0:00:02 > 0:00:05Lancashire goes up against Yorkshire today
0:00:05 > 0:00:07as we look back at some of the top Flog It finds.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Even though they're on opposite sides of the Pennines, we find that Rochdale and Doncaster
0:00:12 > 0:00:14have something in common - they love their bears.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18It's a lovely inkwell. It's a nice group.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- You've got mummy and daddy bear and a couple of babies... - That's right.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24And we can be sure of a big surprise at auction.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27These little bears are very collectable,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30especially in this lovely green colour.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33There's plenty of animal passion to come on Flog It.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Rochdale in Lancashire and Doncaster in South Yorkshire
0:01:10 > 0:01:14are going to do battle today, just as the houses of Lancaster and York did
0:01:14 > 0:01:18back in the 15th century during the War of the Roses.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And we're set to see some thrilling results.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26Wow! Betty, what a magical moment. That is what Flog It is all about.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31And although the rivalry between the two counties is not quite so fierce these days,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34we'll have to watch our Ps and Qs because around here
0:01:34 > 0:01:37they're not afraid to call a spade a spade.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- Do you think I need a haircut? - It could do with something doing with it!
0:01:45 > 0:01:49But which of our two northern towns will turn up the best treasures for the saleroom?
0:01:49 > 0:01:54First we're off to Rochdale, with its proud history of textile manufacturing
0:01:54 > 0:01:58and where the locals can't wait to show us their antiques.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Looking at the size of this massive queue,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05it seems that the whole of Rochdale has turned out to the town hall,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08all eager to learn as much as they can from our two experts,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Anita Manning and Nigel Smith.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17And something that glitters has already caught Anita's eye.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23These items belong to a grander time where gentlemen
0:02:23 > 0:02:26wore their watches in their pockets,
0:02:26 > 0:02:32and they were attached to these wonderful chains on their waistcoat.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Ray, tell me where you got this wee lot.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Well, it was handed down to my father
0:02:38 > 0:02:42from his uncle, or my great-uncle.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49He was born in a place called Hindley, Wigan, and that's where they took his name.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51He then emigrated to America...
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- As a young man? - As, yes, I would think so.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I mean, obviously I never met him, he's long gone,
0:02:57 > 0:03:02but he joined the navy out there, made a fortune of some sort,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05antiques, this, that and the other, brought them all back
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and they were dished out to like four or five brothers
0:03:08 > 0:03:12and my father ended up with this, other odds and sods...
0:03:12 > 0:03:18Now it's mine! I've two sons - who do I leave it to? I can't leave it to one and not the other, so...
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Well, you don't want them fighting over it!- Well, this is it, so it's got to go.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- We'll look at them each individually.- OK. Fine.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27American watch.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32It's a Waltham, which is a good make, and they made a wide range.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37They made very simple ones with simple mechanisms which were called traveller watches,
0:03:37 > 0:03:43right up to the Rolls-Royce of watches, which were the Royale ones.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Now, this one's sort of... - In-between.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48It's in-between, it's in-between.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54If we look in the back here, we can see that it's made of 14-carat gold.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Now, this was favoured by the Americans.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02We open the other little lid and we can see that it's still ticking away there.
0:04:02 > 0:04:08Nice mechanism, and in good condition, and in working order.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14One of the interesting things here, you have the original receipt for that watch,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and it was bought in New York,
0:04:17 > 0:04:22and it was bought in 1900. And 65 dollars!
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- That was quite a lot of money at that time.- Probably!
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Yeah! If we look at the albert here,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32and these were called alberts, rather than watch chains,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36and they were called after Queen Victoria's husband,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38who favoured that type of jewellery.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Now, this is what we would call a double albert,
0:04:42 > 0:04:47- with a graduated curb link. - Curb link, yeah.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50This appendage here is a ten-dollar piece.
0:04:50 > 0:04:57This will be 22-carat gold and your albert is 9-carat gold.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00So, price-wise...
0:05:00 > 0:05:05I would like to put these in as one lot
0:05:05 > 0:05:11and I would like to make an estimate of £450 to £550.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Would you be happy with that? - It sounds reasonable, that, yes.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17It sounds reasonable? It will find its own level.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21We'll put a reserve on it, Ray,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and I think if we put a reserve of, say, 420?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Would you be happy enough with that?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Yeah! If it was no less than the 420.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33No less than 420. 420, firm.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- I'm sure it will go beyond there. - OK. Yeah. Fine.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- Thank you for bringing this along. - My pleasure.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Heather, this little group of bears is absolutely stunning.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51I'm so pleased you've brought some oak in for me... It's my favourite wood! Did you know that?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- I know you like wood.- Oak? - No, I didn't! No, I didn't! No.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59It's typical of the Black Forest carvings from Austria. What's its story and how did you acquire it?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03An old lady gave it to me who I used to look after.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- I just said how nice it was and she said...- She said you could have it?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09How long did you look after her? Did you do that for a living?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- No, no! Five years.- What did you do for a living?- I was a hairdresser.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15You're a hairdresser! That's why your hair's so neat!
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Do you cut your own hair?- Neat!
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Well, it's a good cut! Do you think I need a haircut?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Yeah! It could do with something doing with it!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Right. Let's talk about your Black Forest carving.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Did you know they're called Black Forest carvings?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- No, I didn't know!- Austrian... and this dates from about the early 1900s.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44It's done with just quite basic chisels and gouges and it's known as "chip carving".
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- Oh, right! - And they're very, very collectable.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Are they really?- Yeah! It's a lovely inkwell. It's a nice group.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- You've got mummy and daddy bear and a couple of babies... - Yeah, that's right, yeah!
0:06:55 > 0:07:01With a naturalistic log, which has been hollowed out, which holds the inkwell. Now, if I take that out...
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Unfortunately you've got the pin missing.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- Did you acquire it like that?- No... Yeah.- The hinge is still there.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- It just needs the pin sliding in. - Yeah, it was like that...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12That'll make it work... And a bit of solder.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15You can see that's cut glass.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19That's all done by being offered up to a little wheel, a little grinding wheel.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23You only get one attempt at that, otherwise if you muck it up,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- you've got to grind it all off and start again.- Start again, right!
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- So that's not going to devalue it. - No.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30It would if the top was missing.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Yeah, yeah.- Cos you'd have to find another vessel to put in, really.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40That can be sorted out. I think the chip carving, the detail in the work is super...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42it really is super.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45It's one of the nicest little groups I've seen. It's complete.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50It puts a smile on your face and that's very important, cos that puts the value up.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53So the all-important question, then, I guess...
0:07:53 > 0:07:56What's it worth, isn't it? That's what you're all here for!
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Yeah! Go on!- Go on! Well, you tell me!- I don't know!
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I've no idea! You're the expert. You tell me!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04If I thought I... I'd tell you...
0:08:04 > 0:08:12When you were in the queue this morning, you were thinking, "Could I get a cruise out of it?"
0:08:12 > 0:08:14No! Come on! You must, you must.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19- No, honest to God! I've no idea at all.- You've not given it any thought?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20No, no, I haven't!
0:08:20 > 0:08:25- I think this will do £250 if you put it into auction, yes. - Do you really? Oh!
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- And I'd like to put a valuation of £200 to £300 on it...- Oh, very nice!
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- We might just get that top end! - Thank you!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Why do you want to sell it, though?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Well, because we've gone from a big house to a small bungalow,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I'm frightened of it getting broken now.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43There's nowhere to put it. It's just been stuck in the cupboard.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I thought it's a shame, really.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47We're going to protect this with a fixed reserve of 200, OK?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- OK.- If it doesn't make 200, it's going home.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- That's right! - Are you happy with that?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Yes! I'll sell it to you, if you want to have it!
0:09:01 > 0:09:02John!
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- Nice to see you. Well, thanks for struggling in with this.- Right, yes!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Did you come on the bus?- No!
0:09:09 > 0:09:12It's a great thing, isn't it? You've done some work on this -
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- it's a restored piece?- Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19I bought it originally at an auction and it was in quite a state, really,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21so a lot of this top was quite dark.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25It's only since I cleaned it up and polished it up that you can see a lot of the features.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Is it your hobby, furniture restoration?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Yeah. It's just something that I like to do.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34A lot of the furniture in the house arrived this way.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It's lovely burr walnut. It's quarter-veneered.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I'm not sure about this panel, whether that's a later inlet.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43It's got what we call seaweed marquetry...
0:09:43 > 0:09:45this very fine sort of flowery marquetry on the top,
0:09:45 > 0:09:51and if we turn it round, it's got a well in there for your playing cards, and then we flip it over...
0:09:53 > 0:09:56..and there we are! It's a cracking card table.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59The baize is a bit sad, a bit faded, but it's original, I think, isn't it?
0:09:59 > 0:10:04- Well, that's how it was. - Is that how it was? We've got these nice, flush hinges.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It's a nice-quality thing. It's on standard supports,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10these end turn supports, nicely turned,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12and then just one turned stretcher
0:10:12 > 0:10:16and these lovely sort of quite elegant outswept splayed feet.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21It's got original casters with ceramic rollers on, so it's not a bad thing.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25It's worth you spending a bit of time and effort and money on it, really!
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Can you remember how much you paid for it in the sale?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- The total paid with the additional percentage on top was about £90. - £90?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Altogether, yeah!- That was a bargain, wasn't it, really?
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Well, I think it was in such a bad state, you know, nobody else looked twice at it, really!
0:10:40 > 0:10:44All your efforts may have paid off because I would have thought
0:10:44 > 0:10:46it ought to be worth 200 or 300 now,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50although the market's been a little bit up and down for furniture.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55This is quite an attractive thing, so we could put a reserve of a couple of hundred on it.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57If it did more than that, I'd definitely be happy,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01but, yeah, I've been buying this stuff, cluttering up the house,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05so I think if I got something back, yeah, my wife would be happy, anyway!
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- And what are you going to do with £200? Buy another piece of furniture? - Yeah! Buy another project!
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Sue, I love this type of thing...
0:11:22 > 0:11:27a beautiful, delicate Edwardian drop pendant.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Where did you get it?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Well, my grandad bought it for my grandma in about,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I think, round about 1920 time.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40He bought it from a local market from Salford, where I live.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45It sold things like fruit and vegetables and antiques, all in the same place.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- It was called the Flat Iron... - The Flat Iron?
0:11:47 > 0:11:54Yes, because the little church that stood at the side of it resembled the shape of a flat iron,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56like the one in New York, I hope.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00He gave it to my grandma and she wore it all her married life.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04So it was originally a love token?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Absolutely, yes!- Aw.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Did you ever wear it?- Just once!
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I was so frightened of it being so delicate.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- I was constantly checking that it was still there.- That's right.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Well, this is a feature of this particular type of jewellery.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22It's 9-carat gold.
0:12:22 > 0:12:29They were made in 9 carat and 15 carat. 15 carat - more desirable.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36What I do like about this one, however, are these beautiful sapphires.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I think they're absolutely lovely.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41We've got this central one here
0:12:41 > 0:12:44and it's surrounded by a circle of seed pearls.
0:12:44 > 0:12:52We've got the chain coming up here to another little sapphire here.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Now, I like that!- Pretty!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56What I am worried about, however,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00was there another little appendage here at one point?
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Yes, there was! It came down, and then it scrolled to both sides
0:13:05 > 0:13:09and I think maybe had another tiny seed pearl in each side.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14I do remember that, but I can't remember where it got lost or...
0:13:14 > 0:13:17They're so delicate, these things. It's come off.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Well, when we were talking about commercial value,
0:13:21 > 0:13:22this will make a difference.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26It's not complete, but having said that, I think,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29if I put an estimate of 80 to 120,
0:13:29 > 0:13:35would you feel happy enough with it to be sold at that price?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- I would, yes!- Would you like us to put a reserve on it?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I think so, because I wouldn't like it to go for nothing, yes.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47We'll put a reserve to safeguard it and I would suggest a reserve of 70.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Would you be happy at that? - Yes. That would be fine.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53OK. Hopefully it will go much more.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It will find its proper market.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Now let's see how proud we can make our owners
0:14:06 > 0:14:08as we head off for the saleroom.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Will the pendant put a sparkle in somebody's eye?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Or will the bidders be hedging their bets on this lovely card table?
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Heather's sure of a big surprise with her group of Black Forest bears.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Sock it to 'em, boy!- Wow! - Well, lovely!
0:14:23 > 0:14:26And Ray's watch and chain should get a solid gold result.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36For today's sale, we've left Lancashire and crossed just over the border to Yorkshire
0:14:36 > 0:14:40and playing host is the Calder Valley Auctioneers.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And today's auctioneer is Ian Peace.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52I've just been joined by Sue, who's just about to flog some family heirlooms, aren't you?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- This was Grandma's and Grandad bought it?- Yes.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Can you remember Grandma wearing this drop pendant?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- She wore it all the time. - Did she?- She did, yes. That's why I've always admired it.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Lots of memories! I know it took Anita's eye, didn't it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Yes.- Well, you've got £80 to £120...
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Well, I love these little pendants. I think they're very, very charming.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I would have estimated it higher if we hadn't been missing the little drop at the end.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- That's going to bring it down a bit...- Condition is everything!
0:15:18 > 0:15:22I've had that little piece for a long time and I just couldn't find it anywhere!
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Dropped it somewhere?- Yes!
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Fingers crossed. It's going under the hammer now!- Thank you.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Edwardian 9-carat gold drop pendant.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31May I say 50 to open?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33£40, thank you. 40 I'm bid.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38At £40. I'm going 5s. At 45 do I see?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42At 40. And 5, 50 and 5, 60,
0:15:42 > 0:15:48and 5, 70 and 5, 80, 5, 90,
0:15:48 > 0:15:545, 100 and 5, 110, 115.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57£115. Anybody else at 115?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01£115 I'm bid for this lot. Are there any further bids?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05£115 and it's selling.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Yes!- That's great, thank you!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- It's good, good, excellent!- £115!
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Right, John. It's time to put the cards on the table, literally.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25We've got a wonderful burr walnut card table, £200 to £300, which you've restored.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30It looks fantastic over there. I agree with you, Nigel, wonderful valuation.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Yeah, it's quality! - It is quality, isn't it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Ready-to-go condition now, so...
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- It's tactile... - All you need is a buyer! - It's been loved! I love my wood.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I would buy it if I was allowed to, but I'm not allowed,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45and it's just there staring at me saying, "Please buy me!"
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- I'm staring at it!- "What am I doing, flogging this now?"
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- That's what it's all about.- No, no. It's got to go.- It's going under the hammer, right now!
0:16:52 > 0:16:55DM foldover card table. Lot 334.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Lovely condition, it's in, so what am I bid for this?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Couple of hundred?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Let's open at a hundred pounds. £100 to open the bidding?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04£100 bid, £100.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08At 120, at 140,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10160, 180.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14At £180. Do I see 200 in the room?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17£180. I have £180. Any advance?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18I have £200 in the room. £200.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21210 if you like, 210 do I see?
0:17:21 > 0:17:26210... 220.
0:17:26 > 0:17:33£220. £220 I'm bid at the back of the room. Any further bids? £220.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Are you all finished at £220, then?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38220! It's gone! Sold!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41That is a sold sound! John, what are you doing with £220?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45If it had sold earlier, I might have bid for something else, but no!
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Are you buying something else?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Er, well, everything's in too good condition, really.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54I'm looking out for something that I can have another go at, yeah.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55I'll hang on to it for now.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Well, time's up. Yes, it definitely is for Ray,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08and your gold pocket watch - we're looking at £450 to £550.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- This has been in the family some time?- Some time.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12100-and-odd years, yeah, right from the start.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Why are you flogging a family heirloom?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I've got two sons, I can't leave...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- You can't share that. - I've got five grandchildren.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Whatever it goes for, they get it.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24That's a very diplomatic answer!
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Good valuation as well. It's a lovely item.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Well, we've got three items here, really.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34We have this very nice key pocket watch, American pocket watch.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38We have a good, long albert, and we have the American ten-dollar as well.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- There's a lot of value in the chain. - Oh, yes, yes!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Heck of a lot! This is it, Ray!
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Things are certainly heating up - I'm feeling the pressure.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The gentleman's 14-carat gold pocket watch,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52nice 19-inch chain, mounted with a 10-dollar gold piece.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55What am I bid for this lot here? 400? 300?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57200, thank you. £200 I'm bid.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I have £200. I have £200.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04At 220, 240, 260, 280, 300...
0:19:04 > 0:19:07And 20, 340, 360? At £360?
0:19:07 > 0:19:12At £380, at 400, £420. At £420.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18420, I'll take 10, at 420.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23430 anywhere? We'll mark it at £420 first and last time. All done.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It's gone! We were getting hot there!
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Getting slightly worried!
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- That's not bad, is it?- Yes, it's OK.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32You can divide that up amongst the family.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Who've you brought along for a bit of moral support?
0:19:34 > 0:19:40The lady captain of our golf club - she knew the way so I thought, well, best thing, you get me here!
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Next up it's my turn to be the expert and we've got some real quality on the show, haven't we?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Like me!- It's Heather!
0:19:54 > 0:19:58And, your beautiful carved Black Forest bears. It's a lovely little group.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04Gorgeous inkwell, £200 to £300. We are going to breeze that, because these always sell well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I had a chat with the auctioneer earlier, off camera,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10and he said really nice, something he'd like to own.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- 200 to 300, no problem. - Ooh, brilliant! That's great!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15It is, isn't it? We've got a packed saleroom.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19I don't think they're sitting on their hands because most of them are standing.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Anyway, the money's going towards the holiday fund, isn't it?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Yeah, yeah. - For the grandkids, for the kids!
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- Yeah, yeah!- Good luck! I love what you're wearing!
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- Oh, thank you!- Right.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Easy, tiger. This is it. Here we go.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Late 19th-century Black Forest carved inkstand.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Lot 49. What am I bid for this?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40A couple of hundred? 150?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43£100, thank you. £100. £100, 120,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47120, 140, 160, 180, 200.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51At £200, 220, 240...
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- Go on!- 260, 280, 300 and 20.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57340, 360...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Give it some welly!- 380, 400,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- and 20.- Are you whistling? - At £420.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Any further bids at 420?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09We're selling 4-2-0. First and last time.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11- Yes!- Whee-hee!
0:21:11 > 0:21:13LAUGHTER
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- Easy, tiger.- Brilliant.- £420!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Sock it to 'em, boy!- Wow!
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Well, lovely! Thank you very much.- Isn't that a good result?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24What are you going to spend that on?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27As I say, it's going towards the kids' spending money for Benidorm.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29That's what you said! Treat yourself as well!
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- I treat myself every week...- I bet you do.- ..so I'll give it to t'kids!
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- I bet you do!- Life's for living, Paul, you know!
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Exactly! It's not a rehearsal, is it?- No, not at all, no!
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Wow, what a result! No wonder Heather was over the moon.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45There's plenty more excitement to come,
0:21:45 > 0:21:51as we're off to rival town Doncaster to see what's in store for us there.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Doncaster's heritage is rooted in the transport industry
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and the town is well known for building some very fast locomotives,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03including the Flying Scotsman.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Today we're right on track for a first-class show.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11And the good people of bonny Donny have turned out in their hundreds.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13We've got a massive queue here.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Our experts are Catherine Southon and Adam Partridge.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21They've already sifted through the queue hoping to find the best antiques to sell at auction.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Right now it's 9:30. It's time to get the doors open and the show on the road.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Let's get inside!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Carrie and Carol, thank you very much for coming along today.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Welcome. At the beginning of the day I like to find something special.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I certainly found something special here.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43It even tells us that on the box.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45The box is written in German.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49It says, "For you, for you, here's something special."
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Inside we have this fantastic little green teddy bear.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Can you tell me where you got him from?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Yes, my dad brought it back from the war for my mum.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05It's always been in the little china cabinet.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07That is about as much as I know.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13OK, it's probably German, but he's a bear which was manufactured by the company Schuco.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Schuco were a German factory making bears in the early part of the 20th century.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22This bear is about 1930s in date.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26That would correspond with your father coming back from the war.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30He's no ordinary bear. He's not just your average green bear.
0:23:30 > 0:23:37Let's just have a look inside and we can see he's a lovely little scent bottle. Isn't that beautiful?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39What I like to see about it, it's all in perfect condition.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41We don't have the perfume any more,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43but never mind, it's in good condition.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It's not broken or anything.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50These little bears are very collectable, especially in this lovely green colour.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Who does this belong to now?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57When Mum died, I said to Carrie and my other daughter
0:23:57 > 0:24:01if you want to choose something out of the cabinet by all means do so.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- So Carrie chose this.- I chose the bear.- You chose this bear.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09- I think it was very well chosen. - It's been on display always
0:24:09 > 0:24:11leant up against something.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14The lid was damaged then.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18She showed me it and I said I would like the bear because it was a girlie thing.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23It's fantastic that you kept it in its box. It has the Schuco stamp on the box.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26That really is a fabulous thing. Amazing that you've got the box.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Amazing that it is in pretty good condition.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34There is a bit of wear to the paws but the scent bottle is still there. They do come in other colours.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36You've got the red and golden ones.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41What bear collectors like is this unusual colour and also the fact that
0:24:41 > 0:24:44it's not just a bear, it's a scent bottle holder as well.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46I shall put you out of your misery.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- I would like to see it at auction for about £200 to £300.- Wow!
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I'd hope it would make a bit more than that.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58- I'd probably put a reserve on of about 150. How does that sound?- Wow!
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Are you pleased?- Yeah.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I hope it makes more because it is in good condition. It's in its box.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08If bear collectors are there, who knows what it will make?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13It's a great piece and thank you for bringing it along. You've made my day!
0:25:13 > 0:25:15BOTH: Thank you.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And ours, yes.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Welcome to Flog It!
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- How are you doing?- All right, dear. - And what are your names? - Betty and Charlie.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Nice to meet you both, my name's Adam.- Pleased to meet you.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32These are lovely.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- They look like a pair, but I'd sell them separately.- Would you?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Yeah, I'd sell them consecutively, one lot after the other.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Royal Worcester. Where did you get them from?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I think we got them from Spencer's at Retford auction.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- That's not going any more, is it? - No, we used to go regular, each week.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- How long ago do you reckon you got them?- About 20 years.
0:25:53 > 0:25:5520-odd years ago, weren't it?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- Definitely.- Who bought them? Was it you, Betty?- No, pair of us.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01We always buy things together.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Joint decision?- Yeah.- OK. You have been together a long time?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- Yeah, nearly 50 years.- Goodness me.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08What attracted you to these?
0:26:08 > 0:26:13I just liked them. We bought something else with cattle on.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17And then I went and I saw them. And they've got the sheep on them.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20And with it being Davis I was told that it was a good name.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Yes, it is a good name.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So I decided to have a bid for them.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27What did they cost, do you remember?
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I think they were about 600 for the pair.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34- So not cheap.- No.- But they're never going to be cheap, these,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36because Royal Worcester always makes good money.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Hand-painted by Harry Davis, one of the top Worcester artists,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42specialist in sheep.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45A lot of Worcester artists specialised in different things.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Some did flowers and fruit, cattle, sheep, game birds.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Different ones. Harry Davis was mainly a sheep man.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55And they're both signed and nicely marked on the bottom as well.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58We've got the signature just there on this one.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03And it'll be in a similar place on the other one. You've got this puce-coloured mark on the bottom.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06The shape number on the bottom and all these dots.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09You can add the dots together to get a date code.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14I reckon they date to about 1910. Something about there.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I would sell them separately, as I said, with an estimate of 4-6 on each.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- Very nice. - So there's a bit of a return there.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25What's made you decide to sell them, please?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Well, we've got a grandson, Jamie.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31He's six months old and we want to give him some money for in the bank.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Then we've been married 50 years next year. So there's a golden wedding coming up.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38What are you going to do for that?
0:27:38 > 0:27:43- I might go on a cruise. Or go to the Caribbean.- I used to work on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I'll have to talk to you about that later.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51- We've heard all tales what you do on those Caribbean cruises.- Really? - Yeah, we've heard a lot of tales.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- Have you?- Oh, not half.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I won't say any more! OK.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Well, £400 to £600 each estimate.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Reserve of 400 on each.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- If they don't make that, they're not worth selling.- That's right.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09Let's hope they make a good price. I'll be at the auction. I'll stand with you there and they'll do well.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Lovely. I hope they do.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18This is absolutely stunning, Rosemary.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21You are with your son, Alexander. Hi. Whose is this?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24It's mine. It has been in the family a very long time.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28It belonged to my grandfather and I understood it was his christening present.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- Wow!- But what is it? I don't know. - It's a feminine piece.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- It's a jewellery casket.- Right. OK.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37It would stand on a table top or a dressing table.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- We always put it on the mantelpiece. - It's absolutely stunning.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43It is a jewellery casket.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's made of mixed metals.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It's been gilded and silvered.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Obviously it's losing its glint.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52That can be sorted out.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57It's the quality of the moulding that I am interested in. It's absolutely divine.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Look at the figure on the top. Isn't she beautiful? A little cherub.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02You think it's a woman.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06We understood it was supposed to be my grandfather.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Do you think so?- But they wouldn't be purpose commissioned.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11It looked factory made.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Yes, it was made by Elkington's. I've established that because...
0:29:14 > 0:29:18It's on the foot. And numbers, but I didn't know what any of them meant.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23It's a serial number. Elkington registered in Birmingham and Sheffield and also London.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25They were a London family, originally.
0:29:25 > 0:29:31Originally Frederick Elkington and then it went to Elkington & Co.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35This one is just right for the Great Exhibition. What a showpiece.
0:29:35 > 0:29:43Look, at every face side you see these little caryatids holding up the whole thing.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Look at the swags. Look at the ribbons and look at the decoration.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- It's beautiful. - It collects the dust.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- Ah, well, it would, wouldn't it? - All the detail.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56I don't mind that because that's added the character to it.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00And I'm pleased you haven't polished it. I really am.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02You can see it's typical of Elkington's.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07This would be lined and padded and silk lined.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12I have never known it to have anything. Obviously, this metal is corroding and looks not very nice.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Why do you want to sell this?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Because I think it's a bit of a liability sitting on the mantelpiece.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I don't know how to clean it. I'm terrified I'm going to damage it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Which brings me to the all-important question.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30What is it worth? Have a guess, Alex, what do you think?
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- 50 quid.- 50 quid. You'd take 100 right now, wouldn't you?- Yeah.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38On an average day that's still £300 to £400.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41My goodness me, that is amazing.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47If I gave you £400 and said, "Go and find me one, could you?"
0:30:47 > 0:30:48- Er...- No.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53- I've never seen one - that's why I was interested to know. - It's beautiful.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57You could have said it was somebody's remains and I wouldn't have known!
0:30:57 > 0:31:01£300 to £400 we'll put on this, with a fixed reserve of 300.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- Brilliant!- If it doesn't sell at 300, it's going home.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- You must not sell for any less.- No.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Shall we flog it?- Yes. - Yes.- See you at the auction.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Hi, Gwen, hi, Daniel, thanks very much for coming along today.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23We've got in front of us this lovely lady in a very classic Art Deco pose.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Tell me about her. Where did you get her from?
0:31:26 > 0:31:31Two years ago I had the chance of a house clearance and I couldn't resist it.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I love ladies, but all my ladies are pale
0:31:35 > 0:31:40green and flowing clothes. She just didn't belong so I thought...
0:31:40 > 0:31:42She sticks out like a sore thumb, does she?
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Yes, yes. She just doesn't belong with my other ladies, does she?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I am glad you didn't resist the house clearance because
0:31:49 > 0:31:52you have brought in this beautiful Art Deco piece.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57She has got that wonderful classic pose and she is 1930s.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I do like her, but she just doesn't fit in.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- She just doesn't fit in. She doesn't fit in, so she's got to go.- Yeah.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07You will probably know she's made by Sitzendorf, which
0:32:07 > 0:32:12is a very good German maker, and she's hard paste porcelain.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15She does seem to be in good condition, although there is
0:32:15 > 0:32:21a bit of wear to the gilt around here and it looks like somebody has tried to touch it up in various places.
0:32:21 > 0:32:27It's not me. I was going to paint that gold, but I thought, no.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32I'm glad you did leave well alone. That is the best thing you could have done. She is a beautiful piece.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37It's very classic, and obviously Art Deco is collectable.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40To me, I don't think the ball looks brilliant.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I'm not that sure about this ball.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I don't think it's in keeping with the whole design, but
0:32:45 > 0:32:52- nevertheless she is very elegant and really in quite good condition.- A funny place to have a ball as well.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56It is a funny place to have a ball, on the end of your leg.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58I don't think I'd like to do that pose.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00No, I wouldn't.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03How much do you think it's worth? Any idea?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- No, I've no idea.- I think £300 to £400 is probably about right.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Do you know how much you paid for it? Can you remember?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14No, because it was in the whole house clearance.
0:33:14 > 0:33:21- You got it in a job lot?- Yeah. - I think about £300 to £400 with a 250 reserve. How does that sound?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- Good to me.- Sounds good to you. Does it sound good to you, Daniel?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Is it something you like? - No, not really.- Not really.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I'm sure you'd prefer to have the cash.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Maybe Granny will give him a little something.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Yes, definitely, he has been such a good boy.
0:33:34 > 0:33:40Well done, Daniel, I hope it makes lots of money and you can get something special. Thanks for coming.
0:33:41 > 0:33:47Before we go off to the auction room, let's take another look at these four fabulous items.
0:33:47 > 0:33:54Can this little green bear do better than the family of bears we sold in Rochdale for £480?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56We'll soon find out.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01Adam is confident that the Worcester vases will do well, and I'm sure they'll attract the collectors.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03The jewellery casket is an unusual item
0:34:03 > 0:34:06which I hope someone will love as much as I do.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11And there's always a market for Art Deco figurines like the one brought in by Gwen.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15But first here's something you don't see me doing very often.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Sadly I can't persuade all of you to go down the antique furniture route.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25Besides, we don't have the space for it nowadays and the kids might ruin it. So what do we do?
0:34:25 > 0:34:31We get in a car and drive to a giant shed on an out-of-town retail park and pick up one of these.
0:34:31 > 0:34:32A flat-pack.
0:34:33 > 0:34:39Then of course you spend the rest of the weekend looking at diagrams, making sure there's no bits missing
0:34:39 > 0:34:42and wondering where you put that Allen key.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49I am pleased to tell you there's a third way. It's the Steve Handley way.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53He takes old bits of wood, bits of junk, metalwork, kitchen utensils,
0:34:53 > 0:34:58puts them all together in a very unconventional way and makes unique kitchen cupboards,
0:34:58 > 0:35:03chunky chairs of distinction and tables made of abandoned bits of boats.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05That's great recycling, isn't it?
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Steve, it's a real pleasure to meet you. A true artisan at work in his workshop. Look at this.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16This is organised chaos, isn't it?
0:35:16 > 0:35:21- So how long have you been doing this?- 12 years, full time.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25I originally trained as a sculptor and I taught that for a long time.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27And I got tired of that.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30But I'd always had this thread of interest in furniture,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34particularly Irish country furniture and later folk art,
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Eastern European furniture.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39And I always had the thread of recycling.
0:35:39 > 0:35:45My dad taught me a lot in post-war austerity, how to mend the shed with bits of wood.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- Heath Robinson!- Yeah.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Some are just quirky ideas. I've made nearly 2,000 of these cupboards.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53The doors are all old pastry boards or chopping boards.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55That's the basis they're sold on.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00And all the materials, apart from the hinges, are recycled materials.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04That's like a little cupboard door for spices.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- Yeah, yeah. Herb and spice cupboard. - The way you've put two ventilation panels...
0:36:08 > 0:36:13These are cheese graters, which I thought were quite an architectural shape.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Some people think it looks like a confessional box.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I invented this. I started making hooks out of cutlery.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23I call this the Handley Patent Cutlery Latch.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27- It's quite a satisfying click. - Who are your main clients?
0:36:27 > 0:36:33My main clients are women, who buy 95% of my cupboards.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Some of them won't even tell their friends where they got it from,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41because they just want it for themselves.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Being herb and spice cupboards, they are also functional,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47which is what I like having moved away from more fine-art things.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51It was coming up to my wife's birthday and I made her a cupboard.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56The door was a pastry board and I sawed a rolling pin in half, and put some other things on.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Then people saw it and said, "Oh, I really like that.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02"Can you make me one?"
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Then the whole thing developed.
0:37:04 > 0:37:12- And a bed.- The big cross piece on the top, with the iron hoop, is from a wagon, a turning table.
0:37:12 > 0:37:18This is from a Lincolnshire cart extension.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22I cut the cocks out, because this end of the bed is supposed to be morning
0:37:22 > 0:37:25and the swallows used to come in the barn where I was.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29That's an old breadboard. This piece which is like a ploughed field,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32because it's very much a landscape, the headboard,
0:37:32 > 0:37:37my mate with a sawmill, he'd sawn up timber on it with a chain saw for ages.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42I went in the yard one morning and he was about to saw it up and throw it on the bonfire.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- And you went, "No!"- So I said no.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47You could play around for hours trying to get that.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50So I just sanded the top off and linseeded it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- Steve, thank you so much for showing me around.- You're welcome, it's been a pleasure.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57You've given me so many ideas, I don't know where to start.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01I'm going to go home and look at my junk in a different light.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Steve Handley's furniture is never going to be available in flat-pack form. That's its beauty.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10It's individual, it's unique and it's got its own character.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13That's what gives it its appeal and value.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Talking of value, we're off to auction.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Let's find out if the Art Deco figurine will score with the bidders.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And whether there's a new home for the jewellery casket.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30We could be scenting success for the German Schuco bear.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36They love it!
0:38:36 > 0:38:40And how much will the collectors be prepared to cough up for the Worcester vases?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42It's time to find out.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48We've left Doncaster and we've come to Matlock
0:38:48 > 0:38:51to catch up with our Flog It favourite James Lewis
0:38:51 > 0:38:54the auctioneer for today at Bamfords salerooms.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59Before the sale gets under way, let's ask Steve Iredale, the principal valuer,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02what he's got to say about a couple of our lots.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Art Deco figurine, she's beautifully modelled.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10We've got £300 to £400 on this. It belongs to Gwen.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13She came along with her grandson, Daniel. It is well modelled.
0:39:13 > 0:39:19I love the fingers and the pose but I'm not sure about 300 to 400.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I hope it does it. I'm a little dubious.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Do you want my honest answer? - Yeah.- I think it's too much. - Do you?- It's too much.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28It's got the style. Art Deco is all the rage.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30It could be a very, very good thing.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I just think it's too much. There is some rubbing to the gilding.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38- Yeah.- It just doesn't excite me the way a £300 to £400 Art Deco figure should.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43OK, if this came into your saleroom tomorrow, you're a principal valuer here and auctioneer,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46what would you put on this if it came through the door?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49I would probably put something more like 100, 150.
0:39:49 > 0:39:55I see it perhaps making a couple, but 300 to 400 is just a bit too strong.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00- We'll try our best.- Yes, James has his work cut out, hasn't he? - If James can't do it, nobody can.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04That's what good auctioneers are about. We'll find out in a few moments.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09It was brought along by Gwen and grandson Daniel. Hello.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Day off school for the auction?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13This is exciting, isn't it?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Fingers crossed, Daniel. It's going under the hammer now.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Lot 165, the German Art Deco figure of the ball dancer.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22It really is a stylish lot.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- A stylish lot. - We've got a single bid.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29We can just let it go at 250.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- At £250, just.- Come on, a bit more.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36At 250, 260 do I see? A little bit of wear to the gilding but she's still a nice lot.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- 260, yes.- 260.- 270. 280 in the room.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- We're going to sell it.- 290 for you.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Just 290, one more, go on.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46- Come on, push it up a bit more.- 300.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- 310.- We've sold it. We've sold it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51At £300 at the back.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55At 300 with you. At £300, all sure?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- We've done it.- That's good.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Sorry we couldn't get you a bit more.- I don't care.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- We've sold it.- We wanted her to go. - There's a holiday coming up!
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- Rosemary, I'm feeling a little bit nervous.- Don't be!
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Your lot's up in a few moments' time.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17It's the jewellery casket. We've a fixed reserve on it of £300.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- Fine.- So it's going home if it doesn't sell.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23We don't mind having it home, the mantelpiece looks empty without it.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24I wouldn't sell it, as I told you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Right, yes. I've also found some more family history
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and I'm trying to work it out, because it wasn't my grandfather's.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33You said it was, didn't you?
0:41:33 > 0:41:39Yes, but I think it belonged to his mother. She was born in 1870.
0:41:39 > 0:41:45I wondered if it was her christening present and whether he had taken it on when she died.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Having second thoughts!
0:41:46 > 0:41:50This is the problem when you put family heirlooms into auction, isn't it?
0:41:50 > 0:41:52We'll find out.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Lot 532 is the Elkington & Co gilt metal casket.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Starts at £200 with me. At 200, 220.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02At 200 and 20 do I see?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04At 200, with me at £200.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Do I see 220?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Is that all, no interest in that?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10That's life, isn't it?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12No, that's not sold.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Going back to a good home.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- I feel awful.- Don't worry.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Please don't say that!
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Some good has come out of this.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23My over-valuation has protected it.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Now we're looking for the sweet smell of success.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33£200 to £300, we want that top end.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37I've just been joined by Carrie and Carol, mum and daughter.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- This is a little gem, isn't it? - It is.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Catherine loves it as well. You put the valuation on? Should do it.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Do you think?- Yeah.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Should do it.- Any feedback?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49No, we didn't chat to the auctioneer or valuer.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51So he agrees with Catherine's value.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Fingers crossed we're going to flog it!
0:42:55 > 0:43:00Lot 319 is this little Schuco bear scent bottle.
0:43:00 > 0:43:07Unusual to have his box. And £150 is bid. 150. 160 do I see?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10160 in the room, 170, 180.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12180 has it. 190? 190, 200.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Keep going. Come on, a little bit more.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17In the room at 190. 200 on the phone.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23Yes, we've sold it. We've got our 200, we've got the lower end.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27- Now it's climbing.- 240. 250.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30250, 260.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33270, 280.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36We're going to do the £300 mark, aren't we?
0:43:36 > 0:43:39I was worried. That's excellent.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41I feel really sick.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43They love it!
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Money, money, money.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50- Fantastic.- Oh, my God. - It's the box that's done it.- 380.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- 390.- Wonderful.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55400. And 20?
0:43:55 > 0:43:57They're not going to stop.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59I hope not.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02We could be here all night. That would be good.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06- Shall we take a break?- Oh, my Lord.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Excellent.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12- 470.- God bless Grandma.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15500. 510.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- That's wonderful.- 520.
0:44:18 > 0:44:23530. At 520, are you all out?
0:44:23 > 0:44:24At £520.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28Oh, that's brilliant. Well done!
0:44:30 > 0:44:32I don't believe it.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Oh, my knees.
0:44:34 > 0:44:40- OK. OK, you both would have settled for the 200. I know that.- Yes.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43What are you going to put that money to?
0:44:43 > 0:44:45Don't forget there is commission to pay.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47But you've got a lot of money.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Well, it was my grandma's
0:44:50 > 0:44:52and she was a great horse fan.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55And my son owns his own pony.
0:44:55 > 0:45:01So we are going to go to Olympia at London at Christmas time as a treat for the family. Cos we're all...
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Yeah. My daughter that's come with us as well.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06We're all going to Olympia to...
0:45:06 > 0:45:09- Watch the horses.- Take Mum
0:45:09 > 0:45:11with us in spirit as well.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13That's wonderful. A nice idea.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19We've got some real quality on the show right now.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21I've just been joined by Betty and Charlie. We've got some
0:45:21 > 0:45:28Royal Worcester vases, two of them, both decorated by Harry Davis, both with a value of £400 to £600.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Sounds like you're selling up your collection.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33Yes, two more to go, but these are the best.
0:45:33 > 0:45:39If everything goes all right, so much for us golden wedding and so much to the grandson, our first grandchild.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42Aw! What a lovely occasion, then.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Be Grandad. Looks like you've been on holiday.
0:45:45 > 0:45:46- Have you?- No, golf.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48- Golf!- Golf every day.
0:45:48 > 0:45:53Well, good luck. Let's hope we get that top end. Adam, what do you think? Will we?
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Well, I like to think I know the Worcester market.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00- We've put our neck on the line with the valuations, but I think we'll be just fine.- OK. Good luck.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Lot 55 and 56.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Please be sure that you realise they are two separate lots.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Lot 55, the Worcester slender vase.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10Where shall we start it? 500?
0:46:10 > 0:46:15- Fantastic!- 6. 6. 7. 800. 9.
0:46:15 > 0:46:161,000.
0:46:16 > 0:46:1911. 12.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23- Fantastic!- 13. 14.
0:46:23 > 0:46:2515. 16.
0:46:25 > 0:46:2617. 18.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30- Oh, dear!- There's a lot of Worcester collectors here.
0:46:31 > 0:46:342,000. 2,2. 2,4.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36Oh, I say!
0:46:36 > 0:46:382,3. 2,4. Phone two.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40- 2,5?- I can't believe it.- At 2,400.
0:46:40 > 0:46:45Phone two. At 2,400 on phone two. Are we all sure?
0:46:45 > 0:46:47- Two thousand...- 2,5.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50- 2,5.- 2,6.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52They're still going.
0:46:52 > 0:46:532,7. He's wavering. One more.
0:46:53 > 0:46:58At 2,600. All sure? Phone two at 2,6...
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Come and buy me! Yes!
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Fantastic! Fantastic!
0:47:02 > 0:47:04- Brilliant, isn't it?- Yeah!
0:47:04 > 0:47:08OK, there's one more to go, Betty. Here's the second lot.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Lot 56, a similar one.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12£1,000 somewhere straight in.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14At 1,000. 11 at the back.
0:47:14 > 0:47:161,200. 1,400.
0:47:16 > 0:47:211,400. 1,600. 1,700, new phone.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- 1,700. 1,800.- Incredible.
0:47:23 > 0:47:271,800. 19. 19. 2,000.
0:47:27 > 0:47:312,000. 2,1.
0:47:31 > 0:47:342,1? At £2,000. All done? 2,000.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37£2,000. The hammer's gone down.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41- That's not bad, is it? A grand total of 4,600.- Marvellous!
0:47:41 > 0:47:46Wow! Betty! What a magical moment. That is what Flog It is all about.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50That's the end of another amazing show.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55The bears certainly had a picnic, both in Yorkshire and Lancashire,
0:47:55 > 0:47:56making way over estimate.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00But who'd have thought another county would swoop in and take the honours
0:48:00 > 0:48:05with the Worcester vases fetching £4,600?
0:48:05 > 0:48:07it's a resounding success for everyone,
0:48:07 > 0:48:11especially for the white rose of Yorkshire and Doncaster.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Sadly we're running out of time right here.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16I hope you've enjoyed the show, so from everybody here at Matlock...
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Round of applause?
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Cheerio!
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