - It did over the top estimate.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45Really pleased with that. They are traditional and they're in the doldrums now.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48So not bad, not bad.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50What is Keith going to spend £90 on?
0:18:50 > 0:18:56- Well, our grandson Ben is seven. - Oh, yes.- And he's started playing the guitar.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- So the money will go towards... - Guitar lessons?- A new guitar.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- A new guitar?- Or lessons.- Wonderful. - Ben, this is for you.
0:19:11 > 0:19:18That's our first batch of items under the hammer, but there's plenty more auction action later on.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Right now, it's time for something completely different.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I'm going to find out about the mysterious world of Morris dancing.
0:19:26 > 0:19:33For most of us, Morris dancing usually conjures up images of bearded men in flowery straw hats
0:19:33 > 0:19:37with bells on their knees and waving hankies in the air.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42But here in Yorkshire they do things differently.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48The hankies have given way to sticks and the men have been joined by women - with no straw hats!
0:20:03 > 0:20:09'Keeping the tradition of Merry England alive is Otley's Wharfedale Wayzgoose
0:20:09 > 0:20:14'who have developed their very own distinctive style.'
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Jenny, that was fantastic. And thank you very much.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28This is totally unlike the Morris dancing I know. I grew up in Cornwall.
0:20:28 > 0:20:34- It's totally different from what you do.- There are lots of different traditions.
0:20:34 > 0:20:40People think of the men with straw hats and hankies, but there's all sorts of traditions.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45In the northwest, they have Morris dancing that involves clogs,
0:20:45 > 0:20:51there are sword dancers, all sorts of things. But the origins are a bit tricky.
0:20:51 > 0:20:57- We know it started in the late 15th century as court dancing. - Jesters.- That sort of thing.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03- It was called Moorish, exotic. - There is no Morris, is there? - I bet he'd be a lovely chap.
0:21:03 > 0:21:10It takes the micky out of the aristocracy. It's a working man's dance.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14The hankies and bells are mimicking the foppery of the aristocracy.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Look at the early Morris dances. It's all bowing and scraping.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22But this is border Morris dancing. Where does this originate?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26It comes from Shropshire and the Welsh borders,
0:21:26 > 0:21:31from agricultural workers who didn't have any work in the winter.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37They'd black their face so nobody knew it was them and they'd dance outside the pubs,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41have a few beers and enjoy themselves.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46- Were their faces always black? - Always painted faces. Not always black.
0:21:46 > 0:21:54Some are red and green or yellow, but you always have a disguised face. That always distinguishes this.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Let's talk about the dress code.- OK.
0:22:13 > 0:22:19It is very colourful, very theatrical. I love the tunics, but the hats especially.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25- Do you make them all?- We do.- It's like the Green Man or something. There are pagan things going on.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31Yeah. Everybody's hat is different. If you look down the row of hats,
0:22:31 > 0:22:36- you will see a whole range.- The ram's horn.- My partner made those.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41I have the Green Man because it's my particular thing.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45People have brewing items on, Stuart has Stonehenge.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50- Everybody does something different, but you have to have a feather.- Why?
0:22:50 > 0:22:55It's a wayzgoose and should have a goose feather.
0:22:55 > 0:23:02- And the name, the Wayzgoose, where does that come from? - It's a printer's festival.
0:23:02 > 0:23:08Otley is a printing town. It made the Wharfedale printing press.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Wayzgoose is a printer's festival.
0:23:10 > 0:23:16Once a year the master printer would take the apprentices out on 24th August for a picnic
0:23:16 > 0:23:24and there would be a goose feast. As we've travelled round the country, it's been lovely.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28People come up and say, "I bet you don't know what your name means."
0:23:28 > 0:23:32We've met people who've been on Wayzgoose, old gentlemen,
0:23:32 > 0:23:37and they're really quite thrilled to think the name is still used.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42- What about the sticks and the instruments?- The sticks are simple.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48They're a cheap material to dance with. The melodeon is a very traditional Morris instrument.
0:23:48 > 0:23:55- And a lot of us use a lot of drums. - But it's a lot louder than the traditional one.- It is.
0:23:55 > 0:24:01We do do traditional dances, but the one you saw just now is a recently composed dance
0:24:01 > 0:24:04that we've adapted to our own way.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09We're going to play out with one more song and I may bang the drums!
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Ooh!- If I'm allowed! - You're allowed!
0:24:15 > 0:24:17WHOOPING
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Back at York racecourse, our experts are on form and Mark thinks he's picked a winner.
0:24:58 > 0:25:05- Hello, Ian.- Hello, Mark. - Wonderful piece of Doulton. A nice Victorian oil lamp.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- Are you a collector of Doulton? - I'm afraid I am, avid.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- How many pieces? - Too many to mention.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15What started your love for it?
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Well, before I got this, it was a spittoon.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24And I thought it was something unusual, so I went from there.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27And I'm afraid it won't go away.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Unfortunately, it's a bug, once you start collecting.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36- This was something you purchased? - No, this came from my mother and father.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42- Back in the '50s, they got it. - Passed down the family to them?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- No, I think they were given it. - By somebody.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- And they gave it to me. - Once you were collecting.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56- They said, "You have it." - Anybody in the know about Doulton would recognise this immediately
0:25:56 > 0:25:59with this lovely stoneware finish.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Equally, if you're a Doulton lover or know about Doulton,
0:26:04 > 0:26:09you'll recognise these immediately as being one of the Barlow clan's.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15- In this case...- Florence. - Who specialised in these rather nice slipware birds.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18This comes together very nicely.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22It's an oil lamp. This bit does come out.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28That's where you would put the liquid paraffin or whatever to keep your lamp going.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33It's mounted on this nice bronze stand, but if we move it round here,
0:26:33 > 0:26:38there's these rather nice panels of warblers or something like that.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Yes, I think so.- In bulrushes.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46- It's quite quiet, isn't it? - They're not screaming at you.- No.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52The whole thing sits very comfortably together, I think. Why have you brought it along today?
0:26:52 > 0:26:59Basically, I wanted a valuation because nobody seems to like it in my family.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05My son and daughter didn't really know I'd got it, although it's on show,
0:27:05 > 0:27:11- and my wife doesn't like it. - Not everybody wants to accommodate these large pieces.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15You can't really use them as oil lamps.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20People don't tend to do that. But we have a very good designer,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22very strong decoration,
0:27:22 > 0:27:30and I would say if you can attract two or three good collectors of Doulton looking for this,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- we would probably put an estimate of £1,000-£1,500 on it.- Right.
0:27:34 > 0:27:40- And hope that two people would battle it up to the top end.- Yes. - What do you think?
0:27:40 > 0:27:45Yes, I'd be happy, but I'd like to put a reserve on it.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- It wouldn't worry me if I had to take it home again.- No, quite.
0:27:49 > 0:27:57We should put a reserve around £1,000 and then, hopefully, it might set hearts
0:27:57 > 0:27:59fluttering in the sale room.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05- Let's hope so.- We'll put it on the internet and illustrate it in the catalogue
0:28:05 > 0:28:10and they'll be pleased to market it as one of their better lots.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15If we got you a good price, what would you put the money towards?
0:28:15 > 0:28:22My wife said if I sold it and got a good price, I should give it to the grandchildren,
0:28:22 > 0:28:30but I would like to purchase more Doulton because as an investment that will do them better later on.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35- They'd only go and spend the money. - And also you get the pleasure of enjoying it.- True.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49- Helena, do you have this monster of a thing up at home?- We don't, no.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55- Oh, dear. Why is that? - Mum and Dad redecorated and it didn't fit in with the decoration.
0:28:55 > 0:29:01These are beautiful, but the mounting card and frame are all a bit sombre.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06- Was it bought or has it come through the family? - I think through the family.
0:29:06 > 0:29:13- My great grandmother had them framed. - Oh, so she actually received all these?
0:29:13 > 0:29:19We should explain these are all little cards. They were sent during the First World War.
0:29:19 > 0:29:25They were. They were sent by her brother from different posts where he was based.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30That's rather touching. And probably not long after the war was finished,
0:29:30 > 0:29:38probably 1920, 1925, they were fitted up in this frame. It's very typical for the period.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40They've all survived quite well.
0:29:40 > 0:29:46The only sad thing is that, possibly from being in the wardrobe, they've started to degrade.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51They're all extremely fine, French, made of woven silk.
0:29:51 > 0:29:58So they are fairly perishable. So it's quite nice to see them all mounted up for a change
0:29:58 > 0:30:00instead of in an album or loose.
0:30:00 > 0:30:06- That's a great help. Any idea what they're worth?- No idea at all. - Right, right.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11Because of the discolouration they're not worth a fortune,
0:30:11 > 0:30:15but it would make a lovely display for someone who collects them.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20- They're probably in the region of £60-£100.- Right.- At auction.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24- We could put a reserve of £60 on them.- Right.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- Is there any sentimental attachment to them?- Not really, no.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33- We love looking at them, but... - You've had the enjoyment of them
0:30:33 > 0:30:39- and now you want to pass them along, possibly to someone who will enjoy the social history element.- Yes.
0:30:39 > 0:30:46- We'll pop them in the sale and hope they do jolly well.- OK. - Thanks for bringing them.- Thank you.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- Oh! Lots of little men are hiding in here! - I'm not sure about lovely.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05- Can I get one out?- Yes. - Toby jugs.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07How super! My word.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13- He's been through the wars. - There's a little one that's slightly better.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Oh, wow, look at that. Do you collect them?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20No, they've just come through the family.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- OK, do you like them?- Er...- No!
0:31:24 > 0:31:31- They are an acquired taste, aren't they?- Yeah.- I think they're fun. They're like early cartoons,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33like satirical sketches.
0:31:33 > 0:31:40I love the earlier ones. The ones that are pre-1890s normally have their feet projecting out.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42They're well sought after.
0:31:42 > 0:31:48But if he was in good condition, he'd be in the region of £150.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Ken, you've brought one of my favourite things in.
0:32:00 > 0:32:06These wonderful silver enamel spoons. How did they come into your possession?
0:32:06 > 0:32:13Well, 30 or more years ago when we were first furnishing a house, we patronised some local auctions.
0:32:13 > 0:32:20On the visits my father made occasionally, I took him along to a few auctions and he got the bug.
0:32:20 > 0:32:27- Now, knowing him, I know he would not have paid more than about £10 for those.- Good Lord.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31This goes back to the very early '70s.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36What strikes me there is that in the early part of the 1970s,
0:32:36 > 0:32:43- these sort of things just weren't fashionable.- No.- So you could pick all sorts of wonderful things up.
0:32:43 > 0:32:51We've got several makers here. One in particular gets the old heart ticking when you see the mark.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- It's a range of silverware called Cymric.- Yes.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Designed by Archibald Knox, a chap from the Isle of Man,
0:33:00 > 0:33:05who produced these wonderful Art Nouveau designs for Liberty.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08This is a lovely example of a coffee spoon
0:33:08 > 0:33:12with lovely enamel and stylised tulip heads.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Another one I particularly like is this one - a very simple twisted stem
0:33:18 > 0:33:23and a little peacock feather in lovely rich green and blue colours.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Very indicative of the Liberty style. - Very much so.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31The whole box set is wonderful. You reckon he paid a tenner?
0:33:31 > 0:33:36I can't believe he would have ever spent more than that.
0:33:36 > 0:33:42Well, I think this would excite the market. It's in its original case.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46We've got lovely examples there, good condition,
0:33:46 > 0:33:51and I would suggest we put these in with an estimate of £800-£1,200.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57- Yeah.- What do you feel about that? - That would be fine, I think. With a reserve of 800?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Oh, yes, we'll put a reserve of £800.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05I think the auctioneer is going to be thrilled when he opens this case.
0:34:05 > 0:34:11He'll go, "Oh, no, another set of coffee spoons," and then he'll be chuffed to bits.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16I suspect he'll put them in the catalogue and on the internet.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21- And London buyers as well as private collectors will be interested.- Yes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26- It's one of if not the nicest items I've seen here today.- Oh, lovely.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30That's wonderful, Ken.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36I very much look forward to seeing you at the auction and I hope we'll be celebrating.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- Let's hope so!- Thank you so much. - Thank you very much.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Here's one for Doulton collectors - a very impressive oil lamp.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Ian's reluctant to bid it farewell.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52There are more memories from WWI
0:34:52 > 0:34:58and the highlight of Mark's day - beautiful Art Nouveau spoons that will excite the sale room.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Helping Andrew today is his daughter, Daisy,
0:35:07 > 0:35:11who's rather taken with Ken's silver spoons.
0:35:11 > 0:35:17Daisy, you'll love this lot. Six spoons, Arts and Crafts, silver, made by Liberty and Co.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Kenneth's dad bought them in a sale in 1971. Now he wants to flog them.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Our expert has put a valuation of £800-£1,200. I know you love silver.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Yes, they're really nice spoons.
0:35:30 > 0:35:36Liberty is very popular. The nice thing is that the enamel is in really good condition,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39which makes a nice change.
0:35:39 > 0:35:46We've had a lot of interest from people who have looked at photos, got condition reports,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50and we've got a couple of telephone lines booked and some bids.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- I think they'll do well. - OK, put your neck on the block.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01What would you like to sell these for? When that hammer goes down, what do you want to call out?
0:36:01 > 0:36:04I certainly think mid-estimate.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10That's sitting on the fence. I think they could do the top end.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12I'm hoping for £1,300-£1,400.
0:36:12 > 0:36:19- We'll see on the day. They'll do well.- Lots of interest. You know that'll go above top end.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22It'll be one of the better lots.
0:36:22 > 0:36:29Daisy's being very diplomatic. We'll just have to wait and see. Right now it's the Doulton lamp.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Here's the Royal Doulton oil lamp. It belongs to Ian.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39- There's a lot of money at stake. £1,000-£1,500. You're a collector.- Yes, I am.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45- Why are you flogging this off? - Well, my wife and the children don't like it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:52If I buy more Doulton, the grandchildren can take that to auction when I've gone away.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- In another 70-odd years' time! - Thank you very much!
0:36:56 > 0:37:01That's what it's all about. You've got to hang on to antiques.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05It's an investment. But something you love and appreciate.
0:37:05 > 0:37:12- So do we love that price? - £1,000-£1,500 - you with your top end!
0:37:14 > 0:37:20I don't know if it will light up the sale room, but it's good quality. A good designer,
0:37:20 > 0:37:24one of the Barlows. It's got a lot going for it.
0:37:24 > 0:37:31- £1,000 might put off a few people, but the proof of the pudding... - We'll find out right now.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Good luck, Ian.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38The Royal Doulton stoneware oil lamp by Florence Barlow.
0:37:38 > 0:37:44I'm starting the bidding at 680. Do we hear £700? At £700?
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Anybody else want to bid? At £700.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51700. 720. 740? 740 is it? Anybody else?
0:37:51 > 0:37:55You're finished then at £720. All done? Finished?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- It's a no sale.- No.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04- Oh, dear.- I've got to take the damn thing home!- It's quite big.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08If you don't want to take it home, you could try another sale room.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13We'll see. I don't mind it. I like it, but my family doesn't.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Listen, you're going to be around for a long time yet.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19They'll grow up to like it!
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- They'll get used to it. - Yeah, somebody might.- Of course.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33Here's a cracking lot, an item sent from all over the world.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Will Ilkley be its final resting place? We'll find out with Helena.
0:38:37 > 0:38:43Lovely embroidered postcards. I hope we get the top end. I see a lot of these in antiques centres.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50They sell so well to tourists, so maybe Ilkley won't be the final destination.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56- I hope they carry on travelling. - Yes, but I hope they stay together and someone does them up.
0:38:56 > 0:39:02There's a few faded ones, a few good ones. If they put them in at £60, they'll make their money.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07- But hopefully the hundred. - Fingers crossed.
0:39:07 > 0:39:13- This is it now.- A collection of 24 embroidered postcards. First World War work.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18I have to start at 60. Do we hear 70? Anyone else at 70?
0:39:18 > 0:39:2270. 80. 90. 100. 110? 110 anywhere?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- This is good.- Yeah, excellent.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- All done.- Yes, £100. - That was quick, wasn't it?
0:39:29 > 0:39:33I didn't know if it was our lot or not. Fantastic.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- He's on the ball is our Andrew. - He did very well.
0:39:37 > 0:39:44- What will the £100 be put towards? - My mum and dad just bought property in Spain, so something for that.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49- Fantastic. And you get to go over there.- I do, yes.- Nice one!
0:39:55 > 0:40:00Right, this is Kenneth's big moment. £800-£1,200 riding on this lot. A set of silver spoons.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05In the Art Nouveau style. I had a chat to the auctioneer.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- I'll bring you in on this. Totally agreed with you.- Fantastic.
0:40:10 > 0:40:16It should find mid-estimate. Let's just hope there are commission bids and telephone bids.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21- Yes.- Get the price running. - Preferably from the Cayman Islands!
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- We can hope!- You bought these in auction.- My father did.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- 35 years ago.- Mark's a big fan.
0:40:30 > 0:40:36I love that whole Liberty style, but it's the enamel that really attracts your eye.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40But you've got a lovely cross-section of designs,
0:40:40 > 0:40:47all in the original fitted box. And the Art Nouveau decorative art is very big at the moment.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49It's the right time to sell them.
0:40:49 > 0:40:55I think we've done right putting an £800 reserve on to protect them.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59We've heard what our expert thinks. And the auctioneer agrees with Mark.
0:40:59 > 0:41:07I'm hoping for £1,400. Now it's time to find out what this lot think. Good luck, Kenneth.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Lot 615. A matched set of six teaspoons by Liberty and Co.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15All differently enamelled, Arts and Crafts finials to them.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20A bit of interest in this lot. Got to start the bidding at £800.
0:41:20 > 0:41:27850 in the room, ladies and gentlemen? 850? 850 on the phone. 900. 950?
0:41:27 > 0:41:31950. 1,000. 1,050?
0:41:31 > 0:41:341,100. 1,150?
0:41:34 > 0:41:371,150. 1,200. 1,250?
0:41:37 > 0:41:401,250. 1,300?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- Yes.- 1,300. 1,350?
0:41:42 > 0:41:441,400?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Yes!- 1,450?
0:41:48 > 0:41:501,500?
0:41:51 > 0:41:541,500? 1,500?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Yes.- 1,550?
0:41:58 > 0:42:011,600? Telephone bidders.
0:42:01 > 0:42:061,600 anywhere else? 1,600? Finishing at £1,550.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08£1,550!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Well, that's a splendid result.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16You should be grinning from here to here! A really good result!
0:42:16 > 0:42:22Well, it just shows I have every confidence in your professional expertise, Mark.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27It was great of you to put them in. We had a long discussion about it.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- It just shows you that it is big at the moment.- It is.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35As you said, Paul, absolutely fantastic condition.
0:42:35 > 0:42:41- And two serious buyers who wanted them. I'm thrilled. - Right, £1,550.
0:42:41 > 0:42:48- What is Kenneth going to put the money towards?- We've got our eye on one or two items.- In the room?
0:42:48 > 0:42:54- Yes. So it'll go back in... - Into antiques.- Into antiques, yes.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58- Something more visible than spoons. - Are you going to tip us off?
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- After.- After!
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- Wise man.- Cagey!
0:43:08 > 0:43:12The auction's still going on. We've had a fantastic day here.
0:43:12 > 0:43:20What got the bidders all stirred up was a set of silver Art Nouveau spoons selling for £1,550!
0:43:20 > 0:43:28That can't be bad, can it? That's all we've got time for from Hartley's in Ilkley. Cheerio.
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