0:00:02 > 0:00:07- Coming up today... - That's not bad.- It was very good!
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- Excellent!- Oh, yes!
0:00:42 > 0:00:49Today we're in Chesterfield. Our venue used to be a cinema. Now it's a conference centre.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54named after the city's coal mining heritage.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Digging deep are out experts, Charlie Ross and Nigel Smith.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Everybody's formed an orderly queue.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11We're going to find out what's been hiding in their lofts and cupboards
0:01:11 > 0:01:15and hasn't seen the light of day until Flog It has come to town.
0:01:23 > 0:01:31- Sue...- Hello.- Thank you for braving the queues out there. Now these are marvellous.- Yes.
0:01:31 > 0:01:37- How did you come by them? - They were my mother-in-law's. My father-in-law died long ago.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42My husband had them and, unfortunately, he's passed away.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46There's only so many treasures you can keep.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50These will have been collected in the '20s and '30s, early '40s.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56Some are nicely put into albums which you would have bought for a penny each.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Yes.- A penny!
0:01:59 > 0:02:05The value goes down to subject matter. Sporting subjects are very collectable.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Aircraft, that sort of thing. Vintage cars. We've got dogs here.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14We've got a series of jockeys which is quite nice.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- A lot of these sets that aren't bought in albums have, in the past, been put into frames.- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:26- I've seen them in frames. - You'll see a set of jockeys in a nice modern frame.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30That makes it a more commercial proposition to sell them.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Individually, sets can range from as little as £5 or £6 a set,
0:02:36 > 0:02:42- up to several hundred pounds for rare sets.- Yes.- So we're going to wing it a bit here.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- I don't know what's in them!- Have you looked through them all?- No.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- Never, never.- These will find their level in the market.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57It's a strange thing to say, but there are specialist collectors who will definitely want these.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03There are price guides to price them really within fairly close parameters.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09And I would think we'd tend to put them in all as one lot, make it a really interesting lot,
0:03:09 > 0:03:16- put an estimate of maybe £80-£120. That's known in the trade as the auctioneer's quote.- Right.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21We have a little joke about that. But you can put them at that level.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27I think they could edge up to a bit more than that, nearer £200 on a good day.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- If there's two people interested. - I would say protect them with a modest reserve,
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- £60, £70, something like that.- Yes. - Thank you for bringing them.
0:03:37 > 0:03:45- Let's hope they make a fortune! - I've got my daughter's wedding. - They won't pay for that!- No!
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Charlie, greetings. I think I've already found out
0:03:58 > 0:04:02that you have a rapacious desire to sell this picture whatever.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06It wouldn't bother me if I never saw it again!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Did you have it mounted? Somebody spent a lot of money on it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15We did have it mounted because I felt it deserved something better.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21The frame it was originally in, my auntie's, was pretty dismal
0:04:21 > 0:04:27and didn't add anything to it, but having got it framed and mounted it didn't look any better!
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Do you know where it is?- I don't.
0:04:30 > 0:04:37I've had a bit of a chat with David Fletcher, one of our off-screen experts who does a lot on Flog It
0:04:37 > 0:04:41and knows the Lake District, and I suggested that to him.
0:04:41 > 0:04:48He said unless it was up on the top somewhere, he thought it wasn't hilly enough.
0:04:48 > 0:04:54We then thought it might be Dartmoor - too hilly. So we've concluded it's Derbyshire!
0:04:54 > 0:04:58We don't know where it is, but it is signed and dated.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01It's dated 1894, by EA Warmington.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06And his paintings do, thankfully, make some money.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12It's obviously extremely competently painted. You must surely admit to that.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19I recognise its quality, in terms of a painting, unfortunately, the content, no.
0:05:19 > 0:05:26- You're not a hiker? - I'm certainly a hiker, but I'd never go there to hike!
0:05:27 > 0:05:31I think it's good in terms of quality.
0:05:31 > 0:05:37I love just thinking thoughts about this chap on his horse, lonely as you like,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42no other animals in sight. Where's he been? Where's he going?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- I think it's the loneliness that does it for me!- Yeah.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50I still think there will be somebody who will like it and appreciate it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:57I'd like to think it would make £200-£300, but £100-£200 is where it will come down in the saleroom.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01That's not much more than the cost of framing it and mounting it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07If we manage to squeeze a couple of hundred quid out of somebody, you won't buy another painting?
0:06:07 > 0:06:11I might buy one that's a little happier, certainly.
0:06:11 > 0:06:18- A celebration to think that I've finally got rid of it might be in order.- A party!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Thank you for bringing it.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Diane, this is great.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32This is right up my street. A set of four horn beakers.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35How did you come by these?
0:06:35 > 0:06:41We bought a house about 20 years ago and the lady that sold us the house
0:06:41 > 0:06:48- had these hanging around the house. We bought them with the house.- For how much?- Can't remember. Not a lot.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53It was a job lot. We bought quite a few things together, so I can't remember.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Can you remember a leather case? They should sit inside each other
0:06:58 > 0:07:00then in a cylindrical leather case.
0:07:00 > 0:07:07It would have been sold to somebody that liked hunting, shooting and fishing in this country.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12They'd have used it out in the field, over their shoulder.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Yeah, there was a leather case, but when the children were small,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21they played with it, messing about with it. It had everything in it -
0:07:21 > 0:07:26pebbles, coins, and it's disappeared. I don't know where it is.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- So now it's time to sell them. - Yes.- These are Victorian.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36- Right.- They've been wonderfully mounted on the rim with silver.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41And you can see the little marks here. We can tell the assay office.
0:07:41 > 0:07:48- There's a leopard's head and a lower-case q. That says it's 1870.- Right.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Hunting, shooting, fishing was a really big thing.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Someone went shooting to get this. This is horn, but I don't know what.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Horn is made of hair. If you hold that up to the light,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- you can see all the strands in there, compacted.- Yeah.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08It's got a lovely translucent look.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14The bottoms of the beakers have got little pieces of glass inset in very carefully.
0:08:14 > 0:08:21Not perfectly waterproof, but it doesn't really matter if you just want a quick shot.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- There's a bit of damage here.- Yeah. - And a little bit of damage here.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29If it didn't have that damage,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33we're looking at around about £200-£250.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Mm-hm.- With the damage, it'll knock it back £40 or so.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42But I'd still like to put a valuation of £150-£200 on it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Are you happy with that? Shall we put them into auction?
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- Yeah...maybe 200? - We're doing some bartering here!
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Do you put a reserve...?- Yes.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- I think we'll put a fixed reserve of £150.- OK.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04- And we'll call the valuation £150-£220.- OK.- Yeah? OK.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- It's a deal!- It's a deal.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Lovely old box. 19th century box.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It's not what I was expecting.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- Tell me all about it. - I inherited that about 10 years ago.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31With the contents of a house and a bungalow.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36- Yeah.- For looking after my husband's friend from hospital
0:09:36 > 0:09:40for the last remaining years of his life.
0:09:40 > 0:09:47- So you inherited the whole contents of the house?- Yes.- Where's the rest? - Still there, waiting for you people.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52Waiting for me to come along? We'll start with your splendid watch.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56It's a pear case watch. It's got two cases -
0:09:56 > 0:09:58an outer case and an inner case.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02You know, presumably, what the case is made of.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- You hope you do.- Silver?- Silver.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09It has a lion passant and a little anchor - it was made in Birmingham.
0:10:09 > 0:10:16It will have a date stamp on it, which it has, which dates it to about 1840.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Been around a long time.- Yes.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Pop that down and, if we may,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24we'll have a look here.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28I'm hoping I can open this up. Marvellous.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34There is the hallmark, replicated on the inner case, and it's identical, which is nice.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Sometimes the inner case is different to the outer case.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That would reduce the value hugely.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45It has a fusee movement, which is a chain-driven movement.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51For accuracy, it's driven by a little chain. It's a key wind.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55What I like particularly is the dial.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It's got a farming scene here,
0:10:57 > 0:11:02"Speed the plough". A typical early 19th century phrase.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08Not particularly made for a farmer. Just a motto of the time.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Now why are you selling it?
0:11:10 > 0:11:15My husband had an accident a few years ago, 20-odd years ago.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Recently he's had to have his leg amputated.
0:11:19 > 0:11:27- And I need the money...- Yeah. - ..to do what alterations to the house need to be done
0:11:27 > 0:11:34- that the state doesn't pay for. - So we need as much as possible. Do you have a notion of its worth?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36A long time ago
0:11:36 > 0:11:40it was valued at £400-£700.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46- I think £400-£700 is perfectly realistic for an insurance valuation.- Right.
0:11:46 > 0:11:53But we're looking at a wholesale price and that can be as little as a third of an insurance valuation.
0:11:53 > 0:12:01I think this should be worth £200-£300. We'll put a reserve of £150 on it as a bottom line.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- That may be a bit of a blow. - It is, but...
0:12:04 > 0:12:09But I've been proved wrong so many times. It might make 500 quid,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- in which case I apologise in advance.- Thank you very much!
0:12:13 > 0:12:20The people of Chesterfield have turned out in force with no shortage of interesting items.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26There's Sue's collection of cigarette cards. She's never looked through them!
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Charlie's painting will definitely sell. He wants rid of it!
0:12:31 > 0:12:38Diane's horn beakers are just my thing. I love them - rustic, organic, beautifully made.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44And we must sell Glory's gorgeous pocket watch to help her husband get about the house.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56And now we're in Bamford's Auction Room in Matlock.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Let's see how our items will fare.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Our auctioneer today is James Lewis.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07First up is Charlie's landscape painting by EA Warmington.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16We've got a value of £100-£200, with no reserve. Unfortunately, Charles can't be with us today,
0:13:16 > 0:13:21- but his daughter Jenny can. Hi!- Hi. - This is your inheritance.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- Did you say, "Dad, I really like it"?- No!
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- Why is he flogging it? Does he like it?- It's never been on the walls.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36- So you've never seen it?- No.- Where does he keep it?- He loathes it!
0:13:36 > 0:13:42His last words to me were he'd be thrilled even if he got a pound!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46A good landscape. There it is.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Ready to hang on the wall. £75 is bid.
0:13:51 > 0:13:5480 anywhere? 80. 5.
0:13:54 > 0:13:5990? Shakes his head at 90. At £85 on commission.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02It's below estimate. 90.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06You're back in it. 92 I have. You've almost beaten it. Go on!
0:14:06 > 0:14:1095! Thank you. £95 in the room.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12James has just tweaked it!
0:14:12 > 0:14:17At £95, it's with you. 95. All done?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Yes!- He'll be really pleased with that.- Will Dad be happy?- Very.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Did you not want to inherit that? - Surprisingly not!
0:14:32 > 0:14:36We've got cigarette cards now. I've been joined by Susan.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41We're looking at £100-£200. Fingers crossed for that top end.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46Lots of them. The cigarette cards. I start the bidding at £60.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48And 5 do I see? £60 and 5?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Lots of them. 65. 70. 75. Against the commission.
0:14:52 > 0:14:5580 here. 85, yes. And 90.
0:14:55 > 0:14:5990. 95. 100. 110.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03110. 120? Shakes his head.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05At 110.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07At 110. 120 do I see?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11At 110, are we all done? At 110.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Hammer's gone down. £110. - That was better than I thought.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- That's always good news! - It is! And I felt pressure because it's the lower end.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25What will you put the money towards?
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Em...it might buy a tier of my daughter's wedding cake.
0:15:30 > 0:15:37- Oh, is she getting married?- Yes. She's been engaged for four years. She doesn't want to rush it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47This is a glorious pocket watch. It belongs to Glory, but not for much longer.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Valuation is £200-£300.
0:15:50 > 0:15:57- I think it's pretty special, this. And your name is pretty special. - My parents were very religious.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01And I was literally born in a cowshed.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06And my mum called me Glory, the first word she said after giving birth.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11Right, I wonder if we're going to get that top end plus, Charlie.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17- Time is ticking away. - No, I'm nestling in around the lower end.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- 220?- Mm.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24- We've put a reserve of 150, which is a bit of a cop-out!- It was!
0:16:24 > 0:16:30- But that's it, time's up. - Glory wants to sell it.- It's going under the hammer. This is it.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34A very nice Victorian pear-cased pocket watch
0:16:34 > 0:16:37with enamel dial.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40£150 I can start it at.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42150. 160 anywhere?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44160, sir, in the room. 170.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47180. 190. 200. 210.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50220. 230. 240 has it.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55On the aisle at 240. Against both commission bids.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59At £240. 250? 250 is it?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Anywhere else? 240. All sure?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- Yes! £240. Got to be happy with that.- I am.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What will you put that towards?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- It's quarter of the way.- To what?
0:17:14 > 0:17:20- To buying my husband a disabled bath. - Ahh.- As I said before, he's just had his leg amputated.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25- OK.- He can't get in and out. - So that will be very useful.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Good luck. The kitty's started. Charlie, you were right.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36- Thanks very much.- It's disappointing, knowing where the money is going, that we didn't get more.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51And now my favourite item - the four horn beakers which Diane brought in.
0:17:51 > 0:17:58I know you're sad to see these go. I think they will go. Our value is about right, at the £200 mark.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02It's a purist thing, but quality always sells.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06The purists will find these, even in a general sale.
0:18:06 > 0:18:12They all think they are in for a bargain, so let's hope they push the price up. Good luck.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17A really wonderful set of silver-mounted horn beakers.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20£150 starts it on commission.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24At 150. 160. 160 in the room.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27160 on the stairs. 170. 180?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31No. It's 170 still. Absentee bid at 170.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35180 on the phone. 190. 200.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39200. 210. 220. 230.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41240.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- I feel better now.- 250. 260?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50260 has it. On the phone at 260.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54In the room at £260. Selling...
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- 260.- Top end.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I'd love to have done the 300. Nevertheless, we've sold it.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06- That's OK. I'm happy with that. - What will you put that towards?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I work in a hospice once a week on the wards.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15I want to give it to the hospice, the hospice in Chesterfield.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- What's it called?- Ashgate Hospice. - In Chesterfield.- Yes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- It's going there.- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31Well, so far, so good. There's plenty more auction action to come later on in the show.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37On a busy day like today, it's hard to find a parking space in Matlock.
0:19:37 > 0:19:44A century ago, you'd have had a carriage. I think there's one waiting for me.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Prior to the 20th century, most of us got around using our feet,
0:19:57 > 0:20:03but if you had to move goods around the country, you owned a horse and a very simple cart.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08But carriages like this belonged to the very privileged and the elite.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14We often get a flavour of vehicles like this on BBC dramatisations of Victorian novels.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18This particular carriage featured in Pride and Prejudice.
0:20:18 > 0:20:24It's one of many wonderful vehicles at the Red House Stables and Museum, just outside Matlock,
0:20:24 > 0:20:29which features the spectrum of our heritage of horse-drawn carriages.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33I've some here for a lesson in carriage driving.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42And here she is, here's my horse. Her name is Gypsy.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45She's Irish and she's 14 hands high.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51Believe it or not, she's 23 years old. She's got another 10 years of service in her.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56She's got a pretty face. A little black dot between her eyes.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Let me give her a carrot. She's absolutely gorgeous.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04All I need to do now is go find a harness.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13I've got Gypsy's tack all laid out in front of me right here.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20If we start at the head of the horse, we've got the bridle, then the breast collar.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26These are the traces. That's your pulling power. Look at the thickness of the leather.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30That's not going to snap, is it? Here are my reins, left and right.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36Here is the pad and the breaching. That is my brakes!
0:21:36 > 0:21:42Looks like I'm set to tack up. So what I'll do now is go back to Gypsy.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49And to help me out with this I'm calling upon an expert!
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- Caroline Dale-Leech, thank you! - Good morning.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Now behind you is our vehicle for the day, I guess. What is it?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Known as an exercise vehicle.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05It's modern, but made on traditional lines.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09OK, talk me through some of the components.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13These are the shafts. We back the horse in between the shafts,
0:22:13 > 0:22:19- attach it to this for easy movement. - Our traces go on there?- Yes.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25- I'm pleased to notice, actually, that we've got rubber tyres! - Yes, a bit more sociable.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- All we need now is Gypsy. Shall I go and get her?- Yes, fine.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42This unique collection of vehicles and accessories was started in 1946 by Caroline's father, William.
0:22:42 > 0:22:49Caroline's spent her life with horses, learning from her grandfather as well as her father.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It's my job to get the trap.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- Stop.- Yep.- And the next thing is to put your trace on.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09We've got the reins in our left hand, which is different to riding where we have a rein in each hand.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15So here we've got the controls in one hand, which is known as English coaching style.
0:23:15 > 0:23:22She's very sensitive. Just by tickling the bit, turning the hand, that can turn her.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28She's very, very responsive. Even with one hand I can turn her.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- GYPSY SPLUTTERS - Gypsy didn't like that turn!
0:23:31 > 0:23:33"We're going the wrong way!"
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- Would you like to have hold? - Yes, please. OK.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43- So there's my grip. - Keeping hold of her, remembering to keep on the contacts.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49It's very subtle, but it's quite difficult. Oh, we're trotting on!
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- I've slackened them off. - Steady now.- I was enjoying that!
0:23:53 > 0:23:58- I'm touching her with the whip. - That's what she doesn't like.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03Just take up a little bit more contact.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- That's good.- I haven't got the dexterity in my left hand.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13- I've been doing this a long time. - What movies have your carriages been in?
0:24:13 > 0:24:19The last one was the new BBC Jane Eyre. Then we did the one with Franco Zeffirelli.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25- So you've worked with people like Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant... - Yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28And James Fox, Edward Fox.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- And now me!- And now you.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- Where shall we go?- Round... - Let's go down the pub!
0:24:42 > 0:24:47How exciting was that? I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51That was one sort of carriage - two wheels and one horse.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55This is entirely different - four wheels, four horses. A stagecoach.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00It went from London through York all the way up to Edinburgh.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02In its heyday, the 1830s,
0:25:02 > 0:25:09it would take 14 paying passengers. And I reckon four in there at a pinch.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13They would travel first class. It cost £10 from London to Edinburgh.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18And the rest would travel second class on the seats on the outside.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24The outsiders. That's where the term came from. That would be £3 10 shillings.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28It took an unbelievable ten days to get from London to Edinburgh,
0:25:28 > 0:25:35stopping at Stamford, Grantham, Newark and Doncaster. It's certainly seen some action.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42HORN SOUNDS
0:25:42 > 0:25:48Here's something you probably don't know. How can you tell if the coach is turning left or right?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51They used to use the coach horn.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54OK, give me a turning right.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58I've been told you're quite an authority on this. Listen.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01BLOWS CALL
0:26:05 > 0:26:09That's absolutely brilliant! Caroline, thank you so much.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15- I've thoroughly enjoyed myself. Could I use the carriage to get back to Chesterfield?- Yes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:21- Enjoy your ride.- What a way to travel. I'm going to join up with our experts.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24So if I jump aboard... There we go.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Don't spare the horses.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Shall I take that in case we have to turn? Right, here we go.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Shall I give it a go?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36TUNELESS TOOT
0:26:44 > 0:26:50Back at The Winding Wheel, Nigel has found something the coach museum might find interesting.
0:26:50 > 0:26:57- Ian, I met you in the queue. - You did.- Tell me what's in here. These are fascinating.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59I saw these and my eyes popped out.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05Those are drawings of horse-drawn vehicles from the 19th century,
0:27:05 > 0:27:10- all different types and styles. - Right. Fantastic.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- A catalogue.- Some of these are superb. My favourite is this one.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19It's the Wurtz Anglo Francais. It's like an old car brochure.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25You can have that as a hard top or as a soft top. Look.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31Wonderful decorative things. Imagine somebody framing these up in really smart mounts.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- Have you counted them?- There's 50. - 50 altogether?
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Now I've spotted that little box. How does that tie in with these?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Well, in here are...
0:27:44 > 0:27:47I suppose you would call them paint brushes.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- They're all hand-made. - Let's just pull a few out.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56And they're used for sign writing and coach painting.
0:27:56 > 0:28:03- Sign writing and coach painting? - The fancy coach work on the wheels and the box that you got pre-war.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06On horse boxes and railway engines.
0:28:06 > 0:28:13- Is sign writing in your family, as a trade?- My father did it, his brother did it.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16His father did it, my grandfather.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21And my great-grandfather used to drive a coach and eight.
0:28:21 > 0:28:28- Right. Isn't that fantastic? - And I just ended up as a lowly bus driver!- It's a natural follow on.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32I think these would go in as a collective lot.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37It all ties in together, the coaches, sign writing and so on.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It's a guesstimate, really.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44We're going to have to wing it here. What do you think?
0:28:44 > 0:28:52- You're the man.- I have to guess, have I? Hopefully, with the right people, we should be aiming for £100-£200.
0:28:52 > 0:28:58- Yeah?- And that's a very vague idea. These I don't think have got much commercial value,
0:28:58 > 0:29:03- but they're interesting and should stay with the drawings.- Yeah.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07- Want a reserve on them? - What would you suggest?
0:29:07 > 0:29:12I would think put them in to sell. Put £80 on them? Maybe 100?
0:29:12 > 0:29:17- Put them in at 80, then. Put a reserve of 80.- £80.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23And if they don't make that, take them home for your grandson. Tell me why you're selling them now.
0:29:23 > 0:29:29- What's prompted you to get rid? - There's nobody to hand them down to that's interested in them.
0:29:29 > 0:29:35- I've asked and nobody's interested. - So you may as well flog it!- Aye! - Let somebody enjoy them.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Right. Thank you.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48I love this little chap, Sally. Where did he come from?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52My granddad gave him to my mum. That's all we know.
0:29:52 > 0:29:59- Do we not know where he got it from? - Well, he told my mum it was from The Mikado.- The Mikado?
0:29:59 > 0:30:02A singing minstrel from the Mikado.
0:30:02 > 0:30:09But this figure is Japanese It's from the Meiji Period, which is late-19th century.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12So it's old. Over 100 years old.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- That's surprising.- Do you know what it's made of?- No. It's quite heavy.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- It's made of bronze.- Right. - Two or three colours of bronze.
0:30:21 > 0:30:29Now he can't be, in my opinion, the wandering minstrel from Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado
0:30:29 > 0:30:36because that was made in Japan and the Japanese in 1890 would not have had a clue who Gilbert was
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- or indeed who Sullivan was. - Right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43I don't know whether he is a minstrel or a singer
0:30:43 > 0:30:51and he would have stood on something else originally. Somebody's made a plinth here. Actually, a box.
0:30:51 > 0:30:58- My neighbour made the box for him. - Your neighbour? So presumably he had no stand at all?- No, nothing.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02- So he wouldn't stand up? - No. We gave him a home!
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- I suspect he was originally on a marble plinth.- Right.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Or a hardwood plinth.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14I love it. I think it's great. And it's great that he might have been the wandering minstrel, but isn't.
0:31:14 > 0:31:21We have got a signature here. It probably won't come as a great surprise that I haven't got a clue!
0:31:21 > 0:31:27- My Japanese is hopeless!- Yes. - I don't think we need worry too much about that.
0:31:27 > 0:31:33If this were unbelievable quality, I would say, "Hang on. I think we need to do more research".
0:31:33 > 0:31:39But I don't think you'll find that anybody would know who that is.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45But I love it. Now we've been through what he is, the age of him, the quality of him.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48It comes down to value, really.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53Now you've told me he's bronze, I don't know. I don't know.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58- I think he's worth £200-£300. - Right. That's a nice surprise.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01A nice surprise? Good.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I think we'll find him a buyer without a doubt.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- People won't be unduly worried about the neighbour's plinth.- Right.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14- So you're happy to sell him?- Yes. - Why?- I know my granddad gave it to my mum...- Yeah.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- He'd be really proud of me being here today.- Good!
0:32:18 > 0:32:24- And he'd want to free him up for somebody else to enjoy. - Yes. Somebody will enjoy him.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- Move him on.- Yeah. I think we ought to protect it with a reserve price.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34Say 200. If he got within a pitch and a putt of 200, we'd let him go.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39- Right.- We get precious few Japanese bronzes on Flog It
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- and I look forward to seeing that sell.- Thank you very much.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- Cynthia, I caught you in the queue with this.- You did.- He's lovely.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59How did he come into your possession?
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Well, he came from an embassy in London.
0:33:03 > 0:33:11I don't know what one, but there was a Lady Foley and it came out of her children's nursery.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- The nanny gave it to my ex-husband. - Right.- Year and years ago.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21Well, it were before my daughter was born and she's...
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Right. We won't say that, then.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Well, we know he's a Steiff animal.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Famous for all those lovely teddy bears.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37Steiff made a whole host of animals, a menagerie of things.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41I thought they only made teddy bears until I saw his little button.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45He's got his little button there, still intact. Wonderful.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50Datewise, he's probably 50-60 years old. Something like that.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55- Do you think he's very bald?- Bald? - Well, my daughter says he's bald.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59No, he's a little threadbare, but he's got character and charm.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04He's actually plush fabric, which is a little bit worn off,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08- but he's filled with wood shavings. - I thought he were.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12He's lost a little bit of filling in his tail.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17- The great thing is these have character.- Yeah. I agree.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20He's lovely. Why do you want to sell him now?
0:34:20 > 0:34:27He's been stuck in t'wardrobe for years and years and years, just wrapped up.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32- And what do I want a lion for? - So you may as well turn him to cash.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37May as well, yeah. I can always find use for cash.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Value-wise, they make less than the bears, but he's quite collectable.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46- I would think £60-£70.- Yeah. - We'll put 50 reserve on it.- Fine.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- Or you take him home. - And stick him back in the wardrobe.
0:34:50 > 0:34:58- I'd put him out somewhere. He's charming.- I suppose it's a shame to keep him packed away.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03- Well, we'll bang him away into the auction.- Right.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10- And he'll make £50 or £60. At least. - Thanks very much. Let's hope everybody's flush on that day!
0:35:14 > 0:35:18It's been a very big day for our experts in Chesterfield.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23Once again we have some super and interesting items.
0:35:23 > 0:35:29I hope we'll be riding high with Ian's wonderful collection of coach designs and hand-made brushes.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Sally's Japanese bronze statue is a quality piece
0:35:32 > 0:35:35and could get us all singing.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40And this Steiff lion is a bit different to the usual teddies
0:35:40 > 0:35:44and maybe it will make the bidders roar!
0:35:44 > 0:35:50This next lot I've fallen in love with. I don't know how to put a price on it. Nigel's a brave man!
0:35:50 > 0:35:55There's so much history here. It belongs to Ian.
0:35:55 > 0:36:02Your grandfather spent his life earning a living just with that little box of brushes.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Well, that and other things. - A few others. It's cracking.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- I think that's a brave estimate. - Yeah, lovely, lovely things.
0:36:11 > 0:36:17I just couldn't resist these. They're marvellous. I just hope they've been viewed.
0:36:17 > 0:36:24- What can you say?- It's a bit of social history.- Exactly! I wouldn't sell them!
0:36:24 > 0:36:26I'd keep them for life.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- If they don't sell, promise me you'll hang on to them.- Oh, yes.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35- They're only worth what anybody is prepared to pay.- Exactly.
0:36:35 > 0:36:42- That's what Nigel said on the day. - We'll find out what price we can get right here, right now.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44This is it, Ian.
0:36:44 > 0:36:50A quantity of 19th-century carriage prints, drawings, various sizes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Writer's brushes. I can start at £80.
0:36:53 > 0:36:5685 do I see? At £80, a single bid.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59I can sell it at that. £80. 85. £90.
0:36:59 > 0:37:0295. 100. 110.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05120. 130. 135.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08140. You've got it now. 140. 150?
0:37:08 > 0:37:11150. 160?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14At £150.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17At 150...
0:37:17 > 0:37:22Lovely. £150, bang on. I hope the carriage museum bought it.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- You'd hope for someone like that. - It's a bygone.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30Ian, come and join us. What do you think about that?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Well, between the estimates.- Yes.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35What will you do with the money?
0:37:35 > 0:37:41I've no idea. I'll bet he does, though, the little un! He'll want to spend it.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Cracking lot. That's what Flog It is all about - the unusual.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55Now we've got a Steiff lion up for grabs. It belongs to Cynthia.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01- I reckon this will sell so easily. It's a name that people want to collect.- You reckon?
0:38:01 > 0:38:06Yes! Especially with the little stud in the ear. £50-£80 we've got.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11- Yes.- You're going, "I don't like it." Is that why you want to flog it?
0:38:11 > 0:38:19- It's been stuck in the wardrobe for 40-odd years.- Well, at least it's kept it in good condition.
0:38:19 > 0:38:25- Hasn't it?- Not bad.- In the wardrobe. Time to let it go, isn't it? - Yes.
0:38:25 > 0:38:31I hope it causes a growl in the saleroom. It's not a teddy bear, which they're renowned for,
0:38:31 > 0:38:37- but it's still a good make. - It is. A teddy bear, we'd be looking at the high hundreds.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42Even into the thousands. But I couldn't resist this. It's nice.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- Say it's a teddy bear! - No, we can't say it's a teddy bear!
0:38:48 > 0:38:53I think it's lovely. It's full of personality.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58Somebody's going to fall in love with it and give it TLC. This is it.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Lot number 245 is the Steiff mohair lion.
0:39:02 > 0:39:10And three bids on him. One bid at 40, one bid at 50 and one bid higher.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1355 starts him. 60 anywhere? 60.
0:39:13 > 0:39:1765. 70. 75. 80.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- 85. £90.- That's all right.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23At 90 and 5 do I see? At £90.
0:39:23 > 0:39:2895 is it? At £90. All sure?
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- Well, that's not bad. - I think that's very good!
0:39:32 > 0:39:35That's excellent, isn't it?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38What are you going to put £90 towards?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42- We're on camera, or else I'd tell you.- Whisper in my ear.
0:39:42 > 0:39:48My bra's hanging off me back and my knickers aren't much better, so that's a good cause!
0:39:48 > 0:39:52- Can I tell them? Oh, please, let me.- Go on.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57It's for her bra and knickers! So it'll be for underwear!
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Brilliant! You'll get some lovely underwear for that.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- It's going to a little lass that really needs money.- Treat yourself!
0:40:17 > 0:40:25A touch of the Orient comes to Derbyshire with a 19th-century Japanese bronze. So well modelled.
0:40:25 > 0:40:32- Right. - And we've got a value of £200-£300 done by our expert, Charlie.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- Were you happy with the valuation? - Yes, very surprised and happy.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40I hope it's going to exceed that because it is quality.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43It really is beautiful.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- Why are you flogging it?- Just to give somebody else the enjoyment.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53It was my granddad's and he'd be proud of me selling it.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- It's going to sell.- It is.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- It can't not sell.- No.
0:40:58 > 0:41:05- Top end? Plus?- 260.- Oh, come on. let's see 320 or something. Good luck.- Thank you very much.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Lot 185 is this very nice little Japanese bronze.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Lots of interest.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18- We've got internet bidding, commission bidding.- Internet bidding? - That's what we want to hear!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21I can start the bidding at £280.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25290. 300 do I see? At 290.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Do I see 300? At 290. 300?
0:41:28 > 0:41:32300. 320. 340.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34340. 360.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- 380.- This is great. They love it.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40380 at the foot of the stairs. 400. 420.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45440. 450. 460.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49470. 480.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54At 450, it's with me. Do I see 490? Do I see 490?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Absentee bid at the back. 490.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01500. 510. 510.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06- 520.- This is when I start getting a bit nervous about my valuation!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09540. 550.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11560. 570?
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Ohh...!
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- Hang on in there, Sally. - At 560. 570.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23At the back, at £570. Against them all.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26At £570.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31Sally, £570. That's a lot better than £200-£300.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34I think that's worth a kiss!
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Ohh, yes!
0:42:36 > 0:42:39What will you put that towards?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Straight down the middle between me and my mum.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45What a fantastic moment.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49- Thoroughly enjoyed that. Quality always sells.- Yeah.
0:42:49 > 0:42:55- It was a bit conservative, the valuation. But a couple of people had to have it.- Thank you.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- Thank you.- Absolutely brilliant.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08It's still going on behind me, but it's all over for our owners.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10We've had some great results.
0:43:10 > 0:43:16It was nice to see the expression on Sally's face when her little Japanese bronze figure sold
0:43:16 > 0:43:20for nearly double Charlie's estimate, selling at £570.
0:43:20 > 0:43:28What a day and what a result. That's all the time we have from Bamford's here in Derbyshire.
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