0:00:30 > 0:00:35Here we are in Portsmouth. Much of the old city was destroyed by bombing
0:00:35 > 0:00:41during the Second World War including Guildhall, which was renovated in the post-war years.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Today, it's home to Flog It!
0:00:44 > 0:00:48The Queen reopened the rebuilt Guildhall in 1959.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51We've got a queue that snakes around the corner.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54It's 9.30am. We should get them inside.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The honours are down to our very own "Flog It!" queen Anita Manning
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and her Prince Charming, James Lewis.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Will you do the honours?- Of course.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Let's do it and get them all in.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Portsmouth has come out in force. Anita has found something magic.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Robert, I can imagine hours of endless fun
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- looking at these slides through a magic lantern.- Yeah.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Tell me, where did you get them?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28They're my wife's.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32They were used to entertain her when she was small.
0:01:32 > 0:01:39They were my father-in-law's, and this kit came out of his flat when we cleared it some years ago.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45From what I've been told this morning by some people, many of the slides are probably much older.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50They may have been used for entertaining HIM. He was born in 1907.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Now, your magic lantern has seen better days!
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Has it ever! ANITA LAUGHS
0:01:57 > 0:01:59This has very little value.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03It wasn't the best of quality. I've seen some beautiful ones,
0:02:03 > 0:02:08which are brass bound, with beautiful oak trimmings.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The lenses are good, though, which is what matters.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- I think the value here lies in your slides.- I understand that.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23Now, we have about 12 or 15 boxes of slides
0:02:23 > 0:02:27from Victorian times, up until the '30s and some classics.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29We have the Disney ones here.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32This will make it interesting.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37These three here are of particular interest,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and these are older ones as well.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46Whereas these are stills, what you've got here are the movies.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51And, if we can pick one up, the slide would be put in...
0:02:52 > 0:02:57..and what you've got is a crazy bearded Scotsman
0:02:57 > 0:02:59brandishing weapons...
0:03:01 > 0:03:06And if you pull this slide back, there he is...
0:03:06 > 0:03:09shooting someone with a pistol.
0:03:09 > 0:03:16So, late Victorian, early Edwardian but it's super. I love it to bits.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- You don't use them at all?- No.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Have they been in the attic or a cupboard or...?
0:03:22 > 0:03:27They've been promoted from the roof to the corner of a bedroom, in a box.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Robert, it's time to get rid of this stuff.- That's the idea!
0:03:31 > 0:03:37When my son has to clear out my house, there will be one thing less for him to hump out to the car!
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Let's sell them, let them go on to collectors
0:03:41 > 0:03:45let them get the pleasure of it and let you get the dosh.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50They are not worth a huge amount of money.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Robert, I'd like to put a value...
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- of 100 to £150.- Yes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Would you be happy to sell them at that?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Yes, I'd hope they would do better.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10I'd hope they would do better as well. I tend to estimate conservatively.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14So, 100 to 150.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16A reserve of 100 with discretion.
0:04:16 > 0:04:23I'll be there on the day to cheer them on and hold your hand.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- That will be fine.- We'll see you on the day, Robert.- Lovely. Thank you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Thank you for bringing them in. - Thank you.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43Robert, you've bought a Pratt in for us. I'm not being rude, but that's what we're looking at.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45A piece of Prattware.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Prattware, made in Staffordshire. The factory started in 1818,
0:04:50 > 0:04:55they were making this sort of thing throughout the 19th century,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59but this is as good an example as you'll ever see.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Has it been in your family since new or was it something you found?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08It's been passed down through my family, through my parents.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I think it came from my nan originally.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Well, of all the makers and designers, you've got a very good example.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18J Austin.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Two signatures. Have you noticed both?- I only noticed the one.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- You hadn't noticed the Austin one?- No.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27OK.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31The other one, the obvious one, T Webster, 1834.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Thomas Webster was the artist who painted the original subject.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40The original oil painting would have been painted by Thomas Webster, but J Austin
0:05:40 > 0:05:43would have taken the original oil painting,
0:05:43 > 0:05:48converted it to an engraving that could be printed on to pottery and porcelain.
0:05:48 > 0:05:55This is known as The Truant. There's a school lesson going on inside, and he's late.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58The interesting thing is if we turn it over,
0:05:58 > 0:06:04it's not the standard Pratt mark. It says, "F&R Pratt and Co, Fenton.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07"Manufacturers to HRH Prince Albert."
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Never, ever seen that mark before.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13So, we refer to the bible.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18The bible of marks. This is a book by Geoffrey Godden.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23It's the book on pottery and porcelain marks of Great Britain.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Turn to this page here, look under Pratt, here's the mark.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31It says, "Rare printed mark, 1847 to 1860.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37"Found only on the fine quality Etruscan pattern vases and fine printed wares."
0:06:38 > 0:06:45So, it gives a good example of its quality. So, value.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I've seen them with cracks making £10 or £15.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54But this is a really nice one. I think this should make £60 to £100.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- Is that all right?- Yeah. - Saying that it's something that's only transfer printed
0:06:59 > 0:07:03by a fairly standard portrait factory in Staffordshire, that's not bad.
0:07:03 > 0:07:081847 to 1860 in date. A good thing.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- Very interesting.- Shall we sell it? - Yeah.- Let's take it to the auction and flog it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Michael, I thought we were going curling for a minute when I saw this from a distance!
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- But we're not, are we? - No.- This was for talcum powder.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It's beautiful. Tell me how it came in your possession.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It belonged to my mother.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40When she passed away, it came to me.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44It was given to her, she told me, by an admirer. A gentleman who was very wealthy.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48She told me he collected anything to do with Napoleon.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54She told me it had belonged to the Empress Josephine.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56We've got the fleur-de-lis.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59But we don't know who the coat of arms is.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03I suspect this was made for somebody and that was their coat of arms.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Paul, are these fleur-de-lis? I can't see without my glasses.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11The glaze has slightly run, but I think they are.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15I've got my Sherlock Holmes in my pocket.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Oh, yes, they are. - Why do you carry that about?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22My eyesight is weak. I'm antique myself!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25It's cheaper than buying specs, I suppose!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- It's elementary, dear Watson. - Absolutely.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31C'est la vie!
0:08:31 > 0:08:35On at the reverse, we've got Sarreguemines, the name of the company.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The factory was based on the river Sar,
0:08:38 > 0:08:43and this really is a French version of majolica, in a way.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46The company was set up by Paul Utschneider.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- You can see the U and the S. - His monogram.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52His monogram is scribbled through it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55It makes it look messy, but it's not.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57That was the back stamp.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- The firm dates back to round about 1770s.- Yes.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It made its wares up until 1920.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08This is quite rare. To think that this was full of talcum powder
0:09:08 > 0:09:11with a big powder puff.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- My mother kept small jewellery in there.- That's a nice idea.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20It's in very good condition.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I put the date on this at around...
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- 1880 to 1900.- As late as that?- Yes.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- It's late Victorian.- Is it? Not earlier?
0:09:32 > 0:09:39I'd like to think it was 1815, to correlate with Josephine and Napoleon, but it's a bit late.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- I thought that was doubtful. - A little bit doubtful.
0:09:43 > 0:09:50- If I said to you this might reach around £50 to £70? - As modest as that?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Not much, is it?- No. Not a lot.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56You couldn't buy that for 50 quid today, could you?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58No.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02But it's got to go to a collector because there's not much use for it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04It's OK to go ahead with that, Paul.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Happy to do that? 50 to £70.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09A reserve of 45.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11See what happens.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Oh, dear. I haven't upset you, have I? I haven't ruined your day out on "Flog It!"
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- You've queued for six hours to be told...- No, not at all.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24..it's not that item that Josephine would have owned from 1815.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29I was suspicious about that. To quote dear old Napoleon, "Not tonight, Josephine."
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Sadly, not tonight, Michael.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Vera, a Beatles belt!
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Did you buy it in Carnaby Street? - No.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Tell me, where did you get it?
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Well, my husband, um, at work, he had a workmate,
0:10:52 > 0:10:56and he said, "Would you like this belt for one of your boys?"
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- That's how I came across it. - Did the boys wear it?- No.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Were they more interested in the Rolling Stones?
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- Yes, more likely.- So, where has it been? Who's been wearing it?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Nobody's been wearing it. I rolled it up,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and put it in a jar, and forgot about it.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- So it's been there since...?- 1964.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19- 1964.- Yeah.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- And what made you pull it out? - I was doing the cupboards
0:11:26 > 0:11:30to take to a car boot. And I saw it there,
0:11:30 > 0:11:35and I gave it to my grandson. He wanted it, so I gave it to him.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40So when I saw "Flog It!", I asked him if he still had it,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- and brought it...- It might be worth a couple of bob!- Yes.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45It would be for him, anyway.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51Well, there is an increasing market in this type of memorabilia.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56It's never been a thing of high quality,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59but then, these things weren't.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03I would say it's in good condition, cos it's been in a jar
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- for 40-odd years!- Yes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08What about price, Vera?
0:12:08 > 0:12:13If you were taking it to a car boot sale, what would you sell it for?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- I wouldn't take it to a car boot! - You wouldn't?- No.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23I think, if we estimate it between £30 and £40,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27it will appeal to Beatles collectors
0:12:27 > 0:12:31in the room, but it will also go on the internet,
0:12:31 > 0:12:37so we're appealing to a wider market, and it will find its own level.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Are you happy to sell it at that price?- Yes, please.
0:12:41 > 0:12:47Let's put it to sale, let the market decide, and let's hope that it does very well.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Let's have another look at what we have to tempt the bidders.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59There's no doubting the authenticity of the Beatles belt.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Vera put it away in a jar, in 1964!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07The rare mark should convince the bidders of the quality
0:13:07 > 0:13:09of the Prattware plate.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Michael's mother's powder bowl wasn't all he thought it was.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It was made too recently to have belonged to Napoleon's Josephine.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20But it's the age of the slides that should attract interest
0:13:20 > 0:13:23in this magic lantern.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Here we are at Baffins Hall - a lovely old converted chapel,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33in the historic town of Chichester - for our auction.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38It's home of Henry Adams Auctioneers. Let's go and see today's auctioneer, Leslie Weller,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42and see what he's got to say about some of our owners' items,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and our experts' valuations.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53This is interesting. I've never seen one before,
0:13:53 > 0:13:58so I had to get expert advice, so to speak, to put a valuation on it!
0:13:58 > 0:14:03We all concluded £30, maybe, but I've stuck my neck out,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and said £50, with a bit of discretion, and hopefully get £70.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10It belongs to Michael. It's a powder flask.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And it's feminine, and quite beautiful. I do like it.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's certainly very interesting.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I've not come across this before,
0:14:18 > 0:14:24but it's interesting because, first of all, the fleur-de-lis scattered all over it,
0:14:24 > 0:14:28and quite an interesting coat of arms on the top.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I think it will sell. Um, it's...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33I would have thought very late 19th century.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37But it's the powder blue, it's the whole look, the shape,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40everything about it just says quality.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You're so right.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44That's what collecting's all about -
0:14:44 > 0:14:48recognising something because of the quality.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51It's its beauty. And that's not a lot of money.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55If someone can spend £50 to £70 on that, I think they've done well.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- We've done well too!- I agree. - Michael will be pleased.- Good.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12Vera, we're just two lots away from flogging, hopefully, your Beatles belt.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17£30-40. The pressure's on, isn't it? The pressure's on!
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Will we do it? We need pop pickers in the audience.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25We need old Beatles fans. Are you an old Beatles fan?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- I am. I love the Beatles. - I was the Rolling Stones myself.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Good luck. Where did you get the tan? Have you been on holiday?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37On holiday and in the garden.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- Where did you go on holiday? - Tenerife.- Lovely.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Do you go there every year?- No.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- First time then?- No, second. Really enjoyed it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47It's going under the hammer now.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52Lot 236, the black leather belt with a picture of the Beatles
0:15:52 > 0:15:55in the buckle, and I'm bid £10 for the commission bid.
0:15:55 > 0:15:5810. 12. 15. 18.
0:15:58 > 0:16:0020. 22. 25.
0:16:00 > 0:16:0328. 30.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07At £30. I'll take two again. At £30.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09At £30. Selling at 30.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14- Brilliant. I'm ever so pleased. - So am I.- You get slightly worried,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- because we're in a fine art and antique sale...- That's right.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20..and this is pop memorabilia.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- But we did it. Just proves you can put things in most sales.- Yes.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Happy with that?- Yes, thank you. - That'll buy a few drinks.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- No, it's for my grandson.- Really?
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- What are you going to buy him? Or just put it in his piggy bank?- Yes.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- What's his name?- Lewis. - Lewis, there you go. 30 quid.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40THEY LAUGH
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Next up, Robert's Prattware plate is about to go under the hammer.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54We're looking at £60-100, somewhere around there.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Let's hope we can get over that! Why are you flogging this?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01This has been in the family a long time - part of your heritage.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07It doesn't fit into what we've got at home and it's just been sitting in the attic in newspaper.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09At least it's been protected,
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- so it's not been damaged.- It hasn't. - Condition, condition, condition.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- That's what we always say on "Flog It!"- Absolutely.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- It's got everything about it. - It's really nice.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Now we come to lot 169,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29the mid-19th-century Prattware plate,
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- and lots of interest here. I shall start at £50.- Good.- 55.
0:17:34 > 0:17:3660. 65. 70. 75.
0:17:36 > 0:17:4080. 85. 90. 100.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44110. 120. At £120.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48I'll take 30, quickly. Selling at 120.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Well, we did it. We got 120, just over the top end of the estimate.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- What are you going to put that towards, less the bidder commission? - My daughter's saving up for a car...
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Is she?- So that'll help her a bit. - Her first car?- Yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02What a lovely dad!
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Good result.- Fantastic. That's good.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16My turn to be the expert, with Michael's powder bowl.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20I said £50-70. Had a chat with the auctioneer earlier.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25You know this. Michael doesn't. But Leslie there said he likes it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27It's got class, it's got quality.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30He's not seen many before.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- He agrees with the value.- Oh, right.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35That's good, isn't it? Have you brought the magnifying glass?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- He goes everywhere with it. - My Sherlock Holmes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- I've got my eye on you.- Have you got your eye on anything here?
0:18:42 > 0:18:47I'd love to, but I'm not going to. I've got enough br... objets d'art.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- You nearly said bric-a-brac. - Nearly! I nearly did.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54And now we come to an unusual lot,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58the circular bowl and cover, and you'll start me where?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00£30. 30 to start with? 20.
0:19:00 > 0:19:0320 I'm bid. £20.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05And 2. 25.
0:19:05 > 0:19:0828. 30. £30.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- At 30. I'll take 2 again. - It's struggling.- It is, isn't it?
0:19:11 > 0:19:1332. 35.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Come on, bidders.- I'll take 8.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21£35. Have you made up your minds? I'll take 8 anywhere, quickly.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Didn't sell.- No. Well...
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'm so surprised.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I'm really surprised.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33I don't particularly want to take it back, but I can put it into another auction.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39I think the best thing to do then is to leave it with the auction house and re-enter it into another sale.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Hopefully we'll work up some magic with this magic lantern and slides.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55We've got a valuation of £100-200.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59I've just been joined by Robert and his wife Annie, who couldn't make the valuation day.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04I understand that the magic lantern's been stored in the bedroom and you want to get rid of it.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Happy with the valuation?- Yes.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Let's hope we get that top end.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Let's put some pressure on our expert. We've seen them do well.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16It isn't a particularly good lantern but the slides are interesting
0:20:16 > 0:20:20- and we have three lovely moveable ones.- We're going to find out now
0:20:20 > 0:20:24because they are going under the hammer. This is it.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29The magic lantern with a collection of boxed and other slides.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I'm bid £80 to start.
0:20:31 > 0:20:3385. 90. 100.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38110. 120. 140. 160. 180.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42200. The bidding's on the gallery at 200.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47At £200, or I'll take 20 quickly. I'm selling at 200.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Nice round figure.- That was good.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Who decided to flog it then?
0:20:52 > 0:20:56I did. It had been in my family for 60 years
0:20:56 > 0:21:01- and I think it's time they went to somebody who could show them as a slideshow.- And enjoy them.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Just got fed up looking at them. What will you put the £200 towards?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I'm sure my grandson will benefit!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Thank you so much for coming in.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19- Now...I want you to do something for me.- I'm here to be used.- Good.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I want you to spend the next 24 hours in an intensive study
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- of Chinese pottery.- Chinese pottery?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Yes, Watson. British Museum, London Library, plenty of the night oil.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Now come along.- I...I... - There's not a moment to lose. Hurry!
0:21:33 > 0:21:35To the British Museum.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40I've come, not to the British Museum, but to Portsmouth Museum
0:21:40 > 0:21:44to do a bit of my own detective work concerning Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
0:21:44 > 0:21:49creator of perhaps the world's greatest private investigator.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56The character Sherlock Holmes was conceived here in Portsmouth
0:21:56 > 0:22:01and this inspired one of the world's leading authorities and leading collectors, Richard Lancelyn Green,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05to leave his entire collection of Arthur Conan Doyle memorabilia
0:22:05 > 0:22:07to Portsmouth City Council.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12And there are well over 40,000 different items in his collection.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16And he left them on his death in the year 2004.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25This is just one
0:22:25 > 0:22:29of the 500 boxes it took to bring the entire collection here.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33You can imagine 500 of these stacked up on top of each other
0:22:33 > 0:22:35and they weigh an absolute ton.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40There's been plenty of unpacking so far and there's more to do, and more cataloguing to do.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I'm going to talk to the collection director, Dr Neil McCaw,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46to find out exactly what they've found so far.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Portsmouth City Council must have been so delighted
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- when this collection came here. Do you think Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved?- I think he would.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Portsmouth was the place where he wrote the first two Sherlock Holmes novels.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09This is a first edition of the very first Sherlock Holmes novel,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- so it's the birthplace of Sherlock Holmes.- Yes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16What brought him to Portsmouth? He trained as a doctor in Edinburgh.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21He did. Then he moved to Plymouth and tried his luck there with a friend of his, but they fell out
0:23:21 > 0:23:25and Conan Doyle decided that he'd go it alone as a GP,
0:23:25 > 0:23:31so he took a coastal steamer to Portsmouth, with a little money and nowhere to live, and had a go.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35And made a jolly good go of it. I gather he was a bit of a sportsman.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Yeah, he was gifted in a number of sports. We've got some boxing gloves.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44He was a very gifted heavyweight fighter. He was also a cricketer.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Here's a picture of him when he was playing against WG Grace...
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- That is WG Grace.- It is, who he famously bowled out at one point.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- Did he?- He did.- I see you've got some skiing pictures here.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01One of the things Conan Doyle is also famous for is he introduced
0:24:01 > 0:24:04skiing into Switzerland as a pastime, as a sporting activity.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Obviously people in Switzerland were aware of skiing before he was there,
0:24:08 > 0:24:13but he, with a couple of friends, introduced the idea that skiing could be a leisure activity.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And there he is there, look.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Wrestling with a ski.- Yeah!
0:24:18 > 0:24:20PAUL LAUGHS
0:24:20 > 0:24:26Like many celebrated people, Conan Doyle felt he was famous for the wrong thing.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31The Sherlock Holmes stories were something he knocked out when he had to pay the bills.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34He considered his important books were his historical novels
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and his science fiction, like The Lost World.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43That's why he killed Sherlock Holmes off to start with in the late 19th century,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45cos he was just so fed up with him.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48But then the pressure of publishers offering him a huge amount of money
0:24:48 > 0:24:51meant he brought him back to life.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Now, is it true,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56was he into spiritualism?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Yeah, he was. He first went to a spiritualist church when he lived in Portsmouth
0:25:00 > 0:25:05but it wasn't until after the Great War, when he lost a brother and he lost a son,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- that he became really interested in contacting...- The other side.- Yeah.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11And this continued for the rest of his life
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and he became the leading advocate for spiritualism in the world
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and even after his death, they held a seance at the Albert Hall
0:25:18 > 0:25:22with the hope of bringing Sir Arthur back. His family were there
0:25:22 > 0:25:26and 6,000 other people turned up and they left a chair empty on the stage
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- with the hope that Arthur would turn up at the end of the evening.- Did he?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32He wasn't available. HE CHUCKLES
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Neil, do you have a favourite item in the collection?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39There are a number... I suppose my very favourite is this here.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43This is a letter from President Franklin D Roosevelt
0:25:43 > 0:25:46accepting membership to the American Sherlock Holmes Society.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50One of the most interesting things about that is that it's dated 1942,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52so right in the middle of the war when you would have thought
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- Roosevelt would have been interested in other things...- Yeah.- ..he's most interested in Sherlock Holmes.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59He says at the bottom,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03"I've had to give up cruising on the Potomac. I sometimes go off the record on Sundays
0:26:03 > 0:26:05"to an undisclosed retreat.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10"The group of cabins that shelter the Secret Service men is known as Baker Street."
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Oh, brilliant. How about that.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16The scope of the collection is absolutely huge. It's monumental.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19What sort of value would you put on it?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Well, it's very difficult to put a monetary value on it.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24The individual items are very valuable.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28This first edition is probably as valuable as a small house.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31But the real value of the collection is that it's kept together,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34that it isn't hived off individually,
0:26:34 > 0:26:39- that in its entirety, it's at its most valuable.- Yeah. Another great thing is that it's here,
0:26:39 > 0:26:43so future generations can appreciate it and come and look at it and marvel over it.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Neil, thank you very much. It's been a pleasure.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Back at the valuation day, our very own sleuths have found plenty to investigate.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Whenever we're talking about Art Deco and glass
0:27:02 > 0:27:07the combination of Art Deco and glass means one name - Lalique.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09And that's what we have here.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11We see lots of Lalique on "Flog It!"
0:27:13 > 0:27:16We all know the history - he used to be a jeweller, worked in France.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22He started to make glass in the 1920s and this is a piece that you see regularly
0:27:22 > 0:27:24in the auction rooms.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Tell me, is this a family piece?
0:27:26 > 0:27:31- Is it something you've had a long time?- Yes, it's my mother's. She's had it in her cupboard for ages,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34for as long as I can remember. Yes.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37At the end of the day, it's a piece of moulded glass.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40But it's the design that's so fantastic about it.
0:27:40 > 0:27:46- It's very clever.- Incredibly clever with these four big over-sized scallop shells.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48This opaque glass. Lovely colour.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52And here we have a pattern called "coquille".
0:27:52 > 0:27:55A pattern that was made in the 1930s,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59and probably the most common of all the Lalique patterns.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01It's also signed,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05"R Lalique". Lalique died in 1945.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09After he died, it was marked "R. Lalique" and R in a circle.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12So this is in his heyday, height of popularity.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14What do you think it's worth?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Um, I don't know. No idea at all.- No? - No.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25If we put £180-250 on it, would that be OK for you?
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- That would be lovely.- Yeah? - That would be lovely. Thank you.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32I like to see a smiling face after an evaluation.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Jolly good.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Why are you selling it?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Um, my mother is having a little clear-out.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Um, she's getting on and she wants to have a holiday,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46she wants us all to have a holiday in Wales.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- OK.- And, you know, a big family holiday like we used to years ago, when we were younger.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Well, it's a good bowl and, really, if we can't sell a bit of Lalique
0:28:54 > 0:28:59then we can't sell anything. So fingers crossed on the day and I'm sure it'll do well.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- Let's take it along and see what happens.- Right. Thank you. - See you there.- Thank you very much.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Angie, a Double Diamond works wonders!
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Is this going to work wonders for us?
0:29:19 > 0:29:20I hope so.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22THEY LAUGH
0:29:22 > 0:29:27Now, one of the things I like about Beswick is that the designers
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- had a sense of humour.- Mm-hm.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33And that's what this wee chap is all about.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Tell me, where did you get him?
0:29:35 > 0:29:40Um, well, he was in my husband's grandmother's cottage
0:29:40 > 0:29:46and unfortunately she passed away and he inherited it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48So where has it been? Has it been on display?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Only in a glass cabinet for years.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- So it's never been used?- No. Not at all.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Have you ever tasted Double Diamond?
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- No.- Are you a gin and tonic woman?
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- No. Maybe vodka and coke.- All right.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Well, as I said before, he is Beswick.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14Now, he's not an early Beswick, but he is characteristic in that he is a lot of fun.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21I would say 1950s, 1960s - that sort of period.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25And he's certainly very charming, also functional - he's a water jug -
0:30:25 > 0:30:31and Beswick is very popular at the moment. It's one of the things which is hot.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35This we would put under the title of an advertising item,
0:30:35 > 0:30:39and there are people who collect that type of thing.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Why do you want to sell him? He's a family piece, is he not?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Well, no, not really, because we've got so many pieces...
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- You've got so much junk? - Yeah, to get rid of, actually.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51ANITA LAUGHS
0:30:51 > 0:30:59But he's just sat in the cabinet doing nothing and I've got some of my mother's stuff to replace him anyway
0:30:59 > 0:31:01to go in the cabinet.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Now, Angie, he's not rare,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07but he's a good factory, he is collectible.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13I would like to put the value at between £60 and £80.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Would you be happy to sell him at that?
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Yes, it would be marvellous.
0:31:16 > 0:31:23I think we'll put him in the auction, we'll put a reserve of, say, 55 on him
0:31:23 > 0:31:24just to protect him.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- That's lovely.- OK?- Yes.- So thank you very much for bringing him in.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29He's a lovely wee chappy.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Jeanette, when I came down to Portsmouth
0:31:40 > 0:31:46I was hoping to find something nautical, something of naval interest
0:31:46 > 0:31:48and I'm not sure about this.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Let's take the lid off and have a look.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53What can you tell me about that?
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Many years ago, I did gardening for a very old gentleman
0:31:58 > 0:32:01and just before he died, he gave me that.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08Which I've really loved, but now I've moved into a granny annexe with my daughter and her family,
0:32:08 > 0:32:15um, I don't have it on show or anything, and I feel it should be of interest to someone,
0:32:15 > 0:32:16so here I am.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- I think it's lovely.- Do you?
0:32:18 > 0:32:21It's one of these things that from the outside
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- it just looks like a tatty little circular box...- Mm-hm.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29..that could have nothing or something inside.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33And you take the lid off and there we have this watch glass in the top.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37If you hold it, it has this convex...
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- glass on the top. - I've never noticed that before.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Just a little detail.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Much, much, much better than having just a flat glass.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49And then offset to the centre is this pivoting compass.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51But it's not a compass in the true sense.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55It has "evening", "morning"...
0:32:55 > 0:32:58"night" and "noon".
0:32:58 > 0:33:03And it has this little indicator arm in the same way
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- as you would have an indicator arm on a sundial.- Right.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09And look at all these little places around the outside.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Fascinating.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13This is an enamel dial on the side
0:33:13 > 0:33:15and that's enamelled as well.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17What an interesting thing!
0:33:17 > 0:33:21I found it fascinating. When he actually gave it to me
0:33:21 > 0:33:24he had several things on like a little dresser thing,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and he said to pick any one I'd like.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30And I thought that was, although didn't really know what it was,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- I thought it was quite fascinating. - It is.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34It's really, really interesting.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38And the more you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40And inside the cover there's a paper label.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46It says twelve months of the year with its times...
0:33:48 > 0:33:50"Slow and fast" it says to each one.
0:33:50 > 0:33:56- I suppose date-wise it's gonna be...around 1800.- Is it?
0:33:56 > 0:33:58This is George III, made in box wood.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01The outside's in box wood. It's lovely!
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Has a real feel to it, too.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Estimate - just as an object, that is gonna be worth £70-£100.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- Mm-hm.- Is that all right for you?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Oh, absolutely.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13- I'd pay £70 for that.- Mm.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- I think a lot of other people would. - I'm sure you're right.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18It's a really interesting object.
0:34:18 > 0:34:2270-100, but I might come up with something totally different on the sale day.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25And before that, I'll do some research
0:34:25 > 0:34:27and I'll contact the saleroom and we'll discuss it
0:34:27 > 0:34:30and see if we can do some more work on it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33And we might have a change of estimate before the sale.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- It's a shame just to be at home in a drawer, isn't it?- It is.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- It's so interesting.- Lovely.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Thanks for bringing it in. - Thank you, James, very much.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46And now for a quick recap.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Sue's classic bit of Art Deco design, the Lalique bowl,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52should do really well.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Anita's hoping the Beswick Double Diamond water jug
0:34:55 > 0:34:57will work wonders for Angela.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Further research into the mysterious dial
0:34:59 > 0:35:05has convinced James to put a higher valuation of £200-£250 on it.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11But will Leslie, our auctioneer agree?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Leslie, this has to be one of my favourite lots of the whole sale.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20You know I love treen. And you love treen as well.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21It belongs to Jeanette.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24She was given this by a man who she used to garden for.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27I don't know exactly what it is. You have to help me pronounce it.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- I believe it's called an equinoptical.- Yes.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32An equinoctial dial.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Um, basically, it's a compass
0:35:36 > 0:35:40and around the edge you've got the names of all the major cities
0:35:40 > 0:35:42in the world.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Having got the compass you can then tell exactly what the time is
0:35:45 > 0:35:47in each of those.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- It's great for somebody that wants to do a lot of travelling.- Exactly.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53And a pocket one, too.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It's absolutely brilliant. I adore it.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59What sort of money is this gonna do?
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Will it eclipse that 250 top end?
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- I've never seen one before. - I've seen ONE before.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06They're not very common.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10I know they've got one at Greenwich for instance.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Let's hope the collectors in this sort of thing
0:36:13 > 0:36:17will actually see it either on the internet or through a catalogue,
0:36:17 > 0:36:21- or through the grapevine...- I'm sure it's been advertised.- It has.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24All points of the compass, north, south, east, west.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Well done! Yes!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29No, it's a good item.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32And I hope that it will make the top estimate.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37It's difficult to say, because there are no records of them being sold
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- in the last few years. - Could this be a little sleeper?
0:36:40 > 0:36:41I think it could be.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Sue, I'm hoping Lalique collectors are here today.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54We love this glass. We've seen it on the show many a time,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57and it's always sold, so there should be no excuses today.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01£180, £220, £250, somewhere around there.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Yeah, should be about there. Makes the same every single time.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- Fingers crossed! - Why are you flogging the Lalique?
0:37:07 > 0:37:11It's my mother's and she's having a massive clear-out.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Downsizing.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15So, we thought we'd try and see what we could do.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Start with the Lalique. You're starting with the best.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Good luck, Sue. This is it, it's going under the hammer.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26A Lalique opalescent circular glass bowl
0:37:26 > 0:37:28and £100 to start me.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3080 I'm bid.
0:37:30 > 0:37:3285, 90.
0:37:32 > 0:37:3795, 100, 110? 120?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39At 120. I'll take 30 for the next bid.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42130, 140.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- At £140.- Ooh! - I'll take 50 for the next bid.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49At £140. Bidding there at 140.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Not sold.- Didn't sell.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56That is the first piece of Lalique I have ever valued that hasn't sold.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Oh!- In 15 years!
0:37:59 > 0:38:00That is incredible.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- Did we have a fixed reserve of 150? - 150, yeah. But it's worth that!
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- Yeah.- There's no question of that.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Gosh!- Bidders weren't here. That's all.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14It was the only piece of 20th-century glass here.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16There was no other Art glass at all.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19No other Art Deco at all, so...
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Try it in a specialist sale, I think.- We tried.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Look after it. Take it home and put it in another sale
0:38:25 > 0:38:27in a few months time.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- If you put it in a sale locally... - We've got a few other items,
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- perhaps we can do that all together. - Don't re-enter it straightaway.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Because people might think it's doing the rounds.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39All right. We'll do that. Thank you very much.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Just been joined by Angie and our lovely expert in the nick of time.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50We've got that Double Diamond water jug going under the hammer.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51- Ever drunk the stuff?- No.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55We need £60-£80, so good luck with this.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58It's going under the hammer right now.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03The Beswickware Double Diamond water jug.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05What more could you want?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Cheers all round, if this one goes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10£30 then. 30 I'm bid. And 5.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1440, 45. 50, 55.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Lady's bid at 55.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I'll take 60 for the next bid. 60.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19Thank you, 60. 65? 65.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22At 65. The lady's bid again.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27At £65. At 65, and selling at 65.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Fantastic! The hammer's gone down. Well done, Anita.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Bang on mid-estimate. £65, were you surprised at that?
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Yes, I was.- Brewing memorabilia is very collectable, isn't it?
0:39:37 > 0:39:39What are you gonna put that money towards?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42It doesn't actually belong to me, it's my husband's jug.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47He inherited it, so he might take me out for a drink or something on it...
0:39:47 > 0:39:49A little bit of supper maybe!
0:39:49 > 0:39:53To treat you, you've done all the hard work.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54That's fine.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Angie, thanks very much for coming in.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02This next lot is a real gem
0:40:02 > 0:40:05and I'm so pleased for Jeanette for bringing it in.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I've learnt something - an equinoctial dial
0:40:07 > 0:40:10or equi-noc-ial dial. I think you drop the C in it.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Do you? I don't know. - You drop out a C.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Equi-not-ial, something like that.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Who knows? I don't. Write in and tell me, please.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19It's an absolute little gem.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- Hopefully we're gonna get that £280 mark.- It's lovely.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25It's good treen with a scientific instrument.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27I had a chat with the auctioneer earlier.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29We all agree with your valuation,
0:40:29 > 0:40:34but we do feel, if two people really get carried away on this,
0:40:34 > 0:40:38collectors of scientific instruments or treen objects,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41it really is a lovely man's toy. It's a desktop toy, isn't it?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It could do the £400-£500 mark.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48On the valuation day, I think I put £70-£100 on it to start with,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51and the more you looked at it, the more you feel it -
0:40:51 > 0:40:56the wonderful colour, as you say it's got the rub.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57The rub, the touch.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01And you can tell the time all around the world from wherever you are!
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- As long as the sun's shining. - Magnificent!
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- It's just a fantastic object. - It's a real gem.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Thank you so much for bringing it in. I'd never seen one before.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Nor me. I'd never seen one.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16- And this is the beauty of "Flog It!" You learn so much.- You must do.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Right now, we're gonna learn exactly what it's worth,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21right now, right here in Chichester.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Good luck. It's going under the hammer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28This small rare 19th century travelling equinoctial dial -
0:41:28 > 0:41:31there we are, showing to you on the left there -
0:41:31 > 0:41:33and you'll start me at £80.
0:41:33 > 0:41:3580, I'm bid. 80 and 5?
0:41:35 > 0:41:36£90. 95?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39100, 110, 120.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42130, 140, 150.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45160, 170, 180.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49190, 200. 200. £200?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51210, 220.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53250, thank you. 250.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56260, 270, 280.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58290. 290 I'm bid. 300. 310?
0:41:58 > 0:42:02- 320 with me.- They want it!
0:42:02 > 0:42:06330, 340, 350 with me again.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08360? 360.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11At 360, the gentleman's bid then.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14At 360? 370, thank you.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17370. £370.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Selling at 370.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Yes! 370.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- That is brilliant!- It is!
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- That is almost double your estimate. - That's brilliant.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Ever so pleased for you. Ever so pleased for you.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31All right, isn't it?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33What will you put that money towards?
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Because we've had our garden reorganised,
0:42:35 > 0:42:39we want to buy a stone dog, a garden ornament.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Not a real one?- No, not a real one.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- They like gardens!- I know.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Like a big stone one! A tall statue. - A massive one.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Hopefully that'll go part of the way in getting that,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- or most of it, you never know. - It'll go part way to getting it.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- So, delighted! - Every time you look at that,
0:42:56 > 0:42:59you can think of that little scientific instrument.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07As you can see, the auction has literally just finished,
0:43:07 > 0:43:09and what a cracking day we've had.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Some mixed results, but I've gotta say,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14the smile on Jeanette's face was absolutely out of this world,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18with that treen dial - see, I've got away without saying its proper name,
0:43:18 > 0:43:20selling for a staggering £370.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24That made the news, reaching the four points of the compass.
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