0:00:02 > 0:00:07We've got to be on our best behaviour in case someone important pops in to our valuation day
0:00:07 > 0:00:13because we're just a stone's throw away from the Queen's official residence. We're in Windsor.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52The great thing about a Flog It! valuation day
0:00:52 > 0:00:57is you never know exactly what or who is going to turn up.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Will we find anything with a royal connection? It's anybody's guess.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12One thing we can be sure of - all of our experts, Nick Hall,
0:01:12 > 0:01:19Adam Partridge and Thomas Plant, will treat everything with courtesy and respect,
0:01:19 > 0:01:25- whether they're rags or riches, won't you, chaps? - Of course we will.- Yes, Paul.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35Hopefully we'll be selling everything later on, for a right royal profit.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Right now it's time to see what Nick has come up with.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43Hello John, welcome to sunny Windsor. Thank you for bringing in this great little plant pot with you.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47It caught my eye in the queue. I liked this as soon as I saw it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I'd like to know what you can tell me about it, how you came to own it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Yes, well it came to us when my mother died.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58She was actually 90 when she died.
0:01:58 > 0:02:04- It's been in your family a long time then?- Yes, as far as I know it's always been in the family, yes.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- So you inherited it?- Yes. - Do you have plants in it at home?- No, we don't.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- Relegated to the cupboard under the sink or somewhere.- Up in the loft.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17It's a shame. It really needs to come out and be appreciated for what it is.
0:02:17 > 0:02:24Obviously we can see from the marks underneath that it's a piece of Mintons, it's fully marked Mintons.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28We can tell that it's got the "s" on the end of Minton which says it's after 1872.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Also we've got the England stamp on there, so it's after 1891,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35so we can date it quite accurately.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38We've got some various impressed marks which help with that.
0:02:38 > 0:02:45I'd date this to probably around about 1895, 1900, that sort of date.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48It falls into the category that we'd call Arts and Crafts.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It's just a short period of the late Victorian era
0:02:51 > 0:02:55and you've some wonderful designers working, Mintons,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59a lot of the other great ceramic factories of the UK.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Um...I particularly like the pattern of the flowers on these.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- There's one name they draw me to, Christopher Dresser.- Right.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13It's known that he was doing some designs for Mintons
0:03:13 > 0:03:16and we've seen and sold a lot of his work over the years.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19A lot of it's signed and it makes a lot of money when it's signed.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24This is only attributable to him because it's not signed, I can't say it's definitely Dresser.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- Would it definitely be signed if it was...?- Not always. It's never that simple, sadly.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34It would make our job harder and we'd have to work for a living rather than telling us everything on the front.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- Do you have any idea what you think it might be worth? - Well, I thought about 100.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42About £100, not a bad starting price.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I've had a look round it - the only fault I can see
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- is there's a very small hairline crack just down the rim there. - We've noticed that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52We've got a bit of crazing under the glaze.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55That's not a problem. It's just that crack.
0:03:55 > 0:04:02- Yeah.- Value-wise, if it's just a piece of anonymous Mintons art pottery of circa 1900,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06it's going to make £100, £150 maybe.
0:04:06 > 0:04:13- If the buyers decide yes, I think it could be Dresser, we could be looking at £200, £300 perhaps.- Right.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18So let's get it in with a firm reserve of, say, £100 so you're not disappointed,
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- and then fingers crossed it'll make a good sale for you and we can flog it.- Very good.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- Jenny.- Hello.- Tell me, where did you get your decanter and stopper from?
0:04:36 > 0:04:42I found it in the shed when we moved back to my mother's family home and the shed was full
0:04:42 > 0:04:49of furniture and various bits and pieces that had been owned by her parents and other relatives.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52There it was and I was seven. So I've had it a little while now.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58Some time, certainly. So it's been with you, you know, through thick and thin probably.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Yeah. Moved house a few times. - It's in remarkably good condition.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Why do you reckon your family had it?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I don't know. I imagined it's probably...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11early 20th century...
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- I don't know. - No, what it is is it's 19th century.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20- Oh, right.- It's probably going to be 1850s, 1860s, something like that,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22and it's what we call Bohemian glass.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Bohemian glass because it comes from that part of the world.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- Right.- This is a typical decoration and design from Bohemia.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34What happens is...
0:05:34 > 0:05:38glass is blown and it's a clear glass.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- Mm-hmm.- Then this red ruby you can see around it
0:05:43 > 0:05:47is flashed over the glass so the clear glass is blown
0:05:47 > 0:05:51and then it's dipped in a ruby glass and taken out immediately.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Oh, right. - It's then shaped and left to cool.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Then how does the decoration get made?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02By a wheel engraver. A wheel engraver comes along and takes away the ruby
0:06:02 > 0:06:07to leave what we see now and it creates an effect, a 3D effect.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Each side has an architectural building on it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17Now they look and certainly the place names underneath look to be more
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Austro-Hungarian, something like that,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24middle-European design of architecture and the lettering underneath.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Quite popular today, there's quite a few people who collect it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33When it comes to putting a price on this, I don't think we're going to get you a king's ransom
0:06:33 > 0:06:36or send you on an exotic holiday at all.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38However they're quite collectible
0:06:38 > 0:06:44and I'd feel disappointed if you didn't get between £120 and £180.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50- Now as regards to reserve, would you be happy with a reserve of £100?- Mm.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- How does that grab you?- That's fine. - Yeah? You seemed very relaxed.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Well, I'm here because I've decided to get rid of it.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Thank you for coming. Will we see you at the auction?- Yes.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Sheila, thank you very much for coming in.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18You know I love wood, I love treen. This is a gorgeous bit of treen.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I've been looking at this for a few minutes and I'm a bit foxed
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and I hope you are as well because I can't quite work it out.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I know... I know it's been well used.
0:07:29 > 0:07:36- Yes.- It's a quality item, it's made of Cuban mahogany and it looks like something from a jacquard loom,
0:07:36 > 0:07:41you sort of separate something, but I know it's not that because it's too refined.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- It could be a page-turner if there was only one prong.- Yes.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51But I'm not sure... It's a separator of some sort. What is it?
0:07:51 > 0:07:56It used to be used in the old leather ledgers,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59when you get to the end,
0:07:59 > 0:08:04when you have a book that's that thick, A to Z, and very thick.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- I see what you're getting at now. - It's difficult...
0:08:07 > 0:08:13Your hand would just fall off the end once you got to the end of the line so you need to support it.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- So that goes in the pages.- Like so. And then you rest your hand.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Yes. This takes the weight.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21There you go. It's logical, isn't it?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26OK, so how did you come by this?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Well, my husband's had it for as long as I can remember.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33We'd been married 52-and-a-half years when he died recently.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38He's just had it hanging up on the wall.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Well, it's Victorian, circa 1850, 1880, somewhere around there.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Yes, that ties in.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Was he a clerk at all?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- My husband was an accountant.- Ah...
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- There you go. - His father, who was in the choir at St George's, was a book-keeper.
0:08:55 > 0:09:02Between singing, they have to have another job. All lay clerks...
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- Yeah.- ..In chapels and colleges. - St George's here, you mean? He was singing in St George's?
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- Yes, he was born here, my husband. He was born in the castle. - He was born in Windsor Castle?
0:09:12 > 0:09:19He was born in the archway where you go in, you go in to the Henry VIII gate.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22He could almost claim to have blue blood, he could be royalty.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24That would be good!
0:09:25 > 0:09:33As a value, it's a curio, as I've not seen one before it's very hard to put a price on it
0:09:33 > 0:09:39but I think because of its social history, because it's a sort of gentlemen's toy,
0:09:39 > 0:09:45I think we can put this into auction and hopefully get around £60 to £90.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Would you be happy with that?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Yes, I would.- Yeah?- Yes. - We'll let the auctioneer use his discretion.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58- We'll put a reserve of £50 in there. Yes. Thank you. Yeah? Shall we Flog It?- Yes, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Hello, Harry. What a nice bowl you've got.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10How did you come to own such a nice bit of glassware?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14My mother was clearing out clutter about 20 years ago
0:10:14 > 0:10:18and handed it on to me.
0:10:18 > 0:10:25She got it from her mother. Her mother in turn got it from her sister, my great-aunt.
0:10:25 > 0:10:32Going back many years to when I was a child, I have a recollection
0:10:32 > 0:10:39of this being on my Great Aunt Doris's kitchen table with windfall apples in it.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Wow, what a great family history.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Where do you think it came originally? How did it come into the family?
0:10:45 > 0:10:52My dear great aunt and my grandmother lived in the Pembrokeshire village of Newport.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- OK.- I rather suspect that this was bought
0:10:55 > 0:11:02at the then-regular auctions at Newport Memorial Hall.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08That's interesting. It still doesn't tell us how it's got from where it was manufactured over to here.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11This is a piece of Austrian glass.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16It dates a little bit earlier than your family history goes back. I would date this to about 1900.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Slap-bang in the middle of the Art Nouveau period.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Stylistically it looks like a piece of Loetz glass,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26which was one of the most prominent factories in the region of that era.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31But of course I've had a look underneath and as is always the way, there's no signature, is there?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33No factory mark, no signature.
0:11:33 > 0:11:40So what we can say is it's Austrian, it's Art Nouveau, circa 1900, in the style of Loetz.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46Loetz is a very collectible factory of this iridescent glass, beautiful colours.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51What really intrigues me is these lovely little flower heads pasted onto the side.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Absolutely, as far as I can see unchipped as well.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Yeah, no damage, which is amazing, considering it's been used in your family for 60 years,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01had apples galore stuffed in it!
0:12:01 > 0:12:05A nice thing. Why do you want to sell it now after all that family history?
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I do love it, I love the shape, I love the colour,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13but it doesn't lend itself towards decoration in the year 2006
0:12:13 > 0:12:17and it's such a waste to keep it in a box.
0:12:17 > 0:12:24Let's put it into the auction but let's find some collectors who will display it and appreciate it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29- Have you any idea what you think it might be worth? - I have no idea what it's worth...
0:12:29 > 0:12:33£80 maybe, £100, maybe more, I don't know.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39You're certainly not far off the mark. I would think it ought to make closer to a couple of hundred pounds.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40OK.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- I think a sensible auction estimate should be £150 to £200.- Right.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50And maybe pitch the reserve slightly under the lower figure,
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- so £125 as a firm reserve.- OK.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I think it will attract buyers in.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And I think once they're there and they see the beauty and the quality,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04particularly these flower heads which are reminiscent
0:13:04 > 0:13:08of a lot of the top designers at the Loetz factory, they'll love it too,
0:13:08 > 0:13:12and I think their bids will follow accordingly and hopefully get the top end for you.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16I should be very, very interested to see what happens.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Some of the colourful items going in today's auction have been given a new lease of life.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26There's John's jardiniere, which was rescued from the loft, and the ruby decanter,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30belonging to Jenny, that nearly ended its days in a garden shed.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34But at least Sheila's mahogany armrest has been well cherished.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39So has the green glass bowl that's been passed down through Harry's family.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52We're at Bourne End Auction Rooms for today's sale, in Buckinghamshire
0:13:52 > 0:13:59and in charge of the proceedings is auctioneer Simon Brown. First under the hammer is John's jardiniere.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04We've got a great lot now, an Arts and Crafts jardiniere in the manner of Christopher Dresser.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- If it IS Dresser, we're laughing all the way to the bank, aren't we, John?- We are.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Nick's put a value of £100, £150, somewhere around there.
0:14:11 > 0:14:17- If it is Dresser we're looking at £800 to £1,200.- As good as that? - If it's Dresser...- Potentially.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- To be fair, Paul... - It's in the manner of.
0:14:20 > 0:14:26The estimate reflects the fact that it's unsigned, but it's a nice bit of Minton Arts and Crafts pottery.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28That's pretty much what the estimate is.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Lot 115, late Victorian Mintons green-glazed jardiniere,
0:14:32 > 0:14:33that's the one showing behind me.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37In the manner of Christopher Dresser, start me at £50 please,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39for this lot. 50 I'm bid.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Got you at 50. 55, 60, 65,
0:14:42 > 0:14:4470, 75,
0:14:44 > 0:14:4675, 80, 85,
0:14:46 > 0:14:4890, 95,
0:14:48 > 0:14:53£90 now, got you at 90, 95, 100, £100 now.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Selling at 100, are we all done at 100?
0:14:56 > 0:15:02We got it away, didn't we?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03On the reserve.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08- OK. It wasn't Dresser.- No.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19I love this next item, this ruby decanter. It's got quality all the way through it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24- We're looking at 120-180. It's been brought in by Jenny here. Good luck with this.- Thank you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:31- You've had this since you were seven, really. Had your eyes on it! - At lest 20 years!- At least 20 years!
0:15:31 > 0:15:34No, ten years ago, wasn't it? Lots of memories.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Yeah. I used to have it on display, but recently it's been put away.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Do you use it?- No. - Thomas, will we get that top end?
0:15:42 > 0:15:47I think we could actually because it's a quality antique.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- It is.- It is in the detail. We see Beswick, Troika or Whitefriars
0:15:51 > 0:15:55and now something quality comes along, wonderfully made...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58And much cheaper than Beswick and Troika!
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Much cheaper and much rarer.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- But maybe not so fashionable.- Yeah, and we're in the fashion business.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Lot 272, Bohemian ruby flashed and engraved spa decanter.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Start me at £50, please, for this lot. 50, anybody interested at 50?
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- Nobody interested at all at 50? - I can't believe this.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- 55. 60. 65. 70.- That's good.
0:16:21 > 0:16:2675. 80. 85. 90. 95.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29100. £100, now selling at 100.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35- Got you at 100. Are we all done at 100, now?- That was a struggle.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- It was a struggle.- Sold on the reserve.- Sold on the reserve.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40That's OK. That's OK.
0:16:40 > 0:16:47- I'm a big girl now - I can let go. - What will you use the £100 for?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I was gonna give it to my bank manager who's a very worthy cause.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- Oh, I see. - I've got a more worthy cause now, because my rabbit needs neutering.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57OK. These things have to be done!
0:16:57 > 0:17:01I feel a bit depressed now for the poor rabbit!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Right, it's now my turn to be the expert
0:17:13 > 0:17:15and I've just been joined by Sheila.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21We've got that lovely little clerk's armrest which is just about to go under the hammer.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24You really made my day, because you taught me something.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- I didn't know what that was. - I don't think many people do.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30No. When we brought it here to the auction room,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33we had a chat with Simon, the auctioneer.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37He didn't know what it was. None of his staff did either. They've never seen one.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39They just couldn't work it out.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Unfortunately, when I had a chat with him earlier,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45he said to me if he would value it,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49if it came into the saleroom tomorrow, he'd put £20-£30 on it,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- which is nothing, is it? - No, I'd rather keep it.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Well, we're going to. If it doesn't sell for £50 or over, we're keeping it.- Yes.
0:17:56 > 0:18:04Lot 43, this is a rather interesting Victorian mahogany clerk's armrest.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Right, who'll start me at £50?
0:18:08 > 0:18:1230 to start. 30 I'm bid. Got you at 30.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Yours at 30. Are we all done at 30?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Got you at 30, now.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22No? See me afterwards if you're interested. Thank you.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25That was short and sweet, wasn't it?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Oh dear, I hate those moments.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Sheila, it's going home and you're gonna look after it.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Hang on the wall again.- Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37That's where it used to be, in my husband's den.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Lots of memories there. Keep cherishing them
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- and it'll make you smile every time you see it.- Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54We've got some Austrian Art Nouveau glass bowls going under the hammer right now.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56A beautiful iridescent lot here.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00They belong to Harry. There's a lot of memories going. Are you sad?
0:19:00 > 0:19:06- Not really - the colour doesn't appeal enormously.- OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Nick, will we get that top end?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10A great bit of Art Nouveau.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14It's unsigned again, but all the quality and style's there.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15- It should make it all day long.- OK.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- We'll see what happens.- Nick's confident. Harry wants rid of...
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Lot 129, circa 1900,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25that's the Austrian Art Nouveau iridescent green glass bowl.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Start me at £100, please, for this lot. Come on, £100 to start.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- 100 I'm bid. 110.- We're off.- 120.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33130. 140.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Got you at 140. Yours at 140.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Are we all done at 140? Selling at 140. Are we all done?
0:19:39 > 0:19:43The hammer's gone down, Harry. You're gonna take that, 140?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Oh, absolutely. Yes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48You were talking about your house, it didn't suit your house.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54- I think with iridescent glass you must display it with others of its kind.- Yes.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57You must have a big surface.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- It must be well lit.- Exactly, yes, lots and lots of light.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Also, the glass does gather dust.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Which you don't like?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Well done, Harry, thanks for coming in.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Polo is one of the oldest and fastest team games in the world.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54The first recorded game was played in Persia around 600BC
0:20:54 > 0:20:59and was probably a training exercise for the Persian cavalry, as well as a sport.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02As the cavalry were made up almost entirely of nobles,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06it earned the game the title the Sport Of Kings.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19The first polo club was opened in India and, believe it or not,
0:21:19 > 0:21:24there's still a version of polo that's played on elephants instead of ponies.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28In the 1800, polo was adopted by the English tea planters there
0:21:28 > 0:21:30and brought back to Britain.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I tell you what, I cannot wait for this. This is so exciting for me.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41It's possibly the most exciting thing I've ever done on the show.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45I'm gonna get the opportunity, not only to learn the rules
0:21:45 > 0:21:48and how to play the game, and also learn about the history of polo,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51but get on a polo pony and try it for myself.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Now, how exciting is that?
0:21:55 > 0:22:01I'm spending the day here at the prestigious Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04where Prince Charles himself is a member.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Well there's only one thing left to do now - that's get the kit on!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I guess I'd better go and meet my instructor, Mark.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Here he is.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20- Hi, Mark.- Hello, Paul.- Thank you for taking time out to talk to us today and giving me a lesson.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Right... I'm petrified.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I have ridden a horse before, so that's the OK bit.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28But hitting a ball from a horse is gonna be very difficult for me.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Talk me through the technique.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- OK. We're gonna use the wooden horse to start you off.- Yes.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37So at least the horse is keeping still when you're practising your swing technique.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42We start off just sitting in the saddle as normal when you're riding around, but the big change for you
0:22:42 > 0:22:46as a rider will be that you hold your reins in your left hand, one-handed
0:22:46 > 0:22:48to enable you to swing the mallet.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You hit it with the front of the mallet, here.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54A lot of people think we hit like this. That would be impossible.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57So we actually hit it with this part of the mallet.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58That way to go forwards
0:22:58 > 0:23:01and use the back of the mallet to go backwards.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02OK. What's the ball made of?
0:23:02 > 0:23:08Nowadays the ball is made of a very, very hard plastic, almost like an ice hockey puck, it's rock hard.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Oh, it is, isn't it?
0:23:09 > 0:23:13I can make that thing travel at about 100mph when I hit it really hard.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Most good professional players...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- That's gonna hurt! - It is if you get in the way.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Originally it was made from the pulu root from the pulu tree...
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- a very hard root where the modern name polo comes from. - Ah, where the name comes from.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Go on then, Mark, give it a good old swing and let's see it put into practice.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34You can see I've got this sweet sort of pendulum-type movement.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36The kind of thing you see a golfer play,
0:23:36 > 0:23:42but I have to play it off the side of a horse, which we ride at 40mph.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- That's the difficult bit. - That is the tricky bit, yeah.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54I start by putting angles into the shots.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I'm twisting my body through 90 degrees.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I'm bending my elbow and cocking my wrist.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I just release all that stored-up power
0:24:01 > 0:24:05onto the ball and hit through here like so.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I don't try and hold onto the mallet.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I just release, relax and let it swing,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13because if I've missed the ball I'll need to swing again.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- OK.- You do that both forwards, both sides of the pony,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19like so.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Then you just give this ball a little tap.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I'll just demonstrate the shot.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24OK.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31OK, now it's my turn.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Right...
0:24:35 > 0:24:39It's a lot easier than being on the real thing, that's for sure.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Right.- OK.- Heels down.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Heels down.- There you go. Can you do that yourself?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47On the outside. Good, there you go.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Let's just get that seated properly in your hand.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54You've got a nice, loose grip, actually. That's excellent.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Right, OK, then. - It's time to hit the ball.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Time to hit the ball. Oh dear. - I'll just step back a little.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00PAUL LAUGHS
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Oh, a beauty!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05What a lovely feeling.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Jammy!
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Once you've hit it once, all you want to do is hit it again and again and again.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17That's why polo is so addictive and people love it so much.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20So much for the practising, time for the real thing.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- What's her name?- This is Peanut.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25This is one of my little horses.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27One...two...three and you're on.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Right, OK, well... The scary bit is now trying to hit the ball, isn't it?
0:25:33 > 0:25:39Let's come out onto the polo pitch and see if you can remember what you learnt.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42I bet I won't hit the ball!
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Oh!
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Come on, Paul.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I missed it!
0:25:52 > 0:25:57A game consists of four periods of play and they're called chukkas.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Each are seven minutes long and the game is so fast and furious
0:26:00 > 0:26:03that the players use a fresh pony for every chukka.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09There are four players to a team and the object is to score the highest number of goals.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11LAUGHTER
0:26:11 > 0:26:13How can you hit a ball that hard?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15That was a slog.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19I've got to try and score a goal.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26That's it, Paul. Just relax into it and swing right back.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28That's it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30It's not quite there. Quickly...
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Quickly, quickly.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36That's it. Well done.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37PAUL LAUGHS
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Oh, brilliant. Absolutely, brilliant!
0:26:40 > 0:26:44That was absolutely fantastic.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Thank you so much, Mark.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49All I can say is this polo school's definitely worth a visit.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52In fact, I'm gonna rephrase that, it's definitely worth several visits
0:26:52 > 0:26:57and you may even get to ride on good old Peanut here. What a day out!
0:26:57 > 0:26:58- Thank you.- My pleasure.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03There's even one with Windsor on it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10And back at the valuation day, let's see what Adam has found.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Sheila, this is something I really like myself.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I love the Art Nouveau movement and this is a great example.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21- Where did you get it from? - It was my mother's and I believe her parents' as well before that.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26I've had it all this time and I've used it as a little vase.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28You've used it nicely as a vase.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It's nice to have these things used as well.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It's made really for ornament.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It's made by the Hungarian factory called Zsolnay.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Some people say Zolnay, but I think it's Z-S-O-L-N-A-Y,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42established in the 1850s.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46They started initially making quite traditional items.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48At the end of the 19th century, around 1897,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50they went to making Art Nouveau items.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55They're well known for these iridescent glazes that we see on the front and the red particularly.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00I just love this flowing dress around the central vase.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I think she's absolutely beautiful.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- It dates from the turn of the century around 1900.- Right.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07And it originates from Hungary.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Very popular nowadays.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13I see there's a few little bits of damage.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- I'm sure you've not done those.- No.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- You can't remember when they were done.- Can't remember.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19There's a few little marks along here
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- and a bit of damage on her arm. - Yes, I knew that was there.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24We'll have to be cautious with the value.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- When we were talking before you didn't think it was valuable, did you?- No, I didn't.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I'm gonna disagree, really.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Some of the Zsolnay pieces can fetch thousands now.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I don't think we're in that league.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- No.- But we're certainly more than £20 type of thing.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45- I would suggest an estimate of £100-£150.- That's a surprise.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48That's a nice surprise. We'll put a reserve of 80, shall we?
0:28:48 > 0:28:52I think if it doesn't make 80, it's definitely worth hanging onto.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Just being a bit cautious because of the damage.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I think, fingers crossed, we could be in for a little surprise there.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Shall we show everyone at home what the marks are like so they can spot it themselves,
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- or should we leave it flat on the table? - You can show them the marks.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10There's the Zsolnay mark and these are the usual shape and pattern numbers
0:29:10 > 0:29:15and a great example of the Art Nouveau movement.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Let's hope it goes and makes a fortune.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20I won't be embarrassed if it makes a lot more!
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Oh, good!
0:29:28 > 0:29:29- Morning, Keith.- Morning.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Thank you for bringing in this wonderful Chinese pot.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Tell me, how did you come to own it?
0:29:34 > 0:29:39It belonged to my late mother-in-law and she always had it on display.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41She was quite proud of it.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44So it's a family piece. It's been around for a long time.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46As long as you can remember?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Yes, over 30 years. - Really, as long as that?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52As far as you know, did your family ever travel to China?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Or was there any naval history to it?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Well, her husband was in the Navy.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01He was? So he travelled extensively, which could explain how this came.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03As I said, it's Chinese.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06It's obviously what we call a piece of blue and white.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10I suspect it had a lid at some point, as most ginger jars tended to.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16Underneath, there's this tell-tale rim where it would have stood on a stand originally as well.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Do you have any idea how old it might be?- No.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21None at all? Well, it's pretty old.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26An awful lot of these, and most that we see, are what we call export pieces
0:30:26 > 0:30:28made at the end of the 19th century.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32They were mass produced and shipped overseas to Europe. But this is earlier than that.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37This is probably around about the middle of the 18th century, that sort of era...
0:30:37 > 0:30:391750s.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42We can tell that by the particular colouring of the blue,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44the hues of the blue and the glaze.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48This sort of to pearlescent glaze to it which gives an indication of that early age.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Do you have any idea what sort of value it might have?
0:30:52 > 0:30:58- Well, she did tell us someone saw it many years ago and offered £50.- £50?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01OK. That's a little bit on the mean side.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04I think it's worth a bit more than that.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09We have to be cautious when we value it because the lid's missing and the stand's not there.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12And there's a very slight hairline crack just along the top.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Value-wise, we're talking about £150 to £200.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20That sort of region, maybe a little more on a good day
0:31:20 > 0:31:23if it's illustrated and notified to the right buyers properly.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25We need to put a firm reserve on it,
0:31:25 > 0:31:31something to safety-guard it from being sold too cheap if the right buyers aren't there on the day.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33You were offered £50 for it.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I think it makes perfect sense to put £100 firm reserve.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39If it doesn't make that, take it home and try and sell it another day.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44But it should be a good starting price and something not to let it go less than.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- Are you happy with that?- Yes.- OK. Thank you, Keith.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Lynn, thank you very much for coming today and bringing along this great collection.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Tell me, they don't belong to you, do they?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05No, they're an elderly neighbour's who's not well at the moment,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07so I brought them along for him.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Right. And he's given you permission to think about selling them?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Yeah. He was going to sell them anyway.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Do you know much of the story behind how he collected these?
0:32:16 > 0:32:21All I know is that he's been collecting for about 30 or 40 years.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23How he got started, I don't really know.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- How old is he now?- 70.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- What's his name?- Philip.- Philip?
0:32:27 > 0:32:33- And do you look after him when he's not very well?- Yeah.- That's very good of you. Very noble. Very nice.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38These are all stickpins, stockpins for one's stock, tie.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Some of them have been converted from a hatpin, a lady's hatpin,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44to make it into a tie- or a stockpin.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48He's got a wide collection here.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- How many do you reckon are here?- 233. - Have you counted them?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- I haven't, but he has. - I'll take your word for it.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00- Did he say to you, "Oh, that one's a really nice one"?- He didn't.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02But my favourite is the dog one.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Yeah. We've talked about the dog one, haven't we?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08The dog one is the most valuable. You're quite right.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10This one here. If we just take this one out.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13This one is rock crystal.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17It's what we call domed, which is called cabochon because it's domed.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21The way they've done this lovely dog picture
0:33:21 > 0:33:27is they have reverse-carved the base in the shape of a dog, which is really difficult.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31It's almost like carving in a mirror image. Then they painted it.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Hence they've got the pretty dog.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36These are called reverse-painted intaglios,
0:33:36 > 0:33:40or commonly known as Essex crystals,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43because an Essex jeweller invented the process.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47That one, individually, is worth about £80 to £120.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51The other nice one is this one here.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56It's carved agate with a little diamond in it. Can you see that?
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Yeah.- This is a carved agate.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Carved as a shell,
0:34:00 > 0:34:01looking like an oyster shell.
0:34:02 > 0:34:08Then the little diamond in there makes it look like a bit of a gem.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Like a little shining gem inside the shell.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14That's worth around £40 to £60.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Lots of them here are what we would call almost quite pedestrian.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21You've got the litter one here, for example. Which is quite fun.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25And all of these horseshoes at the front are not worth a great deal.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28What we do is we get this collection of 230...?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Three.- 233, divide them into 115 or whatever it's going to be.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Maybe one will be more than the other.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36But each of those two different lots,
0:34:36 > 0:34:41we separate out the good ones and divide them up between the two lots.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44One lot would have the shell and one lot would have the Essex crystal.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48The estimates for both of those lots would be between £200 and £300.
0:34:48 > 0:34:55As regards to reserves on each of those lots, I'd say £200 with the auctioneer's discretion.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57There's no point giving them away.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- Is Philip going to come along to the auction?- Yeah.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06I've already spoken to him and he should be up to coming.
0:35:06 > 0:35:07- And you'll give him a lift?- Yeah.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11It's very good of you to do that. We look forward to seeing you there.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19It's time to get straight back to the auction room with our next batch of items.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Will collectors of Art Nouveau pottery like this Hungarian lady enough to ignore the damage?
0:35:23 > 0:35:28Was Nick right with his valuation of the blue and white Chinese jar?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30It's all down to the bidders.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33But surely they can't miss the point of this fantastic collection of stick pins!
0:35:37 > 0:35:42There's 40 years of collecting stick pins here by a chap called Philip.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44There's 233.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46We've split them into two lots
0:35:46 > 0:35:49and we've got a valuation of £200 to £300 on each lot.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Will we do the business?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53It's a beautiful collection.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56I personally feel
0:35:56 > 0:36:00you're probably looking at between £300 to £400 per lot.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04That's excellent. That really is good.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07There's some nice stick pins in there, one or two diamond stick pins.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09There's some ruby inset stick pins.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Beautiful rock crystal one inset with a small dog.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18Some of those pins, you're looking at £40, £50, £60, £70 each.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21There's a lot of happy years of collecting there.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25I guess that's what collecting is all about, really. Piecing it together, year after year.
0:36:37 > 0:36:43Sheila, in a moment, we're going to be saying goodbye to your Zsolnay vase and hello to £150, hopefully.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46That's what I am hoping for, Adam's top end of the estimate.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51It's a lovely little vase. I love the iridescent look and the lustreware.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I think the bidders will love this.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Let's see them get stuck in and fight over it. It's been in the family a long time, hasn't it?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Yes, it has. - So why are you flogging it?
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Lots of memories here?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- Yes, it was a difficult decision. Almost...- Did he twist your arm?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Our expert here, Adam Partridge, the baby-faced assassin!
0:37:11 > 0:37:17Lot 160. A late 19th-century Zsolnay lustre glaze figure of a female.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Start me at £50 please for this.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21£50 I am bid.
0:37:21 > 0:37:22Got you at 50, 55, 60...
0:37:22 > 0:37:25There's a phone bid.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2780, 85,
0:37:27 > 0:37:2990, 95.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34100? £95 on the phone.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Selling at 95. Are we all done at 95?
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Got you at 95, Martin. Are we all done?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Disappointing.- It's still a result. It's still a good result, Sheila.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- £100. We said 100.- 95.
0:37:47 > 0:37:53Yeah, 95. Must have been a bit of damage that didn't help. Damage on ceramics always kills it off a bit.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56What will you put the money towards?
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- I'll treat the grandchildren. - Lovely.- Probably Legoland or something like that.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- Oh, that's a fun day out, isn't it? - Yes.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13We've got a great bit of blue and white, a bit of 18th century Chinese now.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16It belongs to Keith. Keith, why are you flogging this?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18It belonged to my late mother-in-law.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22It would be difficult to divide it up between three people.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24OK. So the money will be divided instead.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27It is a nice piece. I love this. ..Nick?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30It's nice and early and well painted.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31It should make the money.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Something for the purists? It is going under the hammer, right now.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Good luck, Keith and good luck, Nick.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Lot 86. Mid-18th century Chinese blue and white ginger jar.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46Who'll start me at £50 please for this? Come on, 50 to start.
0:38:46 > 0:38:4850, anybody interested at 50?
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Nobody interested at 50?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Yes. We've got someone.- 50 I am bid.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Got you at 50. 55, 60, 65, 70.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57It's creeping.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59£65 now. Selling at 65.
0:38:59 > 0:39:0470, 75, 80, 85, 90.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Got you at 90.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Are we all done? 95, 100.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12100 in the corner. Got you at 100.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Yours at 100. Are we all done at £100?
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Yes. £100, bang on the reserve, Keith.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Good job we put that reserve in!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I was going to say, it's not black and white, it's not blue and white.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- It still is tricky. - It's not an exact science.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33If it had had the lid, it would have made the top end and more.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36But there we go, it sold. Made its money, I think it's about right.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Well done, thank you for bringing it in as well.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Right now I've got to introduce to you the neighbour of the year.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Here she is. She's called Lynn.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Bless her, you look after Philip.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53You're always there for him. They're his stick pins, aren't they?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56You came to the valuation day, because he couldn't make it.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- You brought him along to the auction?- Yes. - Fingers crossed, we got him here.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Unfortunately, he can't get up the stairs because there is no stair lift.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- So we'll have a chat with him after the sale. He's down there waiting, isn't he?- Yes.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09You have got a heart of gold. You really have.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14As you know, we've split the stick pins into two lots, valued £200 to £300 each.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17We had a chat to the auctioneer. Let me bring in our expert, Thomas.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23- The auctioneer said he would put £300 to £400 on each lot.- Really?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26That's really good. He's confident it's going to get your top end.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32I've seen a few people viewing, I've found out, which is always a good sign.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It's going under the hammer now.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Lot 200, it's a good collection of Victorian hat pins.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Who'll start me at £200 for this lot?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46200 I'm bid. Got you at 200. Yours at 200.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48220. 240? 220.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51240, 260, 280.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54300? 280 on my left. Selling at 280.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58300, 320, 340, 360, 380.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04400? 380, got you at 380. Are we all done at 380?
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Now selling at £380.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Yes, one lot down, one more to go.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- £380, that's a good result. - Bottom estimate already!
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Lot 201. A similar collection.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Start me at £200 again.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21100 then to start.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22100, I'm bid.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25110, 120, 130, 140.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28150, 160, 170, 180.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30190, 200.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36220. 240. 260, 280.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39300, 320.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41This is brilliant.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42- They absolutely love them.- 360?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47340 on my left. Selling at 340.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49360, 380. 400?
0:41:49 > 0:41:52380 on my left, selling at 380.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Are we all done at 380 now?
0:41:55 > 0:41:59That's unbelievable. Both lots at £380.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02That's fantastic.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03I'm gobsmacked, he'll be so pleased.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07What we're going to do right now is go downstairs, have a chat with Philip,
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- and ask him what he's going to put the money towards. Shall we?- Yeah.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I can't wait to tell Philip!
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Hi, Phil. They've just gone under the hammer.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- We've sold both lots.- Yeah.
0:42:16 > 0:42:22- We got £380 for each lot, which is a grand total of £760.- Well done.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Well done, you!
0:42:24 > 0:42:27That's 40 years of collecting and it's all down to you.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- Bit by bit, that's what collecting is all about.- Yeah.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34OK. The big question is, what are you going to put the money towards?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Generally speaking, myself.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Yeah?
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- I want new glasses.- Yeah, OK.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43A bit of pampering?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- Yeah, I want a few things at home as well.- Well, I enjoy it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50I will. Very much so.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51I might even take Lynn out.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53She's done a grand job.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57Lynn is neighbour of the year. I said to her she's neighbour of the year.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01You're so lucky to have such a... not just a kind next-door neighbour, but a very pretty one as well.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03I've got such good friends.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06You have, haven't you? And friends are more important than money, aren't they?
0:43:06 > 0:43:09We'll go out for a meal, anyway.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23We had a great day here. Some mixed results, but Philip was so happy.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27A combined total £760 for his collection of stick pins.
0:43:27 > 0:43:32Although he didn't witness the event, he certainly heard it from down the bottom of the stairs.
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