0:00:03 > 0:00:10It's 10? miles long, one mile wide and 219 feet deep, and it's England's largest lake.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Today, "Flog It!" comes from Windermere.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Apparently the word Windermere comes from the Scandinavian
0:01:06 > 0:01:10for a lake of a man called Vinand. Our two experts, who I bet
0:01:10 > 0:01:15have also been called strange names in their time, are James Lewis and Adam Partridge.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18So let's see what they can find at today's venue, the Lake School.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29Well, it looks like James and Adam have a lot to get their teeth into.
0:01:29 > 0:01:35But before we take a closer look at all the items they've found, we need to get this massive queue inside.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39And it looks like Adam's showing his musical side already with his first item.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Good morning, Rebecca. Good morning, Adam.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Good morning, Thomas.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Now, what can you tell me about the banjo, please?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Not much, to be honest. My father-in-law
0:01:50 > 0:01:54heard us talking about "Flog It!" coming and fetched it down for us to bring.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00My husband remembers not being allowed to play with it when he was little, and sneaking a go.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06And apparently, my father-in-law had it when he was a child, as well.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Well, I'm the "Flog It!" man with the musical instrument reputation.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I do violins and banjos and cellos and that sort of thing.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18And it's a lovely instrument, in good condition. No cracks, no scratches.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It probably hasn't been played an awful lot.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I shouldn't imagine it has.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26In a lot of these, this substance here gets torn. They often get replaced.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31You've even got all the strings, although that doesn't make much difference to the value.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35But it looks in lovely condition. I wish I could play it.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37If it was a violin, we'd empty the room in seconds.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42But, unfortunately, I can't really play much of the banjo.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46We've got a book that goes with it that tells us it's a tenor banjo.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49You've got different types. Quite a large model.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53And the maker there, Jedson, marked on the top.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55It's got a bird's eye maple back.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01Sometimes they have a metal back that's engraved. But I do like this one.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03So he's told you to bring it along.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Is that because he wants to get rid of it? Yeah, I think he wants the space. He's had enough of it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11So he's said, "Don't come home with it"? Pretty much!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13What do you think it might be worth?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15No idea. We don't want you going home saying,
0:03:15 > 0:03:20"It's worth 80 quid," and him saying, "I didn't want to sell it for that."
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Well, he should have told me, shouldn't he?
0:03:22 > 0:03:28OK. It's a bit of an old favourite of ours, the estimate of 80 to 120.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Oh, yeah. We get teased about it a lot.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33But I think it's appropriate on this occasion. OK.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39A reserve of 80. If it doesn't make 80 - it's worth that - then take it home and try it again on another day.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43They're popular, quite collectible, but never make a fortune.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Is that OK? That's brilliant. Are you going to give him the money if it sells?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It's going to the young 'un. Thomas gets it. Excellent.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55One way or another. Well, he's been very well behaved so far.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58It's boring talking to so-called antiques experts.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01He's been very good. Thanks for coming along. Thank you.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And see you at the auction. OK. Thank you very much.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15James, this is the smallest thing I've seen so far today on "Flog It!"
0:04:15 > 0:04:18It's a lovely little thing. Tell me about it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Well, my eldest brother gave it to me about 15 years ago.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26He'd buy it in a sale, an auction sale.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30That's about all I really know about it. Do you know what it is?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Yes, I knew it was a vinaigrette.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Yes. Absolutely. If we open it up...
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It's a lovely piece of silver.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39It's called a vinaigrette
0:04:39 > 0:04:47because we have a grille here, and if we lift the grille, inside we find an old bit of shrivelled up sponge.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50And that would have been soaked in aromatic vinegar.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Imagine you're a middle- or upper-class gentleman
0:04:54 > 0:04:59and you have to go in to your local town or city, and the people there are just a little bit not like you.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And they smell slightly. And you're walking down the street
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and you'd take your vinaigrette out and go...
0:05:08 > 0:05:13And it would literally be there in your pocket to cover the smells
0:05:13 > 0:05:17of the local city and the lower-class people that didn't have a bath.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22And I know it's not politically correct to say it, but that's exactly what it was for.
0:05:22 > 0:05:29They're fantastic comments on social times really, on...
0:05:29 > 0:05:34the way the world was back in 1827 when this was made.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Vinaigrettes became popular in the 18th century.
0:05:36 > 0:05:44You find most of the ones we see today in the auction rooms were made between 1780 and 1830.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48So this is the end of their production, really, the end of the height of their production.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51But the good thing about this is, if we open it up,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56the two initials there - NM, for Nathaniel Mills.
0:05:56 > 0:06:03Nathaniel Mills was the king of snuff box, vinaigrette and card case makers of the 19th century.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07He's most famed for his "castle tops", things like this with a scene
0:06:07 > 0:06:11of Warwick Castle or Windsor Castle or something like that.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15And those castle top pieces are highly collectible.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19They're worth ten times a normal one like this.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23But even having said that, the quality of the work really does shine through here.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29We have every type of work you could possibly have with silversmithing. We've got the casting here.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33We've got engraving and chasing around this little rectangle -
0:06:33 > 0:06:36the vacant cartouche there for the owner's initials.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40If we open it up, the grille is pierced. The inside is also gilded.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46We've got silver, silver gilt, we've got piercing, we've got engraving, we've got chasing, we've got casting,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50all in that little tiny piece of silver there.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55It's wonderful. So now your brother's given it to you - you've had it 15 years - why do you want to sell it?
0:06:55 > 0:07:01Well, at the present I'm 90, but at the end of December I'll be 91.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03You look good on it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09Well, I wake up every morning, so I know I'm still here.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I know that feeling!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14What do you think it's worth? Haven't a clue.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Would you be pleased with ?100? Oh, certainly.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I think that's what it's worth.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23If we put 80 to 120 on it, something like that.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26They're not as hot as they were. But I think it'll do well.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Yes, very good.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Fran, you've got me going. I was getting excited.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44I thought we'd got some decorative art, some copperware, from the Keswick School. But it's not.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49When you get closer, you can see it's from the Newlyn School. It's full of fish and bubbles.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55So how did you come by this? It's a wonderful...what's known as a chamber handle candlestick.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59In a local charity shop. Really? It was just sitting on the counter.
0:07:59 > 0:08:06Oh, dear! OK. Tell me - how much? ?1. Wow! How long ago was this purchase?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10About three months. Three months. You see, it still is out there.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Yeah. Normally I go and buy beads. And I found this on the counter.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19I come from Cornwall and the Arts and Crafts movement down there,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23the decorative arts, working with copperwares, well that's where it all started,
0:08:23 > 0:08:30in the Newlyn School, around about 1880, 1890, by John Drew MacKenzie.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34He was an artist and he felt very sorry for the local fishermen.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40In times of bad weather, when they couldn't go out fishing, they had no money, he taught them skills.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44He taught them fretwork and carpentry, and then got them on to metal wares.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49And that's where the golden age really started, when the local fishermen
0:08:49 > 0:08:55were using these traditional skills, these applied methods, using punches and hammers and creating...
0:08:55 > 0:08:57..the shape. Yeah.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01All that's hand hammered with a little, tiny hammer.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05And that's what Newlyn is famous for - the fish, the bubbles and the seaweed.
0:09:05 > 0:09:11They did sign their wares then. This is a slightly later piece, because it's stamped "Newlyn".
0:09:11 > 0:09:14They tended to stamp their wares after about 1920.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Drew MacKenzie died in 1918
0:09:17 > 0:09:23and I think this was made possibly in about 1930 to 1935.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25It's absolutely lovely.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28It really is. It's got a nice feel when you hold it. Yeah, it has.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31It's well balanced. Obviously this is the drip tray.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Somebody's tried cleaning this.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37You can see they've left polish all over it in splashes and it's dried.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40That will slightly devalue it. Yes.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44But at the same time, it hasn't been polished to the hilt.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It's not gleaming, which is a good thing,
0:09:46 > 0:09:52because the purists who collect this type of thing like the copper to be tarnished and dirty.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I think it's beautiful. So you paid a pound for this? Yes.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59What do you think it's worth? Not sure. I had an offer of 50.
0:09:59 > 0:10:0250. Well, I'm pleased you didn't take it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And I had an offer of 100, unseen.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07?100, unseen.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Right, OK. We're getting closer.
0:10:09 > 0:10:16I think we could safely put this into auction with an estimate starting at ?180. Really? 180? Yes.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21And it might just get 250. Really? Yeah. Will it go in a catalogue?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Yes. And on the internet.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28And I'm sure this might even sell to someone in Cornwall. Oh, that'd be good.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Good morning, Helen, good morning, Geoff. Hi.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43You've brought something that clearly appeals to my taste -
0:10:43 > 0:10:46the Art Nouveau movement - lovely thing.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49What can you tell me about this object?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Well, we bought it back in the '60s, when the kids were little.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56It cost me ?16, which was a fair old whack of my wage. I'm sure it was.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59What attracted you? It's not an Art Nouveau shape,
0:10:59 > 0:11:06but it was an Art Nouveau design, which I was into, and I thought I'd buy myself a nice piece of it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09We bought that not knowing much about it.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14We've recently discovered it was by Frederick Rhead. That's right.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18But we only saw that in a book quite recently, so I was quite surprised.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22I thought that'll give it some value. This is marked for Wardle Pottery.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Yes. End of the 19th century, Frederick Rhead was art director there.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31Yeah. 1899 - 1900. And I think Charlotte Rhead...his baby sister?
0:11:31 > 0:11:36His sister. Actually, they say it's possible that she actually did some of the tube lining on it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40She worked there as a tube liner. That's only possible. Yeah.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Well, it's a nice idea, isn't it?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46A very appealing design, good colour, good condition for its age.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50There's a little bit of a nick on the base, a bit of a chip.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I think that was always like that.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58We used to keep an aspidistra in it. But now we don't use it. Because of that and the crazing,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02we thought it could be dangerous to have something heavy inside it,
0:12:02 > 0:12:08so it's now hiding underneath the sideboard rather than on top of it, so we thought we'd sell it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10You're changing your style, aren't you? Yes.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14All the '60s teak furniture we threw out we're discovering again.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16So it's a '60s house now?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Not quite. It's a sort of everything house at the moment!
0:12:20 > 0:12:22'50s, '60s, '70s - you name it, we've got it.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Well, there's a bit of a renaissance of that period.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Antiques of the future. We're seeing that sort of thing make a lot more, sometimes, than genuine antiques.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37Yeah, I feel quite sorry, some of the stuff I took to the skip. And you're buying it back now?
0:12:37 > 0:12:4030 years later. Any idea of the value?
0:12:40 > 0:12:47Well, as long as it's more than 16 quid. Yeah, yeah!
0:12:47 > 0:12:52But the equivalent. I suppose if it's ?100 or thereabouts, we'll be quite happy with that.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54You've hit the nail on the head.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59In the book there was a similar one at 400 or something. Yeah, but the book prices are...
0:12:59 > 0:13:05Book prices are always optimistic, and that's the sort of insurance, retail, perfect condition etc.
0:13:05 > 0:13:12I reckon this at ?100 to ?150 estimate, a reserve of ?90 to stop it going for less.
0:13:12 > 0:13:19That would be fine. Hope we get it away somewhere between, or ideally at the top end of that estimate.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23I don't think it's going to shock us and make much more than that.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I don't think they're particularly popular any more. No.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30But I really like it so, hopefully, others'll really like it.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34I showed it to a couple of colleagues here and they went, "That's nice."
0:13:34 > 0:13:35All you need's two people.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38They can have it for 200 if they want! Yeah!
0:13:44 > 0:13:50We're about halfway through our day, which means it's time to put some of those theories to the test.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It's time for our first visit to the auction room,
0:13:52 > 0:13:57so here's a quick recap of all the items that are going to go under the hammer.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Rebecca's father-in-law heard "Flog It!" was in town,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05so he dug this banjo out of the loft for her to bring along today.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Hope I'm looking as good at 90 as James does!
0:14:08 > 0:14:11He brought in this silver vinaigrette which I think
0:14:11 > 0:14:15might do a little better than James Lewis's valuation of ?80 to ?120.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20My Cornish roots certainly make me appreciate Fran's Newlyn candle holder,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and finally Geoff and Helen seem to have made a shrewd investment
0:14:23 > 0:14:28with this jardiniere they bought for just ?16 back in the '60s.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Penrith Farmers are our auctioneers for today's proceedings.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Let's go inside and catch up with the man with the gavel,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40the man with all the local knowledge, Alan Atkinson.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47OK, Alan. Now, this is my valuation.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I'm the Cornishman,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51this is Newlyn Arts and Crafts copperwork,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53and I know you love your Keswick School.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Yes, we do. You're from up here.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I put 180 with a bit of discretion on this,
0:14:57 > 0:14:58which takes it down to 150.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04But I'm hoping it'll do that 180, 220 price range.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05It needs a bit of cleaning.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07That's not going to put the buyers off!
0:15:07 > 0:15:11I think we might struggle on that. Do you? Yep.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Will the Keswick collectors be just too curious...
0:15:14 > 0:15:16They collectors won't take that.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18They won't take that? No, not whatsoever. No.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20They collect Keswick and that's it.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I'm still pretty sure that's going to sell.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25It's on the internet, there's a lot of collectors for this.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28When it's been out on three internet sites,
0:15:28 > 0:15:33we might find there will be people coming for it, but it won't be Keswick collectors.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36We need someone that loves the Newlyn School, someone from down in Cornwall.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Nice bit of stuff down there.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Proper job. Proper job, yeah!
0:15:41 > 0:15:43We'll find out in a minute just who's right.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49But first it's Rebecca's banjo going under the hammer.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Let's see if we're playing the right tune.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54We've got a 20th century banjo, brought in by Rebecca. Whose is it?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57It's my father-in-law's, he sent me with it.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Did he play it well?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I don't think he played it. That's why I've brought it.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05It looks in perfect condition. I was musing over it with the auctioneer.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08I know you've looked at it and strummed it and plucked it,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11and thought, "That's nice." 80 to 120.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14We think it could do a little bit more, maybe 120 to 180.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Yeah, possibly. Good make.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20A lot of these things, that's the right area, between 100 and 200.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22So, you have the old 80 to 120 favourite.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Come in and buy me, it's a good encore.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I think it's going to do well.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Lot 632, the tenor banjo.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34There we go. I've ?70 bid. 70 bid.
0:16:34 > 0:16:3780. 80 bid. ?80.
0:16:37 > 0:16:3990, 100, 110.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41110. At ?110 bid.
0:16:41 > 0:16:49Anywhere else? At ?110 and selling, all done at ?110.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Bang in estimate. Yeah.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Well done. Thank you very much. That's not bad, ?110.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57He'll be happy with that. Oh, yes. You're happy.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Everybody's happy. What are you going to put the money towards?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02We're going to invest it for our little baby.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Grandfather sent it down for him. Set up a little bank account.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Yeah, something like that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12That's nice. Hopefully in a few years there will be a couple of grand. Yeah, you never know.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23This is a "Flog It!" story we all love, and it belongs to Fran.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28So does the item, that lovely bit of Newlyn copper, the chamber candlestick.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33Bought, tell us where again? In a charity shop for a pound.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35And that was only a few months ago.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Yes, about three months ago.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40And I've put ?180 on it because I love Newlyn copper
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and I am from Cornwall, and it means a lot to me.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Now, I had a chat with the auctioneer,
0:17:46 > 0:17:52and because he loves the Keswick School, he thinks I've overcooked it slightly.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Yes, I did wonder
0:17:55 > 0:17:57whether it would sell up here.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I'm going to stick by my guns. I have to, really.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05I still wants that 180. We've got a bit of discretion on it, it could go for 160.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07So, fingers crossed. Fine.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09You'd still be happy. Very happy for a pound!
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Exactly. Here it is, it's going under the hammer now. Now?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The Newlyn copper chamber candlestick there,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and it's stamped Newlyn as well.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20I've ?100 bid. ?100.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22At 100. 100 bid.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24?100. At ?100 bid.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26And 10. 110.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28At 110. We're struggling. 110.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30?110.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32It's not going to sell. At 110...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Not sold. No sale.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Do you know what you've got to do? Send it to Newlyn.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Yes. Parcel it up, pick it up from the auction room later on,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42save wasting a trip coming back.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Take it home, get on the phone to a few auction houses in Cornwall,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48tell them what you've got,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52send them a photograph and send it down. I'll do that.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Well, here I am, surrounded by Jameses.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02James our owner and James our expert.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07But we have that wonderful Nathaniel Mills little silver vinaigrette, good Birmingham maker.
0:19:07 > 0:19:1280 to 120, that's James's valuation. I've had a chat to the auctioneer.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Now, you don't know this, but he said, good valuation,
0:19:16 > 0:19:21but it will do the top end. It'll do around 150, 180.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Hope so. Should do. It's quality, and we've seen them do that before.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Happy bunny? Really happy.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29What will you put the money towards?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32It'll probably go towards a party.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34A party. I don't blame you!
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I might buy a bottle of champagne.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39A good old knees-up! Lot 197, the vinaigrette.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I've ?100 bid for it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43And 10. 110.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46120, 130, 140. ?140 bid.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48At 140. Come on, bit more.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51?140 the lot. 150, 160.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54160. At ?160 bid.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57?160 the lot, at 160.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59The hammer's gone down. We'll settle for that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03That's fine, isn't it? ?160, James.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Better than being tucked away in that cupboard. Exactly.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10And the chances are, it's so tiny, it might just get lost.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Yes. Thanks very much for coming in.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Enjoy your 91st birthday and I hope that party goes really well.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Fine. Thank you. It will.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28What I want to know is, where is the aspidistra?
0:20:28 > 0:20:33We have Helen and Geoff, and the jardiniere is just about to go under the hammer.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Were you happy with the valuation? We got ?100 to ?150 on that.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Yes. Yes, the valuation is fine.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43Why are you getting rid of it? It's in the Arts and Crafts style, you absolutely love that.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46We've had it 40-odd years and it's time for a change.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49We like a lot of different things. Do you? OK.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Lot number 30, the jardiniere by Rhead.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I have ?50 bid. 50, 60. ?60 the lot. At 60. 60 bid.
0:20:58 > 0:21:0170, 80, 90. ?90 bid.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04100, and 10. 110.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07120, 130. This is good.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10130, 140, 160... 160.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11180, 200.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14200...and 20.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16250. 250.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17280, 300.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20320, 350.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22380, 400.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29?400 in front now. At 400, I'm selling. At ?400.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31The hammer has just gone down.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Helen, if you knew it was that valuable,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35would you have liked to have kept it?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Maybe! Maybe.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Well I think Arts and Crafts are still all the rage at that sort of price.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Brilliant. Thanks so much for coming in.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Adam, what a price! That's a great price.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48They had two phone bidders, the internet's picked it up.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52You know, a "come and buy me" estimate usually works very well.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Keep investing in Arts and Crafts. And Art Nouveau. And Art Nouveau.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I'm going to buy a jardiniere! He's going to...!
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Bodes well for my collection, too! I'm really pleased for you.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Thank you. OK, cheers.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15It's been to the top of Everest and to both the North and South Pole,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and it's also an essential item in the ration kit of the British Army.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Now, I bet you can't guess what I'm talking about, can you? I'm going to give you a clue.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25You see the town below me just down there?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Well, that's Kendal. Yeah, you've guessed it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32We're talking about Kendal Mint Cake and here is what it's all about.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39There are only three companies that make the mint cake here in Kendal -
0:22:39 > 0:22:42that's Quiggins, Wilsons and Romneys, which I'm at now.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46One person who knows all there is to know about mint cake is John Barran.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49He's going to talk me through the manufacturing process.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00Kendal Mint Cake was supposedly developed by a Kendal confectioner called Joseph Wiper.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Whilst he was making some glacier mints, Wiper took his eyes off the cooking pan
0:23:04 > 0:23:08and when he looked back, he discovered the mixture had become cloudy and grainy.
0:23:08 > 0:23:14The Kendal Mint Cake was born, and because of its high energy content,
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Kendal Mint Cake was taken on Shackleton's 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition
0:23:19 > 0:23:25and was eaten on the top of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30If you could smell the aroma in this room, your eyes would be smarting too.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32There's such a strong smell of mint,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35and I'm sure these guys will never get a cold during the winter.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38John, pleasure to meet you. Hi, Paul.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Do you get used to the smell,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43because honestly, my eyes are smarting and my head is pounding.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46If I go away for a week and come back, I would be in the same situation.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48It would be running down my face.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51It certainly clears your sinuses, doesn't it? It does.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55When did it really hit the scenes, then? When did it become big?
0:23:55 > 0:24:02Probably about 1915, something like that, when they started taking it on expeditions.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06That's when people realised it did have a good energy source from the glucose.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08It's been a lot of expeditions.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12We advertise it in some of the climbing magazines as well.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And you can keep up the demand?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Yes. It's always there.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22It's in supermarkets. We supply some of the supermarkets, but we still do all the little shops, yes.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25And do you export all over the world? Not as much now, no.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30We used to do a lot, but we supply to the Army for army rations
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and things like that, so it goes all over the place.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It ends up around the world, put it that way. It does, yes.
0:24:36 > 0:24:42A simple mixture of water, glucose and sugar is used to make the mint cake.
0:24:42 > 0:24:49This is mixed and heated for ten minutes until poured.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Will you talk me through some of the process?
0:24:51 > 0:24:56The process at the moment, we have just poured out the mint cake into these copper pans.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Again, these are what they used to use, the old copper pans.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03This is the secret mix. We shouldn't be filming this.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10But this is where the mint gets added, and now Jamie, this is called the graining.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12We grain the side of the pan.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14If we didn't do this it wouldn't set.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19So, he has got to do this to the right consistency to get it to set.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22OK, so what happens after that?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Once Jamie has done that and grained it,
0:25:25 > 0:25:30we will put it onto the trolley and we will pour it out into the slabs.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Shall we do that? Yes. There are lots of trays.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34There is.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44So, Tony is now ladling this out.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Yes, he is.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49In years gone by they used to just pour it out by hand, but now
0:25:49 > 0:25:53with health and safety we have to just ladle it out into the moulds.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54This is still hot. Very hot.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59It would take your skin off in a matter of seconds if you happen to dip your hand in, yes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01How long will this take to set?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04This just sets naturally. Not long.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Probably about 10 to 15 minutes.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09And then it's safe to handle and take out the moulds.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Can I have a go at pouring some?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I'm not going to let you, because I don't want you
0:26:13 > 0:26:19making a mess of my floor, so what I have got here is some children's sized moulds. OK.
0:26:19 > 0:26:25So, I will let you pour it out. I'll just show you how it's done.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27You just go along and pour into the moulds.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Not so bad at all.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38You've got the job. Got the job, have I?
0:26:38 > 0:26:44So, what, in about ten minutes' time, this should be set? Correct.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48I'm going to eat some of my own handiwork.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52We were talking about Sir Edmund Hillary earlier, and the fact that
0:26:52 > 0:26:55every great explorer would have this in his pocket.
0:26:55 > 0:27:02Has it lost any popularity because of all these new energy drinks and bars that have come out?
0:27:02 > 0:27:05It is hard to tell. I would say maybe a little bit.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08There is still a lot of climbers who want to take it with them.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13One of the advantages that mint cake does have over the other energy drinks and things like that
0:27:13 > 0:27:17is that it doesn't freeze, it doesn't melt, and it's also good for your digestive system.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Exactly, the mint would be.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21It's got the history with it, which is very lucky.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24It's the British tradition.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27That's what it's all about. And it keeps well, that's it, like you say.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32How many of these little trays do you guys do a day?
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Boilings, we'll do probably about nine or ten boilings a day.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38What does that equate to in bars?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41In bars, probably... Again, depending on what size we make them into,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43but you're looking at about 7,000 bars a day.
0:27:43 > 0:27:467,000 bars a day!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49My word, it is popular, isn't it? In the small ones, anyway.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01At what stage do you bash this out, or turn it over and spring it out?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Any time now. Are you going to flip one out for me?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Yes, we can do that for you.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12That's how easy they come out. And that's how easy it is.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14And what happens to them now?
0:28:14 > 0:28:19They will be taken across onto another bench to cool for another 20 minutes,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and then they will be broken up into the various different sizes.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24And then put into their packets? That's it.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27And then, ready for testing.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30That's what we like. There we go, John, it's perfectly set now.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34It is, yes. Are you going to do the honours? Yes, I'll let you try.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Break it out, there we go.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41That's lovely. Nice and minty. Mmm.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I just need a cup of coffee now! That's it.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54It's time to get straight back to the valuation day and I think the Lake School is in that
0:28:54 > 0:28:57direction about 15 miles away if I run in a straight line.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02And with a bar of Kendal Mint Cake that size, I reckon I can jog it in 15 minutes.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Tony, I have to say, whenever I see a bit of wood in the queue I pounce on it.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30You're as keen to flog this as me.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34You were first in the queue. What time did you get there this morning?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37About 7.10am. Oh, I was still in bed!
0:29:37 > 0:29:39This is really nice.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45What we actually have here is an Edwardian mahogany stationery and desk companion.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Something that you could have on your flat writing desk.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52If we just look at the front of here, there's a nice light
0:29:52 > 0:29:57colour in the centre and it sort of warms up as you get to the outside.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02And where the grooves are here, that line there's got 100 years of dirt, because
0:30:02 > 0:30:07this piece is about 1900-1910, so it's been around a long time.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Is it a family piece?
0:30:08 > 0:30:12It did belong to my father-in-law but my wife asked him when she was
0:30:12 > 0:30:17a little girl if she could have it sometime in the future.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22And eventually, after we'd been married for 10, 15 years he brought it and gave it to us.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24He made her wait then! Yes, he did make her wait.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27As far as my mother-in-law was concerned, she knew that my
0:30:27 > 0:30:32father-in-law kept secret documents of some description in there
0:30:32 > 0:30:38and it was always kept locked and she never had the key to it.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42She tried to break in with a knife. Hence the scratches on the front.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Ah, that's what this is all about. Well, let's have a look.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Luckily it's unlocked now so it's a little bit easier to get into.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52So if we undo these three doors here, it really is
0:30:52 > 0:30:57very nicely fitted. We've got these sections here for stationery, we've got the date
0:30:57 > 0:31:03apertures at the top, and those can be changed by turning these little knobs on the top there.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Here we have an aide memoire so you can put all the things you need to do
0:31:06 > 0:31:10for the day or the week on there and rub them out when you're done.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14In the base here, it's seen better days this piece, really,
0:31:14 > 0:31:19because if you look at it from the outside and it's not too bad,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22but this handle
0:31:22 > 0:31:28is not good. This is a writing slate but it's sadly come into two parts now.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Yeah.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36There we are, tooled leather, been split, lost its hinges. Do you have those hinges somewhere?
0:31:36 > 0:31:40They'd deteriorated so much I didn't think it was worth keeping.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Well, they can be replaced, it's not too bad.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Overall, it's not a bad thing.
0:31:44 > 0:31:50The things that are wrong with it are fairly straight forward to put right.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54So with all those family memories why does you wife... Does your wife know you're going to sell it?
0:31:54 > 0:32:01We used to live in an old house but we've moved into a modern bungalow and it's just stuck
0:32:01 > 0:32:05in the wardrobe doing nothing. Let me talk about value.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10It's not greatly valuable because there are so many people wanting to sell them.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12But if that was done up and sorted out it would be,
0:32:12 > 0:32:18you know, a few hundred pounds in a retailer's shop, so taking into consideration... Oops, there we go!
0:32:18 > 0:32:26..the damage, the scratches and the fact that we're selling it by auction, I would say ?80 to ?120.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Might make ?140, ?150 on a good day.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Yeah. So is that OK for you?
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Yeah, that sounds OK. You need to put a reserve on it.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40A hundred. Fine. Let's put 100 to 150 on it as the estimate. ?100 reserve, let's see what happens.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42OK.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51What a fantastic collection of pens.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54How long have you been collecting these?
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Oh, as long as 20 years.
0:32:55 > 0:32:5920 years, and where have you been getting them from?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Oh, anywhere that I come across them.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06Job lots at auction sales and junk shops and anywhere I see them.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Have you got a favourite? That one, I think it's quite attractive.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13It is attractive. A lot of them are very attractive, aren't they?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15This is a Conway Stewart. Yes.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17We've got a lot of different manufacturers of pens here.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22Big names like Parker, Schaffer, Waterman's, Swan, all sorts.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26I quite like these marbleised ones as well. Yes.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28You've got a couple in their boxes as well.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31This is a nice one here, the Waterman's one, still in the box
0:33:31 > 0:33:38and this one's got 14-carat gold mounts so quite a nice pen that one, the Waterman's one.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40So that's, you know, some value in its own right.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44This one's a Swan and I believe this one you've had for the longest.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47I think I had that when I was 11.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51This one was your school pen? Yes. Well, that's lovely, isn't it?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Still in pretty good condition, you must have looked after it. Yes.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Didn't chew the end or anything. No.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00And a lot of these even have 14-carat nibs as well, the majority.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02A lot of them, yes. You've also got a few pencils.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07There's a collection of propelling pencils, including one of these old advertising pencils.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And you've got two silver pencils as well. Yes.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13So, what made you collect pens? I don't know.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18I think people kept finding them in their cupboards and just adding them to my collection and saying...
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Right. I must admit I've hung on to
0:34:21 > 0:34:26a few pens that I've found here and now, I've probably got a few but nowhere near as many as this. No.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28What was the most reasonable one?
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Erm, there must have been some that were 50p but some that were two or three pounds. 50p.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37So, they've all been between 50p and a couple of pounds? Probably. Right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40It's a nice collection. A lot of collectors out there.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I think it's probably going to make ?100 to ?150.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45What do you think? Lovely.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Is that what you thought or...? Wonderful, yes. Yes? Yes, brilliant.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51And we'll put a reserve maybe just below at 90. Yes.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56Well, that's great, thank you very much for bringing them along, it's a good collection of pens. Thank you.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09Now Warren, you don't seem the sort of bloke who would wear a brooch like this. Thank you.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12So, tell me, how do you come to have it in your possession?
0:35:12 > 0:35:16I actually found it when I was shopping in a department store.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Golly! Hand it in or did you just whip it straight into your pocket?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22No, I did hand it in yes, definitely. Did the right thing?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Three months later I got a call to say nobody had claimed it
0:35:25 > 0:35:28and if you wanted it it was yours, so... Wow!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Fantastic. How long ago?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I've had it about nine years.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Because it was an old thing even then. Yeah.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Do you know much about it? I don't, no.
0:35:38 > 0:35:45Well, whenever we look at this sort of silverwork, it's very stylised but based on foliage.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50These leaves are known as honesty leaves. Right.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52And it's a typical motif of Art Nouveau silverware.
0:35:52 > 0:36:00And when you find it in this combination of blue and green enamel as well, that's typical 1900 to 1910,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03somewhere around that date. And having looked
0:36:03 > 0:36:06at the hallmark, it's the Birmingham hallmark for 1909.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10So, when you found it, it was an 80-year-old brooch somebody dropped.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Yeah. You found an interesting thing.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Good. A maker called J Fenton of Birmingham. Yeah.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21When we look at this sort of work, we think of Charles Horner.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24He is the most famous of all the Art Nouveau silversmiths. Right.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29And this sort of combination of enamel and silver you think in terms of Liberty.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32If it was a larger piece you'd think in terms of Archibald Knox.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37But this maker, still fairly well-known, but not one of the most well-known. Yeah.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Don't want to give it to a girlfriend or wife? I gave it to the wife
0:36:40 > 0:36:44but it's been in her jewellery box for a good nine, ten years.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46And she's never worn it? She's not interested, really, so...
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Oh, what a shame because that would polish up beautifully.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I think it would. It looks a bit dull at the moment so...
0:36:52 > 0:36:55But a slight rub with a silver cloth and that would shine.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Bring it up, yeah. OK. So, no point in keeping it then?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Don't think so. Let's sell it. 80 to ?100.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Oh, very nice. Is that all right? It sounds good. Can't be bad.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Can't be bad at all.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Let's hope Alan can keep up the good work at the auction in Penrith.
0:37:12 > 0:37:19James loves Tony's mahogany bureau but feels the slight damage might just hold the price back.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Margaret's been collecting pens and pencils for over 20 years.
0:37:23 > 0:37:29Adam thinks someone should get a good deal with his estimate of 100 to ?150.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32And they say honest is the best policy and it was for Warren.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35He found this enamel brooch at a department store, handed it in
0:37:35 > 0:37:39and James thinks he should be rewarded with at least ?100.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52I love this, Tony. A mahogany bureau from the early 1900s.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55It's got the look and it hasn't been on display, has it?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58No. In your house? No. It's been in the wardrobe.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Yes. It's been prised open with a knife as well.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02We're looking at 100, ?150.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I'm pretty sure we're going to get the top end of that.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08It's quality all the way and it's a bit of functional kit.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I would keep things in it, use it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12And so would you, I know. It's a desk top toy.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14It's wonderful. I mean I really like it.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17If it was mine it wouldn't be in the auction. No.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20So, actually... Plenty of people here, aren't there?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Exactly. It's here to sell at that sort of price.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Why are you selling it?
0:38:25 > 0:38:30My wife got it left to her by her father and it's been, like I say, stuck in the wardrobe.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31It's not on display.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Can't you put it anywhere in the house?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Visually, it's quite stunning. She's found somewhere now.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40It's too late. Too late.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Tony, good luck, it's just about to go under the hammer.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45We can't think of things like that now. This is it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51Lot 467, the very nice stationery cabinet-cum-desk there.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Rather nice one. I have ?100 bid.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56120, 150, 180,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58200, ?200 bid,
0:38:58 > 0:39:03?200 bid, at ?200 I'm selling. 220.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Oh, 220.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08240, 240, ?240,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11all done at ?240.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Yes, that's a sold sound.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15The hammer's gone down. Good result.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Quality always sells.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22What are you going to do with that? 240 quid less some commission.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Well, it's my wife's so she doesn't know what she's going to do with it.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Save it for a rainy day, pay some bills.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32If it hadn't sold, she wouldn't have been disappointed, anyway.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Cos she's now found a place for it. Yeah.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44Margaret, is it time to say goodbye to those pens and pencils?
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Have we got that value right, 100 to ?150? I hope so.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53We're about to do battle in the auction room and find out if the pen is mightier than the sword.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56?150 top end, that's what we want. There's a lot there.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00If you divide them by the amount of pens, it works out reasonably so...
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Yeah. Fairly reasonably.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Exactly. Oh, you sounded a bit disappointed then.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Well, we'll see.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09There's a lot of collecting there. Yes.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Good luck. They're just about to go under the hammer.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Lot number 494, collection of pens and propelling pencils,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19the whole lot of them there.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Various bids, I've ?70 bid, 70,
0:40:21 > 0:40:2680, 90, 100 and 10, 120, 130, 140.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Oh, they love it. They love it, they love it.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32160, at ?160 bid.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36160, 180, 180. At 180, 180.
0:40:36 > 0:40:42With Janet now at ?180, I'm selling now, all done at ?180.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44I like the sound of that.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46180! Happy with that?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Yes, thank you. Yes. That is brilliant, isn't it?
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Yes. Lots of memories, well worth collecting over a period of time. Yes.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It doesn't financially hit the pocket straightaway.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59You can collect over a period of years.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01And when you sell, there's a nice reward. Yes.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Now, we're going to do it classic bit of recycling.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13I've just been joined by Warren and we have that lovely honesty brooch.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15And you are an honest guy, as well.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18This brooch, found in a department store tne years ago, was handed in.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Nobody claimed it. I bet you thought it was your lucky day. I did, yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24But the missus didn't like it. No.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26And then "Flog It!" came to town and the rest
0:41:26 > 0:41:30is history because our expert, James, has put 80 to ?100 on this.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Not bad. Not bad at all. Will we get any more?
0:41:33 > 0:41:37It might make top end and possibly a bit over.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39We'll see. We'll see. It's full, isn't it?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43It's packed. Jammed full of bidders and they're not sitting on their hands, which is a good thing.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47I'd like to see 120. I'd like to see just a bit over his...
0:41:47 > 0:41:50We'd all like to see more, wouldn't we?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53That's what we're pinning our hopes on. Good luck!
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Lot 154. The honesty brooch.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57A nice one there.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Various bits of interest.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04I have ?100 bid. 110. 120. 130.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Ooh! See!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08150. 150 bid.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12160. 170.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16180. 190.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18I think this was a "come and buy me" from James. 200.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20220.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21240.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29?240. 240 on my right now with the gentleman. ?240.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Yes! 240 quid, Warren! That's fantastic!
0:42:32 > 0:42:35A lot better than ?100.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I knew it all along!
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Wow! Wow, wow, wow!
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Well pleased with that. What are you going to do with that money?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45I think the wife will spend it on some jewellery.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Is she? Something that she does like and can wear. Exactly.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Is she here today? Yeah.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53I bet she enjoyed that. She'll be well pleased.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Just as we all did.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Say no more.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06The auction is still going on but it's all over
0:43:06 > 0:43:11for our owners and we've had a marvellous day up here in the Lakes.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14If you've got anything you're unsure about that you want to flog,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18bring them to a valuation days and we'll see what we can do for you.
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