0:00:02 > 0:00:05MUSIC: The Fratellis: Chelsea Dagger
0:00:05 > 0:00:09We're in Leicester for today's show. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:40 > 0:00:44There's been a settlement here since the Iron Age and the Romans
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and the Vikings have also left their mark.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49More recently, Leicester has become famous as the home
0:00:49 > 0:00:52of heart-throb crooner, Engelbert Humperdinck.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56# Please release me... #
0:00:56 > 0:01:01The city where 1970s pop group Showaddywaddy were formed.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03# Bab-ba-ba-ba-ba... #
0:01:03 > 0:01:07And the home of former member of the Monty Python team, Graham Chapman.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11MONTY PYTHON THEME TUNE
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And now for something completely different!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Our two experts Charlie Ross and Adam Partridge.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24BLOWING RASPBERRY
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Look at that!
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Everybody is now seated comfortably inside the main hall.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Who will be the lucky ones chosen to go off to auction?
0:01:43 > 0:01:48We're going to find out right now because it looks like Adam has just spotted something.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Hi, Janet. How are you?- I'm fine.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Welcome to Flog It.- Thank you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I get excited about autograph albums because you never
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- know what's going to appear in them. - No, you don't.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- This one has something I am very interested in, which is cricketing autographs.- That's correct.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Who is J Preston?- He is,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12or was, the nephew of my father who played cricket for Leicestershire
0:02:12 > 0:02:14in the 1920s and '30s.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19So your father got this book for Tom Preston and managed to fill it
0:02:19 > 0:02:21with lots of autographs of famous cricketers?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Yes, all in about 1924...
0:02:25 > 0:02:281924, 1925, so, we'll look through.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Surrey, 1925 - look at that - Percy Fender.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37And Jack Hobbs. Two of the most famous cricketers of all time.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40And that's Gloucestershire. Wally Hammond.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Another big name.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43I'm sure there are others.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48There's going to be a few famous Yorkshiremen there, I'm sure. Herbert Sutcliffe.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Absolutely.- Very good.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Can I tell you? My father bowled him out for a duck!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Did he? That's some accolade.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00A career-defining moment, perhaps, because Sutcliffe was one of the best batsman ever.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Absolutely. Here's Leicestershire, and that's my father.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06That's your father's autograph, is it?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08That's great, isn't it?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Super album.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14There's a lot of interest to cricket collectors there.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I think it will probably make between £100-£200 for a collection.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- That could be good.- Yes.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I certainly wouldn't like to see it go for less than 90.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25So are you going to put a reserve on it for me?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You don't want it going for nothing, do you?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Oh no, I can hand it on, can't I?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Absolutely. - I can pass it on if it goes here...
0:03:31 > 0:03:35And let's hope we bowl them over with your cricket autographs.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Absolutely. - Thank you very much for coming.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Well, Keith, no prizes for telling me what this is.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Beswick.- Correct!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Tell me, how did you come by it?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59The family purchased it in the 1960s and it was passed down to us,
0:03:59 > 0:04:04and it has remained as it is ever since. Not broken or anything.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07It helps that it's on a plinth base.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13The horses that free-stand on their legs are much more susceptible to damage than anything on a base.
0:04:13 > 0:04:19If we were to turn it upside down, you would see an impressed Beswick mark. I have no doubt at all.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Well, it's very faint.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Yes, but it would be there.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24And of course,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26it is becoming more and more popular.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33If you'd brought this along ten years ago, we wouldn't have been at all interested.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37The reason it's become more collectible is, the Beswick factory is no longer.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39It closed about 15 years ago.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42So, there won't be any more made.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46It's arguable that Beswick has reached a bit of a peak.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I don't know whether it's going to carry on going up.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54We might, in hindsight, think this was the right time to sell.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Yes.- With some things, you think, "Should I keep it? Should I not?"
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- I think, something like this, if you don't particularly like it- ...
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- I did like it, but... - You don't any more?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Well, I do like it, still, but it's time to get rid of it, let somebody else enjoy it.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Yeah, yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- I'm afraid of it getting broken anyway.- Right, right.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Have you formed an idea of what it might be worth? - I should imagine about 120?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19That's a pretty exact value, isn't it? Have you done your homework?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I've been reading up on some of it.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23It certainly ought to make £100.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Yes.- I would expect it to make somewhere between £100 and £150.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Right.- We'll put that as a saleroom estimate on it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34There will be plenty of interest in it, I'm sure.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Do you want to put a reserve on it?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38About 100.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Shall we use a bit of discretion if the auctioneer gets close?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Yes, OK, that's fine with me.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45£100 - I think that's pretty safe.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Frankly, if it does not sell for that...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51you might as well have it back. And risk breaking it again!
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Julia - what a marvellous oil painting. Let's go deep into the oak forest, shall we?
0:06:02 > 0:06:06You want to travel into that picture - look where the perspective takes you.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Although I've got a choice, my side.
0:06:09 > 0:06:16- Because I can see, you can go right through there to that path, or that path on that angle.- That's right.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18So, how did you come across this?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21It's been in my family since 1960.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23My father acquired it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Apparently he did some work for an elderly lady.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31He wouldn't accept any payment, so she gave him a choice of paintings.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34There was a lot of paintings, and she said, "Pick which one you like."
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It wasn't framed at the time.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- And that's the one he chose. - And that's its history?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42You've seen this as a girl. You've grown up looking at this?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46It's always been on my family wall, always on the lounge, for 40 years.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You had a rather large lounge!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- You must have done.- We did then!
0:06:50 > 0:06:52This is a very large furnishing picture.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Quite difficult to sell, purely because of its size.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58It needs to go into big homes. So, you've got it on the wall at home?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I haven't, now.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03My mother had it on the wall but,
0:07:03 > 0:07:09since it's come to my house, I haven't had a wall big enough or a room large enough to display it.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14It's actually been behind a large chest of drawers, just collecting dust.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I've kept meaning to sell it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:22Right. The first thing that I noticed was, when I felt it...
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- It's quite stretchy.- It is.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Do you know why it's stretchy?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Because, as a canvas, it's been relined.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33There's a canvas on the back, supporting the canvas on the front.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37If you look at the back, you can feel the canvas is loose.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41It's not because it needs re-stretching, it's because it's been re-lined.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44That's a canvas on the back of the original canvas.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49And look at the weave, here. That's typical 1960s-'70s canvas.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51The Victorian weave is much rougher.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55So this has been relined in the '60s or '70s.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- That's something I didn't know. - And the frame
0:07:58 > 0:08:03isn't contemporary to the picture because, right down here in this corner,
0:08:03 > 0:08:08there's a little signature. Walter C Blucher.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11And it's dated, 1888.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So it's a late Victorian painting which
0:08:14 > 0:08:17is right. When you look at it it's in that
0:08:17 > 0:08:21slightly impressionistic style which was very, very popular, then.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25What I love about it is, it's almost late autumn.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27It's got that autumnal look,
0:08:27 > 0:08:32all those sort of bronzers, coppers, it's loose. It's built up,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35it's got a little bit of movement.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38But unfortunately, it's not got the right frame. It's been relined.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And I looked the artist up in the Art Sales Index guide.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47- I tried looking on the internet and there is no reference to him, which means...- I haven't found anything...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49No. Which means he was a very good amateur painter.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54He's not had any of his work put into a big exhibition like
0:08:54 > 0:08:58the Royal Academy which would give his work credence, value and provenance.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04If I said to you, I think we should put this into auction
0:09:04 > 0:09:08with a value of £250-£300, would you be happy with that?
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Erm, I was hoping for 300-500, but if that's what it's worth...
0:09:13 > 0:09:18I still need to sell it because it's sitting behind a chest of drawers.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23You said you were hoping for the 3-5. It's going to get the three, I'm pretty sure of that.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Three's my mid-estimate.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28If it's at the higher end of my valuation, 350, £400.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- We've nearly got what you want for it.- Lovely.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I'd like to put the money towards a holiday, so I'll part with it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- OK. Let's flog it, shall we? - Let's flog it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- Christine, welcome to Flog It.- Hello.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51You've brought along a really nice thing and I saw you outside in the queue.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54And you said to me, "I've got a Newlyn tea caddy."
0:09:54 > 0:09:58And I said, "Quick, let me have it before Paul gets his hands on it,"
0:09:58 > 0:10:03because Paul is mad about Newlyn, being a Cornish boy, the Cornish copper.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06He's very keen on Newlyn. What can you tell me about it yourself?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09All I know is my grandma had it on the mantelpiece.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13She just kept her cottons in it and that's all I've done with mine.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17You don't know where she got it from? Something in your grandma's house?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It's pretty collectible now, Newlyn copper.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23What we have got is stamped on the base, there, Newlyn.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30So we can date it to after 1917, because usually the previous works to that were not stamped, "Newlyn".
0:10:30 > 0:10:33And there are some famous names associated with Newlyn.
0:10:33 > 0:10:39The one that most people know is a fellow called John Pearson, who was one of the major designers.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44It's all hand beaten copper and the lid, "tea", there, so you know what's in it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48And typical Cornish-inspired work with the fishes and the bubbles going round.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52And it's all hand-beaten repousse work, it's called, raised work.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56And a lot of the people that used to work on it were quite rough types,
0:10:56 > 0:11:02fishermen and all that, that used to do the work on these as well so it's pretty skilful work, very nice.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Any idea what it's worth?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06No, none at all.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- Have a guess.- £50?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14More, more. £100-150, I should think.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15SHE GASPS
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- I didn't think it'd be worth that much.- Yes, good.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I think we'll put an estimate of £100-150.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26And I think it should do 160-180. But I don't want to get your hopes up.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- No, No. - We'll put a reserve on it, shall we?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30If we can put 100, I think.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- But not much more. - OK, then.- Is that all right?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33That's fine.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Thanks very much for bringing peace of Newlyn copper, and not seeing Paul with it!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Thanks a lot.- Thank you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Well, we've got a jam-packed ballroom, full of Flog It hopefuls,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51hoping they're the lucky ones to get taken off to the auction room.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Our experts have been working flat out and they have now
0:11:54 > 0:11:56found their first batch of antiques to take to the sale room.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59So, while we make our way over there, here's a quick recap of all
0:11:59 > 0:12:04the items that are going to go under the hammer.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06A slice of family history here.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12Janet's autograph album full of signatures of some of cricket's most famous players.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Keith's pretty Beswick group, a mare with her foal,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20has survived intact for 40 years.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Julia's beautiful woodland scene has spent the last few years behind
0:12:23 > 0:12:28a chest of drawers but it deserves pride of place on someone's wall.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33And finally, Christine's fine Newlyn copper tea caddy is a highly
0:12:33 > 0:12:39collectible item which should send the bidders into a frenzy.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43We have come to Gildings Auctioneers in at the heart of Market Harborough.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Let's see how the auction's shaping up.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52And in charge of the sale is auctioneer, John Gilding.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56This should have an great deal of local interest. It's an autograph book.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59There are some little ditties in there, some rhymes,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03and it's signed by a lot of county players from Leicestershire in the 1930s.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Belongs to Janet.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09And she got it from one of her cousins, who played for Leicestershire.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Good pedigree, here.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14We've got a valuation of £100-200.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- Sounds a bargain.- It is, and it will be an absolute bargain at £100.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- It will fly the nest, this will. - For a six!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I'm quite convinced that they will knock this for six, you're right.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29One of the best things is that all the pages with the county cricketers
0:13:29 > 0:13:36on, which is the whole of the league team from the 1925-26 period -
0:13:36 > 0:13:38they're all on a single sheets.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40That's absolutely brilliant, isn't it?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44And you know why, as well, because they can be separated and sold off separately.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Or individually framed, for the collector.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- So that's very important. - Puts the value up.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57The sad thing is that quite a few of them are in pencil, one or two of the early ones.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Not everyone could afford pens in those days, could they?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I think that's a real winner.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Could we see £300?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Well, I thought you were going to say 200-300.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I think it will make in that £200-£300 mark and I will be very disappointed if it doesn't.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Fantastic. Great.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26This next lot should knock you for six.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31It's that lovely autograph book with all the cricketers from Leicestershire.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33So, lots of local interest.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Cracking item, with a valuation of £100 to £200?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Let's hope we can double that top end.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Sporting memorabilia is big business. We've seen it on Flog It time and time again.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48If this was in a proper sporting sale it might just go through the roof.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51But hopefully the bidders have found it on the internet.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53And, we're in Leicestershire, aren't we?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Lots of local interest.- We are, yes.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00The auctioneer says he absolutely loved it and he's got a buyer on the phone from Spain, believe it or not.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Has he?- Yes. - Goodness me!- Good luck.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06230.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Wonderful lot here, please.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12The autographed album, county cricketers including Leicestershire
0:15:12 > 0:15:17and indeed collected by Percy Fender who was a local lad.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22On commission at 150. 160, 170, 180, 190, 200.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Goodness me.
0:15:24 > 0:15:2720, 240. Still standing tall at 240.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29260, 280, 300 and 20.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Still standing tall at £320.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- Bids on the telephones. - Yes, the phones have come in.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- I can't believe this. - At 360, I'm bid. 360, 380, 400.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42At £400...
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Yes, this is more like it.- 420.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50At 440, 440 I'm bid. 440, 460, 480...
0:15:50 > 0:15:53This is my grandson.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56500, 520,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58540, 580.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01580 on number two telephone.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02All finished in the room.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Selling for £580!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Yes! That is a sold sound.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The hammer's gone down. £580.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Can't believe it!
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Janet, what's the name of your grandson?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- Lewis.- Lewis, well what do you think of that?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19It's amazing. It's great, brilliant!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- He loves me more than ever. - I'll bet he loves you now!
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Right, this next lot is hot to trot. It's got to be because it's a Beswick horse with foal.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I've just been joined by Keith.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Classic lot, they're selling really, really well.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38We see them a lot on Flog It. You love it, Charlie, it's a nice group.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's a group, rather than a single figure.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45I think designed by Arthur Gredington who designed a lot of those horse groups.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48And it's in good condition and it should do well.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52It should do. We're looking at £100 to £150 on the valuation.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Why are you flogging this? Everybody wants these except for you?
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- We'll let somebody else have the benefit.- OK, you've just fallen out-of-favour with it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Yes, 40 years we've had it without breaking it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04So it's still in one piece.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07And now it's down to the bidders. Let's find out what they think.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Let's hope we can push that top end.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- It's going under the hammer. Good luck, Keith.- Thank you.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Lot 35.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18I have to start the bidding at £80.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- We're in at £80, Keith. - On commission at £80 I'm bid.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25At £80 I'm bid. At 85, 90?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28£90 I'm bid. 90 at £90 I'm bid. 90, do I see five anywhere?
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- The commission's are in at £90. - It's a slip, no-one's bidding!
0:17:32 > 0:17:35All done, finished and sold at £90.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- He sold it at £90.- He did.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43He used a bit of discretion and £100 lower in. Someone got them cheap.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Someone got that cheap.- They got a bargain. They have got a bargain.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48It is a nice piece.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51That's auctions for you. It's not an exact science.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Well, I'm here with Julia and we've got that lovely oil on canvas to flog you.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Now, if you can't remember it, here's something to jog your memory.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09You've probably spotted it anyway. It's above my head look, here it is.
0:18:09 > 0:18:16It is gorgeous. We're looking at 250 to £300.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19I have to let you into a little secret, Julia, the auctioneer
0:18:19 > 0:18:24took me aside and he said it might just struggle.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Right, OK.- It's on the large side. That's what we talked about.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29For a furnishing picture, you need a big space.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34It will dominate any normal sized lounge.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40I just wish I said I'd put it in at £200 to £250, but I was a bit punchy.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43But I'm an optimist. Here we go, it's going under the hammer now.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47A woodland scene now. A lovely oil on canvas at the back there, please.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49A wonderful perspective here.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52£200 opens the bidding.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54£200 I'm bid.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59At £200 I'm bid, at 200, do I see 10 anywhere quickly?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01At £200.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05At £200 I'm bid at 200, do I see 10 anywhere quickly?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Everybody gone home?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09All done.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Quite sure then? £200 all finished.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13At £200.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16In which case I have to withdraw that lot
0:19:16 > 0:19:18pending client's instructions.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22You see I'm a tree lover and a tree hugger and I value that
0:19:22 > 0:19:25and I think that's about right, £250.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I'm so sorry. What are you going to do with it?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I'll probably sell it online.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- OK.- Give that a go.- Well there is another day in another auction room
0:19:33 > 0:19:39and it did get £200 in the room, but nobody here pushed it any further.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- You know that's a good starting point, £200.- It is, yes, thank you.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I'm so sorry. I hate these moments.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57I've just been joined by Christine and we are flying the flag for Kernow, for Cornwall.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00We've got a Newlyn tea caddy - a bit of repousse work in copper.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03You've done the right thing by not polishing it too much.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05It's in great condition.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Let's find out what the bidders are thinking right now.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Good luck. This is it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:15Lot 50, a lovely little tea caddy - the Newlyn and lots of interest.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19I have to start the bidding on commission at £125.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27- Straight in at the estimate. - 130, 140 on commission.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- 145 in the room on the telephone. - We've got some action in the room.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39With the lady at 200 in the centre at £200.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43£200 I'm bid. Telephone is 220.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Great, they love it. They love it, Christine!
0:20:46 > 0:20:49240, I'm bid, 260, 280, 280 in the room at 280.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Will be sold. All done and sold at £280.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- Yes, hammer's gone down. £280, Christine.- Oh, thank you, Paul.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00That's fantastic!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02A great result, isn't it?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04A great result, that was a special blend that little caddy.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Good old Cornwall!
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Ask anyone what they know about King Richard III and they'll probably answer that he was
0:21:27 > 0:21:31responsible for the murder of the two princes in the Tower of London,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36that he was a hunchback and in one of Shakespeare's plays was depicted as one of the most evil rulers
0:21:36 > 0:21:42of all time - a poisonous, bunch-backed toad. The question is - how true is that picture?
0:21:47 > 0:21:53Now, what's not in question is that Richard ascended to the throne in 1483,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56after the death of his brother, Edward IV.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Edward's son and heir was only 12 years old at the time of his death,
0:22:00 > 0:22:07so Uncle Richard disowned the little boy and claimed the throne to himself.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11What is also true is that towards the end of 1483
0:22:11 > 0:22:16young Edward and his little brother Richard disappeared without a trace.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25The second half of the 15th century was riven by warfare
0:22:25 > 0:22:27when the noble houses of York and Lancaster
0:22:27 > 0:22:30were engaged in a constant struggle for political dominance.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34These battles have come to be known as the Wars of the Roses.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Richard III was the last monarch of the House of York
0:22:38 > 0:22:42and controversy over his legacy has raged ever since.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46For centuries, the official view of him is of a wicked, deformed tyrant
0:22:46 > 0:22:52whose malicious intent towards his nephews saw him gain the throne of England by foul means.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54But his reign didn't last for long.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59A few years later, in August 1485, Henry Tudor marched on England
0:22:59 > 0:23:01and Henry, who was distantly and illegitimately related
0:23:01 > 0:23:04to the House of Lancaster through his mother,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07sought to challenge Richard for the throne.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15The next day, the armies met not far from Leicester.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17In fact, right here at Bosworth,
0:23:17 > 0:23:22where I've come to meet Wendy Moorhen, the research officer for the Richard III Society.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Hi, thanks for talking to us today.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28So, where did the idea of the evil King come from? Was he evil?
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Well, the victors write the history and we had the birth of what we call the Tudor myth.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Henry Tudor had a very tenuous claim to the throne,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38so he took the crown through conquest.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- This is what happened.- Where did these chronicles come from?
0:23:41 > 0:23:46The first two were his own court historians and then taken up by other Tudor chronicles.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It was their writings which became the sources for William Shakespeare.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52By the time we get to the 1590s
0:23:52 > 0:23:54it's been around for almost 100 years.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58That brings me on to my next question, really. The hunchback.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Do you believe in that?- No, there's no contemporary evidence whatsoever.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05What we do have is an account written by a Silesian knight
0:24:05 > 0:24:09who visited Richard's court and he describes Richard and he compares him to himself.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14There is no hint of deformity but he ends by saying, "Richard had a great heart".
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Is there any surviving artwork, any pictures of him?
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Nothing contemporary.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24The earliest portraits we have of Richard were painted in the second decade of the 1500s.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26One of those paintings is owned by the Queen.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29It was examined about 30 years ago
0:24:29 > 0:24:32and it was found that one of the shoulders had been repainted,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35raising the level of the shoulder.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- This became the template for other copies later on.- Why though?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Why were people so vitriolic? Why didn't they like him?
0:24:44 > 0:24:48The point is that if you were deformed, if you were ugly,
0:24:48 > 0:24:54in those days, they believed it was the manifestation of an inner wickedness.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57What about the murder of his nephews. Do you believe in that?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00We don't know what happened to the princes.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05Richard didn't have much of a motive to kill them, but Henry Tudor would have done.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10If they were still alive after the Battle of Bosworth, they'd have been an embarrassment to him.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11He was going to marry their sister.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15If he'd then made her legitimate, the boys would then automatically be legitimate
0:25:15 > 0:25:19and people would say, "Ah, why don't we have them as King?"
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- What sort of King was Richard?- I believe he was a fair and a just man.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28He was an excellent administrator. He did well in the north, ruling it on behalf of his brother
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and, during his time in the north, he was involved in border warfare with the Scots.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I think he was hands-on and he led from the front.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Yes, this is where the battle took place. This is Bosworth, I take it?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41This is Ambien Hill.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44This may have been the site of the battle. We don't know.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46We actually have three possibilities.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50It's one of the worst-documented battles in English history.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56We believe that Richard saw Henry Tudor with quite a small entourage to the edge of the battle.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58He took the decision to eliminate him.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01If he kills his rival, the day will be his.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05So, he gathers his household about him,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08probably about 100 knights, and he charges.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12And it's at this point that he's betrayed by a man called Sir William Stanley
0:26:12 > 0:26:15who was one of Richard's Knights of the Body.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20He attacked Richard. He was cut down, butchered, so we lost the last Plantagenet King of England.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23He was the last King of England to die on the field of battle.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26The triumphant army marched to Leicester
0:26:26 > 0:26:31with the body of the late King stripped and ignominiously flung across a horse.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34His bloodied corpse was put on public display for two days
0:26:34 > 0:26:37before being buried in a nearby monastery.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42But the remains were lost during the dissolution of the monasteries after the Reformation.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Richard is the only English monarch without a tomb.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48The old saying goes, "To the victor the spoils",
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and that applies as much to the writing of history as it does to any booty.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57Richard's reputation in the years to follow was treated as contemptuously as his person.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Tudor, now proclaimed King Henry VII,
0:27:00 > 0:27:05later merged the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York into the Tudor Rose,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09forming one of the most influential dynasties in England,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13and the rest as they say, is history.
0:27:27 > 0:27:33It's no good people telling me on Flog It! that we have too much Clarice Cliff because frankly,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37if you get a piece as good as this and as unusual as this,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40you can have as much Clarice Cliff as you like.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Anyway, it's Matthew and Theresa, isn't it?- It is.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48- It belongs to you jointly? - No, it belongs to... - Is this going to be an argument?
0:27:48 > 0:27:54- No, it belongs to Matthew's mother. - Tell me about how it got here?
0:27:54 > 0:27:58It got here because my mum saw one of your shows in South Africa...
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- Really?- Yes.- So she sent you over here with it?- We were here already.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Just sent the item, yes.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It was on the top shelf above the TV
0:28:08 > 0:28:12and somebody was talking about Clarice Cliff and it had been sold for £500.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16My parents were like, "Wow!" Nobody liked it in the family.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21I can understand that. Some would say it's an acquired taste. Do you know anything about Clarice Cliff?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24No, nothing at all.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Born in 1899, which makes her Victorian, really, by birth,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32but anything less Victorian you couldn't possibly imagine, really.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38She formed a trend. She worked for Wilkinson's at the Newport factory when she was a teenager.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Then her designs became bolder and bolder and her colours got bolder and bolder.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46She just became a legend, really.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Now, this sort of style that she produced
0:28:49 > 0:28:51has become hugely commercial.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54This has a particular name this pattern -
0:28:54 > 0:28:57which is called the tulip pattern.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01It's got tulips and all sorts of other things.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05The vibrant orange is a typical Clarice Cliff colour.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06So what is it used for?
0:29:06 > 0:29:11It's an ornamental vase to go on the table and to put flowers in.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14You'd have to put some sort of base in to put the flowers in.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17But it's certainly not a shopping basket.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23It didn't happen coming over here, but it has got a little bit of damage.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- Have you spotted that? - Yes.- It is important.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Anybody collecting something like this
0:29:31 > 0:29:34will have to temper their views because of the damage.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38You can't stand it, but she saw something make £500.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Does she think this might be worth £500?
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Yeah, I think it was somewhere between 700 and 400, she was hoping.
0:29:46 > 0:29:53I think £400 to £600 would be a sensible saleroom estimate, without the damage.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58The damage isn't vast, but I think I'm going to be a little bit safe, if I may,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02saleroom estimate £300 to £500. Yeah?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Yes.- She'll be happy with that? She'll probably be over the moon.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- You'll be over the moon! You can't stand it! - I'd love to get rid of it!
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Well, we'll do that for you.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15We'll ask the auctioneers to put a reserve on it of 300.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17And thank you very much for bringing it along.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20What happens to the money - you send it off to Mum, do you?
0:30:20 > 0:30:25- Yes.- Plus a small handling charge, no doubt?!- Absolutely!
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- Hi, Peter.- Hello, Adam. - Welcome to Flog It!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Thank you.- You've brought along some police related items?- Yes. - What can you tell me about it?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43It's come from my family side - my grandfather's.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47So your grandfather was a Berkshire special constable?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49- Yes.- Right. And that's how they've come...?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- That's where they came from. - So these were passed to you?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55And what have you been doing with them all these years?
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Had you had them on display? - No, my father's had them.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04And when he died, I was sorting his things out and they turned up then.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08OK. So you've got a truncheon, a painted truncheon.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12You've got the special constable armband here.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15And you've got the old Metropolitan Constabulary whistle
0:31:15 > 0:31:19by Hudson and Co, which where the major manufacturers of whistles.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25It's an interesting collection and the first thing I thought was, "What a shame there are no handcuffs!"
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- I can't remember any handcuffs, no. - That's a shame.
0:31:29 > 0:31:35- It's not a lot of value. I reckon it will make about 40 quid, the lot. Is that all right?- That's fine.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38It's better than leaving it in the cupboard rotting away.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42- OK, so shall we put an estimate of 30 to 50?- Yes, that's fine.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44And then hopefully we'll make a bit more of it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49- Would you like a reserve on it? - No.- No? Let it go?- Let it go. - That's the name of the game!
0:31:49 > 0:31:55- No, just let it go.- OK, so we're definitely going to sell it. Let's hope it makes 30 - 50 or more.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- There's an element of risk in that, but they're never going to make a fortune.- No.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03So let's hope we do really well at the auction and I look forward to seeing you there.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Thank you very much.- Cheers.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I've never seen one of these, Jenny.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18And I'm not absolutely certain whether anybody has.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I'll tell you why in a minute. But you tell me about it first.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Well, an old lady gave it to me about seven years ago.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28And I've kept it since.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- But I'm not that keen! - You don't like it?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32- No, not really. - No, I'm not mad keen on it myself.
0:32:32 > 0:32:38- She died last year, so I'd like to sell it and buy something to remember her by.- Right.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Did she tell you it might be valuable?- She did.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- Yeah?- Yeah.- What did she say to you?
0:32:44 > 0:32:49She just basically said to insure it for about £1,000.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- £1,000?- Yeah.- So you did?
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- I did... No, I didn't!- What?! - Cos I couldn't afford to.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- You couldn't afford to insure it?- No. - Thank goodness you didn't drop it!
0:32:59 > 0:33:04- So it's been on my dressing table, wrapped up in bubble... - Yeah?- ..since then.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08And Flog It! came along, and you thought, "Here's my opportunity!"
0:33:08 > 0:33:10That's right, yes.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15I have sold countless thousands of Doulton figures, character jugs, over the years.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18I have never ever seen this model.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19Ever.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23So I have to say, I sneakily went outside
0:33:23 > 0:33:28to see what HN number - it should have an HN number -
0:33:28 > 0:33:32and the HN number, I think, is 522.
0:33:32 > 0:33:38But - here comes the crunch - there are two variations of this figure.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42One with the grey dress, which is well-documented
0:33:42 > 0:33:45and still worth quite a lot of money.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- And one with a lilac dress.- OK.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51And d'you know what it says in the Doulton Bible?
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- None known to exist! - There you go!
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- Now, how good is your eyesight? - Not very good in this light!
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Is that grey or is that lilac?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- You're going to say lilac, aren't you?!- Of course I am!
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Well, I think there's a hint of lilac. It's not what I'd call grey.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14Before we look at the bottom of it, I'm slightly concerned looking at the top here.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Now I think this is a firing mark.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21When it was glazed, something has happened here and the glazing has run a bit.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Now, it might detract from it a bit, but it's not damaged.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28As long as it's the way it came from the factory, that's fine.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31And sure enough, when we turn it up here,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33"Upon her cheeks she wept."
0:34:33 > 0:34:38And the more valuable Doulton figures are hand inscribed.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40This is handwritten round the bottom here.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45And modelled by a chap called Noke.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48And it's designed by a guy called Perugini.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Now, he designed both of them,
0:34:50 > 0:34:54and the two figures are to all intents and purposes identical.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- But the more I look at that, the more I see lilac.- So am I!
0:34:57 > 0:34:59And the more I'm liking it!
0:34:59 > 0:35:04Value? Well, you were told to insure it for £1,000.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Now, I actually happen to think
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- that she has undervalued this for insurance purposes.- OK.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16And I think this figure is worth between £1,000 and £2,000 to sell.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18OK!
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Good news, isn't it?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25I don't think we should be selling this for less than £1,000.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- If it doesn't make £1,000, my advice is, don't sell it.- OK.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- But this is a rare lot and shouldn't be undersold.- Lovely.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- I'm getting very excited.- So am I! - I can't wait until sale day!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43This Clarice Cliff tulip pattern vase has travelled
0:35:43 > 0:35:47all the way from the southern hemisphere for a Flog It! valuation.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Let's hope the collectors are here!
0:35:49 > 0:35:52'Ello, 'ello, 'ello! What's all this, then?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55It's Peter's collection of police memorabilia
0:35:55 > 0:35:58which no doubt will be of interest to officers of the law everywhere.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02And finally, is it grey or is it lilac? That's the question!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Charlie and Jenny are hoping her Doulton figure
0:36:05 > 0:36:08is the rarer lilac version, and so am I.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17The girl in the lilac dress - remember this?
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Charlie was so excited at the valuation day.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25We're getting closer to finding out, is it really worth that £2,000 mark? Well, will it?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Well, it could well do, Paul.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32But the thing is, we've traced it to being as catalogued.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36It is in one of the reference works.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- Made between 1916 and 1927.- Right.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Not a popular one because of the tears and the sadness.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Early breaking of the mould and bingo! None about!
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- So you've got a rare piece here. - So what's it worth?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Well, how long is a piece of string, Paul?!
0:36:52 > 0:36:55But you will find, I think,
0:36:55 > 0:36:59that it should make that 2,000 and who knows,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02if my magic wand is working magic, it might make more!
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Well there you are - you heard it - this is getting exciting.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11- In about five minutes' time we could sell this for £2,000. Plus, John, yes?- Well, here we go!
0:37:11 > 0:37:15You're going to go and weave your magic! So watch this!
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Well it wouldn't be Flog It! without Clarice Cliff!
0:37:27 > 0:37:30and I've just been joined by Matthew and Teresa. Great to see you.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34This has made the show because your mum watches Flog It! in South Africa!
0:37:34 > 0:37:37It's big out there - it's very big out there.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40So she's going to be watching this in a few months' time.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Let's do her proud - we need £300 to £500. The value put on by Charlie.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- Will we get that top end? - We should do.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49A little bit of damage, that's the only thing.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52You didn't damage it bringing it back from South Africa, did you?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54No, that wasn't us!
0:37:54 > 0:37:58So I take it you don't like Clarice Cliff either? Cos it's your inheritance, isn't it?
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- I mean, Mum could be passing it on. - It's not very attractive!
0:38:02 > 0:38:03At least you said that!
0:38:03 > 0:38:08I'm not a big Clarice Cliff fan but there's lots of people out there that love this.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13And hopefully, there'll be people in the room that are going to fall in love with it and buy it!
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Good luck, Charlie.- Fingers crossed.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Lot 95 - the Clarice Cliff.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22£160 I start.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25170. 180. 190. 200?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27And 20?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Commissions are out. 240. 260?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Come on!- 260 in the room.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35OK, 270?
0:38:35 > 0:38:40£270. I'll take 80. 280 I'm bid.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45£280 and I have to sell.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49All done? Finished at £280.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Yes! That was close! - You haven't got to take it back!
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Don't look so disappointed - it's gone!
0:38:56 > 0:38:58We would have liked the £500, though, wouldn't we?
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- A little bit of damage. - They'll be very happy with that.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Damage held it back.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07The collectors, the purists, really like condition.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10That's what it's all about. Nevertheless, Mum gets £280.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- That's fantastic.- Fantastic.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- She'll be happy.- She will.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25'Ello, 'ello, 'ello! What's up next? I've just been joined by Peter.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28And we've got the whistle and the policeman's truncheon.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33- Yes, and the armband.- £30 to £50. Why are you flogging these?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Well, I've no need for them. I've got nobody to leave them to.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38So somebody else might enjoy them.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41OK. Well, they are collectible.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46There's a lot of ex-policeman out there who collect memorabilia from the police forces.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Will we get that top end?
0:39:48 > 0:39:54Well, we should, hopefully. But don't plan any cruises on the strength of it!
0:39:54 > 0:39:59I don't think it will make much more than 50 quid, really, unless we are really very lucky.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- I do like them.- How long have you had them?- Oh...
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I'm 68, so...
0:40:06 > 0:40:0968 years, say!
0:40:09 > 0:40:15Well, it's a farewell because they're just about to go under the hammer.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- This is it. - Another lovely lot here. 110.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20The Berkshire Special Constabulary.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- And bidding starts with me on commission at £30.- We're in.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- We're in. - £30 I'm bid. There is no reserve.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28£30 I'm bid. 30, at £30. 35?
0:40:28 > 0:40:2940! 5. 50?
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- This is good.- 50 in the room? Commission's off. 50 there.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36£50 I'm bid. 50. £50, all done.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Finished and sold then at... Five. 55. At 55, new bidding. 60?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Yes! Late legs!- At £60.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- Selling at £60. - Yes! The hammer's gone down.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47£60. Peter, are you happy?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- Very happy!- 60 quid! What are you going to put that towards?
0:40:51 > 0:40:57- I'm going to treat myself to a good meal and a good bottle of wine. - I don't blame you! Great result.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02- Thank you very much. - Only one thing left to say, really. Job done. Evening all!
0:41:08 > 0:41:12This is the moment I've been looking forward to.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14It's now up to the bidders.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20It's the Royal Doulton little girl with the lilac dress. And it belongs to Jenny!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22It's lilac, isn't it? It is lilac!
0:41:22 > 0:41:24It's very rare, but how rare?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26£1,000 to £2,000?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Well, it's tricky, isn't it? The thing is the colour of the dress.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33If it's just a grey dress, it's a more common one.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Stick with my valuation - 1 to 2, madam.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41OK. Whatever happens, it's all good news, isn't it? It really is!
0:41:41 > 0:41:46- Gosh!- Well, it isn't good news yet, is it?!- Now, this is it. This is it.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48140 coming now.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50The Doulton figure.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53And here we go, then. Bidding starts with me.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55On commission at 1,500 pounds.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- Right, straight in. - Good start.- Great start.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03At £1,500, I'm looking in the sale room. At £1,500.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07I'm bid 1,600 on the telephone. 1,700?
0:42:07 > 0:42:101,800. 1,900.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14£2,000 I'm bid. The commissions are all out.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16The telephone is in at 2,000.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19At £2,000 I'm bid.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22At 2,000. Are you all done? A rare opportunity here, please.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25At £2,000. Have you all finished?
0:42:25 > 0:42:29There's no bids in the room left. At 2,000, it's on the telephone.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Sold.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32- Yes!- That will do nicely!
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Great valuation. £2,000 - top end of Charlie's estimate.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Jenny, wow, wow, wow!
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- What are you going to put that money towards?- Three things.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43OK. One? Firstly.
0:42:43 > 0:42:49- One, I want to buy something for my garden in memory of the lady who gave it to me.- Yes.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Two, treat a few people on her behalf.- OK.
0:42:52 > 0:43:00- And number three, take my family, my daughter and son-in-law... to Cornwall!- Oh, it's so exciting!
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Down to Cornwall? That's good.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Yes, they moved to Cornwall and I'm taking the family to see them.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Fantastic. And you'll be able to go first class now.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19It's all over and everybody's gone home smiling. Especially Jenny!
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Her grin was this big when the Royal Doulton figurine of the girl in a lilac dress
0:43:23 > 0:43:27reached the top end of its estimate - a staggering £2,000.
0:43:27 > 0:43:32Charlie Ross was spot on! He didn't get carried away considering it was so rare.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34These experts are good, aren't they?
0:43:34 > 0:43:38Well, that's it from Market Harborough. So until the next time, it's cheerio!
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