0:00:02 > 0:00:06We've come to England's oldest capital for today's show. Welcome to Flog It! from Winchester.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42Recently voted the best place in the UK to live, Winchester also boasts
0:00:42 > 0:00:45one of the highest levels of sunshine in the country.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50And throughout its rich history, some very famous people indeed have passed through.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55King Alfred and William the Conqueror both lived in Winchester,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59and William's Domesday Book was compiled here in 1086.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Sir Walter Raleigh was tried for treason here in the Great Hall
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and Charles II planned to build a royal palace here.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10And there's a strong literary heritage too.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Jane Austen died here in 1817, two years before poet
0:01:14 > 0:01:17John Keats found inspiration with his walks by the river.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21But Winchester is not to everybody's taste.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26Horace Walpole, the author of the first gothic novel in 1755,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29described the city as a "paltry small town".
0:01:35 > 0:01:42But there's nothing paltry or small about today's queue or experts, Michael Baggott and Charlie Ross.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51And Michael has found something rather weird and wonderful.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Liz, you have made my day today.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Oh, good.- Thank you, thank you for bringing these in.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00But where on earth did you get these from?
0:02:00 > 0:02:07They were given to a great- great-uncle of my husband's who was a bespoke tailor.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11And a gentleman had a suit made and he wanted another pair of trousers
0:02:11 > 0:02:16but didn't have any money to pay for them, so he gave them these instead.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- So they've cost the price of a pair of bespoke trousers.- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24It gets more and more bizarre as I talk to you.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I don't know what's going on.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Do you know what they are first? I suppose you do.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I presume Victoria Regina.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34That's it. That's it. That's what completes the puzzle.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40- We've got the VR and they appear to be grown sulphur crystals.- Yes.
0:02:40 > 0:02:47And I've been asking my colleagues how on earth this is done and we either think it's a plaster base
0:02:47 > 0:02:53- that's been carved with the initials and the Solomonic columns at the front.- Right.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55That's been dipped and dipped and dipped.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Or even a piece of string that's been corded into shape and then dipped and dipped and dipped.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05- And they've been left to grow. - Oh, right.- But over a very long period of time.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- And I'm sure that these were made for her Golden Jubilee...- Yes. - ..being yellow as they are.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- They're over a hundred years old, fantastically rare.- Yes.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17The cases in themselves are wonderful things because you've got
0:03:17 > 0:03:22this patination of over a hundred years on the lacquer and the grime
0:03:22 > 0:03:27and the touch where it's been handled there, so I mean, it's all fantastic.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Have you given any idea what they might be worth?
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- I haven't a clue. Haven't a clue. My husband said, "Get 20 quid for them."- Where's my wallet?
0:03:35 > 0:03:40But I'm not accepting that now, no.
0:03:40 > 0:03:47- Well, it's difficult because I think if two people want these they will pay a lot of money for them.- Uh-huh.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48So it's pitching it right.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53And I think we should put these into auction at £200 to £300.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00And I think if they don't make £200 you should have them back cos they are that unusual and that quirky.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Uh-huh. - I'm sure the auctioneer will never have seen anything like them before.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And as long as they're illustrated in the catalogue and on the internet
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- we'll get an awful lot of fuss made over these I think.- Right.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13So all I can say is thank you so much for bringing them in.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Thank you.- They've made my day.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19They've probably made my year on Flog It. They're the wackiest things I've ever seen.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Thank you so much and I hope we do well at the auction for you. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I hope it does as well. Thank you.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Fingers crossed.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Clive, what is it?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Where did you get this from?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I believe it's a baby carrier and I got it from a car-boot sale.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Really? How long ago? - About a year ago.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- And how much did you pay for this? - I paid £12.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Well, it's very interesting. It's intriguing in fact.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54And I think you did well for £12.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59- Yes, yeah.- You really did. It's carved out of obviously the trunk of a tree...- Yes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03..cut in half and hollowed out and it's been mounted onto this base.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05That's not one piece, is it?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Yeah, you can see the join.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Sort of like a gum mastic joint which has been cleverly coloured.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- It's obviously something to do with fertility.- Yes.- You've got this chap in the middle here.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Yes, yeah, on either side, yeah.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- Either side there's two women.- Yes.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- He's obviously doing all right for himself.- Lucky chap.
0:05:26 > 0:05:32- They're embracing each other. You know, it's a symbol of strength as well.- Yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37And the rope around it obviously tells you it's got to be carried and worn.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40But it is just a curio.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45And to think that somebody could walk around with a little baby held in there is quite fun in a way.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47It's been purposely aged.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53It's been coloured obviously because it's been joined in two halves so it's been coloured to disguise that.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58But looking at it, for me it looks more 20th century.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It looks to me as if it's sort of circa 1910, 1920 or 30.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Oh, it's still quite early, then? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09I think we put this in and we let the auctioneer do the homework. It's not a cop-out.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13He'll know his local academics that collect this form of naive artwork.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Yeah.- Yeah? This folk art.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It's very hard to put a book price on it.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20The value is in the eye of the beholder. You see different beauties.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24And if it is Maori then it should go back to New Zealand and they'll pay dearly for it.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27It could be worth £200 to £300 then.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- That would be very nice. - Fingers crossed.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35- That's what we would love. But let's put it into auction and I'm hoping for around about £40 to £80.- Yeah.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- No reserve.- No reserve.- No reserve. OK.- See how it goes. - £12, you can gamble that, can't you?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Yes. It's not much, is it?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Well, I've got a kindred spirit here today, haven't I? Another Charlie.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- That's right, yes.- Good. And you've brought along a clock.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52How long have you had it for?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- About three years.- Is that all?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Mm-hm. Yeah.- So how did you get it?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Well, an elderly lady left it to me.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Oh, right. Had you always said to her, "Oh, I really like your clock," hoping that she might do.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Probably, yes.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Well, it's a carriage clock which, no doubt, you know.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It would be a French movement.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Yeah, I thought it was.- Yeah. And what happens is that they made the French movements
0:07:20 > 0:07:23in the 19th century, and earlier for carriage clocks, and then
0:07:23 > 0:07:27they would've imported them into this country,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31popped into cases and been retailed
0:07:31 > 0:07:36in this country. Hence of course if we look at the front of it, we've got, "Howell and James...
0:07:36 > 0:07:38"To The Queen," it simply says.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42That would be Victoria, would it?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47That would've been Queen Victoria but strangely I think this clock is slightly later than that.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I'd like to think looking at this it's perhaps nearer 1910 than 1900.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Mm-hm.- The reason...
0:07:53 > 0:08:01I've asked you to pop it on the programme today is it's not simply a timepiece, it's a luxury model.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Mm.- Because, what we have here...
0:08:05 > 0:08:08is three functions.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14Straightforward timepiece and of course carriage clock - so named because it could
0:08:14 > 0:08:18go along in a carriage. It has a platform movement at the top.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23But the other functions it's got, it's a repeater, which no doubt you know.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Yes.- And the repeat works.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29GENTLY CHIMES THREE TIMES
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Any idea why it should do that?
0:08:32 > 0:08:38- Well, I suppose if you're asleep or anything, you can...- Exactly.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- ..you can tell the time...- In the dark. Rather than go off and light your candle...- ..within the hour.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- ..you simply can tell the nearest hour.- Yeah.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49And that's quite a sophisticated movement to do that. Not only that, seems to have an alarm as well.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50That's right, yeah.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And what about value? You must have thought it had a bit of value.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Well, I think between 250, 350.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Between that.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I think that's a fantastic valuation. You've been doing your homework, have you?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Yeah.- There is a problem with this clock and that is the dial.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12If you look at the dial... it's got a crack.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- There is just a little crack. - All the way through.- Yeah, yeah.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Now, to you it may seem only a little crack...- Mm.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20To somebody that wants to buy this and use it,
0:09:20 > 0:09:24or indeed a dealer who wants to retail it, he's going to have to sort that out.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- And it's not just a question of touching it up.- No, I know.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32You're gonna have to re-enamel the dial, put the name back on.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35A relatively expensive thing to have done.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38So we've got to be a little bit tempered with our price.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44Nevertheless, I think 250 to 350 is an extremely good saleroom estimate.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- It's a nice clock. We'll do well with it. Thank you for bringing it along.- Thank you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Anne...
0:09:57 > 0:09:58let there be light.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00For sure!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Where did this come from?
0:10:03 > 0:10:10Originally it was my nan's and then she gave it to my mum and then Mum used to it as a bedside lamp.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13And then when she died, I just took it and...
0:10:13 > 0:10:19- Right.- I don't use it.- Did Mum use it with this...- She did.- ..this flex?- She did.- And this rather...
0:10:19 > 0:10:20She did!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- ..easy electrocute switch!- Yeah.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28- Your mum was a very lucky woman. - Uh-huh.- I wouldn't advise you plug it in now.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33And in fact, things like this, when they come up for auction, they will just cut the cord off.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Yeah.- Because these things can be very dangerous.- Yeah.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40And some poor soul goes home and plugs them in and fries themselves and it's not a good look.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46But I mean ostensibly it's a very pretty little lamp. It's on a marble
0:10:46 > 0:10:53base and it's cast bronze, and we're helped out immensely by the fact that on the back of the chair
0:10:53 > 0:10:56there's a little inscription that says Nam Greb.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59And Nam Greb,
0:10:59 > 0:11:05you'll be glad to hear, is the mark of the Austrian bronze founder Bergmann.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07And it's Bergmann backwards.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12And I think there was a very good reason that he used to sign them like this because he didn't
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- want his name on things like this which people might think, "That's a big peculiar."- Oh, really. Really?
0:11:17 > 0:11:23- That's just a table lamp, there's nothing offensive about that.- Yeah. - Shall we share its little secret?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25One, two, three.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Oh, dear!
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Not much modesty now.- No, no.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- But it has protected the original... - The colouring. It's nice, yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- ..gilding that it would've had. - I just thought it was brass.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42It's very easy. Once it discolours, once that gilding's gone, you look at it and you think, "Was it brass?"
0:11:42 > 0:11:48It's cast bronze, it's Austrian, which is very good quality and it's about 110 years old.
0:11:48 > 0:11:501890, 1900 in date.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52It's a rare early novelty.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Shall we cover her modesty now? - Yeah, why not?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I think everyone at home's had enough of a shock.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02But naked women are very commercial, which is a good thing.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07I think we can put this into auction and say...
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- £250 to £350.- Really?- Good news.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Mmm.- Put a reserve somewhere at 220.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- 220 or even 250.- Fine.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21- I don't think it's going to matter, cos I think once that's off, all the bidders...- That'll do it!
0:12:21 > 0:12:23..it might be slow, we'll have to tell the auctioneer.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25If it's slow, take that off and they'll all start bidding.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Thanks very much for bringing that revealing young woman in today.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- OK. Thanks a lot. - Thanks very much, Anne.- Cheers.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37From the modern-day business of valuations, I'm travelling back through the mists of time
0:12:37 > 0:12:41to find out about one of Winchester's forefathers.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15In the very heart of Winchester lies the ruins of Wolvesey Castle, the old bishop's palace.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19And it's considered to be one of the finest medieval buildings in the country.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24Well, I know you've got to use your imagination because it is ruins but there is beauty here.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27And in the 12th century it was the centre of community
0:13:27 > 0:13:33in Winchester and home to one of the richest and most powerful men in the country, Bishop Henry of Blois.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Grandson to William the Conqueror, Henry was educated at the great
0:13:37 > 0:13:41monastery in Cluny in the south of France, where he became a monk.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47However, such a tranquil life was not for Henry, and at the age of 29
0:13:47 > 0:13:51the ambitious young man was enthroned as the Bishop of Winchester.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Following the coronation of his brother Stephen
0:13:59 > 0:14:05in 1135, Henry played an active role in the politics and warfare during his brother's reign.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10Civil war had broken out and the castle was under siege and it was
0:14:10 > 0:14:14here that Henry was pivotal in helping his brother hold onto power.
0:14:14 > 0:14:21It was known as the rout of Winchester, and battle wrought havoc upon Bishop Henry's palace.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27But it's in Winchester Cathedral where Bishop Henry has left his greatest mark.
0:14:27 > 0:14:34His days of rabble-rousing well behind him, he turned his sights on the more spiritual things
0:14:34 > 0:14:36in life.
0:14:43 > 0:14:50Bishop Henry, no longer a key player in English politics, turned to a more contemplative way of life
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and he started working with Winchester's monks to produce one of the world's most beautiful bibles.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I've come to the cathedral's library to see if for myself
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and to find out a bit more from the curator John Hardacre.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14Gosh, John, do you know, the first thing that strikes me is looking at it, it's the condition, it's superb.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17They've survived the passage of time from the 12th century.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20What can you tell me about the historical context?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It was produced in the middle of the 12th century.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30The Normans arrived in England in the middle of the 11th century - 1066 -
0:15:30 > 0:15:35and they spent their first hundred years building huge works in stone like cathedrals and castles.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40After a hundred years when all that work was more or less finished, they thought, "What can we do now?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44"What can we do to beautify and embellish these buildings?"
0:15:44 > 0:15:50And the answer is they started to produce beautiful works of art,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55such as this bible, elaborate sculpture, wall paintings and so forth.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02- What was Henry's involvement in the bible?- Henry as you know was Bishop here for a great deal
0:16:02 > 0:16:06of the 12th century and he was a great patron of the arts. And...
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- Financed it, then. - ..he sponsored it.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Who were the monks?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13The monks were Benedictines.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18They were the monks of St Swithin's Priory in Winchester.
0:16:18 > 0:16:25One scribe worked on this for about five or six years, we reckon,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27and he did the entire text.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33The illuminations are done by half a dozen other men
0:16:33 > 0:16:37who probably aren't monks.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41These are journeymen artists working throughout Europe.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Working in Sicily and in Spain.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47They can work with figures that are barely an inch high,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51and you can see them working with figures that are 12 feet tall.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54So they're extremely versatile.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Master decorators.- Absolutely.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02- Can you talk me through some of the materials that they've used here? - The whole thing is on calfskin.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06The ink is almost certainly... oak gall.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- It hasn't faded at all.- It hasn't.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11It's remarkably stable.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15The pigments are...
0:17:15 > 0:17:22earth colours, vegetable colours, mineral colours - gold of course is used extensively in the bible.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26And the blue pigment, which is the prize pigment,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30is lapis lazuli which is otherwise known as ultramarine.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35- French ultramarine.- Yeah.- It's from the bottom of the sea, so to speak. - From beyond the sea.- Yeah.
0:17:35 > 0:17:41And the only known source of it in any decent quality in the 12th century and even now,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I suppose, is Afghanistan.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49So you wait for it to come on the camel trains with the silks and the spices and it is hugely expensive.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55- It's journeyed a long way.- It's about six times more expensive than gold. Yeah. And there's loads of it.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Sadly, Henry never saw this finished.
0:18:09 > 0:18:17No. Henry died in 1171 and work carried on, I guess, for about ten years afterwards.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20So he set it going but he never saw it finished.
0:18:24 > 0:18:32Winchester Cathedral had a succession of great medieval bishops and Henry of Blois was one of them.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34He lived for about 79 years.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37A very good innings for an early medieval man.
0:18:37 > 0:18:44He died a monk, as symbolised by his unmarked tomb, having given away all his personal possessions.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53The crowds descended on us for our valuation day in Winchester's Guildhall,
0:18:53 > 0:18:57and before we head off to auction, let's take another look at all our items.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59How wacky can you get?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Sulphur crystals in a black box.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08I don't think I've ever had anything quite so bizarre turn up at a Flog It valuation.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10A piece of naive art from a car-boot fair for £12.
0:19:10 > 0:19:17It just goes to show that if you look hard enough, there are still some real gems out there.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21The passage of time hasn't done much damage to Charlie's clock.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25I wonder if there'll be anyone who'll love it enough to carry it away on the day?
0:19:25 > 0:19:30And for the last 100 years, Anne's bronze lamp has been the centre of attention.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Let's hope the final reveal will catch the eye of an admiring buyer.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Well, here we are at Andrew Smith and Son just outside of Winchester
0:19:42 > 0:19:44in a little pretty village of Itchen Stoke.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47And would you believe it, it's just started to rain.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50A minute ago it was sunny and it would've been a great day
0:19:50 > 0:19:53for a mow but, no, it's pouring down with rain.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I'm gonna go inside and catch up with Andrew,
0:19:56 > 0:20:01the man with all the local knowledge and see what he's got to say about some of our owners' items.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Andrew, this could be a bit of fun or something for the serious academics.
0:20:12 > 0:20:18Michael's done the valuation. We've got a valuation of £200 to £300 for these golden sulphur crystals.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The initials VR, they belong to Liz.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26And apparently they were her uncle's and he got them for part payment for a pair of trousers.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30It's a bizarre story but surely you've got to have
0:20:30 > 0:20:33some clients with the initial VR that might be interested.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38I hope so. We haven't actually had anything quite like that before.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43- Have you seen anything like it before?- No, no.- Nor have I.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45But I'm hoping they're gonna be quite pleased.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- Certainly they should make more than a pair of trousers today.- Yeah. What do you think, though? £200?
0:20:49 > 0:20:55- £300?- Well, the owner has actually taken the reserve off.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56I see. They're here to sell.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01They're here to sell. I think between 100 and 200, to be honest.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Well, this is the moment I've been waiting for in today's show.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15It's those sulphur crystals belonging to Liz, a real curio.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- Yes, they definitely are.- We've got a valuation of £200 to £300.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23And I've just heard from Liz that she doesn't even want to take them home.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25And she's absolutely dropped the reserve. There's no reserve.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- No.- Oh, right. - You don't care what you get, do you?
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- No.- No. Doesn't want them back in the house.- My husband said I'm not to take them home with me.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Even though Liz has looked after them for 40-odd years and they're in perfect condition.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40In a way I can understand it because these things,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43they're so quirky, I don't know really what they're worth.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45It's just a shot in the dark. But you either love them or hate them.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51These are unusual Victorian sulphur crystals.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- A number of commission bids plus a telephone.- Ooh, see.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55A telephone.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I'm gonna start the bidding
0:21:58 > 0:22:00at £300.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05- Good lord.- Is there 20 in the room? At £300 and selling, is there 20?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07At £300 commission bid.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Any more? At £300, are you sure?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11At £300 then.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14320... 340... 360...
0:22:14 > 0:22:16At £340 then, is there 60?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18At £340, if you're sure.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21£340 for the last time...
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Oh, Liz, wonderful. £340.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Great stuff. Wonderful.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26- Yes.- Thank you very much.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30All that fuss, as Michael said you didn't need that no reserve on there.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- I didn't. I could've saved a phone call then, couldn't I?- Yes.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I can't believe I actually got the estimate right.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- You did.- Yes, you did. - Do you know what I mean?- Spot on.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42I picked it out of the air. It happened to be spot on. If I could do that all the time, it'd be great.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44It was wonderful. Thank you very much indeed.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47That's OK. What are you gonna put the money towards?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Well, I hate to say it, but my husband's got the catalogue up there.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Oh, dear. He's spent it already, has he?
0:22:53 > 0:22:54- He's flagging away.- Mm.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- It's my turn to the expert. I've just been joined by Clive.- Hello.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09And we've got that baby carrier which you think was Polynesian.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10- Yes, I do, yeah. - I wasn't quite sure.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I've looked in the catalogue and it's African.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Clive bought this at a car-boot sale for £12, wasn't it?- £12, yeah.
0:23:16 > 0:23:23Did you get influenced because you've just had a newborn baby and you thought, ooh?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25I wouldn't want to put her in there.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27No. I just like the piece.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29It looks really eye-catching.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33It stood out. I had to buy it. £12.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38You can't go wrong. Well, let's hope we can turn it into the £40 that we're both hoping for.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- 40 or 60. It's going under the hammer now. This is it, good luck.- OK.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46It's an African carved and pierced ebony baby carrier showing just here.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47We have a commission bid.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I'm gonna start the bidding at £40, is there 5 in the room?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53At £40... 45...
0:23:53 > 0:24:00- 50 and 5... 60 and 5... 70 and 5... - They like it.- 80.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I'm gonna take 82... 85... 90...
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Commission bid's out...- This is good.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Creeping up.- is there 5?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10At £90 and selling. 95...
0:24:10 > 0:24:13100... And 10... 120...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15130... 140... 150...
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- 160...- It's fantastic.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- That's very good for £12 buy.- 180...
0:24:19 > 0:24:22190... 200...
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- And 10... 220...- Gosh, they love it.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28240... 250... 260...
0:24:28 > 0:24:32270... 280... 290... 300... And 20...
0:24:32 > 0:24:36340... 360... 380... 400...
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Try but it's so hard to value.- £380, right up at the top there at £380.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43At £380 then.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45380 quid!
0:24:45 > 0:24:48That's good. That's very good.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Where is that sort of money going?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- What are you gonna do with that Clive?- Well, on the kids.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- On the kids. You've got two.- Yes, I have.- It'll come in handy.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00- Yeah.- Back to the car boot though to buy a few more hopefully. Keep those eyes open.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- I will.- It's all out there - you've got to get up early in the morning and make a good buy like Clive did.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- I was very lucky. - That's incredible.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Charles, it's good to see you again.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Next up we've got that lovely carriage clock.
0:25:16 > 0:25:23It travels well. Strikes on and off the hour with a value of £250 to £350, put on Charlie Ross here.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Now, where is the money going to be spent?
0:25:27 > 0:25:32- Who have brought along with you? - I've brought my daughter along. - Stephanie.- Stephanie, yes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- You're spending dad's money, aren't you?- I am, yes.- This is good.- She'll help me spend the money.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Is she? Oh, right, I see. What on?
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- Well, with a family day at the races. - Ooh.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Ooh, oh, right. OK. What are the local races for you?
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- Newbury.- So basically the proceeds of the carriage clock is gonna be used for betting.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- I like this, Charles.- So do I. Let's hope it makes five grand!
0:25:59 > 0:26:05- But it's in working order.- Yes. - It's an alarm as well as a repeater. - Yeah.- Jolly well ought to make £300.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10This is a brass carriage clock, lot 525. Have a commission bid.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I'm gonna start the bidding at 250.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Is there 260 in the room? At £250...
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Straight in at 250.- Yeah.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20At £250 then, any more?
0:26:20 > 0:26:24260... 270... 280... 290... 300...
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- And 20... 340.- Ooh!
0:26:26 > 0:26:29At 320, is there 340?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32At £320 then, all done.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Yes, the hammer's gone down. - Excellent.- £320.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- You'll take that, won't you? - I'll take that.- That's good odds.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Mid estimate.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52I've been waiting for this and I bet you have as well.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55It's that risque Bergmann table lamp belonging to Anne.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59We've got £250 to £350 on this. It's worth every penny.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03That's not a "come and buy me", that's "run" - that's a "run and buy me" estimate.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05That's a "come and buy me", isn't it?
0:27:05 > 0:27:09When you take the cloak off, you see the true value!
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Bronze and gilt lamp base.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Two commission bids here and a telephone.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20I'm going to start the bidding at £500.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Yes! £500!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26At £500 and selling. 520...
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- I can't believe it.- 550... 570...
0:27:29 > 0:27:32600... And 20...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35650... 670. Commission bid's out.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38700...
0:27:38 > 0:27:39And 20.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42At £700 to the telephone and selling.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44At £700, is there any more?
0:27:44 > 0:27:48£700 then for the last time.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- Yeah. £700.- Marvellous.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- Oh, you've got to be so happy with that, haven't you?- Absolutely. Yeah.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02- What are you gonna do with £700, less a bit of commission of course? - I'm going to go on holiday.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07- Where?- Greece, I think. I've never been to Greece. And my big birthday's coming up in June.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- It's never too late, is it?- No. - Get out there and enjoy yourselves!
0:28:11 > 0:28:16- Well, it's very difficult to put a price on a beautiful woman, isn't it?- Oh, you can't, you can't.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18She had the perfect figure, we got the perfect figure.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22I hope you've enjoyed today's show. See us next time on Flog It for many more surprises.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25So from Hampshire, it's cheerio.
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