0:00:06 > 0:00:10What a fantastic crowd of Wulfrunians we have here today. Is that the right pronunciation?
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- Yes.- Wulfrunians.- Yes.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- I tell you what, the team's not doing very well.- Not yesterday.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18They got thrashed 4-0 by Cardiff.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Where do you find a Wulfrunian?
0:00:20 > 0:00:25I'll tell you where, outside Wolverhampton's Civic Hall, and they are all queuing up for Flog It!
0:00:57 > 0:01:02The people of Wolverhampton are called Wulfrunian after the Saxon Lady Wulfruna.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04In 1425 she founded a monastery,
0:01:04 > 0:01:09starting the settlement which was to become the thriving city we see today.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Amongst this massive crowd of Wulfrunians,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18we've also got David Barbie and Catherine Southern.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24They're rummaging through all the bags and boxes, ready to come up with their expert valuations.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Hilary, you've brought along this beautiful little trinket box.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's that classic combination
0:01:37 > 0:01:40of tortoiseshell and silver which always looks so elegant.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- Where did you get it from?- It was handed down to me from my mother.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49She got it from an elderly neighbour who gave it to her as a thank you present.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51What a lovely thank you present!
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Your mother must have been kind to her.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Probably, yes. - It's a sweet little thing.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Is it something that you use?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I actually keep my rings in it.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03It's been in a cupboard for a long time and it hasn't seen the light of day
0:02:03 > 0:02:06so I thought it would be something you might like to look at
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and someone might appreciate it more.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10It's something I appreciate because it's pretty.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Is it something that you love, you're interested in?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I like the combination of the silver and the tortoiseshell
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and I like the elegant lines of it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I'm wondering if it might, once upon a time, have been part of a set.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28There might have been other pieces in it perhaps like a brush
0:02:28 > 0:02:31that would have had the tortoiseshell covering.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32I might be wrong.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35But it is possible that it is part of a set.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37It has got the hallmarks here.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Do you know anything, have you had it dated?
0:02:40 > 0:02:45No, I haven't, I don't know anything about the hallmarks. I noticed there were two sets of hallmarks.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49There are two sets of hallmarks on the lid and also on the bottom.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55The actual shield here, this mark actually tells us it was made in Chester.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00And this other mark here, the initial R, lets us date it to 1917.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02That is the actual date of the piece.
0:03:02 > 0:03:09- Oh right!- Is that the date you were thinking of?- I thought it was earlier than that, actually.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I will tell you how much it's worth. It's worth £100-150.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16But I would hope if there are two people like us who really go for it,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19perhaps it might make a bit more than that. It is a pretty piece.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Would you be happy to sell at that price?- Yes, I would be, yes.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28We'll put a reserve on of about £80 to keep it safe,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30but I would hope that it does more than that.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34If it does do well, what would you spend the money on?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I really don't know. I'd probably just put it in the bank.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Very wise! Save it for a rainy day.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Thank you very much for coming along. I hope it does well for you.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- I hope we can get you a good price. - Thank you very much.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Doreen, you look very with it with your hairstyle.- I know, yes.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02Do you have London leanings or what? Where do you come from?
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Originally?
0:04:03 > 0:04:10- Birmingham originally. - Aren't we in Birmingham?- No, no!
0:04:10 > 0:04:14And you've brought this wonderful little box along.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- Look at that! Do you not wear it? - No, I don't.- Why not?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I don't know. I never had the occasion, I suppose.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- It is really is such... - It's beautiful, I know.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29That box does nothing for the ring. Here we have this wonderful ring.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34They are old cut diamonds. We have this lovely pierced gallery all the way around.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Where did this come from?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- It was my mother's.- Your mother's.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Right. And did she not wear it?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- No.- Did she not like it?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Yes, she loved it. She just didn't wear it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- It's extraordinary, isn't it? - I know, it's amazing.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Did she buy it?- She bought it. Yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54And she wanted a diamond ring like this?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- Yes.- This is quite stunning.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I notice the shank is not marked.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04It may well be that constant wear has worn the mark smooth
0:05:04 > 0:05:07so, before it goes up for auction, it's got to be tested.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The auction house can test it for either 15 or 18 carat gold.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I would suspect with the setting and the stones,
0:05:13 > 0:05:19that it's round about 18 carat. I don't think it's 22, it's 18 carat.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I love the stones. Old cut.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Lovely shimmer.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Why are you selling this? Don't tell me, you don't wear it either.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- I don't. - Do you not like diamonds?
0:05:29 > 0:05:35I do, I love them but I don't see the sense of them being locked away with nobody looking at them.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38And you've no member of the family it could go to?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- No.- Here it goes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Let's put this up for sale. Price.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48I would like to see an estimate in the region of £350-500.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Right.- If it was in a retail outlet, it would be twice that amount.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56- But we are selling at auction, which is often called the wholesale level. - Yes.
0:05:56 > 0:06:04You've got this distinction between wholesale auction and retail which is the price you pay for it in a shop.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Yes, yes.- Right.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I think I might put a reserve in the region of about £350 on it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Are you quite happy with that?- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14You said that hesitatingly.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19- I know! - Speak now, forever hold thy peace.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- Yes, yes. - We'll do our very best for you.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Ian, it's so nice to get scientific instruments on the show
0:06:31 > 0:06:35because they are precision made, they are quality instruments,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38owned by gentlemen with a bit of money, academics.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And, of course, sought after by academics as well.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42It's quality all the way.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Just look at the case for a start.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Moroccan-tooled leather.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It's just quality all around, that.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51That is absolutely stunning.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53A pocket telescope.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57If I take that out, original velvet interior as well.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I think it's absolutely divine.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- How did you come by this?- I found it under the back seat of a police car.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10- What were you doing?- I worked for West Midlands Police.- Oh, I thought you might have been arrested.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15No. No. I handed it in to found property.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Retrieved it after the specified time.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- Have you found anything else in police cars?- No. - And it's been yours ever since.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It's been mine ever since, about 32 years.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28You've certainly looked after it. It's a nice little piece.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31If we pull it open, you can see it is in fact six draw.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33One, two, three, four, five, six.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39And there it's got a little signature which says Bate
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and it's made in London. They were based in London throughout the 19th century.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46They made a lot of scientific instruments.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48This is a refracting telescope.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53It works by light coming straight through the lens as opposed to a reflecting one.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It's not a brilliant telescope but let's face it,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59it was meant be put in the pocket and used as a little eyeglass.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I'm pretty sure you could survey something.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Maybe that's what was going on in the police car.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08"I've got my eye on you." It really does work.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Obviously the value is in the lens.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13It's not been damaged or scratched.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16One thing is missing from this. Have you noticed?
0:08:16 > 0:08:20This rim here has been machine-tooled and so has that rim.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25That would have been to hold a piece of leather, brown or a blood red.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31Most field glasses have it, it just gives a bit of grip there.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34But it also finishes it off, it gives it that quality.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Metal and leather look fantastic together.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40That won't devalue it too much because the value is in the lens.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43It's one of the nicest little telescopes I've ever seen.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I'm going to say it's got a value of around £100-150.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52If you had the original leather, possibly £175-200 in the right sale.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57That's the sort of money we are going to get. It'll find its own level in there.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58- Happy with that?- I am, yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03And you never know, maybe we will spot loads and loads of bidders out there.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Pat, thank you very much for coming along today
0:09:12 > 0:09:14and waiting very patiently.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You've brought along this lovely little set here,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20this little cup and saucer and little side plate.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24It looks like the sort of thing you would have had as a christening present.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27We would probably date it back to the 1920s.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Tell me, where did you get it from? - I think it must have been given to me
0:09:31 > 0:09:34as a Christmas present, christening present or birthday present.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Not quite sure.- Right.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Do you have any idea when you got it, what sort of age?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- I was probably about two or three. - And it's always been with you?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46It's always been with me or at my mum and dad's house.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50It's in fantastic condition so presumably they never actually gave it to you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- They preserved it and put it in a cupboard.- That's right, yes.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57There are no chips or anything, as you would imagine.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00It doesn't look like it's been touched which is wonderful.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Do you know anything about it at all? In terms of who it was made by?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I know it's a Shelley.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08It's actually made by Shelley.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I don't know if you've seen underneath the prints.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14They are really pretty little prints, lovely scenes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19It's actually got the name of the artist, Mabel Lucie Attwell. Did you know anything about her?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23I don't know much about Mabel Lucie Attwell.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27She produced these wonderful little prints and Shelley was inspired by her prints.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31They often used her prints in their china.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Often her little figures are these really chubby little boys and girls,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39chubby little fairies which I think are wonderful, really characteristic.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Also on the back, you can see we've got this lovely little verse
0:10:42 > 0:10:46which is...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53There they are, the little boy and girl pedalling as fast as they can
0:10:53 > 0:10:55and the fairies running after them.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59It's a pretty little scene. Do you have any idea of value on this?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01No, none at all.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06I would probably put it in auction with an estimate of £40-60.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10It's not a huge amount, but I would hope it would make a lot more than that.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14I would hope a few people would be interested in it to buy it
0:11:14 > 0:11:17because of its lovely condition and hope they would buy this
0:11:17 > 0:11:19as a christening gift for somebody.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- How does that sound to you? - That sounds OK.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28Are you all right with that? It's not a vast sum of money so what would you do with the money?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Well, probably put it towards a holiday.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Even if it was just to fill up the car with diesel.
0:11:35 > 0:11:42Well, good for you, and thank you for bringing it along today and really maintaining it in perfect condition.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Thank you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48So let's remind ourselves what we're taking off to the saleroom.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51To start, the elegant little Chester silver trinket box
0:11:51 > 0:11:54made special by its tortoiseshell inlay.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56They may be a girl's best friend,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59but Doreen's decided her mother's diamonds have had their day.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01And what a find!
0:12:01 > 0:12:05This lovely telescope was rescued by Ian from the back of a police car.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09And finally, Catherine was charmed by the Shelley trio,
0:12:09 > 0:12:10which is in immaculate condition.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20For our auction today, we've moved down the road to Stourbridge,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24and this is where all our treasures have ended up, Fielding's Fine Art Auctioneers.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Let's go inside.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Hopefully the room is packed full of bidders all after our lots.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34We are in luck today. We have not one but two auctioneers,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Will Farmer and Nicholas Davies, who will be sharing our lots.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42I've just been joined by one bidder, a chap called Alan who has brought along another bidder.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44His name is Sam.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- Does he go everywhere with you? - Most of the time he does, yes.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50He's very tame, how old is he?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52He's about two and a half.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55He's absolutely beautiful.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- The question is, does he have a bidding paddle?- In my bag.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04He collects fine art glass.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Well, good luck. And thank you for showing us Sam.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20We have this gorgeous little silver trinket box with the tortoiseshell lid and it belongs to Hilary here.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- How are you?- Fine, thanks. - Looking forward to this?- Yes.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25The tension is rising.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27You kept your rings in this.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- What do you keep them in now? - I keep them in another little box.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33So you collect little boxes. This one is particularly nice.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38It reminds me of a piece of Georgian furniture. It's very demure and elegant.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43We've got a value of £100-120. Will we get that top end?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I think so. You hit the nail on the head, it is elegant, it's so pretty.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What we want to know is why do you really want to sell it?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53If you collect them, surely you should be hanging on to this?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I do have rather a large number of them.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00This one hasn't seen the light of day for 15 years. So it's a good thing to sell.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- How many have you got in your collection?- About 40.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Here we go,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10it's the little silver tortoiseshell trinket box on the slender legs.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Chester, 1917.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I have to open the bidding at £75.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- I'll look for £80 in the room. £75 on commission. £80 anybody?- Come on.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Some bidding down in the room.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Do I see 85 anywhere else?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25£80, the lady has bid, seated in the middle of a crowd.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- Come on, a bit more. - We're all finished at £80.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- It's too cheap. - It's sold on the reserve at £80.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33We didn't quite get that £100.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38- It was a bit cheap.- Now, what it is that £100 going towards? More boxes?
0:14:38 > 0:14:43No, it's going to the Mayfair Centre in Church Stretton.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44What's that, is that a charity?
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Yes, it's a healthy living centre and it's run by the community for the community.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- A good cause then.- Yes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Right now we've got a trio of Shelley up for grabs and I've just been joined by Pat.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05That is the good news.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11The bad news, Pat, is the Shelley got damaged in the viewing a few days ago.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13It does happen, unfortunately.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18That's why the auctioneer puts a commission on buying and selling.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20So the seller is protected.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Right, yes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27It's what's called an insurance, it's built in to that price.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32The auctioneer has agreed to buy this item at the lower end of the estimate.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37The estimate was £40-60, put on by our expert Catherine here.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Are you happy with the valuation?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- Yes.- He's agreed to buy it at the lower end of the valuation,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48so whatever happens, Pat is going away with £40. OK?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52But we're still putting it up for sale because a collector
0:15:52 > 0:15:54might want just one of the items
0:15:54 > 0:15:57and he might be prepared to pay £50-60. So it's all academic, really.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01The Shelly bone china by Mabel Lucie Attwell. A trio.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03My apologies, ladies and gentlemen.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07This did get damaged in the view. The cup is as found.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11However we do still have a perfectly nice and perfect plate and saucer
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and a good restoration project.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Still a super lot. Here to be sold.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Where will we be for it? The plate's got to be worth £20, surely?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20£20 anywhere for it?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22£20, thank you. 20 I have. And two.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- 22. 25. 28.- Gosh!
0:16:27 > 0:16:3328 down on the left. And 30 now? Selling that away at £28,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35all sure and done?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Brilliant! That's good news for you because you still get your £40
0:16:39 > 0:16:41without paying any commission.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It's also good news for Will Farmer as well
0:16:43 > 0:16:46because they don't have to pay out of their own money the 40 quid
0:16:46 > 0:16:51- because somebody bought it for £28. So that will make up the difference. - Thank you.- Happy?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Yes.- I'm sorry that happened.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59- It's not a lot of money but it will cover the petrol and a drink. - Certainly, yes.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Thank you anyway for coming along. - Thank you.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Here's something to set your sights on.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It's a six-draw pocket telescope and it's quality.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16It was found under the seat of a police car and it belongs to Ian here.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- What a find!- What a good find, yes. - It's a nice little treasure.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- We're looking at £100-150. Any regrets on flogging this?- No.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26You want to see it go?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- I want to see it go. - I think it will.
0:17:28 > 0:17:34I think it will, I've seen a lot of the bidders here sort of looking at it, looking through it.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- It's a lovely little item. - We can but hope.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41We can but hope, can't we? I think all the talking's done and dusted.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45It's now time to find out what the bidders of Stourbridge think. This is it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Here is the 19th century brass and stained ivory
0:17:47 > 0:17:49six-draw pocket telescope of Bate of London.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52A nice thing this, I'd really like this.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58Bids and interest, we have to open the bidding at £140. £140.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00We've sold it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01We're £140.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05I'll sell for 145, anybody want to take the commission bidders on?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08140, I'm selling it. All well and finished at £140.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10All done?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12That was quick, wasn't it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15In and out, blink and you'll miss that. 140 quid.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- I am very pleased with that. - Top end of the estimate.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- That's right. - What's that going towards?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22My wife wants to have a flight around the northern lights.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- The aurora borealis.- That's right.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28So I think I might treat her.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- How romantic! - I might even go myself.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I think you should. You can't let her go by herself.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Now for the jewel in the Flog It crown.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45It is a diamond ring and it belongs to Doreen.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49We've got a valuation of £350-500.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Why are you flogging this?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52- I never wear it.- You never wear it.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55It is beautiful. It is going to be sad to part with it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Yes, it is rather nice.- Is it going to be a cruncher, lots of memories?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Not really, no.- Were you happy with David's valuation?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Yes!- Yes.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06I've got to say that.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I don't know anything about jewellery. Could this be a "come and buy me"?
0:19:10 > 0:19:14It's quite a stunning piece, actually. Women do love diamonds.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Now on cruise ships, they are flashing them all over the place.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- They're a girl's best friend.- Yes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- So you tell me.- Well, they are!
0:19:24 > 0:19:26So it says in the songs and the movies.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32We're going to find out exactly what that diamond ring is worth right now. Good luck, Doreen.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- And good luck, David.- Thank you.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The 19th century 18 carat diamond cluster ring.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41We've had bids and interest on this on commission.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43420, I believe.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- 420 takes the other bidders out. Do I see 430 in the room?- Come on.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51420, 430 in the room? 430. 440? 450?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53460?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- This is... - 450 we have. 460 anywhere else?
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- 460, Chris? 460. 470? - We've got a telephone bid.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- There's a telephone bid over there. - 470 anywhere else?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05At £460, are we all done?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08470 anywhere else? All done at 460?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Yes! Hammer's gone down.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- £460! What a lot of money!- I know.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Less a little bit of commission.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- Yes.- Spot on. - Thank you very much.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- Out by the odd £40.- Yes.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Exactly, yes. - I'll do better next time!
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Great valuation. I couldn't have done that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27What are you going to put all that money towards?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- I don't know. I don't know with that one.- Don't care yet?!
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I was wondering whether I was going to sell it or not.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I'd get a bigger one!
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Yes!
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I know what you're thinking - a late medieval manor house.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Well, no, you're wrong.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54It's from the Victorian era.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57This is Wightwick Manor and it was built in 1887.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00It was the pride and joy of Theodore Mander,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04who was a very successful Victorian paint and varnish manufacturer.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08He built this house just outside Wolverhampton in the picturesque
0:21:08 > 0:21:13and very popular Old English style, which was the fashion of the day.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20Theodore's artistic tastes were influenced by writer and critic John Ruskin,
0:21:20 > 0:21:25who emphasised the importance of hand craftsmanship and looking to the past for inspiration.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Only six years after moving in, Theodore and his wife Flora's family had grown.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32The business was doing extremely well,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36which meant they needed to do much more entertaining.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39So they built an extension.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42And this is it, the new east wing.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45It's on a much grander scale than the original house.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It's now entirely half-timbered.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51If you look at the decoration of the chimney stacks there,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55that barley twist turning looks very much like something from the 16th century.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58We're now looking at a mock Elizabethan house.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Well, here we are in the great parlour.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It really is the centrepiece of the new extension.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Theodore and Flora created this room to impress and entertain their guests.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Wightwick Manor is now owned by the National Trust, and their learning officer, Jackie Allen, is here
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- to talk me through the room. It's good to see you.- Pleasure.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Thank you for taking time out.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- A pleasure.- I must say, it certainly does have the wow factor
0:22:31 > 0:22:34of a 16th century great hall, what you'd expect to see.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39You've got a lovely vaulted ceiling, wooden panels all over the wall,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42which is what you'd expect in the 16th century.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46The carved fireplace, that overmantel, but there is a date there.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Right in the centre. You spotted that, Paul!- 1893.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52So it's not meant to deceive, is it?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- No.- It's tongue in cheek. - It's a visual joke.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Just a few references, but those in the know would certainly realise that, yeah, that was a joke.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04But artists were intelligent people so they had lots of influences from the past.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07They've put these things together and it's made them feel good.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10It certainly makes me feel good standing here.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14A lot of people come and say, "It does feel like a home."
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It doesn't feel like an imposing place. It's their living room.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23- It's not a museum piece.- I could move in here tomorrow.- So could I!
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I just love looking up there. Your eyes gravitate upwards, don't they?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Colour everywhere, texture everywhere.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Tell me about the panels up there.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Come and have a look, Paul, especially this one here.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Again, a pastiche of an Elizabethan frieze.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40We know it can't be Elizabethan.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Can you see the kangaroo?
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- Oh, yes.- So again a little joke, a visual reference. Who is going to spot it tucked away?
0:23:47 > 0:23:48A little play on the eye.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50A little play on the eye.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53From up there, I'm coming straight down here,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56because I have a winged-back armchair just like this at home,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58which I sit and watch the telly in.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Unfortunately, it doesn't have William Morris fabric on it like that.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08- Tell me all about this chair. - The Manders would have purchased the particular material
0:24:08 > 0:24:09and had it put on it.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11This is a lovely story.
0:24:11 > 0:24:18Morris, going down the garden one day, sees the birds pinching the fruit out of the fruit cage.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Is that where he got the inspiration from?- Yes.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24There you go, there you've got the strawberry thieves, literally.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- What a chair!- It's lovely.- We're not allowed to sit on that, are we?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30No, unfortunately not.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33The stained-glass windows - tell me about them.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Like the frieze, they were done by a gentleman called Kempe.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38We've come across him before.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41He did mostly church-commissioned work.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Very much so. It is very unusual for him to actually have done this in a house itself.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47In a domestic setting.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Like you've seen before, you will know the yellow,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56the translucent light that's coming in, adding to that rich colour of the house.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Again, with this very old fashioned theme to it,
0:24:59 > 0:25:05you have to have the patron saints, the armorial stained glass, the civic centre - Wolverhampton -
0:25:05 > 0:25:09and of course the arms of Nova Scotia - Flora, his wife.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15Kempe, strangely enough, has a connection himself with what's in front of us here.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- William De Morgan. - William De Morgan.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18You've seen these before.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- On many, many programmes.- Especially the pattern here on this flatware.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25To us, again, we would know this as De Morgan.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29If we were a Victorian audience, we'd know him by his books, his writing.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Ah!- So that's changed.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Tell me more about the man.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38The man himself was quite educated, enjoyed science very much.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Started life as a painter,
0:25:41 > 0:25:45went into stained glass and that is where we get the Kempe connection in.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51Kempe, using a glaze, is producing the colour and the translucency and the lustre.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53This is how he gets the lustre.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Yes, he says if it can be done on glass, surely it can be done on ceramics.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Who were his clients in the day? These are so expensive. They would have been expensive.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Really. Very much so. His clientele, he called them "carriage folk".
0:26:07 > 0:26:11But the problem with him is that he underestimated them all.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Is that because he was an artist, really? He wasn't a businessman.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17No, not by any means.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20He would not know how much things were going to charge.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23He would say to you, "You can have this for £5,"
0:26:23 > 0:26:26and it would cost him ten. So there were lots and lots of losses.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I wish I'd know him then, I tell you!
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Thank you so much for showing me around. I've got to say it is such a beautiful place.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I spent the day here. I'd love to spend a week.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40You are welcome to come back any time.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51And back to the valuation day, where something gleaming has caught David's eye.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Robert, are these family heirlooms? How long have you had them?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I think about eight years.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02About eight years? So they're not family heirlooms. How did you come by them?
0:27:02 > 0:27:07They were from a friend of mine, deceased, who left me with the contents of a property.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- What happened to the other contents? - The majority were sold off. - At auction?
0:27:11 > 0:27:16- At auction.- So you're quite familiar with how auctions work. - I am, yes.- Right.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19What I like about these sticks is the elegance.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24These were probably made 1920, 1923.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29You've got that leftover of the neo-classical period with these tapering columns.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Originally square at the top and they took the corners off.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35We call these cantered corners.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38They're waisted at the side here. They're tapered beautifully.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Then we have these sloping shoulders with a little raised plinth all the way around.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Quite often, with old sticks, you have this section here, which is called the sconce,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51actually you could remove it. But you can't on these.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- These are fixed sconces.- It is fixed?
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Yes. Have you had these in pride of place at home?- No.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Wrapped up in a box in the loft.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I can't believe it!
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Did you not like them or...?
0:28:03 > 0:28:08I've got some other things which were put away at the time and...
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Not forgotten about but I thought, "One day I'll get these out and..."
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Use them?- Maybe sell them.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17I ask because they're beautifully polished. Was that before you came here?
0:28:17 > 0:28:23- Yes, I did clean them up. - Well done. These are in fact silver. - Oh, they are silver?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27If you look right at the front here, you can see the silver mark.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- Yes.- You've got a sword and bushels of wheat right in the centre there,
0:28:31 > 0:28:36which tells me that these were assayed at the Chester office.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- The assay mark is for 1923. - Oh, that's how you know the year?
0:28:40 > 0:28:46Yes. 1923. We know exactly when these almost went on the shelves or to the shop to be sold.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50When you brought them over to me, you said, "Look, they rattle." Which one is it?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53It's not in that one.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- I can hear it. Can you hear it? - Yes, I can.- You know what that is?
0:28:56 > 0:28:59These are not solid silver. They are filled with a bitumen.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- Bitumen?- Which then sets and it forms a solid body.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07So these are very thin silver sections.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09So that would make it heavier?
0:29:09 > 0:29:15Make it heavier. The price of these, I would estimate somewhere in the region of £120-150.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17We could do more because they're very elegant.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21I think we should do quite well on these. They're going up to auction
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- and I look forward to seeing you there.- I look forward to that.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Abby, thank you very much for coming along.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Who's this lovely doll you've brought along?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- This is Polly.- Right, OK.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40Where does Polly come from?
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Well, she came from my grandma's auntie, who gave it to her
0:29:45 > 0:29:50because she didn't want to give it to my grandma's cousin. She didn't trust her with it.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53So it's come through the family.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Let's have a closer look at her.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56She has been through the wars.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59We can see that her teeth are damaged a bit.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04She needs to go off to the dentist. Also some of her eyelashes are out.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Know anything about her, where she comes from or anything like that?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Well, not really.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11All we know is that she's German.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15The best thing to do when you've got a doll is to look on the back of the head.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18That's what we'll do now. We'll turn her straight around.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21We'll have a little look.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24The heads are made from bisque, which means they've been fired twice.
0:30:24 > 0:30:30If we push her wig up a little bit, we can see that it says Heubach.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Heubach is a very famous maker of dolls.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Gebruder Heubach is the maker.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38You can see here as well that it does say Germany.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41This bit here is actually the mould number
0:30:41 > 0:30:43and that will tell you the date of the doll.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I think she's really quite pretty.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48She's quite a large doll, larger than your average size.
0:30:48 > 0:30:54Here we can see that she has got her composition legs and they are jointed.
0:30:54 > 0:31:01I'm just a bit concerned about the teeth and her eyelashes, that she is not in tip-top condition.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05If she were in tip-top condition, we'd be looking at a couple of hundred pounds.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11But because of the way she is, I think we should realistically price her at about £60 to £80 at auction.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16- Would you like to put her in at that? - Yeah, that's fine.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- Are you not attached to Polly any more?- No. - Did you never really play with her?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22No, she was in a suitcase on top of a wardrobe.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Really? Poor Polly! If she sells for between 60 and 80,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30would you take the money from that or would you give it back to your family?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33My nan is going to have the money
0:31:33 > 0:31:38and she said that she was going to spend it on a day at a recording studio for me.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Are you training to be a singer?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- Lovely! Classical singing or...? - All different things.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47How wonderful! I hope that it does well
0:31:47 > 0:31:51and that you go along for your singing and you do exceptionally well.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Perhaps we'll see you in the next West End production.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Well, Arthur, I've never seen anything as large as this.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07- D'you like it?- No.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- Does your wife like it?- No. - Is that why you're selling it?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- That's right.- I'm fascinated. Where did you get this from?
0:32:13 > 0:32:17A friend gave it me, who didn't like it, 40 years ago.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18So where has it been stuck?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20In the wardrobe!
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- What, wrapped up in sheeting or something?- Yes.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26That's why it's not dusty.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Often you will find all this moss work, which is shredded clay,
0:32:30 > 0:32:34inundated with dust and dirt, but this is in lovely condition.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39What I do like particularly is this huge, ugly toad,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43with that wonderful sort of brown speckled glaze.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48Then this magnificent... Would you say it was a grass snake or a huge slow worm?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Grass snake. - Are you reluctant to part with it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- No. - Nobody in the family likes it?- No.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Where did your friend get it from?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01I couldn't tell you, it has been so many years. She didn't say.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04She just asked me if I'd like it and I said I'd take it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Because I was going to ask you, had they been on holiday to Portugal?
0:33:09 > 0:33:11No, I haven't.
0:33:11 > 0:33:12I know it's from Portugal.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16That's right. A potter called Da Cunha produced these.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21He was copying a French potter's designs of the 16th/17th century.
0:33:21 > 0:33:28He used this rich coloured glaze to create a similar effect.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33These are very much de rigueur at the moment. They are collected.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34People like to have these.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38And on a conservatory wall, they can look stunning,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- with ferns and orange plants and things like that.- Lovely.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44So there is going to be a ready market for it.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48We're going to sell it at an auction house that's well known for selling ceramics.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52I think they'll go absolutely doolally when they see this.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Have you any idea about a price?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Not the faintest.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59I want to put a comfortable price on it so we sell it.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03I think if we put something in the region of £180-250
0:34:03 > 0:34:07and hope to get more, and I think we shall do,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- would you be comfortable at that sort of figure?- That'd be all right.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16It may well be that they suggest we put a reserve of slightly less to guarantee a sale.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- So you're happy with that? - I'm happy with that.- You don't have to consult the wife?
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- She just wants to get rid of it? - No, it's entirely up to me.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- You've made the right decision bringing it in to Flog It. Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33And now for another look at our finds.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36First, the 1920s silver candlesticks.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I think they're far too nice to keep wrapped up in the loft.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Next, Polly the dolly who Catherine thinks would benefit from a trip to the dentist and beautician.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48And finally we have to wait and see if David is right.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Will the bidders go doolally for the majolica plate?
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Well, let's hear what William, our auctioneer, thinks.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00This belongs to Arthur, and I can tell you, Will,
0:35:00 > 0:35:04not for much longer, especially with a valuation of £180-250.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09And the more creepy-crawlies, as you know, the more value that goes onto these, but what a size.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It's brilliant and also I've never seen one
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- with a toad that big sat in the middle of it.- Nor have I.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17It's great fun. Markets have come, markets have gone.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20America are the big buyers for this stuff.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23It's in vogue, except for the price, which I don't think is bang-on.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25It's a bit of a teaser, I think.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- 500, 600, 700? - I think five, six, certainly.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I know we've had interest Stateside.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33The Americans have struggled with their economy,
0:35:33 > 0:35:37but they're saying, "Whatever, it's a good thing, we want to have a go at this."
0:35:37 > 0:35:42- The condition is superb. - And these things will stand a little bit of damage.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44They don't seem to be over precious about them.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49They just want them for what they are, which is just a complete face-smiler, isn't it?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51It's a pleasing thing to own, to look at,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54and it won't belong to your client much longer.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Well, fingers crossed, I think this one could fly.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02So whatever you do, don't go away, watch this space, because the sale's coming up in just a moment.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06But first, let's see how the candlesticks do.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11There's always a premium on pairs and we've got one for you right now.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15It's a pair of candlesticks belonging to Robert here. Fingers crossed!
0:36:15 > 0:36:20A nice bit of silver, I know one rattles, the weight is a bit loose in the base there.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Correct.- Why are you flogging these?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26They've just been packed away in a box in the loft, no use to me.
0:36:26 > 0:36:32- David's put a valuation of 120, possibly we'll get that top end, 150.- I would hope so.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35As you said, pairs are so important.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38A nice pair of candlesticks dress a table beautifully
0:36:38 > 0:36:41and I understand now, you see, dining tables coming back into vogue,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44linen, silverware, crystal, two candlesticks.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Create the look.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51And not only that, they look fantastic on the mantelpiece as well, so why are you selling them?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Well, I don't use them.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58- Well, they've been in that box, haven't they?- Yes.- Well, let's hope they find a great home, OK?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Hallmarked silver candlesticks, here they are, down here, Chester, 1923.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Nice ones, these are great, any table.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- Bids and interest, I have to start at £170, I believe.- Yes!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Straight in at £170.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14£170, 175 in the room anywhere before I go to the phone?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17175 on the phone, would you like to bid?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20175, 180, 185?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22190, 195...
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Oh, good, there's a commission bid left. They like them!
0:37:26 > 0:37:31210? Says no, 205, standing on the phone at 205, 210 anywhere else?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35£205 for the sticks, are we all done and finished at 205? 205.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Yes, that's a sold sound! £205...
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Very good.- That was great, wasn't it?- Excellent, very good.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48What are you going to put £205 towards, less a bit of commission?
0:37:48 > 0:37:54- Erm...I was thinking of, erm...putting it towards a holiday, travel.- Where do you fancy going?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I like to visit various places.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Where's your favourite place?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- I've been to London recently.- OK.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Well, it could be a good trip out to the theatre, take in a good show.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Yes, I might go back again. - And go around the capital.- Yes.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Good choice. Thank you so much for coming in. Great result.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- Thanks for bringing them along.- Yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23And now for something that's gonna get you on the edge of your seats.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26No, it's not worth a lot of money, it's just frightening!
0:38:26 > 0:38:30It's that German doll with missing teeth and eyelashes and it belongs to Abby here.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32It's good to see you again.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Who have you brought along for moral support?- My nan Jane.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Nan Jane, hi, Jane! Well, I guess Nan can drive, can't she? You can't.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Oh, this dolly's scary, it is very scary.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45We've got a valuation, £60-80 we're looking for.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Yeah, absolutely. It would be a bit more if she had some teeth.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- I'm pleased you're selling this, cos I find them so spooky, don't you? - Yeah.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- How long have you had the doll? - Erm...
0:38:55 > 0:38:57For quite a while, quite a few years.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- In the bedroom?- Yeah, hidden away.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Hidden away, don't blame you!
0:39:02 > 0:39:04So who's gonna get the money when we sell it?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- My nan. - Nan?- No, I think Abby will.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Abby should, shouldn't she? Fingers crossed we'll get the top end.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- I hope so, I really hope so, let's just see.- We're gonna find out right now, Abby.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18There we are, bids and interest, where do you start me?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21£60, straight in on a commission, £60 takes the underbidders out.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- Straight in.- And five, and 80?
0:39:23 > 0:39:2775 in the distance, gentleman's bid, 80 anywhere else?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30£75 right in the corner with the jacket on.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34At £75 for the doll, all done and finished at £75.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39Yes, that hammer's gone down, that's a sold sound, £75.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44Gotta be pleased with that. That's exactly what Katherine, our expert, predicted.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Yeah, that's not bad, is it? 50-80, yeah, I'm quite pleased at that.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- Well done.- What's the first thing that's come to mind?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- How old are you?- 12.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58What would a 12-year-old spend £75 on tomorrow?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00- Shopping.- Shopping, but what would you buy?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Clothes.- Everything!
0:40:03 > 0:40:08Come on, what's at the top of your wish-list for £75?
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Some better shoes, probably.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Better shoes, oh... Nan, shoe shopping.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Typical girl, isn't it, shoes?
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Yes, shoes and handbags, typical women.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Oh, yeah, absolutely.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Remember Arthur from the valuation day?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30I can remember you and that majolica plate
0:40:30 > 0:40:33with that wonderful big toad on it and all the creepy-crawlies.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37We had a chat to the auctioneer a little bit earlier, and I said,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42"That's a whopping great toad, that should leap up to at least £800,"
0:40:42 > 0:40:44and the auctioneer agreed with me.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49There's been lots and lots of interest, we have seen them on the show before, but a lot smaller,
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- so fingers crossed that this is going to leap away, David. - Just like that toad.
0:40:54 > 0:41:00You either love it, Paul, or you hate it, those things of the night, the dark slippery places.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06I love that, I absolutely adore it and I'd love to own this as well.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Why, oh, why are you flogging it?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Because it is all the rage right now.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14It doesn't fit in the cabinet, it's in the wardrobe.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16It never sees the light of day?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Creepy-crawlies like that, don't they?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20That accounts for its condition.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Yes, cos it is in very, very good condition.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Well, there's lots of interest so fingers crossed, OK?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29This should be a lovely surprise.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- This is it.- We have the Portuguese majolica plaque.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Lovely lot with a great big frog and the snake surrounding.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40A great deal of interest in this, been on it all week, and I believe
0:41:40 > 0:41:44I have to go to my right to take all other commission bidders out
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- with an opening bid of £920.- Yes!
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- £900! £900!- It's gonna do the 8-12.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54The opening bit on my right clears all other commission bidders.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57920 I have, do I hear 950 in the room?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Before I go to the telephones, I have 920 on the book.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02No interest in the room.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Chris, would you like to bid 950?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Telephone's out as well. It's on the commission, then, at £920.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Short but sweet...
0:42:11 > 0:42:16That hammer, Arthur, is just about to go down at £920!
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Oh, that was good, wasn't it? That was good!
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- A bit of a "come and buy me", David, that was.- Absolutely!
0:42:22 > 0:42:25OK, we've got £920 less a bit of commission.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27What are you gonna put all that money towards?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- It's a lot better than 250.- Holiday.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Holiday! Where are you going, Arthur?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- Costa del Sol.- Costa del Sol, how long are you going for?
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Six weeks.- Oh, keep warm through the winter then.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40- Do you do this every year?- Yes.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- That should pay for the trip, shouldn't it?- It should do. - And the expenses.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49- Absolutely wonderful, it's far more than I'd expected. - It's far more than I expected.
0:42:49 > 0:42:55But what a choice piece! Will you see another one that size in that condition? I very much doubt it.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04There's been a great buzz in the auction room all day long.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08In fact, it's still going on and we've certainly had a rewarding day.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12It was great to see that big smile on Arthur's face
0:43:12 > 0:43:18as his majolica dish full of creepy-crawlies served up a whopping £920.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21I hope you've enjoyed the show. Join me next time for lots more.
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