0:00:03 > 0:00:07If you're old enough to remember The Biggest Aspidistra In The World,
0:00:07 > 0:00:12then you'll be familiar with one of the greatest names in entertainment
0:00:12 > 0:00:19in the 1930s and '40s. Yes, Dame Gracie Fields was born right here in Rochdale in 1898.
0:00:19 > 0:00:25Today we're bringing you our own entertainment with Flog It!
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Rochdale has a rich industrial past and now has a bustling town centre.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Our Gracie wasn't the only famous name to hail from here.
0:01:05 > 0:01:12Mike Harding, Lisa Stansfield and Anna Friel are among many stars of stage and screen from the town.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19This magnificent town hall is our venue today.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25We've got the all-dancing Anita Manning and Nigel Smith to dazzle you with their valuations
0:01:25 > 0:01:31of all the antiques for auction. Let's hope there's a big queue!
0:01:36 > 0:01:42There's going to be plenty to choose from - hundreds of people and hundreds of antiques.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46It looks like Anita has already spotted something.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53When I was a wee girl,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58I used to go to the cinema on a Saturday morning.
0:01:58 > 0:02:04- Lady and the Tramp was one of my favourite movies.- It was mine.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Well, what we have here are three little Wade animals.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13We have Lady, we have the Tramp and we have good old Trusty.
0:02:13 > 0:02:20- Tell me, where did you get them? - A friend of mine bought them. She died of cancer, unfortunately.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25She bought me one every so often because she knew I liked them.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- So when did she buy them? - It must have been the early '60s.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- '62, '63, I should imagine. It was a long time ago.- I loved that.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39I remember Peggy Lee singing! She was the voiceover for Lady.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Yes.- It was so wonderful.- Yes.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47They're not worth a huge amount of money, not a huge amount.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51But I would imagine that if we put them into auction
0:02:51 > 0:02:53we would get maybe
0:02:53 > 0:02:55£100-£150 for them.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- For all three of them?- Yeah. Would you be happy to sell at that?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05It will be a bit of a wrench because it was from my friend,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08but I think it's time they moved on.
0:03:08 > 0:03:14So £100 firm reserve, estimate £100-£150.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- We'll flog them and I'll look forward to seeing you.- Flog them.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Liz.- Hello.- Thanks for coming along.
0:03:26 > 0:03:33- You've got a lovely smile. Will you be smiling when I tell you about this?- I hope so.- Are you confident?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Um, well, I don't like it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41It's an Art Deco sugar caster. It's Clarice Cliff.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Everybody knows about Clarice Cliff now.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50We've sold a lot of it now. Still commercial, but not my taste.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Not mine either. - So you've decided to sell it.- Yes.
0:03:54 > 0:04:00Let's have a closer look. It's quite a vivid pattern. Lovely, brightly-coloured trees.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05The sad thing, which I think might affect its value - in fact, I'm sure -
0:04:05 > 0:04:11is, if you turn it upside down, it hasn't actually got a Clarice Cliff mark.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17- No, nothing.- Nothing. A lot of collectors will be unnerved slightly by that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22There are fakes about. This definitely isn't. It's right.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28But a marked piece and an unmarked piece are two different things, so we've got to be conservative.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Anyway, it's a great thing.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Not to my taste, not to your taste. So let's sell it.- Yes, please!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37And put the money into something you do like.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Will you promise me you'll reinvest it in an antique?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42No... A work of art, yes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45A piece of modern art. Something nice.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I was thinking of something to remember my auntie by,
0:04:48 > 0:04:54- who it belonged to.- I would think a couple of hundred pounds for this.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Really?- Yeah.- Wow!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Do you want a reserve on it?- Yes. - Or do you just want rid of it?
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- I do want to get rid of it, but... - Let's put £100 on it.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- OK.- You're not greedy.- No. - Give them a chance of a bargain.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14That'll draw them all in and hopefully make a bit more.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- OK.- Then buy something decent. - Lovely.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26David, this is an excellent woolwork sampler.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Is there a family connection or did you acquire it?
0:05:30 > 0:05:38The only family connection was with my wife's first husband's great aunt.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- Right.- Who we think was Jane Roberts.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46The auntie was Gladys and we think Jane Roberts was her mother.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49So this has been in the family a long time.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Since 1883.- 120-odd years!
0:05:51 > 0:05:59We have seen them before. We've seen a lot of silk samplers and cotton samplers. This is wool.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02But the images, considering its date -
0:06:02 > 0:06:06"Jane Roberts sewing work made in the year 1883."
0:06:06 > 0:06:14You've got the stately home with the pond and trees. A close-up of the big house. Excellent.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The colour is there. It's quite vivid. It's not been in the sun.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21The frame is right. It's walnut veneering
0:06:21 > 0:06:23on a pine frame.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28That is so right, so important. The mount is right as well.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29I think, safely,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32we could put this into auction at £300-£400.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- That much?- It's a nice-sized sampler.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- I must admit, it does seem rather bigger...- Lovely image.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45We'll put it in for sale at £300-£400. We'll protect it with a fixed reserve at £300.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- OK? Happy with that?- Yes, thank you. - Let's sell it.
0:06:53 > 0:07:00Now then, Lily. What can you tell me about him? He's cute, isn't he?
0:07:00 > 0:07:06My husband inherited it from an aunt when she died. When my husband died, I inherited it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I love teddy bears, they're great fun.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12They all have their own little characters, but this one's a little bit special.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Yes, he is.- Shall we show everybody?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18His head comes off!
0:07:20 > 0:07:25And what it is inside is a little scent phial.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- You put perfume in it.- Mm.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32This would date, probably, from around about the 1920s, I'd think.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- It's a little German bear.- Yes.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Probably made by Schuco.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42What spurred you to come along today? I know you're a Flog It fan.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Just to see if it was valuable.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Collectors buy these on two levels.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50There are scent bottle collectors and teddy bear collectors.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55It's a double bonus, really. And they are popular.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- We could estimate him somewhere around £60-£80.- Yes.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03He's nice, he's got character. He's in lovely condition.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- We could do very well with him. Are you happy to sell him?- Yes.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10What would you invest £100 in?
0:08:10 > 0:08:16Well, I'll give my son half and I'll have half towards a holiday.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21- Right.- Won't be a lot, will it? - A mini-break.- Yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Let's be confident.- OK. - Everyone will love him.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29I'll put £60 reserve on him and we'll turn him into cash for you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- We'll flog him.- Very good.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Lynn, I am SO pleased!
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Here we are in Rochdale, and what we have
0:08:41 > 0:08:48are letters and postcards from Rochdale's finest daughter, Gracie Fields.
0:08:48 > 0:08:55- Tell me, where did you get them? - Well, my husband went to an auction about 20 years ago.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00We were collecting books at the time and he bid on a box of books,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05brought them home and was looking through them for first editions
0:09:05 > 0:09:10and at the bottom of the box was these letters and postcards.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Were you quite excited?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16We was, because we knew that Gracie lived in Rochdale,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20but we just put them in the drawer and left them there.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Then when I heard that the Flog It team was coming to Rochdale,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I thought we'd bring them down just to see.
0:09:29 > 0:09:36She was absolutely wonderful and renowned. She travelled in the US and all over the world.
0:09:36 > 0:09:43Here we have two postcards - one with Gracie's photograph on it
0:09:43 > 0:09:49and we have another one from Capri where she lived, latterly.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54And this is to Phyllis Reynolds, just a typical holiday postcard.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58"Many thanks. Best wishes." Et cetera.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03But what really makes it for me, Lynn, is this letter here.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06If we take it out...
0:10:08 > 0:10:14It's from Capri and it was written in 1968.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20"My dear Phyllis and your dear sister, we just returned to Capri and found your lovely gift
0:10:20 > 0:10:24"of hankies!" Isn't that nice?
0:10:24 > 0:10:31"Bless on you both. Thank you very, very much also for your kind letter. Birthday wishes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:38"We've enjoyed a lovely holiday in Brighton and London. All my good wishes and thank you, Gracie."
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- Isn't that wonderful?- Yeah. - It's wonderful. I love it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47They're not worth an enormous amount of money.
0:10:47 > 0:10:54I think if we put them in, say, with an estimate of £40-£60 I'm sure they will go higher,
0:10:54 > 0:10:59but I think to give a reasonable estimate will encourage the bidding.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- Would you be happy to put them in at that price?- Yes.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- A good turn on your couple of pound box of books!- It was.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16We've had a wonderful collection of items at the valuation day
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and Lynn's postcards have inspired me
0:11:18 > 0:11:22to find out a little more about Rochdale's First Lady.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32There's not much olde worlde charm left in Rochdale these days.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Even back in the 1930s and '40s it was a hard-working mill town,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41part of Lancashire's harsh industrial landscape.
0:11:43 > 0:11:50But the people are at the heart of Rochdale. They're so proud of their heritage.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55If you look around, a flavour of the old days still lingers.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01- # Sing as we go... # - There was no one prouder of her Rochdale heritage
0:12:01 > 0:12:08or did more to put this town on the international map than the world-famous star, Gracie Fields,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10who was born here in 1898.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Our Gracie ended up a Hollywood star, and by the end of the 1930s
0:12:16 > 0:12:22she was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, but she never forgot she was a Lancashire lass.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Whenever she came back, people turned up in their thousands.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48# Once I had a secret love
0:12:50 > 0:12:55# That lived within the heart of me... #
0:12:55 > 0:13:01Gracie was born Grace Stansfield and she grew up with two sisters and a brother in Molesworth Street.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05As a young child, she worked part-time in one of the mills.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09She knew she'd be a big star because her mother told her.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15She said, "If you don't get your act together, you'll end up in a mill for the rest of your life."
0:13:15 > 0:13:20At the age of seven, Gracie won her first talent contest.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23By 1931 she was in Hollywood.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Over a five-year period she made a small fortune,
0:13:27 > 0:13:33but Gracie said that to her, home always meant Rochdale and its folk.
0:13:33 > 0:13:40When the war broke out in 1939, Gracie's popularity dipped for the first time in her career.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46She was married to her second husband, Monty Banks. He was an Italian and, therefore, the enemy.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51She left Britain to be with him, touring Canada, the USA and Europe,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55raising thousands of pounds and morale for the war effort.
0:13:55 > 0:14:02Gracie never took her fans for granted and she always took time out to stop and chat with them
0:14:02 > 0:14:05and sometimes even sing them a song.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12No matter how famous she became, people loved her because she remained down to earth.
0:14:12 > 0:14:20Do you look back on those days in Rochdale and think, "Without this, I wouldn't be Gracie Fields"?
0:14:20 > 0:14:27I wouldn't, definitely. I wouldn't know people so well if I had a silver spoon in my mouth.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31And I wouldn't understand other people's reactions to things.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35I love to get on a bus today. People can't understand that.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I don't want a taxi. I love people.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44I want to see them. I know how they feel and I feel the same way.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50So when I sing a song, either a tragedy, a dramatic song, or a comic song,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I feel I know how to handle it.
0:14:53 > 0:15:00In 1978, at the age of 80, Gracie returned to Rochdale for the last time.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04As usual, people turned out in their thousands to welcome her.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10It was a day for pure nostalgia as Rochdale welcomed home the original Lancashire lass
0:15:10 > 0:15:15who made their town famous. Gracie was clearly delighted to be back
0:15:15 > 0:15:18and she had some treats in store for everyone.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24Then, at a local school, a chance for youngsters to meet the legend they were brought up with.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27And then shake my box!
0:15:31 > 0:15:37The following year, she went to Buckingham Palace, where she was made a dame.
0:15:38 > 0:15:45# ..the hour For me to say goodbye... #
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Gracie died in Italy in 1979.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54A memorial service was held here in the church where she was christened.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Many famous names turned up to honour our Gracie,
0:15:59 > 0:16:06the girl from Rochdale who made good and never forgot she was a Lancashire lass at heart.
0:16:11 > 0:16:18We've seen some super items so far, so let's have a look at what's going off to auction.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24Lynn's letters from Gracie Fields won't make a fortune, but they're a great piece of showbiz history.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Speaking of showbiz, this rather nice modern collection of Disney figures
0:16:29 > 0:16:31should catch someone's eye at the auction.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35And there's another famous name associated with the sugar shaker,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39which I think will do rather better than Nigel's estimate.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Needlework samplers are always in big demand at auctions.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47This one, handed down through David's family, should do really well.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48But one thing's for sure -
0:16:48 > 0:16:54there's going to be some fierce bidding before someone gets their claws into this little bear.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Before our items are sold off at the Calder Valley auction house,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I'm going to speak to our auctioneer, Ian Peace,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02about that Schuco bear.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07A very tiny bear. A tiny, tiny bear on this massive great big table!
0:17:07 > 0:17:11He's a little Schuco bear. His head comes off.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16He belongs to Lily. She inherited him from an aunt.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19We've got a valuation of £60-£80.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24- Yep.- He's almost like a novelty key ring!- It is.
0:17:24 > 0:17:31It's charming, it's small and it's a scent bottle. I think £60-£80 is on the low side.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35I think it's got a chance of £120-£130, £140.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Unfortunately, the reserve has been put up by the vendor.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45I do know one that went down in Sussex for £170, so we may just make it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50When I saw £60-£80, I thought exactly what you said.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55It would do that any day. We've now upped the ante.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- I shall work hard.- It's got the sweet smell of success.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Speaking of sweet success,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04first up, it's the sugar shaker by Clarice Cliff.
0:18:06 > 0:18:12I wish I had a fiver for every time I've said this - it wouldn't be Flog It without Clarice Cliff.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I've joined up with Liz here, who's flogging her Clarice Cliff sugar shaker.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- That's right.- £100-£200.- Yes. - Let's hope we get that top end.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25What is the money going to go towards, Liz?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- I don't want to make Nigel blush, but...- Come on!
0:18:29 > 0:18:37- Nothing fazes Nigel.- I'm going to put it towards a Clarice Cliff tattoo.- One on your body?!
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Yes. The pattern that we're selling.
0:18:41 > 0:18:47- So you're going to get a crocus? - No, it's a cottage. - A little cottage landscape.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53- The whole thing?- Not the whole thing.- Whereabouts?- Um...
0:18:53 > 0:18:57A Clarice Cliff oval sugar shaker.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I'm going to open this at...£150.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03£150. 150.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06At 160. 170. 180. 190.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09200. And 10. 220.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Fantastic! They love it.- 250.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15260. 270. £270.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18At £270. 280. 290.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Three tattoos!- 300. And 10.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24320. 330.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26At £330.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30£330-worth of tattoos! Painful!
0:19:30 > 0:19:33At £340, ladies and gentlemen.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36£340. The hammer's going down.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Wonderful.- Oh, my God! - Clarice always does the business.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I wouldn't blame you
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- if you changed your mind. - I might buy jewellery!
0:19:50 > 0:19:55She was christened Gracie Stansfield, we all know her as Gracie Fields
0:19:55 > 0:19:57and we've got memorabilia brought in by Lynn.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Your husband found this in an auction room.- Yes.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04We've got £40-£60 put on by our expert, Anita. We should do that!
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Everybody wants a bit of Gracie!
0:20:06 > 0:20:12In the right area. They're not uncommon - she was a prolific letter writer,
0:20:12 > 0:20:19but I think the letter is very sweet, thanking someone for a box of hankies. Lovely.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24And we're thanking you for bringing it in. It really is a special topic.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- There's lots of local interest. - Yeah.- Good luck.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33A letter hand-written by Gracie Fields, together with three envelopes and two signed postcards.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Number 36 is the lot.
0:20:35 > 0:20:3720? 20, thank you.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40£20. 5 anywhere? At £20. And 5.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44At 25. At 25. 30 do I see?
0:20:44 > 0:20:50At 25. 30. And 5. At 35. 40 do I see? At £35.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Good.- Are we all done at £35? 40, sir.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58We're in the market at 40. Any further bids at 40?
0:20:58 > 0:21:03- At £40, then, here in the room. All done?- Yes...- At 40.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Well done. - We got right on the estimate.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- 40 quid. That's OK, isn't it?- Yes.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- That'll do me.- You've got to treat your husband. He found them.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Well, I suppose so.- Suppose so!
0:21:22 > 0:21:28I've been looking forward to this. We've got a sampler, it's gorgeous. I've put £300-£400 on it.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- David brought it along. And who's with you?- My wife, Sally.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- Sally, hello.- Hello. - This is really yours.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Yes. It was my aunt's. My late aunt's.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Sally broke her hip! - I was line dancing and I fell!
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Line dancing?! All the cowboy stuff?- Yes.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Hoo-ha!- Yee-ha!
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- Do you both go line dancing? - No, I go occasionally.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- That must be really exciting. - It was, until I landed in hospital.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- And did your hip in.- Yes. We had to cancel our holiday.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Where were you going?- Spain.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I've told him if this sells he can take me somewhere else!
0:22:11 > 0:22:14It's going under the hammer.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17A large needlework sampler, 1883.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Come on, bidders.- £200?
0:22:19 > 0:22:24150, then. 150, 150. At 160. 170.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27180. 190. 200.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30And 10. At £210. At 220.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- 220, 220. 230? - Yes.- 230.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- 240.- And 250? Yeah.- 250.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- 260.- Yeah.- 270. 280.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44It's worth much, much more!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46£280 I'm bid.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49A fresh bid of 290. At £290.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55- 300, thank you. £300. At £300.- That's the reserve done.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Any further bids? At £300, then.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01We're selling. Yes, just!
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Right. Not Spain this time, though.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08No. We might go to Cornwall.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Yes!
0:23:10 > 0:23:16- You'll enjoy it down in Cornwall. - I'm sure we will.- I did go to Cornwall, about 40 years ago.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20It hasn't changed much! It's still beautiful!
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Next up, the Lady and the Tramp. I'm surrounded by two ladies.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33I have been accused of looking like a tramp recently on Flog It!
0:23:33 > 0:23:39- We've got those lovely Disney figures. They're the larger version. - They're called blow-up figures.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- Blow-up?- Bigger, better, more expensive.- More money!
0:23:44 > 0:23:49- We need more money for Poldie. - I want a thousand for them.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53You're not going to get a thousand! But hopefully the top end.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57The money will go towards your art materials.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Poldie makes cards. She's made me one.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06- I've got a lovely lady banging the drum. You're from Austria?- Yes.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- You came over to Oldham how many years ago?- 53 years.
0:24:10 > 0:24:16- Wow. What brought you over here? - Work, Paul. Work. - In the mills?- Oh, yes.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22- Hard graft?- Yes, it was. But I was 22 at the time and it was easy.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- Keen, eager.- Well...- Why did you stay? Did you meet a man?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Unfortunately, yes!
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Anita's met a few and got rid of them!
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Lot 10. Three Wade Porcelain Walt Disney models. Lady and the Tramp.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Shall we say £100? 80? 50, thank you. At £50.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46And 60. At 60. At 70.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- 80. 90. 100. - (Yes, they've sold.)
0:24:51 > 0:24:54£100. 110. 120. 130. 140.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- 150. 160. - They absolutely love them.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03At 160 in the doorway. £160, then. Hang on - there's two cards there.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- 160.- Bidding war!
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Anybody else at the back of the room?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- 170 here.- 170!- 180.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16180. Against you, sir. 190.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21£190 here at the front. 190 - it's going.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Yes!- The hammer has gone down.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- £190. Great!- Wonderful!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Wonderful.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31What a great result!
0:25:33 > 0:25:40- Seriously, what's £190 going towards?- My overdraft! - We've all got them, haven't we?
0:25:40 > 0:25:45- With a vice like that... - A vice like making cards.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51- I could do with a bigger flat. - Could you?- For all the stuff! I have boxes everywhere.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- It's purgatory. - Thank you so much for coming in.
0:25:55 > 0:26:01- As a 22-year-old, you would have been in lots of trouble!- I'd have given you a run for your money.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Yes!
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Next up, we've got Lily and that lovely little Schuco bear.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18We had a valuation from Nigel of £60-£80.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Lily has upped the value without you knowing.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27She's had a chat with Ian. You weren't happy with £60-£80.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- No, it wasn't enough. - So you've upped it to £150.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Oh!- I did have a chat to Ian.
0:26:35 > 0:26:42- We both fell in love with this little bear.- Think it will sell? - We think it's got a chance at 150.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46He is so cute. You just want to love that little bear.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52- If he doesn't sell for any more than 150, you've done all right. Protect your investment.- Yes.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55OK, going under the hammer now.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00Lot 261. A German Schuco miniature teddy bear in gold plush.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04I'll start this at £100. At £100.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07110. 120.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10120. 130. 140.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- 150. 160.- Sold it. Yes! - 170. 180.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16190. 200.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- This is more like it, isn't it?- Yes!
0:27:20 > 0:27:22And 10. And 20. 230.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25240. At £240.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28At £240. Any further bids?
0:27:28 > 0:27:33- Brilliant. They love it. - I thought it was rare(!)
0:27:36 > 0:27:40The hammer has gone down at £240, Lily.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Well done!- Lily, how about that?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- We're shaking!- Yes!
0:27:47 > 0:27:54- What are you going to do with £240? - Well, I was going to give my son half of it.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58He takes me about a lot. He said he doesn't want it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- I bought him a little ornament. - In the sale?- Yes.- Good for you!
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- She's selling AND buying!- Yes!
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- You've got your finger on the pulse. - I'm delighted.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13It's great to meet you. Thank you for bringing a lovely bear.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18- We'll all enjoyed that moment. - Thanks.- It's what Flog It is about.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23- I hope you've enjoyed the show. We enjoyed making it.- Yes.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27It's cheerio from Nigel, Lily and myself. Take care.
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