0:00:02 > 0:00:09It's situated against the splendour of the West Pennine Moors and is home to a Premiership football club.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13And Britain's funniest man, Peter Kay, was born and bred here.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17I bet you've guessed it - today Flog It is in Bolton!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Bolton prospered during the Industrial Revolution
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and exported cotton all over the world.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Reebok, one of the world's largest sportswear companies, was founded here in 1895,
0:01:07 > 0:01:13but tourism is a major industry, bringing in over nine million people each year.
0:01:17 > 0:01:23Our industrial heavyweights today are experts Philip Serrell and James Lewis.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28They'll be sifting through all the unwanted antiques and treasures
0:01:28 > 0:01:33that the good people of Bolton have brought to our valuation day
0:01:33 > 0:01:36inside this magnificent building, the Albert Hall.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48There is a massive crowd here and Philip has already unearthed a traditional antique he really likes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- Barbara, how are you doing? - Fine, thank you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58I think those are absolutely lovely.
0:01:58 > 0:02:04- That's very nice to hear.- They are mother-of-pearl...and silver.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07I would guess 18th century.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12A travelling - cos they fold up - fruit knife and fork.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I think they're absolutely lovely.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19And you can see all this decoration on the blade there.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26You've got further decoration on the mother-of-pearl handle.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32You've got that little silver panel inset into there. Absolutely lovely.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37And if you just pick up the fork, you can see again you've got this...
0:02:37 > 0:02:40It's like a bright-cut decoration.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Two prongs, definitely 18th century. Three prongs came along later.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49How long have these been in your possession?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52About...20 years.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Really? Did you inherit them or buy them?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Well, they were my mother's.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- I don't know, maybe they belonged to her mother.- But you've no idea?- No.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- She could have bought them three weeks before you found them.- Yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Have you any idea what they might be worth?- Not really.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17I think that we can estimate these at £150 to £250.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20We'll put a fixed reserve on them of £120
0:03:20 > 0:03:25and with a bit of luck, we could really go through our top estimate.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30I'd love to see that happen. Thank you for bringing them along.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40June, what a fantastic collection of walking sticks of all types!
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Have you collected these over the years or are they family things?
0:03:45 > 0:03:50My husband died last year and they were his father's.
0:03:50 > 0:03:57- Was he a collector or did he use them daily?- Some of them he probably used, but not all of them.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02There's a real variety, all shapes and sizes and different qualities.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07If we start with that one, very plain, as plain as you can find,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11but made out of mahogany, so it's a good, solid wood.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16This one is fantastic, made from a hardwood, probably made in India.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Each piece of that decoration is an individual silver nail head.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25If you polished that up, it would be fantastic.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30It really is a lovely one, about 1880, 1900, something like that.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35This one is a silver-top walking cane, rather than a walking stick,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37ebony shaft, hallmark on the top.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41This one, made from horn, gold-painted ferrule,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and again an ebony shaft.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48This one, silver hardstone and again carved ebony.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51This one on the end, no handle.
0:04:51 > 0:04:57You often find that people change parasol handles on to a walking stick.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Parasols are not very saleable, walking sticks highly collectable,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06so have a good look that it all started life together.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Now, that one is the most interesting one.
0:05:10 > 0:05:16Owned by your father-in-law, I'm going to guess here, a dairy farmer or a farmer?
0:05:16 > 0:05:21- Just a farmer.- Did he ever have beasts at all?- Yes, some.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- OK, because do you have any idea what that's made from?- No, I don't.
0:05:26 > 0:05:33I took this round the whole room and I asked everybody I could find what they thought it was.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Nobody knew. That is a walking stick made from a bull's penis.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- What, the whole stick?- Yes.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45And you'd think, "Wow!"
0:05:45 > 0:05:48But that's exactly what it is.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It is the most amazing object.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56People were cruel to animals, but, my goodness, that's cruel!
0:05:56 > 0:05:59That's what it is. You'd never know.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03But there was a tradition in dairy farming of doing that.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09Between 1860 and 1900, there was this strange fashion and that's what they decided to do.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Waste not, want not.- What's the handle made of?- Same thing.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19It has an iron rod down the centre.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24Some of them are a bit bendy, but that one's got an iron rod.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I can't believe it!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Now we've got to put a value on it.
0:06:30 > 0:06:36It was worth a lot more to the bull than it was to anybody else!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38He's unlikely to be at the auction!
0:06:38 > 0:06:42So what we have to do is find a value...
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Maybe £5 or £6, 10 or 15,
0:06:45 > 0:06:4710 again, another £10 there,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51goodness knows what that one's worth, maybe £30 there,
0:06:51 > 0:06:58- so if we said £60 to £100 as a little group, it's certainly a talking point!- Yeah.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04- Shall we take them to the saleroom and flog them?- Yes. - See you at the sale.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Lynn, I was immediately attracted to this pale green colour.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17It's Wedgwood, by Keith Murray and it's so strikingly Murray.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Very popular in the '30s and the '40s for Wedgwood, a good designer.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26It's got that Art Deco twist about it.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Always tapering, cylindrical, waisted shapes
0:07:30 > 0:07:32that just flute downwards
0:07:32 > 0:07:39and this has been cut with little incised ring turnings as it's been on the potter's wheel.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42This was very popular in the '30s.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46It's so popular now that they've re-issued these same lines.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Wedgwood are still making it today.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53So, if it's so popular, why are you flogging it?
0:07:53 > 0:08:00My daughter gets married in three weeks, so we're hoping to raise enough money to send us on a holiday.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06- It's hard work. Are you organising all the wedding?- Yes. - What's her name?- Christine.
0:08:06 > 0:08:14- Who's she marrying?- Damien Taylor. - I hope they live happily ever after. It is a major event.- It is.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20- It's gonna haemorrhage all your money.- Some of it.- I understand why you're selling things.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26It wouldn't be Flog it without Clarice or Troika or Wedgwood.
0:08:26 > 0:08:33Wedgwood dates back to the late 17th century, Josiah Wedgwood, and it is still going strong.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36And it's been signed - "Keith Murray".
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- OK, the big question...- How much is it worth today?- What do you think?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I really don't know.
0:08:44 > 0:08:51I think it was valued about £50 a few years ago, but it may have gone up a bit since then.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- £300 to £400.- Really?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- That's lovely.- That's not bad. - Not bad at all.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03That's £300 to £400 in an auction room. I looked it up in the book.
0:09:03 > 0:09:11In The Antiques Roadshow's Guide Book they've put an insurance valuation on this
0:09:11 > 0:09:13of £500 to £800.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Right.- So, shall we flog it?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- We will.- Yes?- Yes. - OK, let's do it.- Thank you.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Colin, how are you?- Fine, thank you.
0:09:27 > 0:09:33You can tell I'm an expert. I've recognised this as a clock! What do you know about it?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38It's been in the family for over 100 years.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43My grandmother owned it and I inherited it when my uncle died.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48- So we know it's pre-1906 then, don't we?- We do, yes.- Go on.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53The clock was bought in Birkenhead. It's got the maker's name on.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55And the family come from Birkenhead.
0:09:55 > 0:10:03William Pyke, that's a retailer. A lot of people think that's who made the clock, but it's not.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- That's simply the retailer.- Yes.
0:10:05 > 0:10:11My guess is that this was bought somewhere between 1880 and 1905.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16It's what we call a Viennese regulator wall clock.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19It's a regulator because it's weight-driven.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22What do you think this is worth?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Have you had it valued? - Yes, a few years ago.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- About five years ago.- Yeah. - It was valued then at about £450.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- Was that for insurance or for sale? - Probably for insurance.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Which is its replacement cost.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- That was five years ago? - About five years ago.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48Five years ago, I would have valued it at more than £500 for insurance.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51But this market goes up and down
0:10:51 > 0:10:55and at the minute these are on a bit of a down crest.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01My view on this at auction today is you can estimate this at £200 to £400.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05If you have a good day at auction, it might make more.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11But you need to estimate it at 200 to 400 and have a reserve of 180.
0:11:11 > 0:11:19- Let's get it sold and move it on to someone who will take pleasure from it. It is time to go!- It is.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25We have a wide variety of items for today's auction.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30The 18th century fruit cutlery was a traditional antique lot.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37June's face said it all. There's nothing I can add about the walking stick collection!
0:11:37 > 0:11:43I'm confident the Keith Murray Wedgwood vase should attract the collectors.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49And is there a suitable home out there for Colin's Viennese clock?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01It's now time to up the tempo and up the excitement.
0:12:01 > 0:12:08We've come to Frank Marshall's Auction Room in Knutsford. On the rostrum is Adam Partridge.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Let's see what he's got to say about our lots.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Very interesting lot, a collection of seven walking sticks.
0:12:26 > 0:12:33June brought them in. We're going to flog them for £60 to £100. That's what James put on them.
0:12:33 > 0:12:40There's a few exotic ones here. There's some mahogany ones, ebony ones and rather an unusual one,
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- which James picked out. - Did he pick that one out?
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- You know what it is? - Yes, I've had great fun with it.
0:12:49 > 0:12:55I passed it round the ladies in the office and asked them what they thought it was made of.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00No-one knew and when I told them it was made from a bull's penis,
0:13:00 > 0:13:06they were shocked and running down to the bathroom to wash their hands.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- It makes a fine stick. - It does make a fine stick.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- We've catalogued it as a bull's pizzle.- That's the correct term.
0:13:14 > 0:13:21It is one of those Victorian, Edwardian, quirky things which people love. What will they do?
0:13:21 > 0:13:28Someone will buy those at 60 to 100 easily. They must be worth a tenner each, so it's a good estimate.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41This is where the bygone days can meet the Space Age days with computer technology.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Today's sale can be viewed on the internet via broadband.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50You can make your bid and buy your lots from anywhere in the world.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54We've now got phone bids, commission bids and computer bids.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04We have got a stunning 18th century fruit knife now.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08It's the oldest thing in the sale and belongs to Barbara.
0:14:08 > 0:14:14Thanks for bringing that in. I like those early things and I know Philip does.
0:14:14 > 0:14:21- It's a proper antique dealer's lot. - Who have you brought along? - My husband, Gerard.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Do you do many auctions? - No, this is the first.- First one.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30Let's hope a good one. Have you seen anything you'd like to buy?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- No.- Not particularly. - Not antique fans then really?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Some things. I've got the wife. - You've got the wife!
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- That's a bit harsh.- And she's absolutely priceless.- Absolutely.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- Let's hope we get the top end of the estimate.- Yes.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53It should be up there. Let's hope they recognise that and off it goes.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57This is a nice lot - Georgian, silver fruit knife
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and fork with mother-of-pearl handles.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03£200? £100 then?
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Don't just stand there staring at me like that, sir. 100 bid, thank you.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Take 10? At £100. Where's the 10?
0:15:10 > 0:15:15- At £100. 110. 120. 130.- Yes.- 140.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17150. 160.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20170. 180.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23190? 180 in the room.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Any more now? 180. All done at 180...
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- That's not bad, is it? Mum's knife is at the cutting edge.- Yes.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Good result.- You were spot-on.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Well done, Philip. What is the money going towards?
0:15:39 > 0:15:46- It's our wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks, so we'll probably go for a meal.- Which one?- 41 years.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- Congratulations.- Thank you. - Nice slap-up meal?- Yeah.- Yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56- Philip, what a fantastic result! - Yeah, they made their market worth.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00But I still think they might have made a bit more.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- We're too old.- Yeah. - I am. You're clearly not.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Unfortunately, our next owner June cannot be with us today,
0:16:10 > 0:16:15but she brought that lovely collection of walking sticks
0:16:15 > 0:16:20with a value of £60 to £100 put on by our expert, James.
0:16:20 > 0:16:27- A couple of them caught your eye, they certainly caught my eye and Adam's eye.- I'm sure they did!
0:16:27 > 0:16:32He's calling it a pizzle stick. You know what I'm talking about!
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Will we get that top end? I think they're worth more than that.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42If you put a conservative estimate on them, they should fly. 140, 150?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45There are two nice sticks in there.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51- The mahogany one and the ebony one are really nice.- Let's see what happens.- The bidders are here!
0:16:51 > 0:16:56It would be good to get this one away and stop talking about it!
0:16:56 > 0:16:5989, there we are,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03is the bull's pizzle walking stick and various others.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06A good collection of walking sticks.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- One is made from a bull's penis! Did you know that?- Yes.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Is that why you're smiling? Lot 89.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Seven of these. £100? £100 for a bull's pizzle? 50?
0:17:19 > 0:17:2250 bid. 5 now anywhere? £50 I have.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25At £50. 5. 60.
0:17:25 > 0:17:2965 here. 70. 5. 80. 5? 80 in the room still.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32£80. 90, sir.
0:17:32 > 0:17:3690 in the room still. At £90. £90. 95.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39100. £100 in the room still.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41110. 120.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- It's a good decorative collection. - It is.- 160.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48170? 170. 180.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52June's gonna be so pleased. I wish she could have been here!
0:17:52 > 0:17:55£200. 210. 220. 230 now?
0:17:55 > 0:18:00220 in the room. All finished now? At 220, we sell then...?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03230. 240.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06At £240...
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Yeah, £240! June, I hope you're watching
0:18:10 > 0:18:15and I hope you've got a big smile on your face. That is fantastic!
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Another good result, brilliant.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28I've just been joined by Lynn in a very hot, packed saleroom.
0:18:28 > 0:18:35This bit of Wedgwood by Keith Murray is going under the hammer with a value of £300 to £400.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40I love this. You were talking about your daughter getting married.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45- Here she is. Hi, Christine.- Hi. - How was the wedding?- Really good.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- Just rained all day.- Aw! But it didn't dampen anything?- Not at all.
0:18:50 > 0:18:57- Great honeymoon?- Wonderful.- Where did you go?- Cyprus for one week. Left my two children at home.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Mum said she was going to spend the money on a holiday herself,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05recovering after putting all this wedding together.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I hope we can send you away. I hope this sells.
0:19:09 > 0:19:15Fingers crossed. It's just about to go under the hammer, so good luck.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19OK, 363 is the first of the Keith Murray pieces.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23363 - who'll start me at £300?
0:19:23 > 0:19:262 I'm bid then. £200. 10 now?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28210. 220. 230.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31240. 250. 260. 270.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35280. 290? 280 here. Any more now?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- 280, gonna be sold then at 280. Any more now?- Well done.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- We sell at 280...- That's good.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- The hammer's gone down. I'm pleased with that.- Yes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- I was getting really hot, weren't you?- I was.- Phew!
0:19:50 > 0:19:57- It's gone now.- You'll have a wonderful trip away?- Yes.- Where are you going?- Hopefully on a cruise.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Oh!- It shall go towards that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:06- Good luck and thanks very much. I hope you have a wonderful life. - Thank you very much.
0:20:12 > 0:20:19We're about to sell Colin's regulator clock, so we've nipped downstairs here at Marshall's
0:20:19 > 0:20:23where the auctioneer on the rostrum is Peter Ashburner.
0:20:23 > 0:20:30- Colin's flogging his grandmother's clock.- Not his grandfather's clock? - No, it's a wall regulator one.
0:20:30 > 0:20:36- But she's had this since the early 1900s?- It was in the family that long, yes.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41£200 to £400, lots of memories. Why are you flogging it?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It doesn't fit in.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48We moved into a bungalow ten years ago and it's quite modern.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- So we'll flog it. - It's just lying in a wardrobe.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57It's not being used, so somebody should have the benefit of it.
0:20:57 > 0:21:04We're gonna flog it. We've got a great clock section and hopefully all the dealers are gonna be here.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Yeah, it should sell.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11Lot 816 is the Victorian, walnut-cased Vienna regulator
0:21:11 > 0:21:15with the eagle finial. Very nice clock, here we are.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20I've got some interest in this. We can start the bidding at £250.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- Yes, straight in.- We can go now!
0:21:23 > 0:21:26260. 270. 280. 290.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- 300.- This is good, Colin.- 320.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32340. 360. 380. 400.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- 420. 440.- A lot of local interest. - Commission bid at 440.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Any advance, quickly now? 460 on the internet.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Anybody got 480? At 460 on the internet.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Any advance on £460?
0:21:47 > 0:21:52The hammer's going down at £460. Colin, that is brilliant.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Spot-on valuation. - Really good price.- Top end.
0:21:56 > 0:22:03- What are you gonna put the money towards?- We're going on a cruise in May to the Caribbean.
0:22:03 > 0:22:10- So it'll buy me and my wife something nice.- Thanks very much, Colin. Thanks for coming in.
0:22:17 > 0:22:24Tucked away in Rawtenstall in the Rossendale Valley is a place that hasn't changed in over 100 years.
0:22:26 > 0:22:33Alcohol was a major problem in 19th century England and in many city areas, poverty was so rife,
0:22:33 > 0:22:39the only way you could escape those squalid living conditions was to turn to the bottle.
0:22:39 > 0:22:46Social reformer George Sims said drink gave the poor the Dutch courage to carry on living.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52To combat this dependence upon alcohol, the Temperance Society was set up
0:22:52 > 0:22:55to try and limit or prohibit the use of alcohol.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- # I love coffee - I love tea
0:23:00 > 0:23:04# I love the java jive and it loves me... #
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Fitzpatrick's is the last temperance bar in the country
0:23:08 > 0:23:14and it is a throwback to the 19th century when alcohol-free bars flourished.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Chris Law has been running Fitzpatrick's for six years.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23# Shoot me the pot and I'll pour me a shot
0:23:23 > 0:23:25# A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup! #
0:23:25 > 0:23:29When and where was the Temperance Movement set up?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Well, it was started in Preston.
0:23:32 > 0:23:38Seven guys got it going with the leadership of a gentleman called Joseph Livesey.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It would have been the 1800s.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43And why did they do that?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Well, it was to control drunkenness basically.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- To get people up to go to work in the morning.- Yeah.
0:23:51 > 0:23:58Lancashire became an industrial area and people were not going to work on time for that reason.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03One in six shops sold alcohol. That's how popular boozing was.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09Was it a radical thing when it came out or did folk think, "God, that's boring"?
0:24:09 > 0:24:15- I should imagine that once they got used to it, it became very popular.- Yeah.
0:24:15 > 0:24:22- What was its demise, what happened?- The main thing was the introduction of fizzy drinks.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26From abroad and America's Coca-Cola and such like.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- And this is the last original surviving one?- We like to think so.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34So who were the Fitzpatricks?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39They emigrated from Ireland to Lancashire round about the 1820s.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43This gentleman was Malachi who I knew as a child.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48It was left to him by his father as a wedding present
0:24:48 > 0:24:54and they ended up owning 24 shops from here to Southport, Ashton-under-Lyne.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Which just goes to show it was very successful.
0:24:58 > 0:25:06- What sort of customers come here? I bet they come in for a good old chinwag.- It's absolutely brilliant.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Mothers bring them in their prams.
0:25:08 > 0:25:16I've seen two, three-year-olds squabbling over drinks because it's that good. They call it "posh pop".
0:25:16 > 0:25:18So you're a bit like Dr Feelgood?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22People do come in and call me Dr Chris.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Some of my friends called me Dr Death, but you just live with that!
0:25:27 > 0:25:31What is the favourite tipple? I'm drinking lemon and ginger.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35What do the kids want and what do the elderly want?
0:25:35 > 0:25:40The children like the blood tonic, which is a raspberry flavour.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46We joke about it being collected at night. They like things like that.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51But the older end still remember the black beer and raisin up there.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56- Can we try a couple of tipples? - You have a choice of about seven.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- Let's go and take a look. - No problem.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- Do you feel a lot healthier since you've run this place?- I do.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17I have the ginseng. You can mix that with hot water.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23- It just gives you that boost. - I'm feeling a bit lethargic. Should I have some?
0:26:23 > 0:26:31- If you have the same as Harry who's been coming here for 60 years... - Hello, Harry.- Hello, Paul.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- He only drinks lemon and ginseng. - Lemon and ginseng.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40- How old are you?- 82.- Have you been coming here most days?- 60 years.
0:26:40 > 0:26:4260 years, crikey!
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- Ginseng gives you a nice boost. - Let's try some of that.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04That is so good. The ginseng makes it so much better.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08The lemon and ginger is not half as good as this.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12That is really nice. I want to try everything.
0:27:12 > 0:27:18But we have to try the award-winning sarsaparilla. Now, what is in it?
0:27:18 > 0:27:25There are a few manufacturers of sarsaparilla. You'd be hard-pushed to get anyone to tell you the recipe
0:27:25 > 0:27:29because they are their own personal properties.
0:27:29 > 0:27:36- What is it supposed to do to you or for you?- It used to be a cure for syphilis.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40That's why the Spaniards made a mixture.
0:27:40 > 0:27:46- The children like that. As you can see, it looks like beer. - Yeah, it does actually.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55That's really good. I've never had this before.
0:27:55 > 0:28:02There's a lovely after-taste. You can carry on doing your shopping and you have this feel-good factor.
0:28:02 > 0:28:09- That is great.- Cheers.- I'll be dancing back to the valuation day. - Has the ginseng kicked in?- Yeah!
0:28:09 > 0:28:14I'm off now. Let's see what other treasures we can find.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Laura, what a fantastic bronze! Where did you find it?
0:28:32 > 0:28:36I bought him three years ago from a car boot sale.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41- A car boot?- Believe it or not. He just really appealed to me.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45He just took my fancy and I just really liked him.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49I'm not surprised. What did you pay? Don't tell me, £2?
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- No, I paid 100 for him. - 100?- £100 I paid, yeah.- OK.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Let's have a look at him.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00The first thing to say is he's a dark patinated bronze.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03This isn't his natural colour.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08The bronze, when he was made, would have been more of a brass colour.
0:29:08 > 0:29:15When people polish a bronze, they're ruining the patination that was designed for the initial look.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21At the base, there's a little signature - L-E-Q-U-E-S-N-E.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Lequesne. That's Eugene Louis Lequesne,
0:29:25 > 0:29:30who was a sculptor working in Paris in the 19th century,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33one of the most famous sculptors of his time.
0:29:33 > 0:29:40In the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris there's a great big sculpture called The Dancing Faun by him.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43This is another form of that idea.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47He's dancing, playing the panpipes, a little goaty tail,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50a total sort of fantasy figure.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54It would have been made around 1840 to 1860.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59This piece will appeal to so many different areas of collecting -
0:29:59 > 0:30:05people that collect bronzes in their own right, interior designers,
0:30:05 > 0:30:09people that just want him for a bit of fun.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14You've brought him here. You bought him for £100 at a car boot sale.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- How long have you had him? - Roughly about three years.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23- Why is he here?- When I first saw him, he appealed to me obviously.
0:30:23 > 0:30:31I thought I may start collecting bronzes but I looked into it and saw that bronzes were really expensive,
0:30:31 > 0:30:36- so that kind of put me off.- What do you think he's worth?- I don't know.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- 500?- Bang on!
0:30:38 > 0:30:43- Am I really?- Yeah, absolutely. You can have my job.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47I would like an estimate of 300 to 500, a reserve of 300.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Right.- But he'll do more than that. I think he'll make nearer 4.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55But if he makes 5, fantastic. He's got a good chance.
0:30:55 > 0:31:02- Five times profit - not bad! - Can't complain about that. - Let's see what it does.- OK.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12- Peter, how are you doing?- Fine. And you?- Yeah, it's nice to be in Bolton.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17- Where's this come from?- A house clearance. My wife's mother's.
0:31:17 > 0:31:23- A cherished item? - We'd never seen it before. It was gonna get thrown in a skip.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25- A real cherished item?- Yeah(!)
0:31:25 > 0:31:30It's interesting. I'm pretty sure this is a musical box.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35- Right.- 19th century. This is rosewood. This is boxwood.- Yeah.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- We've got this little marquetry panel of a bird in there.- Right.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45So this is in all probability a 19th century,
0:31:45 > 0:31:50Swiss, part rosewood case musical box that was gonna go in a skip!
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- It was going to go in a skip! - So if we open it up,
0:31:54 > 0:31:59occasionally, I'm not going to look, there's a bit of paper here
0:31:59 > 0:32:05that gives the names of the tunes or the manufacturer and we've got...nothing!
0:32:05 > 0:32:10And if we just open this glass cover inside,
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- this has had a rough old life. - Has it?- Yeah.
0:32:14 > 0:32:20The way this works, we've got a cylinder and there are little spikes on it.
0:32:20 > 0:32:27As it moves round and round, these spikes catch on a comb, just like a hair comb.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32- It's made of steel and that twang makes a noise.- Right.
0:32:32 > 0:32:38Now, problematical... Can you see an inch and a half of comb missing?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Yeah.- Expensive to replace.- Right.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45I still think you did a great job in retrieving it from the skip.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Value? Value in good order, perhaps 250 to 350.
0:32:49 > 0:32:55I think this is gonna prove quite expensive for someone to repair.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59I think we ought to estimate this at 150 to 250.
0:32:59 > 0:33:06- We'll put a reserve on it of 150, but we'll give the auctioneer 10% discretion. Happy with that?- Yeah.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08A good retrieve from the skip!
0:33:08 > 0:33:13I think the way to get out of this now is we'll just open it up
0:33:13 > 0:33:19- and we'll let the music box play us out.- Fair enough.- Off we go then.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25GENTLE TUNE PLAYS
0:33:30 > 0:33:36- Edwina, of all the jewellery designers, you have got one of the best.- Brilliant.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40- Obviously by me saying that, you didn't know.- No.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45- You don't collect this guy's work? - No.- What do you know about it?
0:33:45 > 0:33:52It was in a box that I brought in of assorted jewellery and that was picked out as a specialist piece.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57- OK.- I do costumes, theatrical and fancy-dress costumes,
0:33:57 > 0:34:02and over the years I've accumulated lots of jewellery.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- OK.- And I need to downsize because I've got a lot of stuff.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11I think I've possibly worn it twice in 12 years.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Well, what we have here is a piece of Danish silver.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22And it's by the most famous of all the Danish silversmiths.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27- I don't believe it.- It's by a chap called Georg Jensen.
0:34:27 > 0:34:33And Georg Jensen is well-known for his very simple lines,
0:34:33 > 0:34:38his very stylised motifs in both flatware, silver,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41hollowware like bowls and vases,
0:34:41 > 0:34:45as well as bits of jewellery like this.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50This is going to be around 1915 to 1930, that sort of period.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55If we turn it over, we have the Georg Jensen oval mark,
0:34:55 > 0:34:59the characteristic mark on the back there,
0:34:59 > 0:35:03"sterling" for sterling silver, "Denmark" and "283".
0:35:03 > 0:35:06And "283" is the design number.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- It's a very, very pretty thing, isn't it?- It is nice, yes.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Its elegance and simplicity of form are what make it quite striking.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21But at the same time, the details of the legs and the stylised head
0:35:21 > 0:35:26and that wonderful antenna there, they really are very nicely done.
0:35:26 > 0:35:32It's not set with precious stones, it doesn't have diamonds or rubies,
0:35:32 > 0:35:39- it's not a Faberge enamel or anything like that, but it's a very collectable piece.- Bit of class.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Yes, exactly.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I've sold two of these before.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49One of them made 180 and one of them, I think, made 160.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- Good grief!- But I put a conservative estimate on them.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57If you do that, you get a better result.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03If you put an estimate of 120 to 160
0:36:03 > 0:36:08or something around there, I think you'd do well with it.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13- Right.- I think you'd get a very nice result.- Thank you very much.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18Let's see if Adam can do as well with the next batch of antiques.
0:36:18 > 0:36:25Philip feels the damage to the music box might stop it reaching its full potential.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Anything by Georg Jensen just oozes class
0:36:28 > 0:36:33and I'm sure this brooch will attract the collectors.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38Finally, Laura bought this bronze figure for £100 at a car boot sale.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42James is confident she's gonna make a large profit.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49First let's see what Adam Partridge thinks about it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53This was brought in by Laura to the valuation day.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58She got this bronze figure, a guy playing a pipe, having fun.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Mid-Victorian, she paid £100 for it three years ago.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Did she?- James, our expert, fell in love with this chap.
0:37:06 > 0:37:13I mean, he's having fun and laughing, and he's put a value of £300 to £500 on this.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15I think that's very reasonable.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20James's estimate is a nice estimate and I'd hope to surpass that.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26- Neck on the block, what do you think? - Let's hope for the top end.- 500?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- You never know.- It's difficult.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Why do some bronzes have a dark patina and others a nutty brown?
0:37:34 > 0:37:38This is something against it. It has a few scratches.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42You can tell a bronze because of the yellow coming through.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47Have a look under here. If this is yellow here, you've got a bronze.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51If this is white, you've got a spelter or cheaper alloy.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56He's a well-known sculptor. Eugene Louis Lequesne is well-known.
0:37:56 > 0:38:02- It's an iconic figure, so it will attract the right buyer.- I think so.
0:38:05 > 0:38:12Right now we've got a classic bit of recycling because we're gonna flog Peter's musical box.
0:38:12 > 0:38:19- It's Victorian. It was going in a skip?- Definitely.- But now it's worth, hopefully, £100 to £200.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24It's going under the hammer. Let's hope we're singing the right tune.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27I hope it's not going for a song.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- We'll be all right.- Yes, there are a lot of collectors out there.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- There's a good crowd here. - It's packed to the gunwales.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Another musical box, lot 210.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Couple of teeth missing, like the expert who valued it!
0:38:42 > 0:38:47- Cheeky!- 100 then to start me? 100 bid. 10 now?
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- 110. 120.- Come on. - 130. 130. Any more?
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- 130 on the musical box.- Come on, a bit more.- 140 here.- Yes!
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Can we sell? 140. All done then?
0:38:58 > 0:39:02At 140. The bid's here on the internet at £140...
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- Brilliant. - That's better than going in a skip.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09What are you gonna do with £140?
0:39:09 > 0:39:14We've got a couple of grandchildren, girls, so we'll treat those.
0:39:14 > 0:39:21- What are their names?- Isobel and Hannah.- I hope you're watching and there's a smile on your face!
0:39:21 > 0:39:26We'll spend the rest of it before Gordon Brown gets his fingers on it!
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- Thanks, Peter.- OK, then.- That was a good result.- He did well.
0:39:31 > 0:39:38- He's a cheeky little cove.- He's got all his teeth!- And my own hair which is more than he can say!
0:39:43 > 0:39:48Next, a lovely bit of Georg Jensen. All the ladies love Georg Jensen.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51It's contemporary, 20th century modern.
0:39:51 > 0:39:57Hopefully we'll get 160, 180 for this brooch because it's stunning.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03- This is gonna sell, isn't it?- Oh, yeah.- Every day of the week.- Good.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Lot 635 is the Georg Jensen brooch.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11What a lovely little brooch this is! Four bids again.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15And starts me at 80, 90, 100. Take 10?
0:40:15 > 0:40:19100 bid. 10 now? 110. 120. All done at 120?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22130. 130 in the room, 130.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27Everyone's got their fingers crossed. The hammer's gone down.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32- Short and sharp! Blink and you miss it!- It didn't take long.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- That's a good result, though, 130. - That's good.- It is, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42- Better than sticking in a box!- Yes. - What will you do with the money?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- I'll put it to one of my trekking holidays.- Keeps you fit.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Well, I try to.- Good luck.
0:40:49 > 0:40:55# Yeah, they were dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'... #
0:40:55 > 0:41:02Right now hopefully Laura is gonna turn £100 into £500 with this bronze bought at a car boot sale.
0:41:02 > 0:41:08You have a cracking eye. I think you shouldn't stop collecting bronzes.
0:41:08 > 0:41:15- I know they're so expensive, but you got lucky there. - Very lucky. It just caught my eye.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20- I liked it straight away.- It also caught our expert's eye, James.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25You put 3 to 5 on this. I had a chat with Adam. He really loved it.
0:41:25 > 0:41:32- So hopefully it is gonna do that top end.- It is a wonderful thing. Hopefully it'll do a bit more.
0:41:32 > 0:41:39Two smiling faces here, so hopefully the bidders of Knutsford will love this. Good luck.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44Lot 49 is the Eugene Louis Lequesne French bronze figure.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49And a well-known sculptor as well. Lot 49, who'll start me at 300?
0:41:49 > 0:41:523 bid. 20. 340.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56340 bid. 60 now? At 340. 360.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59380. 400?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02400 here on the internet. 20 anywhere?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05420 on the phone. Do you want...?
0:42:05 > 0:42:10- There's a phone bid, an internet bid and a bid in the room.- 440?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12440. 460.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16480. 500.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18520.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- 540.- This is great. - It's a good price.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25580. 600.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- 620.- 620!
0:42:28 > 0:42:32You've got a great eye. You should still buy bronzes.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- I may do again.- I think you will.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37700. 720.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40740?
0:42:41 > 0:42:44720 here. At £720 on this phone.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Anyone else? 720. All finished...?
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- Yes!- Wonderful!- That little bronze certainly called the tune. £720!
0:42:53 > 0:42:58- I can't believe it.- That is unbelievable, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01That shocked me, that shocked me.
0:43:01 > 0:43:08What are you gonna do? Please say you are gonna go out and keep buying and investing in antiques.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13I may do. I don't know. It was just a one-off, a total fluke.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17I just liked it, bought it. Maybe I've got a good eye.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23If you go to those boot sales, you can pick up gear like this and make a profit.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27# Play that funky music, white boy... #
0:43:27 > 0:43:32How about that, how exciting was that? It's so hot in there.
0:43:32 > 0:43:39What a great day! Our experts did us proud and so did auctioneer, Adam Partridge. He was brilliant.
0:43:39 > 0:43:45I hope you've enjoyed it too. Till next time, it's cheerio from Marshall's in Knutsford.
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