0:00:03 > 0:00:06If you look on the back of an old £20 note,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08it may give you a clue where we are today.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Because you have Edward Elgar, who was born in a village not far from here.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Next to Elgar, there's a cathedral.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18And that's the famous cathedral of Worcester.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54MUSIC: ELGAR'S ENIGMA VARIATIONS
0:00:58 > 0:01:01When I think of Elgar, the first thing that comes into my head
0:01:01 > 0:01:05is the Enigma Variations, possibly his most famous work.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Each variation is a representation of a different friend.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13He dedicated the piece "To my friends, pictured within."
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Today's two experts are both good friends of mine.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18David Barby and James Lewis.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23They'll be valuing all the items brought in to the Worcester Guild Hall.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It looks like half of Worcester has turned out to see us today.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Before they're even seated, David's ready for a nice cup of tea.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48- Is this something you really want to sell?- It is, yes.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- Why do you want to sell this? - I have too much of it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54It sits in the cupboard and I have better use for the money.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56How much do you think this will go for?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Anything, really. I'm not bothered what it goes for.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- Is it something you don't like? - I do like it,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04but I don't use it.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- People don't have pretty, pretty china anymore, do they?- No.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- They have very plain stylish cups and saucers.- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15A lot of youngsters now don't even use cups and saucers.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19They have a mug with a dunking teabag. Horrendous! Still,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21times change.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24This is an interesting set. It's Paragon porcelain.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Originally it was Star China.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29In the 1930s it became Paragon China.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33They're always renowned for quality porcelain.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36In fact, they even made for the royal family.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39This particular piece - there's a mark on the bottom -
0:02:39 > 0:02:43clearly states "Replica made for Her Majesty the Queen."
0:02:43 > 0:02:47That would have been the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51So we're looking at an Art Deco period.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56You can look at this angled grip and see comparisons with Clarice Cliff.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- But this is porcelain, not pottery. - Right.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01And also Challeck, particularly.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04The design is vibrant, it's jazz age,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07full of colour, full of life.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11I think this is quite charming. It's rather "refined"!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Of course!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- But this is only a fraction of what you've got?- Yes.
0:03:16 > 0:03:22- So you've got a tea, coffee and fruit service?- Yes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- But there are one or two pieces with hairline cracks.- Yes.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- But you want to get rid of the whole lot?- Yes, please.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32If this goes up for sale, allowing for those bits of damage,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34but it's a comprehensive set.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I would hope it's going to go for about 150 to 200. That price range.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41But I think the auctioneer may play a bit cautious
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- with the reserve price brought down to about 100.- 100 is fine.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Are you content selling to that level?- That's fine.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- I'm happy with that.- You've got a deal!- Thank you very much.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Martha, what a fantastic little box! Is it what you keep your jewels in?
0:04:05 > 0:04:11No, it's really been on display at home for many, many years.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I've always liked the studding on it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- And a nice piece of wood. I've adored it.- Family piece?- Yes.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- It was my husband's late mother's. - OK.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23She lived till 92.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- I guessed it wasn't your mother, cos you're not from Worcester?- No.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- I'm from Vienna in Austria. - So what brings you to Worcester?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I knew a long time ago
0:04:34 > 0:04:38that Adolf Hitler was not going to invite my family and myself
0:04:38 > 0:04:40to Berchtesgaden.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43So we left under rather tragic circumstances.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45So when did you leave?
0:04:45 > 0:04:501939. Just one year after Hitler invaded Austria.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51My goodness.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55And having lost 17 family members...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- 17?!- ..in Auschwitz.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02We felt very fortunate to be allowed to come to this country
0:05:02 > 0:05:08and I've got a great feeling. I'm more pro-British than the British themselves!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Because they saved our lives!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- How many of you came over? - Just my parents and myself.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21- Gosh.- And then I was fortunate enough to meet a wonderful, charming Yorkshire man.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And I'm married and very happy.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Wonderful!- That's the end of the story.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Well, this is as British as you can possibly get.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33And it's probably made locally.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38- Really?- Originally made around 1820. It's been around a long time.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42And it was, and still is of course, a jewellery box
0:05:42 > 0:05:45with a ridge here where you'd have had a tray.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47There'd be a detachable tray in there.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It's been lined with green baize much more recently.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54But these bands are satinwood and rosewood.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57The thing that pins this down to a local area
0:05:57 > 0:06:00are these little cut steel additions.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And the base, really,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05for the cut steel industry was Birmingham.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11There was a chap called Matthew Bolton who made ormolu and metal bits and pieces
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and cut steel. They were used on everything,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18on books, on the studs of bindings, fine bindings,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22on sword hilts, to decorate the swords,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27and they would gleam and so now you've got this wonderful patination.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29When new, they'd have shone like diamonds.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Bright cut steel.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The contrast between that and this wonderful striped rosewood
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and the pale satinwood and the mother-of-pearl inlays here.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43What I've always loved is that it's never lost any of these studs.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46The quality of it, the quality of the workmanship is fantastic.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49What's it doing here? Why isn't it still on display?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Well, my husband and I are both in our 80s.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58We have many, many items, fire screens, this, that and the other,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01it's very pretty, very nice,
0:07:01 > 0:07:07but we're Scrabble fiends, we have many Scrabble trophies on display,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09and this is just one more distraction!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12You'll go on a Scrabble holiday with the proceeds?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15We have been on Scrabble holidays, yes!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17This will do really well. I love it.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20It's not the sort of thing to make big money.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24But if we put 50 to £80 on it, I think that's about it.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Happy with that?- Yes, yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Let's take it and see how we do.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Your name is Victor?- Yes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- This is your grandson-in-law?- Yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Michael?- Michael.- Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- So who does this belong to?- Me.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- And where did you acquire it? - I won it playing whist.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53- Really?- At Worcester Porcelain, there used to be 30 or 40 tables every week.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Playing whist?- Yeah.- At the Worcester Porcelain social club?
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- Yeah.- I'd imagine you won this about 50 years ago.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I'd say between 40 and 50 years ago.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Good. Because that's when this figure was produced.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Yes.- I think round about 1952.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- Yes.- And it was designed by an artist called Freda Doughty.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Ah.- And it's called Punch.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- There is a companion figure, which is called Judy.- Yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- You haven't got the companion figure?- No.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25So you've just got Punch.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Yes.- Now, this is a comparatively rare figure.- Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It follows in the tradition of porcelain figure production.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35So you think in terms of Doulton,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Paragon, Worcester,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Wedgwood,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43all those companies made figures of a similar nature.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48There was a terrific market from the 1920s right through
0:08:48 > 0:08:52to the middle of the '80s producing these figures.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- This was part and parcel of that tradition.- Yes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- Very few factories now produce figures.- That's right.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It's nice to know you went to their social club
0:09:02 > 0:09:05and they actually gave a figure as the whist prize.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07That's lovely.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11But why get rid of it now? You're 92. It's been with you most of your life.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16It's something to do. Something to be interested in, seeing it go.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- After I kept it all these years. - It's a day out at the auction.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22A day out at Flog It. Can you afford the time?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Well, I don't do nothing else!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- They'll take me. - Yeah, with pleasure.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- You could get time off? - I'll make sure I do, yes.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Now, this is going up for auction. It's going for auction at Malvern.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Malvern's got a very good reputation for selling Worcester porcelain.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I'll put a price range of 150 to 200 on it.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49But I hope, with my fingers crossed, that it should do between three and four.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- I see.- Because it's a rare figure.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55There's just something at the back of my mind
0:09:55 > 0:09:59which says that this might be a seconds.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- That's why it was given as a whist prize.- I see.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05If so, it'll be in the 150 to 200 range.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Well, let's hope that we can get a decent figure for this little Punch.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Helmy, Charlie, what a fantastic object!
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Tell me how you found it, where you found it and why you bought it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Well, we were having a holiday in the '70s, I think it was,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32and we were in the south of England.
0:10:32 > 0:10:39And we saw this auction sale, come what have you, along the street,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- and we saw that and thought, "Oh..." - It's so unique.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- You know, it's...- It's something we hadn't seen.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I thought, "That's got to be worth something."
0:10:49 > 0:10:51OK. Do you know what it is?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- No.- Not really, no.- OK.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54It's a pewter charger.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58If we turn it over, we have a mark.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Just in the centre, there.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03In block capitals, it says "Tudric".
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Tudric is the name that Liberty's put on their pewter.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Underneath we have a four-digit number, 0116.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14That's the design number of this piece.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20The earlier the design number, the more sought-after it is, generally.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25And this is a really early design. They go into many more numbers than that.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Tudric started in 1902.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30A piece with the number 116
0:11:30 > 0:11:34is going to be 1903, 1905, that sort of period.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38But the most important thing is who designed it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Now, there are two main designers that we think about
0:11:43 > 0:11:46when we look at Tudric pewter of this period.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49The first one is Archibald Knox.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52He made pewter designs, silver designs,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55he made flatware, dishes, vases,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59everything. Sometimes you can buy the pewter with enamel.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01He really was a very versatile designer.
0:12:01 > 0:12:08Looking at this, it just doesn't look to me like an Archibald Knox design.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Then we have to look at the other designers it could be.
0:12:11 > 0:12:18One of those is a chap called Charles Voisey, who worked at Liberty around the same time.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21It does look very similar to Charles Voisey's wallpaper
0:12:21 > 0:12:24where these birds start large, are cut off at the end
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and graduate down to these little ones at the end.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But today, on a valuation day here,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33without the internet and the right books to do this,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36it's a bit of a guessing game.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40We need to do the research before we get excited because it might not be.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42It could be by another designer.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- What did it cost you? - We've got no idea.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- We wouldn't have paid £50 for it. - You wouldn't?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49- No.- No, we wouldn't.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51That's not bad, then.
0:12:51 > 0:12:57It's been rubbed, battered, dented, dropped. It's seen better days.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- It's been polished. You should never polish pewter.- We haven't.- No.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06That just shows you how long it takes
0:13:06 > 0:13:09for pewter to go back to that colour again.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14This has been polished probably 40 years ago and the patination still hasn't come back.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16It probably never will do.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19So, value. I've been trying to avoid this subject!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21It's difficult!
0:13:21 > 0:13:24If you don't know the designer...
0:13:24 > 0:13:26150 to £250.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28It's a bit of a stab in the dark.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32If it is by one of the important designers, it'll make a lot more.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38Well, we did say it would be worth £200 to us because we like it.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Put a reserve on it. £200? - I think so.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- So it doesn't go below that.- No.- OK.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- We'll see how we do.- Thank you.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02This is the beautiful setting of the county ground in Worcester
0:14:02 > 0:14:07where, during the summer months, you will frequently hear a quintessential English sound.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Leather on willow!
0:14:10 > 0:14:13You may think a cricket bat is made of a simple piece of willow
0:14:13 > 0:14:15which has been machine made.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Well, think again. Up the road from here is a workshop
0:14:18 > 0:14:21where former Worcestershire cricketer Duncan Fearnley
0:14:21 > 0:14:26will show me the true art of hand-crafting a world-class cricket bat.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Duncan started to make cricket bats over 50 years ago in his native Yorkshire,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35to subsidise the income he got from playing cricket.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39When he retired from playing in 1968,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43he formed his own company which has become one of the most recognised names in cricket,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47supplying bats to world-class players such as Alan Border
0:14:47 > 0:14:49and Ian Botham.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Duncan, it's great to meet you. You're surrounded by wood, as I expected!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- They're always made of willow? - They are.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03This is how it all starts. If you can imagine that's the tree,
0:15:03 > 0:15:08when it's felled, it's felled to 30 inches long,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11which is that length.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16If I can just show you an example of that being like that,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18the bark is then taken off
0:15:18 > 0:15:23and that is one... That will make one cricket bat.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28So in effect, you'd probably get about eight bats out of that tree.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33So these are the blades of the bats. You've cut them into sections. What next?
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Well, we get a situation where we put a face on the blade then.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43At that stage, you could not play cricket with a blade like that.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Now, here we've got a press behind me
0:15:47 > 0:15:50which the next process, when the blades got to this stage
0:15:50 > 0:15:53will be to press it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58As you see, I'm hardly hitting that and it's as soft as putty.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01It's dead as a dodo. You couldn't hit a ball with that.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- OK.- So we go to another example now
0:16:04 > 0:16:09which I've had for years just to show anybody that does come in,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12we've got the soft piece there
0:16:12 > 0:16:16which is like that, as an example.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19We press it on the press very slowly
0:16:19 > 0:16:23and you can see there how it starts.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Yes.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27There's a different sound altogether, then.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33To me, that's the most important tool in the business,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36cos if it's not pressed properly, it won't play properly.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42The amount of pressure applied by the press is critical
0:16:42 > 0:16:45as no two pieces of wood are alike, even from the same tree.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50That face will never get touched again until the bat's finished.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52And that now...
0:16:52 > 0:16:55you think about the ball at 90 miles an hour,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- that's the sort of pressure.- Yeah.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04- It just marks it.- There's that recoil back. It'll hit the ball a long way.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09If you do it yourself, you'll feel it kick back. Hold it and it kicks back.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- Both directions. - The mallet and the blade.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18That's the secret of good bat making. Good willow and properly pressed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The next process involves adding a handle to the blade.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27And this is made of cane
0:17:27 > 0:17:33and has rubber springs running throughout to absorb the shock of the ball.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37So this is the next process, by gluing it and just tapping...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Just in there and just...
0:17:42 > 0:17:48Then that's glued overnight and it's ready for working tomorrow morning.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- That's one that's been glued yesterday.- Yes.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57We've taken the shoulders out and that's ready for hand finishing now.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00A top-class player will come to the bench at that stage.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The secret of a good bat is to leave as much wood in it as you can
0:18:04 > 0:18:06with the lightest possible pick-up.
0:18:06 > 0:18:12- But what would suit you wouldn't suit me, so you need the player to say it's right.- Yes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Duncan has done this hand-finishing for players such as Viv Richards,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Clive Lloyd and Sunil Gavascar.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25So I would take it to that stage on the first, where you have your mould.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30And then you can get rid of a lot of material this way.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37But we won't do it all. We'll just take the nose down to whatever the player wants.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41But you leave the eight inches there as big as you can.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And leave as much on the edge as you can
0:18:43 > 0:18:48with the lightest possible pick up so you alter your balance from here.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Some players want you to bring the middle back a bit.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58Other players - Graeme Pollock used to like it big and bulky at the bottom.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Everyone's got their own little way.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04It's what makes it interesting for me, is the manufacturing.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Yeah.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Don't you just love the smell of those clean willow shavings?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12That, when it's planed,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14that, all the time,
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- my old willow grower used to have a piece in his mouth all day! - Sucking it?
0:19:19 > 0:19:23You can actually tie it in a knot, it's so flexible.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The better the quality, the better you can do that.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31So we get that shape then,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35and then we get to the stage where the bat will be sanded and finished.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It's ready to go into the shop.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52That is incredible. That is the story of the cricket bat.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05After a busy morning's valuations we're off to the auction.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Here's what's going under the hammer.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Like David I love this Paragon porcelain tea set
0:20:11 > 0:20:13containing over 50 pieces.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18This 19th-century jewellery box has beautiful workmanship
0:20:18 > 0:20:21and has a "come and buy me" price of 50 to £80.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Victor was a sprightly 92 years young
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and won this Worcester porcelain figure playing whist.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33And if I was allowed to, I would buy this stunning Liberty pewter charger.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I think James has offered a very tempting estimate.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41We've come over to Malvern to our very own Philip Serrell's sale room.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44We're getting two for the price of one. Not just Philip on the rostrum
0:20:44 > 0:20:48but also auctioneer Sophie Hutton.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54Let's have a chat with Sophie to see what she's got to say about my favourite item.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57A lovely couple brought this along -
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Charles and Helmy -
0:20:59 > 0:21:01and they would love to sell it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Our expert has put a valuation of 150 to £250.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It's Liberty's. It's Tudric. It's their version of pewter.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Made in 1905.- Yes.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15We've had a lot of interest in it, because of the name more than anything.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I did some research to find out the designer, but to no avail.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23But we have had significant interest over the top end of the estimate,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- so who knows?- Over the top end, so it could fly!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- It could fly.- Much like these birds. - Definitely.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- It's very stylistic, isn't it? - Unusual for a Liberty's piece.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34You don't often see them with this decoration.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37You'd imagine it to have enamel on it. But it's a lovely piece.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41And in pretty good condition. A bit dented round the edges,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43but no splits or repairs.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- It's got the look, hasn't it? - It certainly has.- It has the look.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49What would you like to think this would sell for?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52As I say, we've had interest over the estimate.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- We have a phone line booked. - That's a good sign.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Hopefully, there will be others as well.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- I'd think 300 to 400.- Fantastic.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Well, for our next lot, it certainly is a lot of lot.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12There's 53 different items!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15It belongs to Fred, hopefully not for much longer.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- It's the Paragon.- Yes.- Why are you flogging it? There's a lot of it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- I need the space!- I was gonna say, it takes up a lot of space.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Who uses these big tea sets now?
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- Will we get that top end? - It's for purists, that love the Art Deco period.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- It has the excitement of colour. Yes, we shall do. - It's under the hammer right now.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Lot number 465. I start at £160 on the book bid.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42At 160, 160, 170, 180.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- 180. 180. At £180 only.- £180.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51At £180 only. Any more at all?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- 200 with me. 210 now?- The top end.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- 210.220.- 220.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58220. 230, is it?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Come on.- 230.- 230.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02On the phone at £230.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Any more?- This is good.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Your bid. At £230, done. Thank you.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Sold!- Sold! The hammer's gone down. - Great!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- £230.- I'm not taking it home! - No, you're not taking it home!
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- There's a lot to take home, isn't there?- There is.- Wow!
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Next up, Martha and her dust catcher!
0:23:27 > 0:23:29That's right, isn't it?
0:23:29 > 0:23:34It's a lovely little jewellery box. We've got 50 to £80 estimated on the value of this.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Are you selling it cos it catches dust?
0:23:37 > 0:23:43We've got a four-bedroomed house which is already crammed with things.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49Because at the age of 80-plus, one collects so much over the years
0:23:49 > 0:23:53that there's just no more room, even for this!
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Well, it's a lovely little item. James fell in love with it.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It's not a lot of money, but you never know.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04If two people fall in love with this like you have, it'll push it up.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07There you are. 235.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11The satinwood and rosewood studded jewellery box.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Give me 50 or £60 to start.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Well, cheap enough. 30 I'm bid. At 30.
0:24:16 > 0:24:1830 bid. 40. 40 bid. 50, yes?
0:24:18 > 0:24:2050. 50 bid.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22At £50 only. 50. 50 bid.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25You're all being very mean. At £50 only. Any more?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Surely one more.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Don't hold that up yet. At £50 and done, then.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33At 50 and done.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Sold. He sold it at £50. No more dust!
0:24:37 > 0:24:42I don't mind. I only wanted to meet you and come on the show!
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Victor, say goodbye to this little kneeling boy. Royal Worcester.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56A beautiful little thing. Lots of quality. 300 to £400.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I'm quite excited. David's here.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- This is a fairly late figure. - But it's rare.- It's rare, yes.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06All we're missing is Judy, the little girl. This is the boy.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- I see.- This was won at a whist drive?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Yes. Yes, yes.- Yes.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Yes.- So you're a good player, then? - I'm not now!
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's going under the hammer right now.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24590. Punch, modelled by Freda Doughty. There you are.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26I'm bid £100 on the book. At 100. 100.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28100. 110. 120.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30130. 140. 150.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32160. 170. 180.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34190. 200.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36It's only money. One more.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37- Come on!- At 200 with me.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41200. Any more? At 200. 210.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43210. Any more? Telephone bid.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46At 210. 210. 210. Is there any more?
0:25:46 > 0:25:51At £210. And I sell at £210.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53He's not selling it?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Yes, he's put the hammer down. £210.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- There was a reserve of 150, Victor, so it has sold.- Yes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Under David's estimate, which is disappointing, since we're in Malvern.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08That's right. Very close to Worcester.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11But it's gone for £210 and I'm very pleased.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12- Yes.- Happy?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Yeah, I'm happy.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I've been waiting for this next lot. I'm getting so excited.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Helmy and Charles, thanks for joining us.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31This is the Tudric plate, that lovely charger,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33made by Liberty's.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36We've got an estimate of 150 to 250.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40That's a "come and buy me". This could be the sleeper.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- If it's by Voisey, by somebody like that, it might do really well. - Good luck.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Lot 311. The Liberty Tudric pewter charger.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Lots of interest in this. I can go straight in at £450.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- Fantastic!- It's a Voisey.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56£450. Straight in.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59At 450. 450. Any more in the room at 450?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01450. 480 on the phone.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05480. 500. 520 now?
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- I feel faint!- 520. 550.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10580 now?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- 580 I have on the phone. At 580. - I'm speechless!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17At 580. 580. 600?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I'm speechless.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20580 I have, then.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Selling if we're all done at £580.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Crack! That's a "sold" sound and we love it!
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I knew this one would fly.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32£580!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- That's a surprise, isn't it? - It'll pay a few bills, won't it?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39- You'll use it to pay a few bills? - Of course!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42It's a fact of life. We've all got bills.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Treat yourselves, though, surely? - We do that anyway!
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Thank you so much for giving us such a wonderful surprise and coming in.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Thanks for flogging it! - We have to digest this now.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- I think we'll have to, as well, James.- We will. Good result.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09That's it. Sadly, we're coming to the end of our day here
0:28:09 > 0:28:12in Philip Serrell's sale room in Malvern.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17We've had a wonderful day. It was nice to see so many smiling faces from our owners as they left.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I hope we've put a smile on your face, too.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24So join me for many more surprises the next time on Flog It!
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